November 15 2018

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Thursday, November 15, 2018 – Edition: #6336

Sheeters Always Prosper!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ HBO has finally announced the premiere date for the eighth and final season of “Game of Thrones”. You may now throw “early 2019” out the window and snuggle up next to the words “April 2019.” As fans already know, there will be six movie-length episodes; Jon and Dany are still very much together (or at least, cuddling at what appears to be Winterfell); There will be a giant action sequence involving the Army of the Dead and there will be prequels to console us when we’re still weeping over the finale.
-Cosmopolitan
★ GQ Magazine just attempted to riff on their ‘Man of the Year’ cover by crowning Serena Williams the Woman of the Year, but instead, they ended up sparking a ton of controversy. Rather than simply cross out “man” and write “woman” alongside Serena’s powerful cover photo, the editors put “woman” in quotation marks. It seems the quotation marks were a stylistic choice intended to look like the handwriting of Virgil Abloh, the artistic director of Louis Vuitton and the brains behind the design of Serena’s athletic apparel. According to GQ, Virgil is known for his use of quotation marks.  But that didn’t look very good.  No comment yet from the Woman of the Year.
(With no quotation marks!)
-Cosmopolitan
★ Stan Lee struggled in his final years to get broadcasters to support a Canadian-set TV series about an Indigenous cop with special powers, according to a producer Kevin Gillis, who teamed with the late Marvel Comics founder to help it take shape.  The show was called “Stan Lee’s The Chosen,” and its concept revolved around an Indigenous man who left his reserve behind for a job as a Toronto police officer. When the man’s father dies, he learns that he’s next in line to be a shaman and has powers inherited from his ancestors. Gillis says that Lee wanted the storyline to explore the man finding a new connection with his heritage, and contrast it against his life in the city.
-MSN
★ Vanessa Hudgens says she gorged on ”Hot Cheetos and beef jerky” while starring in the “High School Musical” franchise. When she shot to fame on the Disney musical movie at the age of 17, her diet was so bad, she says that when they were getting ready for the second leg of the concert tour, in her words, “it had been only two or three months, but the costume would not fit over my butt. So, I had to pull it on over my head, and then it wouldn’t zip up all the way, and I was like, ‛What do you mean I can’t eat Hot Cheetos and rice and beef jerky every day?’ So, I had to start making changes at an early age.”  Hudgens says her healthy lifestyle these days consists of working out six days a week, eating a pescatarian diet and intermittent fasting.
-ContactMusic

