Friday, October 22, 2021 — Edition: #7091
Good Morning, Sheetheads!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ The Toronto mansion from the show “Schitt’s Creek” is up for sale again, but this time, it’s listed for almost $7 million dollars more. The mansion is featured in the comedy as the residence the Rose family lives in before it’s revealed they’ve lost their fortune and must start fresh. In February, the home, in Toronto’s St. Andrew Windfields neighborhood, was listed for just under $15 million. Now? $21.9 million. Last November, the motel featured in Schitt’s Creek, known on TV as the “Rosebud Motel”, hit the market for $2 million.
-CTV
★ Declaring “Enough is enough,” former Batwoman star Ruby Rose has come forth with a new wave of allegations about the circumstances leading to her exit from the Warner Bros. TV series — and insists she didn’t “quit”, but was forced out. In a series of Instagram Stories posted early Wednesday, Rose led off by tagging Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries plus exec producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter, saying, “I will come for you so what happened to me never happens to another person again. And so I can finally take back my life and the truth. Shame on you.”
-TVLine
★ Alyssa Milano was arrested on Tuesday during a voting rights protest at the White House. She was demonstrating with the organization People for the American Way, the nonprofit founded by TV producer Norman Lear in 1980. The group’s president Ben Jealous was also arrested during the protest. In a tweet, Milano said she was “arrested for demanding the Biden Administration and the Senate to use their mandate to protect voting rights.”
-Yahoo
★ After 3 years of sobriety, Cheryl Burke has shared new details about what her life was like before she quit drinking. The “Dancing with the Stars” pro opened up about her experiences with alcoholism and sobriety on the “Heart of the Matter” podcast, saying she “was a ballroom-by-day type girl and then party- or club-goer at night — for 10 years in a row.” Burke said that when she started drinking at age 21 after moving to LA, her life was quickly consumed by alcohol. She would drink with an “all or nothing” approach and was often “super mean” to herself, which made her drink more, noting that her tolerance for alcohol eventually reached a point where she said, “nothing got me drunk.”
-People
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Martin Short, Jonathan Majors, Walk the Moon (R)
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Jerry Seinfeld, Léa Seydoux, TWICE (R)
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Andie MacDowell, Lana Del Rey
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Barrett Martin (R)
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Susie Essman
• “The Talk” (CBS): Olivia Newton-John, Montana Jordan
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Ricky Gervais, Monica Mangin
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Amanda Seyfried, guest host Tiffany Haddish
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Dave Grohl, David Chang, Priya Krishna, Abigail Breslin
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Gwyneth Paltrow, Pilar Valdes
• “You, Me & the Christmas Trees” (HALLMARK): An arborist falls in love with a farmer as she tries to save his trees before the town tree lighting.
SATURDAY-
• “Boyfriends of Christmas Past” (HALLMARK): Marketing executive Lauren must learn to open her heart with the help of 4 ghosts of ex-boyfriends who visit her leading up to Christmas.
• “Saturday Night Live” (NBC): Host Jason Sudeikis with musical guest Brandi Carlile
• “Ricky Velez: Here’s Everything” (HBO): Ricky bares it all with his honest and down-to-earth perspective rooted in his Queens upbringing.
SUNDAY-
• “The Santa Stakeout” (HALLMARK): Two police detectives posing as newlyweds to solve recent holiday party heists are swept up by Christmas while observing the prime suspect.
• “Insecure” (HBO): Season 5 premiere
• “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO): Season 11 premiere
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Justin Bieber – has 8 noms at the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards, including for best artist, best pop, biggest fans, and 2 nods for song of the year, for ‘Peaches’ (ft. Daniel Caesar and Giveon), and ‘Stay’, w/The Kid Laroi. Doja Cat and Lil Nas X each have 6 nods, while Ed Sheeran, Olivia Rodrigo, and The Kid Laroi all have 5. This year’s awards bash will take place in Hungary on November 14th.
• Swedish House Mafia — has confirmed they’re playing Coachella 2022. In a social media post, the dance trio launched a video with the message “Swedish House Mafia Live Coachella 2022.” Coachella 2022 is set for the weekends of April 15-17 and 22-24 at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, CA.
• Sting – He and his son Joe Sumner performed The Police hit ‘Message in a Bottle’ at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability gala last week. The father-son duo virtually performed at the annual benefit, which honored Jaden Smith and Amariyanna Copeny, aka “Little Miss Flint,” for their “environmental justice advocacy”.
• Foo Fighters — Dave Grohl laughed off the “bad reviews” of their Bee Gees covers record. They renamed themselves the Dee Gees and released renditions of ‘Night Fever’, ‘Tragedy’, and other Gibb classics on the LP “Hail Satin” earlier this year. He says it was just a fun thing to do amid the pandemic, which is why he was shocked when critics went in hard on the project.
