Former Prez Barack Obama is throwing himself a 60th birthday with nearly 500 guests and 200 staff members at his mansion on Martha's Vineyard.

- Pearl Jam will perform a private concert and for extra fun “Uncle Joe” will pull nickels out of all the guests ears.

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Universal Studios is set to drop $400 million for the rights of the famed horror franchise “The Exorcist” to produce a new trilogy.

- In the new version, the Devil is exorcised… but gets a Participation Trophy and an “A” for effort.

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A nutritionist in England claims it’s okay to eat chocolate everyday - in moderation - and to remember that “One piece tastes the same as 10 pieces”.

- Are we just supposed to take her word for it?? I’ve always thought the 7th piece tastes the best.

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Less than a week after she pulled out of the Olympics for mental health reasons, Simone Biles announced that SHE WILL will make one last bid for Olympic Gold by competing on the Balance Beam tomorrow night.

- First she’s in. Then she’s out. Then she’s back in again. Is this the Olympics or the Hokey Pokey?

- We wish Simone luck… but if she ends up “shaking herself all about” she’s gonna fall off that beam.

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A failed attempt at the “Snatch” knocked New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard out of Olympics - after she made headlines as the first Olympic athlete who used to be a man, to compete as a woman.

- Critics weren’t surprise she lost because they said, “She lifted like a girl”.

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Bruce Springsteen has declined to have a New Jersey Rest Stop named after him.

- I think he made the wrong decision… When I was in the Army and lived at Ft. Monmouth in Southern New Jersey, to get to New York City, you had to stop at SEVEN toll booths. And by that time… believe me…you NEEDED a rest stop.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Tuesday!

-Dick