Tuesday, January 4, 2022 – Edition: #7138

Bully For You!

 

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Bobby Bones has confirmed that he will NOT be returning to “American Idol” as an in-house mentor. Bones, a radio personality and host, first appeared on the series as a guest mentor for season 16 in 2018. He was promoted to a full-time mentor for season 17, and remained for seasons 18 and 19. He’s been MIA from Season 20 promos, causing fans to wonder what’s happening. Bones shared that he has a contract with a “new network” and is working on a new show, so he is unable to continue on Idol.
-PopCulture
★ Believe it or not, Adam Sandler has been named the “Style Icon of 2021” by Vogue. While he’s definitely known for making the best bad films you’ve ever seen, his dress sense hasn’t seen him receive a lot of praise until now. Usually seen in a pair of jazzy basketball shorts, sneakers and a hoodie, Sandler’s simple approach to fashion apparently impressed the experts last year. Vogue reporter Liana Satenstein wrote: “If there was a fashion zodiac for 2021, it would be the year of the schlub.” She says the proof is in the Google trend results: Adam Sandler beat out Harry Styles, Lizzo, and Britney Spears to be the top search for celebrity style. According to Vogue, “The past 18 months have been dominated by all-things cushy: sweatpants and sweatshirts (and) Sandler has long encapsulated this look.”
-LADBible
★ Emma Roberts’ letter from Hogwarts appears to have arrived about 20 years late. The “American Horror Story” actress was mistaken for Emma Watson when her childhood photo was accidentally featured in the reunion special “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts”, now streaming on HBO Max. An eagle-eyed fan pointed out the flub, posting a screenshot of the photo, in which a young Roberts wears a pair of Minnie Mouse ears while eating breakfast, next to an identical screenshot from Roberts’ Instagram feed. It was, of course, Emma WATSON who reunited with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and other stars of the Harry Potter franchise in “Return to Hogwarts”.
-MSN
★ David Koechner might not be much different from the guys he plays in movies — because he spent New Year’s Eve in a cell for drinking and driving. The “Anchorman” and “Office” star was busted for suspected DUI and hit and run Friday in Simi Valley, CA — where was picked up by the local cops around 3PM . . . well before midnight. Koechner is known for playing party animals, including ‘Champ Kind’ in Anchorman and ‘Todd Packer’ from The Office, both of whom are known for boozy adventures. He’s got a court date in March.
-TMZ

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Milo Ventimiglia, Sabrina Carpenter, Yola
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Tracee Ellis Ross
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Lily Collins, William Jackson Harper, St. Vincent
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Alexia Echevarria, Lisa Hochstein, Larsa Pippen, Guerdy Abraira, Julia Lemigova, Nicole Martin
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Jim Gaffigan
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Tracee Ellis Ross, Mayim Bialik, Dr. Gail Saltz
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Lily Collins, Steve Spangler, the War on Drugs, featuring Lucius
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Kym Whitley, Antonia Lofaso
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Gloria Estefan, Lili Estefan, Emily Estefan, Lisa Ling (R)
• “Judge Steve Harvey” (ABC): Series premiere
• “black-ish” (ABC): Season 8 premiere
• “This Is Us” (NBC): Season 6 premiere
• “Gordon Ramsay’s Road Trip” (FOX): Greek Vacation

