Tuesday, September 13, 2022 — Edition: #7309
The BS Press!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ A clip of Brie Larson talking about her “Captain Marvel” future has been doing the rounds online. Larson appeared at D23 Expo on Saturday to present a first look at her upcoming film “The Marvels”, in which she stars alongside Iman Vellani and Teyonah Parris. She first took on the role of ‘Carol Danvers’ in the 2019 “Captain Marvel” flick, and has since faced backlash from fans. When asked “How long will you play Captain Marvel?”, the actress wryly responded, “I don’t know. Does anyone want me to do it again?”, seemingly hinting at the criticism she’s faced. Commenters have complained about everything from Larson’s lack of smiling in the trailer to press comments perceived as sexist towards men.
-PageSix, EW
★ The Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to move into the late Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle home. But they’re said to be postponing the move for the sake of the children as they have just relocated to Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor estate. The couple are said to be highly sensitive to the fact that their kids have experienced a house move, starting a new school and the death of their ‘Gan-Gan’ in only 6 days. A royal insider has been reported as saying: “They won’t be starting from scratch when it comes to decisions on what happens to all of the royal properties because there have been lots of conversations about that over the years, but things can change when family dynamics are taken into account and they want as little disruption to their children’s lives as possible.” The Waleses moved into Adelaide Cottage last week, after being based in Kensington Palace.
-Bang
★ Soon, Marvel fans will be able to take a ride through the Multiverse. A new “Avengers Campus” attraction is heading to Disneyland in Anaheim, California, allowing parkgoers to journey through the MCU’s many, many universes. The news was announced on Sunday at the D23 Expo’s Parks panel, which featured parks chairman Josh D’Amaro and Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige. D’Amaro said the ride — which does not have an official opening date — will see parkgoers team up with the Avengers from multiple universes to defeat ‘King Thanos’, a version of the character that won at the end of the 2019 film “Avengers: Endgame.” (Spoiler alert?)
-Variety
★ Drew Barrymore was gobsmacked that her ‘rain frolic’ went viral. The “Charlie’s Angels” star and talk show host posted a joyful video to Instagram of herself rejoicing as she frolicked outside during a downpour in July. In the clip, she tips her head toward the sky and says: “Whenever you can, go out into the rain! Do not miss the opportunity!” The video has been viewed over 22 million times and racked up over 10 million likes. While on the red carpet at the Harper’s Bazaar ICONS party in New York, she told reporters that she “had no idea [it would go viral]…it was just a moment.” LINK: https://www.instagram.com/p/CgHP791LNX9/?hl=en
-PageSix
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Elisabeth Moss, Diego Luna, Kane Brown
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Serena Williams, Justin Long, Ellie Goulding
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Robert De Niro, Ethan Hawke, St. Vincent
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Rosie O’Donnell, Kevin Smith, Megan Giddings, Rick Smith
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Adrien Brody, Louis Tomlinson
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Austen Kroll, Craig Conover
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Kevin Smith
• “The Talk” (CBS): Ismael Cruz Córdova, Nichelle Turner, Jon Pardi
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Derek Hough, Jenny Mollen
• “Sherri” (Check local listings): Ricki Lake
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Lester Holt, D’Arcy Carden, Karamo Brown
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Katy Perry, Tieghan Gerard
• “America’s Got Talent” (NBC): Season 17 finale
• “Academy of Country Music Honors” (FOX): Celebrating special honorees Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Shania Twain, Morgan Wallen and “Yellowstone”; Carly Pearce hosts; performers include Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, The Warren Brothers and Trace Adkins.
• “Oprah and Viola: The Woman King” (OWN): Winfrey sits down with Viola Davis to discuss her new film, “The Woman King”, about ‘Nanisca’, a general of an all-female army in 19th-century Africa.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Cardi B — took to Instagram Live on Saturday to reveal fresh tattoos featuring the names of her son Wave (who is 1) and 4-year-old daughter, Kulture. Wave’s name is in red cursive on the side of her face, while Kulture’s name is inked in a darker shade on her arm. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3kmka8w2
• Joe Jonas and Khalid — have collaborated on ‘Not Alone’, their new single featured in the upcoming feature film “Devotion”. The Korean War epic, set to hit theaters Nov. 23, is Jonas’ big-screen debut. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/5xbh2brt
• Lady Gaga – had her Saturday night show at Dodger Stadium filmed for a mystery project. She tweeted fan video from the Chromatica Ball tour stop, and wrote: “52,000 people. Sold out. 30 cameras pointed at you and one take.” LINK: https://tinyurl.com/ye2xxrx5
• Elton John – His last-ever US concert will be available for home viewing. Disney+ has announced that it will stream the show live from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Nov. 20, alongside a documentary titled “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and the Years That Made His Legend”. His “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” is scheduled to end in Stockholm in July 2023.
