Thursday, August 29, 2019 – Edition: #6520
Our Sheet Don’t Stink!
BS SUBSCRIBER NOTE:
There will be no “Bull Sheet” on Monday September 2, the Labour Day holiday. The Bull Sheet will resume on Tuesday, September 3rd.
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Jason Momoa took to Instagram while trapped inside an elevator in Vancouver on Tuesday. While marooned for almost two hours with five other people during a stay at L’Hermitage hotel, he shared updates on his Instagram stories, documenting the incident as the group waited for assistance. The group stayed in good spirits, as they jokingly discussed who they should eat first if they were held in the elevator for a long time, while sharing the food and drink they had.
-Canoe
★ “Saturday Night Live” cast member Leslie Jones is making her exit from Studio 8H. Jones made her on-camera debut on the show in 2014 at the age of 47, giving her the distinction of being the oldest person to join the sketch show as a cast member. She has a number of movie projects lined up, plus a comedy special with Netflix. “SNL” returns September 28th with host Woody Harrelson and musical guest Billie Eilish.
-CNN
★ Viola Davis will portray former US First Lady Michelle Obama in “First Ladies” – a Showtime series looking at several US presidents’ wives throughout history. Obama, Eleanor Roosevelt and Betty Ford will be the focus of the first series. First Ladies aims to provide insight into both the personal and political lives of presidents’ spouses. It will also show how many major political decisions were made in the White House’s east wing, where the First Lady and her staff are based.
-BBC
★ Mama June has secretly unloaded her Georgia home. Amidst her family’s concerns with apparent addiction, sources say that June has reached an agreement to sell the 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom, 3,225 sq. ft. home in Hampton, Georgia that the reality star purchased in 2015 for $149,000.
-Yahoo
★ Kirsten Dunst will be honored with the 2,671st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today.
-WalkofFame
TODAY’S SHOWBIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Will Ferrell, Leslie Jones, Monsta X featuring French Montana (R)
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Julianne Moore, Jacob Tremblay, Julio Torres (R)
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Amanda Seyfried, Jacob Tremblay, Brady Noon, Keith L. Williams (R)
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Danny McBride, Yvonne Strahovski, Marianne Williamson, Nate Smith (R)
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Keegan-Michael Key, Terry Crews, Joshua Jay (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk (R)
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Willie Nelson, Dax Shepard (R)
• “The Talk” (CBS): Renee Zellweger, guest co-host Mary McCormack (R)
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Uma Thurman, Vanessa Williams, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Chris Hemsworth, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Hozier (R)
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Ed Sheeran – His song royalties have been frozen following new allegations that his hit ‘Shape Of You’ is lifted from Sam Chokri’s 2015 song ‘Oh Why’, and that Sheeran’s songs also include “stolen” material from TLC and Shaggy. He’s also currently fighting claims he stole elements from Marvin Gaye’s 1973 hit ‘Let’s Get It On’.
• Demi Lovato – As part of her comeback, she has a few acting gigs lined up. She will guest star in three episodes in the upcoming 11th and final season of “Will & Grace”, and she’s landed a role in Will Ferrell’s new Netflix satire “Eurovision”.
• Journey – guitarist Neal Schon will make a guest appearance on former Journey and Santana singer Gregg Rolie’s first new studio album in 18 years, “Sonic Ranch”, out Oct. 11. The first single ‘What About Love’ is streaming now. Rolie says the song was inspired by Ringo Starr’s message of peace and love.
• Elton John — In a booklet included in the new “Rocketman” DVD, he explains why he finally decided to write his autobiography “Me” (out Oct. 15). He says that he had never been interested in looking back for fear of “convincing yourself that everything was better in the past than it is now. If you start thinking that as an artist, you might as well give up writing music for a living and retire.”
• Buckcherry – singer Josh Todd says he used a good old fashioned answering machine to record himself when he came up with the chorus for the group’s notorious hit “Crazy Bitch” — on his mother’s machine. He says that the inspiration for the song came about when Paris Hilton’s intimate home videos surfaced on the Internet.
• Rodney Atkins — It’s another baby boy for him and his wife Rose Falcon. She gave birth to their second son on Monday in Nashville. Scout Falcon Atkins checked in at 8 lbs., 11 oz. at birth, and both mother and baby are doing fine.
• Brad Paisley – The free grocery store that he and his wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley are building to benefit Nashville families in need will receive a $1.5 million grant from the Department of Human Services to support The Store’s mission of providing food while maintaining a dignified shopping experience for low-income families.
