Thursday, February 6, 2020 – Edition: #6628
Tomorrow’s Show Prep Today!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Shannen Doherty revealed on Tuesday that her cancer is back. She spoke out about coming to terms with her stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis after being in remission in 2017 and how she attempted to keep it quiet at first because she was in “shock” from losing her dear friend, “90210” star Luke Perry. The 48-year-old Doherty was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. She admits that she struggled with the idea that her cancer has returned and sometimes wonders: “Why me?” But then she reminds herself: “Why not me? Who else? Who else besides me deserves this?’ None of us do.”
-TheBlast
★ Emily Blunt is one of the most iconic actresses of our time, but not everyone loves her work. She appears on the March cover of Harper’s Baazar UK, and in the magazine, she speaks about how her two children are not fans of her movies. According to Blunt, “The other night, I overheard Violet telling John that she wanted to watch ‘Mary Poppins’. He said: ‘Do you want to watch Mommy’s one?’ She said: ‘No, Julie Andrews.’ Blunt says that “Julie Andrews reigns supreme in our house.”
-MSN
★ “Cash me outside” girl Danielle Bregoli was targeted in a $450,000 scam that previously tried to swindle other celebrities, according to a new report. The scammers allegedly wanted her to cash a check for $450,000 — and then wire them back $300,000. But instead, according to TMZ, she mailed them a cashier’s check for one cent with a profane note signed by her professional name, “Bhad Bhabie”. The same scammers targeted Duane “Dog” Chapman last year, requesting he deliver a speech in Dubai in exchange for $430,000.
-PageSix
★ Jim Carrey has put the paparazzi on high alert after revealing he likes to skinny dip at dawn. He says he loves to get out of Hollywood whenever he can and head for Hawaii, where he rides his bike and hits the beach without being bothered by photographers or fans. Quote: “I get up at five in the morning and I run down and jump naked into the ocean before everyone gets up.” Carrey went on to say: “I’m a streaker, you know, and I love it! I think everybody should be naked in some way, somewhere in nature.”
(Somebody STOP him!)
-Canoe
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Billy Crystal, the Tenderloins, Kelsea Ballerini
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): RuPaul, Meghan Trainor
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Pete Buttigieg, Patton Oswalt
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Elijah Wood, Ben Schwartz, Paul Yoon, Ilan Rubin
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Laurie Metcalf, Jenny Slate, Billy Lockett (R)
• “Lights Out with David Spade” (COMEDY): Mark Ellis, Annie Lederman, Justin Martindale
• “Conan” (TBS): Mary Elizabeth Winstead
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Meghan Trainor, Christian Siriano
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Pete Buttigieg
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): James Cromwell, Olivia Rodrigo
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): John Krasinski
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Hoda Kotb, Darci Lynne Farmer
• “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (NBC): Season 7 premiere
• “Katy Keene” (CW): Series premiere. Katy struggles to manage the pressures of her job at Lacy’s Department Store and her very demanding boss; Katy’s longtime boyfriend reveals something surprising; Jorge auditions for a Broadway play, but it doesn’t go as planned.
• “Tommy” (CBS): Series premiere. Edie Falco stars as a New York cop who moves to the opposite coast to become the LAPD’s first female chief of police.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Billie Eilish – is defending her friendship with Drake after the rapper was dubbed “creepy” for texting the 18-year-old. Some online trolls called Drake out for what they claimed to be inappropriate behavior, given their 15-year age gap, but Eilish says their friendship is founded on mutual respect.
• Rihanna – will be honored with the President’s Award at the 2020 NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) Awards on February 22. She’ll receive the organization’s top award for her ”groundbreaking career as an artist and musician, and as someone who has distinguished herself as a “stellar public servant.”
• Smashing Pumpkins — will release a double album this year. Frontman Billy Corgan says they have 21 new songs ready to go, and describes the project as the group’s first ”real” record with the original line-up since 2000’s “Machina.”
