PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, January 4, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, January 4, 2006

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'Jump the Couch' Is the Slang of the Year

When Tom Cruise celebrated his new-found love by cavorting on Oprah's sofa like a deranged monkey, he did more than just become fodder for late-night comedians. He also unwittingly spawned a new phrase -- "jump the couch," meaning "to exhibit strange or frenetic behavior." After scouring the soft white underbelly of the English language, from bathroom walls to the Internet, the editors of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang have chosen "jump the couch" as the Slang of the Year for 2005.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3110942

Teens Petition Tara Reid to Make Her Old Homestead a Park

Two Wyckoff, New Jersey teenagers have written to actress and "Taradise" host Tara Reid asking her to stop a proposed housing development to be built on and around her family's homestead.

Reid's childhood home, still owned by her parents, is one of only two situated on the upper edge of a spectacular ravine in Wyckoff. It's a short walk from Coolidge Elementary School, which Reid attended as a child.

Norah and Clare Scanlan, a junior and a sophomore at local Ramapo High School, respectively, have petitioned Reid to purchase the wooded parcel so it would remain open space.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3111521

E! Entertainment Television Assembles Elite Team to Blanket the Red Carpet at 2006 Golden Globe(R) Awards

E! Entertainment Television is unveiling a new red carpet supreme team for the Network's 2006 coverage of the Golden Globe Awards. Ryan Seacrest, Isaac Mizrahi and Giuliana DePandi will spearhead the Network's unprecedented star-studded presence on the red carpet on Monday, January 16th, for this year's "Live from the Red Carpet Golden Globe Awards" coverage from the site of the annual ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3111463

Sexy Eyes Bring Jessica Simpson and Usher Together

Will Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey reunite? Not if Usher has it "his way." Usher and Ms. Simpson were recently paired up -- both were voted pop music's sexiest-eyed stars.

According to a Rohto V (row-tow vee) Sexiest Eyes Survey, Usher narrowly beat out Nick Lachey to claim the title of sexiest eyes among pop music singers, while Jessica Simpson won the honor for the females. The survey was commissioned by The Mentholatum Company, the distributor of Rohto V eye drops.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3111345

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PRNewswire -- Jan. 4

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