Monday, February 13, 2023 – Edition: #7416
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BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Is it all over between Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly? Her social media behavior over the weekend sparked rumors that they have broken up. Not only did Fox delete all of her photos and videos with her fiancé — including last week’s post celebrating his Grammy nomination — she also unfollowed him. At last check, her account only follows 3 people: Eminem, Harry Styles and Timothée Chalamet. And notably, MGK has feuded with Eminem over the years. Then on Sunday morning, Fox continued to fuel rumors by quoting Beyoncé with a cryptic post reading: “You can taste the dishonesty/it’s all over your breath”. She also posted a slideshow featuring a shot of a mystery man in a gray sweatsuit, and footage of a letter burning in a bonfire.
-PageSix, LADBible
★ The third installment in the “Magic Mike” series danced its way to the top of the box office over the weekend with a James Cameron double header, “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Titanic” (yes that “Titanic”), close behind. “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” earned $8.2 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates. Cameron’s “Avatar” sequel brought in an additional $6.9 million while the 25th anniversary rerelease of “Titanic” took in $6.4 million.
-ABC
★ Cody Longo, known for his roles in “Hollywood Heights” and “Days of Our Lives,” was found dead Wednesday at his home in Austin TX. He was 34. Longo’s rep says he died in his sleep. Longo also appeared on the TV shows “Nashville”, “Medium,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “CSI: NY”, and in the 2010 horror comedy “Piranha 3D.” Longo also went by the name Cody Anthony.
-CNN, USAToday
★ Alec Baldwin is hitting back after being formally charged in the case of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ fatal shooting. In a motion filed on Friday, he accuses the New Mexico District Attorney’s Office of making the “basic legal error” of charging him with a 5-year gun enhancement that did not apply at the time of the incident. Furthermore, Baldwin’s attorneys claimed that the current statute does not apply to his case because it requires “intent to intimidate or injure a person.”
-E!
★ Congratulations are in order for Vanessa Hudgens and Cole Tucker. Hudgens revealed on Instagram that she and the pro baseball player are officially engaged. She posted 2 photos: one of Tucker holding her and the other a close-up of her engagement ring, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, and wrote: “YES. We couldn’t be happier. The pair went Instagram-official on Valentine’s Day 2021. LINK: https://www.instagram.com/p/CodYd56vbn1/
-USAToday
★ “Uncoupled,” the romantic dramedy starring Neil Patrick Harris, has been revived by Showtime for Season 2 after being axed by Netflix last month. News of the move comes after it was announced Friday that “Ripley,” the highly anticipated drama starring Andrew Scott, is in the final stages of moving to Netflix. Also recently, the completed first season of “Three Women,” with Shailene Woodley, was being eyed for a pickup at Starz after Showtime pulled the plug.
-TheWrap
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Cate Blanchett, Dave Franco
• “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Elizabeth Banks, Kelsey Grammer
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): John Oliver, Ron Klain
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): David Harbour, Kathryn Newton, Zoë Brecher
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Quinta Brunson, Ashton Kutcher, Cara Delevingne
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Carl Radke, Lindsay Hubbard
• “The Daily Show” (COM): Guest host Sarah Silverman
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Ali Wentworth
• “The Talk”(CBS): Richard Marx, Daisy Fuentes, Jay Shetty
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Rita Ora, Shannon Doherty, guest co-host Mark Consuelos
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Cara Delevingne, Nicholas Sparks, Jordy
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Jamie Oliver
• “Jennifer Hudson Show” (Check local listings): Andie MacDowell, Tinashe
• “The Bachelor” (ABC): Zach begins his journey to find love with a deep-sea dive and all-terrain vehicle adventure on the romantic beaches of the Bahamas.
• “Bob Hearts Abishola” (CBS): Abishola postpones taking the Medical College Admission Test, surprising everyone; Christina considers a job opportunity that could mean the end for Kofo and MaxDot.
