Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Edition: #6267

If the Sheet Fits, Buy It!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Floyd Mayweather is accused of hiring an interior designer to redesign his new Beverly Hills mansion, only to stiff them out of the $650,000 he owes them for the project. Palumbo Design says they held up their end of the deal by completing work on the home. The company says Mayweather paid over $1 million for their work on the project, but then stopped paying and ignored their repeated demands for further payment on the remaining $650,000 owed.
($650,000….what’s that….about 45 seconds in the ring?)
-TheBlast
★ Even after allegations surfaced of Aziz Ansari’s supposed sexual assault, Netflix is still willing to work with him for another season of “Master Of None”. An exec says the company is “happy to make another season of Master Of None” whenever Aziz is ready to start filming. Ansari acts, writes, and directs the hit production. The series has won a number of Emmy Awards.
-CelebrityInsider
★ Andrew Lincoln has revealed his reason for leaving “The Walking Dead” after its upcoming ninth season. It’s because he misses home. Lincoln lives in England and “The Walking Dead” shoots for over half the year in Georgia, keeping him away from his wife and two young children for long periods of time. He says that the kids become “less portable as they get older. It was that simple. It was time for me to come home.”
(I “fear” The Walking Dead might be pretty much done!)
-MSN
★ After lutzing into our hearts during the Olympics and dominating last season of “Dancing With the Stars”, Adam Rippon is taking over the judging panel for the dancing show. Rippon will be a judge for the Junior edition of the show this fall and will sit on the panel alongside “La La Land” choreographer Mandy Moore (not that Mandy) and DWTS alum and dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy.
-Cosmopolitan
★ Alex Trebek’s contract with “Jeopardy!” expires in 2020 and the question on everyone’s mind is who will be his replacement if he steps down? Trebek has suggested Alex Faust, the 28-year-old LA Kings hockey play-by-play announcer. Trebek has been the face of “Jeopardy!” for 34 years, ever since it was revived in 1984, and is closely involved in the show’s production.
-MSN

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Sean “Diddy” Combs, Betty Gilpin, JOHNNYSWIM, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Kate McKinnon, Mo Rocca, Nicky Jam & J Balvin
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Ewan McGregor, Rick Ross
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Bob Odenkirk, Natasha Lyonne, Kelsea Ballerini, Taylor Gordon
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Mila Kunis, Christina Slater, PrettyMuch
• “Conan” (TBS/Comedy): Ashton Kutcher, Christian Navarro, Johnny Marr ( R )
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Dorinda Medley, Isaac Mizrahi
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Omari Hardwick
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Mila Kunis, Ronda Rousey, Peter Gros, guest co-host Lisa Rinna
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Jim Parsons, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Lauren May ( R )
• “Big Brother 20” (CBS): Houseguests compete to win the Power of Veto.
• “The Outback” (PBS): Series premiere. Meet the diverse humans and creatures who inhabit the Kimberley region, a stunning Western Australia landscape that boasts some of the toughest characters and most spectacular wilderness in existence.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Pharrell Williams – will host the Oct. 11 City of Hope gala honoring Warner/Chappell Music CEO and chairman Jon Platt. The publishing veteran is being awarded with the organization’s Spirit of Life Award.
• Lauren Hill – is the new face of outdoor apparel giant Woolrich, which will be her first ever fashion campaign. She’ll promote the company’s Fall/Winter collection with the tagline “”Woolrich: American Soul Since 1830”.
• Madonna – plans to celebrate her 60th birthday with a fundraiser for orphans and children in Malawi. Quote: “For my birthday, I can think of no better gift than connecting my global family with this beautiful country and the children who need our help most.” Her birthday is Aug. 16.
• Kurt Cobain – His daughter Francis Bean says she will never read her father’s journals. Speaking at the opening of an exhibition dedicated to the late Nirvana frontman in Ireland, she said that she regrets the fact that her mother (Courtney Love) published them in 2002.
• Foreigner – Guitarist Mick Jones is considering rekindling his songwriting partnership with former singer Lou Gramm for a possible EP. And Gramm says that he hopes it happens, and indicates that their song ideas are “really, really, really different and interesting”. The five surviving original band members will play a reunion show on Saturday in Sturgis, South Dakota.
• Keith Urban – has been open about his past battle with addiction, and during an interview, he offered advice to Demi Lovato. He said that he’d recommend she keep “good people around her, and a willingness to want to live a different way if that’s what she wants to do.” Urban has been sober for more than a decade.
• Riley Green – is a bit of a throwback. He says, “If someone tells me I sound like someone from ‘90s country, that’s about the biggest compliment I can get.” He says that’s the music he grew up on, and what he enjoys listening to.

