Monday, April 9, 2018 Edition: #6193

We’ve Gone Bullistic!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Sylvester Stallone had passersby doing double takes and chanting “Rocky! Rocky!” on Friday as he made a surprise visit to the statue of his iconic Rocky Balboa character in Philadelphia. Stallone took a break from shooting to join Mayor Jim Kenney at the statue, right next to the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, which he famously climbed in the first Rocky film. They rededicated a plaque that had been lost for 12 years and Kenney presented Stallone with a personalized jersey from the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.
-MSN
★ Kate Hudson is having a baby girl with her boyfriend Danny Fujikawa. Hudson announced her pregnancy on Friday with a video. She also wrote: “We have been trying to keep this pregnancy under the radar for as long as possible but I’m a poppin now! And it’s too darn challenging to hide, and frankly hiding is more exhausting then just coming out with it! My kids, Danny, myself and the entire family are crazy excited!” Hudson already has two children, 14 year-old Ryder, (with her first husband Chris Robinson), and 6 year-old Bingham (with former fiancé Matt Bellamy).
-People
★ Jennie Garth‘s husband, Dave Abrams has pulled the plug on their 3 year marriage and filed for divorce. Last November, Garth announced that the two were taking time apart. This will be the 3rd divorce for Garth, who split with Peter Facinelli in 2013. Abrams and Garth have no children together. The court documents state ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the cause, and lists the date of separation as August 29, 2017.
★ Also filing for divorce late last week: Brooke Burke from David Charvet and Kendra Wilkinson from Hank Baskett.
-TheBlast
★ The release of the new ‘Terminator’ movie has been delayed by four months. The much-anticipated reboot – starring Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger – had been set for a July 26, 2019 release but has now been pushed back to November 22. Plot details are being kept under wraps but director Tim Miller and James Cameron are reportedly treating the film as a direct sequel to ‘T2: Judgment Day’. Schwarzenegger says that fans of the sci-fi franchise can expect a return to the stripped down story of the original cult classic.
(“I’ll be back…later.”)
-ContactMusic

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Zooey Deschanel, Snoop Dogg
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): John Mulaney, guest co-host Cardi B
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Amy Schumer, Madeleine Albright, Giada De Laurentiis
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Tiffany Haddish, the War on Drugs, Gil Sharone
• ” The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Tracy Morgan, Ike Barinholtz
• “Conan” (TBS/Comedy): Dax Shepard, Grant Gustin, Nick Griffin
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Milo Ventimiglia, Ricky Martin
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Tyra Banks
• “The Talk” (CBS): Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Leslie Odom Jr.
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Joshua Jackson, Malin Akerman
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Alex Rodriguez, Christina Hendricks, Lea Michele, Darren Criss
• “American Idol” (ABC): Top 24 Celebrity Duets
• “The Voice: (NBC): Past winners serve as advisers

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Luis Fonsi – is among the artists who will perform with ‘American Idol’ finalists. Also to be featured: Aloe Blacc, Sugarland, Andy Grammar and Pat Monahan of Train. 12 duets will be featured on tonight’s show, 12 next Monday.
• Jay-Z – says he sees Kanye West as his ”little brother” and despite their feuds from time to time, they are still like ”siblings forever”. He has previously admitted he and Kanye will always have a ”complicated relationship” because of the ”little underlying competition” they have with each other.
• Lorde – created some controversy on Thursday night, after posting a photo of a bathtub to Instagram with the caption “And iiii will always love you.” Fans were quick to point out that the lyric, made famous by Whitney Houston, was in poor taste considering Houston died in a bathtub.
• Madonna – says that her 17-year-old son Rocco ”steals” her beauty products. Rocco likes to use her new four-in-one product called ‘The Reinvention Cream’, which is a serum, cream, mask and lotion in one product. (Which sounds more like an infomercial than an interview…)
• Guns N’ Roses – Their ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ has been named ‘Best Workout Song of 2018′ in the Gold’s Gym’s March Music Madness competition. The runner-up: Jeremih’s “Tonight Belongs to U!’
• Bon Jovi – former guitarist Richie Sambora says the experience of rehearsing with the band for their upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was “wonderful”. He quit the band in 2013 in circumstances which caused friction between him and Jon Bon Jovi, but he’ll perform with the band at the ceremony on Saturday night, as will former bassist Alec John Such.
• Kid Rock – After spending 2017 delivering ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’, he’ll return to the road this summer with his ‘Red Blooded Rock N Roll Redneck Extravaganza’. The 15-date tour launches August 3rd in Bangor, Maine, and will feature opening acts Brantley Gilbert and Wheeler Walker Jr.
• Blake Shelton – an Oklahoma mom of a 7 year-old is using him to draw attention to the needs of that state’s education system. She was shocked to find that her daughter was assigned a textbook that was once used at the same school by Shelton…in 1982. (Seems to have worked for him!)
• Dierks Bentley – his dream of having his own music festival is becoming a reality. He has announced the ‘Seven Peaks Music Festival’, which will happen Labor Day weekend (Aug. 31–Sept. 2) in Buena Vista, Colorado. In addition to Bentley performing several times over the weekend, the lineup includes Miranda Lambert, Brothers Osborne, Elle King, LANCO, Del McCoury, Sam Bush and The Cadillac Three.