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Billie Eilish — Nandi Bushell wants to work with her. The 11-year-old drummer, who had a memorable drum-off with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, says her big wish for 2022 is to collaborate with Eilish. Nandi recently shared a cover of Eilish’s ‘Happier Than Ever’, featuring an impressive drum solo.
• Cardi B — has dropped her second collection with Reebok. Following the 90s-inspired “Summertime Fine”, her new selection pays homage to her home city of New York. “Let Me Be … In My World Nighttime” features pieces that she says “are easy to wear from the street to the club.”
• Janet Jackson – Sunday, a new trailer for her upcoming 4-hour documentary “Janet” was released. It includes several of the artists interviewed for the project, including Missy Elliott, Janelle Monae, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Mariah Carey, Teyana Taylor, Tyler Perry and more. The 2-part doc debuts Jan. 28 on A&E and Lifetime. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/5n95txb9
• Noel Gallagher – has no desire to live long into old age. Speaking on BBC Radio 1, the 54-year-old said that with the way the world is now, “Do I want to live another 50 years? No…at 75 I want to go.” Still on his bucket list, however, are collaborating with Neil Young, meeting Bob Dylan, scoring “the soundtrack to a Quentin Tarantino box office smash and play(ing) a round of golf with a therapist.”
• Bryan Adams — wants to direct a movie. He’s already carved out a successful career as a photographer and believes his skills would be transferable to filmmaking. Quote: “I would indeed be interested [in making a film]. I can easily see myself as a cinematographer, maybe even a director.”
• Ted Nugent – In a livestream, he criticized Rolling Stone for including Joan Jett on its list of “100 Greatest Guitarists”. Quote: “How do you list the top 100 guitar players and not list (his former bandmate) Derek St. Holmes?…You do that by lying. The same way you get Grandmaster Flash in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You do that by lying.”
• Miranda Lambert – was recruited by Netflix’s “Queer Eye” to write a new song for its newest season, which is based in Texas. She tweeted: “I’m proud to be part of this amazing show that does so much good.” With season 6 now available, you can watch the lyric video for ‘Y’all means All’, which features footage from the new episodes. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/mtfzby3w
• Kenny Chesney — has sold his lavish estate near Nashville for $11.5 million. He listed the 4-bedroom, 9-bathroom, 12,600-square-foot stone villa in August for $14 mil. It is situated on a hilltop on 56 wooded acres in the affluent rural Nashville suburb of Franklin, where many other country stars also reside.
• Chris Young & Kane Brown – Their hit ‘Famous Friends’ was the most-played song on country radio (in the US) for 2021. The rest of the top 5 on “Billboard’s Top Country Airplay Songs of 2021” are, in order: ‘Forever After All’-Luke Combs, ‘What’s Your Country Song’-Thomas Rhett, ‘Single Saturday Night’-Cole Swindell, and ‘Better Together’-Luke Combs.

SHOOTING THE BULL

NEW YEAR’S RENUMERATIONS:
Employment experts say that now is the perfect time to ask for that overdue pay raise. David Turetsky, vice president of consulting at Salary.com, says there has never been a time when employees have felt so empowered to use their voices to ask to be paid what they feel they’re worth. Why? Because the market for job-seekers is unusually competitive right now, with some businesses even forced to advertise that they are looking for workers. Amber Ferrari, marketing manager, at Jobvite, a company that helps employers attract and retain talent, said: “The time is ripe to negotiate your salary. Companies want to sustain their culture, which is harder to do when many workers leave.” And with inflation they way it is these days, if your company is offering you less than about a 6.8% pay raise, that essentially equals a pay cut, so keep that in mind when you go asking. Other tips in asking for that raise:
• make a list of your recent accomplishments
• research what others in similar positions are making
• schedule a meeting with your boss (make sure it’s a good day for your boss)
• have your answers ready as to why granting you a raise is a win-win for you and your employer
• follow up with a thank you and an inquiry as to when a decision will be made
(I asked for a raise yesterday. But my wife said “no”, same as last month…)
(The bad news is that another employment expert says now is a horrible time to ask for a raise, and that expert is my boss, so…)
-NYPost

DRY DATING:
There is a new dating trend as we enter 2022: “Dry dating”. What’s that? The practice simply involves NOT drinking alcohol when out on a date. Shan Boodram, a sex & relationship expert from the dating app Bumble, says: “More people are saying ‘you know what, I don’t need to drink on a first date’ and that is new since the pandemic.” Experts say drinking has both disadvantages and advantages when it comes to dating. It could lead to the disclosure of information in a way that a person wouldn’t normally be comfortable with. But on the other hand, alcohol helps us relax, which could make it easier for some people to connect. To make things more transparent, Bumble has developed a profile badge as a way of telling people they’d prefer an alcohol-free first date, and it has become one of the app’s most-used features.
(What does it say about me that my first reaction to this is: “Great idea! I could save a ton of money on booze!)
(It’s funny, the person I was matched with had that badge, and was very clear that she wouldn’t be drinking . . . right up until the minute she laid eyes on me…)
-ABC, TorStar

