Tuesday, September 1, 2020 – Edition: #6799
Sheet Happens!
BS SUBSCRIBER NOTE:
There will be no “Bull Sheet” on Monday Sept 7, the Labour Day holiday. The Bull Sheet will resume on Tuesday, September 8th. All subscribers will receive account credits for the non-service day.
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ The tweet from Chadwick Boseman’s account announcing his death on Friday has become the most liked tweet of all time. Twitter made the announcement with the words: “Most liked Tweet ever. A tribute fit for a King. #WakandaForever”. Boseman’s verified account tweeted out a family statement confirming his death and revealing he was diagnosed with Stage III colon cancer in 2016, then battled the disease over the last four years as it advanced to Stage IV. It has received over 7.2 million likes. The previous record-holder was one from former president Barack Obama, which has 4.3 million likes.
-Yahoo
★ It’s been eight years since David Blaine performed one of his famous outdoor stunts, but this week he returns with “Ascension”. Blaine’s plan is to float 18,000 feet, or nearly 3½ miles, into the sky carried by 52 helium-filled weather balloons, before releasing the balloons and parachuting back to earth. It’s a stunt that has been a decade in the making and required Blaine to complete 500 airplane jumps, become licensed for hot-air balloon piloting and learn to read wind patterns. The undertaking is ground-breaking enough to have been deemed a research and development project by the FAA. The event will stream this week on Blaine’s YouTube channel, with the day and time to be determined due to weather.
-NYPost
★ When “Ant-Man 3” eventually makes its way to theaters, stars Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly will be sharing equal billing. Director Peyton Reed says that Rudd (who stars as Scott Lang/Ant-Man) and Lilly (Hope van Dyne/The Wasp) will share screen time and billing because “They’re a partnership, and she’s a very, very important part of that. Finding that balance in that movie, that’s very important to me because that’s very much a men’s playing field, historically, but that’s really, really changing now in a great way.”
-ETCanada
★ Russell Crowe helped make an aspiring actor’s dream come true by donating money to pay for his education. Earlier this month, Harry Pritchard created a GoFundMe page, sharing that after three years of auditioning, he had finally been accepted to the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. But he wasn’t able to afford the tuition fee. Since then, Pritchard has raised his goal of over $18,000 — which included a $3,600 donation from Crowe, who wrote: “Congratulations Harry. Looking forward to hear of your success. Thank you to everyone who got involved and gave this young bloke a lift and a helping hand, you are all lovely and brilliant.”
-People
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Zendaya, MUNA and the Knocks, guest host Ben Platt (R)
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Paula Pell, Jessie Reyez (R)
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Jon Stewart (R)
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Jason Sudeikis, Robert Costa, Thomas Lang (R)
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Brian Cox, Tim Minchin, Sara Bareilles (R)
• “Conan” (TBS): JB Smoove
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Rep. Mike Kelly, Rebecca Jarvis (R)
• “The Talk” (CBS): Morris Day and the Time (R)
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Dakota Fanning, Tamron Hall, Michael Lomonaco (R)
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Keegan-Michael Key, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Osaka (R)
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Auli’l Cravalho, Merman Mike, Jason Mraz
• “America’s Got Talent” (NBC): Live at Universal Studios Hollywood, 11 performers compete for America’s vote and a $1 million prize.
• “Transplant” (NBC): Premiere. When Bashir “Bash” Hamed finds himself at the site of a tragic accident, his medical training takes over as he works to save the wounded.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Megan Thee Stallion – headlines “Red Rocks Unpaused”, a 3-day virtual festival beginning today. Lil Baby, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Phoebe Bridgers, Sam Hunt and Brett Young will also perform exclusively on the event’s Twitter page.
• (***Check for dating, there could be more***) Katy Perry – In the days leading up to — and following – last Friday’s release of her new album “Smile”, she has dropped daily installments as part of her “Smile Video Series” on YouTube. So far, she’s shared videos for the songs ‘Never Really Over’, ‘Harleys in Hawaii’, ‘Cry About It Later’, ‘Tucked’ and ‘Champagne Problems’.
