Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Edition: #6480

Get Your BS Here, Hot ‘n Fresh!

BS SUBSCRIBER NOTE:
There’ll be no “BS” service for Monday July 1 to observe the Canada Day holiday. All subscribers will receive credit for the missed service day. The Bull Sheet will resume publication on Tuesday, July 2.

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Duane Chapman is asking for prayers after revealing his wife Beth is in a medically-induced coma. The family of Beth Chapman announced that she has been admitted to the ICU at the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dog the Bounty Hunter released a statement saying he and his family “humbly ask everyone to please pray for Beth.” He also thanked their fans “for their prayers throughout Beth’s battle with cancer.”
-TheBlast
★ Jon Hamm has revealed “Top Gun: Maverick” will be shot in “mind-blowing” 6K definition. He spilled some details on what fans can expect from the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 original and teased the crystal-clear visuals and stunts which he says will leave viewers with their jaws to the floor. Hamm says that not only is the aerial footage mind-blowing, “it’s mostly real”. He says that there wasn’t a lot of CGI used for the scenes. Although Hamm appears in the movie, he isn’t allowed to talk about his role. The movie has been pushed back by just over 11 months for a June 2020 arrival in theatres.
-MSN
★ Some fans are angry with “Spider-Man” Tom Holland for openly spoiling a pivotal moment in “Avengers: Endgame”, despite the fact that the film was released in April. Marvel Studios and directors went to great lengths to preserve the secrecy of the movie, even handing out incomplete or fake scripts to the cast, and personally appealing to the public to not spoil the events of the movie. For the most part, the campaign against spoilers worked, but months after its release, some are claiming that the film was spoiled for them by Holland when he dished about Iron Man’s fate during an appearance on “The Graham Norton Show.”
-Screenrant
★ Batman and Burt Ward are both getting stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The news is ground-breaking because it marks the first time a comic book hero will be given a star. Burt Ward played Robin opposite Adam West, who portrayed Batman/Bruce Wayne in the 1960s series and for fans, this is a decision that has been a long-time coming. Adam West received his star in 2012. Now, Hollywood isn’t only recognizing Adam West as Batman, but the iconic character as well and his sidekick, Boy Wonder Robin who was played by Ward.
-CelebrityInsider

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Kumail Nanjiani, Jim Acosta, Himesh Patel (R)
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Trevor Noah, Sebastian Maniscalco, Penn & Teller
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Zendaya, Julian Edelman, Jenny Lewis
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Tom Holland, Jenny Slate, SOAK, Jon Wurster
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Bill Hader, Anna Chlumsky, Ally Brooke featuring Tyga (R)
• “Conan” (TBS): Kathy Bates (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Teddi Mellencamp, Michael Rapaport
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Seth MacFarlane, chefs Art Smith & Adrian De Berardinis
• “The Talk” (CBS): Sherri Shepherd, Gabriel Iglesias
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Brie Larson, Robin Givens, Nina Dobrev, Max Frost
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): The biggest music stars from Season 16, including Billie Eilish, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jennifer Lopez, Pink, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott
• “Big Brother” (CBS): Season 21 premiere
• “Chopped Junior” (FOOD): Season 8 premiere

