Thursday, March 14, 2024 – Edition: #7677
Sheet Happens!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Kim Kardashian was spotted hanging out with Kanye West’s current wife Bianca Censori at the rapper’s “Vultures 2” listening party in San Francisco on Tuesday night. Kardashian, who was married to West from 2014-21, was spotted talking with the rapper’s wife during the star-studded event at the Chase Center. Video footage shows her standing with her children and Censori behind a police barrier, grooving and mouthing the words to a song as Kanye performs, and the 2 seemed comfortable in each other’s presence. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/r59h6466
-PageSix, TMZ
★ Zach Galifianakis has been cast in Season 4 of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building”. “The Hangover” star’s casting was confirmed by Eva Longoria, who told “Entertainment Tonight” that Season 4 has “started shooting.” She went on to drop some of the castmembers names, stating: “I had to pinch myself, we were just on set and it’s Steve Martin, Martin Short, Meryl Streep, Molly Shannon, Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, me — Selena Gomez… and I’m like, ‘Where am I?'” Although details of Galifianakis’ character, are being kept under wraps, Hulu said he will play a role “that becomes integral to the twist and turns of this season’s investigation.”
-PopCulture
★ Neve Campbell will return as ‘Sydney Prescott’ in the next “Scream” movie. In an Instagram post, she said she’s been asked back and is happy to return for the next film in the series. For now, it is known only as “Untitled Scream 7” and will be directed by original writer Kevin Williamson. Campbell, an original Scream star, did not appear in the 6th movie of the franchise that hit theaters last year, due to a pay dispute. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3fu3wv57
-Deadline
★ “The Batman 2” has been delayed a year and will now be released on Oct. 2, 2026, Warner Bros. Discovery has announced. Robert Pattinson will return to star in the sequel, which was originally set to hit theaters in October 2025, but was delayed due to the 2023 Hollywood strikes. The Batman 2 will open in the early October slot that has worked well for Warner in the past, contributing to the strong debuts of films such as “A Star Is Born” in 2018 and “Joker” in 2019. “Joker: Folie à Deux,” starring Joquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, will open on this same weekend in 2024.
-TheWrap
★ Al Pacino is opening up about his life like never before in his upcoming memoir “Sonny Boy,” set for release on Oct. 8. The legendary 83-year-old actor, known for his roles in iconic films such as “The Godfather” trilogy and “Scarface”, goes into detail about his childhood in the Bronx, his time at New York’s High School of Performing Arts, his formative years in the theater scene, and his big Hollywood break. “Sonny Boy” is available for pre-order now.
-Variety
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC/Global): Oprah Winfrey, Chromeo
• “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Kacey Musgraves, Deion Sanders
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Paul Simon
• “After Midnight” (CBS/Global): Reggie Conquest, Jordan Temple, Paul F. Tompkins
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Paul Rudd, Paula Pell, Aric Improta
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Carl Radke, Trishelle Cannatella
• “The Daily Show” (COM): Renée Elise Goldsberry, hosts Desi Lydic & Michael Kosta
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Ice-T
• “The Talk” (CBS): Rita Moreno
• “Live With Kelly and Mark” (ABC/CTV): Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Mikey Day
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Alison Brie, Rick Springfield and Richard Marx
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Lindsay Lohan, Dakota Lohan, Nicole Byer
• “Jennifer Hudson Show” (Check local listings): Minnie Driver, Boris Kodjoe
• “Young Sheldon” (CBS): Sheldon helps his roommate try to beat the stock market. Followed by new episodes of “Ghosts” and “So Help Me Todd”.
• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC): Season 20 premiere. Meredith rethinks her plans; the interns are on thin ice following a patient’s death; Richard confides in Bailey; Teddy’s fate is revealed.
• “Law & Order” (NBC): When a successful Wall Street investor is murdered in his home, Shaw and Riley dig into his professional and personal lives to identify his killer. Followed by new episodes of “SVO” and “Organized Crime”.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Taylor Swift – On “Good Morning America” this week, fans are being treated to previews of the 4 acoustic songs featured on the Disney+ version of her “Eras Tour”. “Taylor Swift The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)” will arrive on the streamer tomorrow. Good Morning America has been sharing previews of the song as part of “Taylor Week”.
• Cardi B – has revealed the title and cover art for her new single, out tomorrow. She posted a spicy nude pose for the song ‘Enough (Miami)’, which she previewed last week, without giving the title. Cardi also joined Madonna on stage in LA to stand in as a celeb guest judge for the “Vogue” ballroom competition, a regular sequence in Madonna shows. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/bdbsuvzd
• Weezer – will commemorate the 30th anniversary of their self-titled debut album, AKA “The Blue Album”, by playing it in full on their upcoming “Voyage to the Blue Planet” tour. The North American tour begins Sept. 4, with opening acts The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.
