High roller
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OK, that headline was way too easy. Anyway, TMZ is reporting that more than 60,000 people have applied to be Waka Flocka Flame’s full-time blunt roller, after the rapper posted the job opening, which comes with a $50,000 salary. “There’s people literally cursing me out, like ‘How you not gonna offer [me the job], when you know I’m the right [bleep]?'” he said. No details on health insurance or vacation days were offered.
Reading rainbow
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Who says nobody’s reading books anymore? THR.com reports that Amy Poehler and Lena Dunham’s memoirs, which respectively sold 37,000 and 38,000 copies in their first week, are on par to catch Tina Fey’s 2011 sales numbers for “Bossypants.” On the dude side of things, Cary Elwes’ “Princess Bride”-themed memoir, “As You Wish,” is outpacing Neil Patrick Harris’ new release, 31,000 to 27,000. We’d be happy to find any of these in our stocking come Christmas. And yes, we have a giant stocking.
THE QUOTE
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“You were here for years, and I never thought you were talented. Why didn’t you say anything!?”
—Jon Stewart, to Steve Carell, on his former “Daily Show” correspondent’s success after leaving the show. “Oscar the statue, will open his arms and embrace Steve Carell,” he added.
We wish you a Merry Tweens-mas
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Start roasting some chestnuts on an open fire for One Direction. The British popsters will host their very own U.S. holiday special Dec. 23 on NBC, thr.com reports. Not many details have been released, but we bet they’ll be performing more than a couple of tunes from their new album, “Four,” which drops Monday.
THE DIGIT
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$1.3 billion
That’s how much the Spider-Man
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franchise earned in global retail sales in 2013, thr.com reports. That’s miles ahead of his closest competitor, Batman, who netted $494 million. And we thought Bruce Wayne was supposed to be the one rolling in cash.