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Beyoncé — shared a new “Lion King” teaser featuring her duet with Donald Glover on Elton John’s ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight’ from the 1994 Disney original. Bey and Glover play ‘Nala’ and ‘Simba’ in “The Lion King” remake, out July 19.  LINK
• Katy Perry – showed up in support of her fiancé Orlando Bloom’s ex-wife Miranda Kerr as she launched her newest skincare product. Perry even posed for a photo with the pregnant Kerr as she launched KORA Organics Noni Bright Vitamin C serum. Kerr later posted: “Thanks for shining bright with me @katyperry…”
• Noel Gallagher – says he ”forgot” that he spent $140,000 on a car which he can’t drive. When he first tasted success with Oasis, he says he ordered a 1967 Mark II Jaguar from a company that takes vintage chassis and puts a modern car inside them. Gallagher says: “They take 18 months to two years to build and I thought I will easily have learned to drive.” But when the car arrived, he had no recollection of even buying the car, and he still hadn’t passed his driving test.
• (***UPDATE***) Alice Cooper – has responded to reports that he said he has a ”death pact” with his wife of 43 years, Sheryl Goddard. In a release, he said that they “do NOT have a death pact. We have a LIFE pact…What I was meaning was that because we’re almost always together…if something did happen to either of us, we’d most likely be together at the time. But neither…has a suicide pact. And, besides, I’m booked through 2028, so…”
•  The Allman Brothers Band – will release an archival live package, “Fillmore West ’71”- documenting the band’s three-show series at the famed San Francisco venue as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. Due Aug. 16, the 4CD set presents material captured in concert two month’s before the group’s recording of the legendary live album “At Filmore East”, at the chain’s New York location.
• Pink Floyd — Guitarist David Gilmour auctioned 126 of his guitars for a record-breaking $21 million at a New York charity auction to help fight climate change. “The Black Strat,” a 1969 Fender Stratocaster that he used to record “The Dark Side of the Moon,” “Wish You Were Here” and “The Wall,” sold for $3,975,000 — a new world record for a guitar at an auction.
• Carrie Underwood – Shared a picture of a sculpture of herself made of cheese that was created in honor of her tour stop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She captioned the photo: ”The @fiservforum outdid themselves tonight! This is me…carved into a 40 lb block of Wisconsin cheese…I’m speechless!!!”
• Brett Young – will release “The Acoustic Sessions EP” on September 13. It will find him reimagining five of his songs from a stripped-down perspective, including hits ‘Here Tonight’ and ‘Catch’, his collaboration with Gavin DeGraw on ‘Chapters’, plus ‘Ticket to L.A.’ and the ballad ‘Don’t Wanna Write This Song”.

THIS WEEK’S VIDEO RELEASES (DVD/Blu-ray):
• “Dumbo” (PG, Animation/Family):  A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer. (Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito)
• “The Aftermath” (R-Rated, Drama):  After World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house. (Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård)
• “The Hummingbird Project” (R-Rated, Comedy/Drama):  Cousins from New York are players in the high-stakes game of High-Frequency Trading, where winning is measured in milliseconds. Their dream? To build a straight fiber-optic cable line between Kansas and New Jersey, making them millions. (Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek)
• “Isabelle” (R-Rated, Horror):  After moving into the perfect New England neighborhood, a couple’s dream of starting a family shatters as they struggle to survive an evil spirit that wants nothing more than their own lives. (Amanda Crew, Adam Brody)

HAZARDS OF BEING A HANDYMAN:
Some people buy their home and it’s good to go. Others think they can save a few bucks by purchasing a “fixer-upper” and doing renovations once they move in. But while a fixer-upper may have a lower purchase price, a study found that people who buy them often end up spending as much or more as people who purchase a turnkey house, once all the expenses are figured in. A survey of American homebuyers found that on average, those who bought turnkey houses spent $250,496, while those who purchased fixer-uppers bought their homes for $199,819. After fixer-upper homeowners paid for renovations, those who stayed within budget spent on average $246,891 in total. BUT: 44% of fixer-upper homeowners went over budget, spending on average 38% more than they expected. Among those who overspent on renos, their average total came to $275,741, about $25,000 more than the average cost of a turnkey house.
The most budget-unfriendly home project? Installing a new HVAC system.
(Plus, if you buy a house that doesn’t need renovations, you don’t live in a coating of dust for the first 5 years!)
(I have never in my life said the word “fixer-upper” that many times in one paragraph!)
(I’m not going to say that I’m not handy, but I was on my third house before I found out that D.I.Y. doesn’t stand for “Destroy It Yourself”!)
-YahooFinance

THEY WOODN’T…WOOD THEY?
Now that society has managed to make the use of plastic straws and utensils politically incorrect, here’s what might be next: campfires. Due to lack of rainfall, many wilderness areas in the U.S. are declaring a partial or outright ban on campfires which are expected to last for much of the summer. But the risk of wildfires isn’t the only reason that campfires are being snuffed out. There are also concerns about the amount of pollution that burning wood causes, and its effect on the environment. Then there are the related health problems that can be caused or exacerbated by inhaling the smoke. And it may sound nit-picky, but others have expressed concerns about the trash and other foreign matter which inevitably gets thrown into a typical campfire, causing environmental harm, plus the risk of invasive foreign species whenever campers transport firewood from home to their getaway location.
(Plastic forks AND campfires?  I think they’re pretty much made camping impossible!)
(I think they just single-handedly caused the end of the Boy Scouts organization!)
(At least Smokey the Bear will be happy!)
-PocketWorthy

