Monday, January 14, 2019 Edition: #6371
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BS SHOWBIZ BUZZ:
★ Charlie Sheen is battling a two-headed real estate snake by dealing with multiple buyers who have backed out of purchasing his Beverly Hills mansion at the same time the property fell into foreclosure. Sheen has been trying to unload the home but now three different buyers have backed out of a closing deal for various reasons. The 8,900 sq. ft. Mediterranean style home is currently listed for sale at just under $8.5 million. Documents show that he owed more than $80,000 in back mortgage payments at the beginning of the foreclosure process.
-TheBlast
★ Steve Buscemi’s wife of 30 years, Jo Andres, passed away more than a week ago, and he has already held a quiet funeral at his home in New York. Apparently, the fire department blocked off the street on Wednesday as the wicker casket was removed from the home. You may know that Buscemi was a volunteer FDNY firefighter on 9/11. The company that handled prep work for the funeral specializes in home funerals and “natural burials”, where the body is not embalmed and typically the final resting place is in a “natural setting.” Jo Andres was 65. She and Buscemi had one son, Lucian, who is 29.
-TMZ
★ It’s taken a long time, but it looks like Eddie Murphy’s 1988 hit film “Coming to America” is finally getting a sequel. Murphy played African Prince Akeem in the romantic comedy, and not only does he want to reprise the role for a follow-up, but he is the one who has confirmed the news. The plan is for filming to begin this year, and for the original film’s co-stars James Earl Jones and Arsenio Hall to return.
(If Arsenio can free up his schedule…)
-DigitalSpy
★ Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley have reportedly welcomed their second child together – a bouncing baby boy! Reports are that the couple have named him Forrest after Tom Hanks’ character in Forrest Gump. They already share a three-year-old, and Tom has a ten-year-old son, Louis, from a previous relationship.
-MSN
★ Former “Today” host Billy Bush is ready for his comeback. The once-golden boy of entertainment news has been in meetings to join “Extra.” Bush hosted NBC’s “Access Hollywood” before joining the “Today” show in 2016. He was fired later that year after the leak of the infamous 2005 tape in which he chuckled as Donald Trump discussed grabbing women. “Extra” is currently hosted by Mario Lopez.
-PageSix
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Anne Hathaway, Colton Underwood, Jacob Banks
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Samuel L. Jackson, Judd Apatow, Mo
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): James McAvoy, Sonequa Martin-Green, Kane Brown
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Allison Williams, Ryan Eggold, Sam Richardson, Jason McGerr
• ” The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Claire Foy, Andie MacDowell, Freya Ridings
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Kim Kardashian West, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland
• “The Talk” (CBS): Patti LaBelle
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): James McAvoy, Nikki & Brie Bella
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Robin Roberts
• “The Passage” (FOX): Premiere. Project NOAH is a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race.
• “The Good Doctor” (ABC): The hospital is still in quarantine as Dr. Shaun Murphy continues to be overwhelmed by the chaos of the emergency room.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Halsey – has scored her first No. 1 on the Hot 100 as a lead artist (and her second overall), with her song ‘Without Me’. She spent 12-weeks at #1 in 2016 as the featured artist on The Chainsmokers’ ‘Closer’.
• Kanye West – was going to be the headliner at Coachella this year, but pulled out just before the lineup was announced because the festival balked at his demand for a giant, custom-built dome in the middle of the festival grounds for his performance. Ariana Grande was brought in to headline the final night instead.
• The Who – will release their first new album in 13 years in 2019. Pete Townshend has also confirmed plans for the group to play a series of festivals in the U.K. over the summer, ahead of a North American “symphonic” tour planned for the end of 2019. Live Nation has hinted that dates will be announced today.
• Jimmy Page – Not only did his neighbor Robbie Williams win in their long-running dispute over Williams’ bid to build an underground swimming pool, but another neighbor reports that Williams has been trolling Page by blasting ’70s rock outdoors and dressing up as Zeppelin singer Robert Plant.
• David Foster – will be recognized at this year’s Juno Awards for his philanthropic work. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences says the Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter and composer will receive its 2019 humanitarian award. His David Foster Foundation provides financial help to Canadian families in need of life-saving transplants.
• Toby Keith – will headline the 2019 Faster Horses Festival along with Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band. Brothers Osborne, Danielle Bradbery, Old Dominion, Lindsay Ell, Morgan Evans, Randy Houser, Lanco, Kip Moore, Maren Morris, Cassadee Pope and more will also appear July 19-21 at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich.
• Cassadee Pope – will release her second album “Stages” on Feb 1. It will feature her two most recent singles, ‘Take You Home’ and ‘One More Red Light’, and is available for pre-order now.
• John Prine – will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2019. Tom T. Hall, Dallas Austin, Missy Elliott, Jack Tempchin and Yusuf /Cat Stevens will also be honored during the organization’s 50th annual Induction and Awards Dinner on June 13 in New York City.
