Ruby’s Strut

Doin’ a little dance, posing for the camera and a road trip for french fries.

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Chuck Berry Is 83

Chuck Berry, whom I consider to be one of the top 3 architects of Rock n Roll, is now 83 years old.

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Tuesday Items

‘Big Bang’ wins the night as top show

Averages a 5.1 in 18-49s, building on its lead-in

With Fox’s “House” delayed by baseball, CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” became Monday’s top show last night, growing slightly from the previous week and once again outdrawing lead-out “Two and a Half Men.” ● More from: Media Life Magazine

CBS sitcoms, ‘CSI’ top Monday ratings

Yankees-Angels game push back Fox dramas

CBS, on the strength of its healthy 8-10 p.m. lineup of sitcoms followed by stalwart “CSI: Miami,” won a competitive Monday on a night where the dramatic Yankees-Angels game finale pushed both “House” and “Lie to Me” back slightly more than a half-hour for Fox. ● More from: Variety

Digable Planets – Sounds From The 7th Dimension [Mixtape]

Looks like Digable Planets are back on the scene. They just released this new mixtape entitled Sounds of The 7th Dimension (mixed by DJ Alex J). The project is meant to support their tour that kicked off on the 13th (dates after the jump). The tape includes exclusive rare remixes of classic Digable Planets material, and also includes new unreleased music from Butterfly and Doodlebug. Check after the jump for the download link, tracklisting, and tour dates. ● More from: okayplayer

Europeans find 32 new planets outside solar system

European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop. Scientists using the European Southern Observatory telescope didn’t find any planets quite the size of Earth or any that seemed habitable or even unusual. But their announcement increased the number of planets discovered outside the solar system to more than 400. ● More from: seattlepi.com

The 10 Worst Movies to Open at #1

It’s not hard for a bad movie to open on top of the weekend box office chart — a combination of heavy marketing, recognizable stars, and a simple concept pretty much assures it. Every month, for example, a new bad horror movies comes and goes. Remember The Messengers, Darkness Falls or Urban Legends: Final Cut? They were all the #1 movie in America at one point. ● More from: COED Magazine

15 Worst Desserts

Indulgence. It’s part of what makes life worth living—giving in to temptation, letting go of one’s inhibitions.

We all need an occasional crazy blowout, but in today’s society, it’s hard to find a reasonable, happy medium. Which is unnecessary – see, people have been happily indulging in cakes and cookies and ice cream for thousands of years. Yet the obesity crisis—and the accompanying rise in diabetes and heart disease rates—has only come into being in the past 30 years or so. ● More from: Eat This, Not That

DVRs’ busiest hour: Thursday at 9 p.m.

Three of the week’s four most recorded shows air

The Thursday 9 p.m. timeslot is arguably the most competitive slot of the week, and now there’s yet more evidence to back that up. ● More from: Media Life Magazine

Boy George writes song about Amy Winehouse

Boy George has revealed that he has written a song about Amy Winehouse.

The former Culture Club frontman wrote the song during his recent stint in prison for beating and falsely imprisoning a man in his east London flat. ● More from: NME.COM

Concerns over Blagojevich on ‘Apprentice’

Judge worried that former governor may complicate his trial

Prosecutors said Monday that they are worried about what ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich might say on Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” TV show that could taint the jury pool for his federal corruption trial. ● More from: hollywoodreporter.com

Michelle Obama to appear Friday on `Jay Leno Show’

First lady Michelle Obama is going to be serving up answers on “The Jay Leno Show.”

NBC said Monday that Mrs. Obama is set to respond to 10 “rapid-fire questions” in a comedy bit with Leno. She’ll participate via satellite from Washington. ● More from: The Associated Press