Friday, July 6, 2018 – Edition: #6249
Sheeters Always Prosper!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Scarlett Johansson has defended her decision to play a transgender man in new film “Rub & Tug”. Her casting in the role received instant backlash from a number of social media users, but in a statement, she dismissed any criticism, saying, “Tell them that they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman’s reps for comment.” Johansson’s response refers to other well-known actors who have taken on transgender roles.
-Canoe
★ The actor who voiced Jar Jar Binks in the “Star Wars” series says that he contemplated suicide after the severe backlash to his character by fans. Ahmed Best tweeted: “20 years next year I faced a media backlash that still affects my career today. This was the place I almost ended my life.” Best provided the voice and motion capture for Jar Jar Binks in the “Star Wars” prequel films “The Phantom Menace,” “Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith.” Jar Jar is one of the worst-received characters in the franchise’s history.
(Not ‘one-of’…actually the WORST received!)
-PageSix
★ Ariel Winter has deleted her Twitter account. The “Modern Family” star says she has made the decision to ”delete all social media” and has already started the process of wiping her online pages. Winter’s decision comes a few months after she admitted she wants to take a break from the spotlight.
-ContactMusic
★ Yvette Nicole Brown, of the show “Community”, has been tapped by AMC to replace Chris Hardwick as moderator of the show’s panels at San Diego Comic-Con. The network dropped Hardwick from the schedule after allegations of sexual assault and emotional abuse surfaced last month. Hardwick, also the co-founder of geek site ‘Nerdist’, has denied the claims against him, but agreed to step aside from moderating the panels. Brown, who is a known “Walking Dead” superfan, has appeared on multiple episodes of “Talking Dead” and hosted the Walking Dead panel at New York Comic-Con in 2015.
-EW
★ “Game of Thrones'” director Alan Taylor is set to direct “The Sopranos” prequel movie. The feature is expected to depict beloved characters from the hit television series in some capacity, although the show’s biggest star, James Gandolfini, who played Tony Soprano, died from a heart attack in 2013 at the age of 51.
-Canoe
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Nick Kroll, Evangeline Lilly, Ne-Yo ( R )
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Jada Pinkett Smith, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nikki Glaser ( R )
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Anne Hathaway, David Sedaris, Ahmed Bharoocha ( R )
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Mike Myers, Alison Brie, Kacey Musgraves ( R )
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Mark Ruffalo, Chelsea Clinton, Mackenzie Davis ( R )
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Day of Hot Topics ( R )
• “The Talk” (CBS): Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Ziggy Marley, guest co-host Carrie Ann Inaba
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Eddie Cibrian, Charlie Puth
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Jane Fonda, Foo Fighters ( R )
• “Food Flirts” (PBS): The Brass sisters “flirt” their way into several Cape Cod kitchens and discover a melting pot of sweets and treats, from American to Greek to South African.
SATURDAY-
• “Bill Maher: Live From Oklahoma” (HBO): Comedian Bill Maher performs in Tulsa at the Brady Theater. Topics include the Trump presidency and his reactions to it.
SUNDAY-
• “Big Brother 20” (CBS): The new Head of Households takes power and nominates two Houseguests for eviction.
• “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC): Jeff Dunham and family vs. Ming-Na Wen and family; and Taye Diggs and family vs. Caroline Rhea and family.
• “The 2000s” (CNN): In the 2000s, television entered the Platinum Age, as storytellers had license to take the medium to new heights.
• “Sharp Objects” (HBO): In the series premiere, St. Louis Chronicle reporter Camille Preaker returns to her rural hometown of Wind Gap, Mo., to file a story about two missing girls, one of whom was found dead and presumed murdered.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Drake – Some Spotify users are asking for refunds after his photo appeared on every playlist the platform had as part of the roll-out of his new “Scorpion” album. Many premium subscribers, who have paid for ad-free accounts, are demanding their money back after seeing Drake’s face on hundreds of playlists – even ones that didn’t actually feature any of his songs – arguing that the move amounted to advertising.
• Justin Timberlake – Not only did he drop the surprise single ‘SoulMate’ this week, he also has discussed the likelihood of collaborating with Drake again: “We’ve talked about it a lot. I don’t wanna say too much because I don’t wanna jinx it, but we’ve talked about it a lot.”
• Michael Jackson – His daughter Paris has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man she says has been stalking her. She claims that she and a bandmate were leaving her recording studio when a man she did not know appeared and said he’d waited for her the week before for 15 hours. She says the man refused to leave, said he was “stalking her,” mentioned a shotgun and said “by midnight it will all be over.”
