Thursday, January 17, 2019 – Edition: #6374
Another Sheetload of Bull!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ All the celebrities sharing their cute transformations in the 10-year challenge have been silenced now that Caitlyn Jenner has dropped the hammer. As you know, things have changed drastically for Jenner recently. In a side by side photo of Bruce and Caitlyn, the reality star wrote, “Now THAT is a #10YearChallenge,” adding, “Be authentic to yourself.” The challenge has taken the internet by storm, and involves posting a picture of yourself taken in 2009, and one in 2019. Celebrities like Reese Witherspoon and Jessica Biel have gotten in on the viral sensation, but no one’s holds a candle to Jenner.
-TheBlast
★ It looks like the world is going to get some more action-packed “Mission: Impossible” adventures in the near future. Director Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to helm two new installments, with the high-octane thrillers expected to hit theaters in the summers of 2021 and 2022. Tom Cruise, who has starred as super spy Ethan Hunt all six films in the franchise so far, has confirmed that new Mission: Impossible adventures are on the way.
(If he has managed to accomplish 6 “impossible” missions, I’m going to come right out and say it that I don’t think his missions are quite as impossible as they are making them out to be!)
-MSN
★ Paris Jackson is seeking treatment to get herself back on track after a busy stint of work and travel took a toll on her mental and emotional health. ET is reporting that Jackson checked herself into a treatment facility, and is taking time to “reboot” before jumping into some new projects. The 20-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson has openly discussed her issues with depression in the past, which included multiple suicide attempts during her teen years.
-TheBlast
★ Vera Farmiga and Jon Bernthal will star in the “Sopranos” prequel film “The Many Saints of Newark”. “The Conjuring” star and “The Walking Dead” actor have been cast in unspecified roles in the project which is being created by David Chase 20 years after the Mafia TV drama first aired on HBO. The movie will be set in 1960s America as riots sweep through Newark, and tensions between African American and Italian residents boil over into violence.
-ContactMusic
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Regina King, Jon Bernthal
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Rachel Brosnahan, Howie Mandel, Roy Wood Jr.
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Sarah Paulson, Killer Mike, Future
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Michael Strahan, Penn & Teller, Guster, Jason McGerr
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Vanessa Hudgens, Andrew Rannells
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Don Cheadle, Regina Hall
• “The Talk” (CBS): Nina Dobrev
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Sarah Paulson, Regina Hall
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Hudson, Goldie Hawn
• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC): After the power goes out at Grey Sloan, doctors are left scrambling to save their patients’ lives, including Meredith who desperately needs to get to Cece for her heart transplant.
• “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC): Now that Connor and Oliver have tied the knot, the crew must deal with the consequences of the wedding night murder; and Annalise is forced to reckon with secrets from her past.
• “Supernatural” (CW): Michael has re-taken control of Dean as his army of monsters continues to move in on the heroes. Sam devises a plan to try and reach Dean and stop Michael before anyone else has to die.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Drake — has reportedly signed a $10 million deal for a residency at Las Vegas’ Xs Nightclub. He has inked a multi-year agreement for a minimum 10 show commitment at the nightspot, which is located inside the Wynn Las Vegas casino and hotel.
• Selena Gomez — is back on Instagram nearly three months after stepping away from the spotlight. After completing treatment following her hospitalization late last year, she broke her silence on Monday with three photos and a heartfelt post thanking followers for their love and support, saying, “Last year was definitely a year of self-reflection, challenges and growth.”
• Rihanna – her tumultuous relationship with her father continues as she has filed a lawsuit claiming her dad is exploiting her name by falsely acting as an agent for her.
• Alicia Keys — usually attends the Grammys, but this year she’ll be there as host. The Grammys will air live on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Keys has won 15 Grammys.
• Keith Richards – His 1988 solo debut “Talk is Cheap” will be released on vinyl and CD in an expanded deluxe-edition box on March 29. It will include six never-before-heard songs, a 180-page book and other goodies for $174.98 US.
• Toto – Their classic ‘Africa’ will be played on loop in an African desert “for all eternity,” if Namibian Max Siedentopf has his way. He has created an installation in a secret location in Namibia, consisting of six speakers set on pillars around a central pillar holding an MP3 player connected to solar-powered batteries. He says that he “wanted to pay the song the ultimate homage and physically exhibit ‘Africa’ in Africa.
• Keith Urban – says he will make Loretta Lynn’s 87th birthday wish come true. Referring to her tribute concert scheduled for April 1st, she wrote: This is the first time I’ve ever had a birthday party! My birthday wish has come true. The only other wish I have is that Keith Urban jumps out of my birthday cake!” In response, Urban tweeted: “Your wish is always my command Miss Loretta!!!!”
• Dustin Lynch – After a 37-week climb, his song ‘Good Girl’ now stands atop Billboard’s country airplay chart. It is Lynch’s sixth No. 1 single. Luke Combs’s “This One’s for You” keeps its rank as the week’s bestselling album.
