Wednesday, November 3, 2021 — Edition: #7099
Sheet Happens!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Joe Exotic’s nemesis Carole Baskin plans to sue Netflix for breach of contract for using footage of her in the trailer for “Tiger King 2.” Baskin and her husband, Howard claim they only signed appearance release forms for the first season of the show, and are seeking to take the case in front of a jury, while requesting all footage of Baskin be taken down in the meantime. She was a central character in the first season of the reality documentary that vaulted Baskin into fame – including an appearance on “Dancing with the Stars.” But Baskin wants nothing to do with the season 2, set to be released Nov. 17. She’s been vocal about her disdain for the show, which she called a “reality show dumpster fire” in September.
-USAToday
★ Kevin Feige has urged fans to temper their expectations about “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. There has been a lot of speculation about the upcoming movie, with rumors suggesting that Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire will both reprise their roles as the legendary hero, but the Marvel boss told Empire magazine: “Rumors are fun, because many of them are true, and many of them are not true. The danger is when you get into the expectations game of wanting people to be excited about the movie they get, and not disappointed about a movie they don’t get.” Spider-Man: No Way Home is scheduled for release December 17.
-Canoe
★ “The Masked Singer” will be back like never before in 2022. Monday, it was announced that The Masked Singer will be going on tour. This tour was announced over a year ago but was delayed due to the pandemic. The Masked Singer’s National Tour will kick off in St. Louis in May, and travel through 50 cities across North America. As for what fans can expect, each stop will feature celebrity guest hosts who have appeared on the program. Names will be announced later.
-PopCulture
★ Netflix recently released its first-ever horror movie written entirely by bots, and it is exactly as ridiculous as you think it is. The animated short is called “Mr. Puzzles Wants You to Be Less Alive”, and it is clearly inspired by the “Saw” franchise and its iconic antagonist ‘Jigsaw’. In the movie, ‘Mr. Puzzles’ — a devil-masked villain — has trapped a woman named ‘Jennifer’ in an abandoned warehouse and subjects her to a number of different traps, or, puzzles. A YouTube description reads: “We worked with Keaton Patti to make a bot watch over 400,000 hours of horror movies and then write its own horror movie. This is what it came up with.” LINK: https://youtu.be/WZzbxNoMjGM
-PopCulture
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Kristen Stewart, Bad Bunny, Joyelle Nicole Johnson
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Andy Cohen, Thundercat
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Keri Russell, Joe Pera, Jake Wesley Rogers, Roy Mayorga
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Eva Longoria, J.B. Smoove, Anitta featuring Saweetie
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Tamron Hall, Carla Hall, guest co-host Michele Tafoya
• “The Talk” (CBS): Andy Cohen
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Paula Patton
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Tracy Morgan, Daniel Ricciardo
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Emily Osment, Lea Michele, guest host Jay Leno
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, David Chang, Priya Krishna
• “Survivor” (CBS): Castaways compete in their first individual immunity challenge in the game; Erika is on Exile Island for 2 days and must make the biggest decision in the game thus far.
• “My 600-Lb. Life” (TLC): Season 10 premiere
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Kanye West — sparked controversy by involving Marilyn Manson in his latest Sunday Service livestream. West, now legally known as Ye, hosted the Halloween performance, which also featured Justin Bieber and Roddy Ricch. Manson’s inclusion caused a stir, as he currently faces sexual assault allegations from several women. In August, Manson also appeared at a “Donda” listening party.
• Ed Sheeran — Last week, he revealed his COVID-19 diagnosis, and Thursday, he told Apple Music’s “First Listen” that Elton John “calls me every single morning. Even if it’s like 10 seconds, every single morning he calls.” He calls John as “such a caring human.”
• Mariah Carey — The Queen of Christmas music rang in the season with a video posted to her social channels on Nov 1. She rocks a sparkly red dress as she circles a set of pumpkins carved to read, “It’s not time.” But with a candy cane-striped bat, she gleefully smashes the pumpkins as an alarm goes off and her classic holiday hit ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ starts playing. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/532u397z
• Michael Bublé – will play a Vegas residency at Resorts World sometime in 2022. He joins a host of other music stars, including Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan, who have signed on to do stints at the 5,000-capacity Theatre at Resorts World. An official announcement is expected soon.
• Blink-182 — Mark Hoppus reunited with Travis Barker on the weekend for Barker’s House of Horrors live-streamed Halloween event, his first concert since being declared cancer-free. In Sept., Hoppus announced he had been given the good news by his oncologist, 3 months after revealing that he was battling an aggressive form of lymphoma. Machine Gun Kelly and Avril Lavigne also performed.
