Thursday, February 7, 2019 – Edition: #6389

Don’t Take Any Sheet, Unless It’s Pure Bull!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ “Party of Five” is coming back.  After ordering up a pilot for a reboot of the 1990s series last fall, Freeform has announced that a full season order is now a go. In the original version, the five Salinger children were left to sort out life after the sudden death of their parents in a car accident. In the new version, the Acosta children (still a party of five!) must band together and move forward after their parents are deported to Mexico.
-Vulture
★ Jimmy Kimmel is taking his show on the road again, this time to his other hometown, Las Vegas. He’ll head to Sin City to shoot five shows starting April 1st. Kimmel’s return to the city where he spent much of his childhood isn’t the first time he’s brought his Los Angeles-based show to his old stomping grounds for a batch of episodes — but it’s the first time he’s taken it to Vegas.  He previously brought the show to his place of birth, Brooklyn…four times.
-TheWrap
★ “Dancing With the Stars” has been a juggernaut its debut, kicking off in 2005 and continuing for a whopping 27 seasons, and counting. But the hit show is taking a break this spring for the first time after airing two seasons each year since its premiere.  Long-time judge Carrie Ann Inaba says, “It’s going to be a good season when it comes back” in the fall.  There’s no word yet on what’s in store, but recently producers have switched up the format by introducing a juniors competition and an all-athlete season.
-MSN
★ The New York red carpet opening of Liam Neeson’s latest film “Cold Pursuit” has been cancelled amid a row over his comments that he once wanted to kill a random black man after someone close to him was raped.   While Lionsgate did not give a reason for the cancellation. Neeson has denied he is racist, but the remarks, published by “The Independent” on Monday, sparked an outcry. He said he had wanted to start a wider conversation about racism.
-BBC
★ It’s the end of a comedy era: “Modern Family” has been renewed by ABC for an 11th and final season in 2019-20. It’s seen its  audience decline in recent seasons, but it consistently ranks among the network’s top five scripted series. Modern Family has been credited as groundbreaking for primetime in its portrayal of a gay couple as stable, loving and parents of a precocious girl.  Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen and Eric Stonestreet have each won two Emmys for their roles on the show.
-Variety
★ “Watch What Happens Live’s” Andy Cohen announced the birth of his first child to fans on social media late Monday evening. Sharing a black and white photo holding the newborn, he revealed his name is Benjamin Allen Cohen, named after Andy’s grandfather.
-TheBlast

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Jennifer Connelly, Richard E. Grant, Why Don’t We, Miley Cyrus & Mark Ronson
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Kim Kardashian West, James Cameron, Christina Tosi
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Chris Pratt, Meghan McCain, Beirut
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): J.J. Watt, Tim Meadows, Anna Konkle, Maya Erskine, Tucker Rule
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Matt LeBlanc, Will Arnett, Broods
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, Teddi Mellencamp
• “Conan” (TBS): Nick Kroll
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Day of Hot Topics
• “The Talk” (CBS): Taraji P. Henson
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Kate Walsh, Donnie Wahlberg
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant
• “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition” (CBS): Celebrities live together in a house; and each week one or more of them will be voted out.
• “The Titan Games” (NBC): Competitors are pushed to the limit in unforgiving head-to-head challenges set up by Dwayne Johnson, with winners advancing to the ultimate challenge of Mt. Olympus.
• “Song Of Parkland” (HBO): Theater students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. struggle to rehearse for their annual children’s musical in the aftermath of the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting that killed 17 classmates and teachers.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Ariana Grande — A scene in her ‘God is a Woman’ video has potentially landed her in hot water. Artist Vladimir Kush is suing over an image of what appears to be Grande in a candle flame.  The lawsuit argues the image is nearly identical to Kush’s paintings from 1999 and 2000.
• Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves – will perform a Dolly Parton tribute at the 2019 Grammy Awards. Parton, an eight-time Grammy Award winner, will receive the 2019 MusiCares Person of The Year prize on Friday.
• Madonna — will be presented with the Advocate for Change Award at the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 12.  In the announcement, GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis described her as the ”LGBTQ community’s greatest ally” and cited her AIDS benefit concerts, her benefit dance marathon and her ”action at a time when AIDS was too often invisible in the media.”
• R. Kelly – isn’t slowing down amid rampant accusations of sexual abuse. On Tuesday, he announced his “King of R&B” tour. Although he did not share specific dates, he plans to make stops in Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
• Def Leppard — The supermarket chain Aldi will sell a new line of limited-edition cheeses named after some of the big songs of the 1980s.  They’ll be taking on some new nostalgia-themed packaging with their “Pour Some Gouda on Me” and “Sweet Cheddar of Mine” cheeses. Also coming: “Girls Just Wanna Have Fontina”, “Billie Goat Is My Lover”, “Total Eclipse of the Havarti and “Wake Me Up Before You Goat-Goat”.  (Who said ’80s music is cheesy?)
• James Brown – A new investigation suggests he might have been murdered. He died on Christmas morning 2006, after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia. The investigation began after a reporter was contacted by a circus performer and singer who said that she had information surrounding his death.
• Brandi Carlile – has announced additional dates for her North American “By the Way, I Forgive You” tour, including a special debut performance at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Sept. 14. She is the most-nominated female artist at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards, with seven.
• Thomas Rhett – has joined the cast of Sesame Street for a new song, ‘This is My Street’, which was written to celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary.  In the video, Rhett can be seen doing everything from sharing his cookies with Cookie Monster to drawing with Big Bird and counting with the Count.  LINK:  The Video
• Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban — have both signed their names to the Recording Academy Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion’s ‘Producer & Engineer Inclusion Initiative’, which aims to provide more opportunities for female producers and engineers. Women make up only five percent of the workforce in both fields.

