February 18 2021

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Thursday, February 18, 2021 – Edition: #6920

The BS Press!

 

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, has been taken to a London hospital after feeling unwell, according to Buckingham Palace. A release says: “His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London, on Tuesday evening.” A source says the Duke traveled to the hospital by car and it was not an emergency admission. He reportedly walked into the hospital unaided and his illness is not COVID-19 related. He is expected to remain in hospital for a few days of observation and rest.
-CNN
★ “American Idol” viewers have some harsh words following its recent season premiere, with some accusing it of exploiting 16-year-old Claudia Conway for ratings. She’s the daughter of former Donald Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway and Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway, both of whom made cameos. Claudia’s family has been in the headlines regarding abuse allegations and her attempt to emancipate herself from her parents. One journalist attempted to sum things up by tweeting: “The worst sort of exploitation of a minor that reality TV has done in memory — ought to prompt real soul-searching among ABC executives.” Another wrote that the worst part is that a child at the center of a dispute “is asked to launder the reputations of two adults who should know better.”
-PopCulture
★ Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has opened up about whether he’d consider an eventual run for president. He told USA Today: “I would consider a presidential run in the future if that’s what the people wanted.” He confirmed his statement, saying: “Truly I mean that, and I’m not flippant in any way with my answer.” Johnson is currently promoting a new NBC series based on his life called “Young Rock”, where, in the year 2032, he launches a presidential run. He says, in real life, the decision would be “up to the people”. (“Rock” the vote?)
-Yahoo
★ A remake of the 1939 film classic “The Wizard of Oz” is coming soon from New Line Cinema. While it may be hard to imagine improving on the original film, which catapulted Judy Garland to stardom and made ‘Over the Rainbow’ one of the most famous movie songs of all time, the remake promises a “fresh take” on L. Frank Baum’s beloved children’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The new version reportedly won’t be a musical.
-Yahoo

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:

• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Jodie Foster, Kelly Marie Tran, Black Pumas
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Rami Malek, Bridget Everett, Jesus Trejo (R)
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, the Mountain Goats (R)
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Amy Schumer, Thomas Middleditch, Matt Cameron (R)
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Phoebe Bridgers (R)
• “Conan” (TBS): Jay Baruchel (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Kyle Cooke, Amanda Batula
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Laverne Cox
• “The Talk” (CBS): Eric Christian Olsen, Daniela Ruah
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Leslie Mann, Monica Mangin
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Neil Patrick Harris, the winner of “The Masked Dancer”
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Kevin James, Alyson Hannigan, Valerie June
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Kat Dennings, Garcelle Beauvais
• “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” (ABC): Jennie Garth, Karamo Brown and Patton Oswalt compete for a chance to win up to $1 million for their chosen charity.
• “Hell’s Kitchen” (FOX): The chefs pair up and taste dishes containing both a land and sea element; the team that identifies all proteins correctly, with the fastest time, wins.
• “Built for Mars: The Perseverance Rover” (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC): After landing on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover will look for signs of life and collect samples.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Ariana Grande — has revealed the titles of the 4 bonus tracks that will appear on the deluxe edition of her “Positions” album, out tomorrow. In a tweet, she said the new releases will be ‘Someone Like U (interlude)’, ‘Test Drive’, the new ‘34+ 35’ remix with Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion, followed by ‘Worst Behavior’ and ‘Main Thing’.
• Taylor Swift – It appears she will make an appearance on a new version of Haim’s ‘Gasoline’. Haim tweeted a pic of the 3 sisters posing at a gas pump. Fans were quick to point out that the are parked at pump 13, a number long associated with Swift. Some further internet digging confirmed the suspicions.
• The Notorious B.I.G. — Netflix has debuted the trailer for the new documentary of his life: “Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell”. The film covers his home life, his exposure to the drug trade, and his rise to prominence in the rap world. The doc will premiere on March 1. LINK: https://youtu.be/fRj2NxkM84U
• The Killers – Singer Brandon Flowers is set to undergo surgery after being injured in a bicycle accident. In an Instagram live Q&A, he said: “I have a torn labrum in that shoulder, so I’m going under the knife in a couple of weeks to get that taken care of. I’ll be in a sling for six weeks.” The Killers have a U.K. tour planned for May and June.
• David Bowie – has been immortalized — by Happy Socks. The novelty sock maker is channeling Ziggy Stardust, Major Tom and other Bowie for its spring/summer collection, which features six pairs of soft cotton crew socks for adults and four pairs for kids, costing $10-$16 each.
• Van Halen – In June, veteran rock photographer Ross Halfin will release an Eddie Van Halen picture book, with a foreword by Tony Iommi. “Edward Van Halen by Ross Halfin” is available for pre-order now in 4 editions for $124-$1,528. The higher-priced versions come with “lenticular” cover and a guitar-shaped slipcase.
• ACM Awards — The Academy of Country Music has announced that the 56th annual ACMs will be back in Nashville on April 18 for a broadcast that will pay homage to Music City by setting up in 3 iconic venues. The show will be broadcast on CBS from the Grand Ole Opry House, the Ryman Auditorium and the Bluebird Cafe. No host or performers have been announced.
• Luke Combs – Tonight, he will air a full replay livestream of a concert that was held in Lexington, Kentucky, as part of his “What You See Is What You Get Tour”. The show will air on his official Facebook and YouTube channels.
• Tracy Lawrence – will release “Hindsight 2020”, a 3-album collection throughout this year. On April 23, he’ll drop “Volume 1: Stairway To Heaven Highway To Hell”, which contains new music. That will be followed by 2 more albums filled with collaborations and his greatest hits later in the year.

