Thursday, February 4, 2021 — Edition: #6910

Sheet Happens!

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Nominations for the 78th Golden Globe Awards have been announced. Netflix leads in both television and film nods, including the drama “Mank,” with 6.  “The Trial of the Chicago 7” follows with 5 nominations. In the television categories, Netflix’s royal drama “The Crown” has 6 nominations, followed by last year’s award show darling, the comedy “Schitt’s Creek,” with 5. Chadwick Boseman, who died last year at 43 after a battle with colon cancer, received a posthumous nomination for his role in the Netflix film “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will return as hosts a fourth time for this year’s Golden Globes, which will air on Sunday, Feb. 28 on NBC.
-CNN
★ Cue the slime! The 2021 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards are officially right around the corner. “Saturday Night Live” star Kenan Thompson will emcee this year’s event, which will air live on March 13 across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons and the Nick Jr. channels. As for the 2021 nominees, Justin Bieber leads with 4 nods. Ariana Grande, “The Croods: A New Age”, Henry Danger, “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”, “Soul”, “Trolls World Tour” and “Wonder Woman 1984”, each have three nominations.
-Yahoo
★ Seth Rogen is writing a book. “Yearbook” is a collection of funny and insightful personal essays, where, as he puts it: “I talk about my grandparents, doing stand-up comedy as a teenager, bar mitzvahs, and Jewish summer camp, and tell way more stories about doing drugs than my mother would like. I also talk about some of my adventures in Los Angeles, and surely say things about other famous people that will create a wildly awkward conversation for me at a party one day.” Yearbook drops on May 11.
-CBC
★ Hal Holbrook, the Tony and multiple Emmy winner best known for his portrayal of Mark Twain, has died at age 95. He also played Watergate informant ‘Deep Throat’ in 1976’s “All the President’s Men” opposite Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford. Holbrook, a World War II veteran who discovered his love of the stage via Army performances during his service while stationed in Newfoundland, would eventually be nominated for an Oscar at 82 for his haunting performance in Sean Penn’s “Into the Wild.”
-NYPost

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Jamie Dornan, Robin Roberts, Pentatonix
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Camila Mendes, Olivia Rodrigo
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Tiffany Haddish, H.E.R.
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Michelle Pfeiffer, the Impractical Jokers, Matt Cameron
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Dan Stevens, Michael Kiwanuka
• “Conan” (TBS): Bryan Cranston
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Hannah Berner, Austen Kroll
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Brandy
• “The Talk” (CBS): Katherine Heigl
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Zendaya, Theresa Caputo, Erica Keswin
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Eric Stonestreet
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Ted Danson, Holly Hunter, Misty Copeland, Jac Ross
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS): Josh Lucas, Ali Wentworth, Molly Yeh
• “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” (ABC): Celebrity contestants Drew Carey, Teri Hatcher and Chrissy Metz play for charity.
• “Married at First Sight: Australia” (LIFETIME): Season 6 premiere, Episodes 1 & 2
• “Swamp People: (HISTORY): Season 12 premiere

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• The Weeknd – His performance at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show will be performed entirely live.
The show’s producer says “It’s all happening in that stadium, in that moment”, despite fears that pre-recording may have been necessary to fulfil COVID-19 protocols. What will we see? He says “There’s a lot of stuff happening in the show that people aren’t going to expect.”
• Ariana Grande – has teased that a deluxe edition of her “Positions” album is coming soon with 4 new songs. She tweeted 3 images, including the new track list.
• Post Malone — On Monday’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers”, he recalled a spooky 2018 appearance on “Ghost Adventures”, saying: “After we opened up this creepy Dybbuk box, I got in a car accident, I almost had a plane wreck, my house got broken into…Within a month’s time, it was really, really odd stuff.” The Dybbuk box is a wine box that is thought to be haunted by an evil spirit.
• Green Day — will kick off the 10th annual NFL Honors on Saturday night. The Honors is the annual awards show recognizing the best players, performances endplays from the season. The show airs at 9:00 p.m. ET on CBS, and the band promises an “epic performance.”
• Queen + Adam Lambert – “Live Around the World”, the concert film released last year, is now available on streaming movie platforms. It features songs personally selected by Roger Taylor, Lambert and Brian May from more than 200 performances, and includes Freddie Mercury’s iconic ‘Ay-Ohs’.
• Luke Bryan, Eric Church and Brandi Carlile – will play at the Super Bowl after-party. The Big Concert for Small Business is a livestream to support small businesses impacted by the pandemic, and it will also feature appearances from Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, H.E.R. and Brittany Howard. Tiffany Haddish will host.
• Morgan Wallen – has been removed from the playlists of more than 400 US radio stations after a video emerged of him using a racial slur. The footage, filmed by a neighbor, shows him saying goodbye to some friends and calling one of them a derogatory term. He Told TMZ, which first posted the video: “I’m embarrassed and sorry.” His songs also appear to have been removed from Spotify’s Hot Country Songs playlist and Apple Music’s equivalent, Today’s Country.
• Dolly Parton — turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump twice during his time in office. Why? Not because of the controversial Trump, but because her husband (Carl Dean) was ill, “and then they asked me again…and I wouldn’t travel because of the COVID.” She’s already been offered the medal again by Joe Biden’s White House, but is unsure whether she’ll accept.