• Madonna — has almost finished writing the script for her biopic. In a series of selfies posted to Instagram, including a shot with 3 of her kids, she wrote: “Grateful for the success of Madame (X, her latest album), that my script is almost finished, and for the support of my beautiful children!”
• Morgan Wallen – has dropped a video for ‘865’. The performance vid is the first of 6 soon-to-be-released clips in Wallen’s “The Dangerous Sessions” series. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/k54wb3k6
• Kane Brown – had a surprise for his audience in Dallas on Sunday: an appearance from one of his heroes. In the middle of his set, Brown called Randy Travis to the stage. Brown then launched into a faithful rendition of ‘Three Wooden Crosses’, a hit for Travis in 2002. Both artists were honorees at the 2021 CMT Artists of the Year ceremony the previous Wednesday. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/rsc4yfnr
• Brittney Spencer – The rising artist will kick-off her first headlining tour Dec. 2 in New York City. The “In a Perfect World Tour” will also include stops in Washington, D.C., and the singer’s hometown of Baltimore, part of a 15-city tour winding down on Feb. 12 in Memphis. The club tour takes its name from lyrics in her current single ‘Sober & Skinny’.
SHOOTING THE BULL
TODAY’S MOVIE OPENINGS:
• “Dune” (PG-13, Adventure): A brilliant young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their own fear will survive. (Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya)
• “Ron’s Gone Wrong” (PG, Family/Comedy): The story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device. Ron’s malfunctions, set against the backdrop of the social media age, launch them on a journey of learning about true friendship. (Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms)
• “The French Dispatch” (R-Rated, Drama/Comedy): A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in “The French Dispatch Magazine”. (Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton)
NO SQUIDDING:
Word came out earlier that online searches for “Squid Game costume” are vastly outpacing searches for other film and TV character costumes. According to a study conducted by Design Bundles, costumes from the show account for one-third of the top 11 most popular costume searches in the US. That was crazy enough. Now get ready for THIS: A “Sexy Squid Game” costume is officially on the market. Selling for $99.99, the lingerie and clubwear retailer Yandy’s “Met Your Match Watchmen Costume” riffs on the jumpsuits that the gun-toting guards of Squid Game wear. The all-in-one suit is slimmed down to body-hugging proportions and updated in hot pink. Details including fingerless gloves, a holster-belt-garter, and face mask printed with a diamond finish off the look.
(And there you have it – the first time I’ve ever used the words “sexy” and “Squid” in the same sentence. In public, at least…)
(A hundred bucks is a lot, but maybe you can make some kind of deal — you know, squid pro quo…)
-HighSnobiety
NEWS OF THE WEIRD:
➢ A Wisconsin farmer grew a 2,520-pound (1143kg) pumpkin believed to be the heaviest grown in the US this year, only to have it disqualified from competition due to a crack. Mike Schmit of Markesan he has been growing giant pumpkins for years, but this year is the first time one of his gourds surpassed 2,500 pounds. It was disqualified from competition due to a fingernail-sized crack in the vegetable’s exterior. The pumpkin could have earned Schmit a $22,680 prize from 2021 Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in California, which offers a $9-per-pound prize to the winner. (Naw, with that crack, by the time he got it to California, it would have been the size of a gherkin anyway!)
➢ Queen Elizabeth II is Britain’s longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch. But don’t call her an oldie. The 95-year-old has politely declined the honor of being named “Oldie of the Year” by a British magazine. Tuesday, The Oldie magazine published the queen’s response to its suggestion that she follow in the footsteps of former recipients, including former Prime Minister John Major, and actor Olivia de Havilland. A letter from her assistant private secretary reads: “Her Majesty believes you are as old as you feel, as such The Queen does not believe she meets the relevant criteria to be able to accept, and hopes you will find a more worthy recipient.” The letter ended: “with Her Majesty’s warmest best wishes.” (What a great way to convince people that you’re not an oldie: By writing a letter!)
-UPI, AP
DID YOU KNOW?
Elon Musk is not only the richest person in the world, he is now worth as much as fellow billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett COMBINED. The 50-year-old Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s net worth is $230 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gates sits in 4th place with $130 billion and Buffett is #10 with $102 billion. (But you have to ask, is he really happy? And, of course, he’s tell you – YES!)