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Lin-Manuel Miranda
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Steve Carell, Eric Bana, Troye Sivan
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Ben Stiller, Jemele Hill, Jorja Smith
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Martin Short, Brian Tyree Henry, Amir Obe, Caitlin Kalafus
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Diego Luna, Dylan Reynolds
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Shania Twain, Patricia Arquette
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali
• “The Talk” (CBS): Annie Potts, guest co-hosts Jodie Sweetin & Lisa Joyner
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Michael Douglas, Brian Tyree Henry
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Michelle Obama
• “Thursday Night Football” (FOX): Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks
• “Emperor’s Newest Clothes” (HBO): Adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fable about a vain ruler who decides everything, and everyone agrees with him—at least in his company.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Cardi B – will serve as a judge alongside Chance the Rapper and T.I. for the new Netflix music competition show, “Rhythm + Flow”.  The show, expected to debut next fall, will search for the next hip-hop superstar.
• Lorde — is accusing Kanye West and Kid Cudi of stealing her stage design. She posted a series of photos to her Instagram stories showing off the similar set, with the words: “I’m proud of the work I do and it’s flattering when other artists feel inspired by it, to the extent that they choose to try it on themselves.  But don’t steal — not from women or anyone else…”
• Celine Dion — has launched her own gender-neutral children’s clothing line called ‘Celinununu’. The shopping site went live on Tuesday with a range of clothing to celebrate ”individuality through clothes”.
• Prince – His estate has won a judgment of close to $4 million against a producer who allegedly released a few songs after his death without permission. George Ian Boxill was also ordered to return all Prince materials he obtained through his work for Prince to the estate.
• Dave Grohl – The Foo Fighters frontman took time Monday to feed some of southern California’s bravest, who have been working around the clock fighting wildfires.  Fire Station 68 in Calabasas posted: “It was awesome to get a visit tonight from Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. He also treated us to some of his own Back Beat BBQ. Thanks Dave! It was excellent!”  Grohl apparently visited several area fire departments.
• Whitesnake – have announced a 2019 US tour in support of the new “Flesh & Blood” album, coming out in May.  The tour starts April 12 in Newkirk, OK and runs through May 18 in Verona, NY.
• Chris Cornell — Members of Soundgarden will be joined by Metallica, Foo Fighters, Ryan Adams and Cornell’s bandmates from Temple of the Dog and Audioslave for a concert tribute to their late former frontman. “I Am the Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell” is set for Jan. 16, 2019, at the Forum in Los Angeles.  Proceeds will benefit the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation.
• Pistol Annies — are back at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Album chart with their first record in five years, “Interstate Gospel”.  Their debut album, “Hell on Heels”, landed at No. 1 on the charts in 2011.
• Shania Twain – has explained why Brad Pitt was featured in the lyrics of her 1998 hit ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’. She says that nude photos of Pitt had been printed in Playgirl magazine, taken while he was on vacation. She recalls thinking: “Well, I don’t know what all the fuss is about,” since “we see people naked every day.” She insists the resulting lyric — “OK, so you’re Brad Pitt” — wasn’t “picking on” Pitt.

NERDSWEAR:
Google, Microsoft and Sony couldn’t get it right, but a small Canadian company called “North” thinks they can get you to look at, and through their smartglasses.  The company behind “Focals” says that their $1,300 product is designed to be eyewear first, and wearable tech second, unlike the offerings from the giants before them.  The idea behind Focals is that instead of reaching into a pocket or purse to check a smartphone, a user can wear what looks like regular prescription glasses. A tiny projector and other technology are embedded in the arms and users wear a ring that works like a joystick to navigate various tasks — without the need to look down.  Time, weather and calendar functions are accessible, as are email, texting and mapping. The glasses also work with Uber and Alexa.  Information is projected onto a small area on the right lens in a way that doesn’t obscure the user’s vision.  Users can sit in a meeting and no one would know they were checking email.  Co-founder Aaron Grant says two good words to describe Focals are “subtle” and “discreet”.  So discreet that they elected NOT to include a camera due to “privacy concerns and social implications”.
(So now I won’t be the only guy who needs glasses to check his email?)
(Why don’t we just cut to the chase and figure out a way to implant a smartphone into our brains?)
(I wonder if bifocal-Focals are available…)
-YahooFinance

YES WEE CAN:
You may have heard that Bill Gates last week introduced the sewerless, waterless toilet that creates fertilizer from human waste.  Well, you might just want to hold onto your pee (so to speak) because it looks like there is another use for it:  Building your next house.  Researchers from the University of Cape Town have developed the world’s first bio-brick made from human urine.  The bricks are made through a natural process, where loose sand is colonized with bacteria, that naturally produce an enzyme called urease.  The urease breaks down the urea in urine, while producing a substance which cements the sand into a chosen shape.  Amazingly, this whole process takes place at room temperature – which is good news for the environment and global warming.  And it also means that if used as a building material, the process can be adjusted so clients could choose how strong they want their bricks to be.  Scientists working on the project say at this point, the biggest hurdle they need to overcome is social acceptance of using human urine.
(Sure..it’s fine for THESE guys to mix bricks with urine, but I do it in the sauna and they cancel my gym membership!)
(Now you too can own a home that’s built like a brick [ahem!] pee-house!)
-Mirror