SHOOTING THE BULL

WINGIN’ IT:
You thought 2020 was bad? It appears that America may be headed into the throes of a nation-wide chicken wing shortage – just in time for the Super Bowl. With just days to go, food service providers are scrambling to get their hands on the bite-sized delights, and paying top-dollar for them. Wing prices generally fluctuate according to the calendar, with spikes right before the Super Bowl and the NCAA basketball tournament. But prices have been flying high for months now during the pandemic. Experts say there are a number of reasons, but the main one is that many people are enjoying wings are part of their regular diet. So, the shortage isn’t because producers aren’t making enough wings, it’s that consumers want more and more (and more) of them to scarf down.
(Well, I suppose as long as we still have pizza and Doritos, we can still watch the game…)
(Well, I suppose “no-wing protests” are a lot safer than “right-wing” protests…)
(C’mon! This is NOT all my fault!)
-WashingtonPost

“SAG” AWARDS:
Getting rid of that few extra pounds is definitely good for your health and your confidence, but apparently not for your youthful looks. Doctors are warning that fat loss accelerates aging by deflating the cheeks, hollowing the eyes and making the jowls look heavy. Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin say the appearance that some refer to as “diet face” mainly has to do with the loss of facial fat. Their study concluded that the traditional theory of facial sagging due to gravity isn’t entirely correct. While the idea that weakening ligaments in the face could result in some facial aging, “Perhaps the real culprit…is the loss of fat, both near the surface of the skin and in deeper areas.” So instead of moving ahead with a diet that could lead to dramatic fat loss, they advise people to lose weight gradually. And consume plenty of Omega 3 fats, fruit and vegetables as well as key vitamins. They say their study could some day lead to more effective facelifts.
(Is that why Mickey Rourke looked 20 years older after he had his?)
(Hey doc…you forgot to mention my chicken-neck!)
(Well, there’s one good thing about being called “Fathead” all my life!)
-StudyFinds

ROLLING IN THE CHEAP:
A woman who has been nicknamed the “world’s tightest millionaire” says she never buys anything new and even eats cat food to save money. 50-year-old Aimee Elizabeth, of Las Vegas, is worth a whopping $5.3 million, but still takes pride in the fact that she knows how to stretch a buck. Aimee, who appeared on TLC’s “Extreme Cheapskates,” gives herself a monthly spending budget of $1,000, and sticks to it by keeping her water heater turned off, only turning it on 22 minutes before her shower, to give it time to warm the water. She figures that saves her $80 per month. Another of her genius money-saving hacks involves her ex-husband, from whom she won the house in their divorce. She (ahem!) “allows” him to clean her home for free so she can save a few hundred dollars per month on cleaners. And yes, she confesses to eating cat food. Instead of buying tins of tuna, she says she saves 30 cents each by picking up cat food cans labelled “chicken and tuna in light gravy”. And, yes, she has fed it to guests.
(She EATS cat tuna? Sounds like a real catch!)
(OK, but she’s not the only one in Vegas eating cat food tonight!)
(Still, she sounds like she’d be a wonderful ancestor!)
-LADBible

