When Obama moves to the White House next month, Favreau will join his staff as the youngest…

Mike “Mad Dog” Bell, the former pro wrestler turned personal trainer has died. He was 37.
Bell whose struggle with substance abuse was featured in the 2008 documentary “Bigger, Stronger, Faster,” was found dead Sunday at a Costa Mesa live-in rehabilitation facility, his family said.
An autopsy was performed but examiners couldn’t conclude right away the cause of death, said Dan Akin, a supervising deputy at the Orange County coroner’s division. The coroner is awaiting the results of toxicology tests, he said.

Mike Bell, left, with brothers Christopher, center, and Mark, right.
“Mad Dog” …

Those people at Media Takeout are reporting that Michael Jordan and his Cuban model girlfriend Yvette Prieto have decided to get married.

Word is that the couple is set to make it official next week. But so far, there’s been no word from Jordan’s camp.
Michael split with his first wife, Juanita after 17 years and three kids in 2006.
Yvette Pierto used to date Julio Iglesias Jr. and rumors first surfaced of Michael and Yvette dating in July 2008.
Let’s hope MJ is smart enough to get a pre-nuptial agreement that protects him …

Somebody made up a flash game where you can throw shoes at Bush from the comfort of your own home, without worrying about being rushed by the Secret Service!

Mark Felt, better known as “Deep Throat,” has died Thursday after suffering from a congestive heart failure at a hospice near his home in Santa Rosa, California. He was 95.
Felt was the associate director of the FBI who helped Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein crack the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon in August 1974.
The journalists used Deep Throat’s information to write a chain of exposes on the Watergate scandal, which played a crucial role in uncovering the misdeeds of the Nixon administration.
The reporters continued …

An Egyptian engineering student was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment Thursday after pleading guilty to uploading a 12-minute YouTube video that showed how to convert a remote-control toy car into a bomb detonator.
In June, Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, 27, pleaded guilty in a Florida federal court to one count of providing material support to terrorists.
U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday said the public needed to be protected from 27-year-old Mohamed, who made the video “to empower others through his teaching to deliver death, destruction and, at the very least, panic.”
Mohamed …

Jennifer Aniston appeared on ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ on Wednesday to promote her upcoming comedy ‘Marley & Me’. During the show she talked about her dog Norman and her boyfriend John Mayer.

Dave brought out a  variety of magazines that featured Jen on the cover, including the recent GQ featuring a sexy Jennifer stripped down to nothing but a red, white, and blue neck tie.
The talk-show host got an early Christmas present from the ‘Friends’ star — the tie she wore in her ‘almost nude’ photoshoot for GQ.
The funny man …

According to Reuters, the European country of Montenegro has banned access to popular social networking and video sharing websites such as Facebook and YouTube in all state-run establishments.

On Thursday, workers in government offices and the parliament trying to log on to their Facebook accounts during working hours were greeted with an “access denied” message.
Facebook launched Serbian and Croation versions of its site last week.
Montenegro has posted major increase in Internet use in recent years. Now, the Adriatic country of 650,000 has 14,100 Facebook users. YouTube’s popularity has also grown quickly.
I …

California Representative Hilda Solis will be appointed as labor secretary, and labor unions admired President-elect Barack Obama’s selection.
Obama is expected to formally declare his nomination of Solis during a press conference on Friday, according to CNN.
Obama is also expected to name Illinois Rep. Ray LaHood as his pick for secretary of transportation.
The daughter of a union shop steward from Mexico and an assembly line worker from Nicaragua, Solis has led on both labor and environmental issues.
Solis, a committed advocate for the Employee Free Choice Act, is in line to be …

Taylor Swift is so ‘over’ with Joe Jonas!

The 19-year old country singer has revealed that she is an admirer of Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford, 23.
In the latest issue of Your Prom magazine , Taylor opened up about song-writing, how she had her first kiss at 15 and who’d she love to go to prom with.
But Crawford, beware!
In further interview with Your Prom, Taylor also opens up about her tendency to use her relationships as songwriting inspiration.
“I like to write about boys and relationships,” she tells writer Antonia Van Der …