• Kelsea Ballerini — has called on not one, but 2 powerful female vocalists for a new collab. Kelly Clarkson and Carly Pearce will join her on ‘You’re Drunk, Go Home’, dropping Sept. 23 with Ballerini’s new album. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/yrtu8ytp
• Blake Shelton — returned to the Grand Ole Opry stage on Saturday, and he brought along some guests. Shortly after introducing Season 18 winner of “The Voice, Todd Tilghman”, to the stage, Shelton returned to perform his new single ‘No Body’. Next, he invited his wife Gwen Stefani to the stage for her Opry debut. Together, they performed their hits ‘Nobody But You’ and ‘Happy Anywhere’. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2zbs5xf9
• John Michael Montgomery — is recovering after he and 2 others were injured when his tour bus crashed in Tennessee on Friday. On Facebook, he wrote: “Despite some cuts and broken ribs, I am doing well. I will take some time over the next couple of weeks to heal and be back on the road soon.” LINK: https://tinyurl.com/5cjyu6vf
SHOOTING THE BULL
MEAL PLAN:
According to the old saying, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but a new study says it shouldn’t be the biggest meal of the day. Some believe that “front-loading” calories by making breakfast the largest meal helps people burn more calories throughout the day. But researchers from Scotland’s Aberdeen University found that it doesn’t matter whether we make breakfast, lunch, or dinner the biggest meal — our body processes the calories in the same way, at the same rate. The team did point out, however, that “in the real world”, eating more food first thing in the morning could help people lose weight by making them less ravenous at lunch and dinnertime.
(Tried it. Nope.)
(At least now I don’t feel so bad for eating that leftover half-bucket of fried chicken before work this morning!)
-StudyFinds
ULTRAPRENEURS:
Who are the most influential modern entrepreneurs? Well, not Elon Musk, according to a survey. In a poll of Americans for Herbalife Nutrition, participants were given a list of 40 entrepreneurs from the last 50 years and asked to select those who’ve made the biggest positive impact on society. Microsoft founder Bill Gates came first, followed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Elon Musk — founder of SpaceX, and CEO of Tesla, came 4th, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg was 5th. The rest of the top-10: Oprah Winfrey (co-founder of Oxygen, founder of O, The Oprah Magazine), Melinda Gates (co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) and Sam Walton (founder of Walmart and Sam’s Club), followed by Google co-founder Larry Page and Ted Turner, founder of CNN.
(Actually, for most of these people, their biggest “positive impact of society” has been in making divorce lawyers rich!)
(Ummm…Colonel Sanders [or Kylie Jenner], anyone?)
-Talker
DOMINO’S KNOWS:
Domino’s has finally settled the argument over whether you can throw your used pizza boxes into recycling. Now, printed on every pizza box they deliver in the US, Domino’s is including specific recycling instructions for the customer’s area. Why? Literally billions of corrugated cardboard pizza boxes have gone unrecycled over the years because both consumers and recycling companies believed the leftover grease, sauce, and cheese might gum up the recycling machinery, or weaken the quality of the recycled paper material. To look into the matter, the company that makes Domino’s pizza boxes, West Rock, commissioned a study to see if boxes made up of 20% pizza grease by weight would harm the recycling process. No difference in machine function or quality of recycling paper material was observed, despite the fact that they used an unrealistically greasy box. With that cleared up, Domino’s is now printing everything a customer needs to know to recycle their pizza box right onto the box, including statements like: “Grease DOES NOT Impact the Recyclability!” and “70% of Americans have access to pizza box recycling.” Domino’s recycling website includes contact info for recycling facilities to ask whether or not they accept boxes, as only 27% of US companies specifically mention they accept pizza boxes. LINK: https://recycling.dominos.com/
(I’m pretty sure their pizzas are recyclable too – they’re cardboard, aren’t they?)
