Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Edition: #6504
Deja Moo!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Denise Richards is right back to work after wrapping up her first season of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”. She has joined the cast of the cast of “BH90210”, the upcoming “Beverly Hills, 90210” reunion series. Back in 1992, she nabbed one of her first TV credits playing ‘Robin McGill’ in an episode of the original series. Then, twenty years later, she made an appearance on the 90210 reboot as ‘Gwen Thompson’. BH90210 premieres on Wednesday, August 7.
-EOnline
Russi Taylor — the woman who voiced Minnie Mouse for more than three decades, has died at age 75. Russi’s voice talents went well beyond Disney, though, she voiced other iconic characters like Pebbles on “The Flintstones,” the Mackleberry Twins, and Martin Prince on “The Simpsons” plus other characters on “The Jetsons,” “Scooby Doo,” “The Muppets” … and plenty of other Disney favorites as well. Taylor was married to Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, until his death in 2009.
-TMZ
★ Jessica Alba’s Twitter followers were no doubt shocked when, during the early hours of Sunday morning, they were greeted with a barrage of racist, offensive messages emanating from her Twitter feed. The tweets, which have since been deleted, began with one reading, “Nazi Germany Did Nothing Wrong” and got progressively more offensive. Needless to say, Alba was the victim of a hacker, and during the hours that the hacker’s tweets remained live, numerous Twitter users created humorous memes about what Alba’s reaction would be when she woke up.
-MSN
★ Simon Cowell reportedly dreams of winning an Oscar. The music mogul has become an international star through TV shows like “The X Factor” and “Britain’s Got Talent”, but he’s now said to be focusing his attention on the movie industry, following the recent successes of music-based biopics like “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Rocketman”.
-ContactMusic
★ The upcoming Wendy Williams biopic sounds like it will be epic…just like her life. According to reports, “Just Wendy” will span her life from ages 10 to 55, covering super intimate topics like her coke habit, sex romps, fat-shaming from her family, and a never-before-told story of date rape at the hands of a chart-topping artist. Also on the table: her experiences with racism and sexism in Hollywood, details from her marriage to Kevin Hunter, as well as her divorce, and her relationship with Mo’Nique. “Just Wendy”
-TMZ
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Hannah Brown, Kathy Griffin, Anthony Davis
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Kevin Bacon, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Highwomen
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Wanda Sykes, Jose Antonio Vargas, Jeff Quay
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): John Legend, Mandy Moore, Hollywood Vampires
• “Conan” (TBS): Adam Sandler (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Fredrik Eklund, Denise Richards
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Idris Elba
• “The Talk” (CBS): Andie MacDowell
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Angela Bassett, guest co-host Katie Lowes
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Kourtney Kardashian, Anderson .Paak (R)
• “The Bachelorette” (ABC): Season 15 finale
• “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” (BRAVO): Season 24 finale
• “Laws of Jaws: Dangerous Waters” (DISCOVERY): Five heart-stopping real-life experiments separate shark fact and fiction, including electronics to trigger a shark encounter and sharks investigating paddleboards, causing swimmers to fall off.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Ed Sheeran – “007” actor Daniel Craig wants him to perform the “Bond 25” theme. According to a source, “Daniel was introduced to Ed’s music by his daughter Ella. She loves Ed, and Daniel now really likes his stuff too and wants him for the theme tune.” The movie does not have an official title yet.
• (***Caution – language***) A$AP Rocky – A fan of his was arrested last week after allegedly threatening to blow up the Swedish Embassy in Washington. An affidavit says that Rebecca Kanter placed a bag near the entrance, threw liquid from a Coca Cola bottle at the doorway and yelled: “I’m going to blow this [Mother-BLEEP] up.”
• Michael Jackson — MTV is reportedly set to rename the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award following the string of allegations made against him, including in the controversial “Leaving Neverland” documentary. Jackson received the Vanguard Award in 1988, and MTV renamed it in his honor in 1991.
• Woodstock 50 — Dead and Company is the latest act to announce they won’t be appearing at the festival. Their departure comes after John Fogerty and Jay-Z confirmed they’ve bowed out of the troubled event. The Zombies have stated their intention to remain involved.
• Rush — Geddy Lee says that it is “hard to say” if he and his bandmate Alex Lifeson would consider playing together again with another drummer. Neil Peart retired from performing due to chronic tendonitis and shoulder problems following the band’s 40th anniversary tour.
• Bob Seger – says he initially balked when asked to use his 1986 song ‘Like a Rock’ in a Chevrolet ad campaign. He says he is glad that he eventually relented, because “it sold a lot of trucks to save a lot of jobs, and, you know, this is my home state (Michigan)…And people keep hearing it, so that’s great!” The campaign was so successful that it continued from 1991 to 2004.
• The Highwomen — Fans at the Newport Folk Festival on Sat. were surprised when Dolly Parton made an unannounced appearance during their set. Parton performed ‘Jolene’ and ‘9 to 5’, and sang ‘I Will Always Love You’ as a duet with Brandi Carlile.