HOT WEATHER HACKS:
➠ Build an air conditioner out of a bucket:  Fashion a five-gallon bucket into a makeshift air conditioner by attaching a few PVC sections to its edges, filling it with ice water, and pushing air from tiny fan through the top. The best part? It doesn’t hog up a whole window. (Just don’t ‘kick the bucket’!)
➠ Make aloe ice cubes:  Be ready for that inevitable sunburn. Pick up a bottle of aloe vera gel and fill an ice cube tray. Remove them as needed to cool off your beet-red skin. (It’s funny, because my usual treatment for sunburn ALSO involves a lot of ice cubes!)
➠ Freeze a sponge:  Soak it, toss it in a Ziplock bag, and leave it in the freezer. When you are melting from the heat, take it out and rest it on your forehead or wrists. You’ll cool down without getting soaked, since the sponge will absorb any residual moisture as it warms.
➠ Wear wet socks to bed:  For those unbearably hot nights, place a towel at bottom of your bed and slip on a pair of socks you’ve soaked in cold water. Point a fan at your feet and prepare for a prolonged chill to tingle up your spine. (I’d rather be warm than damp, thank you!)
➠ Freeze your pillowcases and sheets:  To better fall asleep on those humid nights, stash a few pillowcases in a sealed bag in the freezer and slip them on before you hit the hay. You’ll be surprised how well it works to cool you down. (For an added thrill, try it with your boxers!)
-HuffingtonPost

DID YOU KNOW?
If your mouth is on fire from eating spicy food, try whipped cream. Research shows whipped cream contains a protein that relieves spicy food “burn” better than water.
-Thrilllist

BS CHRONOMETER 06.25.19

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1945 [74] Carly Simon, New York, NY, pop singer (‘Anticipation’, ‘You’re So Vain’)

1947 [72] Jimmie Walker, The Bronx NY, TV actor/comedian (‘J.J. Evans’ on “Good Times” 1974-1979)

1952 [67] (Brian) Tim Finn, Te Awamutu, New Zealand, pop-rock singer/guitarist (Split Enz-‘I Got You’, Crowded House-‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’)

1961 [58] Ricky Gervais, Reading UK, triple Golden Globe, double Emmy-winning TV writer-producer (creator of “The Office”)/movie actor (“The Muppets”, “Night At the Museum”)

1963 [56] Doug Gilmour, Kingston, ON, retired NHL player (1989 Stanley Cup winner, 1992-93 Frank J. Selke Trophy award winner, Hockey Hall of Fame 2011)/President of Hockey Operations for OHL’s Kingston Frontenacs

1971 [48] Angela Kinsey, Lafayette LA, TV actress (‘Angela Martin’ on “The Office” 2005-13)

1972 [47] Mike Kroeger, Hanna AB, rock bassist (Nickelback-‘Photograph’, ‘How You Remind Me’)/half-brother of frontman Chad Kroeger (****PRON: CREW-grrr***)

1975 [44] Linda Cardellini, Redwood City CA, TV actress (“Dead to Me” 2019, “Bloodline” 2015-17)/movie actress (“Scooby-Doo”)

1979 [40] (Elizabeth) Busy Philipps, Oak Park IL, TV actress (“Busy Tonight” 2018-19, “Cougar Town” 2009-15)

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Catfish Day”, first initiated in 1987 to celebrate the value of farm-raised catfish. (Not the social media move where you pretend you’re someone you’re not…)

• “Day Of the Seafarer”, initiated by the International Maritime Organization to salute those in the shipping industry who bring us food, clothing, and other basic needs.
NET: http://tinyurl.com/qaxa6ph

• “Global Beatles Day”, an annual observance celebrating the phenomenon of The Beatles and their long-lasting gifts to the world including the promotion of peace, love, truth, and youth.
NET: http://globalbeatlesday.com

• “Leon Day” (‘Noel’ spelled backwards), observed exactly 6 months from Christmas, meaning we’re as far away from all that holiday rush and stress as we can be (and that you’ll start seeing Christmas stuff show up in stores in about 3 weeks…)

• “World Vitiligo Day”, to build global awareness of the chronic condition characterized by areas of skin losing pigment. The disfiguring disease can have a negative social and psychological impact on patients. (Michael Jackson suffered from this condition.)

