Tuesday, May 18, 2021 — Edition: #6989

Bully For You!

 

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BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
***UPDATE***★ Ariana Grande has said “I do”.  The 27-year-old married her fiancé, 25-year-old real estate broker Dalton Gomez, over the weekend with the private pair exchanging vows at her home in Montecito, Calif. Her rep confirmed the news, saying: “They got married. It was tiny and intimate — less than 20 people. The room was so happy and full of love. The couple and both families couldn’t be happier.” Grande first showed off her engagement ring in December, writing, “forever n then some.”
-Yahoo, People
★ Could we BE anymore excited? Booking.com is inviting two best friends to sleep over at Monica and Rachel’s New York City ‘apartment’ as part of “The Friends Experience”. In honor of the 25th anniversary of the iconic 90s sitcom, they are offering the chance to have a sleepover with your best friend and live among the nostalgic set for one night. The immersive two-story apartment is complete with interactive experiences, including set recreations, original props, costumes, limited-edition merchandise and more. A private photographer will be on-hand to capture your stay with professional imagery so you can remember reliving all of the iconic moments. The best part? Each stay is just $19.94 per night, in honor of the year the show premiered. Booking opens on Friday at the Booking.com website. The Friends reunion airs May 27 on HBO Max.
-Forbes
★ Seth Rogen had a chance to land the role of Eminem’s sidekick in the 2002 film “8 Mile”. In fact, to this day, Rogen considers the experience “the weirdest audition” he ever did. He writes in his new book “Yearbook” that he was told that the film’s casting director was so uncomfortable with the “rappery” quality of the dialogue that actors auditioning for the role would have to bring a buddy to run lines with instead. He got his friend, former “Freaks & Geeks” co-star Jason Segel to be his scene partner. According to Rogen, they both started laughing hysterically, so they “literally couldn’t make it through the auditions”. Eventually, he says, “We just excused ourselves and saw ourselves out, tears streaming down our faces.” The role of ‘Cheddar Bob’ would eventually go to Evan Jones.
-Yahoo
★ Martha Stewart is setting the (admittedly odd) record straight: she does NOT have 16 peacocks. She has 21. And, apparently, they’re all living their best life. After the New York Post reported that Stewart has 16 peacocks on her New York farm, Stewart tweeted: “The nypost again ‘fake news’. They have a story on peacocks today and say I have sixteen on my farm I actually have 21 of these glorious birds whose house is impeccable. They do not smell. They are so clean! Their voices are loud but such fun to hear. They are so friendly.”
-TheWrap
★ A giant statue of Marilyn Monroe in her iconic dress-fluttering pose is making a comeback in the California desert, but some people aren’t very happy about it. The 26-foot-tall stainless-steel effigy — titled “Forever Marilyn” — has returned to the city of Palm Springs after a 7-year hiatus, and has been placed in front of the entrance to the Palm Springs Art Museum, following a recent city council vote. But there’s concern about where Marilyn’s backside is facing — directly at the front doors of the museum. A local official says he is worried about the thousands of students who’ll have to bear witness to Marilyn’s derriere annually.
-TMZ

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade, Royal Blood
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Chris Rock, WILLOW
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Morgan Freeman, Tig Notaro
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Nick Jonas, Sam Jay, Deb Haaland, Brian Frasier-Moore
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Regina Hall, Moby
• “Conan” (TBS): Deon Cole
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Luann de Lesseps, Brianne Howey
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Michael Che
• “The Talk” (CBS): Tim Allen, Nancy Travis, guest co-hosts Jerry O’Connell & David Begnaud
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Derek Hough
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Wanda Sykes, Nan Hauser
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Laura Bush, Jimmie Johnson
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Jason Momoa, Dan Levy, Natasha Leggero
• “Pooch Perfect” (ABC): Season 1 finale
• “black-ish” (ABC): Season 7 finale
• mixed-ish” (ABC): Season 2 finale
• “The Resident” (FOX): Season 4 finale
• “Prodigal Son” (FOX): Season 2 finale
• “NHL Hockey” (Check local listings): Playoff round 1 continues. NY Islanders @ Pittsburgh, Tampa @ Florida, Minnesota @ Vegas