POSITIVELY OLD:
Smile! Whether you want to or not. Because no one likes a grouch, and it may help you to live longer. A new study has found that being a Debbie Downer could shorten your life, and being a glass-half-full kind of person just might help you live longer. The study mostly looked at women — nearly 70,000 ladies participated, along with about 1,500 men. They completed a survey that ranked their level of optimism, tracking the women for 10 years and the men for 30 years. And it was found that those who have a more positive outlook have an 11 to 15% longer lifespan, and 50 to 70% greater odds of reaching 85 years old compared to those who are less optimistic. And even after accounting for health behaviors such as alcohol use, diet and exercise, the researchers found that their cheeriest participants lived longer than the killjoys. The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
(I was afraid that’s what they were going to say…)
(What if someone is positive that they aren’t going to live very long?)
(It doesn’t look good for me. I not only expect the worst, I make the worst of it when it happens.)
-NYPost
DEPARTMENT OF DUH:
People who receive financial incentives to exercise from their employers were found to engage in more physical activity. But once the incentive is stopped, according to a recent study published in JAMA, people’s exercise habits tend to taper off. Researchers monitored physical activity of 3,500 people, recording their daily steps through a pedometer, and awarding them points redeemable for cash. They found that people who receive financial incentives constantly over time, at a consistent rate, tend to exercise more.
(“And THAT, boss, is why I take 26 trips to the break room every day…”)
(These people are walking more, but it’s definitely not to find another job!)
(The only job I’ve ever had where I was paid to take more steps also involved a lawn mower!)
-ABC
“CAN’T EVEN” GET DIVORCED:
Millennials have been blamed for ruining everything from casual dining to bar soap to the real estate industry to the major beer corporations. And what have they ruined now? According to a University of Maryland study, now they have ruined…divorce. People in the millennial age category are largely taking a different approach to marriage these days. Rather than the “traditional” approach, which involves marrying young and then divorcing, millennials are waiting until they are older to get married, which gives them a chance to get their careers established before they tie the knot and start a family. And partly because of this, the divorce rate in America dropped by 18 percent between 2008 and 2016. While it is true that overall, these days fewer people are choosing to marry at all, which could have a lot to do with falling divorce rates, the study shows that because millennials are waiting to marry until they are financially secure (and perhaps a bit more mature), they are less likely to divorce.
(So they haven’t ruined divorce…but they just may have ruined the divorce industry!)
(My Mom always said “Don’t marry for money. Divorce for money!”)
(They are waiting until they are financially secure to get married? I thought they were waiting until they beat Super Mario Maker 2!)
-DidYouKnow
TRAITS OF HIGHLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE:
✓ You’re Empathetic And Compassionate: There’s a correlation between high emotional intelligence and high IQ. Empathy, which is part of emotional intelligence, and comprehension, which is part of cognitive intelligence, are directly linked. (I must be empathetic….because I really feel sorry for stupid people…!)
✓ You’re Curious About the World: Being smart is not about having the ability to go through a number of books a day. It’s about having a curiosity about anything and everything. Intelligent people like learning about other people, cultures, animals, history, and the world at large. (As long as there isn’t a test!)
✓ You’re Observant: In a world where people talk to try to sound smart, highly intelligent people are often quiet and observant, taking everything in, and seeing things that others missed.
✓ You Have Self-Control: That means you have maturity. You can control your emotions and impulses so they won’t cause harm. It’s a sign of intelligence because it means you’re more likely to think before you speak or act. (And it only took me 37 years to get get this way!)
✓ You Have A Good Working Memory: It is closely correlated with general intelligence. A good working memory includes executive functioning skills, good short-term memory, the ability to focus and pay attention. It also means you can easily transition from one thing to another. (You know who else has a good working memory? My 3-year-old. And my dog.)
✓ You Recognize Your Limits: Highly intelligent people don’t try to act as if they know everything. A sign of intelligence is recognizing the fact that you don’t know everything. This allows you to be open to learning more from others and/or situations. (Just this morning, I recognized the limits of my patience!)
✓ You Like To Go With The Flow: If you know how to be flexible, there’s a good chance you’re highly intelligent. It basically shows that you can solve problems and find solutions quickly.
(I’m just glad there was nothing in there about math!)
-Bustle
DID YOU KNOW?
