'Honey Boo Boo' Alana Thompson Likely Getting A Salary Increase

"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" is back: Alana Thompson and her family will be back on television, as the TLC network confirmed it has ordered more episodes that will follow the pageant queen, dad Sugar Bear, mother June and big sisters Pumpkin, Chickadee and Chubbs.

The Georgia-based family will also get three holiday specials -- dubbed "HOLLAday" special shows, celebrating Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it likely comes with a pay increase for the family.

“Yes, they totally get a raise when more episodes are ordered,” Marianne Garvey, star of Oxygen’s reality show "Girlfriend Confidential: NY" tells me. “Usually a contract for reality stars is for two seasons but with blowout ratings, they have the upper hand. They will now get a huge raise.”

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Website Troubles for Some PNC Customers

In the wake of Internet service attacks on JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other institutions, PNC Bank said Thursday some online customers are continuing to have difficulty logging in.

"We are working to restore full service to everyone," said Fred Solomon, spokesman for Chicago's fifth largest bank.

PNC customer Mike Maddaloni, president of Dunkirk Systems, a Chicago-based web consulting firm in the Loop, said he has had trouble accessing his online business and personal PNC accounts since Wednesday. He needed to check his account balance and to get a copy of a check.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Alan Markfield

 It’s the most fantastical, modern science-fiction concept: Joseph Gordon-Levitt passing as a younger version of Bruce Willis.

But that’s exactly what writer-director Rian Johnson pulled off for his time-travel tale about the mob of the future, where they send their victims 30 years in the past — to 2042 — to get rubbed out.

Opening Friday, “Looper” stars the 31-year-old Gordon-Levitt as Joe, one of those “loopers” contracted to show up at a certain time and place and just pull the trigger. In a dystopian world with a bad economy, it’s a lucrative gig — at least until the gangsters send back your future self for execution to “close the loop.”

Willis, 26 years older than Gordon-Levitt, also plays Joe. Willis is the version from the future, the one who mucks up his younger self’s life by escaping.

In 2012, of course, the two actors look nothing alike.

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UFC 152: Jones Defends Title; 'Mighty Mouse' Wins Belt

Tom Szczerbowski, US Presswire

 

 

 

TORONTO -- On the bright side, Vitor Belfort lasted far longer than anyone expected.

Still, it wasn't enough for the heavy underdog to unseat UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who rebounded from a turbulent few months outside the cage for a gutsy performance inside it.

Jones (17-1 MMA, 11-1 UFC) survived a first-round scare and then battered Belfort (21-10, 10-6) over the following rounds to pick up a fourth-round submission victory at UFC 152.

The pay-per-view event took place Saturday at Toronto's Air Canada Centre.

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Jones, one of the sport's top pound-for-pound fighters, entered the cage for the first time since a May DWI arrest and a subsequent clash with UFC officials. Jones initially was slated to fight Dan Henderson on Sept. 1 at UFC 151 in Las Vegas. However, when Jones turned down a fight with injury replacement Chael Sonnen on nine days' notice, UFC officials canceled the event outright and publicly lambasted Jones while pinning the blame on him.

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Shiver me timbers! It's Talk Like a Pirate Day !

Argh, mateys! It's that time again: National Talk Like a Pirate Day.

How to talk like a pirate? The Johnny Depp movies are a guide, the Disney ride they were based on, and the Talk Like A Pirate Day website.

But readers know the best reference for pirate talk -- invented, yes, but still iconic -- is Robert Louis

Stevenson's classic adventure tale, "Treasure Island."

Here are some lines from the book. Feel free to borrow from them for pirate-speak to brighten up your day.

There must be a way to work the expressions "smart as paint" or "I'll stake my wig" into that meeting you've got this afternoon.

"Keel-hauling, was you? and a mighty suitable thing, too, and you may lay to that. Get back to your place for a lubber, Tom."

"You're a lad, you are, but you're as smart as paint."

"Three goes o' rum! Why, shiver my timbers, if I hadn't forgotten my score!"

"I've taken a notion into my old numskull."

"Why, what a precious old sea-calf I am!"

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Jeff Gordon's latest promise: Breakdance in victory lane

Jeff Gordon's mustache might be gone, but the lighthearted bravado that inspired the throwback look remains despite a disastrous start to the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

 The four-time champion, who dutifully made good on a promise to sport a pencil-thin wisp of hair on his upper lip if he qualified for the Chase, made another oath he might regret Thursday.

Unveiling a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles paint scheme on his No. 24 Chevrolet for the Oct. 14 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Gordon vowed to breakdance in victory lane with his 2-year-old son, Leo, if he wins the Bank of America 500.

"It might be light," laughed Gordon, who stunned many with his deft repertoire of 1980s electric boogaloo moves last December in an impromptu performance during the postseason awards ceremony in Las Vegas. 

"I've got to teach Leo to dance. A win is huge, as I've already shown, I'm a man of my word. I can pull off a couple of little moves that maybe won't hurt me too bad."

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Yunel Escobar suspended 3 games for slur on eyeblack

Yunel Escobar delivered his message. Major League Baseball and the Toronto Blue Jays responded with one of their own, a blunt, forceful directive that said: Homophobia will not be tolerated.

Escobar, the Blue Jays' starting shortstop, was suspended three games for wearing what the team called "an unacceptable message'' on his eyeblack during Saturday's game.

The players association was consulted on the matter and won't appeal the suspension.

A photo of Escobar's eyeblack, sporting a sentence with a Spanish-language slur against gays, was posted online Monday, sparking debate on social media and spurring MLB to investigate.

Escobar met with news reporters before Tuesday's game at Yankee Stadium and said through coach Luis Rivera that the slur on his face was "just a joke."

"I agree with the suspension. I don't have any problem with that. â?¦ I'm embarrassed," said Escobar, a native of Cuba who came to the USA as a teenager. "I'm sorry for my actions of the other day. â?¦ I don't have anything against homosexuals.

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Bank of America's site stuck in prolonged slowdown

Bank of America's website was sluggish and intermittently unavailable for many users on Tuesday, in an outage that the bank hadn't explained by the end of the day.

Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) spokesman Mark Pipitone said the company is "working to ensure full availability," and that online banking is available "although some customers may experience occasional slowness." The bank's official Twitter account sent similar messages to customers who complained about the issues.

The majority of Bank of America's customers were able to access the site, which remained online throughout the day, Pipitone said. Still, many customers were unable to connect because of the site's slowness.

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