SHOOTING THE BULL

NOW THEY’RE CANCELING EMOJIS:
If you are like literally every person with whom I have a texting relationship, you like to use the “laughing face with tears” emoji. Well, I’ve got bad news for you. It’s no longer cool. At least that’s what young people are saying. Lately, a number of TikTok users have been teasing millennials and older generations for their overuse of what’s officially called the “Face with Tears of Joy” emoji. That’s right: Generation Z has decided the laugh-cry emoji makes people look old and uncool, despite how popular it still is…or maybe BECAUSE of how popular it is. According to EmojiTracker.com, it’s currently the most-used emoji out there, followed by the red heart and the sobbing emoji. But one blog post on Emojipedia says: “It’s common wisdom on TikTok that the laughing crying emoji is for boomers. And by boomers, I mean anyone over the age of 35.” What is the accepted replacement for the laugh-cry emoji? The red skull. Read literally, it means, “I’m dead” or “dying.” Which is, of course, much cooler than a “face with tears of joy”.
(Cool or not, I can still see potential problems with texting an ill-timed red skull…)
(I always thought that was the “guy straining on the toilet” emoji!)
(And I suppose next they’re going to try to tell me that Facebook isn’t cool, either??!!??)
-CNN, Today

CAT CARRIER:
A new study aiming to predict the animals most likely to launch the next deadly coronavirus outbreak has pointed its fingers squarely at the family cat. And the rabbit. And the hedgehog, if you’re lucky enough to have one of those. With the help of artificial intelligence, University of Liverpool biologists designed a prediction model that could prioritize potential hosts of virus strains already known to exist, but have not yet reached humans. In addition to the common cat, animals such as the civet, common hedgehog, European rabbit, dromedary camel, some primate species and domesticated pigs were named prime suspects for combining SARS-CoV2 — the strain that caused COVID-19 — with other coronaviruses, which could create a new, even more deadly strain. Oh, and bats, too, but you already knew that.
(That’s ALL we need: A novel, novel coronavirus!)
-NYPost

CREATURE OF HABITS – LITERALLY:
Think about your college roommates. And your partner. And your kids. And what the heck, think about your parents too. What is the most annoying habit that someone can possibly have? After drawing up a shortlist of 16 bad habits, including finishing peoples’ sentences, leaving the top off toothpaste, not using turn signals, knuckle cracking and even weeing on the toilet seat, the website LADBible put the question to its readers. After a playoff-style elimination, the final four included spitting, not replacing the toilet roll, and using a phone in mid-conversation. But the eventual winner of the honor(?) of most annoying habit was determined to be: Chewing with your mouth open. Yes, regaling others with tales of yore while inviting them to check your progress in masticating food received more than twice as many votes as the second-place finisher, spitting.
(***The other bad habits nominated were: Slurping brews, leaving wet towels on the bed, putting wrappers back with the chocolates, nose-picking, leaving crumbs in the bed, drinking from the carton, and double-dipping the tea spoon.***)
(I know what’s worse! Spitting WHILE chewing with your mouth open!)
(Or in the case of my first roommate: All of the above!)
-LADBible

