Furniture Designed for Plus Sized People

As the obesity rate rises (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that more than a third of adults in the U.S. are obese), companies are looking to capitalize on this growing group of consumers. While plus size clothing is commonplace--Target, Forever 21 and TopShop launched trendy plus size clothing lines already this year--less attention has been paid to the way overweight and obese people live in their homes. Last week BrylaneHome began selling a line of furniture and home accessories called "Plus+ Size Living" which includes oversized bath towels and chairs that hold up to 800 lbs.

And they say that children playing video games all day long and watching TV is nothing to be worried about. 

Melrose Place - Extended Preview

Just because I'm loving it I thought I'd post some more for yah... Give me give me give me MORE MELROSE PLACE!

Melrose Place - Spell Melrose

If you are like me you a probably just dying to get to the fall and the new Melrose Place.

Just a shame (spoiler coming) that they brought Sidney back (yeah you thought she did in the original right - well NOT!) just to kill her in the season premiere episode.  Her murder is what drives the first season along with flash backs of where she was and what happened after we all saw her die in the arms of her then husband on the original Melrose Place circa 1997.

Jon & Kate to Make Announcement on Monday Show

Are Jon and Kate Gosselin announcing a divorce?

"Recently we've made some life-changing decisions," Kate says in a voiceover on a new TLC promo for a one-hour Jon & Kate Plus 8 episode to air Monday. "Decisions that will affect every member of our family...ones that we hope will bring each of us some peace."

Phrases like "A relationship at a crossroads" and "Where do they go from here?" also flash across the screen during the 30-second promo.  Such phrases might be setting the viewers up for a divorce announcement OR will they pull a fake out and go straight to a marriage counselor?  Just the way it is shot it seems to much like a set up to me.  As if they posed this way and that way.

Then of course there is the other option... bringing in the Octomom as a special guest star for the rest of the season.  LOL

Ryan Seacrest, Lindsay Lohan Meet to Plan Reality Show

Ryan Seacrest and Lindsay Lohan were spotted out together in Hollywood Thursday night, but it turns out that their meetup was strictly business.

"Met with Lindsay last night about a show idea I have for her…it helps people and gives others a second shot!" Ryan wrote on his Twitter page on Friday, one day after he and the actress went to H.Wood in L.A. "Still putting it all together."

The American Idol host is no stranger to producing. In addition to his radio hosting gig, the star has lent his TV production talents to E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians as well asBrody Jenner MTV show, Bromance.

Lohan also mentioned details of the project on her Twitter page Friday.

"Working on a really great project for television -- I am excited!" she wrote. "Something meaningful like Extreme Home Makeover on ABC… :)"

The premise of the potential series is that real people who are on the wrong track and looking for a second chance are given $1 million to make it happen. Lohan, no stranger to the concept, would likely serve on a panel of judges who hear contestants' stories.

Toothpick City Took 34 Years to Build

A California man has spent the last 34 years building a model of San Francisco out of toothpicks.

Scott Weaver, 49, has used a million tiny sticks to construct the city and its many landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge and Fisherman's Wharf. "Rolling Through the Bay" also features entry points where ping-pong balls can be inserted to run along tracks. The sculpture is 9 feet tall and 7 feet wide.  Talk about having some serious time on your hands...

NBC News going the way of reality shows?

THE staff at NBC News isn't younger and hotter than the staffs at other network news operations -- it just seems that way. Sources say that when Brian Williams left his desk to deliver Wednesday's nightly broadcast from the middle of the newsroom, producers brought in some ringers. "NBC newsroom staffers don't look like Vogue staffers," said one source. "So they asked less attractive, heavier staffers to move seats and allow younger, thinner members of the staff to act as extras." The "extras," including two interns who normally run errands, were told to sit up straight, look busy and keep their computers on the MSNBC Web site. "No porn behind Brian," our source laughed. An NBC rep denied any reality-altering: "The majority of the people seen on the newscast are the same people who are there every night." As for the interns? "They were serving a purpose. They were helping out with the broadcast."