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Miley Cyrus – has signed a huge talent and development deal with NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. They will begin their collaboration with a 1-hour Pride concert special which will air on Peacock next month. A spokesperson for NBC said: “The creative possibilities for Miley across our portfolio are literally endless.”
• Jennifer Lopez — seemingly shared some exciting news with fans by posting a photo showing her singing in the studio. She captioned the pic: “Sexy summer fun coming” along with a music and a heart emoji. J-Lo has just wrapped filming on the upcoming romantic comedy “Shotgun Wedding”.
• Justin Bieber — flew to Chicago to support Chance the Rapper at the Friday premiere of his film “Magnificent Coloring World”.  The production, which was filmed in 2017, features concert highlights, while incorporating elements of dance, special effects and Chicago culture.
• Duran Duran– will perform with Blur’s Graham Coxon at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards on May 23. They’ll be joined by the Britpop legend when they debut a song from their upcoming album.
• The Offspring — PETA has called them out for featuring a pair of chimpanzees in their ‘We Never Have Sex Anymore’ video. It shows the chimps dressed up in various outfits and acting out roles on sets that include a strip club. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the vid pulled because they claim “it risks…propping up the exotic ‘pet’ trade, and reversing years of animal advocacy work.”
• ACMs — The Academy of Country Music Awards will return to Las Vegas for the 2022 ceremony. The 57th ACM Awards will take place on Sunday, April 24, 2022. The ACM Awards have historically taken place in Las Vegas, but were disrupted by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, taking place in Nashville.
• Jason Aldean – During his live set at the Bonaroo Farm in Manchester TN on Sat., he announced his 2021 “Back in the Saddle Tour”. It launches in Virginia Beach VA on Aug. 5, and runs through Oct. 30 in Tampa FL. Joining Aldean and his band on the tour will be Hardy and Lainey Wilson.
• Alan Jackson – says the song ‘Back’, featured on his new “Where Have You Gone” album was inspired by…Justin Timberlake’s ‘SexyBack’. His kids were talking about the song, and although he hadn’t heard it, he joked that he was going to write a song about “how I’m going to bring country back”. So, he did.

SHOOTING THE BULL

CHILLED VEGGIES:
A salad a day may keep anxiety away. That’s the takeaway from a new study that found what may be the secret to a healthier and happier life. Researchers from Edith Cowan University found that eating more fruits and vegetables can help reduce the stress in our lives. In the study of 8,600 Australians, people who eat least 470 grams of fruit and vegetables per day have stress levels 10% lower than those eating less than 230 grams daily. The World Health Organizations recommends at least 400 grams of produce daily.
It’s still unclear how exactly fruits and vegetables benefits stress levels, but the scientists believe it must be linked to the consumption of key nutrients, which can reduce inflammation and oxidative stress and therefore improve mental wellbeing. The researchers say: “Inflammation and oxidative stress in the body are recognized factors that can lead to increased stress, anxiety and lower mood.”
(And THAT, boys and girls, is why I put TOMATO ketchup on everything!)
(Fruits and veggies are great for your stress levels unless you’re the one at the store who sees how much they cost!)
(It had to be fruits and veggies, didn’t it? It couldn’t have been chicken wings?)
-StudyFinds

POOL YOUR MONEY:
It’s great to see come people working on the REAL problems. Like the fact that it’s very difficult to play pool while on a yacht. Well, Bugatti, a company known for its exclusive sport cars, has unveiled their new luxury pool table that was designed to negate the rocking of a boat and remain level. The $300,000 table relies on highly advanced gyroscopic technology to remain perfectly level in virtually any conditions, including on yachts. Bugatti says “each leg can move to compensate for the movement of a ship and remain perfectly level. The system can adjust in just 5 milliseconds, and that movement is completed in total silence with vibration-free adjustment.” The table has an all carbon-fiber finish, while the frame is built out of machined aluminum and titanium. Oh, and it comes with carbon fiber pool cues. And a “making-of” video.
(So now you can have a boat with a pool AND a pool table?)
(They can make a pool table that stays level in a monsoon, but they can’t make a car that doesn’t dribble coffee all over the cup holder?)
(Plus, if you hit an iceberg, there’s room on it for both Kate Winslet AND Leo DiCaprio on it!)
-OddityCentral