ACTUAL OLD-TIME REMEDIES THAT WERE USED TO TREAT THE FLU:
☞ The Color Red:  One of the most questionable preventative measures was wearing the color red, which according to some folk-medicine records, the flu “didn’t like.” One American even penned a letter to the Public Health Service suggesting that servicemen wear a red ribbon around the chest, because “the flu is the Devil and Devil don’t work with red.” (I thought the Devil IS red…!)
☞ Bloodletting:  For more than 2,000 years, bloodletting was used to treat a range of conditions.  When it came to the flu, the theory was simple: By draining the body of blood, and therefore of toxins and disease, doctors could cure a patient of whatever ailed them. It didn’t work—in fact, it killed many, including George Washington.
☞ Laxatives:  If bloodletting worked by draining the body of toxins and disease, you can see where laxatives would seem to be the next best thing, and easier to induce. It seems to have been used as a preventive measure.  (The cure worse than the disease?)
☞ Whiskey:  According to one study from the 1940s, two ounces of 95-per cent grain alcohol in a glass of ginger ale could raise the threshold of pain 45 per cent for two hours.   (It wouldn’t make you well, but at that point, you didn’t care!)
☞ Enemas:  Like bloodletting and laxatives, enemas were another way 19th-century doctors could “flush out” the flu. In one case, a patient received seven enemas in three weeks, as well as two different laxatives and a handful of other home remedies. (Hopefully he also received a box of toilet paper!)
☞ Chicken soup:  In 1978, pulmonologists asked healthy volunteers to choose to drink either hot water, cold water, or hot chicken soup, then they measured changes in congestion. They found that while hot water helped clear congestion, hot soup worked even better. We’re still not sure exactly why this works, but the results have been replicated again and again.
(And even if it doesn’t work, I’m definitely taking that over the enema!)
-Reader’sDigest

BS CHRONOMETER 11.15.18

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1929 [89] Ed Asner, movie actor, Kansas City KS (“Elf”, voice of ‘Carl Frederickson’ in Pixar’s “Up”,)/TV actor (‘Lou Grant’ on “Mary Tyler Moore” 1970-1977)

1951 [67] Beverly D’Angelo, Upper Arlington OH, movie actress (‘Ellen Griswold’ in the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” film franchise)

1952 [66] Jimmy Choo, George Town Malaysia (Fashion designer who founded Jimmy Choo Ltd., which is known for its selection of handmade women’s shoes)

1970 [48] Jack Ingram, Houston TX, country singer (‘Barefoot & Crazy’, ‘Wherever You Are’)

1972 [46] Jonny Lee Miller, Kingston England, TV actor (“Elementary” since 2012)/movie actor (“Trainspotting”, “Hackers”)

1974 [44] Chad Kroeger, Hanna AB, rock singer (Nickelback-‘Rockstar’, ‘How You Remind Me’)/ex-husband of singer Avril Lavigne

1977 [41] Sean Murray, Bethesda MD, TV actor (‘Special Agent Timothy McGee’ on “NCIS” since 2003)

1988 [30] BoB (Bobby Ray Simmons Jr), Winston-Salem NC, rapper-songwriter-producer (f/Hayley Williams-‘Airplanes’, f/Bruno Mars-‘Nothin’ on You’)

1991 [27] Shailene Woodley, San Bernardino CA, movie actress (“The Fault in Our Stars”, “The Divergent” series”)/TV actress (“The Secret Life Of the American Teenager” 2008-13)

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Bundt Day”, celebrating the cake of that name which is baked in a special mold. It was first popularized in the 1950s and ’60s. Time to get out that ‘Bundt pan’ you never use so you can justify stowing it for another year.

• “Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day”.  Just what is that lurking in the back? Don’t open it, the odor may kill you! Hold your breath, scrunch your nose, and get to the task. Who wins the prize for the worst refrigerator surprises? Most often, it’s workplace refrigerators.  (“Is this still good?”)