• “America’s Got Talent: All-Stars” (NBC): Contestants return to the stage, showcasing a wide variety of talents to become the All-Stars champion.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Justin Bieber and Kodak Black — are being sued over a shooting that occurred following Bieber’s concert after-party during last year’s Super Bowl weekend. Two men claim they were struck by bullets and severely injured outside The Nice Guy in LA. The venue and the city are also named in the suit.
• Sam Smith and Kim Petras – their ‘Unholy’ Grammys performance prompted numerous complaints to CBS and the FCC. TMZ says it has seen 18 official complaints, mainly to do with the imagery depicting Satan during the performance.
• Linkin Park – Friday, they dropped the previously unreleased tune ‘Lost’, which will appear on the expanded 20th-Anniversary edition of “Meteora”, out April 7. The Super Deluxe Box Set version contains 6 additional unreleased songs, plus demos, live recordings, a documentary, book and more. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3z75zhda
• Def Leppard — has announced a “Diamond Star Halos” a track-by-track worldwide broadcast premiere on Feb. 25. During the online event, band members will reveal behind-the-scenes stories from the making of their latest album, and answer fans’ questions. Tickets at: https://www.leppardvault.com/
• Mötley Crüe — played their first-ever shows without Mick Mars over the weekend, with former Marilyn Manson guitarist John 5 making his debut with the band during a pair of shows in Atlantic City NJ. The stripped-down shows were “warm-ups” for the group’s co-headlining 2023 world tour with Def Leppard.
• ERNEST – has dropped a deluxe version of his 2022 debut “Flower Shoppes (The Album)” featuring 13 additional newly-recorded songs, all of which feature Chase Rice as a songwriter.
• Luke Bryan – doesn’t mind when his mother goes shopping on his dime. He and mom LeClaire are close, and in a resurfaced interview, he says that she spends “a lot”, as evidenced in a video she once posted, where she admits “I got off track, I got big off track”, after having access to Bryan’s credit card. Luke quote: “I’ve been really blessed to be able to look after my momma like she looked after me.”
• Vince Gill — To celebrate the 20th anniversary of his “Next Big Thing” album, he has released a remastered version of the video for the hit ‘Someday’, which he wrote with Richard Marx. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3czkvwvk
SHOOTING THE BULL
MONDAY FUNDAY:
Some genius somewhere decided today is “Football Hangover Day”, but whether you’re still feeling the effects of the #1 day for chicken wings and beer consumption or not, you should still probably head in to work. Why? A couple reasons. For one, a new survey says that Mondays are the most productive day of the work week. For another, almost half (46%) of hybrid workers (those who work from home part of the time) prefer to start their week from their company’s headquarters, compared to just 20% who favor working from home on Mondays. Oh, and if you find Mondays difficult, please know things will get better. A separate OnePoll survey found that the most stressful time of day is 7:23am. This could be the result of a number of things, including getting stuck in traffic, spilling something on one’s clothes, dropping something, and waking up late.
(Amateurs! For me, getting stuck in traffic, spilling something and sleeping in are all just stress FOREPLAY for the crap that’s probably coming later!)
(…and we still want to show up to work after all THAT?)
-StudyFinds
SHEET ABOUT DRYER SHEETS:
Do you still toss in a dryer sheet every time you do your laundry? It might be time to leave that old habit behind. Some experts say that those sheets are doing more harm than good to your clothes, your dryer and, most importantly, to the environment. Patric Richardson (‘The Laundry Guy’ on Discovery+) says dryer sheets don’t actually make your clothes any softer, although it might feel that way, due to the fact that the sheets are coated with a chemical solution that transfers to your garments when heated up. That residue builds up over time and can contribute to clothing and towels smelling ‘musty’ or ‘stale’ even after they’ve been laundered. That film also builds up in your dryer, which will can affect the appliance’s effectiveness over time, and increase your utility bill. What’s more, the sheets themselves become litter that can’t be reused and don’t decompose easily. Try wool dryer balls instead, which are a more sustainable option, that can be reused for years.
