April 1 2019

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Monday, April 1, 2019        Edition: #6426

Happy “Bull Day”, We’re 26-Years-Old Today – No Foolin’!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Nicolas Cage cited his wife’s criminal history as one of the reasons he wants his marriage of 4 days annulled. His other reason? He was blackout drunk at the time. Cage claims the two had been drinking before attending their wedding ceremony, and that he was not in the right mind to make a legally binding decision. It turns out Erika Koike has a long rap sheet which includes multiple arrests involving alcohol.
-TheBlast
★ Jussie Smollett will have to shelve his acceptance speech, because he lost out on an anticipated NAACP Image Award. Smollett lost in his category of Best Supporting Actor on Friday night during an untelevised portion of the awards show. “Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams ended up snagging the honor. And Smollett decided not to attend the annual dinner. He flew out of Chicago after he felt public officials were conducting a smear campaign against him.
-TheBlast
★ Luke Perry’s Hollywood memorial will take place on April 13. Perry died suddenly last month after suffering a massive stroke at his Los Angeles home.  While a private funeral has already taken place, with his ashes scattered at his Tennessee farm, invitations have been issued to many of the cast and crew of “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Riverdale” for the Hollywood memorial at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.
-ContactMusic
★ Drew Barrymore says she cannot wait to team up with Adam Sandler on-screen for a fourth time. The close pals co-starred together in “The Wedding Singer”, “50 First Dates”, and “Blended,” and Barrymore says she would make movies with Sandler ”forever” if she could. She points out that the two have “done a movie every 10 years, three decades in a row,” and although she plans for them to do another movie together when the next 10-year period is up (in 2024), they “haven’t figured out what it is yet.”
-ContactMusic
★ Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy are in talks to star in Ben Falcone’s superhero film “Thunder Force” for Netflix. Plot details are being kept under wraps but reportedly, the story will focus on McCarthy and Spencer’s characters getting super powers.  McCarthy is also expected to co-produce with Marc Platt and Falcone.
-TheWrap

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Kim Kardashian West, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, the Killers
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Tracy Morgan, Maisie Williams, Patrick Mahomes, The Zombies
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Nathan Lane, Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Tan France
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Steve Martin, Susan Kelechi Watson, Aaron Comess
• ” The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Rachel Bloom, Christopher Meloni, Rita Wilson
• “Conan” (TBS): Jeff Goldblum (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Lady Gaga (R)
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Issa Rae, Marsai Martin
• “The Talk” (CBS): Patricia Arquette, Boris Kodjoe
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Drew Barrymore, Sofia Carson
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Ed O’Neill, Billie Eilish
• “American Idol” (ABC): The Top 20 perform
• “The Voice” (NBC): The “Battle Rounds” continue as the coaches enlist Charlie Puth, Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks + Dunn and Khalid to prepare their artists to go head to head in the hopes of advancing to the next round.
• “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (CW): Season 7 premiere. Penn & Teller prank Chris Hardwick (“Talking Dead”) by turning him into an amazing magician as they send him to the streets of Vegas to bedazzle the crowds.

BS MUSIC NOTES:

• Nicki Minaj – is being sued by a woman who says Minaj hired her to work as a stylist for nearly a month during her 2017 tour. The suit says Minaj refused to “pay even one penny” of the $43,000 the stylist says she’s owed.
• Bebe Rexha – says that the video for her song ‘The Last Hurrah’ landed her in big trouble with her dad. Her father threatened to disown her after seeing it, due to its religious imagery and footage of Rexha parading in lingerie.  The two are all good now.
• The Rolling Stones – have postponed their spring and summer tour of North America so Mick Jagger can receive medical treatment. The band posted that Jagger has been told by doctors “he cannot go on tour at this time” but he “is expected to make a complete recovery so that he can get back on stage as soon as possible.” Fans have been advised to hold on to their tickets, as they will be valid for rescheduled dates, which will be announced shortly.
• Stevie Nicks — confused ‘NSYNC with One Direction at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. One Direction’s Harry Styles inducted Nicks, but when she was asked about him backstage, she said: “When he decided to make a solo record from ‘NSYNC…” When corrected, she smiled and said, “I’m never gonna to live that one down, I know…I liked One Direction too.”
• Def Leppard – during his Rock Hall of Fame induction speech on Friday, singer Joe Elliott made reference to the band’s long list of triumphs and tragedies, saying: “If alcoholism, cancer and car crashes couldn’t kill us, the ’90s had no…chance.” The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will air April 27 on HBO.
• Elvis Presley — Tom Hanks is in talks with producers to star as his manager Colonel Tom Parker in the upcoming Elvis biopic to be directed by Baz Luhrmann, who has also co-written the screenplay.
• Rodney Atkins — had no idea he was taking part in a gender reveal for his third child when he smashed a baseball and it exploded blue powder into the air. He believed he was doing a video for a food bank, but his wife, Rose Falcon, had set him up. He learned he’s expecting a baby boy. Video is online.
• Alabama — singer Randy Owen has been honored with a special award from the Boy Scouts of America in his home state of Alabama. The city of Anniston’s local Boy Scouts chapter presented him with the ‘Heart of an Eagle Award’, which recognizes his compassion through community leadership, character and integrity.