• Aerosmith – Their #1 hit ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ was inspired by Barbra Streisand. Songwriter Diane Warren says that she was watching a “20/20″ report where Babs was discussing her budding relationship with James Brolin, and said: “We’re just about to fall asleep…And he says, ‘I don’t want to fall asleep.’” When she asked why, Brolin said, “‘Cause then I’ll miss you.”
• Johnny Rotten – Accidentally inhaled a fan’s ashes as he tried to scatter them during a gig in the Somerset, England. Rotten (John Lydon) was asked to scatter Stuart Clark’s remains by the late fan’s sister during a gig with band Public Image Ltd. The punk icon obliged but left crowds in shock when the ashes ended up all over him.
• Robert Plant – He and Roger Waters (ex-Pink Floyd) are among winners of 2018 O2 Silver Clef Awards, as announced by UK music charity Nordoff Robbins. Both will be honored for their contributions to music at a ceremony in London tonight.
• Miranda Lambert – Her song ‘The House That Built Me’ was one of only two country songs to make the Rolling Stone list of the “100 Greatest Songs of the Century—So Far”, coming in at #75. Eric Church’s ‘Springsteen’ is #68.
• Ben Haggard – He and his girlfriend, Jeyda Beyzade, are the parents of a newborn baby boy, but the delivery was touch and go after Beyzade experienced complications, including 35 hours of labor, a drug reaction and an emergency C-section. The couple welcomed Liam James on June 29. Ben Haggard is Merle’s son, and is also a country singer.
• Charlie Daniels – Raised $100,000 for a veterans support program he helped found at Middle Tennessee State University. Daniels held his inaugural ‘Veteran Impact Celebration at the Grove’ in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on June 28. The event featured live performances from student veterans and guest speakers.
TODAY’S MOVIE OPENINGS:
• “Ant-Man and The Wasp” (PG-13, Action/Adventure): As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past. (Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly)
• “The First Purge” (R-Rated, Horror): A prequel focusing on the events that led up to the first Purge event, wherein for 12 hours, all crime including murder becomes legal. (Y’lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis)
• “Sorry to Bother You” (R-Rated, Comedy/Science Fiction): In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe. (Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson)
• “Whitney” (R-Rated, Documentary): An intimate portrait of Houston and her family that probes beyond familiar tabloid headlines and sheds new light on the spellbinding trajectory of her life. (Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown)
• “No Postage Necessary” (PG-13, Comedy/Drama): Sam always seems to make the wrong decision. A convicted computer hacker, he’s single, jaded and barred from using the internet. Forced to crash on his brother’s couch, he makes ends meet by working at the local Twistee Treat and stealing mail while disguised as a postal worker. (George Blagden, Charleene Closshey)
THAT GUY ON SEINFELD WAS RIGHT:
Here’s a little something to keep in mind when you head to that pool party or barbecue this weekend: Beware the ‘double-dipper.’ Clemson University researchers decided to see just how gross it is when someone crosses the line of good taste and takes part in this dastardly act. First, they dipped a bitten chip into a glass of water. The water that had been contaminated by the bitten chip “contained 1,000 more bacteria per mL of water than a glass of water exposed to a whole bitten chip. If you are saying, “That’s fine. I wouldn’t dip a chip in water, scientists would like to point out at this time that dips such as salsa contain plenty of water. Next, they tested the dips. Salsa, cheese dip, and chocolate syrup all contained more bacteria after double-dipping. But the salsa got hit the worst, with “more than five times more bacteria compared to the other two sauces.” Why? Without viscosity, or as you might call it, ‘gloopiness’, more bits of dip are likely to fall back into the bowl…and along with them, “bacteria from the mouth of the double-dipper” Ew.
(On the other hand, if you double-dip first, it’s yours!)
(If you’re going to party where there’ll be kids…good luck!)
(Question: Is it double-dipping if you flip your chip or carrot over and use the unbitten part?)