• “Color TV Day”, this date in 1951, CBS broadcast the first color television show. The variety show included Arthur Godfrey, Ed Sullivan, Garry Moore and Robert Alda.

AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Beautician’s Day
[Wed] Forgiveness Day
[Thurs] Helen Keller Day
[Thurs] National Handshake Day

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2006 [13] Actress Nicole Kidman weds country singer Keith Urban in Manly, Australia

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1984 [35] Prince releases his “Purple Rain” album

2009 [10] Michael Jackson dies of acute Propofol intoxication at age 50 (Internet traffic subsequently reaches unprecedented levels)

TODAY’S FIRST . . .
1993 [26] Kim Campbell becomes Canada’s 1st female Prime Minister (for a brief 4 months)

TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2006 [13] Investor & philanthropist Warren Buffett donates $30 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ The Hubble Space Telescope is powerful enough to spot the light of a firefly at a distance of 7,000 miles.
✓ The Movie “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” title was translated in Israel to “It’s Raining Falafel”.
✓ Ancient Greek and Roman statues were actually brilliantly colored and not just bare marble or stone.
✓ Tokyo is the city with the most millionaires in the world but London has the most multi-millionaires and New York the most billionaires.
✓ In 2016, a 155-year-old mousetrap, kept as an exhibit in an England museum, caught a mouse.
✓ Elon Musk proposed to his second wife after 10 days together. They divorced 2 years later, remarried the following year, filed for divorce again, withdrew the filing, re-filed for divorce and finally followed through with it.
-WhattheFFacts

BS FUNKY TUNES FOR THE  CHURCH SOCIAL:
• ‘Sharp Blessed Man’
• ‘Smells Like Holy Spirit’
• ‘Livin’ on a Lord’s Prayer’
• ‘Walk Like a Presbyterian’
• ‘Play That Funky Music, Choir Boy’
• ‘Can’t Bible Me Love’
• ‘It’s Raining Amen’
• ‘Nothing But a Good Tithe’
• ‘I Wanna Dance With Psalmbody’
• ‘Baby Got Baptism’
-Twitter

Best of BS . . .
BS YOU KNOW YOU’RE LAZY WHEN:
• You restart the dryer 4 times instead of folding the laundry.
• You taught your dog to walk himself on the treadmill.
• You text your spouse to come downstairs and answer the door.
• You drive to the mailbox.
• When the sign said “Shirt and shoes required”, you didn’t bother with pants.
• You pay to stream the movie, even though you own the DVD.
• You opt for cleavage crumbs rather than get up for a snack.
• You don’t even exercise good judgement.
• You only lip-synch to instrumental songs.
• You went to write out a list of signs that you are lazy, but never got past number one.
Twitter, first published in ‘BS’ in 2018

BS RANDOM JOKE:
I know it sounds crazy, but I can’t find my marbles.

BS U-PICK POP QUIZ:
• How tall is Ariana Grande?
a. 4’10”
b. 5’ [CORRECT]
c. 5’2”
d. 5’6”

• What was Britney Spears’ first-ever single?
a. ‘(You Drive Me) Crazy’
b. ‘Oops!…I Did It Again’
c. ‘Lucky’
d. ‘…Baby One More Time’ [CORRECT]

• What is Lady Gaga’s legal first name?
a. Sophia
b. Stefani [CORRECT]
c. Ally
d. Joanne
-Buzzfeed

BS PHONE STARTER:
What common item do you have no problem overpaying for?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  24% of parents admit they have stolen THIS specific thing from their children. What is it?
Answer:  Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan, not the goal.