Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Edition: #6401
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BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Developments continue to swirl in the curious case of “Empire” star Jussie Smollett, who allegedly staged his own racist and homophobic attack. Fox has already confirmed that Smollett’s character will be written out of the season’s final two episodes—and new reports suggest that creator Lee Daniels may be pursuing a radical option for next season. Empire has not formally been renewed for a sixth season—though Fox is expected to confirm an order before long—and recasting would take place in advance of Season 6 production.
-VanityFair
★ Jude Law is reportedly set to wed his long-term girlfriend Phillipa Coan on May 19. His son Rafferty, who is an actor and model, has been handed the honor of being best man. Guests expected to attend the bash include Jude’s close friends Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Brad Adams and Sean Pertwee.
-MSN
★ Rami Malek immediately learned that with great highs come great lows when he fell from the stage following his Oscar win for Best Actor. Moments after the “Bohemian Rhapsody” star scored the top award on Sunday night, he fell and was treated by paramedics. It’s unclear how he landed, but he seemed OK after being helped to his feet. It was a big night for Malek, who won his first Academy Award for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury. “Bohemian Rhapsody” did very well during the awards show, ending up with 5 trophies.
(Another one bites the carpet?)
-TheBlast
★ Melissa McCarthy is excited for Jason Reitman’s upcoming “Ghostbusters” reboot, despite confirmation the movie will ignore her all-female 2016 revamp. She says that she spoke with Reitman and “he’s just always had this idea, and his goes back to the world where the guys did exist and I’m like, ‘I want to see that’. I’m all for it.” ‘McCarthy’s comments come after Reitman – who will be at the helm 36-years after his father Ivan directed the first two films in the series – said that he has ”nothing but admiration” for the 2016 remake.
-ContactMusic
★ Khloé Kardashian is not happy about rumors she might be heading to “The Bachelorette” after her breakup from Tristan Thompson. She responded to the rumors after ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Bachelorette’ creator Mike Fleiss continued to tease the possibility that she would headline her own season of the reality dating series on Twitter, even after Kim Kardashian West shut down the rumors.
(I’m going to say that’s a bargaining tactic…)
-PopCulture
★ Beverley Owen, who originally played Marilyn in “The Munsters”, has died. She passed away at home in Vermont last Thursday after battling ovarian cancer. According to reports, she was diagnosed in January 2017 and had kept it private.
-TMZ
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Chloe Grace Moretz, Steve Ballmer, Lauren Daigle
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Tyler Perry, Sarah Hyland, Weezer
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Conan O’Brien, James Taylor (R)
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Patton Oswalt, Heidi Gardner, Elle King, Jon Epcar
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Neil Patrick Harris, Chelsea Peretti, Adam Newman (R)
• “Conan” (TBS): Deon Cole
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Isaac Mizrahi, Dorit Kemsley
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard
• “The Talk” (CBS): Isla Fisher
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Scott Foley, Derek Hough
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Mila Kunis
• “The Voice” (NBC): The Blind Auditions: Part Two
• “World of Dance” (NBC): A qualifying round kicks off Season 4
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Taylor Swift — helped two fans celebrate their engagement in Los Angeles on Saturday, showing up to help Alex Goldschmidt toast to his engagement to his fiancé Ross Girard at Sycamore Tavern in Hollywood.
• Adam Lambert – The current Queen singer released ‘Feel Something’, a song from his upcoming fourth solo album. He wrote to his fans on social media. “This song is the emotional starting point of my new album…Since writing this song, I’ve found the joy I was missing and I’m back in my power.”
• Guns N’ Roses – Bassist Duff McKagan is the latest member to tease a reunion album. He told an interviewer that “Axl has, really cool stuff he’s been working on. So, I’m excited about the possibilities with that, of course. I don’t mean to get anybody rabid. Our day will happen when it happens, that’s for sure.” McKagan has a new solo single, ‘Tenderness’, out now.
• Steve Miller Band – will released nine studio albums on May 24 in a 180-gram vinyl box set called “Complete Albums Volume 2 (1977-2011)”. Spanning 1977’s “Book of Dreams”, through 2011’s “Let Your Hair Down”, the albums have all been remastered and are available now for preorder.
• Bruce Hornsby — will release the album “Absolute Zero”, on April 12th. He has shared the first single “Voyager One”, which he describes as sounding like a mix of “Steve Reich meets Prince.”
• Brett Eldredge – says that he deals with anxiety by reading positive quotes from influential people, meditation, or by hanging “out with my dog or family or write(ing) music.”
• Ronnie Milsap – His son, 49-year-old Todd Milsap, died Saturday on his houseboat in Tennessee. Police say the death appears to be medically related.