• Madonna — has taken a shot at Canada in a video urging Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to move into her luxury New York City pad. In a video addressed to the two, she says, “Don’t run off to Canada. It’s so boring there.” The pair have been living in B.C. since severing ties with the royal family earlier this year.
• Neil Young – is apologizing for the delay in releasing the 1975 album “Homegrown”, calling it “the one that got away.” He calls the unreleased album as “a very down album” which was recorded during a period when he was having marital problems as well as personal issues with his CSNY bandmates. He plans to finally make it available this year.
• The Rolling Stones – are expected to announce details shortly of a 2020 North American tour. The Stones will reportedly kick things off in San Diego on May 17 and go on to play more than a dozen U.S. cities, with just one Canadian date expected — in May at BC Place in Vancouver.
• Soundgarden — the surviving members of the group have fired back at Chris Cornell’s widow, saying that they are the rightful owners of the band’s unreleased songs. Last fall, Vicky Cornell sued the group, claiming they were withholding hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties.
• Little Big Town – have released their ninth studio album, “Nightfall”, where once again the band take turns singing lead vocals on the songs. Kimberly Schlapman says that was the plan from the beginning, but “Our label was like, ‘You have to pick a lead singer,’ and we were pretty strong about, ‘No, we don’t. That’s not what we’re going to do.’”
• Maddie & Tae – have announced that their sophomore album, “The Wait It Feels” will drop on April 10. Maddie Marlow says that they “wrote these songs during the most vulnerable times and our hope is that people hear that and connect.”
SCORE ONE FOR TEAM EDWARD:
British actor Robert Pattinson has been dubbed the most handsome man on Earth by mathematical researchers. The “Batman” star’s eyebrows, eyes, jaw, nose, lips and general facial shape were measured against the features of other male celebrities, and Pattinson came the closest to the ancient Greeks’ idea of “perfection.” That idea of perfection is determined by using The Golden Ratio of Beauty Phi, a technique believed to be used by painters in the European Renaissance. Here is the top-10 list, compiled by plastic surgeon Dr. Julian De Silva, who used computerized mapping technology to calculate the ratios:
2. Henry Cavill, 3. Bradley Cooper, 4. Brad Pitt, 5. George Clooney, 6. Hugh Jackman, 7. David Beckham, 8. Idris Elba, 9. Kanye West, 10. Ryan Gosling.
(And isn’t that just what an actor wants? To be the named the sexiest person in the world…by a bunch of math nerds and dead artists!)
-ENews
GET THE MESSAGE (See what I did there?):
Don’t walk and text. That’s the message after researchers found that using your phone to text as you walk is more likely to cause an accident than taking a call or listening to music. Texting was associated with a higher rate of near misses and a failure to look both ways when crossing the road, in the study done by researchers at the University of Calgary. Talking on the phone caused only a small increase in time taken to cross a road safely, and listening to music had no notable impact on pedestrian safety.
(Of course texting and walking is dangerous – or we wouldn’t have all those awesome videos showing people falling into fountains and stuff!)
(And then we have the overachievers who try to do all three!)
(So be careful…or you might be AUTOcorrected!)
-CNN
FOR PETA’S SAKE:
☞ People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has announced it will discontinue its “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign, a 30-year, signature effort to battle the fur industry that has featured celebrities — and their strategically-placed limbs — in nude photos alongside the slogan. PETA is ending the campaign because they have seen significant changes in the fur industry, with nearly every top designer having stopped using it. With the fur battle apparently won, PETA plans to concentrate on exposing the violent leather and wool trades. (I’d still like to see someone make them stop using the fur of the poor faux!)
☞ Animal rights group PETA has a problem with the word “pet,” and wants you to stop using it. Instead, the group says, dog owners should call themselves dog “guardians,” and pets should be referred to as “companion animals” — because how we describe our animals dictates how we treat them. While guesting on “Good Morning Britain, PETA rep Jennifer White said that the main problem with the word “pet” is that it is patronizing to animals. (I guess they’ll be changing their name to “COMPANIONANIMALS-A”?)
