Tuesday, January 28, 2025 — Edition: #7881
You’re Fulla Sheet!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Five years after she was infamously snubbed for “Hustlers,” could Jennifer Lopez be heading toward her first Oscar nomination? J-Lo teared up at Sundance Film Festival as her new movie musical “Kiss of the Spider Woman” received a standing ovation. Lopez explained to the crowd that she has always wanted to star in a musical film, and said: “When you talk about the importance of musicals, the reason that I even wanted to be in this business was because my mom would sit me in front of the TV” to watch “West Side Story” which only came on once a year, at Thanksgiving. She got emotional as she continued, saying: “I was just mesmerized, and I was like, ‘That’s what I want to do.'” Lopez plays film star ‘Ingrid Luna’ in Kiss of the Spider Woman, an adaptation of the stage musical about prisoners in Argentina.
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★ “Bachelorette” alum Ali Fedotowsky and her husband, Kevin Manno, have announced that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The couple captioned an Instagram video with the words: “Thankfully it’s a very treatable cancer. He has 2 malignant spots on his right side and it appears it is also in one lymph node, but we won’t know for sure until his surgery.” They explained that they are currently weighing their options on whether to have Manno’s thyroid partially or fully removed. In the video clip, Manno emphasized that they always try to be “very open and honest” with their followers, which is why they chose to go public with his medical diagnosis after a CT scan. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/23xytm87
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★ Alec and Hilaria Baldwin are offering the first look at their new reality series, which will premiere on TLC Feb. 23. In a trailer for “The Baldwins”, we get a glimpse at what a day in the life of the family of 9 looks like. At the beginning of the clip, Hilaria says: “Seven children, six animals, and two parents…wild family.” It also references the 2021 shooting on the set of the film “Rust”, with Alec seen telling his wife, “I don’t know where I’d be if I didn’t have you.” All their children appear in the teaser. It’s unclear if Alec’s oldest daughter, Ireland, who is 29, whom he shares with ex-wife Kim Basinger, will also appear in the series. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/as5rbmj8
-People
★ Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are suing the city of Los Angeles in the wake of the devastating wildfires. “The Hills” stars, who lost their home in the Palisades fire, claim the fire was “an inescapable and unavoidable consequence” of how the city and the Department of Water and Power allegedly handled the water supply in the area. Their lawsuit says: “With the Santa Ynez Reservoir effectively out of commission, hydrants in Pacific Palisades failed after three tanks each holding one million gallons of water went dry within a span of 12 hours.” The couple is seeking an undisclosed amount. (And a new reality series, obviously!)
-PopCulture
★ Dave Franco says his friends have been comparing his looks to that of the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione. When asked at the Sundance Film Festival whether “anyone” has pointed out his and Mangione’s physical similarities, the actor said: “I have never received more texts in my life about anything.” Franco’s wife, Alison Brie, joked that “everyone” sees the resemblance between her partner and Mangione, but pointed out that her husband hasn’t gotten “any official offers” yet for a potential role. Franco attended the film festival with Brie to promote their forthcoming horror film, “Thriller”.
-PageSix
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC/Global): Ringo Starr, Noah Centineo, Nessa Barrett
• “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Amy Schumer, Joe Keery, Djo
• “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Drew Barrymore, Brandon Scott Jones
• “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Alan Cumming, Paul Skenes, Emilio Vitolo
• “After Midnight” (CBS/Global): Jinkx Monsoon, BenDeLaCreme, Peaches Christ
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Garcelle Beauvais, Bob Harper
• “The Daily Show” (COM): TBA
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Alan Cumming, The Political View with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.)
