Tuesday, November 7, 2023 – Edition: #7591

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SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Get ready for the mirrorball! ‘Taylor Swift Night’ is officially happening on “Dancing With the Stars” later this month. The pros and their celebrity partners will hit the ballroom for “A Celebration of Taylor Swift” on Tuesday, Nov. 21, ABC has confirmed. Choreographer Mandy Moore will also join Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli as a guest judge. Moore is the lead choreographer of Swift’s “The Eras Tour”. The 6 remaining couples will dance to Swift’s music. Their dance styles and songs will be announced at a later date.
-NYPost
★ “Aquaman” star Jason Momoa is set to host “Saturday Night Live” November 18, marking his second time hosting the show. Canadian singer, songwriter and dancer Tate McRae will serve as the musical guest. A former contestant of “So You Think You Can Dance?” McRae gained attention for her song ‘One Day’, which went viral, before ‘You Broke Me First’ became an international hit. Momoa first hosted the iconic sketch show in 2018.
-TheWrap
★ Sofía Vergara is getting to know a new man. The 51-year-old — who announced her divorce from Joe Manganiello in July — was spotted on another dinner date with orthopedic surgeon Justin Saliman in Santa Monica on Saturday night. The “Modern Family” star walked side by side with Saliman as they arrived at Italian restaurant Giorgio Baldi. The pair were first photographed together last month, when they went out for dinner at another Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills. During the October outing, they were spotted both at the eatery and in a car driven by Saliman.
-People
★ Shannon Beador is ready to turn things around in her life — even if it means cutting ties with those who she feels are toxic for her. The “Real Housewives of Orange County” alum appeared at BravoCon 2023, days after she was sentenced to 3 years probation and 40 hours of community service for DUI. She said that she is “grateful for the people that have rallied around” her, particularly former co-stars Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Judge — who joined her at the event in support of their Tres Amigas program. She announced she has enrolled in an outpatient behavioral wellness program, and is “making steps to eliminate toxicity” from her life.
-Messenger
★ Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s baby brand Hello Bello has filed for bankruptcy after encountering high shipping and production costs. In its bankruptcy petition filed last week, the Los Angeles-based company, listed assets and liabilities with a combined value of at least $100 million per category. The filing protected the company from creditors while trying to sell itself out of bankruptcy protection. Hello Bello was founded in 2019 by Bell and Shepard. Among its products are diapers, sunscreen, and baby wipes.
-PopCulture
★ “James Bond” producer Barbara Broccoli has shared a disappointing update on the next instalment of the franchise. The film series, which has spanned 25 films, 6 actors and nearly 6 decades, had its most recent outing with Daniel Craig’s final appearance as the suave ‘007’ in 2021’s “No Time To Die”. Following the box-office smash, attention turned to who would take up the mantle next – and when. But, in a new interview, Broccoli indicated that we’ll find out about that later, rather than sooner. Quote: “It’s gonna take a while…you know, it’s a whole new reinvention. So it’ll take some time.”
-DigitalSpy