-NYPost
YOU WON’T KNOW UNTIL YOU TRY IT:
The world went nuts recently when influencer Wang Mengyun posted a video of her eating fruit bat soup, which is apparently a delicacy in Micronesia. Yes, bat soup. Here are some other tasty meal choices courtesy of Sweden’s Disgusting Food Museum . . .
➠ Maggot cheese: Casu Marzu is a specialty in the Sardinia region of Italy, featuring blocks of pecorino cheese prepared to become a natural breeding grounds for nests of maggots. (I think I just found something grosser than where mushrooms are grown!)
➠ Bird embryo: Balut is sold as street food in the Philippines and Vietnam. It’s a developing bird embryo (usually a duck) that is boiled and eaten from the shell.
➠ Sheep’s head: It has long been fine dining in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. There’s smoked or sheep’s head soup, sometimes with brains, and the eyeballs and tongue are a particular delicacy.
➠ Fermented shark: Hákarl, as it is known in its native Iceland, is typically a Greenland shark buried underground for six to 12 weeks before its cut into strips and hung to dry for four to five months. It has been described as “like chewing a urine-infested mattress.” (And if that’s something you’re familiar with, I’ve got a few more questions for you…)
➠ Jellied moose nose: It’s a time-honoured dish in Alaska and Northern Canada where you spread the clear jelly on a piece of toast. And there is both white meat (from the nose bulb) and dark (from around the bones). Ears and lips can also be added.
➠ Bull penis: Pizzle is a delicacy in China, where it’s said to lead to virility and clearer skin. It can be served as it is, or barbecued on a stick. (Usually shorter than advertised…)
-Canoe
DID YOU KNOW?
Texas police were recently able to confirm that cheese slices can indeed be dusted for fingerprints. Authorities in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton were searching for whoever was responsible for covering a car in what appeared to be Kraft Singles. Although that isn’t technically a crime, additional damage was also reported, so they came up with the cheesy idea of checking the slices for fingerprints, and were successful in lifting three “high-quality” prints. There’s no word if the vandal has been tracked down. (So, if you’re going to prank someone with cheese, think like a cafeteria worker and wear gloves.)
-FoodandWine
BS CHRONOMETER 02.06.20
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1957 [63] Kathy Najimy, San Diego CA, movie actress (“Hocus Pocus”, “Sister Act”)
1962 [58] Axl Rose (William Rose Jr., raised as William Bailey), Lafayette IN, rock singer (Guns N’ Roses-‘Welcome to the Jungle’, ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’)/AC/DC touring singer, 2016/Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2012)
1962 [58] Richie McDonald, Lubbock TX, country singer (‘How Do I Just Stop’, Lonestar-‘Amazed’)
1966 [54] Rick Astley, Newton-le-Willows UK, 1980s pop singer (‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, ‘Together Forever)/internet sensation as the inspiration behind ‘Rickrolling’
1973 [47] Amy Robach, St Joseph MI, TV news anchor (“Good Morning America” since 2012, co-anchor of “20/20” since 2018)
1993 [27] Tinashe (Jorgenson Kachingwe), Lexington KY, pop singer-songwriter (‘Player’ f/Chris Brown, ‘2 On’ f/ScHoolboy Q)
1994 [26] Charlie Heaton, England, TV actor (“Stranger Things” since 2016) COMING UP…“The New Mutants”, 2020
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Frozen Yogurt Day”, honoring the alternative to ice cream that has (slightly) less sugar. And the best fro-yo topping is …? (Maple Syrup?)
• “Ronald Reagan Day”, a day of recognition in California since 2011 for Ronald Reagan, who was that state’s governor from 1967 to 1975 and President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. (We hear he did a little acting on the side as well…)
• “Lame Duck Day”, a “Lame Duck” is a person who is in a position of some kind, and will soon be “shown the door”. The best example is a politician who is temporarily still in power after losing an election.
• “Waitangi Day” in New Zealand (aka “New Zealand Day”), commemorating the signing of an 1840 treaty between Maori chiefs and the British.
