More Kirk Douglas couldn’t hurt

Published 12:01 am Monday, March 7, 2011

How about bringing back Billy Crystal? After the latest Academy Awards broadcast was roundly panned, there have been calls for changes to the Oscars, including the suggestion to reschedule them as early as January so the Golden Globes and other

film awards don’t steal their thunder.

The Buzz believes the real problem are the thank-you speeches. Any speech that lasts longer than 30 seconds or includes the words “I’d like to thank my agent,” should trigger a trap-door that plummets the actor straight to B-list status.

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One owner; make offer: Astronauts at the International Space Station were taking care of last-minute tasks and sealing hatches before space shuttle Discovery undocked to begin its journey back to Earth. Discovery, which is making its last scheduled flight, is the most-traveled spacecraft in history.

NASA denied claims that it planned to turn the shuttle’s odometer back a few-hundred-thousand miles, spray the interior with Febreeze and see what it can get for it on Craigslist.

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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1876, inventor Alexander Graham Bell received the patent for his telephone.

Watson called with the good news and tried to leave a message, but Bell’s voice mail was full.