Friday, August 3, 2018 Edition: #6269

The Sheet Hits the Fans!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Gordon Ramsay’s new show is upsetting Anthony Bourdain fans. National Geographic announced Ramsay’s new series, “Uncharted”, will feature the foul-mouthed chef embarking “on anthropology-through-cuisine expeditions” to foster relationships with people, places and flavors around the world. As many people on social media have noted, “Uncharted” sounds very similar to “Parts Unknown”, the CNN show that featured Bourdain traveling around the world learning about other cultures through food.
(As long as he’s not trying to be like Guy Fieri, I’m good with it!)
-MSN
★ Paul Walker’s mother Cheryl has revealed new details about the day he was killed in a freak car accident in 2013. In the new documentary called “I Am Paul Walker”, she reveals Walker had forgotten all about the event for his charity ‘Reach Out Worldwide’, which would turn out to be his final ever engagement. He would not have gone if he hadn’t received a text to remind him. Walker left the event in a Porsche Carrera GT driven by his friend and financial adviser, former race-car driver Roger Rodas. The car lost control, crashed into a lamppost and exploded, killing both men instantly. “I Am Paul Walker” premieres August 11 on the Paramount Network.
-DailyMail
★ Now Nicole Eggert is the one caught under the microscope as the LAPD probes allegations that she is harassing Scott Baio and his family. Baio and his wife Renee recently contacted police and provided documentation of Tweets and messages where they claim the former “Baywatch” star has been tormenting the couple. As of now, it’s unclear where the case will end up, and whether a restraining order, or any other legal action, is needed.
-TheBlast
★ Jennifer Aniston knows how much people talk about her, and she knows how much they want to construct a narrative that isn’t true. She and her husband Justin Theroux split in February, and since then, she says the rumors about her have been “pretty crazy.” Aniston says: “The misconceptions are ‘Jen can’t keep a man,’ and ‘Jen refuses to have a baby because she’s selfish and committed to her career.’ Or that I’m sad and heartbroken. First, with all due respect, I’m not heartbroken.”
-Cosmopolitan
★ Conor McGregor was supposed to do a cameo in the upcoming season of “Vikings” but apparently backed out at the last minute. Star Katheryn Winnick was asked about the UFC star and she said: “To be honest with you, he was supposed to be in my show that I directed, and I wrote him a role… and it just didn’t work out.” Winnick says that she had to change the entire scene on only a few hours’ notice because of McGregor’s cancellation.
-MSN
★ It’s the end of an era: for the first time in its history, the Hefner family has no ownership of Playboy. A deal was just struck between the Hugh Hefner Trust and the parent company that owns Playboy Enterprises, calling for the Hefners to sell their last shares in the company for $35 million. One of Hefner’s sons continues to work with the company. Hugh Hefner founded Playboy in 1953, which he famously funded with a $1,000 loan from his mother. Hefner was synonymous with Playboy and he was the face of the brand throughout its rise to national prominence. He died last September.
-TheBlast

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Rob Reiner
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Amy Poehler, Fall Out Boy, Nate Smith ( R )
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Heidi Klum, Thandie Newton, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alice Merton ( R )
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Guest co-hosts Michael Avenatti & Ana Navarro
• “The Talk” (CBS): Uzo Aduba, Amandla Stenberg, guest co-hosts Morgan Fairchild & Carnie Wilson
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Taylor Schilling, guest co-host Katie Lowes
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Ewan McGregor, BTS ( R )
• “Mad Dog Made” (DISCOVERY): Season premiere. An elite blade maker uses his skills to re-invent tools and weapons used to save lives; and to help victims of car crashes.
• “Animals” (HBO): Season 3 premiere. Three years after the green bomb wiped out humans in New York, rats Phil and Mike traverse the city following a wild, drunken night, encountering multiple species and terrors along the way.

SATURDAY-
• “Premier Boxing Champions” (FOX): Andre Berto vs. Devon Alexander in a welterweight bout in Uniondale, N.Y.
• “A Summer to Remember” (HALLMARK): Family fare about the unusual rapport that develops between a young deaf boy (played by Sean Justin Gerlis, who is hearing-impaired) and an escaped orangutan.

