Friday, November 26, 2018        Edition: #6344

Bullseye!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Tim Allen says that Keanu Reeves will be one of the voice cast members of the upcoming “Toy Story 4” film. Last week, the teaser trailer debuted and Tim Allen spoke about the movie during an appearance on “The Tonight Show”. Allen says that some of the toys that producers came up with for the movie “Will really surprise you” and that of course some older characters will return.  He added that Reeves has a “great part”, but he wouldn’t give up any more details than that.
-CelebrityInsider
★ Alec Baldwin says he was targeted by the suspect who sent pipe bombs in the mail to at least 13 critics of US President Trump.  In an interview, Baldwin said: “The FBI came to my home and told me that my wife and I were some of the people that this guy searched on his computer.  He had researched several people he viewed as opponents of Trump. They sat me down at my home and it was very disconcerting because I have young kids.”  Cesar Sayoc of Florida pleaded not guilty this month over the distribution of parcels allegedly containing explosives, including those sent to former president Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. None detonated.
-TheStar
★ David and Victoria Beckham’s Oxfordshire, England home has been targeted by burglars for the second time in a month. in October, three balaclava-wearing intruders were caught on CCTV outside the lavish property. And it has now been revealed that on November 14, security guards and attack dogs were forced to chase another set of intruders away from the property. Neither of the pair or their four children were home at the time.
-ContactMusic
★ A member of Hollywood royalty has a secret role in the upcoming “Aquaman” movie.  None other than Oscar-winner Julie Andrews has a previously unannounced role in the superhero adventure. “The Sound of Music” actress voices the mythic ‘Karathen’, an undersea creature that holds the key to Jason Momoa’s character Arthur Curry’s quest to unite the Atlantean and surface worlds. The ironic thing is that Aquaman is going head-to-head at the box office next month against Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns”, the sequel to Andrews’ 1964 classic, which also has a live-action plus animation underwater sequence.
-MSN

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Michelle Obama, Lin-Manuel Miranda (R)
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Glenn Close, Phoebe Robinson, Blood Orange
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Stephen and Jon’s Cartoon Thanks-travaganza
• ” The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Rami Malek, Joel Edgerton, Mike Shinoda (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Sean Hayes; actress Tatiana Maslany
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sean Hayes
• “The Talk” (CBS): Taye Diggs, Lindsay Miller, guest co-host Vanessa Lachey
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Willem Dafoe
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Howie Mandel, Ashley Graham, Kym Douglas
• “The Great Christmas Light Fight” (ABC): The Season 6 premiere features the Richardson family in Madison, Miss., whose extensive collection of 300 inflatables come to life in Southern style; the Vaughan family with their whimsical wire frame forest, complete with flying birds.
• “The Voice” (NBC): Live Top 11 Performances
• “The Truth About Killer Robots” (HBO): The subject of robot-caused human deaths is explored, detailing the automation of jobs, the relationship between robots and humans, and the culpability of robots within a legal system designed with only humans.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Justin Bieber — marked his first Thanksgiving as a married man, posting on Instagram that “love isn’t always easy” but adding he was trying, like Jesus Christ, to be more patient and selfless.  He also wrote that Thursday’s U.S. Thanksgiving holiday was the first he had hosted.
• (***Caution – ‘damn’***) Lady Gaga – is still obsessed with the video game “Bayonetta”.  On Saturday, she tweeted: “Still playing #Bayonetta…and my hands hurt and I have to sleep and it’s 4 In the damn morning but this damn dragon with the face that I have to kill with my weave.”
• Michael Bublé – although his new album ‘Love’ topped the UK charts, he just doesn’t care.  He says chart positions mean nothing to him anymore after dealing with the trauma of his son Noah being diagnosed with cancer, from which he has recovered. Quote: ”I don’t read anything, don’t have social media any more and my poor manager cannot tell me what the chart positions are because he knows I will cut the call.”
• Mumford and Sons – Are set to tour behind their new album “Delta”, and singer Marcus Mumford says they will be featuring a different kind of live set-up: “We’re putting a stage right across the middle of the arena. It goes up into the stands, too, so there are people literally in front, below and beside us.”
• U2 – singer Bono says he felt ”emasculated” when he lost his voice mid-performance in Germany in September, and says that people around him were ”alarmed” because he’d had no problems before going on stage.  He believes the problem was some kind of allergic reaction, possibly to smoke, which “Turned off the voice.”
• Eric Clapton – recorded a version of ‘Jingle Bells’ in a “house music” style for his new Christmas album “Happy Xmas” in memory of Avicii.  He has said that the death of DJ and producer left him in fear for young musicians who receive no help with dealing with their lifestyle.
• Aretha Franklin – Her Detroit mansion has been sold — for $300,000.  The mansion has five bedrooms, six bathrooms, leaded glass windows and a three-car garage.
• Jake Owen – He and his girlfriend Erica Hartlein are expecting their first child together. He made the announcement during ABC’s “I’m Coming Home” holiday special on Thursday.
• Chris Stapleton – his CMA Awards Song of the Year winner ‘Broken Halos’ was inspired by a chapter title in Keith Richards’ biography “Life”.  The song’s co-writer Mike Henderson says he brought the title to Stapleton and the two finished the song in about an hour.

