Tuesday, March 3, 2020 – Edition: #6646

100% Grade A Bull!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ “Judge Judy” is coming to an end, but she isn’t ready to hang up her robe just yet.  Judy Sheindlin, the star of the reality court show, has announced that the show’s upcoming 25th season will be its last. While we don’t have many details about Judy’s new show, including whether it will have the same format as Judge Judy, we do know that it will be called “Judy Justice”.  Sheindlin has had a 25-year-long marriage with CBS and it’s been successful. The TV host, who set the Guinness World Record in 2015 for longest career as a TV judge, was named by Forbes in 2018 to be the year’s highest paid TV host, and is estimated to be paid about $47 million per year.
-Yahoo
★ Kobe Bryant’s widow is demanding an investigation into the deputies who took and shared photos of the helicopter crash site which took the lives of the basketball star, his daughter and 7 others. Vanessa Bryant’s lawyer released a statement reading, “Our client…is absolutely devastated by allegations that deputies from the Lost Hills Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department publicly disseminated photos from the helicopter crash site…This is an unspeakable violation of human decency, respect, and of the privacy rights of the victims and their families.” It goes on to say that on the day of the crash, she asked “that the area be designated a no-fly zone and protected from photographers” in order to “protect the dignity of all the victims and their families.”
-TheBlast
★ Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t think he will ever return to “Harry Potter”. He played the boy wizard for 10 years, but now says he isn’t sure he would ever want to return to the role because he likes how his life is now and doesn’t want to get into a situation where he’s ”signed up for one series for years in advance”. Radcliffe’s acting choices following his exit from the Potter franchise have been described as ”weird” by some, but he insists that was not how it was planned, it’s just that he looks for ”different” things.
-ContactMusic
★ Oprah Winfrey is currently on her “2020 Vision” speaking tour, and she stopped by the Forum arena in Los Angeles Saturday to discuss wellness and living a balanced life. Unfortunately, she quite literally lost her own balance while onstage. Oprah slipped and took a pretty hard fall in front of hundreds of attendees. Fans immediately took to social media, with many in attendance saying she took the fall like a champ and actually walked around barefoot onstage for a bit before switching to more sensible footwear.
-PageSix

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Ben Affleck, Justina Machado, Victoria Monet
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Kevin Bacon, Tan France, Taylor Tomlinson
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): John Oliver, Elizabeth Debicki, Jenny Offill, Glen Sobel
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV):  Martin Freeman, Pete Holmes, Bad Bunny
• “Lights Out with David Spade” (COMEDY): Zainab Johnson, Randy Sklar, Jason Sklar
• “Conan” (TBS): Joel McHale
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): James Kennedy, Dayna Kathan
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Dan Abrams
• “The Talk” (CBS): Steven Weber, guest co-hosts Brie and Nikki Bella
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): James Taylor, Sabrina Carpenter
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Khalid, Justin Bieber
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Jimmie Johnson, Leslie Odom Jr.
• “Super Tuesday” (ABC/CBS/NBC): Election special

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Katy Perry – says she is a ”bridechilla”. She’s set to marry Orlando Bloom, and says she has adopted a relaxed approach to their upcoming wedding. She shared: ”It’s not about the party, it’s about the coming together of people who will hold us accountable when things get really hard.
• Drake — delivered a late-night surprise in the form of not one, but two new songs on Saturday. ‘When to Say When’ touches on fatherhood, his chart success and more. And ‘Chicago Freestyle’ might be called the kind of love story that only a rap star can tell.
• Avril Lavigne — has canceled a run of 12 shows in Asia amid concerns about the coronavirus. The tour was supposed to start April 23 in Shenzhen, China, with dates scheduled in Shanghai, the Philippines, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Taiwan. This comes after she was forced to cancel her Zurich, Switzerland, concert due to the Swiss government’s ban on large-scale events to combat the outbreak.
• The Cars — Supermodel Paulina Porizkova, who was married to late singer Ric Ocasek for more than 30 years before he died in Sept., told “CBS Sunday Morning” she feels betrayed by being cut out of his will. Even though they began divorce proceedings in 2017, they still lived in the same home when he died. Quote: “It made the grieving process really, really tricky, I would love to be able to be sad and miss him, and not also feel this incredible hurt and betrayal.”
• Ozzy Osbourne – says he is relieved he and Elton John never partied together during their drink and drug-fuelled heydays because he’s convinced it would have led to an early grave. Despite their long friendship, their paths never crossed while partying. The two recently teamed up to record the title track of Ozzy’s new album, “Ordinary Man”.
• Billy Idol – is the face of a new environmental awareness program in New York City using the slogan: “Billy never idles.” He says he’s happy to help draw attention to the otherwise dull topic of pollution pumped into the city air by idling vehicles.
• Miranda Lambert – Her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, is officially no longer a New York City police officer. He has retired from the NYPD and is now reportedly handling Lambert’s security. After the pair secretly married last year, McLoughlin took a leave of absence.
• Dixie Chicks – After teasing new music for what seems like forever, they have announced that their next single, ‘Gaslighter’ will be out tomorrow. The band made the announcement by posting an Instagram video of a clip of the song with the definition of “gaslighter” spelled out in pink and yellow letters. (“A psychological manipulator who seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a group, making them question their own memory, perception or sanity.”)