(That’s great! Now, instead of being “useless” and “absent minded” when I forget to use ‘em, I’m a “steward of the environment”!)
(I quit buying them long ago. Used them for years before I realized my clothes get just as dry without them!)
-HuffPost
NEW GOOD NEWS:
➢ As result of yesterday’s Super Bowl 57, there were hundreds of winners who never even took to the field at State Farm Stadium. And we’re not talking about those who put down a successful bet on the game. Thanks to The Food Recovery Network, volunteers collected and donated a portion of the estimated 140,000 pounds of food and beverages that became available at various Super Bowl events. Using refrigerated trucks, FRN and other groups accumulated and stored some of the surplus food in an effort at addressing food waste at the big game. The project was born 3 years ago out of increasing levels of food insecurity across the US, exacerbated by the pandemic. The nonprofit estimated it would collect 3,000 pounds of food, the equivalent of 2,500 individual meals for the needy. (Also the equivalent of what [***co-host***] ate during half-time at my place yesterday…!)
➢ A 5-year-old girl’s act of generosity was rewarded in spades – 13 years later. Juliette Lamour won Ontario’s second-largest lottery jackpot in history, $48 million. Local reporters in her home city of Sault Saint Marie revealed a touching side-story. When Juliette was 5, the island nation of Haiti had just been ravaged by an earthquake. At the local arena, the Canadian Red Cross had set up a table to help raise money, and Juliette and her sister Sophie were determined to help. They emptied their big pink piggy bank that day, out of which came $61.38. Then early this month, Juliette stepped forward as a young woman to claim the $48 million prize – and it was the first time she had ever bought a ticket. She had called her grandfather to find out what flavor of ice cream he wanted her to pick up, when he said: “You just turned 18, go buy a lotto ticket, test your luck.” (She’s gonna need a bigger piggy bank!)
-Guardian, GoodNewsNetwork
FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO NEVER MARRIED:
(Because tomorrow is also “Call in Single Day” …)
☞ Oprah Winfrey: Though she and her partner, Stedman Graham, go back to 1986, she has said, “If we had married, we would not be together”. (Maybe she should have put a ring under Stedman’s chair!)
☞ Jon Hamm: Even during his 18-year relationship with Jennifer Westfeldt, he said: “I don’t have the marriage chip.” They broke up in 2015.
☞ Ludwig van Beethoven: He was known for being shy and lonely, as well as short-tempered, greedy, and paranoid. (That would do it!)
☞ Mindy Kaling: She has 2 kids, and neither of her children’s fathers’ identities have been revealed. Quote: “I don’t need anyone to take care of all my needs and desires. I can take care of them myself.”
☞ Ricky Gervais: He’s been in a relationship with his partner, Jane Fallon, since 1982, but the pair has no plans to marry. Quote: “We are married for all intents and purposes, everything’s shared, and actually our fake marriage has lasted longer than a real one.”
☞ Diane Keaton: She said: “I’m aware of the fact that I’m unusual in that regard, and maybe I did miss out on something—but then, nobody can have everything, right? I’m not unhappy.”
☞ The Wright Brothers: Neither of the notoriously shy pioneers of flight ever married. Wilbur Wright once said that he didn’t have time for a wife and an airplane. (They never found the “Right sisters”?)
☞ Leonardo DiCaprio: That’s probably for the best…
-ReadersDigest, Buzzfeed
DID YOU KNOW?
A team at the University of Iowa say that while many people see pigeons merely as pests, considering them unintelligent and inspiring the insult “birdbrain,” they found its cognitive powers are on a par with hi-tech artificial intelligence. In experiments, pigeons were given complex tests that high-level thinking, such as using logic or reasoning, would not solve. The pigeons turned to exhaustive trial and error, memorizing enough scenarios to reach nearly 70%, similar to the repetitive, trial-and-error approach of AI, where scientists “teach” computers how to identify patterns and objects easily recognized by humans. (The pigeons’ favorite pattern? The one they left on my car!)