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC/Global): Saint Harison
• “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Brian Cox, Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton, Brittney Spencer
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, Arlo Parks
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Rachel Maddow, Jeff Tweedy
• “The Daily Show (COM): Guest Host Sarah Silverman
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Bravocon Live! – Bravo’s Showgirls
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Tyler Perry, Holly Marie
• “The Talk” (CBS): Derek Hough, Brandon McMillan
• “Live with Kelly and Mark” (ABC/CTV): The winner of the year’s NASCAR championship race, Sean O’Malley
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Good Neighbor of the Year countdown
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Erin French
• “Jennifer Hudson Show” (Check local listings): Deon Cole, Ryan Lochte
• “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC): Music Video Night; guest judge Paula Abdul
• “Name That Tune” (Fox): Celeb contestants Tig Notaro, Nicole Sullivan, Jeff Ross and Michael Kosta.
• “Dolly Parton–From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll: (ABC): Robin Roberts discusses with Parton her collaborations with numerous rock artists on her new album, including Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Pat Benatar, Peter Frampton, John Fogerty and Steven Tyler. Luke Bryan hosts.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Megan Thee Stallion – With Friday’s release of her new single ‘Cobra’, she made the biggest YouTube debut for a solo female hip-hop artist this year. The video gained over 2.15 million views in 24 hours, exceeding Doja Cat‘s ‘Demons’ (2 million) and Ice Spice‘s ‘Deli’ (1.85 million). Cobra also racked up over 1 million streams on Spotify in 24 hours.
• Dua Lipa – After many teases, she has finally revealed that her new album will be released in 2024, and the lead single ‘Houdini’ will drop this Thursday. Saturday, she posted a long snippet of the song, plus the steamy cover art showing her licking her own reflection. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/mr3csrwf
• Coldplay – is asking fans to record vocals for their new song ‘One World’. The group is currently recording the second “Music of the Spheres” volume,” and has put out a request on social media for fans to add their voices to the tune. Quote: “All you have to do is record yourself singing ‘Ahhhhh’ for a few seconds at oneworld.coldplay.com” LINK: https://tinyurl.com/25wp4fmp
• Scorpions – are returning to the Las Vegas Strip in 2024 with a new residency in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their iconic album “Love At First Sting”. The group will perform the album plus all of their biggest hits during the “Scorpions – Love At First Sting Las Vegas”, starting April 11 at Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
• Billy Joel – After 10 years, he has announced his final Madison Square Garden residency show. He’ll wrap up the record-breaking stint, which began in January 2014, on July 25, 2024. It will mark his 104th show as part of the concert series, and his 150th performance at the stadium, where he first played in 1978. He has performed there almost monthly since the start of the residency.
• Zac Brown – TMZ reports he tied the knot with model-actress Kelly Yazdi on Aug. 31, but the news is just surfacing now. He has 5 kids with his ex-wife, Shelly, from a 12-year marriage that ended in 2018.
• MacKenzie Porter – The Canadian singer, known for collaborating with Dustin Lynch on the 2021 hit ‘Thinking ‘Bout You’, has announced she’s expecting her first child. She shared the news with a series of maternity shots featuring her husband, actor-singer Jake Etheridge, as well as her dog, Willa. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/n4hcfpca
• John Pardi – had to reschedule 3 stops on his “Mr. Saturday Night Tour” due to strep throat – and now, he’s been laid out by COVID. In a video message, he said the illness has also hit his wife, Summer, and 8-month-old daughter, Presley, “and band and crew”. That means at least 3 more shows had to be postponed. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/bdvep3dm

SHOOTING THE BULL

A TIP ABOUT TIPPING:
Well, here’s a not-so-subtle reminder to tip your delivery driver. DoorDash has been testing out alerts that remind customers to include a gratuity . . . if they want their food to arrive in a timely manner. If you place an order through the DoorDash app without leaving a tip, you may get a pop-up reading: “Orders with no tip might take longer to get delivered — are you sure you want to continue?” The note goes on to explain: “Dashers can pick and choose which orders they want to do. Orders that take longer to be accepted by Dashers tend to result in a slower delivery.” In other words, tip your driver, or prepare to wait a long time for a cold meal. Customers are then given the option to add a tip . . . again.
(Well, the word “tips” DOES supposedly stand for To Insure Prompt Service!)
(Is it just me, or does it seem like tipping used to be about rewarding exceptional service – and now, it’s more about paying extra to receive almost-acceptable service?)
-Insider, CNN

ANIMAL TALES:
❑ And you thought the time change was tough on YOU. Animal care workers are putting out the word that moving clocks ahead or back an hour affects our animals, too. Ontario SPCA registered veterinary technician Jocelyn Rutgers says that many owners of finicky pets may have found them extra ornery when daylight saving time came to an end over the weekend. That’s because, like us, pets have natural circadian rhythms and internal biological clocks tuned to cycles of light and dark. So, from their perspective, everything in their routine happened an hour later than usual on Sunday, and they still haven’t fully adjusted to the new schedule. The most important thing, now that it’s too late to have started adjusting their routine in small increments last week, is to establish the new routine, and stick to it. (I know! The time change was so tough on my little fluffy. The poor girl was only able to sleep 23 hours that day!)
❑ Cats have 276 facial expressions, according to a new study. Researchers filmed 53 cats at a cat café and then went through hours of footage to discern different expressions (breathing, yawning and other default cat behaviors weren’t included). They concluded that while they are unable to determine what all of those different faces and ear twitches mean, they believe that when cats are feeling friendly, their ears and whiskers move forward while their eyes close. And an aggressive cat has constricted pupils, ears flattened against the head and a tongue-swipe of the lip. (And the other 274 expressions all mean some variation of “I’m bored”, “I don’t care”, “I’m hungry”, or “Let me out of this house, you tyrant, I need to kill small animals!”)
-CP, CNN, Insider