• “Pay-A-Compliment Day”, a time to practice this simple act of kindness and compliment a friend, co-worker or stranger. Here are a few helpers –
BS ‘LEFT-HANDED’ COMPLIMENTS:
➢ You remind me of myself, when I was really young and dumb.
➢ It’s interesting to see you form an opinion as you go.
➢ Thank you for giving us a well-deserved rest with your absence.
➢ Congratulations on your attempt to sound intelligent.
➢ You do really well for someone with a rectal-cranial inversion.
COMING UP . . .
[Fri] Bubble Gum Day
[Fri] National Wear Red Day
[Sat] Boy Scouts Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2003 [17] ABC-TV’s “20/20” features Martin Bashir’s Brit TV documentary “Living With Michael Jackson” in which Jackson admits he has ‘sleep-overs’ with young boys
2014 [06] Jay Leno makes his final appearance as host of the “Tonight Show”, featuring Billy Crystal and musical guest Garth Brooks, plus surprise guests including Jack Black, Kim Kardashian, Jim Parsons, Sheryl Crow, Carol Burnett, and Oprah Winfrey
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2011 [09] At Super Bowl 45 in Dallas TX, Christina Aguilera makes headlines by forgetting the lyrics during her rendition of the pre-game anthem (Green Bay defeats Pittsburgh 31-25)
2014 [06] Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ is named “Greatest Song of All-Time” by UK’s “NME” magazine
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1935 [85] “Monopoly” board game goes on sale for the 1st time
1952 [68] Queen Elizabeth II ascends to the British throne (she surpasses Queen Victoria’s record as longest-serving British monarch on September 10, 2015)
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ The famous aphrodisiac “Spanish Fly” is made from dried beetle remains.
✓ In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
✓ Your hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time of day.
✓ One in 20 people have an extra rib.
✓ Despite the hump, a camel’s spine is straight.
✓ The original name for the butterfly was “flutterby”.
-RandomFactGenerator
Best of BS . . .
BS TAKE A TV SHOW TO THE 1800s:
• SpongeBob SquarePantaloons
• Full Outhouse
• Wagon Wheel of Fortune
• How I Met Your Great Great Great Grandmother
• Orange is the New Blacksmith
• Saved by Alexander Graham Bell
• Outlaw and Order
• Better Telegraph Saul
• The Louisiana Purchase Price Is Right.
• That 1870s show
• The Gold Rush Girls
• How My Parents Arranged For Me to Meet Your Mother
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2019
BS DEFINITIONS:
• Cat … A lap-warmer with a built-in buzzer.
• Doppler Effect … The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
• Dumbwaiter … One who asks if your kids would care to order dessert.
• Epitaph … A postponed compliment.
• Eternity … The last 2 minutes of a football (or basketball) game.
• Impregnable … A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.
• Puddle … A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.
• Rigid Economy … A dead Scotsman.
• Sex Addict … Anyone who is having more fun than you.
• SQWERTY … Computer keyboard sized down for use by children.
-Frist published in BS in 2017
BS WEB GOOODIE:
It’s about time: https://tinyurl.com/w4knnua
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Has anyone checked all food to see if exploding it makes it into something better, or did we just stop with corn?
BS POISONOUS PLANT OR INDIE BAND?
• Wild Nothing [Indie band]
• Lily of the Valley [Poisonous plant]
• Thriving Ivory [Indie band]
• Tigers Jaw [Indie band]
• Cows and Bulls [Poisonous plant]
• Blood Red Shoes [Indie band]
• Devil’s Berries [Poisonous plant]
• Angel’s Trumpets [Poisonous plant]
• Bleeding Heart [Poisonous plant]
• Broken Bells [Indie band]
• Foxglove [Poisonous plant]
-MentalFloss
BS PHONE STARTER:
It’s “Snack Food Month”. In a survey, 90% of respondents admit they are snackers. What’s the most unusual snack you’ve ever seen someone concoct?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 12% of people cannot recall THIS. What is it?
Answer: The name of the person who gave them their first kiss.
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
What comes easy won’t last long, and what lasts long won’t come easy.
