Tuesday, October 23, 2018 Edition: #6319
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BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Pete Davidson has opened up about his breakup with Ariana Grande, he is even able to joke about it. Davidson made his first appearance on stage since it was confirmed they had split, co-hosting the “Judd and Pete for America”, benefit for Swing Left, with Judd Apatow. Davidson joked about the Ariana-inspired tattoo on his neck that he has already covered with a heart, saying, “Um, I’ve been covering a bunch of tattoos, that’s fun. I’m 0 for 2 in the tattoo [department]. Yeah, I am afraid to get my mom tattooed on me, that is how bad it is.” Apparently, he had to cover up the face of another ex that he had on his forearm when he first hooked up with Grande.
-CelebrityInsider
★ Sean Bean has revealed that a “Game of Thrones” special, featuring past and present cast members, has been filmed. Bean, who played Ned Stark on the show, let slip that Conan O’Brien will host the one-off episode, which was recorded in Belfast earlier this year. Game of Thrones will come to an end after the upcoming eighth season. HBO has not confirmed a release date yet.
-MSN
★ Selma Blair has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Blair shared the news with her followers on Instagram on Saturday, revealing in an emotional post that she was diagnosed in August, but “have probably had this incurable disease for 15 years at least.” Blair isn’t the only celebrity to be diagnosed with the disease lately. Jack Osbourne revealed his diagnosis in 2012, while Jamie Lynn Sigler revealed in 2016 that she had been diagnosed with the disease 15 years earlier.
-VanityFair
★ Actress Diana Sowle has died at the age of 88. She was best known for her role as Mrs Bucket – Charlie’s mother – in the 1971 film “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”. Sowle memorably sang ‘Cheer up, Charlie’ in the movie. She was one of the last surviving adult cast members, after Gene Wilder – who played Willy Wonka – died in 2016 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
-MSN
★ Conor McGregor visited a fire station in Boston — and brought presents. The UFC fighter surprised the Back Bay firehouse, saying: “You guys are true, proper heroes.” It’s an honor to be here and see this true, proper fire station. We brought gifts — tickets to the World Series. That’s [out of] respect for you guys.” He arrived at the station riding in a giant delivery truck for his Proper No. Twelve whiskey.
-PageSix
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Kobe Bryant, Oliver Hudson, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Trevor Noah, Lucas Hedges, Gigi Hadid, Brockhampton
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Charlamagne Tha God
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Wanda Sykes, David Cross, Nafissa Thompson-Spires
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Jamie Dornan, Florence Welch, Florence + The Machine
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Juliette Lewis, Ricki Lake
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Sen. Jeff Flake, Andy Cohen
• “The Talk” (CBS): RuPaul, Deepak Chopra, guest co-host Brenda Song
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Scott Bakula, Juliette Lewis, Rosanna Pansino
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Ellen Pompeo, Demetri Martin
• “MLB Baseball” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Game 1 of the World Series. Los Angeles Dodgers at Boston Red Sox
• “The Guest Book” (TBS): Season 2 premiere
• “Married at First Sight” (LIFETIME): Honeymoon Island
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Lady Gaga – Her soundtrack to “A Star is Born” with Bradley Cooper is spending a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Her only other album to spend more than a week in the #1 position was 2011’s “Born This Way”, which spent two weeks at the top.
• Liam Payne – says comedian Russell Brand’s outspoken views have recently encouraged him to become more engaged with social issues. Quote: ”I didn’t know anything about politics but … Russell used to make me think and want to look at politics. So, I think it’s quite important that we have those examples.”
• Akon – says he would consider running for president of the United States. The singer made the surprise announcement at the annual One Young World summit in the Hague on Friday, causing actress Rosario Dawson and others to rise to their feet with applause.
• Paula Abdul – toppled into the crowd while performing at the Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, Mississippi. She began walking towards the front of the stage, but apparently misjudged the edge and ended up doing some unplanned crowd surfing. She was unhurt and bounced back to finish the show.
• Blink 182 – Drummer Travis Barker has been medically cleared to perform after treatment for blood clots in both arms in the summer. Blink 182 cancelled their Las Vegas residency when news broke of Barker’s condition.
• Spandau Ballet — hope to release ”new music” in the near future. The 80s pop band recently replaced original singer Tony Hadley with 30-year-old British stage performer Ross William Wild.
• Ted Nugent – claims in a new interview that there is no human being alive who doesn’t think he deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Last year, he said that “political correctness” and particularly his membership in the NRA was behind the snub, and in 2011 he called his exclusion an “embarrassing denial of historical and current truth and evidence.”
Blake Shelton – He and Gwen Stefani celebrated Halloween early on the weekend, attending a costume party celebrating her niece Stella’s birthday. Shelton wore a “drunken sailor” costume and Stefani dressed as Sally from “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”
• Florida Georgia Line — singer and Florida native Brian Kelley is and wife Brittney have made a $5,000 donation to help fund the Sonder Project, to provide relief in neighborhoods most devastated by Hurricane Michael. So far, that group’s fundraising has raised $34,172 of its $500,000 goal.