• Josh Groban — has been granted a five-year restraining order against an obsessed fan. This follows a temporary restraining order granted in June against Shawna Marie Laing, who had allegedly been ”sexually harassing and threatening the singer since he canceled a date with her” in 2011.
• Dave Grohl – accepted a drum challenge from a 10-year-old drumming prodigy– and put the ball back in her court. Nandi Bushell did a cover of Foo Fighter’s ‘Everlong’,” which Grohl matched on his daughter’s drum set, then dared Bushell to try a song he did with Them Crooked Vultures called ‘Dead End Friends’.
• Smashing Pumpkins – released 2 new songs from an upcoming new studio album. ‘Cyr’ and ‘The Color of Love’ arrived on Friday. No word on the album title or release date.
• Bryan Adams – has been forced to postpone a concert in Dusseldorf, Germany after a spike in coronavirus infections across Europe. “Give Live a Chance” was set to take place this Friday with an audience of 12,000, pared down from the venue’s capacity of 66,000. Live Nation says the concert will be rescheduled for later in the year.
• Blake Shelton – He and Gwen Stefani finally know when they will be returning to TV. After a delay, an Oct. 19 premiere date for Season 19 of “The Voice” has been announced. Judges John Legend and Kelly Clarkson will also be back, as will host Carson Daly.
• Luke Combs — shared a teaser of what many believe to be one of the new songs on his upcoming deluxe version of the “What You See Ain’t Always What You Get” album. He revealed a sample of a song called ‘Forever After All’ with a caption that made it clear the song was inspired by his wife, Nicole Hocking, whom he married last month.
CHEAP QUESTIONS:
Over half of adults say the pandemic has helped teach them how to be smart with their money. A survey of 2,000 Americans compared to a similar one conducted two years ago found that the number of adults who feel “very smart” with their money has risen from just 42% in 2018 to 51% in 2020. Two thirds of participants said the pandemic has turned them into a ‘frugal’ person. Some of the ways people indicated they are pinching pennies lately included growing their own vegetables, switching to one-ply toilet paper and eating lots of leftovers.
(One ply? That’s a rip off!)
(Also, for three months, there was no way to SPEND it!)
(This is what I’ve been training for my whole life!)
-GoodNewsNetwork
NOT ‘SINGLE-USE’ ANYMORE:
A California highway has become the first state road in the U.S. made entirely from recycled plastic. It looks like an ordinary newly-paved road, but the mile-long stretch of Highway 162 near Oroville is made from more than 150,000 single-use plastic bottles. The sustainable landscaping company TechniSoil partnered with the state to repave the 3-lane road, which is expected to be 2-3 times more durable than traditional asphalt pavement. The procedure also generates 90% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a ‘normal’ road construction operation.
(Pretty soon, Hollywood won’t be the only place in the state where everything is plastic!)
(If plastic bottles make a road more durable, does that mean it’s actually environmentally friendly to toss them out the window? Asking for a friend…)
-FastCompany
PARTYING ‘TIL THE COWS COME HOME:
There was a music festival in Britain on the weekend, and it wasn’t a “virtual” one. The island of Guernsey, whose cows are universally accepted as producing the best milk in the world, recorded its last case of COVID-19 more than 100 days ago. And with no visiting performers on the bill, no social-distancing measures were required at the 44th Vale Earth Fair. This year’s festival played out over 12 hours in front of up to 3,000 islanders and featured 70 all-local acts on several stages. Sunday’s festivities also included spoken word, live arts, and a children’s corner. With university students still home, and teenagers sticking around who would normally be piling onto ferries headed into the UK’s major festival weekend, the thinking was that this year’s homegrown edition might be one of the biggest Earth Fairs ever.
(Don’t you hate it when your kids are at the same party you’re at, so you can’t act like an idiot?)
