Thursday, December 3, 2020 — Edition: #6864
Sheet For Brains!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Johnny Galecki has split from the mother of his baby son. The former “The Big Bang Theory” star began dating 23-year-old Alaina Meyer in 2018, but as they prepare to celebrate their boy Avery’s first birthday this week, sources say the couple has parted ways romantically. But the exes are said to be working together to continue co-parenting the tot.
-Canoe
★ “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage will reportedly star in the reboot of “The Toxic Avenger.” In The Toxic Avenger, the protagonist Melvin becomes disfigured when he is pushed into a vat of toxic waste. Under the name ‘Toxie’, he becomes an underdog hero in order to save his son, friends and community from greed and corruption. The original 1984 movie has become a cult classic, and spawned three sequels, its own musical production, children’s cartoon series and a Marvel comic.
-ContactMusic
★ Elliot Page, the star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy” and Oscar-nominated actor for their role in “Juno”, has come out publicly as transgender. In an Instagram post Tuesday, Page said: “I wanted to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot. I feel overwhelming gratitude for the incredible people who have supported me along this journey.” Elliot Page also wrote: “I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self.”
-TheWrap
★ Tragedy hit Jennifer Lawrence’s family summer camp over the weekend. On Friday, a fire burned down much of Camp Hi-Ho in Kentucky. The barn, which hosted activities, workspace and living accommodations, was hardest hit. The good news is that no one was hurt and the outdoor areas, such as the campsites, tree fort space, and animal pastures, are all still intact. Lawrence’s brother Blaine is promising families that he hopes to be up and running again by summer, and has started a fundraiser to help make that possible. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.
-MSN
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Zendaya, Diego Luna, Paris Jackson
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Jason Bateman, Carrie Underwood
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Hugh Grant, Emily Spivey, Valerie Franco (R)
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Bryan Cranston, Rufus Wainwright
• “Conan” (TBS): Simon Pegg (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Madison LeCroy, Leva Bonaparte
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Day of Hot Topics
• “The Talk” (CBS): Lisa Ling
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Heather Graham, guest co-host Maria Menounos
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Diane Keaton, Isla Fisher
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Katherine Heigl, Penn & Teller, Russell Dickerson
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Jennifer Garner, Dr. Aliza Pressman, Tom Green
• “The Voice” (NBC): The Voice Holiday Celebration
• “iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Greatest Moments” (CW): Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the event through performances and special backstage moments.
• “Killer Cases” (A&E): Premiere. Rising social media star Dr. Teresa Sievers is found bludgeoned to death; detectives quickly focus on her husband, who had taken out a large life insurance policy on her.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Rihanna — is reportedly dating her longtime friend, rapper A$AP Rocky. The couple was spotted having dinner with friends in New York over the weekend. They have sparked romance rumors since she split from her boyfriend, billionaire Hassan Jameel, in January.
• Bad Bunny — is the Most-Streamed Artist of 2020, according to Spotify’s annual “Wrapped” list. Bunny came out on top with more than 8.2 billion streams globally. Rounding out the top-5, in order, are: Drake, J Balvin, the late Juice WRLD and The Weeknd.
• Billie Eilish – is currently working on 16 new songs, and says “I love them all”. She reports that she is enjoying the songwriting process “much more” these days, and she and her brother Finneas – who co-writes and co-produces much of her material – have “seriously gotten in the groove” lately.
• Pink — There were several big acts during “The Disney Holiday Singalong” on Monday night, but it was her 9-year-old daughter, Willow Sage Hart, who left viewers in awe when she joined her mom in a duet of ‘The Christmas Song’. Social media erupted with stunned fans complimenting the young singer.
• Kelly Clarkson – Her estranged husband Brandon Blackstock is reportedly requesting $436,000 a month in spousal and child support. She has offered to pay for all the kids’ expenses, but Blackstock is looking for $301K in spousal support and $135K in child support per month, plus “$2 million in attorney fees.”