• Kenny Chesney – has announced his “Here and Now” 2022 tour. It launches April 23 in Tampa, FL, the first of at least 21 stadium shows. Dan + Shay, long-time Chesney touring mate Old Dominion and Carly Pearce will also appear.
• Darius Rucker – is trading amphitheaters and arenas for an intimate theater tour. He announced a 12-show run kicking off Feb. 17 at the Met in Philadelphia, ending April 1 in New Orleans. He says the tour is a chance to try something new and refreshing. Caylee Hammack will open.
• CCMA Awards — The Canadian Country Music Association has announced more names set to perform at the CCMA Awards show, Nov. 29 in London, ON. Don Amero, Lindsay Ell, Robyn Ottolini, and Tenille Townes will join previously named artists Tenille Arts, Tim Hicks, Dustin Lynch, MacKenzie Porter and Dallas Smith.
SHOOTING THE BULL
HURRICANE NAMES:
If you think you’re hearing of more severe storms lately, you’d be right. For the second year in a row, the US National Weather Service has run out of names for hurricanes. If any more storms form after Wanda, which was first identified on Saturday, NWS will have to resort to its back-up list of names for just the third time ever, after 2020 and 2005. Last year there were a record 30 named storms, and the last 9 were Greek letters. But in March, the World Meteorological Organization decided Greek letters are too generic and confusing…for example: “Zeta, Eta, Theta” Instead, the meteorologists came up with a supplemental list of names, starting with Adria, Braylen, and Caridad. If The Atlantic sees 42 storms, the last two would be Viviana and Will. The alphabetical list of names, skips Q, U, X, Y, and Z. Atlantic hurricane season ends Nov. 30.
(They can’t just start over at the beginning of the alphabet with a DIFFERENT “A” name?)
(They should do what they used to do in Australia, and name them after unpopular politicians. We’ll never run out of those!)
-TheWeek
DON’T BE LATTE:
One of the best things about the countdown to Christmas is seeing those famous red cups at Starbucks – and with them – the return of the holiday menu. And the best part might be the brand-new beverages to look forward to this year. Like the Caramel Waffle Latte. It’s described as a “delicately spiced sip, hand-crafted with a combination of Starbucks signature espresso, steamed milk, warming winter waffle sauce and a stroopwafel flavoured Caramel Waffle crunch and caramel whipped cream topping”. Or you could try the new Fudge Brownie Hot Chocolate. It’s “a smooth mocha, combined with rich biscuit sauce and milk to create a melt-in-the-mouth brownie experience. It’s finished off with mocha whipped cream, mocha drizzle and a fudge sprinkle topping” – basically Christmas in a cup. They’re both available starting tomorrow, while supplies last.
(In other words, get there before I do…)
(Actually, one of the best things about Starbucks’ Christmas menu is that it means pumpkin spice season is officially over!)
-Mirror
CLIP EQUIPPED:
‘Clippy’ is coming back! Microsoft is bringing Clippy back, after resurrecting the annoying paperclip 2 years ago, then killing it off after a few days. A sticker pack will be available in Microsoft Teams soon that includes lots of different versions of the animated paperclip. Clippy started off in Office 97, politely offering hints for using Microsoft’s Office software. People had mixed responses to his heavily-eyebrowed interruptions, and his stint as Office assistant came to an end in 2001. The company had even been reluctant to embrace Clippy as a meme until earlier this year, but now, as Microsoft put it in a feedback forum, “Whether you loved him or hated him, Clippy is back with a Retro Sticker Pack in Teams.”
(“It looks like they’re bringing me back. Would you like to help stop this? Yes/No”)
(You may not like him, but there’s no reason to get all bent out of shape about it!)
(Is he the little guy who always asked me if I’d like to “save my changes”, even though I didn’t make any changes?)
-TheVerge
FOOD COMPASS:
Scientists at Tufts University’s School of Nutrition Science have developed a new dietary guide, called the “Food Compass,” to help us make healthier eating choices. It ranks the nutrients of more than 8,000 foods and beverages, and ranks them according to how good or bad for you they are. Foods scoring 70-100 are encouraged; those scoring 31-69 can be eaten moderately; and foods ranked 1-30 should be minimized. Here are some examples:
• Raspberries, raw: 100
• Almonds, salted: 91
• Vegetable curry: 90
• Tuna salad. Light mayonnaise: 73
• Coffee, cappuccino, nonfat: 73
• Sweet-potato chips: 69
• Chicken breast, grilled, no skin: 61
• Turkey/chicken burger, condiments, whole wheat bun: 50
• Peanut butter & jelly sandwich, whole wheat bread: 32
• Pizza, extra meat, thick crust: 25
• Corn flakes cereal: 19
• Cheeseburger, small (fast food): 8
• Hot dog, beef: 3
• Pudding, flavor other than chocolate, fat free: 1
(I’m guessing the 3 PB&J sammies I had for lunch don’t add up to 105?)
