Tuesday, July 10, 2018 Edition: #6251

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BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Roseanne Barr is ready to talk. The disgraced star will take part in a televised interview sometime this week. Barr tweeted: “To my wonderful fans who I treasure and love, who have carried me these past weeks when I was too weak to carry myself: I will be doing a TV interview this week.” Barr has stayed away from mainstream television ever since “Roseanne” was cancelled over her controversial tweets.
-MSN
★ Harley Quinn and the “Birds of Prey” are coming your way. Margot Robbie will star in and produce the upcoming “Suicide Squad” spin-off. Robbie says her Harley Quinn character has “Got to be with other people, it should be a girl gang.” And like recent films such as “Wonder Woman”, it will be directed by a female. A release date of “Birds of Prey” has yet to be confirmed, but production is set to begin in January.
-MSN
★ Gal Gadot followed in a long line of actors inhabiting their superhero characters in the real world when she visited a children’s hospital dressed as Wonder Woman. Kids at Inova Children’s Hospital in Annandale, Va. got to meet the star of “Wonder Woman” and the upcoming sequel “Wonder Woman 1984”, which is in production with a scheduled release date of Nov. 1, 2019.
(***See ‘BS Female Superhero Problems’, below***)
-Variety
★ Jennifer Lawrence’s friends might never speak to her again if she adopted a method acting approach. Lawrence was mortified when director Francis Lawrence urged her to keep the Russian accent she adopted for her role as ballerina-turned-spy in ‘Red Sparrow’ outside of filming because she knew her pals wouldn’t be impressed. Lawrence says: ”For two weeks before the movie, Francis would say, ‘You should talk in the accent at home. Stay in the accent and talk to your friends in the accent.” ‘I said, ‘Francis, I don’t have those kinds of friends. They would never call me again.’ ”
-ContactMusic
★ Tom Hardy and his actress wife Charlotte Riley are reportedly expecting their second child. The fiercely-private couple, who met while filming a TV adaption of “Wuthering Heights” in 2009 and wed in secret in 2014, have yet to comment on the baby claims.
(Boy, I bet their social media accounts are exciting….)
-Canoe
★ Niecy Nash will be honored with the 2,639th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame tomorrow. She is an Emmy-winning producer and has had roles in “Scream Queens”, “Masters of Sex” and “Clawa”.