• “Today” (NBC): Will Ferrell, Teddy Swims, Isla Fisher; Jordin Sparks co-hosts
• “GMA3” (ABC): Sabrina Brier, Ginger Zee, Danielle Chang
• “Live With Kelly and Mark” (ABC/CTV): Sterling K. Brown, Lisa Ann Walter, Dr. Wendy Bazilian
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Jenna Bush Hager, Anna Cathcart;
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Denis Leary, cast of “The Night Agent”
• “The Jennifer Hudson Show” (Check local listings): Christina Haack and Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa
• “FBI” (CBS): The team discovers they don’t have much time to thwart terrorists from crashing numerous in-flight commercial airplanes. Followed by new eps of “International” and “Most Wanted”.
• “St. Denis Medical” (NBC): Joyce asks Alex to be the executor of her estate; Matt and Serena are forced to keep watch over a bickering family; Bruce grapples with unexpected DNA test results.
• “Will Trent” (ABC): Amanda helps Sunny adjust to her new life and school; Ormewood struggles with his divorce; Will’s feelings for Marion begin to deepen.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Kendrick Lamar – in case you missed it, he announced that SZA will join him during his highly-anticipated performance at Super Bowl LIX. Last week, the NFL and Roc Nation shared a trailer where SZA comes up behind him while he’s rehearsing, and pours a cooler full of Gatorade over him. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y8z9xjn8
• Adele — The man who owns a home she rented in 2012 says he can’t sell it because she went on “60 Minutes” and said it was haunted. While giving Anderson Cooper a tour of the mansion in the English countryside, she said: “This bit’s all quite scary, really. It was a convent for a little while.” This led Cooper to joke, “Ever seen The Shining?”
• Elton John – March 2, he’ll host his annual Academy Awards viewing party, which raises funds for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. But this year, it’ll also serve as a fundraiser for LA wildfire relief and recovery efforts. Chappell Roan will perform. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2kt9stwh
• Sinéad O’Connor — left all $1.7 million of her estate to her children after her 2023 death, the Sun paper reports. Probate records show that after the payment of debts, funeral costs and legal fees, the figure was reduced to $1.4 million. The money was left with the instruction that her albums be released after her death and “to ‘milk it for what it’s worth.”
• Sammy Hagar – is among the artists who’ll perform at the Rock for Responders benefit on Feb. 27 at the LA Waterfront in front of the Battleship IOWA. He’ll perform along with Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander and Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes as the band Kings of Chaos, which also features Billy Idol’s guitarist Steve Stevens, guitarist Orianthi, and former GN’R drummer Matt Sorum. LINK: http://pacificbattleship.com
• Tim McGraw — will no longer appear in Netflix‘s upcoming rodeo series. He was set to star in and executive produce the untitled drama, but reportedly, he requires back surgery, and is coming off operations to both knees, which both require recovery time.
• Morgan Wallen – Friday, he announced the title of his 4th studio album “I’m The Problem”, and a tour of the same name. Along with the announcement came word that the title track will drop this Friday. As for an album release date, he’s “still working on it.” LINK: https://tinyurl.com/yktanhfr
• Keith Urban – will be one of the star attractions at the annual Band As One Nashville Concert for the Cure: Trisha Yearwood & Friends event on March 26 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The star-studded bill also includes Lainey Wilson, Lauren Alaina, Terri Clark, Amy Grant, Anita Cochran, Sheryl Crow, and of course, Trisha Yearwood. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/mukb8uxf
SHOOTING THE BULL
GIVING YOUR 5 CENTS’ WORTH:
So, the richest man on the planet wants to kill the penny. Elon Musk, who has been put in charge of US President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, has revealed that he wants to eliminate the 1 cent coin, which costs 3.7 cents to produce. The idea is that by simply rounding a purchase total up (or down) to the nearest nickel would solve any pricing issues, and save the government $179 million per year. By the way, the nickel might be next. They cost more than 13 cents to produce.
(So, the penny costs more than it’s worth? I guess it’s like the gym membership I never use!)
(First, he and Trump want to take Canada – then they start taking our [their] ideas!)
