J.R. Martinez to be Grand Marshall of Rose Bowl Parade

Daytime television actor and war hero J.R. Martinez, the last winner of “Dancing With the Stars,” will be the grand marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade.

Coverage starts at 11 a.m. ET Monday on ABC.

Martinez, a wounded warrior who became an actor on “All My Children,” said he was speechless about the Rose Parade honor.

“To be able to participate in this iconic American tradition is something I could only imagine,” he said in a statement, echoing the parade’s Just Imagine theme. “I believe everything happens for a reason, and

I’m grateful the events of my life have provided me with the opportunity to share my message of hope and possibility on New Year’s Day.”

Al Roker and Shaun Robinson host NBC’s coverage.

Josh Elliott of “Good Morning America” and Hannah Storm of ESPN will host ABC’s telecast of the parade. The 98th Rose Bowl Game follows at 2:10 p.m. on ESPN. The University of Oregon is playing the University of Wisconsin.

Julianne Hough on the Cover of Prestige

It's never a bad thing when Julianne Hough is on the cover of a magazine. 

She's on the cover of the December 2011 edition of Prestige and there are more photos and an interview inside the magazine.

Here's a link: 

http://www.prestigehongkong.com/celebrities/011211.html

Modern Family Quotes from "Express Christmas"

The family is gathered at Jay and Gloria’s pool on a sunny December day, and that’s where they realize that everyone will be scattered this coming Christmas, so if they want to celebrate together, then it will have to be today! Everyone sets off with their respective duties for Express Christmas – Mitchell, Alex and Lily get the tree, Jay and Cameron are in charge of gift wrapping, Phil and Manny get the groceries, Gloria and Luke go retrieve the ornaments, and Claire and Haley shop for all the gifts.

Here we go with the quotes.

Jay: Yay, I just got my gift.

Haley: It was in her holiday newsletter.

Cam: We can spend Christmas in Missouri.

Cam: Who do you think we're seeing in Missouri, The Oakridge Boys?

Haley: Hey Math Club, can you get me some more lemonade?

Phil: Express Christmas, I just invented it.

Luke: With all the snatchings...

Cam: We have a mobile wrapping station.

Phil: On Prancer and Vixen.  That kind of worked out!

Alex: My mom told me it's Xmas in a text.

Gloria: Luke!

Luke: At what?

Mitchell: It needs to be a Douglas Fir, at least eight feet tall.

Alex: Oh symmetry, oh symmetry!

Lily: I have two daddy's.

Cam: Why so much tape, Jay?

Jay: Why are you wearing a sweater when it's 95 degrees out?

Jay: How would I remember having win with my son's boyfriend?

Claire: And one more pack of gum.

Manny: Why don't you put a sign on me that says "free kid"?

Phil: Mint condition....   Fair condition..... Garbage

Luke: Smells like moth balls, just like Grandma.

Gloria: Never look back!

Alex: Maybe we can salvage it.

Jay: Tough to decorate the tree with no tree.

Luke: I got the tire marks off the wings.

Mitchell: Here comes the tree.

Alex: Here comes more of the tree.

Gloria: Is that my stun gun?

Mitchell: This looks like the lady she used to be before she became an angel.

Manny: I risked my life grocery shopping.

Gloria: It makes everyday December 16.

Phil: I picked it up when we stopped for gas.

Cam: He loves dog antlers.

Saturday's College Football Play of the Day: Houston

The Conference USA Championship featuring Southern Miss and Houston.

How can you go against high scoring Houston and their star quarterback Case Keenum today?

Well you can't, so give the 13 and take Houston.

Hurry to get those bets in.

Modern Family Quotes from "Punkin Chunkin"

It's Thanksgiving on Modern Family and the family members ask "what if?"

Phil wonders whether he would have been a better person, father and husband, if he had applied himself more. Jay (Ed O'Neill) decides Manny (Rico Rodriguez) could use a little more constructive criticism, if only to toughen him up and improve his chances when he becomes a man. And Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) takes it personally after a well-meaning Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) questions the veracity of some of his more fanciful childhood stories.

It all comes to a head at Thanksgiving with the family divided between the “Dreamers” and the “Pritchetts."

Here are the quotes.

Phil: At least buy me dinner first!

Phil: He was the sweet kid who lived next door.

Phil: Why hug when you can man shake.

Cam: I think I have to tell my Punkin Chunkin Story.

Cam: The pumpkin sails through the air, goal post to goal post.

Manny: My juices were really flowing on this one.

Jay: Centerpieces for starters.

Jay: This thing is a horn of ugly.

Haley: Ease up it's a holiday.

Kenneth: I'm in town to buy a blimp.

Kenneth: What would Phil Dunphy do?

Phil: He's me and he's spectacular.

Haley: Saying nothing isn't lying.

Mitchell: It was a supportive Wah Wah

Cam: Rain or shine, there's always a bumper crop of stories.

Phil: I bet this is how the French do Thanksgiving.

Luke: Why aren't we the jillionaires?

Manny: I think this might be a job for cumin.

Claire: Do you know what is illegal in Europe? Nothing!

Phil: Sometimes I need to be pumped up and frilly.

Phil: You're folding my dreams!

Phil: I love your "I Love You", getting sick of your but.

Manny: You hit those potholes pretty hard.

Jay: I saw them.

Jay: It's great and it's grrrrrrrrrrreeeeaaat

Manny: He said it was a swing and a miss.

Phil: The real Head Scratcher TM

Phil: It's like a 1,000 tiny angels are line dancing on my scalp.

Phil: Let's settle this, Dreamers vs. Pritchetts.

Jay: I'm just trying to get the kid ready for life.

Gloria: We only hvae one pumpkin and we just chunked it.

Manny: Maybe if this works, we should launch my centerpeice next.

Claire: Three more seconds and you would've got away with it.