• “Pack Your Mom’s Lunch Day”, when kids with a mother who’s gone back-to-school are encouraged to honor her efforts by making her lunch.  (Please don’t use any of that stuff that you just cleaned out of the fridge!)

• “Steve Irwin Day”, honoring the life and legacy of the one and only Crocodile Hunter.  From humble beginnings to worldwide fame, Steve Irwin inspired countless individuals.

• “Philanthropy Day”, set aside to recognize the great contributions people in the philanthropic community make to our lives, our communities, and our world. Arguably, Bill Gates is at the forefront these days.

• “George Spelvin Day” (female variation ‘Georgette’), commemorating the 1886 invention of the fictitious name used on Broadway for actors who have a 2nd role in a play. The name has appeared in over 10,000 Broadway programs. ‘Walter Plinge’ is similarly used in the UK.

COMING UP . . .
[Fri] Have a Party With Your Bear Day
[Fri] National Button Day
[Sat] Family Volunteer Day
[Sat] Homemade Bread Day

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2002 [16] “Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets” opens in movie theaters ($879 million in worldwide box office)

2018 [01] Country singer Blake Shelton wins People Magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ award

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2004 [14] Shania Twain’s album ‘Come On Over’ is certified double diamond by the RIAA, with over 20 million copies sold in the US. It’s just the seventh album to do so, and the only one by a female artist.

2007 [11] Kenneth Donnell of Glasgow, Scotland pays $170,000 for 2 tickets to Led Zeppelin’s one-off reunion at London’s O2 Arena (the charity-auction purchase includes admission to the legendary band’s rehearsal)

TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2005 [13] 1st person to undergo a ‘Partial Face Transplant’, in Amiens, France (Isabelle Dinoire had been attacked by a dog earlier in the year)

TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2007 [11] Guinness World Record set for ‘Longest Piano Recital’ as Pat Jones of Jacksonville FL tickles the ivories for 65 consecutive hours

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK FACTS:
✓ To have your photo taken with the first ever camera, you would have had to sit still for 8 hours.
✓ The colder the room you sleep in, the higher the odds are that you’ll have a bad dream.
✓ Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to fresh water.
✓ Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including enzymes, minerals, water and vitamins.
✓ It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out, than it took to gain it.
✓ Camel’s milk does not curdle.
-FactsDaily

BS DEEP THOUGHTS FROM THE POPE:
• “If I am freezing would I be considered a Popesicle?”
• “Why do we call it Vatican City if it’s actually a country?”
• “I wonder if MTV would Pope My Ride.”
• “Yes, I AM wearing white after Labor Day.”
• “Does the Popemobile really make me look like the last Tic Tac?”
• “I’m just glad my robe isn’t see-through like my car.”
• “I wonder if people think I’m Pope-ular.”
• “There’s no place like Rome…”
• “Is 42 really the answer??”
• “Should I change my name to Pope Daddy?”
• “I wonder if God actually meant ‘celebrate’…”
-Twitter

Best of BS . . .
REJECTED NAMES FOR ‘MOVEMBER’:
It’s the month when guys grow a ’stache to raise awareness of prostate cancer. ‘Movember’ isn’t the catchiest name for it, but it beats the heck out of these …
• Occupy Top Lip
• Fuzzy Chops Month
• Nose-hair Extension Month
• Pie-hole Postiche
• Lip Landscaping Month
• Face Fur Fantasy
• Almost-as-Bushy-as-Grandma Month
• Shaggy Labium Month
• Miracle-Grovember
• The Only Part of My Cranium Where I Can Grow Hair Month
-First published in BS in 2011

BS PHONE STARTER:
In what grade did you have your worst teacher?  Why was that teacher so bad?

BS RANDOM JOKE:
Some people cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go.

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  65% of women have made their partner do THIS before going out.  What?
Answer:  Change their shoes

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.

 

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