More here: https://sites.tufts.edu/foodcompass/our-data/
-StudyFinds
DID YOU KNOW?
Elon Musk says he will sell $6 billion worth of Tesla stock and donate the cash to the UN food agency if it can show how the money would solve world hunger. This comes after UN World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley challenged Musk, Jeff Bezos and other billionaires last week, asking them to step up on “a one-time basis” to help end starvation. He said billionaires could give “$6 billion to help 42 million people that are literally going to die if we don’t reach them.” That money would be approximately 2% of Musk’s nearly $300 billion fortune.
-Yahoo
BS CHRONOMETER 11.03.21
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1949 [72] Anna Wintour, London England, journalist (fashion icon who became famous as the editor-in-chief of Vogue Magazine in 1988)
1952 [69] Roseanne Barr, Salt Lake City UT, TV actress (“Roseanne” 1988-1997, 2018)
1953 [68] Dennis Miller, Pittsburgh PA, comedian (“Saturday Night Live” 1985-91, “Dennis Miller Live” 1994-2002)
1954 [67] Phil Simms, Lebanon KY, NFL analyst (“NFL Today” since 2017)/former NFL quarterback (2 Super Bowls with NY Giants 1979-93)
1957 [64] Dolph Lundgren, Stockholm Sweden, movie actor (“The Expendables” films, “Rocky IV”, Creed II”)/martial artist. COMING UP…”Castle Falls”, 2021
1987 [34] Colin Kaepernick, Milwaukee WI, former NFL QB (San Francisco 49ers 2011-16)/civil activist (known for protesting what he viewed as oppression of people of color in the US by “taking a knee” during pre-game national anthems)
1987 [34] Elizabeth Smart, Salt Lake City UT, activist (made international news after being kidnapped at age 14. She was rescued 9 months later and later became a child safety activist and a contributor for ABC News)
1995 [26] Kendall Jenner, LA CA, fashion model/TV personality (“Keeping Up With the Kardashians”)/fashion designer (Kendall & Kylie)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Cliché Day”. It’s amazing how they infiltrate our daily conversations. (***Try to make it through an entire show without anyone uttering a cliché. Hit the buzzer every time one pops up!***)
MOST ANNOYING BS CLICHÉS:
✗ “To be honest …”
✗ “Threw me under the bus.”
✗ “It is what it is.”
✗ “I’m not joking.”
✗ “With all due respect …”
✗ “Bite the bullet.”
✗ “Par for the course.”
✗ “Run it up the flagpole.”
✗ “You know what I mean?”
✗ “At the end of the day …”
• “Sandwich Day”, celebrating the 1718 birth of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. A compulsive gambler, he wanted something that could be eaten at gaming tables, and earned immortality when he began eating beef between slices of toast in 1792. (Some say he stole the idea from a guest, the Earl of Shrewsbury. So, it should be a peanut butter shrewsbury, a grilled cheese shrewsbury, a knuckle shrewsbury, etc.?) Here are some truly odd sandwiches …
LINK: http://bit.ly/sCip1r
• “Housewife Day”, recognizing the importance of stay-at-home wives and moms. Also referred to as “Retro” Housewife Day. These wonderful, caring creatures build and enrich strong family environments. They help to instill family values and good character. (Probably best not to call them ‘housewives’, though…)
• “Give Someone a Dollar Today Day”, nowadays it seems like a dollar is almost worthless, but there still are some things that a dollar can get you. Today, give a dollar to someone you know, or to someone you’ve never met. You can give the dollar to someone who looks to be in need, or to anyone that you think should have it.
• “International Stress Awareness Day”, to provide information about how stress affects the body and mind, what causes stress, and how it can be coped with and managed.
COMING UP . . .