-StudyFinds
BS CHRONOMETER 02.13.23
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Kiss Day”, On this day, partners express their love for each other by kissing them. Ingrid Bergman said, “A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.” (In other words, “Shut up and kiss me.”)
• “Galentine’s Day”, an observance invented by Amy Poehler on “Parks & Recreation” as a chance to get your best gals together (friends, mom, coworkers, etc.) and revel in being female. (***A few ways to celebrate: https://tinyurl.com/5n8vsvt8)
• “Tortellini Day”, saluting the yummy little pasta rings stuffed with goodies such as cheese or prosciutto. They are sometimes described as ‘navel-shaped’, hence the alternative Italian name of ‘ombelico’ (‘belly button’).
• “Clean out Your Computer Day”, an annual event on the 2nd Monday of the month when we’re encouraged to delete all the digital chaff we’ve collected over the past year.
• “World Radio Day”, a UN observation to remember the unique power of radio to touch lives and bring people together across every corner of the globe. Remember where you heard about it! (Shouldn’t we get the day off or something?)
• “Get a Different Name Day”, set aside to give us the opportunity to pick one we’d really like. (***Find listeners with really odd names and ask them what they’d like to be called***)
• “International Condom Day”, initiated by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in 2009 in an effort to reduce the spread of HIV through safe sex practices. (I take a condom with me wherever I go. Unfortunately, it’s always the same one…)
• “Employee Legal Awareness Day”, a day to make employees aware of the legal duties involved in conducting their day-to-day activities and the legal risks incurred by failure to fulfil those duties.
• “Oatmeal Monday”, a holiday that was traditionally celebrated at Scottish universities. From the 1600s through the late 1800s, students there were required to bring their own food and fuel to campuses, such as oatmeal and firewood.
• “Football Hangover Day”, it’s estimated nearly 14 million people call into work “sick” the day after the big game. For this reason, some feel the day after the Super Bowl should be declared a holiday. (Or, maybe have the Super Bowl on a Saturday?) [***See ‘BS Phone Starters’, below***]
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Tues] Valentine’s Day
[Tues] Call in Single Day
[Wed] Gumdrop Day
[Thurs] Fat Thursday
This Week is…Flirting Week
This Month is…Blah Buster Month
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1944 [79] Stockard Channing, New York City NY, movie actress (“Grease”)/TV actress (“The West Wing” 1999-2006)
1944 [79] Jerry Springer, Highgate England, retired TV host (“Jerry Springer” 1991-2018, “Judge Jerry” 2019-22)/mayor of Cincinnati OH 1977-78
1950 [73] Peter Gabriel, Surrey England, rock singer (‘In Your Eyes’, ‘Sledgehammer’), Genesis co-founder (‘The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway’)
1961 [62] Henry Rollins (Garfield), Washington DC, punk singer (Black Flag-, Rollins Band)/spoken word artist/TV-radio host (“The Henry Rollins Show”)/movie-TV actor (“Sons of Anarchy”)
1966 [57] Neal McDonough, Dorchester MA, TV actor (“Desperate Housewives” 2008-09, “Suits”2014-19, “Yellowstone” 2019)/movie actor (“Captain America”)
1974 [49] Robbie Williams, Stoke-on-Trent England, pop singer (‘Angels’, ‘Rock DJ’, Take That-‘Pray’)
1976 [47] (Leslie) Feist, Amherst NS, pop singer (‘1-2-3-4’, ‘Mushaboom’)/member of Broken Social Scene 2001-05
1979 [44] Mena Suvari, Newport RI, movie actress (“American Beauty”, “American Pie” movies) COMING UP… “Reagan”, 2023
1997 [26] (Prince) Michael Jackson Jr, Beverly Hills CA, Michael Jackson’s first son (with then-wife Debbie Rowe)
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2000 [23] The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspapers, one day after the death of creator Charles M. Schulz
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1970 [53] Black Sabbath release their self-titled debut album, which not coincidentally, comes out on Friday the 13th. It is It is widely considered the first heavy metal album
2007 [16] Rod Stewart is paid $1 million to perform for one hour at billionaire Steve Schwarzman’s 60th birthday bash in NYC’s Park Avenue Armory
2011 [12] At the 53rd Grammy Awards, Lady Antebellum wins Song of the Year and Record of the Year for ‘Need You Now’; Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” scoops Album of the Year
2016 [07] Justin Bieber’s ‘Love Yourself’ replaces his song ‘Sorry’ at #1 on the “Billboard Hot 100″ (the 3rd consecutive #1 from his “Purpose” album)
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2003 [20] Dan Price completes a 4,000-mile cross-country ride from Joseph, Oregon to Key West, Florida … on a tricycle (he averages 50-to-60 miles a day, camps out at night)
TODAY’S LAST . . .