The first known use of “OMG” was in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917. Lord Fisher, an admiral and naval innovator, wrote to the British Prime Minister and was obviously excited about a possible honor for himself and those in his line of work. He wrote, “I hear a new order of Knights in on the tapis—O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)”
-MSN
BS CHRONOMETER 08.29.19
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1938 [81] Elliot Gould, Brooklyn NY, TV actor (‘Jack Gellar’ on “Friends” 1994-2003, ‘Ezra’ on “Ray Donovan” 2013-16)/movie actor (M*A*S*H)/ex-husband of Barbra Streisand
1959 [60] Chris Hadfield, Sarnia ON, astronaut/engineer/fighter pilot/musician/author (Canadian Air Force Commander who became the first Canadian to walk in space and gained a huge social media fan base from posting pictures and performing songs while aboard the International Space Station)
1959 [60] Rebecca De Mornay, Santa Rosa CA, movie actress (“Risky Business”, “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle”)
1971 [48] Carla Gugino, Sarasota FL, TV actress (“Wayward Pines” 2015-16)/movie actress (“Watchmen”, “Gerald’s Game”)
1975 [44] Kyle Cook, Frankfort IN, rock guitarist (Matchbox Twenty-‘Unwell’, ‘Bent’)
1980 [39] David Desrosiers, Sept-Iles QC, rock bassist (Simple Plan-‘Perfect’, ‘Welcome to My Life’)
1986 [33] Lea Michele (Sarfati), Bronx NY, TV actress (‘Hester Ulrich’ on “Scream Queens” 2015-17, “Glee” 2009-15)
1993 [26] Liam Payne, Wolverhampton UK, boy-band pop singer (One Direction-‘Best Song Ever’, ‘What Makes You Beautiful’)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “According to Hoyle Day”, honoring Britain’s Edmond Hoyle on the anniversary of his death in 1769. He’s the guy who took the time to formalize rules to many popular games. Thus, the expression “according to Hoyle” has come to mean ‘playing by the rules’.
• “International Day Against Nuclear Tests”, a UN observance to underscore the need for a unified attempt to prevent any further nuclear weapons testing. NET: http://www.un.org/en/events/againstnucleartestsday
• “More Herbs, Less Salt Day”, because it’s ‘healthier, zestier and lustier!’ So, go ahead, spice up your life! What’s the world’s most-used spice? Black pepper.
• “Chop Suey Day”, a stir fry made with a hodgepodge of ingredients like egg, meat, and vegetables. In fact, the name “chop suey” comes from a Cantonese word meaning “odds and ends”.
• “Lemon Juice Day”, the oddest juice. You’d never drink it straight up, but without it, so many of our food and drinks would be flat and dull. Lemon juice can also play an important role in food preservation when used in home canning.
• “Thoughtful Thursday”, a day to offer someone your time, help, or advice. It doesn’t have to be anything grand; even the smallest bit of help to someone is appreciated. What is the best favor or advice that someone has given to you?
COMING UP . . .
[Fri] Frankenstein Day
[Fri] National Beach Day
[Sat] Eat Outside Day
[Sat] International Bacon Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1997 [22] Netflix is founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hasting in Scotts Valley, California as an online DVD rental business
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1987 [32] Los Lobos start a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘La Bamba’, from the film about the life of Ritchie Valens. The same day, Rick Astley’s debut hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, starts a five-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
2005 [14] 77-year-old rock ‘n roll legend Fats Domino is rescued from his 9th Ward home in New Orleans, LA after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2008 [11] US presidential nominee John McCain announces Sarah Palin as his running mate, making the 44-year-old mother of 5 the first woman ever picked as a Republican VP candidate
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2004 [15] Germany’s Michael Schumacher wins his 5th consecutive Formula One championship (and 7th overall), beating the 47-year-old record held by Juan Manuel Fangio
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Red-eye in photos is a reflection of the blood in the back of your eye.
✓ The Eiffel Tower can grow more than six inches during summer, due to heat expansion.
✓ Before it was destroyed in 79AD by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the ancient city of Pompeii had take-out restaurants.
✓ Armadillo shells are bulletproof.
✓ 90% of all the rice in the world is consumed in Asia.
✓ Scientists have determined that four seconds is the perfect length of time to dunk an Oreo in milk.
-WhattheFFActs
BS BAD NAMES FOR CHEESES:
• Gouda ’Nuff
• Udderly Curdled
• Rat Bait
• Kraft Singles in Your Area
• Carl
• Holey Moldy
• Chocolate Ripple
• Roquefort Files
• Feta Up With You
• Who Cut The
• Chuck E
-Twitter
Best of BS . . .
BS SUMMER REGRETS:
• Hosting the family reunion – sober.
• Leaving the window open during the monsoon.
• Putting baby in the corner.
• Going outside.
• Not water-skiing. But if I did, I’d probably regret that too.
• This one time, at band camp…
• The fact that I’ve invented new places to sweat.
• Realizing that my summer home is actually just my home.
• That nude beach – bad idea.
• Eating all Winter.
-Twitter, First published in ‘BS’ in 2018
BS PHONE STARTER:
Come out and admit it. What are you a snob about?
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I hate when people can’t let go of the past. Debt collectors are the worst.
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: 25% of people say THIS is the most embarrassing date mishap. What is it?
Answer: Accidentally burping at dinner
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
There are many things that will catch your eye, but only a few that will catch your heart. Pursue those.