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MOVIE MOVES:
► A Connecticut senator is trying to force movie theaters to reveal exactly what time movies begin, in an effort at helping people reduce the number of trailers and ads they have to sit through. Martin Looney has put forth a bill that would “require that each movie advertisement or listing include, and separately list, the scheduled start time for (1) the movie trailers and advertisements that precede the…movie, and (2) the advertised or listed movie.” This would, of course, give the movie-going public the option of not showing up at the theater until the time the actual movie begins, particularly at cinemas offering advanced reserved seating. (Wow! If this becomes a thing, I might finally one day be able to make it through an entire movie without having to get up and go to the bathroom!)
► Let’s hope the deep-thinkers at Netflix are listening: A Reddit user recently posted an awesome suggestion for the streaming service: “Netflix could include ratings from Rotten Tomatoes to save us all a web search.” As you may know, the platform used to give viewers the opportunity to rate shows and films, but that was replaced by the current ‘thumbs up’ or ‘down’ system, that enables Netflix to provide viewing suggestions based on your opinion. Most commenters agreed, with one writing that a ‘5-star system’ would be perfect. Another wrote they assumed Netflix ditched its rating system because “their in-house shows were being panned.” (If Netflix adds Rotten Tomatoes scores, I’ll be forced to face the truth: 90% of what I binge-watch is objectively terrible — and I’m not ready for that kind of self-reflection!)
-CTInsider, LADBible
FORCE OF HABIT:
Have you ever seen that stat that says it takes 21 days to make a new habit? The idea is that if you are beginning a new, healthy behavior – like eating right or working out – it’ll take you 3 weeks of doing that thing regularly before it becomes automatic for you. Well, not so fast – literally. Researchers at the University of South Australia analyzed data from 20 different studies involving over 2,600 people who were trying to taken on various healthy habits. Here’s what they found: forming new healthy habits takes between 59-66 days (median time), not the commonly cited 21 days — and some people need as little as 4 days for behaviors to become automatic – and others need as many as 335 days. It was determined that morning habits become part of one’s routine more successfully than evening ones – and it’s easier to make something a habit if you’ve chosen it for yourself, rather than those assigned by others. Also, they found that flossing one’s teeth was among the easiest healthy habits to become part of one’s regular routine. Exercise? That takes much longer.
(Morning habits are easier to form than evening ones? So THAT’S why my plan to binge-watch TV every night before bed never panned out. Kidding!)
(It turns out that procrastination was just research-approved. See you in 335 days, new habit!)
-StudyFinds
USEFUL LIFE HACKS:
From the BuzzFeed community…
✓ “If you spent an hour finding something in your house, put it in the first place you looked when you’ve finally located it.”
✓ “Put a pinch of salt into cheap coffee to make it taste way better.”
✓ “Talk to yourself. It can help you develop your ideas and process emotional things.”
✓”Open bags of chips from the bottom. All the seasoning settles at the bottom; by turning the bag over, you get more flavor.”
✓ Always write down momentarily good ideas. Don’t lean on your memory.
✓ Put a small slice of bread in your mouth while cutting onions. It stops your eyes from watering.
✓ Microwave twice as long at half the power and get a much better and evenly heated result.
(OK – what’s yours?)
-BuzzFeed
NAMES OF THINGS YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN HAD NAMES (Pt. 2):
☞ The ‘na na nas’ and ‘la la las’ which don’t have any meaning in the lyrics of a song: vocables
☞ The combination of an exclamation mark and a question mark (!?): interrobang
☞ The external space between your nostrils: columella nasi
☞ The armhole in your clothing: armscye
☞ The condition of finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning: dysania
☞ Illegible hand-writing: griffonage
☞ The dot over the letter “i” or “j”: tittle
☞ The device used to measure your feet at the shoe store: Brannock device
☞ The wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne: muselet
☞ The sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much: crapulence
(Is that last one a mixture of “Oh, crap, I ate too much”, and “Here comes the flatulence”?)