THIS WEEK’S NETFLIX (Canada) RELEASES:
➢ March 3:
• “Ready Player One” (Action/Adventure):  When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world. (Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke)
➢ March 4:
• “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (Biography/Drama):  This biopic of legendary country singer Loretta Lynn charts her rise from humble, poverty-stricken beginnings in Kentucky to worldwide superstardom. (Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones)
• “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (Comedy):  At a college in 1962, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him. (John Belushi, Donald Sutherland)
• Riverdale, Season 4 (Teen Drama Series):  Riverdale explores a new side of grief and the gang prepares for the ultimate test: senior year. New episodes weekly.
➢ March 6:
• “Guilty” (Netflix Film):  When a college heartthrob is accused of rape by a less popular student, his girlfriend navigates various versions of the story in search of the truth.
• “Ugly Delicious-Season 2” (Netflix Documentary):  In the second season of the food docu-series, Chef David Chang continues to travel the world with writers, chefs, activists and artists including Nick Kroll, Aziz Ansari, Padma Lakshmi, Helen Rosner, and more.
(Full list: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/netflix-canada-march-2020_ca_5e4db18dc5b6db259021ef12 For releases in other Netflix regions, click here: https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/ )

STAYING IN FOR THE OUTBREAK:
As scary as the coronavirus outbreak is, and now we’re hearing about fears of it causing a global economic slowdown, experts are saying that companies like Netflix, which provide in-home services, might be in good shape to withstand the crisis, or even benefit from it. The streaming company has already seen its stock price “outperform” in the past week, amid the worst sell-off on Wall Street in 9 years. Other tech companies which could see upside from coronavirus include Facebook, Amazon, Peloton and Slack. Those companies have been identified by analysts as products and services which could benefit in a world of quarantined individuals.
(If your family is anything like mine, and you’re going to be stuck at home, you’re also going to need a ton of earplugs!)
(Not DoorDash?)
(You’d almost think one of those antivirus companies would do well at a time like this…)
-NYPost

WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Some parents are putting their babies’ dirty diapers in the mailbox — for the sake of the environment. The subscription-based baby-care company “Dyper”, which offers a biodegradable bamboo diaper, has partnered with waste-management company “TerraCycle” to launch “ReDyper”, a mail-in diaper-composting service. That’s right – they provide you with a box, and when you’ve filled it (pardon the pun) with baby’s soiled diapers, you print off a mailing label and ship it off to TerraCycle. From there, it goes to one of a number of composting facilities across the U.S. They will look after supplying your baby with biodegradable diapers and shipping out the used ones for about $100 per month. And yes, their shipping containers comply with hazmat standards. Dyper’s president says that more than 20 billion diapers go to landfills each year.
(For $100 a month, they’d better handle CHANGING the diapers too!)
(So instead of ordering crap to be delivered to you, now you can send crap away!)
(And when your kid is older and complains that you never do anything for him…)
-NYPost

DID YOU KNOW?
New psychology research from the University of British Columbia suggests that the scent of a romantic partner can improve sleep. Researchers found that study participants who were exposed to their partner’s scent (a freshly-worn t-shirt) overnight experienced better sleep quality, even though their partner was not physically present.
-UBC

BS CHRONOMETER 03.03.20

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1945 [75] George Miller, Brisbane Australia, movie producer-director (“Mad Max: Fury Road”, “Happy Feet” films) COMING UP…”Three Thousand Years of Longing”, 2020

1958 [62] Miranda Richardson, Southport UK, movie actress (“Harry Potter” films, “The Hours”)

1970 [50] Julie Bowen (Luetkemeyer), Baltimore MD, TV actress (2 Emmys-‘Claire Dunphy’ on “Modern Family” since 2009)

1982 [38] Jessica Biel, Ely MN, movie actress (“Hitchcock”)/TV actress (“7th Heaven” 1996-2006)/wed to Justin Timberlake since 2012

1984 [36] Joe ‘Blower’ Garvey, Oklahoma City OK, rock guitarist (Hinder-‘Lips Of an Angel’, ‘Better Than Me’)

1997 [23] Camila Cabello, Havana, Cuba, pop singer (w/Shawn Mendes-‘Señorita’, ex-Fifth Harmony-ft. Ty Dolla $ign-‘Work From Home’)/reality TV contestant (“The X Factor” 2012)

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “I Want You to Be Happy Day”, a day to show love, care, and concern for others. (Tomorrow is ‘OK, My Turn Day’.)