• John Pardi – 1990s country star David Lee Murphy gives him the thumbs-up as one star of today who nails the ‘90s sound particularly well. Quote: “I like [all of it], especially Jon Pardi. Stuff like that is really cool.” Recently, Murphy has been writing with artists like Kenny Chesney, Dustin Lynch, Luke Combs, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean.
THIS WEEK’S VIDEO RELEASES: (Streaming and/or DVD):
• “Ugly Dolls” (PG, Animation/Comedy): An animated adventure in which the free-spirited UglyDolls confront what it means to be different, struggle with a desire to be loved, and ultimately discover who you truly are is what matters most. (Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe)
• “Love Ranch” (R-Rated, Drama): Set in the late-1970s, the husband and wife team of Grace and Charlie Bontempo, who own and run Nevada’s first legalized brothel. (Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci)
• “The Red Sea Diving Resort” (Not rated, Drama): Inspired by remarkable true-life rescue missions. The incredible story of a group of international agents and brave Ethiopians who in the early ’80s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel. (Chris Evans, Haley Bennett)
HUNGER FOR KNOWLEDGE:
The people who run the Fredericton, New Brunswick Public Library know all about people who have a thirst for knowledge. And a hunger for knowledge. So, they’ve installed a refrigerator stocked with fresh fruit and other snacks for anyone who feels the need to nosh while they are there. The director of the library says that students who are at the library studying for exams often ask if there is any food available. The city’s homeless often use the services of the library, and they are welcome to make use of the Community Fridge as well. It opened last week to a positive response, and the library plans to add a variety of snacks ranging from yogurt to sandwiches.
(The problem is that every time you take a bite of your apple, the librarian shushes you!)
(Pro tip: Don’t offer watermelon if you have any carpeted areas!)
(Is this like a bribe? Because if they want people to come to their library, they should offer what Krispy Kreme is offering…)
-CP
POUR SOME SUGAR…ON EVERYTHING:
Sugar might be falling out of favor, but it’s never out of flavor, and that might be why Krispy Kreme is re-designing its menu for the first time in 10 years, and it’s sweeter than ever. Krispy Kreme opened a new location in North Carolina last week which showcases the new, extra-sweet menu. One of the new items is “scoop sandwiches,” a layer of ice cream with donuts in it, served between a sliced doughnut that can be topped with a variety of items, like vanilla, or chocolate. New milkshakes made from the donut ice cream can be topped, of course, with doughnuts, as well as toppings like Oreo bits. And the donuts themselves are getting an upgrade too. Customers will have the option to add five different glazes and ten toppings. And if all this isn’t overkill, Krispy Kreme is building a new location in New York’s Times Square. It will be open 24 hours a day and include a “glaze waterfall”.
(A glaze waterfall? At this point we’re just lucky that Homer Simpson is a fictional character!)
(I’m still waiting for them to sell one-gallon containers of their Caramel Kreme donut filling…and I believe we’re getting close!)
(I suppose you can’t have a sugar crash if you never come down…)
-CNN
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MOVIES OF ALL TIME:
Researchers at the University of Turin, Italy, calculated an influence score for 47,000 films, based on how much each film had been referenced by subsequent films.
1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
2. Star Wars (1977)
3. Psycho (1960)
4. King Kong (1933)
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
6. Metropolis (1927)
7. Citizen Kane (1941)
8. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
9. Frankenstein (1931)
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ACTORS OF ALL-TIME:
Researchers used an algorithm which ranked their participation in the most influential movies…
1. Samuel L. Jackson
2. Clint Eastwood
3. Tom Cruise
4. Arnold Schwarzenegger
5. John Wayne
(Unless that was Arnold in the King Kong suit, I’m not seeing a lot of overlap here!)
-Curiosity
DID YOU KNOW?
A 2014 study found that the number of clinical trials with acronyms in their names was increasing. The study was called “SearCh for humourIstic and Extravagant acroNyms and Thoroughly Inappropriate names For Important Clinical trials (SCIENTIFIC)”
-QI
BS CHRONOMETER 07.30.19
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1941 [78] Paul Anka, Ottawa Ontario, singer (‘Put Your Head on my Shoulder’, ‘Diana’)/songwriter (‘My Way’, ‘Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’ theme)
1947 [72] Arnold Schwarzenegger, Thal, Austria, movie actor (“Terminator” films, “Predator”, The Expendables” films)/38th California governor 2003-11/5-time ‘Mr. Universe’.
