Wednesday, November 21, 2018 – Edition: #6340

Another Sheetload of Bull!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Heather Locklear‘s family is so concerned about her health and well-being, they are considering going the Britney Spears route and putting her under a conservatorship after she was reportedly placed on a psychiatric hold over the weekend. Her family believes she ended her most recent rehab trip too early. Locklear wanted to be out for her daughter’s birthday — she turned 21 last month — but people noticed right away that she “seemed exactly the same.” Locklear was arrested in February for felony domestic violence and battery on a police officer.
-TheBlast
★ Mandy Moore married “Dawes” frontman Taylor Goldsmith in a romantic ceremony in L.A. on Sunday.  The star of “This is Us” and Goldsmith tied the knot in front of friends and family in an intimate backyard wedding at the actress’ home. Moore, who began dating the musician after her split from first husband Ryan Adams in 2015, quietly confirmed their engagement by flashing an engagement ring while at an L.A. café in September 2017.
-MSN
★ Danny DeVito has responded to the news that a group of college students has created a bizarre bathroom shrine devoted to him.  That’s right, hidden in a secret room, accessed through a bathroom at New York’s Purchase College is a weird shrine devoted to the worship of Danny DeVito. In a creepy dark room, hidden behind a paper-towel dispenser, the bizarre shrine pays homage to the star of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”.  After students began sharing photos and videos on social media, it went viral, and DeVito responded with typical humor, tweeting, “My heart is filled with love and garbage,” and he encouraged the students to “be kind to each other” and asked that they “pick up trash, recycle, and be aware of plastics in the ocean.”
-MSN
★ Bindi Irwin has won a Guinness World Records title for being the most-followed TV conservationist on Instagram. The 20-year-old daughter of the late Steve Irwin – who passed away in 2006 when he was stung by a stingray while filming a documentary – was awarded the honor over the weekend for amassing 1.9 million Instagram followers, making her the most-followed TV conservationist and naturalist on the photo sharing app.
(They really have a category for that?)
-ContactMusic

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Jeff Bridges, S.E. Cupp, Midland (R)
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Tim Allen, Sophia the Robot, Meek Mill
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Connie Britton, George R.R. Martin, Emma Willmann
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Daniel Radcliffe, Arjen Lubach, Antoni Porowski
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Michael B. Jordan, Eddie Redmayne
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Teresa Giudice, Dolores Catania (R)
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Michael B. Jordan, Kristin Chenoweth
• “The Talk” (CBS): Michael Douglas, guest co-hosts Carrie Ann Inaba & Constance Marie
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Mariah Carey, Emily Ratajkowski, the winner of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Emma Stone
• “Survivor” (CBS): A quarrel between two castaways could mean the end of a showmance. Castaways who win rewards earn a much-needed trip to the burger bar.
• “Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” (ABC): Charlie is the hapless host and Snoopy is in the kitchen dishing up ice cream, popcorn and toast. Included: the bonus cartoon “This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers,” which finds the gang aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
• “Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving” (NBC): Popular Thanksgiving-themed sketches, including “A Thanksgiving Miracle,” “The Bird Family,” Adam Sandler’s ‘Thanksgiving Song’ and “Back Home Ballers”.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Taylor Swift – will be joined by Rebel Wilson in the cast of the movie musical “Cats”. Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson & Ian McKellen will also star in the film, which will be directed by Tom Hooper and will begin production in the UK next month.  It is slated for release in Dec. 2019.
• Rita Ora – Not only has she released ‘Cashmere’, another single off her upcoming sophomore album, “Phoenix”, out on Friday, but she also stopped by the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge to perform her single ‘Let You Love Me’, and a cover of Charlie Puth’s ‘Attention’.
• Maroon 5 — More than 47,000 people have added their names to a Change.org petition asking the band to back out of playing the Super Bowl halftime show to support Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback who started the #TakeAKnee movement to protest police brutality and other racial injustices.
• Queen — After earning another $15 million at the box office on the weekend, “Bohemian Rhapsody” has become the second highest-grossing music biopic in America, with $127 million to date. 2015’s “Straight Outta Compton” grossed $161 million.
• The Rolling Stones — are bringing their No Filter tour to U.S. stadiums in 2019. The 13-show run will kick off April 20th at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida and wrap up June 21st at Soldier Field in Chicago.
• Chris Cornell – His 12-year-old son Christopher plays him in the video for ‘When Bad Does Good’, a previously unreleased song now available on the “Chris Cornell: An Artist’s Legacy” box set.  In a statement, Christopher said: “For me this video represents my dad and all the art he created throughout his life and what his music meant then and what it means now.”
• Gretchen Wilson — was set to appear on the current season of “Dancing With the Stars” but was cut from the cast following her infamous airport arrest in August.  She was arrested at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut following a “minor disturbance” on a flight. She made her first public appearance in months at the CMA Awards last week.
• Caitlyn Smith — is now the proud mother of two boys.  On Monday, she announced on Instagram that she and her husband, Rollie Gaalswyk, welcomed Lewis James Gaalswyk on Nov. 10, weighing 8 lbs., 10 oz. He joins 2-year-old big brother Thomas Miles.