THIS WEEK’S VIDEO RELEASES:
• “Incredibles 2” (PG, Animation/Kids): Everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back — but this time Helen is in the spotlight, leaving Bob at home with Violet and Dash to navigate the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life. (Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter)
• “BlacKkKlansman” (R-Rated, Comedy/Drama): Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events. (John David Washington, Adam Driver)
• “Patient Zero” (R-Rated, Action/Drama): After an unprecedented global pandemic turns the majority of humankind into violent “Infected,” a man gifted with the ability to speak the Infected’s new language leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure. (Natalie Dormer, Matt Smith, Stanley Tucci)
• “Stella’s Last Weekend” (Not Rated, Comedy): The story of two brothers whose relationship is challenged when they find they are in love with the same girl, and the unshakable bond between them. (Nat Wolff, Alex Wolff, Polly Draper)
DON’T BLOW IT:
What is the first thing you reach for when you have a cold? I mean besides sympathy, guys! Kleenex. And before you know it, you probably have a pretty impressive pile of slightly-used, slightly yellow-tissues sitting within dropping distance of wherever you’ve chosen to plant yourself. Well, it turns out, blowing your nose when you have a cold is a bad idea. I know, it goes against everything that your Mom taught you, but blowing your nose isn’t a great idea when you have a cold — or any time, for that matter. Allergist and immunologist Dr. Purvi Parikh explained in a recent Men’s Health article that “Blowing your nose with too much force can actually cause breakage of vessels and undue stress.” It can also force bacteria and other junk back up into your sinuses, putting you at greater risk of infection. While blowing your nose isn’t a total no-no, it doesn’t solve a lot, but it can give you a brief respite from your symptoms. But be sure to do it properly. Blow your nostrils one at a time, and don’t blow too forcefully, either. That can lead to the problems we just talked about…and in rare, but documented cases, overenthusiastic nose-blowing has even led to injuries to eye sockets and ruptures of the esophagus.
(Probably damaged the Kleenex pretty badly too!)
(Have you ever heard of NOT blowing one nostril at a time?)
(I thought they were going to say that, just like sneezing, we are supposed to start blowing our nose into our sleeve!)
-Curiosity
SPLITTING HEIRS:
While I’m sure there are MANY words which should not be said around royalty, apparently there is one that Queen Elizabeth II thinks is particularly vulgar. You first guess might be that Liz turns her royal nose up at curse words, but that’s not necessarily the case. Comedian Brian Blessed claims Her Majesty said the F-word when talking about one of his appearances TV. While she used it in a way that she was explaining the origins of the word, rather than cursing him out, that is still quite a thing to imagine. So, what is the one word that the Queen cannot bear? The one that in her mind, goes even beyond the dreaded word that we just talked about? Pregnant. A palace source says the Queen finds the word ‘pregnant’ to be a ‘vulgar’ word. Apparently, the Queen prefers to use the term “in the family way”.
(I wonder if the doctor who told her that she was pregnant knew that!)
(I’ve got a feeling that “bun in the oven” isn’t gonna cut it here, either…)
(How quaint…)
-ReadersDigest
BODY LANGUAGE SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE:
(The most common body language blunders that people make, and that emotionally intelligent people are careful to avoid…)
► Slouching: It’s a sign of disrespect. It communicates that you’re bored and have no desire to be where you are. (Would you slouch at a job interview? Or in confession?)
► Exaggerated gestures: Can imply that you’re stretching the truth. Aim for small, controlled gestures to indicate leadership and confidence.
► Watching the clock: It’s clear sign of disrespect, impatience, and inflated ego. It sends the message that you have better things to do than talk to the person you’re with. (But what if you do?)
► Avoiding eye contact: This makes it look like you have something to hide, and that arouses suspicion. Lack of eye contact can also indicate a lack of confidence and interest
►Eye contact that’s too intense: This may be perceived as aggressive, or an attempt to dominate. On average, we hold eye contact for seven to ten seconds, longer when we’re listening than when we’re talking.
► Weak handshakes: Signal that you lack authority and confidence, while a handshake that is too strong could be perceived as an aggressive attempt at domination, which is just as bad.
►Getting too close: If you stand too close to someone (nearer than one and a half feet), it signals that you have no respect for or understanding of personal space. (and may also signal that you had onions for lunch…)
-HuffingtonPost
BS CHRONOMETER 10.23.18
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1954 [64] Ang Lee, Chaochou, Taiwan, movie director-producer (“Life of Pi”, “Brokeback Mountain”)
1956 [62] Dwight Yoakam, Pikeville KY, country singer (‘Fast as You’, ‘Guitars Cadillacs’)/movie actor (“Crank” films, “Sling Blade”)
1959 [59] Sam Raimi, Royal Oak MI, movie director-producer (“Poltergeist”, “Spider-Man” movies) COMING UP…”Grudge” 2019
1959 [59] (Alfred) ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Lynwood CA, parody singer (‘My Bologna’, ‘Eat It’)
1964 [54] Robert Trujillo (Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Perez de la Santa Concepcion Trujillo Veracruz Batista), Santa Monica CA, rock bassist (Metallica since 2003-‘The Day that Never Comes’, ‘Hardwired’)
1976 [42] Ryan Reynolds, Vancouver BC, movie actor (“Deadpool”, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”)/wed to Blake Lively since 2012. COMING UP…”6 Underground” 2019
1976 [42] Cat Deeley, Birmingham UK, TV host (“So You Think You Can Dance” since 2006)
1986 [32] Emilia Clarke, London England, TV actress (“Daenerys Targaryen” on “Game of Thrones” since 2011.