FUNNIEST TWEETS OF THE WEEK ABOUT THE LIES KIDS TELL:

⇒ Favorite lie told by my kids: I cleaned my room but don’t go in there yet. – Sarcastic Mommy
⇒ 72% of parenting is asking kids how something got broken…and then listening to them lie about it. – Robert Knop
⇒ “I emailed the teacher but haven’t heard back” is the new “my dog ate my homework.” – Sweet Momissa
⇒ My 3 year old tried to convince me that he injured his knee and it needed popcorn. – Dadpression
⇒ My 8yo just tried to convince me that there’s sugar all over his mouth because he tripped and landed on a donut. – JennyPentland GED
⇒ My son lying to his little sister so she isn’t sad about a movie ending reminds me this year has brought them so much closer together and also kids will lie about anything – Mom On The Rocks
…AND A FEW FROM NON-PARENTS:
⇒ for some awful reason my boyfriend and i keep accidentally wearing similar outfits but he’s a foot taller than me so i look like a furious little doll of him – Ariana Lenarsky
⇒ i love contactless delivery they just throw the slop at your door and i run out like a little pig – oatmeal influencer
⇒ men will have 500 cult classics on dvd and 1 towel. – becca slack
⇒ Using gorilla glue on my next relationship – salma
-HuffPost

DID YOU KNOW?

Introducing the latest dating trend: “Fauci-ing”. And yes, it is named after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to US President Biden. What does it mean to “Fauci” someone? It is “the act of declining to date someone if they don’t appear to take COVID-19 safety measures seriously enough”, and the term is definitely making waves on the internet. The word, and its definition, were coined by dating app Plenty of Fish, which included ‘Fauci-ing’ in its annual list of the top dating trends to expect this year.
-NYPost

BS CHRONOMETER 2.18.21

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1933 [88] Yoko Ono, Tokyo Japan, artist-activist-filmmaker-musician (John Lennon & Yoko Ono-‘Happy Xmas [War is Over]’)/married to John Lennon 1969-80)

1947 [74] Dennis DeYoung, Chicago IL, rock singer (ex-Styx-‘Babe’, Mr. Roboto’)

1950 [71] Cybill Shepherd, Memphis TN, TV actress (“Moonlighting” 1985-89), “Cybill” 1995-98)

1954 [67] John Travolta, Englewood NJ, movie actor (“Grease”, “Saturday Night Fever”, “Pulp Fiction”)/TV actor (“Welcome Back, Kotter” 1976-79)

1957 [64] Vanna White (Rosich), North Myrtle Beach SC, TV “letter turner” (“Wheel of Fortune” since 1982)

1964 [57] Matt Dillon, New Rochelle NY, movie actor (“Crash”, “There’s Something About Mary”)

1965 [56] Dr Dre (Andre Young), Compton CA, rapper (NWA-‘Straight Outta Compton’)/producer (Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, etc.)/headphone mogul who sold ‘Beats by Dre’ to Apple (his net worth is now about $820 million)

1968 [53] Molly Ringwald, Roseville CA, movie actress (“The Breakfast Club”, “Sixteen Candles”, Pretty in Pink”)/TV actress (“Riverdale” since 2017)

1970 [51] Raine Maida, Toronto ON, rock singer-songwriter (Our Lady Peace-‘Innocent’)/married to Chantal Kreviazuk since 1999

1974 [47] Jillian Michaels, Los Angeles CA, personal trainer-TV host (“The Biggest Loser” 2005-14)

1977 [44] Ike Barinholtz, Chicago IL, TV actor (“The Mindy Project” 2012-17)/movie actor (“Suicide Squad”)

1991 [30] Jeremy Allen White, New York, TV actor (‘Lip’ on “Shameless” since 2011)

BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .

• “Battery Day”, observed on the birth date of Count Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), the Italian physicist credited with developing the first electric cell in 1800. His vital invention is now used everywhere from smoke alarms to phones and comes in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and power capacities. (But is rarely included when you buy stuff…)

• “Drink Wine Day”, to embrace the positive benefits of wine — such as new friends, reduced risk of heart disease, and the enhancement of food and life (not to mention contributing to my flawless dance moves…).