• “American National Anthem Day” in observance of the bill designating “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the U.S. national anthem being passed by Congress and signed into law by President Hoover on this date in 1931.

• “Cold Cuts Day”, You might pop deli meats into sandwiches, you might have them drizzled with oil and with a few slices of cheese – whatever way you like them, today is all about celebrating the tasty meats that are somehow even tastier when served up in slices.

• “Mulled Wine Day”, one of the most delicious ways of serving up your usual cheeky glass of red. Laden with spices and fruit, mulled wine brings out the natural sweetness of the alcoholic drink and gives it an extra sparkle of flavor. On a chilly night, curling up with a warm glass is the perfect tonic to winter blues.

• “Canadian Bacon Day”, as it is known in the United States (“back bacon” to Canadians) It is actually a little more like ham than bacon. It is served formed into a cylindrical shape and is sold ready to eat.

• “International Ear Care Day”, an annual advocacy event that aims to raise awareness and promote ear and hearing care across the world. (As mom used to say, “Never put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow.”)

• “World Wildlife Day”, the 6th annual proclaimed by the UN to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora (the famous nature twins). This year’s theme is “Sustaining all life on earth”.

AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] National Grammar Day
[Wed] Pound Cake Day
[Thurs] Nametag Day
[Thurs] Reel Film Day

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2019 [01] Undeterred by a lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson’s estate, HBO airs the first part of the 4-hour documentary “Leaving Neverland”, leveling new accusations of child abuse at Jackson 10 years after his death

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2008 [12] Chumbawamba breaks the record for ‘Longest Album Title’ with the 160-word new disc whose name begins: “The Boy Bands Have Won, and All the Copyists and the Tribute Bands and the TV Talent Show Producers Have Won …”, etc.

2009 [11] To celebrate the release of U2’s 12th studio album “No Line On the Horizon” and their appearance every night for a week on “Late Show with David Letterman”, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg temporarily renames part of 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan ‘U2 Way’

TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2009 [11] The uber-luxurious Maybach Zeppelin sedan goes on sale, with a starting price of $524,000-to-$611,000 (automaker Daimler-Benz announces only 100 will be built, each to owner specifications)

TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
2004 [16] Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion-deal that forms InBev, the ‘World’s Largest Brewer’

2005 [15] Steve Fossett flies the ‘Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer’ aircraft to a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around-the-world (40,000 miles/67 hours, 2 minutes)

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ The term “Blue Chip” comes from the color of the poker chip with the highest value, blue.
✓ To make one kilogram (2.2 lbs) of honey, bees have to visit 4 million flowers, traveling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth.
✓ Air becomes liquid at about minus 190 degrees Celsius.
✓ The harmonica is the world’s best-selling music instrument.
✓ A piano covers the full spectrum of all orchestra instruments, from below the lowest note of the double bassoon to above the top note of the piccolo.
✓ Leonardo da Vinci could write with the one hand and draw with the other simultaneously.
-DudYouKnow

Best of BS . . .
BS WHEN TO SAY “I LOVE YOU”:
• After you’ve wrecked your moms car.
• Right before your husband sees the credit card bill.
• After 5 drinks, and right before saying, “Man”.
• When you are in front of the mirror.
• Just before hanging up the phone…at work.
• When she says her dad sells bacon for a living.
• Not when the jury says “Guilty”, if you’re the defendant.
• If you’re in a boy band, every song.
• When someone shows up with cake.
• Within five minutes of meeting someone on a first date, obviously. Why, yes, I am single at the moment, why do you ask?
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2018

BS WHYZITS:
• Whyzit there isn’t a special name for the tops of your feet?
• Whyzit so many animals are named after cars?
• Whyzit fluffy kitties are so often used in toilet paper ads? Are they saying if you run out, you can always use a cat?
• Whyzit the ‘middle of the night’ comes after the ‘end of the night’?
• Whyzit you can wear a bikini in public but not underwear?
-First published in BS in 2011

BS WEB GOODIE:
Ever wonder which is the proper wine to serve with Girl Guide/Girl Scout Cookies? Somebody actually took the time to figure that out …
NET: http://tinyurl.com/z2486b4

BS PHONE STARTER:
Dog or cat? Why?

BS RANDOM JOKE:
A cop pulled me over and said “Papers”, so I said “Scissors, I win!” and drove off.

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  11% of men say they have tried to win a woman’s heart by doing THIS. What is it?
Answer:  Bake a cake

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise.