Tuesday, June 15, 2021 — Edition: #7008
Here, Have Another Sheetload!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ A trial began yesterday for Linda O’Leary, the wife of “Shark Tank” star and businessman Kevin O’Leary, who is charged in a boat crash that killed two people. The collision — which took place on Lake Joseph, north of Toronto on the night of Aug. 24, 2019 — also left three people injured. Linda O’Leary faces one charge of careless operation of a vessel under the Canada Shipping Act. Her lawyer has previously said she is a “cautious” and “experienced” boater, and described the incident as a “terrible tragedy.”
-ETCanada
★ A man was arrested outside Kylie Jenner’s home when police arrived on the scene and he refused to leave until he could tell her how much he loved her. The man had previously been spotted by Jenner’s security team at her home, but had followed instructions and left when told. This time, he refused to GO until he could see Jenner face to face, something her security team would not allow. Instead, they detained him until police arrived to place him under arrest. The intruder was reportedly charged with misdemeanor trespassing and subsequently released.
-ETCanada
★ John Krasinski’s nearly silent thriller “A Quiet Place Part II” has crossed a notable box office milestone. It is the first film of the pandemic era to surpass $100 million in U.S. ticket sales. Through the weekend, “A Quiet Place 2” had generated $108 million at the domestic box office and another $80 million internationally. Directed by Krasinski and starring Emily Blunt, the film eclipsed the $100 million box office benchmark in 15 days. That wouldn’t be a particularly notable feat prior to COVID-19, but the pandemic has been crushing to the movie theater business and ticket sales have been slow to recover. A Quiet Place 2 was also the first blockbuster in months to play exclusively in theaters. On July 12, it will land on the streaming service Paramount Plus.
-Variety
★ When Keanu Reeves’ ‘John Wick’ returns in his fourth big-screen outing, so will the ‘Bowery King’. Laurence Fishburne has confirmed he’ll be returning to reprise the character he played in “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum”. In an interview promoting his role in Liam Neeson’s new Netflix thriller “The Ice Road”, Fishburne said he “should be going to Berlin within another couple of months or so” for filming. While he wouldn’t reveal any plot details, he promised the bar is being raised.
-MSN
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Owen Wilson, Betty Gilpin, Spice featuring Sean Paul & Shaggy
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Salma Hayek, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Jessie Ware
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Wendy Williams, Paul Rabil, Stevie Nistor
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Gov. Gavin Newsom, Migos
• “Conan” (TBS): Martin Short
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Ryan Serhant, Heather Thomson
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Daveed Diggs
• “The Talk” (CBS): Sean Hayes, guest co-hosts Ne-Yo & Mark Sanchez
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Salma Hayek, Annie Murphy, Chris Byrne
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Salma Hayek, Darci Lynne
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Sherri Shepherd, Rob Riggle, Charles Melton
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Eddie Murphy (R)
• “Honoring Our Kings: Celebrating Black Fatherhood” (OWN): Celebrating Black fathers by honoring exceptional dads across America; Hosted by Oprah Winfrey and Sterling K. Brown, appearances by John Legend, Kevin Hart and Dwyane Wade
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Jennifer Lopez and Rita Ora — are planning to collaborate. The two recently met up at Soho House in LA (a members’ club for creative thinkers) and spent a few hours discussing what they could do together. Reportedly, they talked about both music and films.
• Kesha – will star in the new scripted musical sci-fi podcast series “Electric Easy”, premiering July 19th. It’s set in the not-so-distant future, and tells the story of the forbidden love between a runaway android and the human sent to hunt her down. Kesha has also written original songs for the series.
• Pink Floyd — Roger Waters has lashed out against the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, revealing he was recently offered a “huge, huge amount of money” for the rights to use the group’s song ‘Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2’ in a film promoting Instagram and Facebook. Besides calling Zuckerberg an “idiot”, Waters called the offer “an insidious movement of them to take over absolutely everything.”
• Robert Plant — says music kept him sane during lockdown. Although he didn’t have any set artists or songs which he’d always listen to, he explained: “I would associate myself . . . with times in my life which had really deep resonance, and I would go to those eras.”
