Monday, February 4, 2019           Edition: #6386

Sheet Happens!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ It seems that Pete Davidson has officially moved on from his ex-fiancée, Ariana Grande, to Kate Beckinsale! The duo were spotted hand in hand as they left his comedy show on Friday. Romance rumors have been swirling about the two ever since they were reportedly flirting at Netflix’s Golden Globes party last month.  He’s 25.  She’s 45.
-TheBlast
★ Joe Pesci hasn’t appeared in a movie since 2010, but he has come out of retirement for a hilarious new ad for Google Assistant. In December, Google Assistant debuted that ad featuring Macaulay Culkin playing an adult version of his Kevin McCallister character from the movie “Home Alone”. In a meta twist, Pesci plays himself in the new ad, watching the new Macaulay Culkin commercial, during a Super Bowl party with some friends.  When Culkin holds his bad back, Pesci cracks up, and says, “How ’bout that face he makes?”
-DailyMail
★ Amazon has stepped in to buy another buzzy Sundance title, acquiring global rights to Shia LaBeouf’s “Honey Boy.” The much-talked about film was written by and stars LaBeouf as his real-life father. He wrote the film following a stint in rehab. It’s based on his own experience with his father, painting a painful but inspired portrait of growing up, as it follows its main character and his life as a child TV star, which he shares with his overbearing, abusive and addict father in a motel on the edge of the city.
-TheWrap
★ A cake from Donald Trump’s 2005 wedding to Melania will be sold at auction. The 14-year-old chocolate cake was given out as a party favor at the famous Mar-a-Lago reception and is expected to sell for about $1,500. The souvenir is a miniature version of the couple’s $50,000, 200-pound wedding cake. Not surprisingly, the tiny version is topped with gold leaf.
(If it’s 14-year-old chocolate cake that you’re looking for, you should shop where I shop…)
-PageSix

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): David Spade
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Christoph Waltz, Rory McIlroy, a performance by the Broadway cast of “The Band’s Visit”
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Taraji P. Henson, Matt Walsh, Marie Kondo
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Jake Tapper, Justina Machado, Marlon James, Tucker Rule
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Laura Dern, Alfonso Cuaron, Beck
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): James Kennedy, Raquel Leviss, Billie Lee
• “Conan” (TBS): Jeff Goldblum
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Phoebe Robinson
• “The Talk” (CBS): Kobe Bryant
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Taraji P. Henson, Dr. Taz Bhatia
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Alec Baldwin, Mariah Carey
• “Man With A Plan” (CBS): Season 3 premiere. Adam attempts to make the office feel more inviting since Andi will be joining him at work every day.
• “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition” (CBS): Celebrities live together in a house; and each week one or more of them will be voted out.
• “The Bachelor” (ABC): Colton’s search for his soulmate moves on to the tropical paradise of Khao Lak, Thailand.
• “America’s Got Talent” (NBC): The competition continues as 10 more talented acts from around the globe perform.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Lady Gaga – She and Bradley Cooper are officially performing ‘Shallow’ at the 91st Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed the news on Friday.  The pair recently performed the song live at Gaga’s Las Vegas “Enigma” show.
• Ariana Grande — has been offered $1.5 million to have her tattoo removed by the LaserAway company. She accidentally paid tribute to a tiny charcoal grill with the Japanese inking she had etched onto her palm when she intended to get the name of her new single ‘7 Rings’.  She had the tattoo amended, and it now translates to: ”Japanese BBQ finger”.
• Bow Wow — was arrested in Atlanta on Saturday morning for alleged battery against a woman. Because both he and a woman had minor, but visible injuries and police couldn’t determine who the aggressor was, both were arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery.
• Greta Van Fleet – Their debut album “Anthem of The Peaceful Army” received a serious boost following the group’s January 19 performance on “Saturday Night Live”. It soared from #150-76 on the Billboard album chart and saw a sales increase of 45 percent to 10,000 units.
• AC/DC — A letter written by late singer Bon Scott in 1978 sold for $9,831.25 at auction on Thursday night.  Scott wrote the letter to his girlfriend Valerie from a Hilton in Pittsburgh in August 1978 while the band was on tour.
• David Bowie – His son Duncan Jones has criticized plans for “Stardust”, the upcoming biopic about his father, tweeting: “Pretty certain nobody has been granted music rights for ANY biopic… I would know.  The film features Johnny Flynn as a young Bowie.
• Luke Combs – has tied a longstanding Tim McGraw chart record.  He has two singles in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart this week.  With ‘Beautiful Crazy’ rising to No. 10, and ‘She Got the Best of Me’ at No. 8, he has equalled McGraw’s Jan. 15, 2000 feat, when ‘My Best Friend’ sat at No. 5 while ‘Something Like That’ was at No. 10.
• George Strait — has released the new single ‘God And Country Music’, which comes from his forthcoming album “Honky Tonk Time Machine”, out March 29.