DIM IDEA:
Scientists think they may have come up with an unorthodox way to tackle climate change: spraying chemicals into the atmosphere which would “dim the sun”.  Research by scientists at Harvard and Yale universities proposes using a technique known as “stratospheric aerosol injection”, which they say could cut the rate of global warming in half.  It would involve spraying large amounts of sulfate particles into the Earth’s lower stratosphere at altitudes as high as 12 miles. The sulfates would be delivered by specially designed high-altitude aircraft, balloons or large naval-style guns.  They estimate the cost of launching the system in 15 years’ time at around $3.5 billion, with running costs of $2.25 billion a year over a 15-year period.  Although there is currently no existing aircraft suitable for the job, researchers say that developing one “would neither be technologically difficult nor prohibitively expensive.”
(And what kind of emissions would one of those babies emit?)
(Um…OR we could cut greenhouse gas emissions…)
(You do realize that if they are successful, no one will ever again be able to say, “Everybody complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it…”)
-CNN

GOOD POINT:
It’s never a good thing when Friday rolls around and you still haven’t tackled that big project that has been sitting on your plate since the start of the work week.  Nicholas Sonnenberg, co-founder of the task outsourcing platform “Leverage” says that you can boost your productivity and give yourself a bit of a break on Fridays by scheduling your week using the “Arrow” method.  What you do is this:  Front-load your week with work. And that’s it! With the Arrow method, you organize your week in the shape of an arrowhead, so you start off your week by doing the most work on Monday, then schedule your duties so they gradually taper down to the end of the week. By Friday, you’ll only have a few easy tasks left to do, rather than that big elephant of a job you’ve been putting off since Monday morning. And if you don’t get to everything early on? Easy — you’ve got time on Friday.  Sonnenberg says that not only does the Arrow method boost your weekly productivity, but it also gives your schedule some flexibility toward the end of the week, and gives you the psychological satisfaction and peace of mind of crossing items off your to-do list as you go.
(One problem:  meetings.)
(But do you really want the boss to see you with nothing to do on Fridays?)
(I’ve been using the “Boomerang” system, where everything I’ve done all week comes back to knock me on my butt on Fridays…)
-Curiosity

RUNNING DOWN A DREAM:
A 64-year-old man has set a record for running the length of his country – New Zealand.  18 days after Perry Newburn began his journey at Cape Reinga, he arrived at Stirling Pt, Bluff, breaking a long- standing record with just a few minutes to spare.  It was no easy feat: Newburn battled extreme weather, from heat to torrential rain and flooding.  He began his record-breaking journey at 4.30am on November 3, and it took him just over 18 days to cover the 2113km.  To do so, he had to run the equivalent of about three marathons a day every day for nearly three weeks, without a single day of rest.  And what’s more amazing is how he fueled himself:  During his trip, he frequently ate at McDonald’s, loading up on hash browns and chocolate milkshakes.  And he paced himself in his head, shunning modern GPS devices.  The run was done to raise funds for the Running on the Spectrum charity, which helps Kiwi children with autism.
(I refuse to draw a connection between his diet and “the runs”…)
(A few minutes to spare?  Good thing he didn’t hit the snooze button that first morning!)
-AP, NewZealandHerald