1961 [58] Laurence Fishburne, Augusta GA, movie actor (“Man of Steel”, “Matrix” trilogy)/TV actor (“CSI” 2008-11) COMING UP…“Where’d You Go, Bernadette” 2019
1962 [57] Alton Brown, Los Angeles CA, chef (“Good Eats”, “Iron Chef America”)
1963 [56] Lisa Kudrow, Encino CA, TV actress (“Friends” 1994-2004)/TV producer (“Who Do You Think You Are?” since 2010)/movie actress (“The Other Woman”, “Easy A”)
1964 [55] Vivica A Fox, South Bend IN, movie actress (“Sharknado 2: The Second One”, “Kill Bill” movies)
1970 [49] Christopher Nolan, London UK, movie director-producer-screenwriter (“Dunkirk”, “Interstellar”, “The Dark Knight” films)
1974 [45] Hilary Swank, Lincoln NE, movie actress (Oscars-“Million Dollar Baby”, “Boys Don’t Cry”)
1977 [42] Jaime Pressly, Kinston NC, TV actress (‘Jill Kendall’ on “Mom” since 2014, “My Name Is Earl” 2005-09)/movie actress (“A Haunted House 2”, “I Love You, Man”)
1999 [20] Joey King, Los Angeles CA, movie actress (“The Act”, “The Kissing Booth)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Cheesecake Day”, a day to indulge yourself in one of the most decadent of all desserts.
• “Father-In-Law Day”, honoring the spousal parent who has never really been all that impressed with you. Try to be nice anyway.
• “Kiss Your Car Day”, observed annually on the 1863 birth date of Henry Ford. It’s a day to show your vehicle how much you really, really love her (As opposed to “kissing your car goodbye”, which would be something else entirely…)
• “Paperback Book Day”, marking the start of the paperback book revolution with publication of Penguin #1, “Ariel, The Life of Shelley” by Andre Maurois in London this date in 1935.
• “Support Public Education Day”, promoting the efforts of administrators, teachers, and parents who aim to maintain a public education system that meets the needs of every student.
• “World Snorkeling Day”, On this day in 1932, Joseph L. Belcher patented “Belcher Breathing Apparatus”. The word ‘snorkel’ comes from the German word ‘schnorchel’, which loosely translated means ‘to snore underwater’.
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Avocado Day
[Wed] National Mutt Day
[Thurs] Play Ball Day
[Thurs] Spider-Man Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2006 [13] After 42 years, the world’s longest running music show, “Top Of the Pops”, is televised for the last time on BBC2
2017 [02] Hackers reveal they have stolen data from HBO, including “Games of Thrones” scripts and episodes
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2003 [16] ‘SARStock Concert’ in Toronto ON draws about 450,000 to see AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Rush, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake and others in a bid to prove the city’s safety after an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
2007 [12] Britney Spears divorces rapper-dancer Kevin Federline due to irreconcilable differences after over two years of marriage and 2 children
TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
1976 [43] American athlete Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner sets a world record in decathlon with 8,617 points and wins Gold at the Montréal Olympics
2002 [17] Brazil wins a record 5th FIFA World Cup championship with a 2-0 victory over Germany
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ A square piece of dry paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.
✓ If you could fold a piece of paper in half 50 times, its thickness will be 3/4 the distance from the Earth to the Sun (71 million miles – 114 million km).
✓ The thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high altitudes is called a contrail.
✓ Radio waves travel so much faster than sound waves that a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 18,000 km away than in the back of the room in which it originated.
✓ Moisture, not air, causes superglue to dry.
✓ Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
-DidYouKnow
HOW HOT IS IT?
It’s sooo hot that…
• I saw a funeral procession pull into a Dairy Queen.
• My Easy-Bake Oven finally cooked something.
• My ex’s heart is only a little chilly.
• My “Frozen” DVD turned into “Waterworld”.
• Even exhibitionists are staying inside.
• The hipster down the street shaved.
• The teenager down the street is wearing his black hoodie with the hood down.
• Wal Mart didn’t even kick me out for being naked. This time.
• Some like it.
• I had a hot flash and didn’t even notice.
-Twitter
Best of BS . . .
BS SIGNS YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS’ SPORTS TOO SERIOUSLY:
• Potty training at your house involves a starter’s pistol.
• Your wife catches you replacing the ‘Flintstones Chewable Vitamins’ with ‘WWE Chewable Steroids’.
• You’ve already had a fistfight with the goaltender’s grandmother.
• Going shirtless with your chest painted in the team colors doesn’t sit well with the other soccer moms.
• None of your co-workers seems to be interested in joining your T-Ball fantasy league.
• You decide to take out a 2nd mortgage in order to buy ‘Kawhi sperm’ on eBay.
• After a dismal season, you trade your son for the neighbor’s kid and a power tool to be named later.
– Adapted from TopFive.com, first published in ‘BS’ in 2011
BS RANDOM JOKE:
A boss is someone who is early when you’re late and late when you’re early.
BS PHONE STARTER:
Imagine a ‘best day ever’. What kinds of things would you do?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 26% of mothers think their son needs to cut back on THIS. What is it?
Answer: Cologne
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
If you don’t change direction, you’ll end up where you’re going…
