Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Edition: #6606
Can You Believe This Sheet?
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have dug deep into their pockets to the tune of $500,000 to help in what seems like an impossible battle to fight the devastating wildfires in Australia. They both have a very personal stake in all of this. The pair own a home in Australia, where they were both raised, which is not yet affected by the fires, but is currently under threat. So far, 13-million acres have gone up in flames. There are 146 fires in New South Wales alone, and the summer heat has been unforgiving. An estimated half-a-billion wild animals have died in the fires, 1,500 homes have gone up in smoke and 24 people have died.
-TMZ
★ Baby makes four! Ashley Hinshaw is pregnant and expecting her second child with her husband, “That 70s Show” star Topher Grace. The “True Blood” actress says she’s “nervous” and “excited” to have two children. She jokingly added that she’s most looking forward to “not being pregnant anymore.” Grace, meanwhile, joked that he can’t wait to have even “less sleep” as the dad of two little ones.
-MSN
★ Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will finally answer for rape allegations against him starting this week. More than two years after the first of more than 80 sexual assault or sexual abuse allegations against Weinstein kickstarted the #MeToo movement, the celebrity-laced case will take center stage in the Big Apple when jury selection begins today in Manhattan Supreme Court.
-PageSix
★ Eva Mendes has just given her Instagram followers a lesson in how to respond to a rude comment with grace and class. The actress, who also has her own fashion line, shared a video of herself showing off a new patterned dress. While Mendes’ post was met with plenty of praise, one of her followers was not a fan, and let her opinion be known, writing: “Don’t like these designs, you need a better designer, you too pretty for these ugly patterns.” Mendes issued a response that was as classy as it was gracious. She wrote: “I’m so sorry you don’t like this one. It happens to be my favourite piece of my new collection. But I’m sure there’s other stuff you may like. If not @katehudson and @gabunion design some great things. So there may be something for you there.”
-MSN
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Rachel Brosnahan, Greta Gerwig, Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Salma Hayek, George MacKay, Ask “This Old House”
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Jamie Oliver
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Rachel Maddow, J.B. Smoove, Caitlin Kalafus
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Demi Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jay Larson (R)
• “Conan” (TBS): Ewan McGregor (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Sen. Elizabeth Warren
• “The Talk” (CBS): Lisa Vanderpump
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Bobby Cannavale, Julian McMahon, Dr. Michael Greger
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Kate McKinnon, O’Shea Jackson
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Jenna Dewan, Luis Fonsi, Rob Gronkowski, Curtis Stone
• “black-ish” (ABC): Return of season 6
• “NCIS” (CBS): Return of season 17
• “Ellen’s Game of Games” (NBC): Season 3 premiere
• “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time” (ABC): The three highest money winners in the show’s history compete — with a $1 million prize on the line.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Adele – has sparked concern over her apparent weight loss after photos surfaced of her Anguilla vacation. Though she appeared to be having fun on the beach, the Twitter-verse was quick to start making judgments about her body. She was seen with Harry Styles and James Corden.
• One Direction — Liam Payne has teased that there is a documentary about the group in the works. He told a reporter in Dubai that the boy band once filmed a show there “and it’ll be part of a documentary around an anniversary.”
• R.E.M. – former singer Michael Stipe marked his 60th birthday with the release of the new song ‘Drive To The Ocean’, on his website on Saturday. Proceeds go to Pathway to Paris, a charity dedicated to bringing together artists, musicians and activists to fight climate change.
• Beastie Boys — are teaming up with Spike Jonze on a new photo book, out March 17. “Beastie Boys” has 256 pages and features over 200 of the director’s personal photos of the group. They’ve worked with Jonze on numerous projects in the past, including album covers and videos.
• Nirvana – The group’s surviving members reunited on Saturday night at Los Angeles’s Hollywood Palladium. The most memorable moment of their five-song set at the 13th annual Heaven gala was when Dave Grohl’s 13-year-old daughter, Violet, emerged onstage to sing ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ with the band.
• Linkin Park – Chester Bennington’s widow wants to set the record straight: contrary to some reports, she did not get remarried on New Year’s Eve, the anniversary of the date she tied the knot with the Linkin Park singer in 2005. Talinda Bennington tweeted that she actually walked down the aisle on January 4, four months after she announced her engagement to firefighter Michael Fredman. The ceremony took place in Hawaii.
• Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini – are rumored to be in line to host this year’s CMA Awards after Carrie Underwood announced that she is stepping down after 12 years. It is reported that Rhett and Ballerini, who have hosted CMA Fest together for several years, have been “quietly primed for the job”.
• Willie Nelson — A woman in Virginia has created a 15-foot-tall replica of him … made of hay. While she previously made characters from The Wizard of Oz, the Nelson replica— dubbed “Will-Hay Nelson” — is among her most notable. Quote: “I…had to make a nose out of chicken wire because Willie has a very prominent nose and I wanted to get that right.”