WIND BENEATH MY WAIST:
As the pandemic continues to place huge pressure on health services, a shortage of ventilation devices has left many patients in danger of respiratory failure. But science is on it. And researchers say they may have come up with an alternative: Breathing through our butts. Seriously. Scientists at Tokyo Medical and Dental University and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center say they have developed a procedure that allows lab animals to “breathe” out of their rectum. Using an enema of oxygen-carrying liquid, they say they have proved that oxygen-deprived animals — and maybe people — can be saved via their bottoms. Dr. Takanori Takebe says that ventilators are not always available and can break, so his team started to look for different strategies to help patients with severe lung failure. So, Takebe and his team started to look into whether the intestines could absorb oxygen, and began squirting an oxygen-packed liquid into the rectums of mice and pigs who’d been deprived of oxygen. According to the doctor: “The mice started walking around again; the pale skin of the anesthetized pigs turned a healthy pink.” While some refinement of the procedure is required before it could benefit humans, Takebe believes it could someday be used to save the lives of patients with severe respiratory failure.
(At this point, the main problem is finding volunteers!)
(Why not? We already exhale there!)
-NYPost, IFLScience

ENGLISH WORDS USED IN OTHER LANGUAGES:
(according to a BuzzFeed thread…)
➢ In France we say le living room, le shampooing, and le weekend. — ruudvandrijver
➢ I went to school with a guy from Iran. He always called his cellphone his ‘mobile’ because the Farsi word is pretty similar. I didn’t have the heart to tell him no one under 50 calls it a mobile phone. – cms479
➢ When I was studying Catalan (a language used in Spain), blue jeans were called ‘els texans.'” — robertcrabsc
➢ Italians call cream cheese ‘Philadelphia.’ — katied47fd64e0d
➢ In Russia, we say ‘cheeseburger’ with a Russian accent instead of actually translating it to Russian. — gcfsdaisy
➢ In South Africa, conversational Zulu uses a lot of English words. Some words are Zulufied — science is isayensi — and others are just i-english word, like ihamburger.” — katiehayley
➢ Recently, one of my colleagues asked a Punjabi-speaking coworker how they say ‘Happy Birthday.’ She replied, ‘Happy Birthday.'” — wasteoftime149
-Buzzfeed

DID YOU KNOW:
Air conditioning wasn’t invented for human comfort whatsoever. It was designed as a solution to decrease humidity at a printing company that was having issues with too much moisture impacting the paper and ink.
-F’dUpFacts

BS CHRONOMETER 05.18.21

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1946 [75] Reggie Jackson (“Mr. October”), Wyncote PA, former pro baseball player (563 career home runs/1973 American League MVP/5 World Series Championships/14-time All-Star)

1952 [69] George Strait, Poteet TX, country singer-songwriter (‘All My Ex’s Live in Texas’, ‘River of Love’)/most #1 hits of any country artist (60)

1970 [51] Tina Fey, Upper Darby PA, TV actress-writer-producer (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” 2015-19, “30 Rock” 2006-13, “SNL” 1997-2006)/movie actress (“Baby Mama”)/author (“Bossypants”)

1972 [49] Teresa Giudice (JOO-deitch-ay), Paterson NJ, reality TV star (“The Real Housewives of New Jersey” 2009-2020)

1979 [42] David Nail, Kennett MO, country singer (‘Whatever She’s Got’, ‘Let It Rain’)

1981 [40] Allen Leech, Killiney Ireland, TV actor (‘Tom Branson’ on “Downton Abbey” 2010-15)

1987 [34] Luisana Lopilato, Buenos Aires Argentina, soap opera actress-model-singer (married to singer Michael Bublé)

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “No Dirty Dishes Day”, if nothing else, it’s a convenient excuse to order delivery…three times.

• “HIV Vaccine Awareness Day”, promoting the continued urgent need for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS.