• Soundgarden — A guitar played by Chris Cornell on their landmark “Superunknown” album is up for auction. The 1966 Candy Apple Red Fender Jazzmaster was also used during 2 tours, and on the band’s MTV Live N’ Loud show in 1996. The guitar is estimated to sell for $175,000-$250,000. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y4wmybrn
• George Harrison – His estate has kicked off a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of his classic “All Things Must Pass” album with the release of a “new 2020 mix” of the title song. A 50th anniversary reissue of the entire triple album will come out in 2021. LINK: https://youtu.be/QWV4pFV5nX4
• Chase Rice — upset some people when he tweeted that he had lost his senses of taste and smell — a COVID-19 symptom — in the same tweet that he teased the release of his new song ‘Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen’. 12 minutes later, he backtracked, writing that on “a real note,” he didn’t have the virus. Some commenters didn’t appreciate the joke.
• David Nail – will release the EP “Bootheel 2020” on Dec. 11. It contains the songs ‘Roach Motel’, ‘Nobody Knows’, and ‘Back Home’. He says the songs are “in essence, demos. And due to everything 2020 brought…I definitely think these songs were meant to sound this real, this raw, this imperfect.”
• Jake Owen – is engaged! No caption was necessary when he shared a photo on an Instagram story, because the diamond ring did all the talking. Owen posted a pic of him and Erica Hartlein and their baby girl Paris, and in the photo, Hartlein is showing off the new engagement ring on her left hand.
YOUR EARLIEST INCONVENIENCE:
If you have trouble staying focused throughout the day, the fix could be as simple as sticking to a morning routine. A new study from the University of Wyoming highlights the importance of keeping to morning rituals to feed productivity levels the whole day. What they found is that any sort of distraction from what you normally do when you wake up each morning could sidetrack you from your daily tasks and negatively affect the amount of work you are able to get done. Interrupting your morning routine can be worse for your energy reserves than lack of sleep, stress, and whether or not you are already “burnt out” — combined.
(So, basically, don’t have kids…)
(I’ll tell you why I have trouble staying focused throughout the day…and it has nothing to do with my morning routine. FACEBOOK!)
(So, boss, as you can see, it’s very important to my productivity that I’m able to spend the first 90 minutes of my workday quietly enjoying my coffee without any interruptions…because that’s what I’ve been doing for the past 8 years…)
-Ladders
TRY THIS, HONEY:
When you were a kid, were you told that a spoonful of honey (whether served in tea or on just on the spoon…) would sooth a cough? And does Grandma’s old trick work? Well, yes! Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says that while honey isn’t a cure for a cough, it can decrease its intensity. A study showed that children given a tablespoon of honey before bedtime to help with cough symptoms got as much, or more, relief than they did when given dextromethorphan (a common ingredient in cough medicines). And several studies have shown that honey can bring the intensity level of coughing fits way down by reducing airway inflammation in the lungs, and it might also break up mucus, and relieve irritation of the mucus membranes in your mouth.
(And by the way, how is your breakfast this morning?)
(On the other hand, if your cough sounds better the next day, it might just be because you practised all night!)
(The problem is that my Grandma also told me to have a thimble-full of whiskey…)
-WomensHealth
STANDING ALONE:
[***UPDATE*** The shiny metal monolith vanished from Romania’s mountainous Neamt county, four days after its sudden appearance close to an ancient fortress sparked speculation it may be related to a mystery structure seen in the United States.]
No sooner had that that mysterious 12-foot metal monolith in the Utah desert disappeared, a new one has appeared – in Romania. A government official says that this one is on private property and the owner of the object hasn’t yet been determined. The 13-foot monolith was first spotted late last week in a protected area in the northern part of the country. But this particular monolith seems to have been a rush job, as pictures show a surface marked by uneven circular etchings. And the base shows clear signs of recent digging.
(We’re gonna say that if aliens were responsible for this one, they were clearly on a tight turnaround time!)
(The good thing about this problem is it fixes itself!)