• “Thumb Appreciation Day”, a day devoted to the digit that helps make us human … the opposable thumb. Of course, a few other animals can celebrate as well, including koalas, opossums, and pandas; as well as chimps, gorillas, and orangutans, which have opposable thumbs … on all 4 limbs. (Wow, I’ve got thumb envy!)

• “Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day”, this one-of-kind dish is composed of a stuffing made with crab meat, bread crumbs, butter, and seasonings, all stuffed into the whole flounder or rolled up into the fillets and baked.

• “Pluto Discovery Day”, Astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto on February 18, 1930, at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was considered one of the nine planets in the solar system until 2006, when it was demoted to “dwarf-planet” status.

COMING UP . . .
[Fri] Tug-of-War Day
[Fri] Friday Fish Fry Day
[Sat] Clean Out Your Bookcase Day
[Sat] Love Your Pet Day

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1929 [92] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announces winners of the first “Academy Awards” (‘Best Picture’ goes to the William Wellman WWI drama “Wings”)

1990 [31] The fictional character ‘Hulk’ is killed off in NBC’s TV movie “Death of Incredible Hulk”.

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .

2006 [15] A week before Carnival, the Rolling Stones play a free concert to an estimated 1.5 million (!!) people at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro

2012 [09] ‘Call Me Maybe’, the catchy pop song from “Canadian Idol” alumna Carly Rae Jepsen, goes viral via a YouTube lip dub video by Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. The attention helps send the single to #1

TODAY IN SPORTS . . .
2001 [20] 7-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champ Dale Earnhardt dies in an accident during the last lap of the Daytona 500

TODAY’S FIRST . . .

1979 [42] Snow falls in the Sahara Desert of southern Algeria for the first recorded time

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Sunshine can work as a natural antidepressant.
✓ Cleopatra wasn’t Egyptian; she was Greek.
✓ Eating spicy foods can boost your metabolism and cause your body to burn more fat.
✓ In Finland, drivers are required to learn basic car maintenance and pass two tests: one in summer conditions and one in winter conditions.
✓ It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
✓ Cattle are the only mammals that pee backwards.
-UberFacts, RandomFactGenerator

BS BAD DATING APP NAMES:
• Your Next Ex
• Leftovers
• Fatal Attraction
• Living With Parents But Looking For Love
• STD (Spare Time Dating)
• Who’s Your Daddy
• Cheatr
• Any Port in a Storm
• It’s All Relative
• Gold Diggers
• Lowered Expectations
• Plenty of Catfish
-Twitter

TODAY’S SLICE OF BS:
➠ The Perseverance Rover is landing on Mars and will test the surface for life, study it’s geology, and determine whether the atmosphere can sustain potential human life. (This mission is so serious, Angelina Jolie has already applied to adopt the first form of life that is found there!)
➠ A report claims that using social media can hurt a student’s chance to be accepted into college. (Unless the school offers a major in “duckface.”)
➠ A study has found that your marriage is three-and-a-half times more likely to end because of an argument over vacuuming, than due to an affair. (And 100% more likely to end if you’re having an affair with the maid who does the vacuuming!)
➠ Wheel of Fortune’s Vanna White is another year older, turning 64 today. (Which means she’s finally old enough to watch her own show…)
➠ A man has turned his dead uncle’s skeleton into a guitar.  (Sorry, I just don’t find this humerus…)

BS WEB GOODIE:
Boyfriend: “What’s wrong?” Girlfriend: “Nothing.” Girlfriend the rest of the day:  https://tinyurl.com/2d5vcpf3

BS RANDOM JOKE:

I’ve started reading before bed instead of scrolling Facebook and Twitter. Not only am I sleeping well, I also think I’m better than everyone.

BS PHONE STARTER:
What is something new that you’ve learned in the past week?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:

Question:   35% of us say they do THIS if they’re having a hard time falling asleep. What is it?
Answer:  Have a snack

BS DEEP THOUGHT:

Don’t be afraid to start over. This time, you’re not starting from scratch, you’re starting from experience.

 

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