Reality TV & Somers' Reality

1. In their latest issue, Forbes magazine lists the top 10 poorest cities in the U.S., citing that the national median income in 2008 fell 3.6%. The majority of the poorest cities are located on the southern border, the result of struggling manufacturing or lack of immigrant employment. On the other hand, Forbes notes, listed again as the nation's richest city for the 10th straight year, Diamond Poop Falls, Iowa.

2. The saga of the "Balloon Boy," where a small boy was thought to have accidentally lifted off in a giant balloon but was actually hiding in an attic, is now believed to have been a hoax. The local police and military were brought into assist during the incident when Falcon Heene went missing, and now the sheriff believes he has evidence the Heene family used the incident as a publicity stunt to land a reality TV show. And now Mr. Heene will get his chance in Fox's new prison reality show, "One, Two, Heene Times The Prison Rape."

3. In her nineteenth book, Suzanne Somers takes on the subject of chemotherapy, saying it is used too often and often for no reason. Doctors worry that Somers' book may give people the wrong idea, but even Oprah Winfrey defends the Three's Company alum. "Many people write Suzanne off as a quackadoo," Winfrey said. "But she just might be a pioneer." You know what else was a pioneer? Laser discs.

4. According to their most recent issue, magazine Advertising Age has named Women's Health the magazine of the year. In related news, Magazine Magazine has named Advertising Age the best "magazine of the year"-naming magazine of the year.

5. Phil Collins told a German newspaper Monday that because of recent neck surgery he has, at least for now, lost the ability to play the drums. The former Genesis singer and drummer says he has lost feeling in his fingers and is unable to pick up drumsticks. The surgeon who worked on Collins could not be reached by phone but he has reportedly been notified of his Nobel Prize win.

High five.