THIS WEEK’S VIDEO RELEASES:
• “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (PG, Animation/Family): Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities. (Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld)
• “The Unseen” (Not Rated, Action/Adventure): A man who abandoned his family now risks everything to find his missing daughter, including exposing the secret that he is becoming invisible. (Aden Young, Camille Sullivan)
• “Between Worlds” (R-Rated, Mystery/Suspense): Joe meets a mother who can contact spirits when suffocating. Her daughter is dying when Joe helps the mother spiritually contact the daughter and save her. Unfortunately, the spirit in the daughter’s body is now that of Joe’s dead wife. (Nicolas Cage, Franka Potente)
• “Border” (R-Rated, Mystery/Suspense): A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence. (Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff)
IN-FLIGHT MONITOR:
Three of the world’s biggest airlines have admitted that some of their planes have cameras installed on the backs of passenger seats. American Airlines, United Airlines and Singapore Airlines have new seat-back entertainment systems that include cameras. Why? Not to spy on you, or so they say. The companies that make the entertainment systems are including cameras in order to offer passengers options such as seat-to-seat video conferencing. But all three airlines claim they have never activated the cameras and have no plans to use them. This all came to light when a passenger on a Singapore flight tweeted a photograph of the seat-back display, prompting other air travelers to voice their concerns about privacy. Many on social media pointed out that if that if the cameras are not in use, it would be appropriate to cover the lenses with stickers.
(Surely you can’t be serious…)
(That’s got to be some exciting viewing. All we need is a pilot who is bored to sleep…)
-TheIndependent
A FRIEND INDEED:
In spite of the fact that some people seem particularly proud of the fact that they have a thousand Facebook friends, or 2,000 or whatever followers on Instagram, according to a study published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, it is much healthier to have a few close friends than to have many friends who you do not necessarily know well. In layman’s terms, the quality of the relationships that people have is far more important than the number of contacts they have on their phones. In fact, the perceived quality, not the quantity, of interpersonal connections was associated with good or poor mental health. These close bonds are linked not only with a person’s physical and mental health, but also directly associated with one’s longevity.
(I’m not sure if it’s a good or a bad feeling that somewhere, some dude is dying early because he’s not hanging out with me!)
(When I think of some of the things my friends and I have done together, a longer and healthier life isn’t the first result that comes to mind…)
-BestLife
MOST VIEWED YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF ALL TIME:
1. Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee – Despacito (5.97 billion views)
2. Ed Sheeran – Shape of You (4.07 billion)
3. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See You Again (4.01 billion)
4. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (3.46 billion)
5. Masha and the Bear – Recipe for Disaster (3.45 billion) [the only video on this list that is not a music video…it is a Russian children’s cartoon]
6. Psy – Gangham Style (3.29 billion)
7. Justin Bieber – Sorry (3.08 billion)
8. Maroon 5 – Sugar (2.89 billion)
9. Katy Perry – Roar (2.75 billion)
10. Taylor Swift – Shake it Off (2.74 billion)
(I’m just happy that my obsessive watching of that kid yodeling at Wal Mart hasn’t caused it to show up here!)
-DigitalTrends
BS WEB GOODIE:
The actor who played ‘Biff’ in “Back To The Future” wrote a song answering the questions that fans always ask: https://youtu.be/iwY5o2fsG7Y
DID YOU KNOW?
In a recent survey, the word “whatever” was found to be the most annoying word or phrase used in casual conversation. The second-place finisher was “fake news”, and “no offense, but…” was third.
-BusinessInsider
BS CHRONOMETER 02.26.19
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1953 [66] Michael Bolton, New Haven CT, pop/soul singer (‘When a Man Loves a Woman’, ‘How Am I Supposed to Live Without You’)
1968 [51] Tim Commerford, Irvine CA, rock bassist (Rage Against the Machine-‘Killing in the Name’, Audioslave-‘I Am the Highway’)
1971 [48] Erykah Badu (Wright), Dallas TX, R&B singer (ft. Common: ‘Love of My Life’, ‘Bag Lady’)/mother to Puma, Seven, and Mars
1977 [42] James Wan, Kuching Malaysia, director (“Saw” franchise, “Insidious”, “The Conjuring”, “Furious 7″) COMING UP…”The Curse of La Llorona”, 2019
1982 [37] Nate Ruess, Iowa City IA, pop singer (fun.-‘Some Nights’, ‘We Are Young’)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “For Pete’s Sake Day”, which asks the pressing question, “Just who the heck is Pete, anyway, and why would we do anything for his sake?”