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Denzel Washington, Bobcat Goldthwait, Dawes
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Chris Pratt, Christina Aguilera ( R )
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Will Arnett, Neve Campbell, Marcus Samuelsson
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Tiffany Haddish, The War on Drugs, Gil Sharone ( R )
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Neil Patrick Harris, Dave Franco, Andy Woodhull ( R )
• “Conan” (TBS/Comedy): DJ Khaled, Twin Shadow
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Jane Krakowski, Brooke Laughton
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Alan Dershowitz
• “The Talk” (CBS): Nischelle Turner, guest co-host Gloria Estefan
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Pereira, Jess Glynne
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): John Oliver, Jon Hamm, Ed Helms, Jeremy Renner, Jake Johnson, Hannibal Buress, Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, Kalen Allen ( R )
• “America’s Got Talent” (NBC): Auditions conclude. With one remaining Golden Buzzer, a lucky act will go directly to the live shows at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to compete for America’s vote.
• “10 Streets That Changed America” (PBS): A tour of 10 streets that changed the way Americans live, work and shop. Included: Broadway in New York; Boston Post Road, a highway that runs from Boston to New York; and the cross-country Lincoln Highway.
• “The Outpost” (CW): In the series premiere, Talon, the lone survivor of the Blackblood race, seeks vengeance on the men who slaughtered her people.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Justin Bieber – He and Hailey Baldwin are reportedly engaged. The engagement apparently took place Saturday night, and Bieber’s dad Jeremy posted a photo of Justin with the caption “@justinbieber proud is an understatement! Excited for the next chapter!”
• DJ Khaled – Is feeling the burn from the Twitterverse after the cancellation of a London concert was announced mere hours after he shared photos of himself relaxing in an infinity pool with his son in Mexico. He’d had been scheduled to perform at the Wireless Festival on Sunday, until the festival announced that he wouldn’t be appearing due to “travel issues.”
• XXXTentacion – Reportedly signed a $10 million album deal prior to his death last month.
The New York Times is reporting that the artist – born Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy – had signed a huge deal with the independent music company Empire Distribution. That label was behind his debut album “17″.
• Mariah Carey – Was caught lip-syncing during opening night of her Vegas show. During the launch of her “The Butterfly Returns” residency at Caesars Palace Colosseum, she took a slight spill – yet amazingly her voice kept right on singing.
• Michael Bublé – He and wife Luisana Lopilato are expecting a girl. He told ET Canada, “I got my first little girl coming in three weeks, and I’ve actually never said that before in public.” They also share son Noah, 4½, and son Elias, 2.
• James Taylor – Says he doesn’t speak to his former wife and collaborator Carly Simon. He says that is “sort of the point” of divorce.
• Coldplay – Singer Chris Martin is reportedly set to ask his actress girlfriend Dakota Johnson to move in with him. He and the “Fifty Shades” star, who began dating last year, have been spending increasing amounts of time together.
• Gorillaz – Were forced to bring their Roskilde performance to a premature end Saturday night after their rapper Del the Funky Homosapien fell from the stage. He was seen on site by a doctor and sent to hospital for further investigation.
• Jason Aldean – His “Rearview Town” is the #1 selling country album at the mid-year point of 2018, with sales of 522,000. Kane Brown‘s self-titled album is #2 with 432,000, while Luke Combs’ “This One’s For You”, Chris Stapleton’s 2015 album “Traveller”, and Thomas Rhett’s “Life Changes” round out the top five, according to Nielson.
• Garth Brooks – His new honky-tonking tune ‘All Day Long’ is only available digitally at Amazon. Brooks is notoriously protective of his music, quickly having recordings or live performances that pop up on YouTube removed. He withheld his songs from digital services until 2014, when he partnered with Amazon as the only digital service carrying his music.

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO RELEASES:
• “A Quiet Place” (PG-13, Drama/Suspense): In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing. (Emily Blunt, John Krasinski)
• “Chappaquidick” (PG-13, Mystery/Suspense): A depiction of Ted Kennedy’s involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claimed the life of young campaign strategist Mary Jo Kopechne. (Jason Clarke, Ed Helms)
• “Lean on Pete” (R-Rated, Drama): A teenager gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and befriends the fading racehorse, Lean on Pete. (Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz)
• “The Leisure Seeker” (R-Rated, Action/Adventure): A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker. (Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland)
• “Future World” (R-Rated, Mystery/Suspense): A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother. (James Franco, Suki Waterhouse)

SOMETHING NEW TO WORRY ABOUT:
It’s well known that a bad diet, lack of exercise, and genetics can all contribute to type 2 diabetes. But a new study points to an additional, surprising culprit: the air pollution emitted by cars and trucks. The study, published in ‘The Lancet Planetary Health’, found that in 2016, fully
14% of diabetes cases in the world were a result of air pollution. How can air pollution cause diabetes? The short answer is this: Air pollution contains a tiny particle called particulate matter, which is 30 times smaller than a human hair. Its size allows it to penetrate the lungs and enter the bloodstream. There, it can circulate to different organs and cause inflammation. The inflammation increases insulin resistance. Eventually, this insulin resistance can become so severe the pancreas becomes unable to pump out enough insulin to compensate, and diabetes can set in. The study’s authors say this shows that current limits on air pollution are too high.
(Do you want to tell this to that jogger you see on the way to work every morning, or shall I?)
(Now you know what it means when someone calls your car ‘sweet’.)
(I knew that rather than exercising, I was safer right here in this Lazy-Boy….Zzzzzz….)
-TheAtlantic