SUNDAY-
• “90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days” (TLC): Season 2 premiere.
• “iHeartCountry Festival” (FOX): Performers include Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Sugarland, Dustin Lynch, Cole Swindell, Maren Morris, Luke Combs, Billy Currington, Dan + Shay, and Mason Ramsey from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
• “The Rise And Fall Of Pablo Escobar” (HISTORY): An inside look at the hunt for Pablo Escobar as told by the DEA agents and journalists.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Katy Perry – visited an eight-year-old Australian fan who was forced to miss a concert after undergoing surgery on a brain tumor. After Grace Moore’s sister tweeted a plea that explained she was too ill to attend the concert, the post had more than 20,000 retweets before Perry’s reps got involved and arranged a personal meeting. Perry also posted a picture of the meeting.
• Shawn Mendes – leads the iHeartRadio MMVA nominations list with eight, one more than Drake. Other major nominees this year include Alessia Cara with five, and Ed Sheeran and electronic dance producer Marshmello with four nods each. Halsey has three noms. The MMVAs take place Aug. 26.
• Black Eyed Peas – Frontman Will.i.am will fork over $2.2 million to his former business partner over a headphones deal gone south. FIH Mobile claim to have produced $3.4 million worth of headphones for Will.i.am’s company, but were never paid.
• Miley Cyrus – has settled a lawsuit by a model who alleged she suffered a dog bite at an apartment complex owned by Cyrus. Yolande Ngom sued Miley’s sister Brandi in 2014, claiming a German Shepherd that Brandi owned attacked her at a property owned by Miley’s production company.
• Madonna – has a new album coming this year. It will be her 14th studio album. She says living in Lisbon, Portugal, she has met a lot of amazing musicians and the culture there has definitely influenced her music.
• Aerosmith – have announced a free show in New York City. It is part of “Today’s” Citi Concert Series, and will happen at The Rink at Rockerfeller Center August 15.
• Twisted Sister – former singer Dee Snider says he sold most of his publishing rights to the group’s songs in 2015. He sold “a major part” of his Snidest Music catalog of 69 songs, including his Twisted Sister classics, to Universal Music Publishing Group. He says doing so provided him with a nest egg in the event of his retirement and also because he would be taxed less.
• Jason Aldean – is selling his rural Columbia, Tennessee ‘castle’. The 8,900-square-foot mansion features a mix of stone and exposed beams, with an actual semi-circular turret in the front. The house boasts 6 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms, and it comes with a bowling alley, wet bar, and a wine cellar. List price: $7.8 million.
• Sugarland – Jennifer Nettles found time while on tour to collaborate with Josh Groban. In an Instagram post, she shared a song snippet, and said that she is “so excited” for fans to hear it. It comes out Sept. 28.

TODAY’S MOVIE OPENINGS:
• “Christopher Robin” (PG, Kids/Family): A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life. (Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell)
• “The Spy Who Dumped Me” (R-Rated, Action/Comedy): Audrey and Morgan are best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy. ( Justin Theroux, Mila Kunis)
• “The Darkest Minds” (PG-13, Mystery/Suspense): Imprisoned by an adult world that now fears everyone under 18, a group of teens form a resistance group to fight back and reclaim control of their future. (Bradley Whitford, Mandy Moore)
• “Eighth Grade” (R-Rated, Comedy): An introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school. (Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton)
• “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” (Not Rated, Drama): In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians. (Chloë Grace Moretz, John Gallagher Jr.)

YOU LOOK LIKE A DOLL:
It’s been about 15 minutes, it’s about time we had a new Instagram trend. So far this year we’ve had halo brows, the return of the mullet and the not so body positive hip cleavage. Now, the latest craze to hit your Insta feed is ‘Barbie Feet’. Barbie Feet refers to an increasing number of celebrities and influencers arching their feet to give the appearance that they’re wearing heels, even when they’re not… you know, like Barbie’s permanent pose. Why? Vanity. As you know, the main reason people wear heels is because they give the illusion that your legs are longer. But when you’re taking selfies and shots with your BFFs in a summertime beach or pool setting, high heels aren’t always appropriate footwear. So many of today’s trendsetters are posing as if they are wearing heels, even though they are sans footwear. Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Karsashian are just some of the celebs who have been seen in the ‘Barbie Feet’ pose.
(Nope. I’ll stick with my high-heel Crocs. That’s why I got ‘em!)
(If anyone was going to wear high heels and swimwear, I thought for sure it would be a Kardashian!)
(As long as we’re doing clichés, you might as well do a circle of Barbie Feet while you’re at it!)
-Yahoo

