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Life & Style Weekly reports that despite breaking up from Conor Kennedy, Taylor Swift will still buy that $4.5 million home by the Kennedy compound in Cape Cod. Senior News Editor Jordi Lippe also talked about Britney Spears' new digs and the affect that Sandy has had on different celebrities living in the tri-state area.

Hurricane Sandy brought havoc up and down the east coast - ravaging New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. The worst devastation was seen in towns along the water: the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, NJ gone, Governor Daniel Malloy calling for a "Katrina-like" evacuation in parts of Connecticut, and homes in Staten Island, Long Beach, and other coastal parts of New York vanishing in to the Atlantic Ocean.In Long Island, some areas were evacuated while others just lost power. Thankfully for my publicist, Mark Goldman, his house fell in to the latter category. I chatted with Mark about the night that Sandy hit and what he is doing to get through the week on my show.

Life & Style Weekly reports on Adele and her boyfriend giving birth to a baby boy. Senior Reporter Laura Lane also chatted about a recent encounter between Katy Perry and John Mayer in New York and why Britney Spears is headed back to court.

Justin Bieber’s mentor, superstar singer Usher, thought some good came from the teenage heartthrob’s recent on-stage mishaps. “We all have those things that happen, whether it’s falling on stage or having those moments,” said the artist, born Usher Raymond, in a phone interview on “The Ralphie Show.” “But you know what’s cool? That makes you human.” Usher said there were times during his career where he ate something bad before taking the stage. Of course, the big difference now is that there are 20,000 people in the crowd who are all armed with Internet-ready cameras. “That’s the craziest thing, ever,” he noted. “It’s weird, really. It’s like, ‘Did you come to the show to film it?’” The performer is no stranger to cameras either – and he’ll be willingly in front of them next season as a coach on NBC’s “The Voice.” Despite reports to the contrary, Usher says his involvement thus far has been, “a really great fit.” “We’ve actually been able to meet, greet, have a good time out in Los Angeles and the show’s gonna be incredible man,” he said of his vibe with fellow coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. “It’s a respectful place, a respectful vibe. I came in and had a good time. It’s been pleasant man.” Usher is especially looking forward to coaching, mentoring, and showing America a different side to his personality. “I think what they’ve done with the talent that they’ve coached… they go through the process of finding people who are at least at a place where they can either take constructive criticism or they be a part of the show and we really help make them the artist that they can be.” Meanwhile for the Atlanta-based singer, he is continuing to diversify and build off a recording career that has spanned over 20 years and 65 million records sold worldwide. But while he is getting in to television and wouldn’t rule out a possible return to Broadway or off-Broadway, Usher is also trying to enjoy himself a little. He recently celebrated his 34th birthday in London. “I had to get out a little bit, and had some friends and family at a club or something like that, and then on to the after spot,” he recalled. “We just had a good time.” Usher would eventually elaborate a little more – noting that after a big birthday dinner, he linked up with Tom Cruise and a few other people for the night cap. But to put it in his context – the “major joint” would be the celebration for birthday number 35.

You’ve heard many stories about artists linking up at award shows, after parties, and festivals only to eventually collaborate on a song together. But for Carly Rae Jepsen, she became friendly with LMFAO’s RedFoo at a much different location: Los Angeles International Airport. “I kinda got a little swarmed with paparazzi and some fans,” recalled Jepsen when she called in to “The Ralphie Show.” “I didn’t really know how to handle it at the time, but ‘Foo’ was there with his security guard, and he came over and saved me.” The artists, who share a home through Interscope Records, were heading in separate directions, but exchanged numbers. After countless text messages and e-mails between the two and Jepsen’s boyfriend Matthew Koma, “This Kiss” was written and produced. The track serves as the third single from Kiss. Jepsen told me that she looks back on how her U.S. debut album came together, and she knows that there is no way she could duplicate the exact process a second time. Certainly she won’t be traveling to LAX without security anytime soon. “I’m very well prepared now,” the “Call Me Maybe” singer said. “It was definitely a crazy transition from, yunno knowing that I could go traveling by myself to realizing that that was no longer a totally safe thing to do.” Speaking of safe things, Jepsen is currently traveling as Justin Bieber’s supporting act on the “Believe Tour.” The Biebs found out the hard way that milk and spaghetti is not a safe bet before performing. Jepsen said that contrary to the singer’s claim, she never knew the two as a “Canadian thing.” “I’m a little bit more of a… I favor red wine,” the singer said. “I do love my spaghetti.” And before you question it, yes, Jepsen is well above the legal drinking age in both countries. She turns 27 in November.

