October 3 2018

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018 – Edition: #6306

Ah, the Sweet Smell of BS!

BS SUBSCRIBER NOTE:
There will be no “BS” service for Monday October 8 to observe Canadian Thanksgiving. All subscribers will receive credit for the missed service day.  The Bull Sheet will resume publication on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Asia Argento hit Instagram stories to show off a vengeance tattoo against her former friend Rose McGowan. And she’s not messing around.  Her tattoo is of a bloody dagger. Argento shared two images of the tattoo, one of which said “Bye bye @rosemcgowan:” McGowan and Argento have been publicly feuding since sexual assault allegations were made against Argento by Jimmy Bennett in August.
-Cosmopolitan
★ Making movies isn’t always fun and games — sometimes it can get pretty intense. For Emma Stone, filming her scenes for her upcoming 18th century period drama “The Favourite” came with it’s fair share of emotionally taxing moments, some of which even brought her to tears. Stone, an outspoken animal lover, said, “I don’t want to give anything away — but I have to be a little bit aggressive in the end with a bunny.  I cried my eyes out for about an hour.” The Favourite — which also stars Nicholas Hoult, Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Joe Alwyn and “Sherlock” star Mark Gatiss — comes out Nov. 23.
-MSN
★ Child actor Henry Thomas has spoken out about his decision to take a break from the limelight after shooting to fame at age 11 in “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”. Thomas says that he voluntarily took a step back from the industry after starring as Elliott in the 1982 film because “the overwhelming fame scared the hell out of my parents and my mother, who was very much into living a rural life, was not pleased at having to pack up and go off with me.”
(She was aware that she could “phone home”, wasn’t she?)
-MSN
★ Rebel Wilson has hinted that “Pitch Perfect 4” might be in the works. Wilson, who played Fat Amy in film series, celebrated real-life couple Skylar Astin and Anna Camp’s birthdays at a party on Saturday night. Afterward, she uploaded a photo of herself and co-stars Brittany Snow, Camp and Chrissie Fit all holding four fingers up to the camera, with a caption of four red heart emojis. Many fans of the franchise have speculated the photo is an indication that a fourth installment might be happening.
-Canoe

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Ryan Gosling, Dana White, Devin Field
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Bradley Cooper, Kathryn Hahn, Jim James
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Nick Kroll, Jodie Whittaker, Cat Power
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Molly Shannon, Constance Wu, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Daxx Nielsen
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Jeff Bridges, Jenny Slate, Arctic Monkeys
• “Conan” (TBS/Comedy): Conor McGregor, Brian Posehn
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Candice Bergen, Faith Ford
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Constance Wu, Neil deGrasse Tyson
• “The Talk” (CBS): Paget Brewster, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Daniel Henney, Joe Mantegna, Kirsten Vangsness, guest co-host Aisha Tyler
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): David Boreanaz, Ron Livingston, Monica Mangin
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Jamie Dornan, Busy Philipps
• “SEAL Team” (CBS): Season 2 premiere
• “Criminal Minds” (CBS): Season 14 premiere
• “Survivor” (CBS): The Chicken Has Flown the Coop

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Sia — bought Maddie Ziegler a car for her 16th birthday. The former “Dance Moms” star, who has appeared in a number Sia’s videos and on her album covers, couldn’t believe it when Sia showed up at her house on Sunday night with a white Audi in celebration of her sweet 16.
• Cardi B – has been officially arrested and charged with two misdemeanors, assault and reckless endangerment for allegedly ordering an attack on two bartenders at a strip club in Queens NY in Aug. She had a mug shot taken and was fingerprinted, and is scheduled to be arraigned on October 29.
• Bruce Springsteen – A Boss fan was bilked out of nearly $12,000 after developing a year-long relationship over Facebook with a man she thought was him.  The woman says that the two exchanged flirty text messages and photos over the course of a year, and the Springsteen impersonator told her that he was getting a divorce and his wife had locked his accounts and that needed money, preferably in the form of iTunes gift cards.
• Paul McCartney — A Winnipeg couple got the surprise of a lifetime when Macca came riding through their wedding photos. The photographer was snapping pictures on Saturday afternoon when Paul and his bodyguards came cycling by. McCartney shook hands with the couple and posed for photos before he carried on.
• Fleetwood Mac – new guitarist and ex-Heartbreaker Mike Campbell says Stevie Nicks persuaded him to play Tom Petty’s ‘Free Fallin’’ with his new band.  He says, “I love that song, but I’ve just played it so much. I said to her, ‘Do we have to?’ She said, ‘The crowd will love it. It’ll be a moment.’ So, I’m getting into it again.”
• Garth Brooks – His wife Trisha Yearwood is inviting fans to party with her before Garth’s concert at Notre Dame Stadium on Oct. 20.  She will host Trisha’s Tailgate, where for $65, fans can sample her recipes and cocktails, as well as check out furniture and accessories from her home collection. (So they can spend even more money!)
• Las Vegas and many in the country community marked the one-year anniversary of the Route 91 Harvest festival massacre with a moment of silence on Monday. And the lights of the hotel and casino signs on the Las Vegas Strip went dark on Monday evening at 10:01 p.m./PT. Fifty-eight people were killed and more than 500 injured when a gunman opened fire on a crowd watching Jason Aldean perform at the country music festival on October 1st, 2017.