• Yes – Former keyboard player for the group and prog rock legend Rick Wakeman says he is “stunned and genuinely very proud” after being made a CBE, or Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
• Florida Georgia Line – Brian Kelley will release his first solo album on June 25. Of “Sunshine State of Mind,” he says: “They say write what you know, and this is the first time I really wrote for me…This project came from a real place – my experiences as a kid in Florida, getting away and finally moving back.”
• Zac Brown Band – Zac Brown says their new song ‘Same Boat’ is about the fact that people are actually all the same, rather than how we are all different. Quote: “We go through a lot of the same things and it’s a reflection of being a human-being.”
• Reba McEntire — will be performing as part of the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular. She has joined a lineup that includes Coldplay, OneRepublic and Black Pumas. The 2021 event, which will be aired in NBC, will be the biggest yet, with plans to set off 65,000 shells alongside other pyrotechnics.
SHOOTING THE BULL
“WORKING” FROM HOME:
As employees begin to trickle back into their offices, it has to be a welcome site for bosses – because a new study has found that remote work reduces productivity. A survey of the remote work habits of 10,000 employees at an Asian technology company found a 20% decrease in output. Although the at-home workers did tend to put in longer hours, they were found to be not as efficient as they would be in a structured workplace. Although the workers actually spent 30% more time working from home, their productivity fell as they spent more time in meetings with their bosses to constantly outline their responsibilities. Staff at the tech firm were involved in particularly challenging work, and researchers point out that workers in less-skilled positions might be better suited to working remotely.
(Which is why [***co-host***] has been doing this show from home for over a year now!)
(This surprised me. I mean, it’s not like I can’t spend 20% of my working time on Facebook while I’m at the office, too!)
(I know that’s completely true of me when I’m working from home. I mean, except for the “putting in 30% more time” part!)
-NYPost
THEY’RE BOXY, BUT THEY’RE GOOD:
Hawaiian tourists have discovered an ingenious hack to avoid paying the drastically inflated rates being charged for rental cars these days: renting a U-Haul. That’s right. In a year when we’ve seen prices soar for the most unexpected items, auto rental prices have increased by nearly 506%, according to the Cleveland Federal Reserve. And with a finite number of rental cars available on the Hawaiian Islands, some people are balking at the idea of paying upwards of $500 per day, and have instead decided to rent a box moving truck to ferry them around while on vacation. Many of the moving vans can be had for about $100 per day, plus mileage and gas. U-Haul has confirmed that it seems more and more visitors to Hawaii have gotten wise to the idea, and has posted an update on its website, saying it “does not condone visitors using moving trucks and vans for leisure purposes.”
(Well, THAT should do the trick!)
(If you ever saw the way my wife shops on vacation, you’d know this is by no means a new idea!)
(It’s tough to rent one at the airport, though…)
-Marketwatch
OLD OPERATING SYSTEM:
It looks like Grandma and Grandpa have entered the smartphone conversation. A new study has found that the over-65 crowd have finally mastered the art of the text. In fact, one in three now prefer texting to phone calls. According to the recent survey of America seniors, figuring out texting and social media has given them a lot of joy because it is a great way to bond with their grandkids. Their favorite emojis are the heart (43%) and the happy face (43%). Other popular emojis for seniors are the beer emoji and assorted animals. One in 10 even send GIFs to stay in touch with their grandchildren. One in 3 seniors said the pandemic prompted them to learn how to use social media, and 17% say their children or grandkids introduced them to Netflix during COVID.
(The grandkids probably showed them Netflix to get a break from all those animal emojis Grandma was sending!)
(Great. Now maybe one of those seniors would like to show ME how to send a GIF…)
(And fortunately, kids had a lot of spare time to answer Grandpa’s calls every time he had a problem on Facebook!)
-StudyFinds
FAMOUS BRAND NAMES THAT WE ALL SAY WRONGLY:
➢ Porsche: How you’re probably saying it: Poor-sh. How you should be saying it: Poor-sha.