-Curiosity
IGNORANCE IS BLISS:
Every once in a while, you come across a know-it-all. Someone who is so absolutely sure of his or her opinions, that you start to believe that they must be right. Well, put the brakes on that, because science says that the more certain you are about something, the less informed you’re likely to be about it. Using newspaper articles, researchers asked a group of people with a strong sense of ‘belief superiority’ to rank their own knowledge about some politically contentious subjects. The participants were then asked how likely they would be to read each article to the end. You might not be too surprised to find out that the people with the strongest sense of belief superiority were also the least likely to read articles that didn’t jibe with their previously held beliefs. In other words, not only were they less informed about the things they felt the most strongly about, but they were also less likely to seek out and learn more about those things. Oh, and another thing: Participants with the bias against headlines they didn’t like were absolutely aware of that tendency in themselves.
(Think about THAT next time your blowhard friend posts a political article!)
(If you want to be seen, stand up, if you want to be heard, speak up…and if you want to be appreciated SHUT up!)
-ScienceDirect
ROLLING STONE’S TOP 10 OF THE “100 GREATEST SONGS OF THE CENTURY—SO FAR”:
#10—The Strokes: “Last Night”
#9—Lorde: “Royals”
#8—Adele: “Rolling in the Deep”
#7—Kanye West: “Runaway”
#6—Yeah Yeah Yeah: “Maps”
#5—Jay-Z: “99 Problems”
#4—OutKast: “Hey Ya!”
#3—The White Stripes: “Seven Nation Army”
#2—M.I.A.: “Paper Planes”
#1—Beyonce & Jay-Z: “Crazy in Love”
-RollingStone
BS CHRONOMETER 07.06.18
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1946 [72] George Walker Bush (aka ‘Dubya’), New Haven CT, 43rd US president (2001-09/Governor of Texas (1995-2000)/Controlling partner of Texas Rangers MLB team (1989-98)
1946 [72] Sylvester Stallone, NYC, movie actor-screenwriter-director (“Rocky”, “Rambo”, and “The Expendables” film series) COMING UP…”Creed II” 2018
1948 [70] Peter Mansbridge, London UK, TV news anchor (CBC’s “The National” 2006-17)
1951 [67] Geoffrey Rush, Toowoomba, Australia, movie actor (“The Book Thief”, “The King’s Speech”)
1958 [60] Jennifer Saunders, Sleaford UK, movie actress (“Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie”, “Minions”)/TV actress (“Absolutely Fabulous” 1992-2012)
1975 [43] 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson), Queens NY, rapper (‘Candy Shop’, ‘In Da Club’)/movie (“Home Of the Brave”, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”)
1979 [39] Kevin Hart, Philadelphia PA, comedian (“Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain”)/movie actor (“Ride Along” films, “Get Hard”) COMING UP…”Night School” 2018
1980 [38] Eva Green, Paris, France, movie actress (“300: Rise Of an Empire”, “Casino Royale”)/TV actress (“Penny Dreadful” 2014-16) COMING UP…”Dumbo” 2018
SATURDAY-
Drummer Ringo Starr (“The Beatles”) is 78; TV actress Amy Carlson (“Blue Bloods”) is 50; Guitarist Synyster Gates (“Avenged Sevenfold”) is 37; Drummer Ashton Irwin (“5 Seconds of Summer”) is 24; Country singer Maddie Marlow (‘Girl in a Country Song’) is 23
SUNDAY-
TV actor Jeffrey Tambor (“Transparent”) is 74; Movie actress Anjelica Houston (“The Addams Family”) is 67; Movie actor Kevin Bacon (“Footloose”) is 60; Country singer Toby Keith (‘Red Solo Cup’) is 57; Singer Beck (‘Loser’) is 48.
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Calgary Stampede”, the annual rodeo & 10-day festival through July 15th in Calgary, Alberta. Billing itself as “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth”, it attracts over one million visitors per year and features one of the world’s largest rodeos, a parade, midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon racing and First Nations exhibitions (and usually the Prime Minister flipping pancakes while wearing chaps…)
• “Running Of the Nudes” in Pamplona, Spain, the annual protest of bullfighting organized by PETA ahead of the famous annual “Running Of the Bulls”.
NET: http://www.runningofthenudes.com
• “World Wife Carrying Championships”, the annual in Sonkajarvi, Finland in which men from around-the-world tote their wives (or a female friend) around an 830-ft (250-m) obstacle course in hope of winning her weight in beer. The current record is 55.5 seconds.
NET: https://eukonkanto.fi/palautelomake
• “Fried Chicken Day”. Don’t know who started it; don’t know why. But then … who cares? Dig in!
• “International Kissing Day”, so presumably you can only kiss someone from another country?