THIS WEEK’S NETFLIX (Canada) RELEASES:
➢ January 4:
• Game Night: (Action/Comedy): A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters. (Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams)
➢ January 8:
• Cheer: (Netflix Documentary): Grit meets glitz in this unscripted look at competitive cheerleading.
➢ January 10:
• Titans: Season 2: After striking out on his own, Batman’s former partner Dick Grayson encounters a number of troubled young heroes in desperate need of a mentor.
➢January 13:
• The Healing Powers of Dude (Netflix Family): When an 11-year-old boy with social anxiety disorder starts middle school, he finds strength in a scruffy emotional support dog named Dude.
(Full list: https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/netflix-canada-january-2020-picks For releases in other Netflix regions, click here: https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/whats-new/ )
WEIGHT A MINUTE:
Well, this is awkward…In the wake of the US military’s airstrike near the Baghdad Airport on Thursday that killed Iraqi Gen. Qassem Soleimani, several hashtags began trending as a result, including #WWIII and #WorldWarThree. Meantime, Weight Watchers, which rebranded to simply “WW” in 2018, launched their new social media campaign the same day – “#ThisIsMyWW”. The ill-timed campaign was intended for users of the weight loss program to share their food and exercise plans for the new year. But with several versions of “World War III” hashtags trending at the same time, the company has inadvertently come under fire from some users of the social networking site. Others saw the humor in it, with one user tweeting: “Thank you Weight Watchers for sponsoring WWIII. #thisismyWorldWar.”
(Weight Watchers – this time it’s about more than the ‘battle of the bulge’!)
-NYPost
CELL SAFETY:
When it comes to the potential dangers of smartphone use, distracted driving certainly comes to mind. And blue light can mess with your body clock. Some say the radiation emitted by a cell phone is a possible health hazard. To that list you can now add facial cuts, bruises and fractures. That’s according to a study that found a spike in U.S. emergency room treatment for these mostly minor injuries. The research was led by a facial plastic surgeon who analyzed 20 years of emergency room data and found an increase in cellphone injuries around 2006, about the time that the first smartphones were introduced, and the numbers have been going up ever since. Dr. Boris Paskhover of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School says one of his patients broke her nose when she dropped her phone on her face. He says many other injuries were caused by distracted use including texting while walking, and tripping, resulting in a face-down landing on the sidewalk.
(Wow! Call-forwarding!)
(And don’t even get me started on “selfie injuries”!)
(Plus all those injuries sustained by husbands whose wives snooped through their phone!)
-TorontoStar
ABSTINENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER:
It’s January 7th. How’s “Dry January” going? While it would seem there are many benefits to avoiding alcohol for a full month, which could include normalizing your blood sugar, and improved sleep patterns…not to mention a higher bank balance, some medical professionals warn that 31 days of abstinence can’t reverse 11 months of overindulging…and that some people end up “going harder” on the booze once February arrives. One psychiatrist says that he knows of compulsive drinkers who have stopped for several Januarys over the years, but just count the days until February. He says that if you truly want to be a controlled drinker, you need to be off alcohol for three months.
(Three months! There’s no way I’m having a dry St. Patrick’s Day!)
(My Dry January is going great. Of course, I’m still having a glass of wine every day…for health reasons!)
(Well, I know my January started OFF pretty dry!)
-YahooStyle
BS POLL VAULT:
• 27% of us say they’ve never set foot in their neighbor’s house.
• 23% of adults say they play video games regularly while on the clock at work.
• 90% of adults say they’ve shown up at work sick.
• 25% of adults say they are relieved when friends cancel their plans.
• 62% of adults say they’d be mortified if their friends saw their high school yearbook photo.
• 70% of us say our significant other is guilty of selective hearing.
DID YOU KNOW?
Fresh snow absorbs sound, lowering ambient noise over a landscape because the trapped air between snowflakes attenuates vibration. That’s why it gets so quiet when it snows. (Except when the plow comes by and buries the end of my driveway…again!)
-UnbelievableFacts
BS CHRONOMETER 01.07.20
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1948 [72] Kenny Loggins, Everett WA, pop/rock singer (‘Danger Zone’, ‘Footloose’, Loggins & Messina-‘Your Mama Don’t Dance’
1957 [63] Katie Couric, Arlington VA, TV show host (“Today” 1991-2006, “CBS Evening News” 2006-11, “60 Minutes” 2006-11, “Katie” 2012-14, Global Anchor of “Yahoo! News” 2014-17)
1964 [56] Nicolas Cage (Coppola), Long Beach CA, movie actor (“National Treasure” films, “Leaving Las Vegas”)/movie director Francis Ford Coppola’s nephew. COMING UP…”Jiu Jitsu”, 2020
1971 [49] Jeremy Renner, Modesto CA, movie actor (“The Bourne Legacy”, “The Hurt Locker”, “Avengers” films)
1974 [46] John Rich, Amarillo TX, country singer (Big & Rich-‘Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)’, ex-Lonestar-‘Amazed’)
1982 [38] Lauren Cohen, Philadelphia PA, TV actress (‘Maggie Greene’ on “The Walking Dead” since 2011, “The Vampire Diaries” 2010-12)
1983 [37] Brett Dalton, San Jose CA, TV actor (‘Grant Ward’ on “Marvel’s Agents of Shield” since 2013)
1985 [35] Lewis Hamilton, Stevenage UK, race car driver (2008, 2014, 2015 Formula One World Champion)/first Brit driver in history to win consecutive F1 titles
2000 [20] Marcus Scribner, LA CA, TV actor (‘Andre Johnson Jr.’ on “black-ish” since 2014)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Bobblehead Day”, an annual celebration of the dumb dolls with wobbly noggins that are often handed out as giveaways at sports events. (Then collect dust on a shelf for decades.)