GREEN PHONES:
Canadian researchers are warning that the habit of buying a new smartphone every two years is not only unsustainable, but it is taking a huge toll on the environment.  A study, done at Hamilton, Ontario’s McMaster University, found that by 2040, the communications tech sector will account for 14 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions, about half of the transportation sector.  That’s a lot.  The researchers wrote that this “will definitely undermine any reductions achieved from other (greenhouse gas) emissions sources.”  Using a smartphone is not particularly carbon-intensive; it’s the extraction of rare metals used in smartphones, and the manufacturing process, that are the culprits.  That is why buying a new smartphone every two years, a habit created by telecom providers with their two-year contracts and subsidized phones, is so damaging to the environment.  The study determined that “the current business model, while highly profitable…is unsustainable and quite detrimental to the global efforts in (greenhouse gas) reductions.”  They suggest that the life of smartphones should be extended to four or more years, and old phones should be recycled.
(I wouldn’t call replacing my phone every two years a “habit” as much as a “malfunctioning battery”!)
(It doesn’t sound like anything that a new environmental tax on smartphones can’t fix…)
(Reducing greenhouse emissions — I’m guessing there’s no app for that…)
-HuffingtonPost

DIRTY LANGUAGE:
Say goodbye to the word “dirty”.  Language researchers say it could be the next word to become extinct.
The English language is always evolving.  That’s why kids today would never use some of the words that their grandparents use.  Can you imagine a child today describing something as “groovy”? Or telling someone that they have to “skedaddle”?  Probably not.  And imagine one of their grandparents referring to their significant other as “Bae” or talking about getting “turnt”!  One language expert says that fifty percent of the words we use today would be unrecognizable to our ancestors 2,500 years ago.  And as quickly as new words come into use, others are dropped.  To determine what words might go extinct next, researchers applied the theory of evolution through natural selection to language, and determined that the word “dirty” will be gone within 175 years.  That will be closely followed by words like “throw,” “stick,” “guts,” and “squeeze”, which should be up for replacement within 200 years.  What words will replace them?  Only our great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren know.
(Somehow, I think that words like “bruh” and “lit” might be gone long before “dirty”…)
(My vote is for “lozenge” to be next.  I hate that word…)
(I think that if the word “dirty” becomes extinct, it only stands to reason that “Tide” would be next!)
-Curiosity