FUNNIEST TWEETS OF THE WEEK FROM PARENTS:
⇒ As a mother my favorite pastime is having my performance critiqued by people who depend on me for their survival – Professional Worrier
⇒ You can’t make me cry; you’re not my daughter’s 2nd grade math homework. — Jessie
⇒ I’m not saying that asking your kids to clean will always make things worse, but I asked my 4yo to clean his muddy shoes and found him standing naked in a full bathtub polishing them with his toothbrush – Richard Dean
⇒ I know there are parents out there who are struggling right now, but don’t worry – your toddler will be able to put their stupid gloves on all by themselves one day — threetimedaddy
⇒ Parenting is a lot of shouting things like: IF YOU GET YOURSELF STUCK IN A BOX, YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE UNTIL I GET A PICTURE! – Real Life Mommy
…AND A FEW FROM NON-PARENTS:
⇒ “once covid is over” is starting to feel a lot like “i’ll pay you back tomorrow” – Ziwe
⇒ A friend FaceTimed me without warning today and I have since cut this friend fully out of my life – blaire erskine
⇒ I don’t want student loan forgiveness, I want student loan revenge – Sari Beliak
⇒ does anyone want to be in love so we can split rent — anna
-HuffPost

DID YOU KNOW?
There’s something about a sink full of dishes that divides us. In a survey, 51% of people said they can’t enjoy their lives until the dishes are done. Two-thirds said they can’t go to sleep unless the kitchen is clean – and 80% instantly feel calmer when they take care of the dishes immediately. The study, conducted for Dawn Powerwash Dish Spray, also found that 69% of us have dirty dishes in the sink more often than not – significantly contributing to our overall stress.
-Yahoo

BS CHRONOMETER 02.04.21

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1948 [73] Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier), Detroit MI, classic rock singer (‘School’s Out’, ‘Poison’)/syndicated radio personality (“Nights With Alice Cooper”)/Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (2011)

1962 [59] Clint Black, Long Branch NJ, country singer (‘Killin’ Time’, ‘Nothin’ but the Taillights’)/married to actress Lisa Hartman Black

1963 [58] Noodles (Kevin Wasserman), Los Angeles CA, rock guitarist (The Offspring, ‘Self Esteem’, ‘Pretty Fly [For a White Guy]’)

1973 [48] Óscar de la Hoya (“The Golden Boy”), Los Angeles CA, former pro boxer (multiple world titles in six different weight classes, gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona)/current MMA and boxing promoter/Grammy nominated singer(!!)

1975 [46] Natalie Imbruglia, Sydney Australia, pop singer (‘Torn’, ‘Wrong Impression’)

1975 [46] Rick Burch, Mesa AZ, rock bassist (Jimmy Eat World-‘Pain’, ‘The Middle’)

1977 [44] Gavin DeGraw, South Fallsburg NY, pop singer (‘Not Over You’, ‘I’m in Love With a Girl’)

1983 [38] Hannibal Buress, Chicago IL, comedian (“The Eric Andre Show” since 2012/former writer for “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock”)

1983 [38] Lauren Ash, Belleville ON, TV actress (‘Dina’ on “Superstore” since 2015)

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Rosa Parks Day”, an American observance to honor civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who is known for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. It is a legal observance in California today, and in Ohio on December 1.

• “Thank a Letter Carrier Day”, your chance to say thanks to the person who delivers your junk mail.

• “USO Day”, honoring the 1941 creation of the United Service Organization, which continues to provide support for American troops and their families worldwide.

• “World Cancer Day”, an annual observance to encourage prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer. It’s led by the International Union Against Cancer, a global consortium of more than 280 cancer-fighting organizations in over 90 countries.

• “Homemade Soup Day”, a day to chop and blend and simmer, creating yummy goodness in a bowl all on your own. AllRecipes.com has over 1,000 recipes for homemade soup.

• “National Hemp Day”, hemp has been an essential material in the innovation of several industries including shipping, construction, and textiles. Most recently, the construction industry started using hemp in place of concrete (known as hempcrete) because it is windproof and offers a lower carbon footprint.

• “Liberace Day”, honoring the flamboyant pianist and entertainer. “Mr. Showmanship” is perhaps as well-known for his persona as his musical talent. From the 1950s to the 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world. Today is the anniversary of his 1987 death at age 67.