In this week's edition of "Trend Hungry Tuesday" - Resident Fashionista Jessie Holeva highlighted a trend perfect for Halloween, skeletal fashion.Visit Trend Hungry to find the latest fashion 411 on a skinny budget, and catch Jessie every Tuesday evening on "The Ralphie Show."

Bruno Mars may be receiving rave reviews following his hosting gig last weekend on “Saturday Night Live,” but the singer still isn’t taking himself too seriously. “Yeah, this is my launching pad,” a somewhat serious Mars said on 95.5 PLJ’s “The Ralphie Show,” before veering off. “I’m out of the music business. Me and Tom Hanks are doing a movie.” Hanks, who happened to be in New York on a promotional tour of his own, ended up lending a cameo to Mars’ “SNL” episode – to which the “Grenade” singer admitted he was nervous about. All kidding aside, Bruno revealed he would only consider pursuing a film career if it happened organically. “Music is my thing man,” he said. “I’ll leave the acting to the pros.” Mars doesn’t know what spurred Lorne Michaels and company to ask him to host the legendary show, but thinks it worked out well. It also serves as a perfect kick off of touring to promote his new album, Unorthodox Jukebox, due out December 11. Now that the album is finished, Mars can concentrate on press for the LP, such as the aforementioned “SNL” gig and his forthcoming performance on the “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.” “Yeah, we got asked to do that,” Mars said. “That’s gonna be fun!” When asked if he was looking forward to meeting any of the models, Mars froze, before eventually answering the question in a round-about way. “I’ve seen the show before and I’m excited for the way they put the show’s together and how good the stage looks; more important than the beautiful women,” Mars said, with a straight face no less. “I’m lying!” Mars exclaimed only seconds later to a room full of laughter. If there was ever a time Mars was going to get serious, that clearly was not going to be it.

Life & Style Weekly reports on Justin Timberlake's marriage to Jessica Biel, and some of the guests in attendance. Senior Reporter Laura Lane also talked about Katy Perry and John Mayer hanging out in New York and Rihanna's dad complimenting Chris Brown.

It has been a whirlwind of a week for the band Daughtry. On Sunday the fellas played a sold-out Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ. The following morning, it was off to NBC’s “Today.” “Night shows are always very different than morning shows,” explained Daughtry during an appearance at New York’s 95.5 PLJ. “A lot of times, morning shows aren’t really garnered toward full band set-ups.” For example: Chris was only backed by a couple of acoustic guitars during Monday morning’s TV appearance. Usually for the late night shows, Daughtry can “hide behind all the noise” of a full band. “I think singing that early in the morning generally is scary, especially after doing a show the night before,” Daughtry admitted. “You’re normally not ready for that, so you have to get up five hours earlier just so you can kind of ease in to it.” Things didn’t slow down for the crew after Monday though. On Tuesday, Chris and Elvio Fernandes – a touring member of the band – fulfilled a handful of promotional obligations throughout New York City. Why Elvio and not a proper member of the band? Everyone else was in rehearsal for upcoming tour dates – including this week’s performance in Dubai, which the band left for on Wednesday evening.

Adam Levine seems pleased with Maroon 5’s journey – from breaking out with 2002’s Songs About Jane to gaining more momentum in 2007’s It Won’t Be Soon Before Long and then almost losing it all on the 2010 release of Hands All Over. Certainly thanks to the success of “Moves Like Jagger” and this year’s Overexposed, it is easier for Levine to look back fondly on the ride. “Listen man, it’s a long, weird road being in a band,” Levine explained on “The Ralphie Show.” “We kept treading a line between were we a pop group or were we trying to be a regular alt-rock band? Yunno, we just didn’t know what we wanted for a minute.” To Maroon 5’s credit – the band figured it out. Not to mention, Levine’s overall involvement with NBC’s “The Voice” hasn’t hurt the cause. The aforementioned “Moves” collaboration with his fellow coach Christina Aguilera proved to revive the group’s popularity. Aguilera will depart after this third season to focus more on her music career. If anything, Levine won’t miss the media-manifested drama between the two. “I never liked that sh-t,” Levine stated rather bluntly. “I’ll be the first person to say that we had our share of issues in the beginning but I love that girl. Yunno, we’ve been through a lot. We came out the other end as friends and I’ve always got nothing but love for Christina.” Levine went on to describe what was reported about the two as, “petty, despicable bullsh-t” in publications he called, “god awful.” The lead singer was just as candid about which candidate he is backing in this year’s presidential election. The last time Levine called in to “The Ralphie Show” was in 2008 on behalf of President Barack Obama. “I’m gonna do whatever the hell I can (to help President Obama) because if he doesn’t get elected I’m f-cking moving,” Levine claimed. “I’d rather you be president that f-cking Mitt Romney, and I barely know you.” Levine might be better suited for the position – if you believe those “god awful” publications, he certainly has “binders full of women.”