-CNBC
BS CHRONOMETER 10.22.21
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1938 [83] Christopher Lloyd, Stamford CT, movie actor (“Back to the Future” franchise, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”)
1952 [69] Jeff Goldblum, West Homestead PA, movie actor (“The Fly”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Jurassic Park” movies) COMING UP…”Jurassic World: Dominion”, 2022
1962 [59] Bob Odenkirk, Berwyn IL, TV actor (‘Saul Goodman’ on “Better Call Saul” 2015-present, “Breaking Bad” 2009-13)
1968 [53] Shaggy [Orville Burrell], Kingston Jamaica, reggae singer (‘Angel’, ‘It Wasn’t Me’)
1969 [52] Spike Jonze [Adam Spiegel], New York City, movie director (“Where the Wild Things Are”, “Being John Malkovich”)/music video director (Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys, Weezer, Kanye West)
1975 [46] Jesse Tyler Ferguson, TV actor, Missoula MT (‘Mitchell Pritchett’ on “Modern Family” 2009-20)
1981 [40] Michael Fishman, Los Angeles CA, TV actor (‘DJ Conner’ on “Rosanne” and “The Conners”)
1985 [36] Zac Hanson, Arlington Virginia, pop singer-drummer (The Hansons-‘MMMBop’)
1990 [31] Jonathan Lipnicki, Westlake Village CA, movie actor (“Jerry McGuire”, “Stuart Little” movies)
SATURDAY- director Ang Lee is 67 (“Brokeback Mountain”); Dwight Yoakam (‘Guitars, Cadillacs’) is 65; director Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man”) is 62; ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic (‘Eat It’) is 62; Robert Trujillo (Metallica) is 57; Ryan Reynolds (“Deadpool”) is 45; Cat Deeley (“So You Think You Can Dance”) is 45; Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”) is 35; model-actress Ireland Baldwin is 26
SUNDAY- Kevin Kline (“A Fish Called Wanda”) is 74; Korie Robertson (“Duck Dynasty”) is 48; Monica (‘So Gone’) is 41; Casey Wilson (“Happy Endings”) is 41; Drake (‘Hotline Bling’) is 35; Shenae Grimes (“Degrassi: The Next Generation”) is 32
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY”. The annual celebration of one of the more useful keys on the keyboard (Unlike ‘Scroll Lock’). Today, you’re encouraged to make use of the CAPS LOCK key on your keyboard or keypad. (But remember, the day is not called “ALL CAPS ALL DAY” day…)
• “International Stuttering Awareness Day”, originated in 1998 to raise public awareness of the millions who suffer from the speech disorder. LINK: http://www.stutteringhelp.org
• “Nut Day”. Ask anyone to name a nut, and most will say ‘peanut’, which isn’t a nut at all, but a legume. Definition of a nut: “A hard, dry, indehiscent fruit formed from 2 or more carpels but containing only 1 seed.” It’s one of nature’s most perfect foods. (BTW, ‘indehiscent’ means “not splitting open to release the seeds when ripe”)
• “Smart is Cool Day”, a day to celebrate those who are often labeled ‘egghead’ or ‘smarty-pants’. If there’s ever a time to show off your IQ test results, this is probably it.
• “Used Car Dealership Day”, marking the opening of the world’s first used car dealership on this day in London, England in 1897. (“What do I have to do to put you in this car today?”)
• “Clean Up the Earth Day”, exactly 6 months after Earth Day, this is a day to reflect on the progress that has been made to make a cleaner world in the past half-year, and a day to redouble efforts to make the world a cleaner place in the future.
• “National Color Day”, to learn how colors can affect both body and mind, and to encourage us to learn about how colors can influence mood, emotions, productivity, and behavior. (Sounds pretty black and white to me…)
SATURDAY-
• “Canning Day”, honoring the birth of French chef/chemist Nicolas Appert, who came up with the concept of sealing perishable food in jars. For this, he is known as “the father of canning”, but he also came up with many other inventions … including the bouillon cube.
• “TV Talk Show Host Day”, celebrating those ‘gifted with the personality and intellect to bring out the best in their guests’. It’s an annual observance on the birth anniversary of iconic talk show host Johnny Carson in 1925. (Who’s today’s best?)
• “Croc Day”, crocs are everywhere, from college campuses to fashion runways, on celebrity feet and in the garden. And why not? They’re versatile, vibrant, and most of all, comfortable. (And NEVER the butt of any jokes…)
• “Slap Your Irritating Co-Worker Day”, we’re kidding! (Honest! The HR department told us we are!) But just for fun, here are the rules you must follow…
☞ You can only slap one person per hour – no more.
☞ You can slap the same person again if they irritate you again later in the same day.
☞ You are allowed to hold someone down as other co-workers take their turns slapping the irritant.
☞ No weapons are allowed…other than going upside somebody’s head with a stapler or a hole-puncher.