REMOTE SELF-STARTER:
It’s great work if you can get it. To have a job where you can work from home. And while can make sense from your employers perspective, do you save money if you are one of the lucky ones who can do their full-time job from the living room? A woman in a large U.S. city did the calculations and she found that the savings for a worker are significant. She determined that when she added up the lunches she would have purchased had she been at the office each day, plus a coffee or two per day, the cost of her commute, plus a calculation of the value of the time that she lost in transit, she was saving $2,127 per year by working from home. Of course, these numbers could very widely depending on a number of factors, but the savings from remote work are undeniable.
(I would think the savings on pants alone would be astronomical!)
(I’d save at least a few hundred bucks just by not having to buy Girl Guide cookies from half my co-workers!)
(And the feeling of not having to jump into a cold car in January…priceless!)
-QuartzatWork

SMART TALKING:
I’m sure that some people see the way animal lovers talk to their pets and question their intelligence. You have to admit, the way you talk to your dog or cat might be a little embarrassing. But an expert in anthropomorphism (***good luck with that***) says that the science behind why people talk to animals is actually a sign of intelligence. That’s right, Dr Nicholas Epley, a professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago, says that if you talk to your pets a lot, especially using that cute baby-talk thing that you do, it’s a sign of intelligence. Wait, it gets better. He says that talking to other things, whether it is your computer or your car, can also be a sign that you’re smart. Why? Attributing human qualities to non-humans reveals our unique intelligence.
(What’s really intelligent is if they talk back!)
(I talk to my computer and my car too, but my dog is the only one who tilts his head in response!)
(Either that, or it’s a sign that this guy is stupid!)
(Then I’ve gotta tell you, I was pretty smart when I walked over some Lego on the way to the bathroom in the middle of the night!)
(***See ‘Cutting Edge Vocab’, below***)
-CountryLivingUK

PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE…
Last week, we talked about a study that showed that participants could decrease their stress levels by simply deleting their Facebook accounts. And while that may be true, some experts are now saying that you should really think long hand hard before you drop it entirely. In the same study, while people did show lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol by going five days without Facebook, they didn’t feel any better, due to the fact that they felt “cut-off” from their Facebook friends, leading them to report lower levels of well-being. Study authors point out that there is very little scientific evidence that shows social media is actually bad for our mental health.
They say the best way to use social media is in moderation. And other research has shown other surprising benefits of social media. Some say it could be used to help diagnose depression. Another study found that Facebook helps students cope with mental stress. Results showed that during stressful life events, Facebook friends offer encouragement, support, and advice, leading people to feel less depressed and more satisfied with life. So before you hit delete, it might be worth it to think about benefits of Facebook you might not be aware of. Because as the saying goes, you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.
(And what’s a little data breach if it means I can keeps tabs on old Margaret from 6th grade!)
(Plus it was through Facebook that I found out about a great deal on new tires!)
(And by ‘moderate’ use of social media, you mean checking it every spare second I get all day long, right?)
-BusinessInsider

BS CUTTING-EDGE VOCAB:
New terms entering the lingo …
• ‘Nerd-sightedness’ – The inability to see beyond a technology’s interesting technical aspects, particularly to miss its ethical implications; to see the world from the perspective of a nerd. (They built a program that took the world by storm, but due to nerd-sightedness, Zuckerberg forgot to consider what would happen if its data were compromised…)
• Dog-directed speech’ – A manner of talking to dogs characterized by a high pitch, slow cadence, frequent repetition, and whimsical tone. (“Is THIS dog-directed speech? Is it? Huh? You tell me, is THIS dog-directed speech?”)
• ‘XAI’ – Explainable Artificial Intelligence. Armed with XAI, your digital assistant might be able to tell you it picked a certain driving route because it knows you like back roads, or that it suggested a word change so that the tone of your email would be friendlier. (Or why the ROOMBA decided to run over the dog vomit on the carpet…15 times…)

BS CHRONOMETER 04.09.18

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1954 [64] Dennis Quaid, Houston TX, movie actor (“A Dog’s Purpose”, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”)/TV actor (“Vegas” 2012-13)