➢ Nutella: How you’re probably saying it: Nut-ell-ah. How you should be saying it: Noo-tell-ah.
➢ Hyundai: How you’re probably saying it: Hi-un-dye. How you should be saying it: Hun-day.
➢ Volkswagen: How you’re probably saying it: Volks-wagon. How you should be saying it (in English): Volks-vah-gen.
➢ Givenchy — How you’re probably saying it: Give-en-chee. How you should be saying it: Zjee-von-shee.
➢ Hugo Boss: How you’re probably saying it: Hew-go Boss. How you should be saying it: Hoo-go Boss.
➢ Adidas: How you’re probably saying it: Ad-e-das. How you should be saying it: Ah-dee-dass
➢ Ferrero Rocher: How you’re probably saying it: Fer-rare-ra Row-sher. How you should be saying it: Fur-rare-row Row-shey.
➢ Huawei: How you’re probably saying it: Hu-ah-wei. How you should be saying it: Wah-way.
➢ Amazon: How you’re probably saying it: Ama-zohn. How you should be saying it: Ama-zun.
-MSN
DID YOU KNOW?
Michael Packard, the lobster diver from Cape Cod who hit headlines last week after he found himself in the mouth of a humpback whale but somehow ended up being spat out and swimming to safety, has cheated death before, it turns out. In November 2001, he was onboard a flight from San José to Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica that crashed, killing 3 people. Packard managed to survive, sustaining severe facial injuries and multiple broken bones in his arms and legs. The lobsterman and 4 other passengers also survived 2 nights in the jungle before they were found by rescuers.
-LADBible
BS CHRONOMETER 06.15.21
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1954 [67] Jim Belushi, Chicago IL, TV actor (“According to Jim” 2001-2009)
1963 [58] Helen Hunt, Culver City CA, movie actress (“Twister”), TV actress (“Mad About You” 1992-99)
1964 [57] Courteney Cox, Birmingham AL, TV actress (“Friends” 1994-2004), “Cougar Town” 2009-15)/movie actress (“Scream” movies) COMING UP…”Scream”, 2022
1969 [52] Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson), LA CA, movie producer (“Straight Outta Compton”)/movie actor (“Are We There Yet?”, “Barbershop” movies)/rapper (NWA 1986-89)
1970 [51] Leah Remini, New York City NY, TV actress (“The King of Queens” 1998-2007, “Kevin Can Wait” 2017-18)/TV producer-host (“Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” 2016-19)
1973 [48] Neil Patrick Harris, Albuquerque NM, movie actor (“Gone Girl”)/TV actor (“How I Met Your Mother” 2005-14)/Broadway actor (“Hedwig & The Angry Inch”)/former Tony, Emmy, and Academy Awards host. COMING UP…”The Matrix 4″, 2021
1976 [45] Gary Lightbody, Bangor Northern Ireland, alt-rock singer (Snow Patrol-‘Chasing Cars’)
1984 [37] Wayne ‘Wing’ Sermon, American Fork UT, rock guitarist (Imagine Dragons-‘Believer’, ‘Radioactive’)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Fly a Kite Day”, on the anniversary of the date in 1752 when Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm, with the intent of proving that lightning was caused by a discharge of electricity (Some sources say he flew his kite on June 10). It’s handy that today is also . . .
• “Global Wind Day”, a day for promoting wind, its power, and the possibilities it holds to change our world. (Keep your ‘wind’ jokes to yourself!)
• “Lobster Day”. In the past 100 years, lobsters have gone from being ‘peasant food’ to a delicacy. There are many ways to enjoy lobster, but the most popular cooking methods are boiling, baking, steaming, and grilling. (No wonder they have “shellfish steamed issues”!)
• “Nature Photography Day”, started in 2005 by the North American Photography Association to salute a favorite hobby of camera buffs. (There is a big difference between photographing someone in ‘nature’ and ‘au naturel’. Be careful.)
• “Smile Power Day”, recognizing the 2nd-best thing you can do with your lips. (After whistling.)