THINGS THAT ARE KILLING YOUR SMARTPHONE BATTERY:
☞ You have bad service:  When you are in a place with poor internet, your phone is working overtime to reconnect you…even when it is just resting in your pocket.  It keeps asking nearby towers: “Can you hear me?”, and if the tower can’t, your phone will try to send the message again with increased power.” (That explains why it seems the more remote place you are in, the faster you lose battery power!)
☞ Too many alerts:  Most apps—unless you specifically opt-out—will send you push notifications that often aren’t necessary. This, when multiplied by however many apps you have, can quickly drain your battery.  (Draining the battery – there’s a hundred apps for that!)
☞ Your phone is old:  An outdated phone likely has an unhealthy battery. Batteries are no longer built like the indestructible Nokia Bricks of the past.  (Score one for phones with replaceable batteries!)
☞ Bluetooth is always on:  Most phones are designed to have this automatically turned on, and it is another demand on your battery that requires power. Don’t need it? Turn it off.
☞ Too many calls:  Calling can cause your battery to drain faster than things like texting.  It uses much more of the available network’s capacity and also has to power up the sound element that is not in play with texting or emailing.  (But it’s a phone…isn’t that what it is supposed to do?)
☞ You use a lot of apps with GEO-locators:  Several apps—from Tinder and Yelp to Facebook and countless others—could be draining your battery because you’ve enabled “location finding” without knowing.  Anything with location services will drain your battery faster.  (Including the ones the Russians have put on there without your knowing…)
☞ It’s too hot or cold:  Extreme hot or cold affects your phone’s battery performance.  It may drain faster, or even shut down entirely until it returns to normal operating temperature.  Apple suggests limiting use of their devices to temperatures between 0º and 35º C (32º to 95º F).  (Great.  When it’s too cold to walk home, I can’t even call a cab!)
-Reader’sDigest

BS WEB GOODIE:
Miserable husbands trapped in shopping Hell:
https://tinyurl.com/ydxsqrwt

BS CHRONOMETER 11.26.18

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1939 [79] Tina Turner, Nutbush TN, pop/rock singer (‘Private Dancer’, What’s Love Got to do With it’), actress (“Tommy”)/eleven Grammy Awards)

1945 [73] John McVie, London UK, classic rock bassist (Fleetwood Mac-‘Don’t Stop’)/Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1998)

1973 [45] Peter Facinelli, Queens NY, movie actor (“Twilight” franchise)/TV actor (“Nurse Jackie) 2009-2015

1976 [42] Joe Nichols, Rogers AR, country singer (‘Gimme That Girl’, ‘Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off’)

1981 [37] Natasha Bedingfield, London UK, pop singer (‘Unwritten’, ‘These Words’)

1984 [34] Ben Wysocki, Denver CO, rock drummer (The Fray-‘You Found Me’, ‘How to Save a Life’)

1984 [34] Mike Gossin, Utica NY, country singer-guitarist (Gloriana-‘Kissed You Good Night’, ‘Wild at Heart’)

1990 [28] Rita Ora (Sahatçiu), Pristina, Kosovo, Brit singer-songwriter (w/Iggy Azalea-‘Black Widow’, ‘How We Do’)/movie actress (“Fast & Furious 6”, “Fifty Shades” movies)

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Cyber Monday”, the online version of “Black Friday”, when Internet retailers offer special deals and deep discounts in an attempt to jumpstart the holiday shopping season.
BS REASONS “CYBER MONDAY” IS BETTER THAN “BLACK FRIDAY”:
5. No crowds … therefore no assaults or pepper-spraying.
4. Some online deals started in early November.
3. No sappy Christmas music.
2. Getting gifts in the mail is awesome … even if they’re for someone else.
1. Naked shopping.

• “Good Grief Day”, a phrase often used by Charlie Brown of Charles Schulz’s comic strip, “Peanuts”. Schulz was born on this day in 1922, and today is dedicated to both him and his enduring comic strip.