APEELING CONCEPT:
It’s no secret that citrus fruits are good for you…but good for your hair?  Apparently grabbing a tangerine will not only give you a healthy dose of vitamin C, but could also delay your hair going grey.  Nutritionist Frida Harju-Westman says that Tangerines’ Vitamin B12 works to slow the greying process. Greying occurs when the body lacks B12, which causes it to produce hydrogen peroxide—making your hair turn grey. And of course, that isn’t the only benefit.  Eat a lot of citrus fruits and you can expect better skin, improved digestion, regulated blood pressure, and a host of other benefits.
(Great!  Now tell me the difference between tangerines and clementines!)
(Too late!  I have teenagers.)
(As I see it, the choice is this:  Go grey or go broke!)
-HouseBeautiful

SPLITTING THE VOTE:
Voters in an area of Prince Edward Island have an interesting choice to make in the April 23 provincial election:  Matthew MacKay or Matthew MacKay.  Yes, the incumbent, in the riding of Kensington-Malpeque, Progressive Conservative Matthew MacKay, is being challenged by Green Party rookie Matthew MacKay.  To avoid confusion, the newcomer has agreed to use his middle initial, which means his name will appear on the ballot as Matthew J. MacKay.  According to the one with the initial, the island’s Scottish settlers are partly to blame for the odd predicament…as he puts it, “The Scottish are frugal people, we recycle everything…we even recycle names.”  Although these two aren’t related, apparently there are a lot of “MacKays” in the area, and a lot of “Matthews”.  And he doesn’t expect that there will be much confusion come election day, because with only about 4,000 voters in the district, “Most of us know everybody anyway.”
(I guess using an initial is better than calling one of them “number one”…and the other “number two”!)
(If that happened around here, people wouldn’t know which campaign signs to destroy!)
-CTV

GREAT APRIL FOOL’S DAY PRANKS BY COMPANIES:
☞ Expedia offered flights to Mars:  In 2009, with convincing graphics and tickets starting at $99, they fooled some into believing that it was true.  They included activities and hotel descriptions. (And actually paid someone to come up with that stuff!)
☞ Amazon’s Petlexa:  In 2017, they had people scratching their heads when they announced a smart speaker for dogs, cats and other pets. It also supposedly gave pets the freedom to place orders from Amazon, and to activate smart-home-enabled toys. (That explains the truckload of Marrow Bones at the front door…)
☞ Zombie apocalypse in Canada:  In 2018, using what looked like a still from “The Walking Dead”, The National Research Council of Canada shared a picture of the “ongoing zombie apocalypse”, writing that their zombie vaccine “isn’t as effective as we would have liked during initial testing.”
☞ Lay’s India’s “no share pack”:  In 2017, they announced the release of a “no share pack – installed with fingerprint sensors.”  (Hopefully ‘lick-proof’…)
☞ Netflix ‘acquired’ Seth Rogen:  Last year, Netflix announced that it had “acquired” actor Seth Rogen, announcing that “Rogen has entered into a lifetime deal to transfer full ownership of his personal autonomy to Netflix, Inc.” (Did they have to give up a stoner to be named later?)
-NDTV

DID YOU KNOW?
In light of all the April Fools jokes expected to be perpetrated online today, researchers will be analyzing them in an effort to improve their ability to detect malicious fake news stories.  They plan to use data about the structural and stylistic similarities between April Fools pranks and fake news stories to design algorithms to spot fake news online.
-Global

BS CHRONOMETER 04.01.19

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1948 [71] Jimmy Cliff [James Chambers], St James, Jamaica, reggae singer (‘I Can See Clearly Now’)/Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2010

1961 [58] Susan Boyle, Blackburn, Scotland, pop singer (‘Wild Horses’)/TV talent show contestant (“Britain’s Got Talent” 2009)

1973 [46] Rachel Maddow, Castro Valley CA, TV host/political commentator (“The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC)

1982 [37] Taran Killam, Culver City CA, TV actor (“Saturday Night Live” 2010-16, “Single Parents” since 2018)

1986 [33] Hillary Scott, Nashville TN, country singer (Lady Antebellum-‘Need You Now’)

1995 [24] Logan Paul, Westlake, OH, internet personality (Vine, YouTube)/actor/singer

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “April Fool’s Day”. Many say the custom of playing practical jokes on this day originated with the reform of the calendar when “New Year’s Day” was moved from April 1 to January 1. Those who clung to the old “New Year’s Day” were scoffed at as ‘fools’ and sent fake party invitations and prank gifts. That tradition began in France around 1564, where an ‘April Fool’ is called a ‘poisson d’avril’ (April fish).