☞ If questioned by a supervisor [or police, if the supervisor is the irritant], you are allowed to LIE, LIE, LIE! (We don’t recommend that you actually slap anyone, but sometimes it sure is nice to think about it…)
SUNDAY-
• “Bologna Day”, a good day to fry up a slice to add to your peanut butter sandwich. Yummers!
• “Food Day”, a day to resolve to make changes in your diet and take action to solve food-related problems in our communities.
• “United Nations Day”, honoring the 76th anniversary of the day in 1945 that the majority of the world’s countries adopted the charter that formed the UN.
• “National Crazy Day”, a day to bring out the child who lives in all of us, and do something outlandish to make others roll with laughter. (I wore one brown and one blue sock. Crazy, I know!)
• “Good and Plenty Day”, this is one of those candies that you either like or don’t. The licorice treat is the oldest brand of candy in the U.S. Good and Plenty was first made in 1893 by the Quaker City Confectionery Company of Philadelphia.
• “Black Thursday”, commemorating Thursday, October 24, 1929, a day when sellers traded close to 13 million shares in panic on the New York Stock exchange, and endured $5 billion in losses, leading to the onset of the Great Depression.
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2001 [20] “Grand Theft Auto III” is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure games, and spurring controversy around violence in videogames
2007 [14] Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson and actress Kate Hudson are divorced after nearly 6 years of marriage
TODAY IN SPORTS . . .
2012 [09] Lance Armstrong is stripped of his 7 Tour de France titles (1999-2005) due to doping infractions
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2000 [21] George Michael pays almost $3 million for John Lennon’s famous upright Steinway piano, on which he wrote his iconic anthem ‘Imagine’
2005 [16] ABBA’s 1974 hit ‘Waterloo’ is voted the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, decided by voters from 81 countries during a ceremony to mark the event’s 50th anniversary
2012 [09] Garth Brooks is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. George Strait, Bob Seger and James Taylor perform at the ceremony
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2013 [08] The iPad Air and OS X “Mavericks”, are introduced by Apple
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ A good pitcher can make a baseball curve as much as 17½ inches (44½ cm) from a straight path.
✓ When a roadrunner is content, it purrs.
✓ Research shows that if you touch an item in a store, you’re more likely to buy it.
✓ In Medieval times, the average person met about 100 people in their lifetime.
✓ The shark model used to film “Jaws” was named ‘Bruce’ – after Steven Spielberg’s lawyer.
✓ The first archaeological evidence of soup dates back to 6000 B.C. The main ingredient: hippopotamus.
-BathroomReadersInstitute
Best of BS . . .
BS SIGNS YOUR HOUSE IS HAUNTED:
• The phrase “If these walls could talk” isn’t just a saying at your place.
• At midnight, you hear a voice that says “Get out!”, and for once, it’s not your wife.
• When you bought it, there was a “Haunted House for Sale” sign in the front yard.
• There are actual skeletons in the closet.
• Your kids’ Halloween treats disappear. (It’s gotta be a ghost…honest!)
• There is a vehicle marked “Mystery Machine” with a bunch of meddling kids and a Great Dane in it, parked out front.
• The ghost dragging the dead corpses around tells you it’s haunted.
• Someone hired a bunch of C-level actors and made a crappy movie about it.
• Ectoplasm on the stairs!
• The ceiling bleeds blood down the walls. Not a definite sign, but a really strong indicator.
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2018
TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ The CDC says Flu Season has arrived and we should all get vaccinated. (Another way to avoid flu is by washing your hands after touching things where lots of hands have been, like doorknobs, grocery carts, and Travis Barker…)
➠ It’s just over a week until Halloween 2021. (Ah! That one night of the year when I buy bags upon bags of chocolate treats, turn off my porch light . . . and act like I’m not home!)
➠ Despite the pandemic, millions of kids will go trick-or-treating this year. (And not ONE of them will look through their bag afterwards and say: “YES! A toothbrush!!”)
➠ I just read that Dennis Rodman’s father has 29 children with 16 different women. (Who knew Rodman’s father also played in the NBA?)
➠ Kourtney Kardashian and rock drummer Travis Barker are engaged. (Who cares? Let me know when the Honeymoon Video is leaked…)
BS WEB GOODIE:
Couldn’t resist – it’s Friday: https://tinyurl.com/9xvb3sc
BS RANDOM JOKE:
If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.
BS PHONE STARTER:
What quote or saying do people spout that is completely inaccurate? “Love means never having to say you’re sorry”? “Ask, and it shall be given you”? “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% of how we react”?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 9% of people who quit their job because their boss was a “monster”, described the boss as THIS scary movie monster. Which one?
Answer: Beetlejuice
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?