BUCKET LIST:
Everyone knows that wholesale retailer Costco is famous for selling in bulk. What you might not be aware of is that they sell a 27-pound bucket of macaroni & cheese. The “Chef’s Banquet Macaroni and Cheese Storage Bucket” contains a grand total of 180 servings of the gooey goodness. How much does it cost? On the Costco website, it is listed for $89.99 U.S. The same comfort-food canister can be purchased on Amazon Prime for $149.99 with free shipping. The listing points out that the elbow pasta and cheddar cheese sauce are packaged in separate pouches “with oxygen absorbers, to protect the quality and ensure a long shelf life.” How long? Just 20 years. The stuff must be popular, too. Last week it was listed as “sold out.”
(You only need a shelf life of about a month and a half if you have teenagers.)
(I trust that they also sell a suitably-sized container of ketchup?)
(Where I’m from, we called that the “Weddin’ pack”!)
-YahooFinance
MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH:
Leonardo da Vinci’s renowned painting, “The Mona Lisa” is famous for two things: her enigmatic smile and her steady gaze, which is believed by many to follow viewers around the room. The painting, also known as “La Gioconda,” inspired the name of a scientific phenomenon: the Mona Lisa effect, or the perception that the subject of an image is always looking directly at you, no matter where you stand. But according to research by scientists from Germany’s Bielefeld University, she isn’t looking at you at all. They found that the subject of the painting is actually looking about 15 degrees to your right — at your right ear, perhaps, or over your shoulder. Previous research has shown that the subject of an image will appear to be looking at its viewer if its gaze is within 5 degrees to the left or right. With the gaze of the “Mona Lisa” determined to be at an angle of 15.4 degrees, the bottom line is that while the “Mona Lisa effect” may exist with other images, it does not occur with Mona Lisa herself.
(Unfortunately this still doesn’t wipe that smirk off her face…)
(I visited the Louvre once, and I was pretty sure she was looking at the 981 people standing in front of me!)
-CNNStyle
LIFE HACKS TO GET YOU THROUGH WINTER:
✓ If your car ends up getting stuck in snow, cat litter provides enough friction to help your tires get moving again. Keep a box in your trunk to save yourself a lot of hassle.
✓ Have lip balm on hand to ease cracked knuckles. The cold weather will make your skin dry and sore, and sometimes not even hand cream is up to the task.
✓ Use a disposable razor to gently shave along the surface of your sweaters to get rid of balled-up bits.
✓ Make your own throat-soothing remedy by mixing some powdered ginger with honey and a squeeze of lemon in a mug of hot water.
✓ Don’t skip the hat because you’re worried about looking tousled when you reach work. Take some dry shampoo with you to battle ‘hat hair’ when you arrive.
✓ Make hot chocolate in your slow cooker. Because who doesn’t want a massive vat of hot chocolate on the go when it’s chilly outside? Slow-cooking gives it a deeper, toasty flavor.
✓ Wash your face with an oil-based cleanser. Fend off the discomfort of dry skin using hydrating skincare products … or make your own using a mixture of olive oil and sugar.
✓ Mix 2 parts vinegar with 1-part water, then spray onto your car’s windshield to prevent it icing over. You’ll save yourself scraping time the next day.
✓ Invest in an electric blanket. Turn it on while you get ready for bed, then prepare for peak snuggling.
✓ Knit yourself some mittens. Gloves might be easier for texting, but mittens are proven to keep your hands warmer. They’re also loads easier to make.
– Condensed from Metro.co.uk
DID YOU KNOW?
Researchers say that there is a link between babies who do not generally sleep through the night and a tendency toward high levels of intellectual and developmental achievement.
(The kid may be gifted, but this isn’t much of a gift for Mom and Dad!)
-MamaMia
BS CHRONOMETER 01.14.19
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1941 [78] Faye Dunaway, Bascom FL, movie actress (“Bonnie and Clyde”, “Chinatown”)
1963 [56] Steven Soderbergh, Atlanta GA, movie director (“Magic Mike”, “Traffic”)/film producer (“Magic Mike XXL”, “Good Night, and Good Luck”)
1968 [51] LL Cool J (James Todd Smith), Bay Shore NY, Grammy Awards host 2012-16/TV actor (‘Sam Hanna’ on “NCIS: LA” since 2009)/movie actor (“Any Given Sunday”)/ rap artist (‘Mama Said Knock You Out’)
1969 [50] Dave Grohl, Warren OH, rock singer-guitarist (Foo Fighters-‘Learn to Fly’, Nirvana-‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’)
1969 [50] Jason Bateman, Rye NY, movie actor (“Horrible Bosses 2”, “Juno”)/TV actor (“Arrested Development” 2003-06, 2013)
1982 [37] Caleb Followill, Mount Juliet TN, rock singer-guitarist (Kings of Leon-‘Use Somebody’, ‘Sex on Fire’)
1990 [29] Grant Gustin, Norfolk VA, TV actor (‘Barry Allen/Flash’ on “The Flash” since 2014)
BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Assembly Line Workers Day”, observed on the anniversary of the 1st ‘Automobile Assembly Line’, created by Henry Ford 105 years ago today (1914).
