Monday, January 13, 2020 – Edition: #6610
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BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Meghan Markle has signed a voiceover deal with Disney, according to a report. Apparently, she’ll do the voiceover in exchange for a contribution to the wildlife charity “Elephants Without Borders”, which helps to track and protect animals from poaching. The news comes on the heels of last week’s stunning announcement that Markle and her husband Prince Harry plan to “step back as ‘senior’ members” of the British royal family. Markle previously served as a global ambassador for “World Vision”, the world’s largest international children’s charity.
-TheWrap
★ Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will be returning to host the Golden Globes in 2021. The pair hosted the awards show in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Their return promises a shift in energy from Ricky Gervais’ performance last Sunday at the 77th Golden Globes, which was widely criticized for its negativity, and in which even he joked he’d not be returning (repeatedly). The date for the 2021 Golden Globes has not yet been announced.
-TheWrap
★ Daniel Radcliffe isn’t a famous face to everyone! He shared a story about once being mistaken for a homeless man. On the Graham Norton Show, he said: “I was in New York…with my girlfriend and while she was in a shop, I was outside with our…dog. It was very cold, and I had on a hoodie, a fleece and then a big coat over the top . . . I knelt down to warm the dog and I saw this guy looking at me and then he walked past me…then he came back and handed me five dollars and said, ‘Get yourself a coffee mate.’ Radcliffe finished his story by saying: Apparently, I need to shave more often!”
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★ Gwyneth Paltrow is taking her lifestyle brand ‘Goop’ to sea with a new “wellness cruise.” The cruise will depart from Barcelona, Spain on August 26 and take in destinations in France, the Mediterranean and the Italian Riviera, before returning on Sept. 6. Passengers will get to enjoy sessions with experts on innovative new ideas in the emotional and physical health fields, with the theme of the voyage “overall wellness”
(What happens if you get seasick on a “wellness cruise”?)
-Canoe
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Tim Allen, Zach Woods, Saint Motel
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Selena Gomez, Charlie Hunnam, Stormzy
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, a performance by the Broadway cast of “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Bobby Cannavale, Amber Tamblyn, Christian Siriano
• ” The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Rachel Brosnahan, RuPaul Charles
• “Lights Out with David Spade” (COMEDY): Jeremiah Watkins, Kevin Nealon, Lara Beitz
• “Conan” (TBS): Jim Gaffigan
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Jennifer Coolidge, Suzanne Somers
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Adam Glassman
• “The Talk” (CBS): Rob Lowe, guest co-host Brigitte Nielsen
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Selena Gomez, Jay Hernandez
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Steve Harvey, Zoë Kravitz, Ray Romano
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Howie Mandel, Kandi Burruss
• “The Bachelor” (ABC): Peter and Hannah continue their conversation; eight of the women walk the runway in a fashion show where they are judged by TV personality Carson Kressley and model Janice Dickinson.
• “America’s Got Talent” (NBC): The competition continues as 10 more of the most talented, memorable and all-around fan favorite acts perform.
• “The Good Doctor” (ABC): The return of season 3
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Miley Cyrus — On Friday, she shared a photo of herself with Billy Idol and producer Andrew Watt. The trio is seen in a recording studio, surrounded by neon pink lights, guitars and other music memorabilia, hamming it up for the camera in a classic “raised fist” pose.
• Justin Bieber – is the first-announced performer at the 2020 iHeartRadio Awards in March. The announcement comes just days after he revealed he’s been suffering with Lyme disease – an infectious disease spread by ticks.
• Elton John – says his “diva” reputation is entirely due to his past cocaine habit, which led to “bad behavior and irrationality”. He had a well-publicized battle with drug and alcohol addiction before getting sober in the ’90s, now says it was the “worst decision” of his life to try cocaine in 1974.
• The Beatles – George Harrison’s handwritten lyrics to the classic ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’, are going up for sale through the memorabilia company Moments in Time. The words, scribbled on the back of a studio recording sheet with the help of Ringo Starr, are listed at $195,000.
• Eddie Money — Sammy Hagar and Rick Springfield are among the artists who’ll take part in a tribute show for the late singer. George Thorogood, John Waite and Mickey Thomas (Starship) will also participate in the concert, which will be hosted by comedian Louie Anderson on Feb. 20 at the Canyon venue in Beverley Hills. Proceeds will benefit the MusiCares and the USC Eddie Money Cancer Research Fund.
• Rush – Tributes to late drummer Neil Peart continue to pour in. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl (who played drums for Nirvana) wrote: “I still vividly remember my first listen of ‘2112’…It was the first time I really listened to a drummer. And since that day, music has never been the same. His power, precision, and composition was incomparable. He was called ‘The Professor’ for a reason: We all learned from him.” Peart died last Tuesday after a three-year battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted that “We’ve lost a legend.”
• Coldplay — Chris Martin says he ”doesn’t really understand” the group’s new songs. They’ve decided not to tour their latest album, “Everyday Life”, due to environmental concerns, and he says: ”This album feels like we have to just release it into the world and let it fend for itself…Because a lot of these songs came from a place I don’t really understand…it’s just not tourable yet.”