-EnglishLiterature
DID YOU KNOW?
Rap fans would rather hear songs that contain positive messages, but record labels don’t tend to sign the artists that make that type of songs. In 2022, researchers at UCLA conducted a study to determine if there was a difference in preferred lyrical content between the 2 groups. The Facebook users they examined were more attracted to tunes with “pro-social” lyrics — ones that endorsed positive actions, such as gratefulness, engaging in spiritual practices, valuing education, and supporting community building — over less positive songs. But labels were found to focus more on signing artists whose songs demonstrated more “antisocial” rhymes — like espousing aggressiveness, criminal activity, misogyny, and illicit drug use. (Just a hunch here, but maybe Facebook isn’t the best place to go if you’re looking for hardcore rap fans!)
-StudyFinds
BS CHRONOMETER 01.28.25
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Daisy Day”, celebrating the flower that symbolizes innocence and purity (also the best one for playing “he loves me, he loves me not”)
• “Blueberry Pancake Day”, because they’re nutritious enough to eat for breakfast, tasty enough for a mid-day snack, and easy enough to make for dinner. (If you can’t find your napkin, it’s probably stuck to your elbow…) LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y5vlwa5s
• “Data Privacy Day”, to raise awareness about the importance of protecting your personal info online. It’s observed in Canada, the USA, and about 50 other countries. (I found a book that’s all about selling people’s personal data for nefarious use – “Facebook”!) LINK: https://tinyurl.com/58e9za4p
• “Plan for Vacation Day”, in the US, celebrated on the last Tuesday of January, to encourage people to plan their time off. Stats show 52% of Americans don’t use all their vacation time, and 24% haven’t taken any paid leave in more than a year. (Take your time!)
• “LEGO Day”, to celebrate these ingenious and enriching toys. How? You could visit a Legoland theme park (in New York, Carlsbad, CA, Winter Haven, FL, and many other countries, including UK, Japan and UAE), you could watch one of the “Lego” movies, or you could simply build something with Lego. (Go all out and invite a kid to join you…) [***See “Today’s Firsts, below***]
• “Kazoo Day”, honoring the (annoying) musical instrument that even the most untalented can play.
• “Pop Art Day”, celebrated annually on the anniversary of Jackson Pollock’s birth. His works are classified as abstract expressionism, very different from the pop art of artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
• “Speak Up and Succeed Day”, to celebrate the importance of being able to speak publicly. Today is a day “to face your fear of public speaking” or to use the day to make yourself better at it. (I’ve at least got the part down about imagining other people naked!)
AND REMEMBER . . .
[Wed] Corn Chip Day
[Wed] Curmudgeons Day
[Thurs] Inane Answering Message Day
[Fri] Fun at Work Day
This Week is…Kiss a Shark Week (!)
This Month is…Train Your Dog Month
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1936 [89] Alan Alda, New York City NY, TV actor (‘Hawkeye’ in “M*A*S*H” 1972-1983, “The West Wing” 2004-06)/movie actor (“The Aviator”)
1968 [57] Sarah McLachlan, Halifax NS, pop singer (‘I Will Remember You’, ‘Angel’)/founder of “Lilith Fair” tour
1976 [49] Rick Ross (William Roberts II), Coahoma County MS, rapper (f/Drake & Chrisette Michele-‘Aston Martin Music’, f/T-Pain-‘The Boss’)
1977 [48] Joey Fatone, Brooklyn NY, pop singer (*NSYNC-‘Bye Bye Bye’)/TV host (“Family Feud” announcer 2010-15)/reality show contestant (2nd place on “Dancing With the Stars”, 2007)
1980 [45] Nick Carter, Jamestown NY, pop singer (Backstreet Boys-‘I Want It That Way’)
1981 [44] Elijah Wood, Cedar Rapids IA, movie actor (“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”, “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy) COMING UP… “The Monkey” 2025
1985 [40] (Jermaine) J. Cole, Frankfurt Germany, rapper (‘Nobody’s Perfect’, ‘Work Out’)
1993 [32] Will Poulter, London England, movie actor (“We’re The Millers”, “The Revenant”) COMING UP… “Death of a Unicorn” 2025
1998 [27] Ariel Winter, Los Angeles CA, TV actress (‘Alex Dunphy’ on “Modern Family” 2009-20) COMING UP… “Like Father Like Son” 2025
ON THIS DAY . . .