• John Fogerty – has announced that he’ll be touring with George Thorogood this summer. Fogerty wrote: “For years we’ve talked about doing a full tour together. This summer we decided time is short, we better do this now!” Their gigs together start June 2 in Simpsonville SC, and run through Sept. 11 in Salt Lake City. LINK: https://fb.watch/qMnokBHPp-/
• Sting — has announced the “Sting 3.0” tour. He’ll hit the road in North America this fall as the head of a new 3-piece lineup, starting Sept. 17 in Detroit. The former Police frontman will be joined by guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas. Tickets go on sale tomorrow. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/ms2988ke
• Morgan Wallen – “One Thing at a Time” has set a new record as the longest-running country album at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, spending 19 non-consecutive weeks at the top. The record also tops the Country Albums chart for a 43rd non-consecutive week. That ties Randy Travis’ “Always & Forever” for the 4th longest at #1. Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” is the longest, with 97 weeks at #1.
• Zac Brown Band — will release the new single ‘Tie Up’ tomorrow. The ‘summer anthem’ type of song is their first new tune since ‘Out in the Middle’ in 2022.
• Brooks & Dunn – will announce the 2024 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees on Monday. The announcement will livestream at 10am CT on the CMT YouTube channel. Last year’s inductees included Tanya Tucker and Patty Loveless.
SHOOTING THE BULL
YOUNG AND LISTLESS:
❑ More than half of young workers admit they use minor illnesses to avoid “adulting”. A survey of 1,000 millennial and 1,000 Gen Z office employees revealed that 54% refuse to do things like laundry (59%), buying groceries (59%), and cleaning their room or apartment (58%), chores which often end up being done by their unfortunate parents, partners, or roommates. (So – just about half of young adults get the sniffles, then they lay around on the couch all day, avoiding any kind of household chores. I feel the need to point out that about half of young adults are male, too. So that sounds about right!)
❑ More than a third of teens say they know that they should cut back on the amount of time they spend on their phones, according to a new survey. This info comes from the Pew Research Center in the US, as concerns about the potential harm from social media to young users’ mental health and well-being continue to escalate among parents, schools and lawmakers. All but 5% of US teens have access to a smartphone. The good news is that the study also found that about 40% of teens say they have cut back on their time on social media. (It was also found that about 40% of teens will tell researchers whatever they want to hear, just to get them to bug off!)
-StudyFinds, CNN
WOOLY MAMMOTH: THE SEQUEL:
The team involved in a plan to genetically engineer a version of the woolly mammoth says the project is moving right along. The long-term goal is to create a living, walking elephant-mammoth hybrid that would be pretty much the same as its extinct forerunner, which lived about 4,000 years ago. Scientists say that if the newly-created tusked species was released into its natural habitat in sufficient numbers, it could help restore the fragile Arctic tundra ecosystem. Resurrecting the beast has been a pet project of Harvard University geneticist George Church for more than a decade. After analyzing the genomes of woolly mammoths from fossils, his team plans to use elephant stem cells which have been edited to have mammoth-like genetic traits. The elephant’s cells could be used to make eggs and sperm and an embryo that could be grown in an artificial womb. And considering that womb hasn’t been developed yet, there are still years of work ahead. There are also plans to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger and the dodo…but those ones haven’t got off the tundra ground yet…
(…at the very least, they’ll have the plot for another Jurassic Park movie!)
(I can’t wait to see how some rich restaurant owner manages to turn all this into a new kind of steak!)
-CNN
AIRBN BIG BROTHER:
Airbnb has announced that it is banning security cameras inside guest homes, as a way of providing more privacy to customers. Up until now, the home rental platform allowed hosts to install indoor security cameras in common areas such as hallways and living rooms – as long as they were clearly visible and mentioned online in the property’s official listing. But some guests claimed on social media that they found seemingly hidden cameras in areas where privacy is expected. In a blog post, the company said: “Airbnb is banning the use of indoor security cameras in listings globally as part of efforts to simplify our policy on security cameras…and to continue to prioritize the privacy of our community.” The new policy goes into effect on April 30.
(If they really want to make their guests happy, they should ban owners from leaving a list of chores you have to do in the morning…!)
(That’s fine and all, but I’m still waiting for them to enforce the second “B” in their name [Breakfast]!)
