Friday, August 10, 2018 – Edition: #6274
Get Your BS Here, Hot ‘n Fresh!
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BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Kris Jenner stopped by James Corden’s The Late Late Show to participate in the ever-popular “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts” segment, where celebrities have to answer a question or eat something absolutely disgusting. The participant gets to ask James questions too, and Kris wanted to know why he’s never done “Carpool Karaoke” with Kanye West. Corden replied that they have tried to get ’Ye, saying, “He canceled twice! Maybe even three times. Apparently, as an apology gift, West sent Corden some flowers and a pair of Yeezy sneakers.
(Naturally)
-Cosmopolitan
★ Ruby Rose is making TV history. She has been cast to play Batwoman in an upcoming series. That will make her the first lesbian superhero in a lead role. Rose confirmed the news on Instagram, saying, “The Bat is out of the bag and I am beyond thrilled and honored…I’m also an emotional wreck.. because this is a childhood dream.” Batwoman is scheduled to appear on “Arrow” in December, and the Rose-led series will launch in 2019.
-Cosmopolitan
★ Richard Gere is set to become a father again at 68. His 35-year-old wife Alejandra Silva is reportedly expecting their first child. Gere was previously married to supermodel Cindy Crawford from 1991 to 1995 and actress Carey Lowell from 2002-2016, with whom he had his 18-year-old son Homer. Silva has a five-year old son from a previous marriage.
-MSN
★ David Schwimmer is joining the cast of “Will & Grace”. The former “Friends” star is set to take on the recurring role of Grace’s new love interest in a reported five-episode arc for him and Debra Messing. Other famous names attached to the 10th season of the NBC show – which premieres on Thursday, October 4 – include Chelsea Handler, Alec Baldwin and Mary McCormack.
-ContactMusic
★ Chris Pratt’s new film “Cowboy Ninja Viking” has been pulled from its scheduled release date. The movie, which is an adaptation of A.J. Lieberman and Riley Rossmo’s graphic novel, was expected to debut on June 28, 2019, with cast and crew scheduled to begin shooting in London next month. The project has suffered from script issues, while rumors of a shutdown have circulated since March. Though a new release date has not been announced, the studio indicates that Cowboy Ninja Viking remains in active development and will be rescheduled “to accommodate production scheduling.”
(With a name like that, how could it go wrong?)
-Canoe
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Kim Kardashian West, Hayley Atwell, Train ( R )
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Michael Moore, Eric Andre, Derrick Beckles, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jon Stewart ( R )
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Amy Adams, Henry Winkler, Simon Rich, Taylor Gordon ( R )
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Bill Hader, Gabrielle Union, X Ambassadors ( R )
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sebastian Maniscalco, Mike Colter ( R )
• “The Talk” (CBS): Kyle Richards, Gerrad Hall ( R )
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Rainn Wilson, Shayna Taylor, guest co-host Katie Lowes
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Lawrence, Dan Reynolds, Lauren May ( R )
• “TKO: Total Knock Out” (CBS): A toy maker, a derby mom, a kickball champion, a cheerleader and an Army veteran compete for the $50,000 prize.
SATURDAY-
• “Jr. NBA World Championship” (FOX): The U.S. boys (under-14) championship game in Orlando.
• “Mind Your Business With Mahisha” (OWN): Series premiere. At a family BBQ restaurant, stagnant sales are coupled with a staff that drinks on the job, fights in the parking lot and steals from the owners.
SUNDAY-
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Stephen Colbert
• “Teen Choice 2018” (FOX): The year’s top teen icons in TV, music, film, sports, comedy and digital are honored. Performers include Khalid, Megan Trainor and Lauv. From the Forum in L.A.
• “Fear the Walking Dead” (AMC): Morgan tries to help Alicia and the fractured group of survivors as a storm brews.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Drake – is pretty hot right now. He has become the first artist to surpass 50 billion streams, his ‘In My Feelings’ is #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and his album, “Scorpion”, sits atop the Billboard 200 for the fifth week.
• Pink – is out of hospital and apologizing for being forced to cancel another show. She has been ordered to drink lots of liquids and get rest. She says her next show will be tomorrow in Sydney, and until then she will be drinking “green tea and spending time with my kids.” The four canceled performances have been rescheduled.