• Rascal Flatts — Lead singer Gary LeVox says they are letting fans help choose which songs the group will perform during their recently-announced farewell “Life is a Highway Tour”. Fans were quick to chime in, requesting everything from ‘Backwards’ to ‘Red Camaro’ to ‘Summer Nights’.
• Kane Brown – has teased a new collaboration with John Legend. On Friday, Brown posted a snippet of a powerful ballad, with the caption: “I got to work with John Legend and it was awesome! Here’s the song we got.”
SUNDAY SCARIES:
A survey of 2,000 Americans says that the “Sunday scaries” set in at exactly 3:58pm. Sunday scaries, of course, are that anxious feeling you get in the bottom of your stomach on Sundays when you start to dread the upcoming workweek. The survey, conducted by OnePoll for “Charisma”, also found that it takes, on average, two hours to unwind after work on a Friday, and workers do slightly over three hours of unpaid work over the weekend, including checking emails, looking over presentations, or taking work calls. Here are the top ways that people fight the Sunday scaries:
• Take time for myself during the weekend: 44 percent
• Make sure to get a full night’s rest on Friday and Saturday: 42 percent
• Use the end of the day Friday to get organized for Monday: 35 percent
• Use the weekend to get ahead of what I need to do during the week: 34 percent
• Take a “digital detox” for part of the weekend: 21 percent
But still, 68% of workers admit that they generally stay up later than they should on Sunday evenings.
(Of course I do! I slept ‘til noon!)
(I get the Sunday scaries right after dinner on Fridays!)
(I think my supervisor gets the “Friday frights”, when he realizes that the weekend is coming and he won’t have anyone to boss around for a few days!)
-NYPost
THE LATEST AND NO-SO GREATEST:
Introducing the newest dating term: “Paperclipping”. Remember Clippy? Microsoft’s not-so-helpful virtual assistant, who would jump into your Word docs to see if you needed help? Using Clippy as inspiration, a British writer has coined “Paperclipping” to describe someone who pops into your life for no apparent reason, sometimes months – or even years – after you’ve ended things…just to remind you that they still exist. According to some memes, Clippy says things like, “Sometimes I pop up for no apparent reason at all. Like now”, and “The truth is, I’m damaged, flaky and not particularly interested in you.” The term has taken off, and may someday replace any of the several other already-in-use dating terms for flaky singles, including ‘ghosters’, ‘mosters’, ‘breadcrumbers’, ‘orbiters’, ‘kitten fishers’ and ‘Tindstagrammers’.
(Don’t replace Tindstagrammers…that one’s pretty catchy!)
(Finally we have a dating trend with its own mascot!)
(And then they get all bent out of shape!)
-HuffPost
THE MOST-ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF 2020:
1. Dune: Adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy. (Timothée Chalamet) November
2. Top Gun: Maverick: Sequel to the 80s classic(?). (Tom Cruise) June 26
3. Godzilla vs. Kong: Fairly self-explanatory. (Millie Bobby Brown) Nov. 20
4. Wonder Woman 1984 Plot unknown, sequel to the 2017 film. (Gal Gadot) June 5
5. No Time to Die: Bond comes out of retirement to trail a mysterious villain. (Daniel Craig) April 2
5. Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord. (Margot Robbie) Feb. 7
6. Mulan: A live-action feature film based on Disney’s “Mulan”. (Yifei Liu) March 27
7. Ghostbusters: Afterlife: A single mom and her two kids discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. (Paul Rudd) July 8
8. Onward (animated): Two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there. (Chris Pratt) March 4
9. Dolittle: A physician discovers that he can talk to animals. (Robert Downey Jr.) Jan. 17
10. A Quiet Place Part II: The Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. (Emily Blunt) March 18
Honorable mentions: The New Mutants, Black Widow, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Coming 2 America
-IMDb
DID YOU KNOW?
A study found the average person has 3 dreams per night, which normally focus on recent experiences, thoughts & events. Researchers also found we’re more likely to dream if we’ve recently consumed cheese.
-Science
BS CHRONOMETER 01.13.20
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1961 [59] Julia Louis-Dreyfus, NYC, TV actress (‘Selina Meyer’ on “Veep” 2012-19, “New Adventures of Old Christine” 2006-10, “Seinfeld” 1989-98)
1962 [58] Trace Adkins, Springhill LA, country singer (‘You’re Gonna Miss This’, ‘Honky Tonk Badonkadonk’)
1961 [59] Wayne Coyne, Pittsburgh PA, rock guitarist/vocalist (Flaming Lips-‘Do You Realize’)/Miley Cyrus collaborator (‘Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz’).