APPLE ORIGIN:
Every once in a while, you hear stories about how city kids might not know that we get milk from cows. Or that they think brown cows give chocolate milk. Well, a new poll has revealed that 20% of British children are not aware that apples come from trees. After surveying 1,000 kids between the ages of 6 and 12, they found that fully one in five did not know that apples grow on trees. And get this: 80% believed that bananas DO grow on trees. British TV personality Katie Piper is organizing a day trip to a fruit farm for some of these poor, misguided children.
(OK, I’ll be the first to say it. Where DO bananas grow, then?)
(I wonder if their parents know where apples come from. Because as you know, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!)
(Maybe they haven’t studied Pi yet…)
-Mirror

WORST ROAD TRIPS IN SIX WORDS (all true):
➣ “Convertible. Sunburnt earlobes. Very, very unpleasant.” – Bill, 28
➣ “Eight-hour drive to Coachella. Forgot tickets.” – Uli, 34
➣ “Two kids. 2000 Miles. One adult.” – Christa, 38
➣ “Roadside guns, ammo, fireworks, beer, canoes.” – Jennifer, 43
➣ “Food poisoning. Midwestern plains. No bathroom.” – Tara, 25
➣ “Three flat tires in six hours.” – Sarah, 30
➣ “Ate in car. Peed in bottle.” – Julie, 30
➣ “Boyfriend would only eat at McDonalds.” – Taylor, 34
➣ “Morocco by car. No reverse gear.” – Sarah, 69
➣ “Bandmate brought a kazoo on tour.” – Allison, 38
(***See today’s ‘Phone Starter’, below***)
-Vice

BS CHRONOMETER 08.03.18

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1926 [92] Tony Bennett (Bennedetto), Astoria NY, legendary pop/jazz singer (‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco’)

1940 [78] Martin Sheen (Ramón Estévez), Dayton OH, movie actor (“The Amazing Spider-Man”, “Apocalypse Now”)/TV actor (“Anger Management” 2012, “The West Wing” 1999-2006)

1941 Martha Stewart [77] Jersey City, NJ, entrepreneur (Domestic diva and TV personality who built an empire of home-based products. Founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia)

1963 [55] James Hetfield, Downey CA, heavy metal singer/guitarist (Metallica-‘Enter Sandman’, ‘Nothing Else Matters’)

1966 [52] Brent Butt, Tisdale SK, standup comedian (“The Brent Butt Comedy Special”)/TV actor (“Hiccups” 2010-11, “Corner Gas” 2004-09)/wed to co-star Nancy Robertson since 2005

1976 [42] Jimmy De Martini, Atlanta GA, country violinist (Zac Brown Band-‘Knee Deep’, ‘Chicken Fried’)

1977 [41] Tom Brady, San Mateo CA, NFL QB (New England Patriots)/5-time Super Bowl winner/4-time Super Bowl MVP/wed to model Gisele Bundchen since 2009

1979 [39] Evangeline Lilly, Fort Saskatchewan AB, TV actress (“Lost” 2004-10)/movie actress (“The Hurt Locker”, “Ant-Man and The Wasp”)

SATURDAY-
Actor Billy Bob Thornton (“Sling Blade”) is 63; Former US President Barack Obama is 57; TV actor Daniel Day Kim (“Hawaii 5-0”) is 50; Race car driver Jeff Gordon (“Daytona 500 winner) is 47

SUNDAY-
Rock guitarist Pat Smear (Foo Fighters-‘Everlong’) is 59; Movie actor Mark Strong (“The Imitation Game”) is 55; Country singer Terri Clark (‘Better Things to Do’) is 50; TV actor Jesse Williams (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 38

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Grab Some Nuts Day”, because sometimes you feel like a nut!

• “Watermelon Day”, celebrating the Summer treat that’s part of the pumpkin, squash, and gourd family. Watermelons originated in Africa, then spread to Egypt, India, China, and eventually around-the-world (and eventually also dripped down your arm…).

• “Airplane Crop Duster Day”, to all those that play an integral part in the safe, abundant production of food and fiber throughout the world. Fly safe!

• “Georgia Day”, recognizes the natural wonders and immense complexities of this bastion of Southern culture.