BS HOW TO TOOK YOUR CURKEY:
Step 1.  Buy a turkey.
Step 2.  Have a glass of wine.
Step 3.  Stuff turkey.
Step 4.  Have a glass of wine.
Step 5.  Put turkey in oven.
Step 6.  Relax and have a glass of wine.
Step 7.  Turk the bastey.
Step 8.  Wine of glass another get.
Step 9.  Hunt for meat thermometer.
Step 10.  Glass yourself another pour of wine.
Step 11.  Bake the wine for 4 hours.
Step 12.  Take the oven out of the turkey.
Step 13.  Floor the turkey off the pick.
Step 14.  Tet the sable.
Step 15.  Grab another wottle of bine.
Step 16.  Turk the carvey!
Step 17.  Say grace, throw-up and pass out.
-FlashFunPages

DID YOU KNOW?
Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama commands a $225,000 fee for speaking engagements.  Former President Barack Obama?  $400,000.  His presidential pension is $207,000 . . . per year.

BS CHRONOMETER 11.21.18

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1945 [73] Goldie Hawn, Washington DC, movie actress (“Overboard”, “The First Wives Club”)

1963 [55] Nicollette Sheridan, TV actress, Worthing England (“Desperate Housewives” 2004-2009, “Knots Landing” 1986-1993, “Dynasty” since 2018)

1965 [53] Bjork, Reykjavik Iceland, pop singer (‘It’s Oh So Quiet’, ‘Big Time Sensuality’)

1966 [52] Troy Aikman, West Covina CA, TV football analyst (FOX-TV since 2001)/former NFL QB (Dallas Cowboys 1989-2000)/Pro Football Hall of Fame (2006)

1971 [47] Michael Strahan, Houston TX, TV personality (“GMA Day” since 2018, “Good Morning America” since 2012, “Live With Kelly & Michael” 2012-16, “FOX NFL Sunday” since 2008)/former NFL player (NY Giants 1993-2007)

1975 [43] Jimmi Simpson, Hackettstown NJ, TV actor (‘William’ on “Westworld” 2016, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” since 2005)

1985 [33] Carly Rae Jepsen, Mission BC, pop singer (‘Call Me Maybe’)

1987 [31] Sam Palladio, Pembury UK, TV actor (‘Gunnar Scott’ on “Nashville” 2012-18)

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Pumpkin Pie Day”, celebrating a truly North American food phenomenon. What’s your secret ingredient? And your favorite topping? Ever try it with honey?

• “Blackout Wednesday”, also known as  “Black Wednesday,” “Drinksgiving,” or “Thanksgiving Eve,” or “Wacky Wednesday”) it is a pejorative term for the night before the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, which is always a Thursday.

• “National Stuffing Day”, the usual turkey stuffing consists of bread cubes or crumbs combined with onions, celery, salt and pepper along with spices and herbs such as summer savory, sage or poultry seasoning.  Other varieties include adding sausage, hamburger, tofu, oysters, egg, rice, apple, raisins or other dried fruits.

• “National Gingerbread Day”, whether it’s a crisp cookie or soft cake, or a big house you can make, now is the perfect time to whip up a brand new recipe if you’re a gingerbread fan.

• “World Hello Day”, the 45th annual celebration of the simplest salutation that now takes place in 180 countries. Participants are asked to spread goodwill by saying ‘hello’ to 10 people.
NET: http://www.worldhelloday.org/

• “World Fisheries Day”, designed to draw attention to overfishing, habitat destruction, and other serious threats to the sustainability of our marine and freshwater resources.
NET: http://r4r.ca/en/theme/fisheries-day

• “World Television Day”, established in 1996 by the UN to encourage nations to exchange cultural programming focusing on peace, security, and economic & social development.

• “National Red Mitten Day (Canada)”, Since their launch ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Hudson’s Bay’s Red Mittens have become the nation’s most iconic symbol of Canadian Olympic pride with $3.90 from the sale of each $15 pair of Red Mittens going to support Canadian athletes. To date, the Red Mittens alone have raised more than $32 million for the Canadian Olympic Foundation.