-AFP
FUNNIEST TWEETS OF THE WEEK FROM WOMEN:
⇒ Bring back old names, let me meet a toddler named Earl & his best friend Larry – Goldimocks
⇒ Fridge ice dispenser- (For) when you want some ice in your cup but also some on the floor — Heatherhere
⇒ Why do my fully charged AirPods deplete at different rates? Do I listen harder out of one ear? — Cat
⇒ I hate when doctors knock before they come in. Like what do you want me to say ‘who is it?’ – Mommeh Dearest
⇒ Having a dramatic falling out with somebody is so embarrassing .. people will be like “what happened” and now you have to sound like a 7-year-old – michaela okland
⇒ Me as a kid: I can handle anything that comes my way! Me as an adult: I hurt myself sneezing and they rearranged my grocery store. I don’t think I can go on. – Abby Heugel
⇒ Yeah I’m interested in Dune 2… Dune 2 others as I would have others do unto me – caitie delaney
⇒ I don’t want to rise and grind, I want to stay cozy and just mosey – stoned cold fox
⇒ If you’re worried about people remembering every embarrassing thing you did, think about it. Can you remember other people’s embarrassing moments? No. That’s because you’re the only one who’s ever done something embarrassing. What the (BLEEP) is wrong with you. LMAO – Yael
-HuffPost
DID YOU KNOW?
Do you really need to take 10,000 steps a day for good health? Although studies have shown that you really only need to take half that many, a new report finds 10,000 is still a good goal for those who sit for much of the day, like office workers. University of Sydney researchers found that taking 9,000-10,000 steps per day correlated with 21% decrease in the risk of cardiovascular diseases – and a 39% reduction in death risk, no matter how much time was spent being sedentary. The scientists say their study highlights the fact that all movement matters, and that people should “try to offset the health consequences of… sedentary time by upping their daily step count.” (Fine. Instead of the drive-thru, I’m gonna walk right into the burger joint for takeout!)
-StudyFinds
BS CHRONOMETER 03.14.24
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Ask a Question Day”, an annual observance with the goal of improving our knowledge and lives by asking more and better questions. Such as …
– Do you need an appointment to see a psychic, or are they expecting you?
– If an ambulance is on its way to save someone and it runs over someone else, does it stop to help?
– What do you say when someone says you’re in denial, but you’re not?
– Why is it called “beauty sleep” when you wake up looking like a troll?
• “Potato Chip Day”, honoring North America’s favorite snack food. It was invented by chef George Crum (yup, ‘Crum’!) on this day in 1853 at a resort in Saratoga Springs NY after an uppity diner complained the potato slices were too thick. (What’s the best-flavored potato chip? Worst?) [***See ‘BS Phone Starter’, below***]
• “Popcorn Lover’s Day”, observed on the 2nd Thursday of March as a salute to one of our favorite snack foods. Popcorn is actually good for you when eaten plain; but not quite so healthy when loaded with salt and butter (or whatever that goo is they use in movie theaters).
• “Crowdfunding Day”. Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project from small amounts of money contributed by a large number of people. Although the term “crowdfunding” wasn’t coined until the early 2000s, fans actually pitched in to financially support a tour by Mozart in 1783.
• “Save a Spider Day”, a day to appreciate arachnids and the webs they weave.
• “World Pi Day”, as in March 14, or 3/14 or 3.14 … get it? It honors the magic number for circles that expresses the ratio between radius and circumference. (5 years ago today, on ‘Pi Day’, Google announced employee Emma Haruka Iwao had broken the world record for calculating pi, to 31.4 trillion digits, using Google Cloud).
• “Genius Day”, celebrated on the anniversary of the 1879 birth of Albert Einstein. It was him who said, “The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.”
• “Legal Assistance Day, aiming to help us understand the importance of what lawyers do for their communities, by giving people a way to handle and resolve their legal needs. (And they’re also a rich source of joke material!)
