Peter Berg displaying the laser-like focus it takes to direct an epic like Hancock, his abyss

HeyDidYaKnow Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.  And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you”.  Read these to understand why his words still bear reflection: Political, International.

HeyDidYaKnow XXX Files and Californiacation star David “I beat it around the bush” Duchovney has just been released from Sex Rehab where he was undergoing his addiction to Internet porn.  Doctors claimed he has kicked his addiction… leaving most of us here at Hey Did Ya Know asking, “why the hell would he want to?”   And in news across the world, a deadly quake in the small country of Kyrgyzstan, a small country north of Afghanistan, killed at least 72.  This quake, with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter scale, apparently wiped out entire villages and towns.

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HeyDidYaKnow that world’s most attractive couple under 35, Scarlett Johansen and Ryan Reynolds, have reportedly gotten hitched.  In a small ceremony this past weekend in a resort just outside of Vancouver, Canada, the ceremony was witnessed by a small group of family.  Sources say, they are already expecting their first Pizza Place.  In news of a more unique and volatile union, with the shifting of the Jewish and Muslim Calendar, we are now in the time of the year where the Muslims holy Ramadan and the Jewish Holy Month of Elul intersect.  What makes this aligning of the holy holidays more interesting is how extensively both are celebrated within the Holy City of Jerusalem.  Thousands of followers of both religions have flooded into the city to celebrate the holiday.  And although within the walls of the city there has been no violence, the tension is palpable.

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HeyDidYaKnow that Clay Aiken is gay?  Yeah, we did too.  He just formally announced it yesterday.  Ho-hum.  In more surprising news, the presence of westernized (fast) food shops has grossly affected the health of citizens in the famously healthy northern Mediterranean countries  where they traditionally dieted on fresh fish, vegetables, and low fat olive oil.  Especially within Greece, where people regularly lived to and past 100, where they had trim waist lines, where they had substantially lower cases of heart disease, diabetes and cancer than other western countries, they are now facing an obesity epidemic.  According to a UN study, reports of overweight 12 year old boys rose 200% from 1982 to 2002.  It has also been found that one in four children in Greece now have Cholesterol problems.

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HeyDidYaKnow crater-faced comedian Dane Cook is in the news again, and not for stealing another joke (although, i grudgingly admit, i still do enjoy his work and have not fallen into the “Dane is a Douche” bandwagon).  HollywoodScoop is reporting that Dane is whining about a recent court decision.  Less than a month ago, Dane was forcibly ordered out of his apartment by a judge for repeatedly not picking up his Chihuahua turds (wait, he owns a Chihuahua? okay, so maybe he is a douche).  In recent court documents, Dane pleaded to not be removed from his place as he will go through severe emotional duress by moving out of a place where some legendary comedians have lived, saying that the spirit of John Belushi will keep him focused on his career… IRONY!  In more news that stinks, North Korea might be close to restarting its Nuclear Arms Development Program again.  N. Korea has asked inspectors to remove seals and security cameras from sensitive Nuclear Development areas.  The US, Russia, China, S. Korea and many other countries have been in pained negotiations with N. Korea since February 2007.

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HeyDidYaKnow celebrity symbiote and all around douche bag (and yes, i write that with all due sense of irony) Pat O’Brien has recently parted ways with the Insider.  After staying with the show through two rounds of rehab as well as his famous voicemail hooker scandal (should be taught in school), he finally crossed the exhaustively distant line in Hollywood.  An email he blasted within his company was leaked.  On this email, he told of how the new hosts segments made the viewer want to vomit.  A prick move, to be sure.  And in news that doesn’t kill off a piece of your soul a little bit inside… following 5 coordinated bombings within New Dehli this past week, the police tracked down the suspects, homegrown Islamic Fundamentalists.  After tracking them down, a gun battle ensued between the two parties, ending in the death of two suspects and arrest of one before the others escaped.  The fundamentalist group is called the Indian Mujahideen.

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HeyDidYaKnow Star Trek Space Sailor George Takai is no longer Sulu… i mean solo.  Sorry fetishists.  He has married his longtime partner of 21 years Brad Altman at the Japanese American National Museum by a Buddhist priest.  In more pressing news, the European Stock exchanges have fallen more than 4% with the news that Lehman Brothers filed chapter 11 Bankruptcy before the American markets even opened, which are expected to fare even worse.  The Lehman Brothers, one of the five (that’s right, just five) Investment Banks in the US had over $640 Billion worth of assets.  Merril Lynch is also having it’s own troubles, and soon might be bought out by Bank of America.
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obviously not the only thing daddy’s money has put in her mouth…

HeyDidYaKnow Brooke Hogan has been sharing her keen political insight with the world AGAIN!  We thought it couldn’t get worse after her first comment.  But it only gets worse this time, dropping some jewels on us like: “Who’s that?” when asked what she thought of Sarah Palin.  “I’m voting for God because he’s in the party of freedom, dude”. Wow.  It’s a shame that steroids don’t cause sterility… sigh.  But Brooke Hogan isn’t the only one that doesn’t know what’s going on in the world.  Heard that the government has been pressed to take over Fanne and Freddie Mae Mortgage giants?  A wholly unprecedented move in scale in America.  However, what is most shocking is how China is involved.  They have $24 BILLION invested in the mortgage giants.  That means that the Chinese Government owns a significant portion of our national debt.  Now that’s scary.

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HeyDidYaKnow smart, sassy, sophisticated sex-aholic David Duchovny recently checked himself into Sex Rehab.  Looks like the ole’ Red Shoe Diaries star believes in method acting.   And in international news, US Pakistan relations are tensing as their impending election inches nearer.  After an attack on Pakistan/Afghan border villages, which are well known terrorist havens, some civilians were killed in the action and the Pakistan government is blaming US and Nato forces; both are denying involvement.  Not sexy at all.

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Update: Hey Did Ya Know that apparently there is no word our li’l Duch-ovney wasn’t participating in any infidelity.  The guy just loved him some porn… spank you very much.

HeyDidYaKnow one of our spies caught Woody Allen out on the town, apparently taking a quick breather after having an exhausting appetizer. Thank God child bride Soon-Yi was there to catch him before he fell into his chowder.

Speaking of Woody Allen, apparently 600-800 thousand men, women, and children are forcefully moved across borders every year from the shocking Human Trafficking organizations that have recently swelled in all corners of the earth. 70% of the captives are female. 50% of the captives are children.

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