LOOPY IDEA?
Everyone knows that we should all be doing whatever we can these days to try to live sustainably. But a company in the Netherlands is aiming to help us die that way too. Loop Biotech has come up with the “Loop Living Cocoon”, a unique product in the rapidly expanding world of green burial, that they refer to as the first-ever “living coffin”. Instead of being made from common biodegradable materials such as cotton, linen, willow, or bamboo, the Loop Cocoon coffin is made from living mycelium. Mycelium, the fast-growing roots of a fungus, is found everywhere in nature and is believed by scientists to provide a kind of “wood-wide web” in the soil that benefits 90% of plant species. It’s along these vast mycelial networks that organisms, such as trees, communicate and trade resources. Once introduced to groundwater, the Loop Cocoon coffin completely breaks down in 30-45 days. Its contents? Whereas a body in a traditional coffin can take 1-2 decades to break down, Loop estimates a dead person will fully decompose remains in 2-3 years if buried in the Loop Cocoon. The cost? It presently sits at around $1,600, and that’s expected to fall as output increases.
(So…these aren’t the kind of coffins that I’ve heard about that you can rent, right?)
(Boy, that’s the LAST thing I need!)
(So, the coffin breaks down in a month, but the body takes a few years? Well, they’re not sure. Remains to be seen!)
-TreeHugger

2022 IN REVIEW – THE EARLY EDITION:
Here is what we can look forward to this year, according to British psychic Jemima Packington, who makes her predictions by throwing asparagus across a room and observing the patterns formed when they land…earning her the nickname “Mystic Veg”:
➢ Covid and all its variants will be with us forever but we’ll learn to adapt and not let it get the better of us. (I’m pretty sure this is what Fauci has been saying for about a year now…)
➢ A brand new way of living will become the norm – working from home etc., but people will no longer accept shoddy services hiding behind the guise of the pandemic. (Yet still, I had another soggy pizza delivered last night!)
➢ More sadness for the Royal Family, including scandals and worse. (Just like every year?)
➢ We’ll be shocked at the news of the unexpected demise of showbiz legends. (Just like every year?)
➢ A return to times when foreign travel was an exotic luxury. It will no longer be a regular occurrence, and travel prices will reflect this. (It’s always been a luxury for us radio schlubs…)
➢ Croatia will win the Football World Cup 2022, but the competition will still be beset by controversy.
➢ The Oscar for Best Film will go to “The Power Of The Dog” and Benedict Cumberbatch will be nominated for Best Actor.
-Mirror

DID YOU KNOW?
Thousands of people received a surprise gift on Christmas Day when a bank accidentally deposited £130 million (US $176 million) into thousands of accounts. The mistake happened when payments from 2,000 business accounts in the U.K. were processed twice by the European bank Santander, meaning some employees saw their wages double, while suppliers also got more than they were expecting. The bank says the duplicate payments were caused by a “scheduling issue” that has now been rectified, and it is now trying to recoup the mistaken payments. (It turns out Santander doesn’t play by the same rules as Santa!)
-CNBC

BS CHRONOMETER 01.04.22

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Spaghetti Day”, celebrating the Italian pasta dish that almost everyone loves. Marco Polo brought the recipe for pasta back to Europe with him after his famous trip to China in the 13th century.
• “Trivia Day”, honoring those with ‘doctorates in uselessology’.
BS TRIVIA DAY QUIZ, COURTESY OF “TRIVIA CRACK”:
⇒ Who uttered the famous salute “Live Long and Prosper”? (“Star Trek’s” ‘Spock’)
⇒ Who wrote the French romantic novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”? (Victor Hugo)
⇒ What famous phrase is Marie Antoinette known for? (“Let them eat cake”)
⇒ In the sport of bull riding, which hand do you ride with? (Either)
⇒ A group of porcupines is known as what? (A ‘prickle’)
• “World Braille Day”, observed on the anniversary of the 1809 birth of Louis Braille in France. In 1829, he published “Method of Writing Words, Music & Plain Song by Means of Dots, for Use by the Blind”. Today, the ‘Braille method’ is used in virtually every language as the standard form of reading and writing by those with vision-loss.
• “World Hypnotism Day”, to correct the myths and misconceptions about hypnotism and promote the truth and benefits of the process that helps many put aside fears, and change what they believed was unchangeable. (Not to mention bark like a dog…) LINK: http://www.worldhypnotismday.com
• “Tom Thumb Day”, commemorating the legacy of Charles Sherwood Stratton, the greatest actor of his time. Under his stage name “Tom Thumb”, he achieved global acclaim under the patronage of his mentor and adoptee, circus pioneer P. T. Barnum. Stratton, a dwarf, evaded the stigma that came with his condition and took his talent all the way to the courtyard of Queen Victoria.

AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Bird Day
[Wed] Whipped Cream Day
[Thurs] Take Down the Christmas Tree Day
[Thurs] Apple Tree Day

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1954 [68] Tina Knowles, Galveston TX, fashion designer (the mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles who became known for her House of Dereon and Miss Tina by Tina Knowles fashion brands)

1957 [65] Patty Loveless [Ramey], Pikeville KY, country singer (‘Blame it on Your Heart’, ‘Lonely Too Long’)

1960 [62] Michael Stipe, Decatur GA, rock singer-songwriter (R.E.M.-‘The One I Love’, ‘Losing My Religion’)

1963 [59] Dave Foley, Etobicoke ON, actor-comedian (“The Kids In The Hall” 1988-95, ‘Dave Nelson’ on “NewsRadio” 1995-99)

1965 [57] Julia Ormond, Epsom UK, movie actress (“My Week with Marilyn”, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”)/TV actress (“Mad Men” 2013-15)

1966 [56] Deana Carter, Nashville TN, country singer (‘How Do I Get There’, ‘Strawberry Wine’)

1989 [33] Michelle Mylett, Ladysmith BC, TV actress (‘Katie’ on “Letterkenny” since 2016)

1991 [31] Charles Melton, Juneau AK, TV actor (‘Reggie’ on “Riverdale” since 2017)

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2009 [13] Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant is voted the ‘Greatest Voice in Rock’ by the readers of New Music Express, followed by Queen’s Freddie Mercury, and Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company

2012 [10] 66-year-old Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry marries 29-year-old Amanda Sheppard, who briefly dated Ferry’s son

2020 [02] Mariah Carey becomes the first artist to top the Hot 100 in 4 different decades when ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ stays at #1 for a third week

TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1863 [159] 4-wheeled roller skates are patented by James Plimpton of NY

1996 [26] The first ‘Live Rock Concert on the Internet’ features Deborah Harry, Joan Jett, Joey Ramone and The Lunachicks

TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
1975 [47] Ice thickness is measured at 4776m, at Wilkes Land, Antarctica

2010 [12] The Burj Khalifa, ‘World’s Tallest Building’ (828 m or 2,717 ft), is officially opened in Dubai UAE

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ In their lifetime, most people spend an average of one entire year sitting on the toilet.
✓ The only muscle that never tires is the heart.
✓ Your fingernails grow faster when you are cold.
✓ The entire surface of your skin is replaced monthly, meaning you have about 1,000 different skins in your lifetime.
✓ People whose names start with ‘A’ have the longest life expectancy.
✓ Your earlobes line up with your nipples.
-WhattheFFacts, KidsActivities

Best of BS . . .
BS EXPECTED 2022 SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES:
• Rocket science is actually the easiest of all the sciences.
• It is physically impossible to be blinded by science.
• Egyptians walk just like everybody else.
• It turns out that Pluto is actually a planet (again…).
• 2021 was actually a science experiment gone wrong.
• All you need to know about this year is there is another “Jackass” movie coming out.
• With Betty White gone, the entire hopes for the future of humanity rest on Keith Richards’ shoulders.
• Men are not actually from Mars, but they’re still pretty weird.
• Wedding cake reduces a woman’s sex drive by 75%.
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2018

TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ Veterinarians have once again been voted the least cursed-at business in America. (Obviously, those who took the survey have never had a vet bill…)
➠ A study claims that people who vent their anger live longer. (This just in: Alec Baldwin will live forever.)
➠ Ben Simmons is reportedly engaged to his UK TV presenter girlfriend Maya Jama. (So, the Mayans had it wrong. My world ended today.)
➠ Khloe Kardashian recently said you ‘need a good cry’ when you’re feeling down.  (. . . So I started crying when I realized I was taking advice from a Kardashian!)
➠ According to a survey, sarcasm and teasing are two of the ways women play hard to get. (I don’t know how common it is, but I’ve also experienced a good swift kick to the nether-regions…)

BS WEB GOODIE:
For those of us who are still “dashing through the snow” (sound up):   https://tinyurl.com/5edddpzp

BS RANDOM JOKE:
You know what I got for Christmas? Fat.

BS PHONE STARTER:
What’s one thing you really want to do in 2022 that you didn’t get to do last year?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  29% of people do not know THIS about their partner. What is it?
Answer:  Their favorite salad dressing

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
You will never win if you never begin.