• “Caesarean Section Day”, commemorating the 1st successful procedure of the kind, performed in 1794 by Dr Jesse Bennet in Edom VA on his wife. (To celebrate, leave your house this morning by going out through a window.)
• “Dress Up Your Pet Day”, a day to assert our dominance over the dumb creatures of the animal kingdom by humiliating them in human attire … then laughing at them. Don’t forget to Photoshop a monkey’s head on, then post it online so the entire world can mock them.
• “Makar Sankranti”, the mid-Winter festival of India & Nepal that marks the transition of the Sun beginning its northward journey, what’s called the ‘Uttarayan’. The event is marked by flying kites. Hey, if it means Spring is getting a bit closer … we’re all for it!
• “Organize Your Home Day”, a day make sure there’s a place for everything and to then put everything in its place. The first step to organizing is to unclutter. (Or get a Home & Garden Channel TV show to do it for you.)
• “Clean Off Your Desk Day”, an unofficial annual observance on the 2nd Monday of January encouraging you to organize your office desk or cubicle. Why bother? It’s said that a clean and organized workspace can ‘inspire a sense of serenity’.
COMING UP . . .
[Tues] Humanitarian Day
[Tues] National Bagel Day
[Wed] International Hot and Spicy Food Day
[Wed] Book Publishers Day
This Week Is…World Kiwanis Week
This Month Is…National Hot Tea Month
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2009 [10] Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (“Fantasy Island”, “Star Trek II”, “Naked Gun”), dies of congestive heart failure at 88
2013 [06] In a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey, 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong admits to taking performance-enhancing drugs to improve his cycling performance
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2000 [19] It is revealed that David Crosby is the father of Melissa Etheridge’s two children via surrogate.
2014 [05] Justin Bieber is questioned by police over the egging of his neighbor’s house in Calabasas, California
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2009 [10] Citing health concerns, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs announces his plan to step aside from the day-to-day operations at the computer giant, appointing Tim Cook to take over
2015 [04] After 19 days, American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell & Kevin Jorgeson become the 1st to successfully free-climb the 3,000-ft Dawn Wall face of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
1973 [46] Last ‘Perfect NFL Season’ as Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins 14-7 at Super Bowl VII in Los Angeles to finish with a 17-0 record (members of that Dolphin team still celebrate when the last undefeated NFL team finally loses each season)
BULL’S BITS
BS WACK FACTS:
✓ Bamboo can grow up to 3 feet in 24 hours.
✓ If you ate too many carrots, you would turn orange.
✓ Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
✓ In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
✓ Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
✓ The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
-WhattheFFacts
BS LAME SCANDALS:
• The non-rewound Blockbuster video tape scandal of ‘89.
• You cannot buy “Lucky Charms” in Ireland.
• My neighbor is sleeping with the father of her child.
• Candy corn. No actual corn.
• You don’t have to do anything for a Klondike Bar except purchase it.
• Bologna’s first name is not actually O-S-C-A-R.
• Cap’n Crunch faked his credentials.
• She was neither born with it, nor was it Maybelline.
• Actually, it has been butter the whole time.
• Tom Brady’s stupid deflated footballs
-Twitter
Best of BS . . .
BS QUESTIONS EVERY CAT OWNER HAS ASKED THEMSELVES:
✓ How can a cat possibly shed this much?
✓ Why am I out of lint rollers now? Why now?
✓ When will I ever be able to eat in peace again?
✓ Is there any logic to what this cat is doing? Any at all?
✓ Is it weird that I talk to my cat like they’re a person who understands me?
✓ If I pet this cat now, will it purr and be cute? Or will it maul me?
✓ What invisible enemy is it always chasing?
✓ How come it only wants to play when I am about to fall asleep?
✓ Should I take fewer cat photos or should I just get a phone with more space?
✓ What is catnip to cats? Is it like sugar? Weed? A mix of both? Why don’t humans have that?
✓ How can it eat just one kind of cat food all the time?
✓ Will I ever be able to train this cat to do anything? No? Cool.
– BuzzFeed.com, first published in ‘BS’ in 2016
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I have Attention Deficit Disorder. I have difficulty when people don’t pay enough attention to me.
BS U-PICK ANIMAL TRIVIA:
1. The first coin-operated vending machine dates from at least the first century BC. What product did the machine dispense?
a. Healing crystals
b. Holy water [CORRECT]
c. Honey wine
d. Horoscopes
2. If you are “in high dudgeon”, you are:
a. Full of good cheer
b. Convinced of your moral superiority
c. Extremely angry [CORRECT]
d. Stoned
– TriviaPark.com
BS PHONE STARTER:
What, to you, is the “perfect age” to be, and why?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 15% of women are more likely to message a man on a dating site if he includes THIS in his profile. What?
Answer: A picture of his dog.
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Life is like a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can spend it only once.