A NOT-SO-PERSONAL THANK YOU:
A New York woman is a true believer in thanksgiving. Or at least in giving thanks…over and over again. It’s her job to write thank-you notes to complete strangers. If you think you are too busy (or let’s face it, are too lazy) to pick up pen and paper to write a personal letter thanking Grandma for the socks she knitted you for Christmas, or to tell Aunt Irma that the shower gift was perfect, that’s where Taryn Singer’s company, “With Thanks” comes in. She will write, address, stamp and mail handwritten letters of gratitude for $4-$5 depending on order volume, plus postage and stationary costs. Singer provides clients with a spreadsheet so they can fill out the names and addresses of the recipients and what to thank them for. From there, she writes 4-5 lines of appreciation for the amazing gift, gift-card, or good deed. Customers give final approval before the letter is sent via snail-mail. You can even arrange to have it sent from your own city so it has a local postmark.
(Does she have a “messy handwriting” option for those of us who are penmanship-challenged?)
(Depending on volume? It kinda loses the personal touch if she’s doing them for you by the dozen, doesn’t it?)
(Right now, anyone under 30 is saying, “Mail a thank you letter? People do that?)
-StarTribune
STAYIN’ ALIVE:
A biotech company is about to embark on a project to bring dead people back to life. In what is sure to be a controversial experiment, Bioquark has received permission to recruit 20 clinically dead patients and attempt to bring their nervous systems back to life. The goal is to eliminate patients’ need to rely on machines by using stem cells to reanimate parts of the upper spinal cord near the brain stem, which could re-energize vital body functions such as breathing and heartbeats. Trial participants will have been declared clinically dead and kept alive through life support machines. The goal is to eventually be able to facilitate a full recovery. Company CEO Ira Pastor says that this is a step toward the eventual “reversal of death in our lifetime”.
(Cue the thunder SFX and evil laughter!)
(And if that works, they’ll move on to something REALLY challenging: Reviving the Ottawa Senators’ playoff hopes!)
(No patient is more patient than a dead patient!)
-CollectiveEvolution|
THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEMS SOLD ON EBAY IN 2018:
1. Lunch with Warren Buffett to Benefit GLIDE – Price: $3,300,100
2. Patek Philippe Grand Complications Watch – Price: $535,499.99
3. 2017 Lamborghini Aventador LP750-4 Superveloce – Price: $499,900
4. 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS – Price: $470,000
5. 2009 Mike Trout Draft Pick Baseball Card – Price: $400,000
6. 2015 Lamborghini Aventador – Price: $362,000
7. 2018 Ferrari 488 – Price: $339,000
8. 2017 Ferrari 488 Spider – Price: $329,998
9. 2016 McLaren 675LT Coupe – Price: $325,800
10. 2013 Robinson R-44 Raven II Helicopter – Price: $325,200
(And the first advice Buffet gave to the guy? “Don’t spend $3 million on a meal!”)
-BroBible
DID YOU KNOW?
According to a study conducted at UC Berkeley, the happiest marriages are those where the wife is able to calm down quickly after arguments.
-Berkeley
BS CHRONOMETER 01.17.19
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1922 [97] Betty White, Oak Park IL, TV actress (“Betty White’s Off Their Rockers”, “Hot in Cleveland” 2010-15, “The Golden Girls” 1985-92)/movie actress (“The Proposal”)
1931 [88] James Earl Jones, Arkabutla MI, movie actor (voice of ‘Darth Vader’ in the “Star Wars” franchise, also known for “This is CNN” and as the voice of ‘Mufasa’ in the 1994 Disney film “The Lion King”)
1939 [80] Maury Povich, Washington DC, TV show host (“Maury” since 1991)
1957 [62] Steve Harvey, Atlanta GA, TV personality (“Steve Harvey” 2012-17, “Family Feud” since 2010)/movie actor (“Johnson Family Vacation”, “Madea Goes to Jail”)/standup comedian/host of Miss Universe 2015 when he mistakenly named the first runner-up as the winner.
1962 [57] Jim Carrey, Newmarket ON, movie actor (“Dumb & Dumber”, “Ace Ventura”)
1964 [55] Michelle Obama, Chicago IL, US First Lady 2009-17/wife of 44th US president Barack Obama/fashion icon/poverty awareness and healthy eating advocate/author/keynote speaker
1971 [48] Kid Rock (Robert James Ritchie), Romeo MI, country-rock singer (‘All Summer Long’, ‘Picture’ w/ Sheryl Crow)
1980 [39] Zooey Deschanel, LA CA, TV actress (‘Jessica Day’ on “New Girl” 2011-18)/movie actress (“500 Days of Summer”)/pop singer (She & Him-‘In the Sun’/‘I Can Hear Music’)
1980 [39] Maksim Chmerkovskiy, dancer, Odessa Ukraine (“Dancing with the Stars” 2006-2017)
1984 [35] Calvin Harris, Dumfries, Scotland, DJ/singer-songwriter/producer (f/Rihanna-‘This Is What You Came For’, f/Ne-Yo-‘Let’s Go’)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Customer Service Day”, an annual reminder of just how important it is for any business.
• “Hot-Buttered Rum Day”, celebrating the warm alcoholic beverage flavored with butter, salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves. These ingredients form a batter that is then mixed with rich, dark rum.
