Weird News

We've all seen athletes do regular push ups. And clapping push ups. And diamond push-ups ... but have you ever seen anyone do BACKFLIP PUSH-UPS?!

Meet UFC fighter Chad Mendes ... who showed off his acrobatic workout skills at a media event for his upcoming fight against Nik Lentz at "UFC on Fox 9" in December.

For good measure, Chad also knocks out a "clapping behind the back" push-up.

Last time we saw anyone pull off push-ups like these ... was right before we turned off "Don't Mess with the Zohan."

Whatcha' gonna do, brother -- when Hulk Hogan puts his 60-year old ass into a THONG and rides a wrecking ball around like Miley Cyrus?!!

You're probably gonna watch the video. We did.

Now for the back story: Hulk's a partner in a new web hosting company called Hostamania (which is trying to compete with Go Daddy) ... and he wanted to do something big to draw attention to the biz.

Naturally, the wrestler decided the only logical move was to strip down to a G string and wiggle around his evenly-tanned butt cheeks on video.

Diana Nyad had a lot on her mind at LAX ... for starters, she says it was awesome watching Oprah "shufflin' around" in The Butler."

In unrelated news ... she's trying to corral "cool people" like Jay Z for her charity swim ... but she kinda threw Richard Simmons under the bus in the process.

In more unrelated news ... Diana settles the age-old fear about swimming after eating.

Casey Kasem's children have issued an ultimatum to their step-mom, Jean Kasem ... she has one more chance to let them see their ailing father ... and if she doesn't she'll lose control over his life.

The former, long-time host of "America's Top 40" is very ill with advanced Parkinson's and his kids have been trying in vain to see him for the last 3 months but they say Jean has blocked them.

So Kerri, Julie and Mike have hired a lawyer to negotiate with Jean, and here's the bottom line -- if she doesn't let them see their dad, the lawyer will go to court and ask a judge to create a conservatorship for Casey and make THEM the conservators.

They've tried everything else. As we first reported, they staged a protest earlier this week in front of the house but Jean called the cops on them.

And apparently it's not what you think. We're told the kids are not beneficiaries in Casey's will. They just want to see him before it's too late.

We could not reach Jean for comment.

He likes coffee ...
And he likes tea ...
But the guy from Blues Traveler can't handle his booze ... and TMZ has footage showing John Popper hurling after trying to chug some whisky on stage.

It all went down last week at a performance at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida -- when Popper, who had been slamming drinks throughout the show, tried to slam one final cup ... and failed.

We're not here to judge (ok, maybe a little) ... but we've all been there -- and like a true champion, John embraced his failure, and called himself out for the "party foul."

Party on, Blues Traveler guy.

8:34 AM PT -- Popper says there's a damn good reason he heaved -- THERE WAS A BUG IN HIS CUP!!! Gross ...

Here's his tweet: "Man there's some awesomely disturbing footage of me hurling up a bug in my whiskey on TMZ & it seems to be blowing up!Cool! #strangelyproud;)"

Like a real life King Joffrey, Justin Bieber ordered his goons to carry him up the Great Wall of China today ... and, lucky for us, someone took a picture.

Biebs is in the middle of a tour in Beijing -- and in between shows, he decided to check out one of his fellow wonders of the world.

Zac Hanson -- the drummer from Hanson -- was the victim in a disgusting spit attack on his tour bus in Seattle last night ... and the gross moment was all caught on video.

Here's what we know -- the spitter somehow got onto Hanson's tour bus ... and as Zac was trying to boot him from the bus, the guy unleashed a big nasty loogie that hits Zac right in the head.

You can see the spit dripping off Zac's hair ... it's really disgusting ... but Zac simply brushed off the incident, and smiled as if it was no big deal.

As for the douche bag ... he simply turns and walks away while cursing out some of the people surrounding the bus.

After the incident, Zac tweeted ... "Gonna be a good show tonight, I cleaned off all the spit and I am feeling ready to go! -Z"

Cher is standing firm that Sonny Bono is inhabiting her Malibu mansion.

We got Cher at LAX yesterday ... and asked her if she was sure Sonny was behind the mysterious light flickering. Cher was certain the mercurial Sonny was hitting the switch.

And there's a reason she KNOWS it's not some other ghost.

Steven Tyler might wanna get comfortable sitting on the toilet -- cause he's getting a year's worth of Mexican food ... for free!

The 65-year old Aerosmith front man was cruising into LAX when he dropped the noticias -- Chipotle hooked him up ... even issued him his own fancy, personalized card.

Our Chipotle sources say he's only allowed one taco or burrito a day though ... so no family outings.

Cher believes in life after ... death -- claiming ex-husband Sonny Bono's ghost not only lingers around ... but still pulls pranks on her!

When asked about her thoughts on ghosts during a recent AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit ... Cher confessed she's a hardcore believer -- 'cause Sonny still messes with her from beyond.

"I actually think that Sonny makes a light go on (in the house)" Cher revealed, adding, "I have a beautiful chandelier that he makes the light go on when it is impossible, there is no power on."

It's possible Cher is telling the truth ... or she could just be nuts.

Billy the Blind Kid from "Dumb and Dumber" better kiss Mark Zuckerberg's tuchus -- 'cause he'd have been screwed out of the sequel if it weren't for Facebook.

Billy -- real name Brady Bluhm -- was praying he'd get a call for part two once the studio confirmed it was a go ... but weeks passed without a peep.

Turns out the Farrelly Brothers had written his short, yet memorable part into the new script ... but didn't know if he was still in the business and couldn't find him.

Thankfully for Brady ... it's 2013 and they found him through FB. But business is business .. he still had to audition for the gig. He passed!

Brady says Harry and Lloyd still live in the same apartment for 'To' ... but beyond that he was tight lipped.

We're told Luis fired off a hail mary email to producers on Friday hoping the wardrobe might be laying around somewhere ... but only got the silent treatment.

Kinda fitting.

Cory Booker's stripper friend did what she knows how to do best last night -- took off her clothes ... and we got video of her first show since being outed for flirting with the Newark mayor.

Lynsie Lee -- the stripper of the hour -- returned to the stage last night at the vegan strip joint she just made famous ... Casa Diablo.

Lynsie looked smokin' ... but her non-scandalous scandal didn't do much for business.

The good news -- we hear the vegan "Booker Burger" is delicious.

Michael Douglas took advantage of the senior discount at an Outback Steakhouse in New Mexico yesterday to celebrate his 69th birthday.

M.D. drudged along to his car with a friend after the meal ... no sign of ex Catherine Zeta Jones -- who he's reportedly trying to mend relations with.

We're not sure what he ordered ... but if it wasn't a bloomin' onion, then SHAME!!!

Hollywood got all 1998 on Joey Fatone last night, and it was spectacular -- as a simple photo with 2 female fans turned into an exhibition of nipple piercings.

Joey was walking out of Beacher's Madhouse in Hollywood when a convo with him about Britney Spears was thankfully interrupted by a couple of adoring fans ... who asked our camera guy to snap a pic.

One girl immediately says, "I was going to show you my nipple piercing" -- and even though Joey says that's not necessary ... sometimes s**t happens.

Three awesome reasons to watch this clip: 1) The girl who flashes her boob ... 2) Joey squirming while it happens .... and 3)see reason#1.

Robert Kennedy, Jr. is on the hunt for someone to date his cousin, Maria Shriver.

We got Robert in Hollywood last night ... and he said Maria's on the hunt for a man -- especially since Arnold now has a GF.

The environmentalist advises potential suitors to write Ms. Shriver a letter.