• “World Elder Abuse Awareness Day”, the 16th annual, when we’re encouraged to show the world we care about ending elder abuse and neglect by wearing something purple. LINK: https://www.un.org/development/desa/ageing/world-elder-abuse-awareness-day.html
• “Justice for Janitors Day”, They have historically faced an uphill battle to be recognized for the important work they do for public health and safety, and many are paid close to minimum wage. This is an awareness day to help them win better working conditions, respect at work, and to raise industry standards for all cleaners.
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Fresh Veggies Day
[Wed] Fudge Day
[Thurs] Global Garbage Man Day
[Thurs] World Croc Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1994 [27] The Disney film “The Lion King” hits theaters. It takes in over $300 million in 1994, second only to “Forrest Gump”. The soundtrack (featuring ‘Circle of Life’) sells over 10 million copies
2014 [07] Syndicated radio personality, voice actor, and co-creator of “American Top 40″ Casey Kasem dies at age 82 in Gig Harbor WA
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1956 [65] 15-year-old John Lennon meets 13-year-old Paul McCartney (The Beatles ensue)
2017 [04] Jay-Z becomes the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2004 [17] Tim Berners-Lee receives the $1.2-million ‘Millennium Technology Prize’ in Helsinki, Finland for creating the World Wide Web in 1989 (So it wasn’t Al Gore?)
2012 [09] Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls (ABC-TV carries the event live, but demands he be tethered to avoid potential disaster)
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ The weight of insects eaten by spiders every year is greater than the weight of all humans alive.
✓ All people are born with 2 basic food preferences: We like sweet foods and dislike bitter foods.
✓ In Japan, beer is sold in vending machines.
✓ Ancient Egyptians ate lettuce as an aphrodisiac. Anglo Saxons considered it a sleep-aid.
✓ In 2001, a cow was discovered with a rare genetic mutation that caused it to produce low-fat milk.
✓ There is no butter in buttermilk.
-Did-You-Knows, BathroomReadersInstitute
Best of BS . . .
BS LESS POPULAR FATHER’S DAY CARDS:
• “Dear Dad, thanks for teaching me what to say when I hit my thumb with the hammer.”
• “Your Father’s Day gift is another year of not having to pay for my wedding.”
• “Happy Father’s Day! I hope today is as much fun for you as your life was before you had kids.”
• “Dear Pops, no one can watch 4 sports at the same time like you can.”
• “Happy Father’s Day. Thanks for delaying the vasectomy until after I was born.”
• “I love how we don’t even have to say out loud that I’m your favorite child.”
• “Dad, I thought I’d give you this card in lieu of an awkward hug. You’re welcome.”
• “You must be good for something, despite what Mom says.”
• “Because of you, Dad, I think of home whenever I hear a belch.”
-First published in BS in 2018
TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ There was a brawl between opposing coaches after a little league game in Florida last week. (The fighting was so awful. For a few minutes, it looked like a typical Florida parking lot…)
➠ Green Bay Packer Aaron Rogers is threatening to sit out the season because of a disagreement with head office. (Dallas Cowboys players are mad because ‘not showing up’ on Sundays is kinda THEIR thing…)
➠ Toy company Mattel is gearing up to build a theme park in Arizona. (In Arizona? The theme of the park should be “Trailer”.)
➠ Neil Patrick Harris is 48 today. (He has a low-key celebration planned. Just a few family and friends . . . and a song-and-dance number featuring a 100-piece orchestra, 30 backup dancers, a dozen exotic animals, confetti, and fireworks.
➠ Fact of the Day: A recent study showed that the more selfies you share on social media, the less likable you become. (You wanna shoot a fax to Khloe, or should I?)
BS WEB GOODIE:
Made his day: https://fb.watch/65Ql_e4Xym/
BS PHONE STARTER:
What is that one question that you absolutely hate being asked?
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Do you ever make fun of someone so much, you think you should thank them for all the good times you’ve had?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: The average man uses two of these at home, but the average woman uses four. What is it?
Answer: Pillows
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