HAIR OF THE DOG:
If you are feeling a little worse for wear this morning after enjoying the game and all its traditional accoutrements, here is a little tip for you:  A study from the University of Greenwich found that three or four beers can ease your pain better than some over the counter painkillers. The study found that when a person brings their blood alcohol content to the legal limit of .08 percent, that person’s pain threshold is elevated.  The head of the study, Dr. Trevor Thompson, said that the pain-relieving power of alcohol “is more powerful than Tylenol and other over-the-counter pain relievers containing acetaminophen.  While he did not specifically say that beer should be used to combat the pain of, say, a splitting headache brought on by over-consumption of alcohol the night before, you might say that it is a logical conclusion.
(Please note that your boss may not agree that this is an acceptable way to treat a headache while at work…)
(Does that work for a serious case of suicide-wing heartburn too?)
(Effective pain reliever?  Yes, but I don’t see them ever using it in the delivery room…)
-Vinepair

DON’T START ANYTHING:
The mystery of the non-functioning vehicle key fobs has been solved.  Residents of the Alberta town of Carstairs, population 4,000, have been plagued for weeks with the problem of their fobs suddenly not working at the local grocery store parking lot, leaving drivers unable to unlock or start their vehicles and setting off the alarms.  You can imagine that it was the talk of the town, with people coming up with perfectly logical theories about the source of the problem, including everything from radio interference from a new Tim Hortons coffee shop, to ongoing highway construction, aliens, and of course a political conspiracy to prevent people from voting in the next election.  On Friday afternoon, the store posted an update on social media, saying that the problem had been discovered and rectified. “Innovation, Science and Economic Development”, formerly “Industry Canada”, determined that the source of the interference was “faulty consumer electronic equipment stuck in transmit mode in the area”.
(So, not aliens…just some dude whose garage door remote was stuck on?)
(So it wasn’t just the cold?)
(Call me a luddite, but my good old-fashioned car key has never let me down.  Except for that one time when it froze to my lip…)
-CBC

WORDS TURNING 100 IN 2019:
➠ Anti-stress:  It came along decades before “de-stress”, which showed up in 1979. It refers to anything that prevents or alleviates stress.  (Probably originally ‘Auntie Stress’…)
➠ Danish pastry:  The delicious and often fruit-filled pastry isn’t actually Danish at all. They are called “Viennese bread” in Denmark because they were brought to the country by Austrians. (Most just call them ‘danishes’ now…)
➠ Didgeridoo:  This musical instrument was invented by Australian aborigines. It’s essentially a bamboo or wooden trumpet. (And the word sounds more musical than the instrument!)
➠ Fanboy:  The term for “a boy or man who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something” predates our internet-fueled obsession with celebrities. The female equivalent, “fangirl”, didn’t show up until 1934. (It took THAT long to think of “fangirl”?)
➠ Golden retriever:  They were first bred in Scotland in 1865 when a yellow retriever was mated with a Tweed water spaniel.  But the name showed up in 1919. (And I’m still waiting for mine to retrieve some gold…)
➠ Jigsaw puzzle:  The pieces of a jigsaw puzzle were cut with a vertical reciprocating saw called a jigsaw in the early 1900s—hence the name.  Before that, they were known as dissected maps or dissected pictures. (Catchy…)
➠ Phooey:  This is an interjection used to “express repudiation or disgust.” Fun synonyms include phew, yech, and rats. (Or just sticking out your tongue and doing a “raspberry”!)
➠ Skivvies:  If you’re looking to spice up your vocabulary, swap out “underpants” for “skivvies”. It is believed the word started out as U.S. Navy slang. (Anyone know where “gitch” came from?)
➠ Snooty:  Snobby is a slightly older term, dating back to 1846, but snooty also gets the point across.  You could also try snotty, potty, or the British term toffee-nosed.
➠ Bats:  Not the plural of bat, but as a synonym of batty…as in unhinged.
-MentalFloss

DID YOU KNOW?
Women and senior cannabis users are the biggest stoners.  Female pot smokers consume cannabis more often than men who indulge in pot. And users over 65 years old are getting high more frequently than youngsters smoke pot, according to the findings of a report on the habits of North American cannabis consumers in areas where cannabis has been legalized.
-YahooFinance

BS CHRONOMETER 02.04.19

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1948 [71] Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier), Detroit MI, classic rocker (‘School’s Out’, ‘Eighteen’)/syndicated radio personality (“Nights With Alice Cooper”)/Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (2011)

1973 [46] Óscar de la Hoya (“The Golden Boy”), Los Angeles CA, boxer (multiple world titles in six different weight classes/compiled a record of 39-6/gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona/current MMA promoter)

1975 [44] Natalie Imbruglia, Sydney Australia, pop singer (‘Torn’, ‘Glorious’)

1975 [44] Rick Burch, Mesa AZ, rock bassist (Jimmy Eat World-‘Pain’, ‘The Middle’)

1977 [42] Gavin DeGraw, South Fallsburg NY, pop singer (‘Not Over You’, ‘I’m in Love With a Girl’)

1983 [36] Hannibal Buress, Chicago IL, comedian (“The Eric Andre Show” since 2012/former writer for “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock”)

1983 [36] Lauren Ash, Belleville Canada, TV actress (‘Dina’ on “Superstore” since 2015)

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• Rosa Parks Day”, an American observance to honor civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was known for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. It is a legal observance in California on February 4 and Ohio on December 1.

