Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Edition: #6291
Thanks a Sheetload for Choosing “BS”!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Kate Bosworth and her husband are accused of “commandeering” sensitive film footage concerning a Native American tribe from a producer who claims he is the rightful owner, and they are allegedly refusing to give it back. Bosworth and Michael Polish were sued over a movie they were working on, called “Little Brother of War.” Producers claim Polish was only on set six days, but allegedly struck a deal with two cameramen to “commandeer” the raw footage with a plan to “release an infringing, unauthorized film of his own.”
-TheBlast
★ Julia Roberts has mostly kept her private life to herself over the years, but in the summer, she took the plunge and made the move onto social media by opening an Instagram account. The 50 year-old says taking the plunge has helped her understand the modern world her teenage children are living in. Quote: ”I do appreciate the platform. It’s kind of fascinating…I love it to keep up with friends and see where they are … (and) as a mother of teenagers, it’s very educational.”
(And right now, her teens are abandoning Instagram because their Mom is on it!)
-ContactMusic
★ Laurence Fishburne’s daughter is accused of violating her probation by blowing off a drug test and a judge has issued a warrant for her arrest. In 2017, Montana Fishburne was arrested when she allegedly crashed her car into a vehicle that had slowed down to avoid another accident in Florida. Police took two breathalyzer tests, which both read well over the legal limit. She was hit with four charges relating to DUI. She is also accused leaving her county of residence without court approval. The warrant instructs law enforcement to arrest her on sight and bring her to court.
-TheBlast
★ Ricky Gervais has called for an end to the suffering of primates in research. The comedian – who regularly speaks about animal welfare on his social media accounts – has called on governments around the world to end the suffering caused to monkeys and apes before they’re even subjected to experiments. Gervais said: ”I have empathy for everything – I’m hardwired to – and some people think that animals are like inanimate objects without feelings and that dogs, say, don’t feel sad. But that’s just not true.”
-ContactMusic
★ The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced that actor Eric McCormack will be honored with the 2,644th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame tomorrow. His star will be placed directly beside his “Will & Grace” co-star Debra Messing’s.
-WalkofFame
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Christina Aguilera, Paul Scheer, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Daniel Radcliffe, Matt Czuchry, Teyana Taylor
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Keira Knightley, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Martha Stewart
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, Dominic West
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Allison Brie, Keegan-Michael Key, Prof. Robert Winston
• “Conan” (TBS/Comedy): Bob Odenkirk, Zach Cregger, Shooter Jennings (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Cary Deuber, Stephanie Hollman
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti, Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T
• “The Talk” (CBS): Drew Carey
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Blake Lively, the winner of “So You Think You Can Dance”
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): LeBron James, Channing Tatum, Dave Matthews Band
• “American Horror Story: Apocalypse” (FX): The eighth season of Ryan Murphy’s horror anthology serves as a crossover between season 1 (“Murder House”) and season 3 (“Coven”)
• “America’s Got Talent” (NBC): Live results
• “MasterChef” (FOX): Battle of the Beef; The Semi Final
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Kanye West — may have to stick to his day job because he won’t be heading up an art classroom in Chicago anytime soon. Late Sunday night, he announced, during a flurry of tweets, that he would be teaching a course at the Art Institute of Chicago and the American Academy of Art. Both institutions have denied any teaching arrangement with the rapper, and the Art Institute says “there are no plans for him to do so.”
• Post Malone – His old house in the San Fernando Valley area of California was hit by a band of armed thugs. The home was stormed by three men looking for cash and jewelry. One kept yelling, ‘Where’s Post Malone?’ One person, believed to be the new owner of the home, was pistol whipped. Malone has not lived in the house for several months.
• Queens Of The Stone Age — raised over $20,000 for Australia’s Royal Hobart Hospital’s Paediatric Ward with a show at Hobart’s MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) in Tasmania last week. The band also paid a visit to the hospital to meet the youngsters receiving life-saving treatment and to give them gifts.
• Guns N’ Roses – in a new interview, guitarist Slash admitted that some of their songs in the early years were “sort of sexist in their own way”. He also defended the material, saying they weren’t “malicious” and the #MeToo movement hasn’t made him second-guess the lyrics. According to him, “We didn’t have that particular [predatory] relationship with girls. It was a lot more the other way around in some cases.”
• Queen — The upcoming Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” will premiere at London’s SSE Arena, Wembley on October 23. Wembley is where Queen performed a triumphant Live Aid show in 1985, and some of the music used in the soundtrack of the film was recorded at that show.