SWERVE-THRU:
Some drive-thru workers in Burlington, Ontario are moonlighting as police informants. It’s not exactly a second job, but late-night fast food workers are working as volunteers with the Halton Police to identify and call in impaired drivers. The program started last year when police partnered up with fast-food chains like Tim Hortons, Wendy’s, McDonalds, Burger King, and more to train drive-thru workers to spot impaired driving, since these people have a unique opportunity to see what is going on in a lot of cars. Police provided the restaurants with a training video on identifying impaired drivers and, for reference, a poster that shows the signs of impairment. The workers keep their eyes open for signs of impairment in customers coming through the drive-thru, especially at night time, and call police. It is part of a pilot project that may some day be introduced in other cities.
(Shouldn’t ALL drive-thru workers be doing this? Or rather, shouldn’t we ALL be doing this?)
(“My first clue was when the guy ordered a Big Mac and a large ‘mix’!”)
(If I’m drunk, the last place I’m getting food is the drive-thru. No washroom!)
-Narcity

RANKING THE CONDIMENTS:
(According to registered dietician Stefanie Senior of Athletic Edge Sports Medicine)
➢ Mustard: GRADE: B (low in calories, low in carbohydrates, no added sugar, low in saturated/trans fat, high in sodium) Try instead: no taste substitute (no kidding!)
➢ Mayonnaise: GRADE: D (low in carbohydrates, no added sugar, low in saturated/trans fat, but high in calories) Try instead: low-fat mayonnaise. (Or just use less!)
➢ BBQ Sauce: GRADE: D (often low in calories and low in saturated/trans fat, but can be high in sugar, carbohydrates and sodium) Try instead: go for barbecue sauces lower in calories, sugar and sodium. Or, try making your own (or at least stop drinking the stuff!)
➢ White Vinegar: GRADE: A (no sodium, added sugar, carbohydrates, saturated/trans fat)
Try instead: no substitute needed (try going to a restaurant in the U.S., where you won’t get any anyway!)
➢ Relish: GRADE: C (low in saturated/trans fat and calories, but higher in sodium and sugar)
Try instead: a recipe with mustard seeds and fresh vegetables
➢ Ketchup: GRADE: C (low calories, low carbohydrates, low in saturated/trans fat, high in sugar and sodium) Try instead: Homemade salsa or low sodium ketchup (Replace ketchup? Sorry, that’s off the table. Or, rather ON the table!)
-HuffingtonPost

BS CHRONOMETER 07.10.18

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1951 [67] Phyllis Smith, St. Louis, MO, TV actress (“Phyllis Lapin-Vance” on ‘The Office’ 2005-2013)

1970 [48] Gary LeVox, Columbus OH, country singer (Rascal Flatts-‘Bless the Broken Road’)

1972 [46] Sofia Vergara, Barranquilla, Colombia, TV actress (‘Gloria Pritchett’ on “Modern Family” since 2009)/movie actress (“Hot Pursuit”) COMING UP…”Stano” 2018

1976 [42] Adrian Grenier, Santa Fe NM, TV actor (“Entourage” 2004-11)/movie actor (“The Devil Wears Prada”)

1980 [38] Jessica Simpson, Abilene TX, reality TV star (“Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica” 2003–05)/movie actress (“Dukes of Hazzard”)/former pop singer (“A Public Affair”)/fashion designer (“Jessica Simpson Collection”)

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Don’t Step On a Bee Day”, a warning to kids and grown-ups that now is the time when going barefoot can mean getting stung by a bee. And with the recent disappearance of millions of the crop-pollinating critters, we need to save every one we can!

• “Piña Colada Day”, saluting the refreshing tropical cocktail that originated in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The name means ‘strained pineapple’ in Spanish. The traditional recipe calls for pineapple juice, light rum, and coconut cream poured over crushed ice. Don’t forget the mini umbrella!