COMING UP . . .
[Thurs] Thanksgiving Day (America)
[Thurs] Go For a Ride Day
[Fri] Black Friday
[Fri] Doctor Who Day

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1976 [42] “Rocky” starring Sylvester Stallone premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977)

2006 [12] “No Music Day” in Britain, when conceptual artist Bill Drummond calls for all citizens to refrain from extraneous noise (London radio station Resonance 104.4 airs … silence)

2014 [04] “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″ opens in movie theaters

2015 [03] Actress Sofia Vergara weds “Magic Mike” star Joe Manganiello in Palm Beach, Florida

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1981 [37] Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Physical’ single goes to #1 & stays there for 10 weeks

2003 [15] The acoustic guitar on which The Beatles’ George Harrison learned to play is sold at a London auction for £276,000 (original price … £3.50)

2017 [01] David Cassidy dies at age 67 after suffering liver and kidney failure. His role as ‘Keith’ on “The Partridge Family” led to his becoming a teen idol and superstar pop singer in the 1970s.

TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2010 [08] Jimmy Johnson becomes the 1st driver ever to win 5 straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships

TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
2000 [18] Backstreet Boys’ “Black & Blue” album debuts with one of the biggest initial retail shipments ever, circa 6 million units

2014 [04] Snowstorms finally end in the Buffalo NY region, leaving behind 13 dead and hundreds of stranded motorists in up to – whoa! – 7 feet of snow

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK TURKEY FACTS:
✓ A baby turkey is called a ‘poult’.  A turkey under 16 weeks of age is called a ‘fryer’.
✓ That flesh-like appendage that hangs over a turkey’s beak is called the ‘snood’. The ‘wattle’ is the bright red appendage on the neck.
✓ Male turkeys gobble. Hens do not. They make a clicking noise.
✓ A 15 lb turkey usually has about 70% white meat and 30% dark meat.
✓ Commercially raised turkeys are too heavy to fly. In fact, turkey breeding has caused turkey breasts to grow so large that turkeys sometimes fall over.
✓ Turkeys can drown if they look up when it’s raining.
-University of Illinois

BS HOW TO RECOGNIZE A TURKEY:
• By the way it’s dressed.
• I’m not sure, but if it contains a bag of giblets, there’s a pretty good chance that’s it.
• It is drinking out of a gobble-let.
• You were bowling and got 3 strikes in a row.
• It is not crossing the road.
• Looks like the label on the 25 empty bottles in the back of Uncle Ernie’s pick-up.
• It has a tendency to “jive”.
• Open up your “maps” app and see if you are anywhere near Istanbul.
• It’s the big brown lumpy stuff in the giant 70s retro Tupperware container sitting in the back of the fridge, oozing penicillin.
• It puts pineapple on pizza.
-Twitter

BEST OF BS . . .
FAKE CANADIAN HISTORY:
• A group of Canadians is called an “apology”.
• Over 100 years ago, Canada decided “eh” would be the sound the question mark makes.
• The NFL cancelled its Canadian expansion plans in 1973 when all 7 proposed cities demanded their team names would be ‘Roughriders’
• Vancouver gets its name from the Squamish word for “unaffordable rents”
• Newfoundland was bought and paid for with Canadian Tire money.
• The term “Double Double” is a Canadian version of ‘Aloha’, meaning both Hello & Goodbye.
• At birth, Canadians are issued their own hockey card rather than a birth certificate.
• Neil Young wrote the national anthem, but they had to cut out the ten minute guitar solo.
• On Canada Day, every citizen is required to apologize to three random strangers and offer them some maple syrup as a token of friendship
• Canadian Netflix has always had a great selection.
-Twitter, First published in BS in 2017

BS PHONE STARTER:
What is the worst kitchen disaster that you’ve ever experienced?

BS RANDOM JOKE:
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they’re going.

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  24% of holiday shoppers say this is their top pet peeve. What is it?
Answer:  Shoppers who take up 2 parking spaces

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Some people create their own storms, then get upset when it rains.