2019 [04] NASA confirms that Mars Opportunity rover’s mission has ended after 15 years due damage sustained in a sandstorm
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Gatorade was invented to help the Florida Gators Football Team stay hydrated.
✓ An ant can survive a fall from almost any height, because its terminal velocity would never be high enough to injure it.
✓ The sound of thunder travels at about 1,100 feet per second.
✓ Nutmeg is a hallucinogen.
✓ The “BF” in “B.F. Goodrich” stands for ‘Benjamin Franklin’.
✓ Zoologists say a tiger’s scent markings smell like buttered popcorn.
-F’edUpFacts, BathroomReadersInstitute
Best of BS . . .
BS SUPER BOWL LOSER EXCUSES:
• Depressing pre-game pep talk by Mitch McConnell.
• Their quarterback kept looking one way, then throwing the other.
• Started giving 109% instead of 110%.
• Should have made ‘tails’ our FINAL ANSWER during the coin toss.
• Shouldn’t have skipped breakfast — it’s the most important meal of the day!
• Secure enough in our manhood to play gently.
• The refs weren’t calling mask violations among the other team’s coaching staff.
• Hey, did you ever try to run around a 350-lb tub of goo?
• Those big guys on other team kept trying to knock us down!
• It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.
• Wanted to beat the traffic.
-First published in BS in 2001
BS LEAST POPULAR VALENTINE’S DAY CARDS:
• “Who needs flowers when we have love?”
• “To show you my love, tonight we’re eating at a place with silverware!”
• “Thinking of you sweetheart, which, technically, the court order can’t prevent.”
• “Just wanted to say ‘I love you’ when I wasn’t falling down drunk.”
• “If only we weren’t so closely related!”
• “Hey Lover, How ’Bout a Pizza and Pay-Per-View Wrestling by Candlelight?”
• “I Don’t Even Know Anyone Named Angie … I Swear!”
• “Hey Valentine, I’ll give you money to have sex with me.”
• “My dearest love: If you need me, I’ll be at Hooters”
• “If you won’t be my Valentine, will you at least be my alibi?”
-First published in BS in 2001
BS WEB GOODIE:
Try it sometime (sound up): https://tinyurl.com/bdct2eu8
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Remember, your Valentine’s card shows you care enough to send the very best, even though you’re too lazy to put it in your own words.
BS VALENTINE QUIZ:
• What brain chemical is known as the “cuddle” or “love hormone?”
a) Serotonin
b) Oxytocin [CORRECT]
c) Dopamine
d) Botulism
• In Roman mythology, Cupid is the son of whom?
a) Apollo
b) Venus [CORRECT]
c) Mercury
d) Blitzen
• What do florists call a single red rose surrounded by baby’s breath?
a) Simply red
b) The flower of love
c) Signature rose [CORRECT]
d) Cha-ching!
-Parade
BS PHONE STARTER:
What’s your best sickie excuse? (Because we all could use one on the day after Super Bowl…)
BS WATER COOLER QUESTIONS:
Question: Retailers notice a 20% increase in the sale of THIS on the day after the Super Bowl. What is it?
Answer: Antacid
Question: People who do THIS job see a 30% bump in business right around Valentine’s Day. What is it?
Answer: Divorce lawyer
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.