• Taylor Swift – was named as emergency contact for pilot who died in fatal crash. The private pilot who was killed after crashing his plane in Nashville reportedly had an intense infatuation with her. Canadian Michael Callon unsuccessfully attempted to land his small aircraft in thick fog at Nashville Airport in October 2013.
• Plain White T’s – are turning their hit song ‘Hey There Delilah’ into TV series. The song tells of a flirtatious long-distance relationship between an aspiring singer/songwriter and a college student in New York, and now the lyrics have been used as the basis for a romantic comedy.
• Aerosmith – Their first-ever tour van was featured on a recent episode of “American Pickers” after being discovered by hosts Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz. The 1964 International Harvester Metro, with the band name painted on its side, had spent decades rusting in a woodland near Chesterfield, Mass. “American Pickers” bought the van for $25,000.
• Weezer – Thirty-five years after Toto’s ‘Africa’ ruled the Billboard Hot 100, the song is back atop a Billboard chart, thanks to Weezer’s remake. Weezer’s cover sits atop Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart.
• Carrie Underwood – is pregnant with baby #2. She announced the news in a lengthy video, but not before taking care of business. After spending a few minutes talking about her tour and album, she said: “Mike and Isaiah and I are absolutely over the moon and excited to be adding another little fish to our pond.”
• Little Big Town – The man accused of stealing their trailer was arrested after a multi-county police chase in Tennessee. The trailer was stolen last week but was quickly recovered. At the time, the group posted a message on Facebook, mocking the thief who got nothing of value because, as they put it, the trailer was filled with “two old kid bikes, one scooter, a baby pool and a unicorn float. Karma’s a funny thing.”
TODAY’S MOVIE OPENINGS:
• “The Meg” (PG-13, Action/Adventure): After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. (Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson)
• “Slender Man” (PG-13, Horror): The story of a tall, thin, horrifying figure with unnaturally long arms and a featureless face, who is reputed to be responsible for the haunting and disappearance of countless children and teens. (Joey King, Javier Botet)
• “BlacKkKlansman” (R-Rated, Comedy/Drama): An African-American police officer from Colorado successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter. (John David Washington, Adam Driver)
• “Dog Days” (PG, Comedy): A group of interconnected people in Los Angeles are brought together by their lovable canine counterparts. (Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, Finn Wolfhard)
• “A Prayer Before Dawn” (R-Rated, Action/Adventure): The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand’s most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom. (Joe Cole, Pornchanok Mabklang)
GILLIGAN WAS ON TO SOMETHING:
If you’ve never quite found the perfect bed, or maybe even you haven’t found the perfect sleeping position, you might want to go have a look in the backyard. A growing body of research that says the simple, ancient hammock may be the most ingenious bed humans have ever created.
Modern science shows that the hammock can be credited with putting you to sleep faster, and keeps you in a deep sleep longer. Hammocks also provide what some researchers call the ideal sleeping position, with the head elevated 10-30%. Hammocks are also recommended by many chiropractors, orthopaedic surgeons and other doctors to alleviate back pain. And if that weren’t enough, swaying in a hammock is said to improve memory, and as a result improve reading and learning.
(It’s not the hammock. It’s the fact that there is no room for a snoring, coughing, cover-stealing spouse!)
(Because when you are in the backyard, you can do one of two things: Cut the grass…or sleep. Easy decision.)
(Of course I sleep longer in a hammock. I can’t get out!)
-ReturntoNow
NEW CHEERLEADER FORMATION:
The NFL started a new era last night. Both the L.A. Rams and New Orleans Saints were scheduled to feature the debuts of the first male cheerleaders in league history in their respective pre-season games. Unlike the Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts, who have men on their squads to perform stunts, these new male additions to the spirit squads were set to dance alongside their female colleagues.
(It’s not that there have never been men dancing and cheering at a football game before. It’s just that they’ve always been at their seats…with a partly-spilled beer in their hand!)
(Let’s call a spade a spade and just refer to them as ‘beerleaders’!)
(We have seen semi-clad men getting a big cheer out of the hometown crowd before, but up ’til now, we called them streakers!)