(Leftover cheese on a pizza box? Does no one else have teeth? What? Just me?)
-GoodNewsNetwork
“HOT” SONGS:
Billboard has unveiled its 2022 “Songs of the Summer” chart. The list tracks the most popular tunes based on the streaming, airplay and sales-based Billboard Hot 100 chart from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Here is the top-10…
1. ‘As It Was’ – Harry Styles (12 weeks at #1 – and counting)
2. ‘About Damn Time’ — Lizzo
3. ‘First Class’ – Jack Harlow
4. ‘Wait For U’ – Future ft. Drake & Tems
5. ‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)’ – Kate Bush
6. ‘Me Porto Bonito’ – Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone
7. ‘Heat Waves’ – Glass Animals
8. ‘Break My Soul’ — Beyoncé
9. ‘Late Night Talking’ – Harry Styles
10. Tití Me Preguntó – Bad Bunny
-Billboard
DID YOU KNOW?
Students who write their notes by hand tend to get higher grades than their peers, according to new research. A OnePoll survey asked 2,000 parents whether they’ve noticed a preference for digital or analog studying habits in their children aged 6-18. Although taking notes electronically (34%) proved slightly more popular than handwriting (30%), those who use a pen or pencil had a higher median GPA (3.2) than the overall average (2.9). Interestingly, left-handed children favored handwriting more frequently (57%) than right-handed ones (30%). (Even though it always gets smudged!)
-StudyFinds
BS CHRONOMETER 09.13.22
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Defy Superstition Day”, a day to stare down your superstitions. So, walk under a ladder, break a mirror, let a black cat cross your path, open an umbrella indoors, and do all those other things that many think are bad luck. (Although I think it’s bad luck to believe in superstitions…)
• “Fortune Cookie Day”, celebrating the tasty little treat with a slip of paper inside that brings you good luck, a whimsical saying, or a philosophical thought. It’s thought they were invented in San Francisco around 1914 (How ‘fortunate’ that it’s also “Defy Superstition Day”!)
• “International Chocolate Day”, celebrating ‘the greatest substance known to humanity’. It’s a day for indulgence that should be free of guilt (until you get on the scale tomorrow morning)
• “Peanut Day”, They’re are not really nuts at all, but ‘legumes’ (edible seeds enclosed in pods). Legumes provide the best source of concentrated protein in the plant kingdom (and how perfect is it that it’s also Chocolate Day?)
• “Ants on a Log Day”, dedicated to the tasty, healthy, and fun snack food. Ants on a log consist of a spread, such as peanut butter, placed on celery sticks, with raisins put on top.
• “Bald is Beautiful Day”, a day that we can stop hiding and finally start celebrating the thing that haunts many of us. Today, being bald is beautiful. There will be no hats, crooked toupees, or cover ups of any sort. Let it shine!
• “Positive Thinking Day”. It’s all about attitude … a positive attitude. (And I’m positive this is never gonna fly…)
• “Roald Dahl Day”, He’s best-known as a beloved storyteller. In books like “Matilda”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, and “James and the Giant Peach”, Dahl brought readers into his wildly original imagination with richly detailed worlds, zany characters, and touching storylines.
• “Snack a Pickle Day”, there are many types of pickles to try:
– Bread and butter—part of sweet family of pickles; has onions and bell peppers; sometimes have a waffle-esque shape.
– Cinnamon – bright red and flavored with cinnamon; sometimes a Christmas treat.
– Dill – made with dill herbs or dill oil.
– Gherkins – smaller and usually sweeter.
– Kool-aid – soaked in Kool-aid and pickle brine.
– Kosher dill – dill pickle with lots of garlic in the salt brine.
– Polish – somewhere between kosher dill and sour.
– Sour – fermented longer in brine, which makes them more sour.
– Sweet – usually made with vinegar, spices, and sugar; includes sliced sweet pickles, or “cross cuts”, which are cut crosswise into chips.