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It seems the Toxic Twins are back and as strong as ever. The coincidence is that the latest issue to drive them apart – Steven Tyler’s involvement on “American Idol” – may have been what brought them back together. “I didn’t have anything to give Steven as a present because I’ve already given him everything that I could think of that I know he likes,” Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry told me regarding his cameo on last season of “Idol.” He played guitar on “Happy Birthday” for the 64 year-old Tyler. “That’s the kind of thing you give your brother.” Tyler confirmed to Perry that he had no idea his fellow “bad boy from Boston” would be showing up on stage that night. “What do you give a guy that’s got everything?” asked Tyler. “It was quite the moment, man. It was beautiful. It kind of took all the bad vibes and the whole business that was going on at the time and made it be okay.” Perhaps it also sheds a little more light on how the tumultuous duo was able to link up with their other band mates to release Aerosmith’s first studio LP in eight years on November 6 and extend its current “Global Warming Tour” through the fall. “This is the first record that I can think of in a long, long time where everybody is really excited about it in the band,” Perry noted. He has no problem referring to Music from Another Dimension as Aerosmith’s best yet. “I’d say we’re our own biggest fans so we’re also our own biggest critics.” Seems not too much has changed from those crazy days of touring in the 70’s and 80’s… but some things are different. “There are some substances that aren’t back there that used to be,” said Tyler – in a more matter-of-fact than joking manner – about the scene at the show these days. “It’s just so crazy. Everybody wants the backstage ticket. It’s pretty cool.” And for the first time, Steven Tyler actually came across understated.

In this week's edition of "Trend Hungry Tuesday" - Resident Fashionista Jessie Holeva talked about a trend that Beyonce is a big fan of, wedge sneakers.Visit Trend Hungry to find the latest fashion 411 on a skinny budget, and catch Jessie every Tuesday evening on "The Ralphie Show."

Life & Style Weekly reports that Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together... again. Senior Reporter Andrew Nodell also talked about Jason Aldean's night out in Hollywood that he is now apologizing for and the new house that Selena Gomez purchased.

Wayne Brady didn’t get a chance to watch the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. When I told him about Romney’s plan to cut subsidies for programs like PBS, I wasn’t sure if Wayne Brady was gonna have to choke a… you get the idea. “As a child of PBS, I really say that a lot of what I learned in life as a kid, I learned from watching PBS,” explained Brady, who called in to “The Ralphie Radio Show” to promote his improv-comedy tour. “You would just think that someone who wants to run this country would want America to have the best and brightest.” While Brady was clearly not pleased with the Governor’s stance on the issue, the comedians alluded to an even greater problem he has with the Romney campaign. “If you take music out of schools, and then you’re going to try and snatch away PBS, he wants a nation full of drones,” Brady concluded. “I guess coming from Romney, that might be apropos.” It didn’t surprise me that a conversation with Wayne Brady would be wide-ranging given the variety of work he has accomplished in his career. While maybe best known for “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and that infamous sketch on “Chappelle Show,” Brady is also an actor, singer, and current TV host of the game show, “Let’s Make A Deal.” “Even after all these years I’ll get stopped on the streets, ‘Hey man I love ‘Whose Line’ and c’mon, you really didn’t make all that stuff up? Tell me man, I’m your buddy,” Brady explained. “First off, I just met you 6.8 seconds ago, so I probably won’t confide in you. And secondly, yes, it’s all improvised.” And yes, people still want Brady to say, “the line,” – the rhetorical question he asks while playing himself as a pimp in a skit on “Chappelle Show” when he wonders aloud if he will have to choke a prostitute. “It was a funny sketch; it’s in the Museum of TV History as one of the best sketches of all time so you can’t ask for anything more than that,” he said, while also stating that he will not repeat the line to a stranger who approaches him. “Now I’m doing something else. And leave me alone, while I’m in the bathroom. I’m not going to say that while you’re standing next to me, and I’m peeing.”