[Thurs] King Tut Day
[Thurs] Candy Day
[Fri] Love Your Red Hair Day
[Fri] Jersey Friday
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1956 [65] The 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” is televised for the first time, hosted by Bert Lahr and 10-year-old Liza Minnelli, on CBS
2019 [02] Olivia Newton-John’s black leather outfit from the film “Grease” sells for $405,700 at auction in Beverly Hills
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1990 [31] ‘Ice Ice Baby’ by Vanilla Ice becomes the first rap tune to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
2004 [17] Eric Clapton is made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1995 [26] The NBA’s Toronto Raptors play their first regular-season game (a win over NJ Nets)
2014 [07] NYC’s One World Trade Center officially opens, 13 years after terrorists destroyed the twin towers of the original World Trade Center
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2004 [17] “Jeopardy!” contestant Ken Jennings shatters the record for game show earnings by accumulating $2,197,000 (he finished with $4,370,700, later exceeded by Brad Rutter – $4,938,436 – including tournaments)
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Al Capone’s older brother Vince was a policeman in Nebraska.
✓ The most-used expression in the world is “OK”.
✓ What is called a “French kiss” in the English-speaking world is known as an “English kiss” in France.
✓ If you add up all the times you blink in a day, your eyes are closed for a total of about 30 minutes.
✓ The average computer worker types 90,000 keystrokes in an 8-hour shift.
✓ The nursery rhyme never says that Humpty Dumpty was an egg.
-ThoughtCatalogue, BathroomReadersInstitute
BS FAKE FACEBOOK FACTS:
• Your friend who barely graduated high school is an infectious disease expert.
• It’s totally a coincidence that you were just talking about renovations, then a bunch of reno ads popped up in your feed.
• Every night at 11:59, Mark Zuckerberg’s wife shuts him down for software updates.
• Your Facebook friends really, really want to know exactly what you had for dinner.
• Everyone’s opinion is respected here.
• It is rolling out a new educational program called “Zuck U”.
• A last-minute name change will totes make up for over a decade of “profit over people” tactics…
-Twitter
Best of BS . . .
BS FAKE GOOGLE FACTS:
• It was named after the Goo Goo Dolls.
• Many doctors use it every day to diagnose their patients.
• The minimum age requirement to use Google is 20. Because teenagers already know everything.
• If you type “Google” into Yahoo, it just starts crying.
• Google is a woman, because it starts guessing what you’re about to say before you’ve finished saying it.
• There is a 3 second delay every time you do a search, to allow Google to ask Jeeves.
• It was originally going to be called “Gaggle”. . . but autocorrect.
• It is considered cool to call it “The Google Machine”.
• (***CAUTION***) Hitting the “I’m feeling lucky” button really pisses off Clint Eastwood.
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2018
TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ Social media is abuzz with the rumor that Joe Biden pooped his pants while visiting the Pope at the Vatican. (When asked if there was any truth to the rumor, a presidential insider said: “DEPENDS”.)
➠ A survey says that over 90% of women get turned on when a guy cries at a wedding. (Sweet, I always cry at weddings . . . mostly because I know I’m losing a friend…)
➠ Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, as we move the clocks back. (It also marks the beginning of the clock on your microwave being wrong for the next six months…)
➠ Kendall Jenner is 26 today. (And now that she’s finally an adult woman, maybe she won’t be so shy about showing off her body…)
➠ Fact: When it comes to looks, half of us think we’re a 7 or higher. (And when I’m drunk, one of us thinks I’m a 10…)
BS WOULD YOU RATHER?
You run down the list while your participant decides which choice is more palatable …
• Would you rather always have a full phone battery or a full gas tank?
• Would you rather buy 10 things you don’t need every time you go shopping or always forget the one thing that you need when you go to the store?
• Would you rather always have B.O. and not know it or always smell B.O. on everyone else?
• Would you rather work all day under a hot sun or extreme cold?
• Would you rather be royalty 1,000 years ago or an average person today?
• Would you rather work an overtime shift with your annoying boss or spend full day with your mother-in-law?
• Would you rather cuddle a koala or pal around with a panda?
• Would you rather watch nothing but Hallmark Christmas movies or nothing but horror movies?
• Would you rather vomit on your hero or have your hero vomit on you?
-Parade
BS WEB GOODIE:
Deeenied: https://tinyurl.com/4zkyzeew
BS PHONE STARTER:
You’re a big music star. What bizarre thing do you ask for in your tour rider?
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I signed up for an exercise class and was told to wear loose-fitting clothing. If I had any loose-fitting clothing, I wouldn’t have signed up to begin with…
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 53% of women, but only about 33% of men bring THIS when traveling. What is it?
Answer: A pillow
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.
