5.4 Show Recap: The show started with Orson begging Bree to take him back. She wanted him to turn himself in for running over Mike. Carlos and Gabby took on a female roommate named Ellie. Tom and Lynette made their sons clean dishes for burning Rick's restaurant down. Julie and Susan went to Lamaze class. Susan's ex showed up with his pregnant girlfriend. He insulted her by calling her fat and old. Gabby caught Ellie sneaking men in and out of her room. Lynette found out that her daughter, Kayla, instructed her twin brothers to burn down Rick's restaurant. Susan brought Mike to Lamaze where he wore a sportcoat and tried to impress Carl. Tom refused to send Kayla to therapy. Edie invited Orson to stay at her home. Lynette took Kayla to a shrink. Kayla didn't want to talk to the shrink and threatened to go to the police and bust the twins. Gabby found Ellie wasn't a prostitute, but rather a tattoo artist. Kayla convinced the twins to jump off the roof. One of them hurt his wrist. Katherine went to spy on her daughter's 'date'. The 'date' was her father. Orson and Edie got drunk on martinis before kissing. Dylan admitted she was seeing her father.
In an effort to save money on fuel, airlines are now slowing down and increasing their flight times. In March, Southwest Airlines began extending each of their flights by 1 to 3 minutes and thus, will save $42 million in fuel this year.
Linens N Things is filing for bankruptcy and closing some of its stores. The weak housing market is one of the reasons the chain has lost money.
Hoorary for Hollywood: Here are this past weekend's box office results.1. "Iron Man," $100.7 million.
(the second-best premiere ever for a non-sequel .. the film also made $96.7 million in 57 countries where it began opening Wednesday .. worldwide total at $201 million.)
2. "Made of Honor," $15.5 million.
3. "Baby Mama," $10.3 million.
4. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," $6.1 million.
5. "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay," $6 million.
Pain In the Gas: The U.S., with gas hovering around $4 a gallon, still has some of the lowest prices in the world. Sierra Leone has the highest fuel prices in the world. A gallon of gas there costs $18.42. Aruba has the second highest prices ($12.03 per gallon) followed by Bosnia-Herzegovina ($10.86 per gallon), Eritrea ($9.58 per gallon), Norway ($8.73 per gallon), the UK No. 6 ($8.38 per gallon), the Netherlands ($8.37 per gallon), Monaco ($8.31 per gallon), Iceland ($8.28 per gallon) and No. 10 Belgium ($8.22 per gallon).
Hopeless RomanticAccording to a Harlequin Romance survey, 92% of men consider themselves romantic. 94% of women say they are romantic. Other findings:
- 45% of men consider themselves hopeless romantics
- 64% of men want more romance in their lives
- 72% of women want more romance in their lives
- 72% of both sexes believe bedroom televisions and movies make it impossible to be more romantic
Simon Cowell says David Archuleta and the rest of the Idol finalists are robotic. "They've watched the show over previous years. David Archuleta was performing in front of Kelly Clarkson six years ago--it's on tape! It's like he's gone to the University of American Idol. Safe songs, safe message. I like people who just go a bit crazy sometimes. I'm dying for someone to scream at me one week and just say, 'I hate your guts' because I know
Presidential Craziness :
Hillary Clinton picked Eight Belles to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. She crossed the finish line 4 3/4 lengths behind winner Big Brown. Then, collapsed with two broken front ankles. Big Brown took home $1,451,800 of the Derby's $2,211.800 purse.
Barack Obama has canceled all of his appearances on Friday May 30th so he can be one of the first to see the new Sex and the City movie. 