• “Levi Strauss’ Birthday” (1829-1902), the man who created the first Levi’s blue jeans for California’s gold miners in 1850. Without him, many of us wouldn’t have a wardrobe.
• “Personal Chefs Day”, an annual reminder to consider hiring a private chef for a day, a unique way to entertain friends and business guests in your home. It’s not as costly as you might think.
• “National Cupcake Day”, saluting those fabulous little cakes that don’t count as cheating on your diet ’cause they’re just small … right? In Canada, the day is a fundraiser in which people are asked to ‘bake a difference’ to support animal shelters, SPCAs, and Humane Societies.
• “Tell a Fairytale Day”, Yeah, inflict some of the most violent stories ever written onto your innocent, unsuspecting child. (What’s the scariest of all-time? “Fee, fi, foe, fum …”)
• “World Pistachio Day”, betcha can’t eat just one! BS FACTOID: Once upon a time, pistachios were sold in a bright red color which left your hands a vivid hue of cherry. Dying the shell red covered up imperfections and stains. But today, a more mechanized harvesting process means that the nuts are picked, hulled and dried before the shell has a chance to become stained or marked, so there is no need to dye them.
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Inconvenience Yourself Day
[Wed] National Kahlua Day
[Thurs] Digital Learning Day
[Thurs] National Chili Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2009 [10] NFL quarterback Tom Brady of the New England Patriots and supermodel Gisele Bundchen tie the knot in a twilight wedding at St Monica’s Church in Santa Monica, California
2017 [02] 89th Academy Awards: A mix-up causes Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway to mistakenly announce ‘La La Land’ as ‘Best Picture’ winner. ‘Moonlight’ is eventually correctly declared the winner, after La La Land producers had begun their speech. Other winners: ‘Best Actor’: Casey Affleck, ‘Best Actress’: Emma Stone
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENT . . .
2006 [13] Avril Lavigne and Ricky Martin are among the artists who perform at the closing ceremony of the 20th Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2012 [07] Rain forces the postponement of the Daytona 500 auto race for the first time in the event’s 53-year history
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
1983 [36] Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album reaches #1, then spends a total of 37 weeks there
BULL’S BITS
BS WACK FACTS:
✓ A week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information than the average 17th-century citizen encountered in a lifetime.
✓ When Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba, he immediately ordered all game sets of Monopoly to be destroyed.
✓ Vladimir Putin’s grandfather worked as a chef for Stalin and Lenin, and Rasputin.
✓ When Columbus “discovered” the Americas, the continent was already inhabited by 90 million people which was a third of the world’s population.
✓ Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
✓ Benjamin Franklin wrote “Fart Proudly”, a scientific essay about passing gas.
-FactSlides, WhattheFFacts
BS RUIN SOMETHING WITH ONE LETTER:
• Sixteen Cankles
• Biology Tooter (T-o-o-t-e-r)
• Dude, There’s My Car
• Wish You Were Her
• Illegally Parked Cars Will be Fine
• My Little Phony
• Ragu Against the Machine
• Petty Woman
• Thou Shalt Not Covet thy Neighbor’s Wi-Fi
• Enjoy the Little Thongs
• Cosby, Stills and Nash
• (***CAUTION***) I’ll be right back, horney
-Twitter
Best of BS . . .
BS PONDERABLES:
• If ghosts can walk through walls and glide down stairs, why don’t they fall through the floor?
• Why is vanilla ice cream white when vanilla extract is brown?
• Why do people think that swaying their arm back and forth would change the direction of a bowling ball?
• How can something be “new” and “improved”? if it’s new, what was it improving on?
• Why aren’t drapes double sided so it looks nice on the inside and outside of your home?
• Is a pessimist’s blood type ‘B-negative’?
• Why is it that when we “skate on thin ice”, we can “get in hot water”?
• Why does grape flavor smell the way it is when actual grapes don’t taste or smell anything like it?
• If a bald person works as a chef at a restaurant, do they have to wear a hairnet?
-CrazyThoughts, first published in ‘BS’ in 2018
BS PHONE STARTER:
What was the last thing you heard that caused you to become speechless?
BS RANDOM JOKE:
I can’t decide if people who wear pajamas in public have given up on life or are living it to the fullest.
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: For 5% of us, THIS is our go-to food after a bad day. What is it?
Answer: Mac and Cheese
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.
NOW ON OUR SHEET LIST:
John Rlondon, CJUJ The Phantom, Bathurst, NB; Duane Cole, WIFI, Lansing, MI; Ryan Jacobs, B105, Cincinnati, OH; Andy Bee, WBR-FM, Manchester, UK; Evita Lewis, HEART 107.1 Dubai, UAE