• “Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day”. Face it, some have already been broken and the rest you were never going to keep anyway, right? (My “Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day” started before the end of ‘Auld Lang Syne’!)
• “Kid Inventors Day”, to acknowledge past & present accomplishments of kid inventors and encourage the creativity of future kid inventors. It’s estimated a half-million children and teens invent things each year. Among them – water skis, earmuffs, and the Popsicle.
NET: http://www.kidinventorsday.com
• “Cable Car Day”, on this date in 1871, the first cable car railway patent was bestowed upon Andrew Smith Hallidie. Legend has it that he invented the cable car after he saw a horse-drawn streetcar slip and fall on San Francisco’s steep roadways (unfortunately resulting in the death of 5 horses)
• “Bootleggers Day”, honoring the makers of ‘hooch’ throughout history. Why today? January 17 is the birthday of famed bootlegger Al Capone (also because Templeton Rye Whiskey came up with this lame excuse for free promotion).
• “Benjamin Franklin Day”, He was born on this date in 1706. Ben Franklin was a polymath – an expert on a variety of different subjects. In addition to being one of America’s founding fathers, he was a prolific inventor, author, printer, politician, diplomat, musician, and postmaster. He also stopped attending school at the age of 10. (***See “BS Deep Thought”, below***)
COMING UP . . .
[Fri] National Gourmet Coffee Day
[Fri] Thesaurus Day
[Sat] National Popcorn Day
[Sat] Good Memory Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2008 [11] KISS’ Gene Simmons is the third contestant fired by Donald Trump on Season 7 of “The Celebrity Apprentice”
2007 [12] Humorist, journalist, and author Art Buchwald dies at age 74, and has his video obituary posted in which he declares, “Hi. I’m Art Buchwald, and I just died.”
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2006 [13] Kristen Hall announces she is leaving country band Sugarland so she can “stay home and write songs” (the band continues with only Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush)
2015 [04] Police are called to the Cromwell Hotel in Las Vegas where a fight involving The Weeknd is raging (he’s arrested after allegedly punching a cop who tries to intervene)
2016 [03] David Bowie reaches #1 on North American album charts for the first time with “Blackstar”, released 2 days before his January 10th death
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
1995 [24] NFL’s Los Angeles Rams announce their move to St Louis (the USA’s #2 market goes without a pro football team for 20 years, but in the 2017-18 season there were two – the returned Rams and the former San Diego Chargers)
TODAY’S LAST . . .
1910 [109] The man believed to be the main developer of the flush toilet mechanism dies at age 72. His name? Thomas Crapper.
BULL’S BITS
BS WACK FACTS:
✓ The blast of air you often feel when walking into a store is to prevent insects from flying in.
✓ Humans have collectively spent 6 million years playing “World of Warcraft.”
✓ Over half of all mobile phones sent for recycling still contain personal data.
✓ Our fingers get wrinkly in water because wrinkled fingers can give us stronger grip on slippery objects underwater.
✓ The dark side of the moon is actually turquoise.
✓ For one day in 2008 there was an app in the App Store that cost $999.99 USD and did nothing. 8 people bought it.
-WhattheFFacts
BS WAYS TO SAVE TIME:
• Get ready for work the night before and sleep in the car.
• Pour the chocolate syrup in your mouth, take a swig of milk, and swish. No need to waste time with a glass and tedious stirring.
• Put a watch in a time capsule.
• Shower together.
• Just put a straw in the wine bottle.
• Celebrate No-shave November all year.
• Have an affair with someone who lives close to your job.
• Eat all of those cupcakes now so they won’t distract you later.
• Procrastinate. Because if you put everything off, you got nothing but time!
• Don’t bother even finishing this sent . . .
-Twitter
Best of BS . . .
BS UNIVERSAL TRUTHS:
• Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.
• At the end of every party there is always a girl crying.
• One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your beer-to-urinal cycle becomes synchronized with a complete stranger’s.
• Sharpening a pencil with a knife makes you feel really manly.
• You’re never quite sure whether it’s against the law or not to have a fire in your backyard.
• Nobody ever dares make cup-a-soup in a bowl.
• It’s impossible to look cool while picking up a Frisbee.
• You can’t respect a man who carries a dog.
• Despite constant warning, you have never met anybody who has had their arm broken by a swan.
• Every guy has at least once flushed half way through when peeing and then raced against the flush.
-Emmitsburg, first published in ‘BS’ in 2018
BS PHONE STARTER:
What weird topping have you had on a pizza? People will put pretty much anything them…but what ones have you actually tried?
BS U-PICK TRIVIA:
• How much did the first microwaves sold for domestic use cost? (USD)
a. $99.99
b. $1295 [CORRECT – 1957]
c. $1995
• How much did the first laptop computer cost? (USD)
a. $250
b. $4000
c. $8000 [CORRECT – 1980]
-VitalStatistics
BS RANDOM JOKE:
So, I found out today that it’s apparently rude to ask the parents of a kid on a leash if its a rescue…
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 72% of us have one of THESE tucked away in storage. What is it?
Answer: A high school yearbook
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.
-Benjamin Franklin