-Global, CNN,
MOVIES TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2019:
➠ Once Upon A Time In Hollywood: Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate – the pregnant actress who was killed in the infamous Charles Manson murders case. July 26.
➠ The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part: The citizens of Bricksburg face a new threat – LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild. (Chris Pratt, Channing Tatum, Elizabeth Banks) January.
➠ Bill & Ted Face The Music: The dudes find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfil their destiny. (Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter) No date yet.
➠ Toy Story 4: A “standalone” adventure/love story, which will center around the search for Bo Peep. (Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack) June 21.
➠ Ad Astra: An Army engineer searches the galaxy for his father, who disappeared on a mission to find alien life 20 years prior. (Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland) January.
➠ Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. (Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jude Law) March.
➠ Aladdin: A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name. (Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott) May.
➠ The Lion King: CGI and live-action re-imagining of the 1994 Disney classic. (Beyonce, Donald Glover, Seth Rogen) July.
➠ IT: Chapter Two: 27 years later, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back. (Bill Skarsgård) July.
➠ Wonder Woman 1984: Plot unknown. A sequel to the 2017 super hero film “Wonder Woman”. (Gal Gadot) November
-Cosmopolitan
BS CHRONOMETER 08.10.18
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1959 [59] Rosanna Arquette, NYC, movie actress (“Pulp Fiction”, “The Whole Nine Yards”)/sister of actors David Arquette & Patricia Arquette. COMING UP…“Lost Transmissions” 2019
1960 [58] Antonio Banderas, Malaga, Spain, movie actor (“The Legend of Zorro”, “Shrek” movies) COMING UP… “Life Itself” 2018
1971 [47] Justin Theroux, Washington DC, TV actor (“The Leftovers” 2014-17)/screenwriter (“Zoolander 2″, “Iron Man 2?) COMING UP…“On The Basis of Sex” 2018
1979 [39] ‘Mama’ June Shannon, McIntyre, GA, reality star (“Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” 2012-2014, “Mama June: From Not to Hot”, since 2017)
1987 [31] Charley Koontz, Concord CA, TV actor (‘Daniel Krumitz’ on “CSI: Cyber” 2015-2016, ‘Fat Neil’ on “Community” 2011-15)
1997 [21] Kylie Jenner, LA CA, fashion model/reality TV star (“Keeping Up With the Kardashians”)/owner of Kylie Cosmetics/net worth over $900 million
SATURDAY-
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is 68; Wrestler Hulk Hogan is 65; TV actress Viola Davis (“How to Get Away With Murder”) is 53; TV personality Joe Rogan (“Fear Factor”) is 51; TV actress Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”) is 50; Movie actor Chris Hemsworth (“Thor”) is 33
SUNDAY-
TV actor Peter Krause (“Parenthood” is 43; Movie actor Casey Affleck (“Gone Baby Gone”) is 43; Fashion model Cara Delevingne (Oscar de la Renta) is 26
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Lazy Day”, a day to take it easy. Just another day around here. (And that’s all I could be bothered to come up with for that…)
• “S’Mores Day” celebrating one of our favorite campfire treats, a toasted marshmallow sandwiched between graham crackers with piece of chocolate. The original recipe, published in Scout leader Loretta Scott Crew’s “Tramping & Trailing with the Girl Scouts” (1927), referred to the delicacy as ‘Some Mores’.
• “Smithsonian Day”, celebrating the series of Washington DC museums that form the Smithsonian Institution, basically ‘America’s Attic’. It was created on this date in 1846.
• “Spoil Your Dog Day”, like you have a choice. Just look at those big sad eyes … and those dangly wangly ears … aren’t you just the cootest little thing … er, sorry.
• “Duran Duran Appreciation Day”, a band who pushed the limits of acceptable music video content. Listen to some Duran Duran today; don’t worry, it’s officially ok for just one day. **BS FAST FACT: Duran Duran was named after a character in the movie ‘Barbarella’, ‘Dr. Durand Durand’.
• “World Lion Day”, a relatively new event designed to celebrate lions globally. It is estimated that there are 20,000-35,000 lions on this planet, and fewer than 2,000 lions left in the wild in Kenya.