• “I’m Not Going to Take It Anymore Day”, a day to stand up for your rights.
• “International Programmers Day”, honoring the geeks behind many of today’s technological conveniences, pastimes, and work tools.
• “Orthodox Christmas” in many countries worldwide. Why? Both Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches still use the old Julian calendar.
• “Tempura Day”, celebrating the Japanese cooking tradition of dipping seafood or vegetables in a thin batter of flour and water, then frying them in oil. NET: http://tinyurl.com/bfsagap
• “Harlem Globetrotter’s Day”, they’ve played a strange part in the lives of those who grew up in the age of classic Scooby-Doo. They were so famous that they would even make appearances in animation. Of the 10 honorary Harlem Globetrotters, two are Popes (Francis and John Paul II), and one is Whoopi Goldberg.
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Argyle Day
[Wed] Bubble Bath Day
[Thurs] Balloon Ascension Day
[Thurs] Choreographers Day
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2006 [14] Pink marries her motocross racer-boyfriend Carey Hart on a beach in Costa Rica
2012 [08] Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott weds drummer Chris Tyrrell near Albany, New York
2012 [08] Beyoncé and Jay-Z have their first child: a daughter named Blue Ivy Carter.
TODAY IN TECH . . .
2019 [01] Amazon overtakes Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable listed company for the first time, worth $797 billion
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2009 [11] Then-US president George W Bush invites president-elect Barack Obama and former chief execs Bill Clinton, George HW Bush, and Jimmy Carter for a 5-president luncheon at the White House (the first of gathering of its kind in 27 years)
2018 [02] It snows in the Sahara desert – 15 inches reported in Aïn Séfra, Northwest Algeria
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ A newborn baby has only about one cup of blood in its body.
✓ People develop first impressions of you in a tenth of a second.
✓ “Time” is the most commonly used noun in the English language.
✓ M&Ms were created in 1941 as a means for soldiers to enjoy chocolate without it melting.
✓ The technology behind smartphones relies on up to 250,000 separate patents.
✓ A third of all divorce filings in the US in 2011 contained the word “Facebook.”
-FactSlides
BS MOTTOS FOR PROCRASTINATORS:
• Why do today what you could have done yesterday?
• Just Do It…tomorrow.
• It’s called a ‘due date’ because it’s the day you do it.
• I’m no hater for later.
• Happy belated birthday!
• Procrastination is great! You always have something to do tomorrow and nothing to do today!
• It’s called ‘Time Waste Management.”
• Some days I don’t even get around to procrastinating.
• Seize tomorrow!
• Motto? Good idea. We should get on that.
-Twitter
Best of BS . . .
BS NEW RELATIONSHIP STATUSES:
• In it for the health insurance
• It’s not complicated, I just refuse to accept that it’s over.
• Willing to explore other options
• I love her, but she still can’t use my toothbrush
• GoFundMe a husband
• I sleep in bed diagonally
• Taken, but in the Liam Neeson sense
• (***CAUTION***) Divorced AF
• It’s constipated
• 404 not found
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2019
BS WEB GOODIE:
Tiny Turtle tracking in a tank: https://www.facebook.com/ItsGoneViralOfficial/videos/2534480736765102/
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask where they’re going and hook up with ’em later.
WOULD YOU RATHER?
(***Run down the list while your participant decides which choice is more palatable …***)
• Would you rather be really hairy or completely bald?
• Would you rather be 4′-5″ or 7′-7″?
• Would you rather see into your future or someone else’s?
• Would you rather live without music or without TV?
• Would you rather eat a raw egg or a raw onion?
• Would you rather be super-strong or super-fast?
• Would you rather lose half your hair or lose half your hearing?
• Would you rather never have to clean the bathroom or never have to clean the kitchen?
• Would you rather have a 3rd eye or a 3rd arm?
BS PHONE STARTER:
In 20 words or less, what is the weirdest thing that ever happened to you?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 10% of men admit they have done THIS after a first date. What is it?
Answer: Changed their phone number
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.