• “Visit Your Relatives Day”, a day to renew relationships with seldom-seen relatives. Uh, maybe there’s a reason they are seldom seen? (We’re visiting via Zoom again this year…)

• “Dinosaur Day”, a Paleontologists favorite day! Dinosaurs first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 231 million years ago, although the exact origin and timing is still the subject of research. The name ‘dinosaur’ is Greek, meaning “terrible lizard”. (BS FACTOID: While many people think dinosaurs were massive, they were usually human sized or smaller. Scientists believe that the larger bones were just easier fossilized, and therefore more likely to survive to present-day)

• “International Museum Day”, established in 1977 by the International Council of Museums to draw attention to the world’s museums, no matter how large, small, or strange. Here are a few truly odd ones …
– Air Sickness Bag Virtual Museum NET: http://www.airsicknessbags.com
– Amsterdam Tattoo Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
– Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum (San Antonio TX)
– Bata Shoe Museum (Toronto ON)
– Burnt Food Museum (Arlington MA) NET: http://burntfoodmuseum.com
– Canadian Canoe Museum (Peterborough ON)
– Burlesque Hall of Fame Museum Las Vegas NV)
– Leila’s Hair Museum (Independence MO)
– International UFO Museum & Research Center (Roswell NM)
– LeRoy House & Jell-O Gallery (LeRoy NY)
– Museum of Bad Art (Boston MA)
– The Museum of Dirt (Boston MA)
– The Museum of Soap and History of Dirt (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
– National Museum of Funeral History (Houston TX)
– Riceworld (Los Banos, Philippines)
– Squished Penny Museum (Washington DC, online only since 2007)
– Insectarium de Montréal (Montréal QC)
– Ukrainian Museum of Canada (Saskatoon SK)
– Vodka Museum (Moscow, Russia) with over 50,000 bottles on display. Visitors are offered 10 different types to taste.

AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] National Devil’s Food Cake Day
[Wed] Boys and Girls Club Day
[Thurs] Pick Strawberries Day
[Thurs] World Bee Day

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2001 [20] The animated hit “Shrek” is released and goes on to rack up $484 million at the box office (Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz later reprise their roles in 3 sequels)

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1985 [36] Simple Minds hit #1 with ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’, from the movie “The Breakfast Club”. The song was first offered to Billy Idol, who turned it down

2011 [10] John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for the 1967 Beatles song ‘Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds’ sell for $237,132 in Beverly Hills CA

2017 [04] After performing with Soundgarden in Detroit, frontman Chris Cornell is found dead from an apparent suicide at the age of 52

TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
2004 [17] Arizona Diamondbacks’ 40-year-old lefty Randy Johnson becomes ‘Oldest Major League Baseball Pitcher to Throw a Perfect Game’, beating the Atlanta Braves 2-0

2012 [09] Facebook raises $16 billion in the largest tech IPO in stock market history

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Nearly 50% of bank robberies take place on a Friday.
✓ The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
✓ Growing a beard has health benefits such as preventing allergies, asthma attacks and rashes, and protecting your skin from the sun.
✓ A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.
✓ Rats can live longer without water than camels can.
✓ The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
-BathroomReadersInstitute, RandomFactGenerator

BS MAKING MOVIES MODERN:
• Peter Pandemic
• Almost Instagram Famous
• The Hills have CCTV
• Me, My Selfie, and Irene
• Planet of the Vapes
• The Big Netflix and Chill
• To Siri, With Love
• Bedknobs and Roombas
• Breakfast Smoothie at Tiffany’s
• Look Who’s TikToking
• Working from Home…Alone
-Twitter

TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ Rumors resurfaced recently that Kanye West is gay. (Not true . . .everyone knows the only dude Kanye West loves is himself!)
➠ Supposedly backed by science, there’s a claim that marathons DON’T help you lose weight. (But don’t let that stop you from running in one. Let the fact you haven’t worn shoes in a year and can’t roll out of your futon divot . . . do that for you!)
➠ A report once found that we sleep better after having sex. (In related news, I haven’t slept a wink all week!)
➠ Pun of the Day: Picasso burned most of his early work to keep his apartment warm because he was poor. (You’d think he would have kept the paintings and just “put on another coat.”)
➠ Fact of the Day: The television was invented before sliced bread. (They invented the bread slice because they kneaded the dough. […yup, I’m already at the back door. Hands off!])

BS WEB GOODIE:
1,2,3,4…Go!  https://t.co/XmAPHr0Ti3

BS PHONE STARTER:
If you could book any musical act (past or present) to play your next backyard BBQ, who would it be?

BS RANDOM JOKE:
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  17% of new drivers say THIS causes the most anxiety behind the wheel. What is it?
Answer:  Going through the drive-thru

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Anytime you hear the phrase, “The end justifies the means,” you can be sure that something mean is about to be justified.