(I don’t know what’s going on, but I’d suggest they hire security at Easter Island…)
-TheByte
FUNNIEST TWEETS OF THE WEEK FROM PARENTS:
⇒ hell hath no fury like a toddler who loses the chance to push a button of any kind. – Dadman Walking
⇒ Flex on your kids by hanging your own picture on the fridge – Dave Ween
⇒ So evidently our 13-year-old thought “primadonna” meant anyone born before Madonna (i.e. pre-Madonna). Please send oxygen. We cannot stop laughing. – Chris Abouzeid
⇒ I have a wife and two daughters. They can never find a hair tie and I can never stop finding them. – Simon Holland
⇒ My kid just tried to argue with Siri, and it reminded me of nearly every comment thread in 2020. – Goldfish and Chicken Nuggets
⇒ Raising both a puppy and a toddler is very confusing but we’ll be okay as soon as the dog is potty trained and the kid is house broken – Real Life Mommy
⇒ 5: Does the Jolly Green Giant have kids? Me: He still goes by jolly so probably not. – A Bearer of Dad News
…AND A FEW FROM WOMEN:
⇒ another day of staring at the big screen while scrolling through my little screen so as to reward myself for staring at the medium screen all week – Delia Cai
⇒ who called it Antiques Road Show and not Strangers’ Things – caitie delaney
⇒ My boyfriend does this completely insane thing where sometimes, when I ask him to take a photo of me, he takes exactly ONE photo – Ginny Hogan
⇒ me: no problemo narrator: but it was ALL problemo – lil red
-HuffPost
DID YOU KNOW:
Some people are deciding to not have kids over fears of them having to live through what they describe as an “impending climate apocalypse”, according to a new study. Researchers found in a survey of 607 people aged 27-45 who considered climate change as a factor in their choice to have kids, over 96% were either “very” or “extremely concerned” about the “well-being of their existing, expected or hypothetical children in a climate-changed world.” The study also found that 60% were concerned about the carbon footprint their children could potentially contribute to the climate emergency.
-Global
BS CHRONOMETER 12.03.20
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1948 [72] Ozzy (John) Osbourne, Birmingham UK, rock singer (‘Crazy Train’, ‘Mama I’m Coming Home’, Black Sabbath-‘Paranoid’)/reality TV star (“The Osbournes” 2002-05)
1960 [60] Julianne Moore, Fayetteville NC, movie actress (“Boogie Nights”, “The Hours”) COMING UP…“The Woman in the Window” 2020
1960 [60] Daryl Hannah, Chicago IL, movie actress (“Splash”, “Steel Magnolias”)/married to Neil Young since 2018. COMING UP…“The American Connection”, 2021
1968 [52] Brendan Fraser, Indianapolis IN, movie actor (“The Mummy” films, “Crash”) COMING UP… “No Sudden Move”
1979 [41] Tiffany Haddish, Los Angeles CA, movie actress (“Girls Trip”, “The Kitchen”)/TV host (“Kids Say the Darndest Things”)
1980 [40] Jenna Dewan, Hartford CT, movie actress (“Step Up”)/TV actress (“Witches of East End” 2013-14)/TV host (“World of Dance” 2017–2018)/married to Channing Tatum 2009-19
1982 [38] Dascha Polanco, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, TV actress (‘Dayanara Diaz’ on “Orange Is the New Black” 2013-19)
1985 [35] Amanda Seyfried, Allentown PA, movie actress (“Mean Girls”, “Mamma Mia!”) COMING UP…“Things Heard & Seen”, 2020
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “International Day of Persons with Disabilities”, sponsored by the United Nations
• “Roof Over Your Head Day”, an annual observance to draw attention to the plight of the homeless
• “Homemade Gift Day”. Better start now if you hope to have that ugly knitted hat finished in time for the big day!
• “Apple Pie Day”, (observed on May 13th and December 3rd) The first apple pie recipe printed was in England in 1381. The list of ingredients included good apples, good spices, figs, raisins, pears, saffron and cofyn, a type of pastry crust. (We’re just glad it didn’t call for BAD apples…or apple pie may never have caught on!)
• Let’s Hug Day”, hugs release a hormone called oxytocin into the bloodstream. This hormone helps lower blood pressure, heart rate, and the stress hormone cortisol. Hugging also reduces anxiety, improves mood and memory, and increases bonding and closeness. (A small hug is worth a million unspoken words!)