• “Kool-Aid Days” begin, the annual weekend celebration of the soft drink mix originally made in Hastings, Nebraska. Edwin E. Perkins first marketed the stuff in 1927 in 6 flavors (raspberry, cherry, grape, lemon, orange, and root-beer).
SATURDAY-
• “Annual Medical Check-Up Day”, a yearly reminder to take care of your health by booking a checkup appointment today. (And if you’re lucky, your Doc will be able to see you by this time NEXT year!)
• “Play In the Sand Day”, which seemed like a harmless fun activity … until some fear-monger researcher warned a couple of years back that there may be health and safety implications.
• “Son & Daughter Day”, a day to pay special tribute to offspring by giving them the gift of your time together. If they are teenagers they’ll no doubt respond: “Yeah right … whatever.”
SUNDAY-
• “International Youth Day”, a UN observance since 1999 to draw attention to youth issues worldwide. (Acne? Low cellphone batteries?)
• “Middle Children’s Day”, a salute to middle-born children whose childhood activities were seemingly always limited by being ‘too young’ or ‘too old’.
• “Vinyl Record Day”, celebrated annually on the earliest of several possible dates in 1877 on which Thomas Edison may have invented the phonograph. The purpose is to encourage the preservation of the recordings, cover art, and cultural influence of vinyl records.
• “World Elephant Day”, conceived in 2011 and dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world’s increasingly scarce pachyderms. NET: http://worldelephantday.org
• “Garage Sale Day”, observed on the 2nd Saturday in August to salute a North American institution on what’s likely to be a popular day for yard sales. (Yeah, have you noticed that no one ever holds a ‘garage sale’ anymore? Always a ‘yard sale’!)
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2008 [10] Isaac Hayes, singer (“Theme From Shaft”) and actor (‘Chef’ on “South Park”) dies in Memphis TN of a stroke at age 65
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2004 [14] Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts confirms he is undergoing treatment for throat cancer, which eventually goes into remission
2008 [10] Katy Perry’s pop song ‘I Kissed a Girl’ hits #1 in over 20 countries
2012 [06] The bands KISS and Mötley Crüe together donate $100,000 to the families of the victims of the Aurora, Colorado “Dark Knight” movie theater shooting
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2003 [15] Temperatures in the UK top 100 F (38 C) for the 1st time in recorded history, during a European-wide heat wave
2003 [15] Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko becomes the 1st to marry in space, wedding Ekaterina Dmitrieva (who is in Texas) while he’s 240 miles over New Zealand aboard the International Space Station
2017 [01] 100 year-old fruit cake by Huntley & Palmers is deemed “almost eatable” after being discovered in a hut used by Captain Scott’s expedition in Antarctica
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2014 [04] Rory McIlroy wins his 4th major championship, the PGA, making him 1-of-4 players in golf history to reach that benchmark by age 25
BULL’S BITS
BS WACK FACTS:
✓ Alexander the Great’s army conquered the world while wearing armor made of linen that could stop any arrow made at the time.
✓ More than four tons of old U.S. paper money is mulched into compost every day.
✓ Self-driving cars play Grand Theft Auto to learn how to drive better.
✓ A study found that orcas can learn to speak dolphin.
✓ You can get a Stand-up comedy master’s degree at the University of Kent.
✓ Sweden has a ski-through McDonalds.
-WhattheFFacts
BS THINGS NEVER SAID IN RAP SONGS:
• “I like flat butts and I cannot lie.”
• “Let’s hook up in my tractor.”
• “Driving down the street in my Honda Accord. Appreciating the women, handshaking the bros.
• “It’s hard out there for an independent contractor.”
• “Abstinence rules!”
• “I eat a salad with no regret, top it off with balsamic vinaigrette.”
• “Yo, look at the clock, it’s late and I’m going to bed.”
• “I’m Slim Shady Thanks to my girl Jenny Craig.”
• “Please don’t back your buttocks in my general direction.”
• “These pretzels are makin’ me thirsty.”
-Twitter
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Having a dirty mind makes ordinary conversations so much more interesting!
BS PHONE STARTER:
What is the strangest thing about where you grew up?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: More than 25% of teens have done THIS without their parents knowing about it. What is it?
Answer: Gone to a concert
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.