• “Cake Day”, an annual salute to the classic dessert that’s the climax of many a celebration. What’s the best kind? Angel Food? Black Forest? Red Velvet? Double Chocolate Fudge?

COMING UP . . .
[Tues] Giving Tuesday
[Tues] Bavarian Cream Pie Day
[Wed] French Toast Day
[Wed] Red Planet Day
This Week Is…Game & Puzzle Week
This Month Is…World Vegan Month

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2002 [16] Movie actor and major Elvis fan Nicholas Cage divorces Lisa Marie Presley after less than 4 months, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ (she refused to call him ‘Daddy’?)

2013 [05] CBS-TV correspondent Lara Logan is suspended after admitting portions of her “60 Minutes” report covering the death of US Ambassador Christopher J Stevens were false

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1989 [29] “MTV Unplugged” debuts, featuring stripped-down acoustical performances by a wide range of artists (biggest name in the premiere episode lineup is English group Squeeze)

1997 [21] The day after Garth Brooks’ album “Sevens” is released, 12 of its 14 songs land on the Country singles chart.

TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2014 [04] International Space Station announces it has installed and tested a 3D printer that will be used to manufacture parts at the station rather than transporting them from Earth

TODAY’S RECORD . . .
1992 [26] 14-month-old Tegan Banville of Huntington Beach, California out-crawls 12 other babies to win the national ‘Huggies/NFL Happy Baby Derby’ (the babes race 12 feet before 61,000 screaming fans at halftime during a Dallas Cowboys game)

BULL’S BITS

BS WACK FACTS:
✓ During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
✓ The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors.
✓ Some women can have a genetic mutation which enables them to see millions more colors.
✓ Coffee beans aren’t beans. They are fruit pits.
✓ Most energy drinks contain less caffeine than a Starbucks coffee.
✓ “Mountain Dew” is an old slang term for moonshine.
-FactSlides

BS ODD CYBER MONDAY BUYS:
• BOGO Thanksgiving leftovers
• A used scratch card
• A vowel
• A tent used to sleep in the Best Buy parking lot on Black Friday
• Those stupid Christmas lights for your beard
• Halloween decorations
• The book: “How To Stop Shopping On Corporate-Made Holidays”
• Romaine lettuce
• Anything that you actually need
-Twitter

Best of BS . . .
BEFORE & AFTER MARRIAGE:
BEFORE – You take my breath away.
AFTER  – I feel like I’m suffocating.
BEFORE – “Saturday Night Fever”
AFTER  – “Sunday Night Football”
BEFORE – Don’t stop.
AFTER  – Don’t start.
BEFORE – Is that all you’re having?
AFTER  – Maybe you should have just a salad.
BEFORE – $60/dozen.
AFTER  – $1.50/stem.
BEFORE – Victoria’s Secret
AFTER  – Fruit-of-the-Loom
BEFORE – I love a woman with curves.
AFTER  – I never said you were fat.
BEFORE – You look so seductive in black.
AFTER  – Your clothes are so depressing.
BEFORE – Oysters.
AFTER  – Fish sticks.
BEFORE – I can hardly believe we found each other.
AFTER  – I can’t believe I ended up with someone like you.
BEFORE – Passion.
AFTER  – Ration.
– Adapted from Poddys.com, first published in BS in 2010

BS PHONE STARTER:
What was the last REALLY stupid thing you did?

BS -U-PICK TRIVIA:
1.  Which football equipment was made compulsory in 1949?
a. Athletic supporters.
b. Helmets. [CORRECT]
c. Pants.
– “The 55 Yard Line”

2.  How tall was the shortest player ever to play in the NBA?
a. 5’3” [CORRECT- Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues]
b. 5’6 ¾”
c. 5’8”
d. 6’0”
-TriviaQuestionsNow

BS RANDOM JOKE:
I know every day is a gift, but are there receipts for Mondays?  I want to return it for another Friday.

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  More than 60% of same sex siblings have fought over THIS. What is it?
Answer:  Borrowing clothing without asking

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
If a problem can be solved, no need to worry about it.  If a problem cannot be solved, what is the use of worrying?