1963 [55] Marc Jacobs, New York City NY, fashion designer (clothing and accessory designer chiefly known as the brainchild behind ‘Louis Vuitton’ as well as his own line)

1966 [52] Cynthia Nixon, NYC, movie actress (“Sex & The City” films)/TV actress (“Alpha House” 2013-14, “The Big C” 2010-11, “Sex & The City” 1998-2004)

1980 [38] Albert Hammond Jr, LA CA, indie rock guitarist (The Strokes-‘Last Nite’, ‘Juicebox’)

1982 [36] Jay Baruchel, Ottawa ON, movie actor (“How to Train Your Dragon” films, “Knocked Up”)

1986 [32] Leighton Meester, Fort Worth TX, TV actress (“Gossip Girl” 2007-12)/movie actress (“That’s My Boy”)

1990 [28] Kristen Stewart, LA CA, movie actress (“Snow White & The Huntsman”, “Twilight Saga” films) COMING UP…”JT Leroy” 2018

1998 [20] Elle Fanning, Conyers GA, movie actress (“Maleficent”, “Super 8”)/younger sister of actress Dakota Fanning. COMING UP… “A Rainy Day in New York” 2018

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Cherish an Antique Day”, celebrate with a visit to a museum, or simply by retrieving a valued heirloom from its place of safety and exhibit it for the day. (That explains the 3 grandfather clocks on the bus this morning…)

• “Name Yourself Day”, a day for anybody with a name they hate to tag themselves with a brand new label. Clem, perhaps?

• “Chicken Little Awareness Day”, Don’t worry, I checked, the sky is still there!

• “Chinese Almond Cookie Day”, in some Chinese restaurants, they are served to cleanse the palate after several courses, rather than being regarded as a dessert.

• “Winston Churchill Day”, This date in 1963, Winston Churchill was made an honorary citizen of the United States. He is well-known for his leadership as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. Quote: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

COMING UP . . .
[Tues] Golfer’s Day
[Tues] National Farm Animals Day
[Wed] Barbershop Quartet Day
[Wed] National Pet Day
This Week Is… National Animal Control Appreciation Week
This Month Is… Lawn and Garden Month

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2005 [13] Britain’s Prince Charles & Camilla Parker Bowles are wed in Windsor, England

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2003 [15] Willie Nelson celebrates his 70th birthday at NYC’s Beacon Theatre, with performances by Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Ray Charles, Ray Price, and ZZ Top

2004 [14] Oldies singer Tom Jones’ manager – his son Mark – orders the 63-year-old former sex symbol to stop wearing tight leather pants onstage

2008 [10] Elton John’s benefit concert at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall raises $2.5 million for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign

TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2009 [09] Honda FCX Clarity, a 4-door sedan billed as the 1st hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicle, wins the ‘World Green Car Award’ at the New York Auto Show

TODAY’S RECORD . . .
1992 [26] ‘Heaviest Chocolate Easter Egg’ weighs 10,483 lbs and measures over 23-feet-high (Ringwood, Australia) Current record: 15,873 lbs (2011)

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK FACTS:
✓ More photos were taken in the last 2 minutes than in the entire 19th century.
✓ People who prefer Twitter over Facebook tend to have a higher IQ but are also more likely to suffer from insomnia.
✓ A woman will own an average of 111 handbags in her lifetime.
✓ Google has found that GPAs and test scores are “worthless as a criteria for hiring.”
✓ To graduate from Cornell University, you must first pass a swim test.
✓ Canada has a strategic maple syrup reserve to make sure there is always enough syrup for the market.
-WhattheFFacts

BS AWKWARD SPEED-DATING QUESTIONS:
• To which side of the bed do you like to be handcuffed?
• What should we name our kids?
• Do you have a living will?
• Can I record your breathing for my ringtone?
• Did it hurt when you fell from heaven? ‘Cuz your face looks really funky and your pants are dirty.
• What color are your underpants?
• So, how many cats would you consider to be ‘too many’?
• Who is your favorite serial killer?
• If a train is leaving Buffalo, NY at 5pm travelling 100 mph, and another train is leaving Charleston, SC at 3pm travelling 79 mph, at what point will you cheat on me?
• Would you mind if my wife asked you a few questions?
-Twitter

BS RANDOM JOKE:
It’s only a murder of crows if there’s probable caws.

BS PHONE STARTER:
What is grossest thing that your kid does? Or did do?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: When women were asked what they wished they could make the way Mom used to, what was the number one answer?
Answer: Gravy

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
It’s better to have been the one who smiled than the one who didn’t smile back.