• “National Green Bean Casserole Day”, its two main ingredients are green beans and cream of mushroom soup, and it is usually topped with French fried onions. The recipe was created by “Dottie” Reilly, in 1955, while working for the Campbell’s Soup Company, when working to come up with something that could be made with ingredients that could be found in most people’s homes.
COMING UP . . .
[Fri] National Cookie Day
[Fri] National Sock Day
[Sat] Bathtub Party Day
[Sat] Day of the Ninja
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1964 [56] The first broadcast of the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” TV special (wow, that claymation looks almost real, doesn’t it?)
1994 [26] Adam Sandler performs ‘The Chanukah Song’ on “Saturday Night Live”, enlightening us to the fact that Harrison Ford, Paul Newman and David Lee Roth (among many others) are, in fact, Jewish.
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1979 [41] 11 fans are killed in a stampede to get unreserved seats at a concert by The Who in Cincinnati, Ohio . The resulting controversy (and lawsuits) force promoters to rethink the practice of selling “festival seating” concert tickets
2015 [05] Scott Weiland, (ex-Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer) dies at age 48 when he suffers cardiac arrest on his tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota, where his band The Wildabouts are scheduled to perform
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
2005 [15] XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail, in Kern County CA (“The mail’s here … incoming!”)
2010 [10] The ‘Leaf’, the first mass-market electric car, is launched by Nissan
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
1984 [36] The oldest-known bridegroom, 103-year-old ‘cradle-robber’ Harry Stevens, marries 83-year-old Thelma Lucas in Wisconsin.
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Water temperature has no effect on soap’s ability to kill germs.
✓ The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.
✓ There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings in the world.
✓ Women pregnant with boys tend to eat more than those pregnant with girls.
✓ Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn.
✓ Coconuts kill more people each year than sharks do. (About 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.)
-BathroomReadersInstitute, RandomFactGenerator
Best of BS . . .
BS SIGNS YOU’RE A CONTROL FREAK:
• You perform your own open-heart surgery.
• You changed your neighbor’s dog’s name.
• You schedule your panic attacks.
• If you want someone else’s opinion, you’ll gladly give it to them.
• You are a helicopter parent, but you don’t have kids.
• You can’t help but pass on a few driving tips…to your driver’s ed instructor.
• Your husband wears the pants in the family, but you tell him which ones to wear.
• You organize your own surprise party.
• You have on any occasion flipped the toilet paper roll to the “right way” at someone else’s house.
• You don’t consider yourself a control freak…but you do know what’s better for everyone else.
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2018
TODAY’S SLICE OF BS:
➠ “Jurassic World: Dominion” has wrapped up an unprecedented shoot during the pandemic. (The movie is about dinosaurs that come back to life and wreak havoc on a bunch of people. Or was that the last “Expendables” film?)
➠ Wind, rain, thunderstorms and even a tornado warning has been issued in Southern New Jersey. (In Atlantic City, residents awoke to a city covered in dirt, trash and filth. Then, the winds picked up…)
➠ British Airways is investigating a stewardess who apparently was selling her body and offering in-flight ‘favors’ to passengers. (At least now they know what a typical person has to go through just to buy one of their tickets…)
➠ Ozzy Osbourne is 72 today. (Hmmmm. . . What do you get for the guy who’s forgotten everything?)
➠ (***Caution, of course***) Matt Hancock, the U.K.’s Secretary of State for health and social care, says that sex with anyone outside your household is still banned as part of Britain’s lockdown. (People were upset to hear this news, but really. . . what did you expect from a guy whose last name is Hancock?)
BS WEB GOODIE:
Phew! https://tinyurl.com/yy9gjcyu
BS RANDOM JOKE:
According to my chocolate advent calendar, there are only three days until Christmas.
BS PHONE STARTER:
Which profession that doesn’t receive tips SHOULD?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: What is the number one thing that kids most hate to hear from their parents?
Answer: “Money doesn’t grow on trees”
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Intention is nothing without action, but action is nothing without intention.