LAVASTORY:
Sometimes you visit a public washroom and you’re presented with a choice: Paper or hand dryer? You may have washed your hands to a shine, but if you immediately re-contaminate your hands, it sort of defeats the purpose. Researchers at the University of Connecticut’s School of Medicine carried out a series of experiments in which they collected bacteria samples from 36 men’s and women’s washrooms. You might not like the sound of this, but they found that bacteria in the bathroom air are actually drawn into the dryer and then shoot out the nozzle. So an electric hand dryer basically concentrates the bacteria, and blows it back onto your hands after you just washed them off. Dryers equipped with HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filters significantly reduced the amount of bacteria passing through the machines, but some microbes remained, which could develop into bacteria. The experts’ take on all of this? Whenever possible, use paper towel.
(Did they look into the ‘pants’ method at all?)
(And when they’re out of paper towel, should we turn to the dryer….or to T.P.?)
-Sunnybrook

MAID ME HAPPY:
It’s what mankind has searched for since the dawn of civilized society. Or earlier. What is the key to happiness? And a new study has found the answer. Buy more takeout and hire a maid. That’s the takeaway of a study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, where they found that spending money to save time may reduce stress about the limited time you have in a day, thereby improving happiness. It didn’t matter whether the test subjects were rich or poor – people’s levels of happiness benefitted from ‘buying time’. As one of the authors of the study pointed out, “If there’s some task that just thinking about it fills you with dread, then it’s probably worth considering whether you can afford to buy your way out of it.”
(Although, if you were a maid, you’d look kinda funny hiring a maid!)
(My problem is that I’m cheap AND lazy…so I never get anything done!)
(So it’s better to spend money to save time than to spend time to save money?)
-NYTimes

THINGS WE DID BEFORE CELL PHONES THAT SEEM WEIRD NOW:
➠ Used actual cameras: And that was always handy…..not.
➠ Asked for directions: You could either go to the gas station or ask a random stranger on the street. (If they were laughing as you pulled away, you knew you might be in trouble…)
➠ Checked email on the computer only: Remember going through that 6-minute computer boot-up process to see if that one important email had arrived?
➠ Used the ATM to check a bank balance: Online banking wasn’t really a thing yet. You either had to manage your checkbook like a hawk or stand in line at the bank machine to find out that you were broke.
➠ Used real taxis: Before cellphones, hailing a random person to give you a ride was called hitchhiking.
➠ Used an answering machine: Remember, there was no texting, so if you weren’t around when someone called, this handy gadget was a lifesaver.
➠ Memorized phone numbers: Quick, what are your two closest friends’ phone numbers? Don’t know? Back then, you probably had about 10 peoples’ numbers memorized.
➠ Made eye contact: That used to be a thing. Apparently….
-List25

BS CHRONOMETER 08.01.18

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1959 [59] Joe Elliott, Sheffield UK, classic rock singer (Def Leppard -‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’, ‘Love Bites’)

1960 [58] Chuck D (Carlton Ridenhour), Roosevelt NY, trendsetting rapper (Public Enemy-‘Shut ‘Em Down’, ‘Fight the Power’)

1963 [55] John Caroll Lynch, Boulder CO, movie actor (“The Founder”, “Fargo”)/TV actor (“American Horror Story”)

1963 [55] Coolio (Artis Leon Ivey Jr.), Compton, CA, rapper (‘Gangsta’s Paradise’, which won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video in 1996)

1964 [54] Adam Duritz, Baltimore MD, rock singer-songwriter/pianist (Counting Crows-‘Mr. Jones’, ‘Accidentally in Love’)

1965 [53] Sam Mendes, Reading UK, filmmaker (“Spectre”, “Skyfall”)

1979 [39] Jason Momoa, Honolulu HI, TV actor (‘Khal Drogo’ on “Game of Thrones” 2011-12)/movie actor (“Justice League”) COMING UP… “Aquaman” (2018).

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “August”, originally the 6th month of the Roman year which was called Sextilis. In 8 BC, Emperor Augustus Caesar persuaded the Senate to change the month’s name to ‘Augustus’ in his honor. If it weren’t for him, today would be the 1st of Sextilis!