• “International Beer Day”, celebrating suds from around-the-world. According to the latest ranking by tens-of-thousands of tasters at ratebeer.com, these are currently the world’s best-rated beers …
5. Three Floyds Dark Lord – Bourbon Barrel Aged (USA)
4. Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout – Double Barrel Aged (USA)
3. Toppling Goliath Mornin’ Delight (USA)
2. Westvleteren 12 (XII) (Belgium)
1. Toppling Goliath Kentucky Brunch (USA)

SATURDAY-
• “Chocolate Chip Day”, saluting those tiny little morsels of decadence that make almost any dessert taste better. (There are hardly any calories in them, right? They’re just little.)

• “Coast Guard Day” in America. The ‘Revenue Cutter Service’, formed on this date in 1790, merged with the ‘Life Saving Service’ in 1915 to become the US Coast Guard.

• “Single Working Women’s Day”, celebrated on August 4th, is much more than a vision of 1990s “Sex And the City” era feminism. It’s a way to honor all those single women who work hard for their money and often face very different obstacles than men in the workplace.

SUNDAY-
• “Oyster Day”, celebrating the shell-shucked crustacean enjoyed by many as a delicacy. (What brave soul could have first decided to eat one of these icky-looking things?)

• “Underwear Day”, the 13th annual organized by online retailer FreshPair.com, which normally attracts hundreds of underwearers to NYC’s Times Square. (***It’s a good excuse to take a vote: Boxers, Briefs, Boxer-Briefs, or Commando?***)

• “Work Like a Dog Day”, an opportunity to recognize those individuals who work especially hard.

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2007 [11] “The Bourne Ultimatum”, 3rd film in the ‘Jason Bourne’ series starring Matt Damon, opens in theaters (and now we have five)

2008 [10] People publishes a 19-page photo-spread of Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie’s newborn twins, Vivienne & Knox (the bidding war for the first pics reportedly reached $14 million, most ever paid for celebrity baby pictures)

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1996 [22] “La Macarena” by Los Del Rio hits #1 on “Billboard” pop chart (and stays 14 weeks)

2015 [03] Gwen Stefani files for divorce from Gavin Rossdale, her husband since 2002. She soon begins dating Blake Shelton, her co-star on the TV show “The Voice”.

TODAY’S FIRST . . .
1949 [69] Basketball Association of America & National Basketball League merge to form ‘NBA’

TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
1983 [35] John Sain builds 12-ft-high (3.91-m) house of cards (South Bend, Indiana)

1991 [27] Hazel Stout of Portland, Oregon sets a world skydiving record for women by ‘hitting the silk’ at age 88

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK FACTS:
✓ A single human being’s DNA contains as much information as fifty novels.
✓ You have two body parts that never stop growing – nose and ears.
✓ 600,000 hacking attempts are made to Facebook accounts every day.
✓ ‘Q’ is the only letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name.
✓ Blue whales eat half a million calories in one mouthful.
✓ Dogs sniff good smells with their left nostril.

BS QUESTIONS FOR ASTROPHYSICISTS:
• What is astroturf made of?
• Is “Dancing with the Stars” your favorite show?
• If Tatooine has two suns, why is Luke Skywalker still so incredibly pale?
• The vaccuum in space….is it a Hoover or a Dyson?
• Why doesn’t my cat love me?
• Do you know if Will Robinson is still in danger ?
• What is the ‘matter’?
• How did you know you wanted to become an astrophysicist? Did you plan-et?
• What’s an astrophysicist?
• If I orbit a 7000 Solar Mass black hole to dilate time for one Earth year, will I still be a Scorpio when I return?
• Why aren’t hemorrhoids called assteroids?
-Twitter

BS MOVIE QUOTES:
Match the movie with the classic quote:
1. “I”ll have what she’s having”.
2. “You talkin’ to me?”
3. “Why so serious?”
4. “Say hello to my little friend.”
5. “You can’t handle the truth!”

a. The Dark Knight
b. A Few Good Men
c. Scarface
d. When Harry Met Sally
e. Taxi Driver

Answers: 1-d, 2-e, 3-a, 4-c, 5-b
-MSN

BS PHONE STARTER:
What is your best (or worst) road trip story?

BS RANDOM JOKE:
I never realize how much I swear until I’m in a situation where I can’t.

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: A survey says this is the household chore women hate the most. What?
Answer: Cleaning the bathroom

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose is to give it away.