1966 [54] Patrick Dempsey, Lewiston ME, TV actor (“Grey’s Anatomy” 2005-15)/movie actor (“Transformers: Dark Of the Moon”)
1970 [50] Shonda Rhimes, Chicago IL, TV show runner/executive producer (“How to Get Away With Murder” since 2014, “Scandal” 2012-18, “Grey’s Anatomy” since 2005)
1976 [44] Michael Peña, Chicago IL, movie actor (“Amercian Hustle”, “Ant Man”) COMING UP…”Fantasy Island”, 2020
1977 [43] Orlando Bloom, Canterbury UK, movie actor (“The Hobbit” movies, “Pirates Of the Caribbean” films)/engaged to singer Katy Perry
1990 [30] Liam Hemsworth, Melbourne, Australia, movie actor (“The Hunger Games” films, “The Expendables 2”)/estranged husband of Miley Cyrus
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Make Your Dream Come True Day”. Even if your dream seems impossible, you’ll never know if it can be accomplished unless you try. (Never give up on your dreams…keep sleeping!)
• “Rubber Duckie Day”, celebrating the tub-toy that tots treasure. Observed annually on the ‘birth anniversary’ of “Sesame Street” character ‘Rubber Duckie’.
• “St Knut’s Day” (“Tjugondag Knut”), the last day of Christmas (!?!) in Finland and Sweden.
• “Sticker Day”. Historians credit European merchants in the 1880s as the first to stick labels to their products in an effort to promote their goods to passersby. Thanks to them, you now have to gouge and mutilate your fruit in order to get the stickers off.
• “National Clean-Off-Your-Desk-Day”, to provide a yearly opportunity for seeing the top of your desk. Step one – find your desk. (If cluttered desk = cluttered mind, then an empty desk = empty ???)
• “Stephen Foster Memorial Day” in the USA. Altogether now – “Way down upon dah Swaneeee Ribber …”
COMING UP . . .
[Tues] Caesarean Section Day
[Tues] Dress Up Your Pet Day
[Wed] Humanitarian Day
[Wed] National Bagel Day
This Week Is…Cuckoo Dancing Week
This Month Is…National Hot Tea Month
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2010 [10] Beyoncé & Jay Z are named the top-earning couple in show biz by “Forbes” magazine, pulling down $122 million over the previous year
2018 [02] Mark Wahlberg donates his $1.5m reshoot fee “All the Money in the World” to the “Time’s Up” movement after it was revealed that his co-star Michelle Williams was only paid $1000
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENT . . .
2003 [17] British police arrest The Who guitarist Pete Townshend for possessing indecent computer images of children (he’s later let off after claiming he was researching for an upcoming book on abuse)
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2000 [20] Bill Gates resigns as CEO of Microsoft to focus on his charitable foundation
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2010 [10] 14-year-old Brenden Adams of Ellensburg, WA sets the world record for tallest teenager at 7 feet, 5 inches
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Mon] Martin Luther King Day (USA)
[Mon] Fig Newton Day
[Mon] Appreciate a Dragon Day
[Mon] Civil Service Day
[Tues] International Mentoring Day
[Tues] Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day
This Week Is … Universal Letter Writing Week
This Month Is … Be On-Purpose Month
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ The international dialing code for Russia is 007.
✓ The water in the mouth of a blue whale weighs more than its body.
✓ In 2003, a 2,300-year-old mummy with a mohawk was discovered in Ireland.
✓ Because of its shape, the first electric guitar was called the ‘Frying Pan’.
✓ The average home collects 40 (18kg) pounds of dust per year.
✓ Pants are responsible for twice as many accidents as chain saws.
– 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, BathroomReadersInstitute
BS “OK BOOMER” MOVIES:
• Get Off My Lawn in 60 Seconds
• 8 Mile to School in the Snow
• No Patience for Old Men
• Nursing Home Alone
• Miracle on 401K Street
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Forgot What the Question Was
• Bill and Ted’s Excellent Dentures
• Sixty Candles
• Mighty Morphin Power Scooters
• Back In My Day to the Future
-Twitter
Best of BS . . .
WHY CATS ARE BETTER THAN DOGS:
• Cats are smarter … you can’t get 8 cats to pull a sled through snow.
• Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
• Cats don’t insist on playing tug-o-war with dad’s undies while he’s on the ‘throne’.
• Dogs come when they’re called, cats take a message and get back to you later.
• Cats don’t go wacky when they hear a doorbell … on TV.
• Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are gods.
• Cats don’t suddenly stand up straight when lying under the coffee table.
• As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.
– First published in BS 2002.
BS WEB GOODIE:
Greatest airport reunion ever: https://tinyurl.com/s3jowdn
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I don’t want to sleep like a baby, I want to sleep like a teenager on the couch.
BS PHONE STARTER:
What is one thing that you can get in your hometown that you can’t get anywhere else?
BS U-PICK TRIVIA:
• The first TV advertisement was for what product?
a. Alka-Seltzer
b. Dodge cars
c. Bulova watches [CORRECT – 1941]
d. Zenith televisions
• In “The Flintstones”, Fred had 3 construction bosses over the years: ‘Mr. Slate’, ‘Barney Rubble’ (for one episode), and whom?
a. Joe Rockhead [CORRECT]
b. Jack Gravel
c. Gus Granite
d. Sam Slagheap
-TriviaQuestionss
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: According to a survey, the top things a host can do to make their overnight holiday guests feel at home are… #1 – having plenty of towels, #2 – a comfy bed…what is #3?
Answer: Writing down the Wi-Fi password
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
People don’t judge your generosity by the amount of advice you give away.
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