• “Teddy Bears’ Picnic Day”, an annual excuse to have a picnic with your stuffed animals. (Why? ‘Because today’s the day the Teddy Bears have their pic–nic!’) “Teddy Bears’ Picnic” was originally a song consisting of a 1907 melody by US composer John Walter Bratton with lyrics added in 1932 by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy.

• “Pick Blueberries Day”, or if you’re as lazy as we are, pick blueberries off the shelf at your local supermarket day. Either way, they’re good for you – high fiber, no fat, loaded with antioxidants. (Caution: do not pick your neighbor’s blueberries. You’ll be caught purple-handed)

• “Beatles Day”, celebrated since 2008 in Liverpool UK and Hamburg, Germany. It marks The Beatles’ triumphant return to Britain from their US tour 54 years ago (1964), just in time for the premiere of their film “A Hard Day’s Night”. Considered a landmark date in their rise to fame.

AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Free Slurpee Day
[Wed] National Mojito Day
[Thurs] Simplicity Day
[Thurs] Different Colored Eyes Day

TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2007 [11] Turkish adventurer Erden Eruç begins 1st solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world at Bodega Bay CA (hiking, using rowboats, kayaks, and bicycles, he finishes in July 2012)

2008 [10] Shazam’s free smartphone app is released. For the first time, by simply tapping an app button on an iPhone, music fans can get an answer to the timeless question, “What’s that song?” And it actually works.

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENT . . .
1965 [53] The Rolling Stones start a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’, the group’s first chart-topper there. Keith Richards claims he wrote the main riff in his sleep, waking only long enough to record it

TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
1999 [19] ‘Largest Crowd to Attend a Women’s Sporting Event’ as 90,185 fill the Rose Bowl in Pasadena CA to watch US defeat China to win a 2nd Women’s World Cup of soccer

2017 [01] With nearly 2.9 billion views, ‘See You Again’ by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth breaks the record for most-viewed video on YouTube, overtaking ‘Gangnam Style’ by PSY (current title-holder: ‘Despacito’ by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee – over 5.4 billion views)

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK FACTS:
✓ When you snap your finger, it moves at about 20 mph (32 kph).
✓ A strawberry isn’t an actual berry, but a banana is.
✓ The average person unlocks his or her smartphone 110 times each day.
✓ An iPhone consumes US$0.25 worth of electricity per year if it’s fully charged once a day.
✓ An average swimming pool loses 1,000 gallons (3,785 L) of water per month to evaporation and other causes.
✓ 1% of the world’s water is drinkable.
-FactSlides

BS FEMALE SUPERHERO PROBLEMS:
• Their costumes were all designed by Victoria’s Secret.
• Having to ‘friend zone’ at least one male superhero a week.
• They can save the universe, and still, they get called ‘girl’.
• Super‘mansplaining’.
• Supervillains telling them to calm down.
• Receiving a text while diverting an asteroid from colliding with earth that says “U up?”.
• Can’t fight crime on Mondays at 8pm because “The Bachelorette” is on.
• Can’t hang out in groups or their super-powers sync up and things get real ugly for the male superheroes.
• Same problem as male superheroes. No pockets.
• No privacy when you want to join the Mile High Club in your invisible jet.
-Twitter

BS U-PICK TRIVIA (80s Edition):
1. Which is NOT an Anthony Michael Hall movie:
a. Pretty in Pink [CORRECT]
b. Sixteen Candles
c. Weird Science
d. Breakfast Club

2. Which is NOT a Sylvester Stallone movie character?
a. John Rambo
b. Rocky Balboa
c. Raymond Tango
d. Colonel John Matrix [CORRECT]
-MentalFloss

BS PHONE STARTER:
Who is the most interesting person you’ve ever met?

BS RANDOM JOKE:
The reason “cheaters never win” is because the cheaters that did win didn’t get caught.

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 1/4 of women think a man with THIS is unattractive. What?
Answer: Too much muscle

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.