-GoodNewsNetwork
BEDTIME:
⇒ A nice afternoon nap is a great chance to take a break, recharge, and wake up feeling reinvigorated. But unfortunately, new research by the European Society of Cardiology has a warning for habitual nappers. They found that you should keep your naps under an hour, because sleeping longer in the daytime is associated with a 30% higher risk of death from all causes and a 34% higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease. (Of course, my family has a much higher risk of death if I DON’T nap…)
⇒ Science says that night owls are smarter than early birds. A study of U.S. Air Force recruits aimed to explore the relationship between intelligence and sleep scheduling. After assessing the 420 participants, they discovered that night owls are more likely to have higher intelligence scores. The conclusion isn’t that that sleeping late makes you smarter, but that a higher IQ leads to night owl tendencies. (But they’re still not smart enough to be awake at the most beautiful time of the day…)
-Ladders, ApartmentTherapy
WHAT IT STANDS FOR:
(Acronyms and initialisms spelled out for you…)
➢ TASER: from the 1911 novel “Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle” (the inspiration of the real-life TASER)
➢ SMART Car: A collaboration between Swatch and Mercedes, it is short for “Swatch Mercedes Art”.
➢ IBM: International Business Machines
➢ CVS: Consumer Value Stores
➢ L.L. Bean: Leon Leonwood Bean (founder)
➢ Pam (cooking spray): Product of Arthur Mayerhoff (founder)
➢ 3M: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
➢ CAPTCHA: Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
➢ TCBY: The Country’s Best Yogurt (formerly “This Can’t Be Yogurt”)
-MentalFloss
DID YOU KNOW?
When are we most likely to “lose” or break our cellphone? A study published in the Journal of Marketing Research found it’s typically around the time when a new model is announced. Statistics suggest many people unconsciously become more careless with their phones to justify upgrading to a new one “guilt free.”
-NBCNews
BS CHRONOMETER 09.01.20
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1939 [81] Lily Tomlin, Detroit MI, TV actress (Netflix series “Grace & Frankie” since 2015)/comedian (“And That’s the Truth”)/Kennedy Center Honors (2014)
1946 [74] Barry Gibb, Douglas Isle of Man, pop singer-songwriter (Bee Gees- ‘Stayin’ Alive’, ‘How Deep Is Your Love’)
1950 [71] Dr Phil (McGraw), Vinita OK, daytime TV talk show host (“Dr Phil” since 2002)/author (“Relationship Rescue”) BS FACTOID: He’s only a ‘doctor’ due to a PhD in psychology
1957 [63] Gloria Estefan, Havana Cuba, pop singer (‘Coming Out of the Dark’, w/Miami Sound Machine- ‘Conga’, ‘Rhythm Is Gonna Get You’)
1976 [44] Angaleena Presley, Beauty KY, country singer-songwriter (Pistol Annies-‘Hell on Heels’)
1984 [36] Joe Trohman, Hollywood FL, rock guitarist (Fall Out Boy-‘Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down’, ‘Thnks fr th Mmrs’)
1996 [24] Zendaya (Coleman), Oakland CA, TV actress (“Euphoria”, “KC Undercover” 2015-18)/movie actress (“Spider-Man” movies)/pop singer (‘Replay’) COMING UP…”Dune” 2020
BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “September”. In Latin ‘septem’ means ‘seventh’. That’s because back in the day when the New Year started in March, September was in fact the 7th month.
• “V-J Day”, the anniversary of the 1945 formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri, marking the end of World War II
• “First Day of Spring” in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, so designated by tradition, not any relation to the Vernal Equinox.
• “No Rhyme Nor Reason Day”, a celebration of words that don’t rhyme with any other words (aka refractory rhymes), ie: angel, month, orange, purple, silver.
• “Building Code Staff Appreciation Day”. It’s like “Valentine’s Day” for planning board workers.
• “American Chess Day”, often called “The Game of Kings,” you can play chess the good old-fashioned way with another player in person, or on the computer with opponents from all over the world.
• “Pink Cadillac Day”, They have an iconic place in American culture, most notably because of Elvis Presley. He mentioned a pink Cadillac in his first charting single, ‘Baby Let’s Play House’ (1955), and bought his first pink Cadillac around the same time.
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Blueberry Popsicle Day
[Wed] Pierce Your Ears Day
[Thurs] National Skyscraper Day
[Thurs] National Welsh Rarebit Day
ON THIS DAY . . .
1980 [40] Terry Fox’s cross-Canada “Marathon of Hope” ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario when he is unable to continue because of illness (He would die of cancer the following June)
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1995 [25] The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is officially dedicated in Cleveland OH
2002 [18] Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar weds actor Freddie Prinze Jr. in Mexico
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1984 [36] After a 25-year career, Tina Turner has her first solo #1 single in the US with ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’
2011 [09] Green Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong is thrown off a Southwest Airlines flight for … wearing his pants too low
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2006 [14] Luxembourg becomes the first country to complete the move to all-digital TV
2019 [01] Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account is hacked
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ The inventor of the chocolate chip cookie sold her idea to Nestle in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
✓ A lethal dose of chocolate for a human being is about 22 lbs., or 40 Hershey bars.
✓ Salty and spicy snacks can act as antidepressants.
✓ Genetically, you are more like your dad than your mom.
✓ Poison oak is not an oak and poison ivy is not an ivy. Both are members of the cashew family.
✓ Vodka can be used as shampoo.
-WhattheFFacts, BathroomReadersInstitute
BS CHAPTER TITLES IN THE BOOK OF LOVE:
• OK, I Wear the Pants Now
• How to Apologize When You Aren’t Sure What You’ve Done Wrong
• How to Decide Where to Eat
• What “It’s Fine” Really Means
• Do Not Press ‘Send’
• Buyer’s Remorse
• Tiptoeing Through the “Do I Look Fat” Minefield
• How Long Until I Can Fart?
• Forget Everything You Just Read
-Twitter
Best of BS . . .
BS UNUSUAL WAYS TO START A CONVERSATION:
• “Are you gonna eat that?”
• “Hey, can I borrow your debit card?”
• “First time in jail?”
• “Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?”
• “Hey, I just met you. And this is crazy. But here’s my number. Please watch my baby.”
• “Do you know how to get blood stains out of a carpet?”
• “Don’t correct me if I’m wrong, but…”
• “That is one ugly baby you’ve got there.”
• “You’ll smell that in a minute.”
• “So, I was in this threesome once when…”
-Twitter, first published in ‘BS’ in 2018
TODAY’S SLICE OF BS:
➠ It appears that ratings for the “VMAs” were again down this year. (“I knew it! . . . just not enough Kanye!” …responded Kanye.)
➠ BBC America has announced the 13th season of “Dr. Who” will debut ‘early January 2021’. (Dr. Who travels back in time to prevent catastrophes from happening. In January, they try to stop MTV from roaming the beaches of New Jersey in search of a reality series.)
➠ A “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” revival is in the works and could star the original cast if they’re available. (So, it will star the original cast.)
➠ This year, Starbucks has released the popular Pumpkin Spice Latte about one month earlier than usual. (There’s something about Pumpkin Spice that’s so addictive. The only way to break the habit is by adding a Pumpkin Patch…)
➠ Lamborghini has announced the release date of their new 2021 Aventador SVJ Xago Edition. The Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price is just over $600,000. (And they promise if you buy one, you’ll instantly stop being a balding, middle-aged, impotent loser…)
BS WEB GOODIE:
Hey! What’s up? https://tinyurl.com/yycgl6ss
BS RANDOM JOKE:
If you’re ever feeling down, just remember: You’re closer to being a millionaire than Jeff Bezos is.
BS PHONE STARTER:
What does your kid absolutely HAVE to have for back-to-school that you never did?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: A survey says that 11% of people have a smartphone with THIS. What is it?
Answer: A cracked screen
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.