THE HOST WITH THE MOST . . . STRESS:
So…where is your family celebrating the holidays this year? If the fun is going to be happening at your place, you just might end up with a few more grey hairs. Three in 4 people who are hosting guests this year say they are already stressed about it, according to a new survey. The poll of 2,000 US adults found that while most enjoy entertaining guests at their home, there are still many stressors involved. The top one: Making sure everyone enjoys themselves, cited by 32%. That was followed, in order, by what food to serve (30%) and cleaning up in time for their guests’ arrival (28%). Other stress triggers included the feeling that they don’t have enough seating (18%), space (18%) and food (14%) for guests. And 32% said they just never feel prepared to have people over. Top rules for guests, according to hosts: “Take off your shoes”, “If you make a mess, clean it up”, and most importantly, “Make yourself at home and have fun”.
(How am I supposed to have fun if I have to clean up my own mess?)
(I WISH I had a family in which the biggest concern for a host is to make sure everyone enjoys themselves. In my family, the biggest problem is everyone enjoying themselves TOO MUCH!)
-SWNS

HIGHEST-EARNING DEAD CELEBS:
On the heels of Halloween, Forbes has published its annual list of the highest-paid dead celebrities. Here is what the top earners are making from…wherever they are now…
1. Michael Jackson — $115 million in the past 12 months
2. Elvis Presley — $100 million
3. Ray Manzarek — $45 million (The Doors keyboardist, whose estate sold his music rights)
4. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) — $40 million
5. Charles M. Schulz — $30 million
6. (tie) Prince — $30 million
6. (tie) Whitney Houston — $30 million
8. John Lennon — $22 million
9. Bob Marley — $16 million
10. Bing Crosby — $14 million
-Forbes

BEST “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” HOSTS OF ALL TIME:
According to “experts”…
1. Justin Timberlake
2. Alec Baldwin
3. Tom Hanks
4. Steve Martin
5. Melissa McCarthy
-StudyFinds

DID YOU KNOW?
The heart may be known as the “love muscle,” but a new study found that the feeling of love is mostly all in the head. Aalto University researchers were able to identify where in the body people feel various types of love and the intensity with which they experience the emotion. They found that love forms a spectrum, with some types felt more intensely than others, and that the sensation of love tends to center in a person’s head. However, some types of love were felt only in the chest, while others radiated throughout the entire body. The more intense the love, the more widespread the feeling was in the body. (I tend to feel it most in the wallet…)
-StudyFinds

BS CHRONOMETER 11.07.23

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Halfway Point of Autumn”, with 45 days elapsed and 45 more remaining until the Winter Solstice on December 21st. (Or 33 more leaf rakings…)
• “Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day”, celebrating a particular combination of flavors – dark, bitter chocolate and toasted almonds. This is one of the oldest recipes involving chocolate in the English-speaking world. (Hey, chocolate with ‘whatever’ works for me!)
• “Notary Public Day”, initiated in 1975 to honor the officers who ‘administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents, and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction-to-jurisdiction’. (Almost as exciting as “Accountants Day”)
• “Hug A Bear Day”, it isn’t about the big fuzzy beasts that roam the forests munching on nuts and berries. Hugging one of those could, in fact, lead to a very bad day. This day is about our loyal, trusty, fuzzy stuffed Teddy Bear.
• “Little League Girls Day”, in honor of New Jersey’s brave foray in equal opportunity sports for tomboys in 1973, when that state became the first to allow girls to play Little League baseball.
• “Merlot Day”, It deserves its own day simply because of this snooty quote from acclaimed vintner Christian Moueix: “Merlot is a friendly and delicate varietal which, on the proper terroirs and harvested at its peak, produces wines characterized by voluptuous, generosity and distinction.” (Does that mean it’s gonna cost me more than 4 bucks?)

AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Cappuccino Day
[Wed] X-Ray Day
[Thurs] Fried Chicken Sandwich Day
[Fri] Sesame Street Day
This Week is…Animal Shelter Appreciation Week
This Month is…Good Nutrition Month

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1942 [81] Johnny Rivers (Ramistella), New York NY, rock singer (‘Secret Agent Man’, ‘Baby I Need Your Lovin’)

1943 [80] Joni Mitchell, Fort Macleod AB, folk-pop singer (‘Big Yellow Taxi’, ‘Free Man in Paris’)

1957 [66] Christopher Knight, New York City NY, TV actor (‘Peter Brady’ on “The Brady Bunch” 1969-74)/reality TV star (“The Surreal Life”, “The Masked Singer”)

1960 [63] Tommy Thayer, Portland OR, rock guitarist (KISS since 2002, Black ‘n Blue)

1967 [56] David Guetta, Paris France, DJ (‘Turn Me On’ ft. Nicki Minaj, ‘Without You’ ft. Usher)/producer (Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna…)

1970 [53] Morgan Spurlock, Parkersburg WV, documentary filmmaker (“Super Size Me”, “OneDirection-This is Us”, “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold”)

1983 [40] Zach Myers, Memphis TN, rock guitarist (Shinedown-‘Second Chance’, ‘The Crow and the Butterfly’)

1983 [40] Adam Devine, Waterloo IA, TV actor (‘Andy’ on “Modern Family” 2013-18)/movie actor (“Pitch Perfect” movies) COMING UP…“Fixed”

1996 [27] Lorde (Ella Yelich-O’Connor), Takapuna New Zealand, pop singer-songwriter (‘Royals’, ‘Team’)

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2010 [13] Queen Elizabeth II launches a Facebook page (but no one is allowed to ‘poke’ or ‘friend’ her)

2011 [12] Physician Conrad Murray is found guilty of manslaughter in the drug-fueled death of Michael Jackson

2016 [07] Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart star in the first episode of “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party”, where they make fried chicken with Wiz Khalifa

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2014 [09] At the annual ‘Stand Up For Heroes’ benefit event, 2 wealthy fans bid $300,000 to eat lasagne with Bruce Springsteen at his home

2016 [07] Canadian poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen (‘Suzanne’, ‘Hallelujah’) dies at 82

2020 [03] The Doobie Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G., and T. Rex enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Because of COVID-19, the ceremony is virtual

TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2000 [23] The US presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore is inconclusive. The result, in Bush’s favor, is eventually resolved by the Supreme Court

2012 [11] US voters in the states of Colorado and Washington approve the legalization of recreational marijuana use

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Competitive art was once an Olympic sport.
✓ The real name for a hashtag is an ‘octothorpe’.
✓ The Spanish national anthem has no words.
✓ All the blinking you do in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes.
✓ The first computer mouse was created from wood in 1964.
✓ The word ‘bidet’ comes from the French word for ‘pony’.
-TheFactSite, Cosmopolitan

Best of BS . . .
BS ALTERNATIVES TO “MAN-COLD”:
• Him-fluenza
• Bro-chitis
• Whimpering Cough
• He-bola
• Man-demic Outbreak
• Dude-onic Plague
-HowtobeaDad, first published in BS in 2019

TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ Researchers have found that with enough training, anyone can become a good singer. (I’m not sure how they came to this conclusion, but I promise you it was NOT from watching the audition rounds of “American Idol”!)
➠ A survey says that over 90% of women say it’s a turn-on when a guy cries at a wedding. (That’s sweet and all, but the reason I cry at weddings is that I know I’m losing a friend!)
➠ A report says that eating chocolate ice cream can significantly reduce emotional and physical pain.  (…until you step on a scale!)
➠ The results of a survey, completed by 5,000 frequent fliers, says that nearly 10% have had sex at an airport. (The other 90% haven’t been “patted-down” by the TSA yet!)
➠ There are about 30 million dead people on Facebook. (And the rest, who post pictures of their cats or what they ate for lunch, are dead inside…)

BS WEB GOODIE:
The fear is real:  https://tinyurl.com/54n2rnsh

BS RANDOM JOKE:
I’m not saying that I tend to overreact. But there are good times and there are bad times to hand me a chainsaw…

BS PHONE STARTER:
What, to you, is the funniest word in the English language? (Shenanigans? Brouhaha? Canoodle? Malarkey?)

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  47% agree: THIS is the worst part of the upcoming holiday celebrations. What is it?
Answer:  Washing dishes

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.