MICHAEL SCOTT WAS RIGHT:
Are you lucky enough to have a ‘work-wife’? Or a ‘work-husband’?  If so, you might be aware that you get more benefits from that relationship than sharing eye-rolls at colleagues and encouraging each other to buy ridiculously expensive lunches.  And I’m not talking about THAT kind of benefit, either.  A study shows that those of us with strong work friendships are more likely to be properly engaged at work, and feel more encouraged to fulfill their potential and create better results for their employer.  Apparently, it boils down to an “in it together” attitude that leads to increased productivity.  Employees who socialize with co-workers tend to be happier at work, stay at their jobs longer, be more creative, and enjoy more success in their careers.
(And for the sake of your career, if that friend is your boss, then all the better!)
(Hey, the more friends, the more people to share the blame…)
(It doesn’t say that your work friend has to be the opposite sex, but hey, it can’t hurt!)
-MarieClaire

‘AVERAGE’ IS BECOMING BETTER THAN AVERAGE:
If you are a guy looking for love online, here is some promising news.  New findings show that you don’t have to have chiseled abs and the face of a movie star to attract interest from potential dates.  In the biggest research project of its kind, Oxford University analyzed 150,000 heterosexual online dating profiles and a decade’s worth of communication data from dating site eHarmony, and found that “average” looking men receive more messages from women.  Straight women are more likely to message men who rate themselves as 5/10 for attractiveness than men who believe they’re a solid 10, likely because they’re perceived as being more faithful and reliable.  For women, it’s most important to show yourself to be athletic if you want to generate interest.  Presenting yourself as romantic and altruistic is also likely to increase your chances.
(Revenge of the Dad-bod?)
(That was on dating sites.  Tinder was a whole different ballgame!)
(Average looks is fine…as long as you have ‘above-average’ income!)
(Just in case you were wondering what they do with those silly little messages you send to someone you see on a dating site…)
-Refinery29

WHAT MAKING YOUR BED (OR NOT) SAYS ABOUT YOU:
Do you make your bed?  Every morning?  Or just on weekends?  And what does that say about you?  According to a survey of 2,000 Americans conducted by OnePoll, those of us who make our beds each morning are more likely to be “morning people” who wake up without needing an alarm. These people tend to nap for an average of 43 minutes daily, and are more likely to enjoy jazz music—as well as “House Hunters” and romantic films.  What about the rest of us?  If you don’t make your bed most mornings, you are likely to be someone who hits the snooze button, and naps for a staggering average of 50 minutes daily (must be nice). You are more likely to enjoy rock music, watch “Seinfeld” and oldie movies.  60 percent of respondents claimed that they make their beds every day, while 40 percent said they do not make their beds most mornings.
(I’ll start making my bad as soon as I start getting an allowance for it again!)
(I’m not an early-bird, but I do get up just early enough that my wife has to make the bed!)
(And I suppose these freakos make their beds again after their naps, too!)
-Food52

THINGS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF, BUT DON’T HAVE A WORD FOR (UNTIL NOW):
⇒ Anecdoche:  A conversation in which everyone is talking but nobody is listening. (A political debate?)
⇒ Chrysalism:  The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.
⇒ Opia:  The intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.
⇒ Vemodalen:  The frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist.  (World’s largest ball of yarn, anyone?)
⇒ Jouska:  A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.  (“Do you know how fast you were going?” “No, officer….”)
⇒ Liberosis:  The desire to care less about things.  (Oh, but I couldn’t care less…)
Kenopsia:  The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.  (Chernobyl?  The mall?)
⇒ Exulansis:  The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. (“And after the aliens dropped me off at Loch Ness…”)
-The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

BS CHRONOMETER 10.03.18

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1949 [69] Lindsey Buckingham, Palo Alto, CA, rock guitarist/singer (‘Trouble’, ex-Fleetwood Mac-‘Go Your Own Way’)

1962 [56] Tommy Lee (Bass), Athens, Greece, rock drummer (Mötley Crüe-‘Dr. Feelgood’, ‘Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room’)/ex-Mr Pam Anderson (1995-98)/ex-Mr Heather Locklear (1986-93)

1964 [54] Clive Owen, Coventry UK, TV actor (“The Knick” 2014-17)/movie actor (“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”, “Closer”)

1969 [49] Gwen Stefani, Anaheim CA, TV personality (‘The Voice’ 2014-2017)/pop singer (‘Hollaback Girl’, No Doubt-‘It’s My Life’)/fashion designer-marketer (LAMB)

1971 [47] Kevin Richardson, Lexington KY, boy-turned-man band pop singer (Backstreet Boys-‘Quit Playing Games With My Heart’, ‘I Want It That Way’)

1973 [45] Neve Campbell, Guelph ON, movie actress (“Scream” movies, “Wild Things”)

1973 [45] Lena Headey, Hamilton Bermuda, TV actress (‘Cersei Lannister’ on “Game of Thrones” since 2011)

1976 [42] Sean William Scott, Cottage Grove MN, movie actor (‘Steve Stifler’ in “American Pie” franchise, ‘Goon’, ‘Dukes of Hazzard’) COMING UP… Green Dolphin, 2018

1979 [39] Josh Klinghoffer, LA CA, rock guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers 2009-present-‘The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie’, ‘Dark Necessities’)

1984 [34] Ashlee Simpson, Waco TX, pop singer (‘Pieces Of Me’, ‘Boyfriend)/sister of Jessica Simpson

1988 [30] A$AP Rocky (Rakim Mayers), Harlem NY, rapper (f/Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar-‘F—in’ Problems’, f/Skrillex & Birdy Nam Nam-‘Wild For the Night’)

TODAY’S BS REASON TO PARTY . . .
• “German Unification Day”, celebrating the 1990 reuniting of East & West Germany to again become a single country after 45 years. It was a benchmark of the end of the ‘Cold War’.

• “Techies Day”, an annual salute to the people who know their way around the technology that is inseparable from our daily lives. Also, a day when students are encouraged to consider a career in technology. (There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t)

• “Look At the Leaves Day”, a day to admire the color changes of Autumn. (Now imagine the leaves a foot-and-half deep all over your backyard and a rake in your blistered hand …)

• “Caramel Custard Day”, caramel custard is a rich, flavorful dessert that originated in Europe. The Ancient Romans experimented with the binding properties of eggs in their cooking, but custard as we know it didn’t emerge until the Middle Ages. (If it has caramel in it, I’m in!)

• “Family TV Show Day”, a time for everyone to gather round the TV for the privilege of learning how wonderful this brand of air freshener and that roll of toilet paper are.

• “Balloons Around the World Day”, the 19th annual event celebrating ‘Balloon Sculpture’. Balloon artists worldwide showcase the art of balloon twisting and decorating and, in the process, deliver thousands of smiles through the act of giving. Make your own here …
SFX: http://www.productiontrax.com/trackpage.php?id=45757

• “Mean Girls Appreciation Day”, every day is the perfect day to quote “Mean Girls”, but today’s date is a particularly noteworthy one for fans of the 2004 hit movie. (Things really started to heat up between Aaron Samuels and Cady when he asked her what day it was, and she replied, “It’s October 3rd.”)

COMING UP . . .
[Thurs] Cinnamon Roll Day
[Thurs] National Golf Day
[Fri] Do Something Nice Day
[Fri] National Denim Day

THIS DAY IN SHOWBIZ . . .
2003 [15] Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy is attacked and seriously injured by one of the show’s tigers, resulting in the end of their “Beyond Belief” show

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1992 [26] Sinead O’Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on ‘Saturday Night Live’

2011 [07] Based on scientific research, Queen’s ‘We Are the Champions’ is announced as the ‘Catchiest Song Ever Written’

TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1946 [72] 1st TV ‘soap opera’ (“The Faraway Hill”-DuMont Network)

1964 [54] The 1st ‘Buffalo Wings’ are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo NY

TODAY’S RECORD . . .
1997 [21] 69 year-old Gordie Howe plays a game with the IHL’S Detroit Vipers, becoming the first to play pro hockey in 6 different decades

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK FACTS:
✓ Elvis Presley failed a music class in High School.
✓ David Bowie had a heart attack on stage in 2004, paused for a minute, then continued the show.
✓ Steve Jobs never wrote a single line of programming code.
✓ At its current rate of growth, by 2020, Bitcoin will consume more power than the entire world does today.
✓ The official Twitter account of @Sweden is given to a random citizen every week to manage.
✓ “Friendstalker” was one of the early names considered for Twitter.
-FactSlides

BS THINGS ALEXA SAID “NO” TO:
• Pineapple on pizza.  (Alexa is smart.  Be like Alexa.)
• The same thing that Meat Loaf said “I Won’t Do That” about.
• Drugs.
• My request to “crank it to 11” because “that isn’t possible”.
• When I asked her, “What does N-O spell?”
• When I asked her if she is part of a conspiracy for an A.I. Overlord to rule the world.  And then she giggled maniacally.
• Playing Christmas music because it’s too early.  Take the hint.
• Kanye running for President.
• Siri’s friend request.
• Initiating self-destruct.
-Twitter

Best of BS:
BS PONDERABLES:

• Part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
• Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.
• There is great need for a sarcasm font.
• How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
• Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
• I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.
• Bad decisions make good stories.
-Emmitsburg (First published in BS in 2017)

BS RANDOM JOKE:
It isn’t homework unless it’s due tomorrow.

BS PHONE STARTER:
If you could bring one famous person back to life, who would it be?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  In a survey, more than 15% of adults said they could not do this if they were asked to do it today. What is it?
Answer:  Pass a written driving test

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
One day or day one.  You decide.

 

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