OBVIOUS 101:
A new study says that if you want your child to do well in school, you should help them study.  The research, published in the Journal of Labor Economics, found that a student’s success in the classroom isn’t determined by genetics or by the financial support that a parent feeds into their child’s education, but by the tried and true method of parents spending time with their kids going over their homework and helping them prepare for tests. Researchers say this backs up the findings of other studies which have found that highly educated parents tend to spend more time with their children.
(Give it a try…you might learn something!)
(I might have known…in fact I would have, if my parents went over that research with me!)
(So having a new iPad, like my daughter said, has nothing to do with it?)
-NYPost

CREATIVE RIGHTING:
Yes, if you want to be competitive in the job market, it is important to be constantly learning new skills.  The business networking site LinkedIn analyzed hundreds of thousands of job postings to determine which are the most in-demand skills for 2019, and they found that for the first time ever, creativity is ranked as number one.  LinkedIn’s Paul Petrone says that employers are recognizing those things technology can’t do, such as connecting with other people, engaging in out-of-the-box thinking and quickly adapting to new priorities or problems.  That’s where your creativity comes in.  As far as in-demand “hard” skills go, you’ll want to brush up on your cloud computing for 2019.
(Anyone know where I can learn to cloud-compute creatively?)
(I’ve been spelling creatively for years!)
-LinkedIn

FROM THE BS POLL VAULT:
A statistical breakdown of who were are and what we do …
• 36% of adults have lied about a financial matter to a romantic partner.
• 36% of people say they’ve dated a co-worker.
• 22% of workers say they have dated a boss.
• 31% of people say they wound up marrying a co-worker they dated.
• 6% of us say we have left a job because an office romance went bad.
(Happy Valentine’s Day!)
-Yahoo, first published in ‘BS’ in 2018

THE FOODS THAT A HEALTH INSPECTOR WILL NOT EAT:
Lynn K. Richards is a food safety consultant and health inspector, and here is what she avoids:
✗ Unpasteurized milk and juice:  Why? Just listeria, salmonella, E. coli, food poisoning, vomiting, diarrhea, life-threatening kidney failure, miscarriage, and death.  (If those don’t bother you, have at ‘er!)
✗ Raw fish and shellfish:  Raw oysters can contain Vibrio, bacteria that occur naturally in coastal waters. They have also been linked to norovirus. Raw fish can contain vibrio, salmonella and parasites.  (I never liked sushi, anyway…)
✗ Foods that have gone through a meat grinder or slicer:  Those machines are almost impossible to clean properly. (Hey, what’s the worst thing that could happen?)
✗ Baked potatoes in foil sitting at room temperature:  They can produce the botulinum toxin, which leads to botulism, which can kill you.  (Well, so can having sour cream and bacon-bits but nothing to put them on…)
✗ Cookie dough or cake batter:  Raw egg could contain salmonella, while uncooked flour can harbour E. coli. (Of course, it doesn’t count if you’re licking it off the beaters!)
✗ Buffets:  She doesn’t avoid them altogether, but she’s extremely selective about which ones she would go to. Between the coughing, the breathing, the kids’ fingers and the adults’ fingers, you have to be careful.  (I don’t know why she would bother.  There’s nothing left that she’d eat, anyway…)
-YahooStyle

DID YOU KNOW?
There is a proposed bill before the legislature in Hawaii that if passed, would ban the sale of cigarettes to anyone under the age of 100.  As ludicrous as it sounds, it is effectively a proposal to progressively ban the sale of cigarettes in the state.
(Wow.  Smoke if you got ’em!)
-CTV

BS CHRONOMETER 02.07.19

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1960 [59] James Spader, Boston MA, TV actor (“The Blacklist” since 2013; “The Office” 2011-12, “Boston Legal” 2004-08)/movie actor (“Lincoln”, “Sex, Lies & Videotape”)

1962 [57] Garth Brooks, Tulsa OK, country singer (‘The Dance’, ‘Friends in Low Places’)/married to country singer Trisha Yearwood since 2005

1962 [57] David Bryan (Rashbaum), Perth Amboy NJ, pop-rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-‘Wanted Dead or Alive’, ‘It’s My Life’)