• “Girlfriends Day”, either some girl’s greedy grab at gifts from her guy, or perhaps a day for ‘the girls’ to hang out and share woman-to-woman time? (And you will notice, guys, that ‘Girlfriends’ is in the plural form. Take from that what you will…)

• “Respect for Parents Day”. So what’s the best way to gain respect … setting an example or creating fear?

• “World Wide Web Day”, marking the birth of the Web in August 1990 at the Europe Laboratory for Particle Physics in Switzerland. Tim Berners-Lee & Robert Cailliau developed a prototype Web browser and introduced Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) (And Al gore was nowhere to be found…)

• “Spider-man Day”, marking the superhero’s debut in 1962 in issue #15 of “Amazing Fantasy” comics.

• “Homemade Pie Day”, pumpkin pie, which is first recorded in a cookbook in 1675, originated from British spiced and boiled squash, it was not popularized in America until the early 1800s.

• “Play Ball Day”, baseball umpires call out, “Play ball!” to start games. Here are a few ball-based sports to get the proverbial ball rolling: baseball, basketball, billiards, bocce ball, bowling, carpet ball, croquet, dodge ball, field hockey, foosball, football, four square, golf, handball, jacks, juggling, lacrosse, marbles, paddleball, paddle tennis, paint ball, polo, racquetball, softball, squash, stickball, tee ball, tetherball, tennis, volleyball, water polo and waffle ball.

COMING UP . . .
[Thurs] Dinosaurs Day
[Thurs] Coloring Book Day
[Fri] Watermelon Day
[Fri] Airplane Crop Duster Day

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1994 [24] Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley announce that they are married, having wed at a secret ceremony in the Dominican Republic 11 weeks earlier

2012 [05] A “Sight & Sound” magazine ranking lists Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 thriller “Vertigo” as ‘Greatest Film of All-Time’

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1971 [47] George Harrison’s ‘Concert for Bangladesh’ is held at New York’s Madison Square Garden to raise awareness and fund relief efforts for refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Among the performers: Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and Ravi Shankar.

1981 [37] MTV goes on the air, bringing music videos to the masses – or at least the ones with cable (First video: The Buggles’ ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’)

TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2012 [06] Badminton teams from China, Indonesia, and South Korea are kicked out of the women’s doubles competition at the London Olympics for trying to … lose on purpose

2013 [05] Russia grants NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden 1 year of temporary political asylum (he’s still there)

TODAY’S RECORD . . .
1998 [20] Scott Gehrke & Lorrie Kilgore are wed above Perris, CA in a 55-second ceremony as they, and a presiding minister, parachute from 13,000 feet (they truly fell for each other)

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK FACTS:
✓ Liam Neeson used to be a teacher, but got fired for punching a 15-year-old boy when the boy pulled a knife out in class.
✓ Christopher Walken worked as a lion tamer.
✓ Jerry Springer was once the mayor of Cincinnati.
✓ Woody Harrelson’s father was a hitman.
✓ Mick Jagger’s youngest son is younger than his great-grandchild.
✓ Dennis Rodman has 26-28 siblings. He’s not sure.
-Stars

BS DEEP THOUGHTS FROM GAMBLERS:
• Do you think the song ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’ is about Blackjack?
• That free buffet cost me about seven grand.
• The more I play, the better my chance of winning. That’s science!
• Do my kids really need a college education?
• Twenty bucks says I have a gambling problem.
• Is it daytime right now?
• I wonder how much I can get for a kidney?
• I should have known when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em.
• I got here in a $40,000 car, and I’m going home on a million dollar Greyhound bus. Not bad!
• I see now why they call it ‘Craps’. It describes my luck perfectly.
-Twitter

BS U-PICK TRIVIA:
1. Which does a person’s body NOT do when they are afraid?
a. heart rate increases
b. hot flashes or chills
c. a pulsing sensation in the belly button [CORRECT]
d. produces more earwax

2. What do ‘Krusty the Clown’ and Chandler of “Friends” have in common?
a. the same voice
b. an extra nipple [CORRECT]
c. a best friend named Joey
d. last name ‘Bing’
-TriviaPlaying

BS RANDOM JOKE:
I saw a clown doing sit-ups. Funny how things work out.

BS PHONE STARTER:
What is the stupidest viral online thing that you can recall? (The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has warned people against participating in the #INMYFEELINGS [or #kekeCHALLENGE] challenge, which involves dancing to the Drake song alongside a moving car. That has to be right up there….)

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 1 in 9 people say THIS is their favorite place to hide money.
Answer: In a shoe

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
You can’t change a person – but you can be the reason for a person to change.