• “Thank a Letter Carrier Day”, your chance to say thanks to the person who delivers your junk mail.

• “USO Day”, honoring the 78th anniversary of the United Service Organization, which continues to provide support for American troops and their families worldwide.

• “World Cancer Day”, an annual observance to encourage prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer. It’s led by the International Union Against Cancer, a global consortium of more than 280 cancer-fighting organizations in over 90 countries.

• “Homemade Soup Day”, a day to chop and blend and simmer, creating yummy goodness in a bowl all on your own. AllRecipes.com has over 1,000 recipes for homemade soup.

• “National Hemp Day”, hemp has been an essential material in the innovation of several industries including shipping, construction, and textiles. Most recently, the construction industry started using hemp in place of concrete (known as hempcrete) because it is windproof and offers a lower carbon footprint.

COMING UP…
[Tues] Disaster Day
[Tues] Chocolate Fondue Day
[Wed] Pay-a-Compliment Day
[Wed] Frozen Yogurt Day
This Week Is…Boy Scout Anniversary Week
This Month Is…Black History Month

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2004 [15] Online social networking site Facebook is launched from the Harvard dormitory room of Mark Zuckerberg (and how many thousands of hours have you wasted since?)

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2010 [09] A judge rules that the flute riff of the Men at Work song ‘Down Under’ plagiarizes another Australian classic: the 1932 song ‘Kookaburra’

2012 [07] Adele becomes the first female British artist to have three #1 songs from the same album top the Billboard Hot 100 chart when ‘Set Fire to the Rain’ hits the top spot, following ‘Rolling In The Deep’ and ‘Someone Like You’ from the album “21”

TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2007 [12] Indianapolis Colts (led by QB Peyton Manning) defeat Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl 41 in Miami FL, their 1st championship in 36 years (when they were in Baltimore)

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK FACTS:
✓ 10 minutes of shivering in the cold burns more fat than a one-hour workout.
✓ Just the smell of coffee is enough to boost mental alertness and improve test performance.
✓ Shark’s teeth are literally as hard as steel.
✓ The term “jaywalking” was created by car companies in the 1920s to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians.
✓ Having a positive attitude literally makes your brain work more efficiently, according to Stanford researchers.
✓ It is estimated that 10 per cent of Europeans currently alive were conceived in a bed from IKEA.
-Uberfacts

BS REJECTED HALFTIME SHOWS:
• Maroons One through Four
• Everyone who has ever been rejected by American Idol
• A salute to Marionettes
• A video highlight reel of NFL referees’ greatest non-calls
• A medley of jazz standards by Fran Drescher and Gilbert Gottfried
• The State of the Union address
• A fourth grade recorder recital
• R. Kelly
• Choreographed Prancercise
• Justin Timberlake & Janet Jackson
-Twitter

Best of BS . . .
BS VALENTINE CARDS FOR LONG-TERM COUPLES:
• “With Just a Couple Exceptions, You’re More Beautiful Than the Day We Met.”
• “I Want You … To Put the Trash Out”
• “You Know Valentine, Beauty Is Only a Light Switch Away.”
• “We’ve Been Through a Lot Together … And Most of It Was Your Fault”
• “You’re My Kind of Weird, Hon’”
• “I Will Shave My Legs for You … But Only on Date Night”
• “You Put Up with My [Sheet] … And I Like That”
• “If You Were a Booger, I’d Pick You First.”
• “Happy Valentines Day to My Ex. Hope You like the Heart-Shaped Box Full of Angry Hornets.”
• “I Love You … Even Though You Fart in Bed”
– Adapted from BuzzFeed UK, first published in ‘BS’ in 2016

BS PHONE STARTER:
What is the strangest or most inappropriate thing that you have ever seen shared on social media?

BS U-PICK TRIVIA:
• Who was the first cartoon character to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
a. Mickey Mouse [CORRECT]
b. Donald Duck
c. Dick Tracy
d. Beavis
-Trivia.fyi

• Which is NOT one of Popeye’s nephews?
a. Peepeye
b. Pupeye
c. Poopeye
d. Pinkeye [CORRECT]
-ReadersDigest

BS RANDOM JOKE:
The only good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 27% of us have called in sick to work after this.  What?
Answer: A major sports event such as the Super Bowl.

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
A meeting is an event where minutes are taken and hours wasted