1965 [54] Chris Rock, Andrews SC, comedian/movie actor (“Grown Ups”, “Madagascar” films)

1974 [45] Steve Nash, Johannesburg, South Africa, retired pro basketball player (eight-time NBA All-Star, two-time NBA MVP)/Member of the Order of Canada/GM of the Canadian national basketball team/player development consultant for the Golden State Warriors

1978 [41] Ashton Kutcher, Cedar Rapids IA, TV actor (“The Ranch” since 2016, “Two-And-a-Half Men” 2011-15, “That ’70s Show” 1998-2005)

1978 [41] Tom Blankenship, Louisville KY, rock bassist (My Morning Jacket-‘Big Decisions’, Friends Again’, ‘Holdin’ On to Black Metal’)

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Ballet Day”, an annual celebration of the artistic dance-form that keeps people on their toes.

• “Fettuccine Alfredo Day”, an annual appreciation of the pasta dish that involves tossing fettuccine noodles with heavy cream & cheese. (Which sits in your stomach like a bowling ball.)

• “Send a Card to a Friend Day”, obviously created by a greeting card company.

• “Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbors Day” … instead of just the middle one. (And they’ll be wondering, “What the heck does that idiot want now?”)

• “International Clash Day”, an international observance that honors and celebrates the legendary punk rock band The Clash. (I see that [co-host] has a safety pin in his [her] nose for the occasion…)

• “Rose Day”, marks the beginning of the love week. On this day you are free to buy as many roses as your pocket permits, and present them to your loved ones.

COMING UP . . .
[Fri] Boy Scouts Day
[Fri] National Kite Flying Day
[Sat] Chocolate Day
[Sat] Pizza Pie Day

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2011 [08] AOL purchases “The Huffington Post” for $315 million

2014 [05] “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno says goodbye after 22 years (replaced by Jimmy Fallon beginning February 17th)

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2008 [11] Britney Spears’ family stage an intervention that lands her in the psychiatric ward of UCLA Hospital

2012 [07] Alicia Keys and Nas join Jay Z’s charity concert at NYC’s Carnegie Hall which raises $3.5 million for United Way and Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation

TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
1976 [43] Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs sets NHL record with 10 points in a game (6 goals, 4 assists)

2005 [14] Britain’s Ellen MacArthur becomes the fastest person to sail solo around the world, in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes 33 seconds

2009 [10] Melbourne, Australia’s highest temperature on record (46.4° C/115.5° F) sparks the “Black Saturday” bushfires, worst in Australian history

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK FACTS:
✓ 200 million roses will be sold in the U.S. on Valentine’s Day.
✓ In Iceland, up until 1987 there was no television at all on Thursdays.
✓ Because guinea pigs are prone to loneliness, it’s illegal in Switzerland to own just one.
✓ Bluetooth got its name from the second king of Denmark, King Harald Bluetooth.
✓ The US Embassy in Kathmandu has guidelines on what to do if a yeti is found.
✓ Canada has a maple syrup reserve to ensure global supply in case of emergency.
-FactSlides

BS UNUSUAL AFFIRMATIONS:
• “I am wealthy and prosperous and can cook ramen without burning down the kitchen.”
• “There’s nothing terribly wrong with me.”
• “I can eat this whole pizza myself.”
• “Dance like people are watching.”
• “You’re not the ugliest or dumbest…So there’s that.”
• “Believe in yourself, because I sure as hell don’t believe in you.”
• “I can even today!”
• “I can…but I won’t.”
• “AA is for quitters!”
• “You kind of suck.”
-Twitter

Best of BS . . .
BS THINGS YOU WOULDN’T KNOW IF IT WEREN’T FOR TV:
● Having a job of any kind will make all fathers forget their son’s 8th birthday.
● A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
● Bar patrons never get drunk … even if they drink all day.
● All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread.
● Once applied, lipstick will never rub off … even while scuba diving.
● The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris.
● Cars and trucks that crash will almost always burst into flames.
● A single wooden match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of a stadium.
● Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.
● Dogs always know who’s bad and will naturally bark at them.
● When they are alone, all foreigners speak English to each other.
-First published in ‘BS’ in 2015

BS RANDOM JOKE:
If we learn by our mistakes, I received one heck of a good education!

BS U-PICK TRIVIA:
• Who was the first-ever wrestler inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame?
a. Hulk Hogan
b. André the Giant [CORRECT]
c. King Kong Bundy
d. Ravishing Rick Rude

• In the arcade game “Joust”, the player controls a knight riding what flying animal?
a. Ostrich [CORRECT]
b. Camel
c. Horse
d. Cow
– TriviaCrack.com

BS PHONE STARTER:
What weird item do you have in your purse or wallet right now?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  33% of women say they have no desire to do THIS during the winter months.  What is it?
Answer:  Paint their toenails

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
It is what it is.  But it will be what you make it.