SATURDAY-
• “Chocolate Day”, started by the Confectioners Association to promote what is almost every woman’s (and many a man’s) weakness. Some say chocolate from the New World (mostly Mexico) was introduced to Europe on this date in 1550. Suggestions for today’s menu …
– Breakfast: Chocolate cereal; chocolate cream-filled doughnuts; hot chocolate.
– Morning Snack: Chocolate bar to give you a boost until lunch.
– Lunch: A big tall glass of chocolate milk; chocolate pie or pudding for dessert.
– Afternoon Snack: Chocolate covered raisins, which contain both vegetable and fruit.
– Dinner: Chocolate liqueur aperitif; chocolate-flavored coffee; chocolate cake.
– Evening Snack: Chocolate ice cream, of course!
• “Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day”. If she’s a teenager, good luck! Like, are you tryin’ to embarrass her or what?
• “Global Forgiveness Day”, begun in 1994 as an excuse for us to get in touch with our need to forgive and be forgiven. A good day to knock that chip off your shoulder and make peace.
• “Macaroni Day”, saluting one of the more popular forms of Italian pasta. How would the average student survive without mac & cheese?
• “Tell the Truth Day”, challenging each of us to go an entire day without telling a lie or saying anything misleading or dishonest. Is this possible? (If you say ‘yes’, you’re lying!)
SUNDAY-
• “Be a Kid Again Day”, when we’re encouraged to participate in activities we enjoyed as a child and to introduce them to a kid we know. (“OK Zachary, this is known as ‘playing outdoors’ …”)
• “Ice Cream Sundae Day”, a day to create you own sundae from all your favorite toppings. The 1st sundae was purportedly created on this date in 1881 by Edward Berner in Two Rivers WI.
• “Videogames Day”, a day for kids to appreciate both the games … and the parents who buy them. Actually, one of the fastest growing segments of the videogame market is adult women.
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1994 [24] “Forrest Gump”, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Gary Sinise, is released. (Academy Award for Best Picture, 1995)
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENT . . .
2012 [06] Carol Hawkins, former personal assistant to U2 bassist Adam Clayton, is convicted of 181 counts of theft and sentenced to 7 years for embezzling £2.2 million of his money to fund a lavish lifestyle
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2002 [16] Serena Williams defeats older sister Venus to win her 1st Wimbledon title and 2nd straight Grand Slam tournament
2014 [04] Washington legalizes recreational marijuana (becoming the 2nd US state to do so after Colorado)
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2009 [09] In the most lopsided loss in franchise history, NL’s Cincinnati Reds are routed by Philadelphia Phillies 22-1, beating the previous record 20-run differential (26-6) between the same teams in 1892
BULL’S BITS
BS WACK FACTS:
✓ The bagpipes were invented in Persia (Iran).
✓ Every odd number that exists has the letter “e” in it.
✓ A study found that more driving errors occur when listening to a favorite song compared to unfamiliar music.
✓ Of the 12 people who have walked on the moon, 11 were Boy Scouts.
✓ A group of clowns is known as a giggle .
-WhattheFFacts, MentalFloss
BS THINGS YOU DON’T WANT TO HEAR FROM YOUR LITTLE LEAGUE UMPIRE:
✗ “Strikes are the ones in the middle, right?”
✗ “You better hit a home run, kid … I got 50-grand riding on this game.”
✗ “Losing team cleans out my garage!”
✗ “Does this padding make me look fat?”
✗ “Hey, watch it with the foul tips, I got a mickey of rye in my hip pocket.”
✗ “Let’s hurry this up … I don’t want to be here when they find the real umpire.”
✗ “Hey, is your mom single?”
BS WHY I WASN’T INVITED TO THE POOL PARTY:
• Apparently ‘Borat’ swimwear is no longer a thing.
• Two words: double-dipping.
• My milkshake brought all the ants to the water.
• Because of the ‘chocolate bar in the pool’ incident last year.
• They didn’t have room for my emotional support elephant.
• Because I don’t skinny dip…I chunky dunk.
• Last time I got the 8 ball in the corner pocket and they couldn’t get it out of the filter.
• My birthday suit doesn’t fit anymore.
-Twitter
BS PHONE STARTER:
What saying or catchphrase really sets you off? “My bad’? “At the end of the day?” “Sorry, not sorry?”
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I’m seriously contemplating remarrying my ex-wife but I’m scared she’ll realize that I’m just after my money.
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: Over 1/3 of wedding DJs say they have seen THIS at a wedding reception. What?
Answer: A fist fight
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Creativity is intelligence having fun.