• Brett Young — his next studio album, “Ticket to L.A.” comes out Dec. 7. The title was inspired by frequent trips back home to California, where he lived and worked prior to moving to Nashville four years ago. The album will contain a duet with pop artist Gavin DeGraw on the song ‘Chapters’. Young has not been shy about calling DeGraw his idol.
• Keith Urban – says he once had a prosthetic leg thrown at him by a fan: ‘I was at a show years ago and someone from the audience yells out … ‘Would you sign my leg?’ I was like, ‘This is a great moment, sure!’ Come on up here, I’ll sign your leg! ‘They disappeared out of sight for a second and then I could see their head again. (Then) they lob this fricken’ leg onto the stage!”
SISTERLY LOVE:
If you have a sister, you probably know that growing up, it can be sort of a love/hate relationship…often within a few minutes. But science is now saying that having a sister is plain good for you. One of the big advantages of having a sister, according to scientists who study these types of things, is that you’re likely to better express yourself and to communicate your problems more effectively, signifying positive mental health. Having a sister also teaches you love, friendship, and companionship from a very early age. If you are a male who grew up with a sister, chances are you learned early the skills necessary to communicate with women. You learn to respect women from childhood, and to understand them and be more empathetic with them.
(And if you are a female who grew up with a sister, well, at least you got to borrow her clothes…)
(OK, but I still can’t forgive her for that thing she did when I was five!)
(Yeah, it was great how she would save me from the bullies, and then beat me up!)
-APost
PLAYING INTO OVERTIME:
We all know that by being physically active, there is a good chance that we are contributing to living a longer life. But a new study says that playing tennis and other sports with a social component might add even more years to your life. The study of Danish men and women, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, found that adults who reported frequently participating in tennis or other racket and team sports lived longer than people who were sedentary. But they also lived longer than people who took part in healthy but often solitary activities such as jogging, swimming and cycling. The study found that cycling regularly added an average of 3.7 years to riders’ lives, compared to sedentary Danes. Running was associated with an extra 3.2 years of life. But playing soccer added 5 years to players’ lives. Tennis was found to add 9.7 years of life, and badminton 6.2 years.
(But they had to spend their extra 6.2 years playing badminton!)
(How long did the people who played tennis alone live?)
(What if I don’t actually do anything, but I do it in a social setting, is that good?)
-NYTimes
SWEAT DREAMS:
Quick! How often do you wash your bed sheets? Probably not often enough – and it could be triggering allergies and other problems, according to experts with IFLScience. They found that over the course of a year, your bed is soaked in up to 100 litres of sweat, plus about a pound of skin – making it an ‘ideal fungal culture medium’. Your bed also probably contains bacteria, soil, sweat, sputum and a bunch of other things that I’m not even going to get into, because if I do, you aren’t going to want to get into your bed. And your pillow? It can alone can hold up to sixteen species of fungus. Scientists say that you should wash your sheets and pillow case weekly – because that’s enough time for the build-up of filth to become ‘significant’.
(Maybe I would wash them more often if I had a clue how to put a fitted sheet back on!)
(Yeah, but it’s MY fungus!)
(Phew…I’m glad I do most of my sleeping on the couch!)
-YahooStyle
STUDY SAYS:
☞ People who bring leftovers home from a restaurant end up eating more calories, and exercising less. The very act of bringing food home leads people to believe that they haven’t had as much to eat, so they tend to reward themselves by eating unhealthy snacks, and are less likely to work exercise into their schedule. (Well, I DID take the doggy bag for a walk, didn’t I?)
-DailyMail
☞ 78% of employees say that access to natural light and views improve their well-being, and 70% say it improves their work performance. 47% of workers believe that absence of natural light makes them feel tired, and 43% say it makes them feel gloomy. Employees say natural light is most important to them than other work-perks such as fitness centers or onsite cafeterias or childcare. (I believe most of these workers actually said that some ‘Natural Light’ BEER would improve their work performance…)
-HarvardBusinessReview
BS CHRONOMETER 09.12.18
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1952 [66] Neil Peart, Hamilton ON, retired rock drummer (Rush-‘Closer to the Heart’, ‘Tom Sawyer’)
1967 [51] Louis CK (Szekely), Washington DC, stand-up comedian, actor, writer (“Word: Live at Carnegie Hall”)/TV actor (“Louie” 2010-2015)
1974 [44] Jennifer Nettles, Douglas GA, country singer (w/Bon Jovi-‘Who Says You Can’t Go Home’, Sugarland-‘Stuck Like Glue’)
1977 [41] 2 Chainz (Tauheed Epps), College Park GA, rapper (w/Wiz Khalifa-‘We Own It’, w/Drake-‘No Lie’)
1981 [37] Jennifer Hudson, Chicago IL, movie actress (“Sex & the City: The Movie”, Oscar-“Dreamgirls”)/pop singer (“American Idol 3″ finalist)
1986 [32] Emmy Rossum, New York City NY, TV actress (‘Fiona Gallagher’ on “Shameless” since 2011)
1993 [25] Kelsea Ballerini, Knoxville TN, country singer (‘Love Me Like You Mean It’)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Chocolate Milkshake Day”. The original recipe, which appeared in a British newspaper in 1885, called for a shot of whiskey.
• “National Video Games Day”, one of the most popular entertainment industries in the world, surpassing movies and music in annual revenue. This is a day to acknowledge the art and science behind video games and to appreciate the skills required to play them. (Skill #1? Be under 30.)
• “Police Woman Day”, The first police woman may have been Marie Owens, hired by the Chicago Police Department in 1891.
• “Report Medicare Fraud Day”, of course, you can, and should, report Medicare fraud any day of the year.
• “National Day of Encouragement”, dedicated to uplifting people around us and making a positive impact. Today, do something to offer encouragement to those around you, whether it is someone at work or in your personal life. (You are strongly encouraged to do so)
COMING UP . . .
[Thurs] Bald is Beautiful Day
[Thurs] Fortune Cookie Day
[Fri] Coloring Day
[Fri] Stand up to Cancer Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2005 [13] ‘Hong Kong Disneyland’ opens on Lantau Island, Hong Kong
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2003 [15] Country music icon Johnny Cash dies in Nashville TN at age 71 of heart failure
2007 [11] Led Zeppelin announces what will likely to be their last gig together, a performance at London’s O2 Arena to honor Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun
2017 [01] Stevie Wonder, Demi Lovato and Dave Matthews are among the performers at the “Hand in Hand” telethon, which benefits victims of hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2011 [07] NYC’s ‘9/11 Memorial Museum’ first opens to the public
TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
1983 [35] Albert Rizzo of Malta sets ‘World Treading Water Record’ at 108 hours, 9 minutes in
the ocean (that’s 4.5 days!)
2017 [01] A monster “fatburg” (a congealed lump in a sewer system formed by the combination of non-biodegradable solid matter such as wet wipes and grease or cooking fat) 250m long, 130 tons, the size of 11 buses is found in sewers under east London, UK
BULL’S BITS
BS WACK FACTS:
✓ A woman named Glenda Blackwell once bought a scratch lottery ticket to prove to her husband that it was a waste of money. She ended up winning $1 million.
✓ The first man to survive a fall off of Niagara Falls in a barrel died after slipping on an orange peel.
✓ Divers who recover golf balls from lakes make up to $150,000 per year.
✓ The average person spends 6 months of their lifetime waiting for red lights to turn green.
✓ One in five adults believe that aliens are hiding on our planet disguised as humans.
✓ Earth has traveled more than 5,000 miles in the past 5 minutes.
-WhattheFFacts
BS STUPID QUESTIONS FOR ZOMBIES:
• Do you see runners as fast food?
• If you are already dead why are you trying to eat me? Its not like you’re going to starve to death.
• Would you like red or white wine with those finger sandwiches?
• Have you ever considered going vegan?
• How could you possibly still be hungry?
• Do you like me for my brain, or just my body?
• What happens if I bite you?
• Do you get tired of eating the same thing every day?
• Would you like fries with that?
• You gonna eat that?
-Twitter
BS WHYZITS:
• Whyzit they call a sculpture a ‘bust’ when it stops just before the part it’s named after?
• Whyzit people look up when they think? What’s that all about?
• Whyzit anything requiring service or adjustment is always in the least accessible place?
• Whyzit insurance for a car sometimes costs more than the car?
• Whyzit you always seem to pick up the supermarket items that won’t scan at the checkout?
• Whyzit a cowboy needs two spurs? If one side of the horse goes doesn’t the other?
(First published in BS in 2015)
BS RANDOM JOKE:
If you suck at playing the trumpet, that’s probably why.
BS PHONE STARTER:
Should you be able to ask smartphone snappers NOT to post the pics they take of you online? What about photos of your kid(s)? And what about not being tagged in photos … shouldn’t that be an option?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: When a survey asked the under-25 crowd about the importance of certain things to the quality of their lives, the internet was ranked higher than this necessity. What was it?
Answer: Daylight
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
When you forgive, you don’t change the past. You change the future.