COMING UP . . .
[Fri] Disaster Day
[Fri] Chocolate Fondue Day
[Sat] Pay-a-Compliment Day
[Sat] Frozen Yogurt Day

THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1991 [20] Alex Trebek becomes first person to host three American game shows at the same time (“Jeopardy!”, “Classic Concentration”, “To Tell the Truth”)

2004 [17] Facebook is launched from the Harvard dormitory room of Mark Zuckerberg (and how many thousands of hours have you wasted since?)

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1977 [44] Fleetwood Mac’s classic album “Rumours” is released. It sets the record for most weeks at #1 with 31, and becomes one of the best-selling albums of all time, with worldwide sales of over 40 million.

2010 [11] A judge rules that the flute riff of the Men at Work song ‘Down Under’ plagiarizes another Australian classic: the 1932 song ‘Kookaburra’

2012 [09] Adele becomes the first female British artist to have three #1 songs from the same album on the Billboard Hot 100 chart when ‘Set Fire to the Rain’ hits the top, following ‘Rolling In The Deep’ and ‘Someone Like You’, all from the album “21”

TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2007 [14] Indianapolis Colts (led by QB Peyton Manning) defeat Chicago Bears 29-17 to win Super Bowl 41 in Miami FL, their first championship in 36 years (when they were in Baltimore)

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Ben and Jerry originally wanted to start a bagel company. They ended up in the ice cream business because they couldn’t afford a bagel machine.
✓ Forrest Mars, the creator of Peanut M&M’s, was allergic to peanuts.
✓ Despite the fact that it produces 95% of the world’s supply of bourbon, the official state drink of Kentucky is milk.
✓ It took the editors of the first Oxford English Dictionary five years to reach the word “ant”.
✓ The use of CAPITAL LETTERS to denote shouting dates back to the 19th century.
✓ Canada has a maple syrup reserve to ensure global supply in case of emergency.
-FactSlides

Best of BS . . .
BS SELF-DEPRECATING SONGS:
• Oops…I Did it Again Because I’m Stupid
• Hello…It’s Not Me You’re Looking For
• Girls Just Don’t Wanna Have Fun With Me
• Dancing Drama Queen
• Hips Don’t Lie — and Mine Scream “She Likes Tacos”
• I Don’t Impress Me Much
• Baby Got Bacne
• (I Can’t Give No) Satisfaction
• Why Would You Even Want to Touch This?
• We are the Participation Trophy Winners, My Friend
• Simply Resistable
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2020

BS SUPER BOWL PICKUP LINES:
• Do you have a jersey? Because I need your name and number.
• You can perform an illegal motion on me anytime.
• If I said you have a beautiful body, would you tackle me with it?
• Girl, your arm must be tired, because you’ve been passing through mind all day!
• Want to join my fantasy league?
• Is that a challenge flag in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
• Hey baby, I’m an eligible receiver for your phone number!
• Did I just catch you looking into my backfield?
• I want you to touch-down. I’ll leave it at that.
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2020

TODAY’S SLICE OF BS:
➠ Chick-fil-A is selling heart-shaped boxes of chicken nuggets for Valentine’s Day. (The perfect gift for that person who’ll never talk to you again…)
➠ Today marks the 17 years since the founding of Facebook. (And coincidentally, 17 years is roughly the amount of my life I’ve wasted on Facebook since I joined…)
➠ G.I. Joe debuted this week back in 1964. (I remember tearing that thing open right there on the floor of the store! The cash register lady stared me down while I said: “Lemme guess, you want me to leave because I’m loud?” She said, “No…I want you to leave because you’re 46!”)
➠ Super Bowl 55 Factoid #33: (This is the first chance all season for the fans in Florida to watch a pro football game.)
➠ Super Bowl 55 Factoid #77: (ESPN began its coverage of this year’s game 16 months ago…)

BS WEB GOODIE:
From scream…to hope:  tinyurl.com/1fg46m9l

BS PHONE STARTER:
Did your teacher ever interrupt regularly scheduled learning to watch live TV in the classroom? What was the event?

BS RANDOM JOKE:
If you correct my grammar, I’ll think fewer of you.

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  Unbelievably, it is estimated that 1 in 12 people will never have THIS happen to them. What is it?
Answer:  Catch a cold

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.