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Parents Day Off
[Wed] Cream-Filled Donut Day
[Thurs] Google Day
[Fri] Guacamole Day
This Week is…Chef Appreciation Week
This Month is…Healthy Aging Month
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1944 [78] Peter Cetera, Chicago IL, rock/pop singer-bassist (‘Glory of Love’, Chicago-‘You’re the Inspiration’, ‘Hard to Say I’m Sorry’)
1959 [63] Chris Hansen, Lansing MI, TV journalist (“Dateline NBC”, “To Catch a Predator” 2004-07)
1966 [56] Michelle Duggar, Tontitown AR, reality star (“19 Kids and Counting” 2008-15)
1967 [55] Stephen Perkins, LA CA, alt-rock drummer (Jane’s Addiction-‘Just Because’, ‘Been Caught Stealing’)
1969 [53] (Emmitt) Tyler Perry, New Orleans LA, TV/film actor-producer (“Madea” movies)/named highest-paid man in entertainment by Forbes magazine in 2011. COMING UP…“A Jazzman’s Blues”, 2022
1971 [51] Stella McCartney, London England, fashion designer (Gucci, Chloe, CARE)/PETA advocate/daughter of Paul & Linda McCartney
1975 [47] Joe Don Rooney, Baxter Springs KS, country guitarist (Rascal Flatts-‘I Like the Sound of That’, ‘Bless the Broken Road’)
1977 [45] Fiona Apple, New York NY, singer-pianist (‘Shadowboxer’, ‘Criminal’)
1993 [29] Niall Horan, Mullingar Ireland, pop singer (‘Slow Hands’, One Direction-‘Story of My Life’, ‘What Makes You Beautiful’)
1996 [26] Lili Reinhart, Cleveland OH, TV actress (‘Betty Cooper’ on “Riverdale” since 2017)
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1993 [29] “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” premieres on NBC (and Max Weinberg, drummer with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, begins his new job as bandleader)
2009 [13] When Taylor Swift wins Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West comes onstage and commandeers the mic, saying that Beyoncé deserved the award. Beyoncé later brings Swift onstage to finish her speech. (“Imma let you finish but…”)
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1996 [26] Tupac Shakur dies at 25 of wounds suffered in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting 6 days earlier
1997 [25] Elton John releases ‘Candle in the Wind 1997’, a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. It becomes the second-highest selling single ever, after ‘White Christmas’
2018 [04] Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are married at a New York City courthouse. They keep it a secret for months, and finally have a ceremony on Sept. 30, 2019.
2019 [03] Eddie Money dies of esophageal cancer at 70
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1956 [66] IBM introduces the RAMAC 305, the first commercial computer with a hard drive that uses magnetic disk storage. It weighs over a ton
2004 [18] Oprah Winfrey gives a brand-new Pontiac G-6 sedan, worth $28,500, to everyone in her studio audience … a total of 276 cars (the problem was the “gift tax” of up to $7,000 that they had to pay…)
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ 55% of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn.
✓ Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.
✓ The first train reached a top speed of only 5 mph (8 km/h).
✓ Over the last 150 years, the average height of people in industrialized nations has increased by 10cm (4 inches).
✓ At any point in time, 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
✓ The bubbles in champagne are essentially yeast farts.
-WhattheFFacts, UberFacts, DidYouKnow
Best of BS . . .
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?
• Do you want fries with that?
• What happens if I bite YOU?
• Do you get tired of eating the same thing every day?
• You gonna eat that?
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2018
TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ The 2022 NFL season is underway. (I fully expect [my team] to finish first…in the 2023 draft…)
➠ A study has found that crying actually does make you feel better. (Unless you’re a Minnesota Vikings fan!)
➠ Just as an organizer cut the ribbon at the ceremony to inaugurate a new foot bridge in the Congo, it collapsed, leaving dignitaries and officials tumbling into the creek below. (They’ll eventually get over it…)
➠ 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather have apparently ended their feud. (So, what’s YOUR excuse, Russia and Ukraine?)
➠ A study claims that parents who share child-raising duties have better sex lives. (Parents everywhere replied: “A sex life?”)
BS WEB GOODIE:
Cats are so weird: https://tinyurl.com/3xf32sbx
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I used to sell furniture for a living. The problem was, it was my own.
BS PHONE STARTER:
What luxury, to you, is totally worth the price?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: In a survey, 20% of grandparents admitted THIS is the only thing they dislike about their grandkids. What is it?
Answer: Their names
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