• “World Kidney Day”, an annual health awareness campaign on the 2nd Thursday of March, focused on reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems. LINK: http://www.worldkidneyday.org
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Fri] Dumbstruck Day
[Fri] Everything You Think is Wrong Day
[Sat] Lips Appreciation Day
[Sun] St. Patrick’s Day
This Week Is…Older Workers Employment Week
This Month Is…Save Your Vision Month
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1933 [91] (Sir) Michael Caine (Maurice Micklewhite), London England, retired movie actor (‘Nigel Powers’ in “Austin Powers in Goldmember”, “Kingsman: The Secret Service”, “The Dark Knight” trilogy)
1933 [91] Quincy Jones, Chicago IL, music producer (Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and “Bad”)/Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2013)/father of Rashida Jones
1948 [76] Billy Crystal, Long Beach NY, movie actor (“When Harry Met Sally,”, “City Slickers”)/TV actor (“SNL”, “Soap”)9-time Oscars host/stand-up comedian. COMING UP… “Before” TV series
1951 [73] Rigdon “Rick” Dees, Jacksonville, FL, radio disc jockey (“The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown”)/voice artist/actor/recording artist (‘Disco Duck’)
1958 [66] Prince Albert II of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre de Matignon-Grimaldi), Monte Carlo Monaco, Monaco’s 32nd ruler
1970 [54] Kristian Bush, Knoxville TN, country singer-guitarist-mandolin player (Sugarland-‘Stuck Like Glue’, ‘It Happens’)
1986 [38] Jamie Bell, Billingham England, TV actor (“Turn: Washington’s Spies” 2014-2017)/movie actor (“Fantastic Four”, “Billy Elliot”)
1988 [36] (Wardell) Stephen “Steph” Curry, Akron OH, NBA player (Golden State Warriors – 2-time MVP, 4-time champion, 9-time all-star, 2-time scoring champ, 2015 AP Athlete of the year)
1986 [38] Este Haim, LA CA, rock bassist-guitarist (Haim-‘If I Could Change Your Mind’, ‘The Wire’)
1994 [30] Ansel Elgort, NYC, movie actor (“Baby Driver”, “The Fault in Our Stars”)/TV actor (“Tokyo Vice” since 2022)
ON THIS DAY . . .
2018 [06] Physicist Stephen Hawking (“A Brief History of Time”) dies at 76
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2011 [13] Neil Diamond is finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Dr John, Darlene Love, and Leon Russell
2021 [03] At the Grammys, Beyoncé wins 4 trophies, making her the most-awarded woman in Grammy history with 28, one more than Alison Krauss (Bey now has 32)
TODAY IN SPORTS . . .
1997 [27] 68-year-old Gordie Howe signs an AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2017 [07] The world’s oldest golf club, Scotland’s “Muirfield” votes to admit women as members for the first time in its 273-year history
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2020 [04] The longest-ever passenger flight by distance, by Air Tahiti Nui, from French Polynesia to mainland France (9,765miles, 15,715 km), departs, due to COVID-19. And it was a domestic flight!
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ The world’s most successful pirate was a woman (19th-century Chinese pirate Ching Shih).
✓ A study showed that the brains of people who exercise moderately look 10 years younger than those who don’t.
✓ Women have more taste buds than men.
✓ Humans have the same number of hair follicles as chimpanzees.
✓ The original version of “The Beauty and the Beast”, written in 1740, was aimed to make women open to arranged marriages.
✓ Some pandas fake a pregnancy to get better healthcare in zoos.
-Facts, FactRetriever
Best of BS . . .
BS VARIATIONS OF ‘MANSPLAINING’:
• Firemansplaining – When a firefighter advises “You better get out of here!” as your house is in flames.
• Rain Mansplaining – When you’re at a diner with Dustin Hoffman and he knocks over a box of toothpicks and says there are exactly 246 on the floor.
• Aquamansplaining – When you’re a fish and ‘Aquaman’ summons you to fight an underwater pirate who is trying to destroy the kingdom of ‘Atlantis’.
• Doormansplaining – When you’re going to your girlfriend’s apartment and the doorman says, “You can go right ahead. The apartment is 17H.” Like you’ve never been there.
• Weathermansplaining – When you turn on the TV and a forecaster predicts it’s going to rain and suggests you might consider taking an umbrella to work. Thanks for the info, Captain Obvious.
-First published in BS in 2017
TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ Kim Kardashian is being sued by a former staff-member for unpaid wages. (So, it turns out someone in the house DID have a job!)
➠ James Cameron is teaming up with Paul Rudd to do a documentary on the Octopus. (Now comes the hard part: Building a submarine small enough to fit into the trench . . . and big enough to fit Cameron’s ego!)
➠ Canada’s population grew by more than 430,000 during the third quarter of 2023, the fastest pace of population growth since 1957. (In other big news out of Canada . . . Nope. That’s it…)
➠ March Madness kicks off this Sunday, as teams vie for a chance at becoming National Basketball Champs. (Not sure about you, but I haven’t had time to fill out a bracket, because I’m just too busy finishing the Arizona State team’s homework!)
➠ St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. (It is considered the 4th biggest drinking day of the year, just behind New Years Eve, the 4th of July, and Election Night…)
BS WEB GOODIE:
Grounds for divorce: https://tinyurl.com/ku3wsx6u
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Lead me not into temptation. I can find the way myself.
BS PHONE STARTER:
What weird potato chip flavor that doesn’t exist do you think should be made?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
If you do THIS, others automatically assume you are 5 years older than you actually are. What is it?
Answer: Speak with a large vocabulary
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
