Thursday, October 18, 2018 – Edition: #6316
Good Morning, Sheetheads!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ ‘The Conners” executive producer Tom Werner has defended how the show handled Roseanne’s exit after she called it ”grim and morbid”. Werner said: ”This is a problem that affects tens of thousands of people, opioid addiction – 80,000 people died last year dealing with opioid addiction and overdose. We felt that this is something that we could shine a light on.” While he went on to say that he felt it was an honest and authentic way of dealing with Roseanne Conner, in a statement, Roseanne Barr and her mentor Rabbi Shmuley Boteach said it was a decision the network ”didn’t have to make”.
-ContactMusic
★ Randy and Evi Quaid are being sued by a couple who allege the Quaids are trying to claim they own the home the couple currently lives in, despite the fact the Quaids sold it 25 years ago. According to court documents, Lannette and R. Scott Turicchi say they bought a house in Santa Barbara in 2007 for $5.3 million. The Turicchis are seeking a court order declaring them the rightful owners of the property and an injunction barring the Quaids from making claims on the property. Records show the Quaids sold the home in 1993, but they claim the deed used in the transaction was fraudulent.
(Is cousin Eddie going to have to drive the RV to the Griswold’s for Christmas again?)
-TheBlast
★ Ross Butler is denying he played a role in helping Courtney Love try to steal a famous Kurt Cobain guitar from Frances Bean Cobain’s ex-husband. The star of “Riverdale” and “13 Reasons Why” is asking to be dismissed from a lawsuit filed against him by Isaiah Silva. Butler is adamant he had “no communications with Defendant Courtney Love Cobain at any time concerning the purported events.” Frances Bean Cobain and Isaiah Silva eventually settled their divorce and she gave him the famed guitar to end the battle.
-TheBlast
★ “Golden Girls” lives on — at the breakfast table! Despite going off the air in 1992, the now iconic sitcom remains popular, which is why it continues to spawn merchandise, including everything from a cookbook to Blanche, Dorothy, Sophia and Rose decorated backpacks. Diehard fans will be happy to know that it is now possible to start your day with help from four of Miami’s most tenacious broads thanks to a new Golden Girls cereal rolling out now at Target stores across America.
(Find it in the Metamucil aisle…)
-MSN
★ Zendaya is Meechee — and she’s also a fashion designer. On Tuesday, Tommy Hilfiger announced the “Greatest Showman” actress as a new face of its brand. The singer will design a collection called ‘Tommy x Zendaya’, to be released in spring 2019.
(As for the ‘Meechee’ thing – Google it!)
-HollywoodReporter
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mike Birbiglia, Bebe Rexha
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Jack Black, Angela Bassett, Josh Groban (R)
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Laura Benanti, the Revivalists
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): John Mulaney, Meredith Hagner, Alex Ross, Daxx Nielsen (R)
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Maya Rudolph, Nick Kroll, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Busy Philipps, Stockard Channing
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Jill Soloway
• “The Talk” (CBS): Jenna Fischer, Josh McBride, guest co-host Ricki Lake
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): John Stamos, Carson Kressley, Goo Goo Dolls
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Chelsea Handler, Kym Douglas
• “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” (ABC): Charlie Brown is finally invited to a Halloween party; Snoopy engages the Red Baron in a dogfight; and Linus waits patiently in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin.
• “Toy Story OF TERROR!” (ABC): The toys go on a road trip and get detoured to a roadside motel, where one of them vanishes and the others fear they may meet with the same misfortune.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Lady Gaga — has confirmed her engagement to Christian Carino. She put an end to months of speculation when she thanked “my fiancé Christian” during her honoree speech at Elle’s 25th Annual Women in Hollywood Celebration. It had been rumored that they were engaged when she starting sporting a massive, pink diamond ring towards the end of last year.
• Pink — has announced a 6-date UK and Ireland stadium run on her ‘Beautiful Trauma’ world tour for next summer. Sharp-eyed fans have noted that the dates seem to fall right around the week of Glastonbury Festival – June 26th-30th.
• Shakira – was performing in Mexico City last week when a fan rushed the stage. The man managed to evade venue guards and make his way to her, hug her, and apparently ask for a photo. She granted the selfie — before he was escorted from the stage.
• Michael Bublé – has set the record straight about the Daily Mail report that he is retiring from music. In a new interview, Bublé said: “Just consider the source . . .Come on, are you kidding me? I need the money. I’m not going anywhere.”
• KISS – Gene Simmons says he hates playing “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” live because “Stadiums full of people jump up and down like Biblical locusts, they go nuts, with tattoos and grills on … they’re all jumping up and down and I’m going, ‘Do, do, do, do-do…’”
• Foreigner — has announced their Winter 2019 “Cold as Ice” Canadian Tour, kicking off on February 22 in Vancouver. There are 18 stops planned through March 18. They will be in the country during the Toronto premiere of “Juke Box Hero, the Musical” February 21 – 24th at The Ed Mirvish Theatre.
• Jason Aldean – has been announced as one of the big acts at The 2019 Stagecoach Festival. The three-day festival will also feature headliners Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt. Stagecoach takes place April 26-28 in Indio, CA. Tickets go on sale tomorrow. Details and full lineup here: http://www.stagecoachfestival.com/
• Tim McGraw — shared a photo of himself laid up with a broken foot. Wearing a heavy boot on his right foot, McGraw announced that he has two stress fractures caused by “too much spearfishing and beach volleyball.”
• Vince Gill — is teaming with Cracker Barrel for an exclusive double vinyl release of his two Christmas albums. “The Christmas Collection” comprises 1993’s “Let There Be Peace on Earth” and 1998’s “Breath of Heaven”. Breath of Heaven is printed on red vinyl, while Let There Be Peace on Earth is printed on green vinyl.
GLOBAL WARMING WARNING:
Another doomsday prediction about climate change, here. This one just as scary as that one last week that said we will be facing things like extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages if we don’t get our act together. A study published in the journal Nature Plants says that global warming will lead to significant decreases in barley crop yields, causing beer shortages and sharp rises in the price of beer. In some countries, that could mean the price of a pint could increase by as much as three times. Barley is one of the main ingredients in the manufacture of the golden nectar, and is very sensitive to extreme heat and drought.
(It’s funny, because I’m also very sensitive to heat and drought…and that’s why I need beer!)
(Oh well, if there’s no beer, there’s always Miller!)
(I can’t imagine people’s reactions, too, when they realize this also means a shortage of beef n’ barley soup!)
-CNN
A WORTHY EXERCISE:
Want to make sure that you remember something? Work out. A new study suggests that when learning a new task, people improve the long-term retention of those skills when they exercise intensely for as little as 15 minutes immediately afterward. The catch? That has to be followed by a good night’s sleep. The study was published in the medical journal NeuroImage. It showed that 24 hours after learning a new skill, retention rate was about 25% better for participants who had exercised afterward. Previous studies have showed a positive correlation between learning new skills and sleeping well afterward. The findings could one day help speed recovery from stroke or injury, or be used to assist anyone learning a new motor skill.
(But I can’t even remember to work out!)
(So learn something, then work out, then get lots of sleep. It is starting to become crystal-clear to me why I never learned a thing in 6 years of high-school…)
(So if I want to FORGET something, I can sit on the couch and eat chips all night?)
-WallStreetJournal
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE MOON:
While astronomers are still grappling with the question of whether Pluto is a planet or a ‘dwarf-planet’ twelve years after it was downgraded, they are also dealing with a few other concerns that have equal ramifications on our day-to-day lives. Namely: “Can moons have moons?” And “If so, what would they be called?” When astrophysicist Juna Kollmeier was asked these questions by her child, she got to work on a paper, in which she determined that yes, a moon could, in theory, have a moon, but it could only exist if it were less than six miles in diameter. And it would need to have strong enough gravity that it wouldn’t go flying off into space. What would a moon’s moon be called? Kollmeier suggests referring to them as “submoons”. In the publication Quartz, other names were suggested: moonitos, moonettes, and moooons. Smithsonian Magazine had a few other options: grandmoons, moon-squareds, and nested moons. But by far the most popular word in use on the internet to describe this theoretical “moon of a moon” is… “moonmoon”.
(People actually go online to talk about stuff like this? Of COURSE they do!)
-Curiosity
THE AVERAGE CANADIAN POT SMOKER:
Market research firm PSB created a profile of the average Canadian pot smoker. According to their data, the typical Canadian marijuana smoker is:
⇒ Equally likely to be male or female.
⇒ 30-something and likely to live in a major city.
⇒ Unmarried, has never been married, and has no kids.
⇒ Works full-time, earning about $50,000 per year.
⇒ Equally likely to have a high-school, college or post grad education (slight edge to HIGH school here…!)
⇒ Politically, tends lean liberal.
(Also tends to say the words “wow” and “man” a lot!)
-Yahoo
BS CHRONOMETER 10.18.18
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1938 [80] Dawn Wells, Reno NV, TV actress (‘Mary Anne’ on “Gilligan’s Island” 1964-67)
1960 [58] Jean-Claude Van Damme (Van Varenberg), Brussels, Belgium, action movie actor (“The Expendables 2″, “Timecop”) COMING UP…”We Die Young” 2018
1979 [34] Ne-Yo (Shaffer Smith), Camden AR, pop-R&B singer-songwriter (‘Let Me Love You’, ‘Miss Independent’)
1984 [34] Lindsey Vonn, Saint Paul MN, ski racer (First American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing – at 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver/2-time World Champion)
1984 [34] Freida Pinto, Mumbai, India, movie actress (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”, “Slumdog Millionaire”)
1984 [33] Esperanza Spalding, Portland OR, jazz singer-musician (‘Radio Song’, ‘I Can’t Help It’)
1987 [30] Zac Efron, San Luis Obispo CA, movie actor (“Baywatch”, “High School Musical”) COMING UP…”The Beach Bum” 2019
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Alaska Day”, commemorating the formal transfer of Alaska from Russian to USA control on this date in 1867, one of the sneakiest real estate deals ever. The US paid $7.2 million, less than 2 cents an acre. Alaska currently produces about 600,000 barrels of oil per day.
• “Chocolate Cupcake Day”. They don’t count, right? They’re just little.
• “No Beard Day”, an observance likely started by some guy’s extremely chafed partner. (And if today is No Beard Day for you, so is tomorrow, the next day, and a few days after that…)
• “World Menopause Day”, a collaboration between the International Menopause Society and the World Health Organization for improving awareness on the subject.
• “Conflict Resolution Day”, observed annually on the 3rd Thursday of October. It began in 2005 to promote conciliation, mediation, and other ways of achieving a peaceful resolution to conflicts.
• “Get Smart About Credit Day”, when bankers and members of the credit industry give talks and presentations at schools, colleges, and workplaces on the importance of good financial management (You’ve gotta give them credit for THAT…)
COMING UP . . .
[Fri] Dress Like a Dork Day
[Fri] Rainforest Day
[Sat] Sloth Day
[Sat] Suspenders Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ …
1988 [30] The TV comedy “Roseanne” starring Roseanne Barr, John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf premieres (Spinoff show “The Conners” premiered this week)
2000 [18] Demi Moore divorces Bruce Willis due to irreconcilable differences after 13 years of marriage
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2005 [13] An image of a naked John Lennon curled around Yoko Ono, taken on the last day of his life, is named top magazine cover of the past 40 years (the “Rolling Stone” cover shot is by Annie Leibovitz)
2008 [10] Adele is the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live”. Hosted by Sarah Palin, the show gave her a huge boost of exposure (performs ‘Cold Shoulder’ and ‘Chasing Pavements’)
2011 [07] A Birmingham, UK court declares 4 of the original members of UB40 bankrupt, after selling 70+ million records over their 33-year career
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
1977 [41] In Game 6 of the World Series vs LA Dodgers, NY Yankees slugger Reggie Jackson (‘Mr. October’) hits 3 home runs off 3 consecutive pitches from 3 different pitchers (Yankees win the game and the series, the team’s first since 1962)
BULL’S BITS
BS WACK FACTS:
✓ Hugh Jackman was a party clown before being famous.
✓ Netflix is responsible for 15% of global Internet traffic.
✓ More people watch online video game play than all major cable networks and subscription entertainment services put together.
✓ A volcano in Guatemala has erupted almost once an hour since 1923.
✓ Dead people can get goose bumps.
✓ Cows have best friends.
-FactSlides
BS WHEN SHE SAYS “I’M FINE”:
• Drop the chocolates and flowers and back away slowly.
• Tell her “k”, leave with your buddies, and don’t come back until tomorrow.
• Think of it as if she said it with “air quotes”.
• Do the opposite of whatever she tells you to do next. Trust me, just do it.
• Immediately say, “Yes! You ARE fine, baby!”
• Whatever you do, don’t tell her to “Calm down”.
• You’d better pray that she doesn’t follow it with your name or the word “Sweetheart”.
• Sleep with one eye open.
• Grab the bag you have under your bed marked: “Emergency”. Proceed to the airport. Tell the man “the eagle has landed” and you’ll be escorted to a deserted island. Stay there until further notice.
• Maybe she’s fine.
-Twitter
BS FACT OR CRAP?
Two of these are facts, one is pure BS. But which one?
• Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox. (TRUE)
• The penguins that inhabit the tip of South America are called jackass penguins. (TRUE)
• A game of pool is referred to as a ‘match’. (BS. It’s a ‘frame’.)
• Polar bears camouflage themselves when hunting by covering their black noses with their paws. (TRUE)
• The face of a single penny can hold over 30 drops of water. (TRUE)
• If you hold back a sneeze, your head could implode. (Um, BS.)
• Steak sauce contains both orange peel and raisins. (TRUE)
• The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. (TRUE)
• Your nose makes nearly a cup of mucous per day. (Yup, it’s TRUE about the goo!)
– “Fact or Crap”
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I’m totally against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it.
BS PHONE STARTER:
What to you is a relationship red flag?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: The average person gets 17 of these each year. What?
Answer: Bug bites
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Good friends are hard to find, hard to leave, and impossible to forget.