• “St Stupid’s Day”, an annual celebration on April 1st in San Francisco CA since 1980, when a wacky parade is held. The occasion’s dim-witted activities include the ‘high four’ handshake (hand up, palm towards partner, fold thumb across palm, slap high four, say “Ouch!”).
NET: http://saintstupid.com/menu.html

• “International Tatting Day”, celebrating the technique of handcrafting lace by using a series of knots and loops. (You can never have too many doilies, right?)

• “One Cent Day”, celebrating the world’s most useless currency … the penny. It now costs 1.8 cents to manufacture a penny in the U.S.  Countries that no longer use the penny (or its equivalent) include Australia, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Sweden.

• “International Edible Book Festival” (today and/or any day through the 5th), the annual event when edible books are exhibited, then tea/coffee is served and the books are consumed. Books are made from all manner of foodstuffs – chocolate, beets, bologna, toast, liver, etc.
NET: http://www.books2eat.beatricecoron.com

COMING UP . . .
[Tues] Equal Pay Day
[Tues] Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
[Wed] American Circus Day
[Wed] Find a Rainbow Day
This Week Is…Window Safety Week
This Month Is…Canine Fitness Month

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1979 [40] Cartoon character ‘Bart Simpson’ is born (according to several sources), but he’s perennially aged 10, according to “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2008 [11] YouTube tricks users with the popular bait-and-switch prank called ‘Rickrolling’ by featuring video links that actually lead to Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ music video. Several other websites have the same idea, creating an unintentional, internet-wide April Fools’ joke.

2012 [07] Taylor Swift wins her 2nd consecutive ‘Entertainer Of the Year’ award at the 47th Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas NV

2016 [03] Guns N’ Roses announce that original members Slash and Duff McKagan are returning to the group to join Axl Rose on the “Not In This Lifetime” tour. The tour lasts through 2018, grossing an estimated $562 million

TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1976 [43] Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs found ‘Apple Computer’ in the garage of Jobs’ parents house in Cupertino, California

2001 [18] Same-sex marriage becomes legal in The Netherlands, the 1st country to allow it

2004 [15] Google introduces ‘gmail’ to the public (at the time, many think it is an April Fools joke)

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK FACTS:
✓ If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will become pale.
✓ A housefly hums in the key of F.
✓ To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaw, push your thumb into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly.
✓ The smell of a skunk can be detected by a human a mile away.
✓ Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
✓ We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
-TheFactSite

BS SIGNS YOU WERE PRANKED LAST APRIL FOOL’S DAY:
• Still have a chipped tooth from trying to roll up the rim on your travel mug.
• You ended up married to Ashton Kutcher.
• To thwart the office jokester, you’ve already Jell-O-molded your stapler.
• You’re still trying to pick up that quarter that’s glued to the lunchroom floor.
• There’s no way you’re falling for that “don’t worry it’s free parking downtown” joke again!
• Your pretty sure you’ll never, ever forget the taste of Nutella and Ex-lax.
• Pants-optional bus service sounded totally believable!

Best of BS . . .
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ARTICLES IN THE YEAR 2030:
• Hey, Remember Forests? I Miss Forests
• These Striking Photographs Show the Best On-Fire Lakes from Around the World
• Did Lemurs Have Personalities? If So, Were They Bummed Out When They Became Extinct?
• 95 Degrees Fahrenheit in December — Is This the Coldest Winter in Years?
• Five Ways the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Should Use Its $400 Budget
• This Photojournalist Spent a Week Following the Band of Violent Bikers Who Now Rule Us, But He Was Killed So We Didn’t Receive Any Photos from Him
• Recycling: Get Caught and This Illegal Activity Will Get You Thrown in Jail
• Seven Stunning Natural Wonders That Are Now Trump Hotels
• Help Us Caption This Photo of Underwater New York City
• Photo of the Day: The Last Ice Cube on Earth
-First published in ‘BS’ in 2017

BS PHONE STARTER:

What is the best prank that you’ve been the victim of?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:

Question:  According to a survey, 67% of us believe you’re never too old for THIS.  What is it?
Answer:  To celebrate April Fool’s Day

BS DEEP THOUGHT:

The people who say, ‘your dreams are impossible’ have already quit on theirs.

 

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