1986 [39] The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all 7 crew members on board, including Christa McAuliffe, who was to be the first teacher in space.
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2006 [19] Clint Eastwood becomes the 31st filmmaker in 70 years to be given the Directors Guild of America’s ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’.
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1985 [40] With all the big names in town for the American Music Awards, USA For Africa’s famine-relief single ‘We Are the World’ is recorded in Los Angeles.
2014 [11] At a press conference, the members of Mötley Crüe sign a “cessation of touring agreement” preventing them from ever touring again after 2015. They also announce “The Final Tour.” (Still touring…)
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1958 [67] The Lego company patents its design of Lego bricks, which are still compatible with those produced today.
1999 [26] The first ‘Live Sex Change Operation’ is performed online (download or upload?).
TODAY’S RECORDS . . .
1887 [138] In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported. (15 inches [38cm] wide and 8 inches [20cm] thick.)
1984 [41] Glynn Wolfe weds for a non-bigamous record 28th time (Las Vegas NV). He would marry 3 more times.
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ From the time it was discovered to the time it was stripped of its status as a planet, Pluto hadn’t made a full trip around the sun.
✓ Greenland hosts the World Ice Golf Championships. Hazards include ice floes (and frostbite).
✓ Forgiveness is the number one trait linked to happiness in humans.
✓ Ancient Greek and Roman statues were actually brilliantly colored, not bare marble or stone
✓ In the middle-ages, dead bodies were often used as ammunition in catapults.
✓ “Ex-Lax” was originally called “Bo-Bo’s”.
-BathroomReadersInstitute, RandomFactGenerator
Best of BS . . .
PARTY DRESS CODES UPDATED FOR 2025:
• ‘Black(ish) Tie’
• ‘Camo Casual’
• ‘Hats Only’
• ‘Gender Optional’
• ‘Divorce Settlement Chic’
• ‘Fifty & Frumpy’
• ‘Creative Mocktail’
• ‘Zombie Fabulous’
• ‘Nip Slip Formal’
• ‘Smart Funeral’
-First published in BS in 2016
TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ The Sundance Film Festival is on now through the weekend in Park City, Utah. Sundance’s first lineup in 1978 included the movie “Mean Streets”. (Martin Scorsese was so young. His eyebrows were just little baby caterpillars…)
➠ Research shows that seeing your friends’ vacations, love lives, and work successes on Facebook can cause envy, and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness. (So, it’s settled. Facebook should only be used to see how chubby your high school enemies have gotten.)
➠ Research shows that couples who use marijuana are less likely to engage in domestic violence. (Or anything else . . .)
➠ Researchers say you can battle the flu by eating bourbon-infused ice cream. (…or as David Hasselhoff calls it, ice cream.)
➠ A study claims that senior citizens are the happiest of all generations. (Well, YOU’D be happy too, if you got to eat dinner at 3, take a nap every day, and wear a diaper if you want!)
BS WEB GOODIE:
Dad goals: https://tinyurl.com/mr38ry6h
☎ BS PHONE STARTER:
What would be the most annoying thing about having YOU as a roommate?
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Women used to call me ugly until they saw my bank balance. Now, they call me poor and ugly…
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Only one in 6 people do THIS in the morning. What is it?
Answer: Get up as soon as the alarm goes off
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
The amateur works until he can get it right. The professional works until he can’t get it wrong.
