This weekend was the holy Sunday for football lovers and ended up being a historic moment for the New Orleans Saints.  If you didn’t know the Saints won this weekend, I like what you’ve done with the rock you’ve been living under.  Believe it or not, though, the Saints’ Super Bowl victory was not the only news this weekend.

The main reason I watch the “big game” is for the commercials.  There were tons of excellent commercials this year (did you catch the one with Betty White?) but do you remember the census commercial?  Apparently the Census Bureau spent $2.5 million on the advertisement.  Yeah, that’s $2.5 million of taxpayer dollars spent to generate more interest in completing the census.  I think Sen. John McCain put it best in his tweet that the government “shouldn’t be wasting $2.5 million taxpayer dollars to compete with ads for Doritos!”

In American Idol news, producers are pushing for Howard Stern to take over for Simon Cowell once he leaves the show.  Now Simon Cowell, while nasty, has been a significant part of the music industry for years before “Idol.”  Howard Stern has been a loudmouth but he’s no where near experienced as Cowell.  The main reason why producers are pushing for Stern is the idea that he’ll be even nastier than Cowell, which could be possible but for the wrong reasons.  Cowell is nasty because he knows what sells in the industry.  Stern is nasty because he can be.  I just hope this is a ploy by Stern’s camp to get his contract renewed at Sirius.

Oh Kirstie Alley, why do you torment yourself so?

   Alley seems to have a love-hate relationship with her body weight as she has gained and lost so many pounds over the years.  She was a spokesperson for Jenny Craig and lost so much weight she even went on Oprah in a bikini to show off.  Of course she gained the weight back and had her own show titled Fat Actress as a result.  Now Alley has turned to A&E who has given her a new show Kirstie Alley’s Big Life which will follow her around and document as she tries to lose weight again and focus on her health.  Please Kirstie, love yourself for who you are before you hurt yourself further.

If you live in Hollywood and are looking for a job, apparently NBC’s hiring.   NBC Universal has created the NBC Universal Evolution Plan which will hire about 35,000 people overall to help with construction of new buildings in the Los Angeles/ Hollywood area and 12,000 new part time and full time positions in the network itself.  The plan promises to make Universal Studios the largest working studio in the world, updating the production equipment and facilities.  I guess it pays to merge with Comcast, eh?

Last but not least, Jon Gosselin (our least favorite attention whore in America save for his ex-wife) is back in business.  As you may know, TLC is currently in court with Gosselin for breach of his exclusive contract since he decided to go on news shows to promote his side of the whole divorce fiasco.  Now Gosselin is withholding the children from the network saying he won’t let them back on camera until TLC drops the lawsuit.  He’s a classy man, that Jon Gosselin.

That wraps up another Weekend Roundup!  Tune in next week to read up on the news you missed while out!