1995 [23] Ireland Baldwin, Los Angeles CA, model (fashion model and daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Canning Day”, honoring the 1752 birth of French chef/chemist Nicolas Appert, who came up with the concept of sealing perishable food in jars. For this, he is known as “the father of canning”, but he also came up with many other inventions … including the bouillon cube.
• “TV Talk Show Host Day”, to celebrate those ‘gifted with the personality and intellect to enable them to bring out the best in their guests’. It’s an annual observance on the birth anniversary of iconic talk show host Johnny Carson in 1925. Who’s today’s best?
• “Boston Cream Pie Day”, although it is called a pie, Boston cream pie is actually a cake. It consists of two round layers of sponge cake with a thick vanilla custard filling. It is usually frosted with a chocolate glaze but it can also be topped with confectionary sugar. The dessert is served in wedges just like a pie.
• “Slap Your Irritating Co-Worker Day”, we’re kidding! (Honest! The HR department told us we are!) But just for fun, here are the rules you must follow…
* You can only slap one person per hour – no more.
* You can slap the same person again if they irritate you again later in the same day.
* You are allowed to hold someone down as other co-workers take their turns slapping the irritant.
* No weapons are allowed…other than going upside somebody’s head with a stapler or a hole-puncher.
* If questioned by a supervisor [or police, if the supervisor is the irritant], you are allowed to LIE, LIE, LIE!
(We don’t recommend that you actually slap anyone, but sometimes it sure is nice to think about it…)
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Lung Health Day
[Wed] Black Thursday
[Thurs] Greasy Foods Day
[Thurs] Artist Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2010 [08] Singer Katy Perry weds Russell Brand at a luxury resort in Northern India
THIS DAY IN SPORTS . . .
1993 [25] Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a World Series winning walk-off home run against the Philadelphia Phillies. It is only the second walk-off HR to win a World Series.
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2015 [03] Adele releases her single ‘Hello’ – it becomes the first song with more than a million downloads in its first week– 1.1 million (and inspires approximately the same number of viral video cover versions…)
2004 [14] Pop singer Ashlee Simpson is caught lip-synching during an appearance on NBC-TV’s “Saturday Night Live” (pretty much a career killer)
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2001 [17] 1st Apple ‘iPod’ is unveiled, which goes on sale on November 10th for $399
BULL’S BITS
BS WACK FACTS:
✓ The word “unfriend” first appeared in 1659.
✓ The cubicle did not get its name from its shape, but from the Latin “cubiculum” meaning “bed chamber”.
✓ To tell twins apart, look at their belly buttons. It’s the one thing that’s not caused by genetics.
✓ Elvis Presley’s manager sold “I Hate Elvis” badges so he could also make money off of people who weren’t buying his merchandise.
✓ It’s illegal to own only one guinea pig in Switzerland. (They get lonely.)
✓ Booze was invented before the wheel was.
-MentalFloss, WhattheFFacts
BS YOU KNOW YOU’RE IN TROUBLE WHEN:
• Your Mom yells your full name.
• There is total silence in your house, and you have two toddlers.
• A crew from “60 Minutes” is waiting for you at your office.
• Your rent, credit card payments, and girlfriend are all 3 months late.
• You receive a text that reads: “We need to talk.”
• Your wife starts introducing you to other people as her “first husband,” and you’re still married.
• You wake up in a strange place in a bathtub full of ice with rudimentary stitches in your abdomen.
• Your wife discovers that you recorded Wrestlemania II over your wedding video…15 years later.
• You have a new bag of Oreos and forgot to pick up milk.
• Your boss discovers your Twitter account.
• She says: “Fine. Do whatever you want.”
-Twitter
Best of BS:
BS CANADIAN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES:
• Hairy Otter
• Dog the Mountie Hunter
• Actual Frozen Elsa
• Justin Beaver
• Poutina Turner
• Anyone from The Eh-Team
• The game ‘Sorry’
• Thankenstein
• Red Green, of course
• An American. You dress normally but you carry a gun and pretend to not understand curling
-Twitter (First published in BS in 2017)
BS PHONE STARTER:
What is your worst drive-thru horror story?
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Here’s some advice: At a job interview, tell them you’re willing to give 110 percent. Unless you’re applying to be a statistician.
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: If you have the stamina, doing THIS for 90 minutes burns 429 calories.
Answer: Raking and bagging leaves.
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Your beliefs don’t make you a better person. Your behavior does.
