Friday, March 25, 2022 — Edition: #7196
The BS Press!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ The Academy has rolled out the final additions to the massive roster of presenters at this year’s Oscars. Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, “King Richard” subjects Venus and Serena Williams, Euphoria’s Jacob Elordi, and Jason Momoa have all been added to the list of presenters. The 94th Oscars will air live on ABC on Sunday night.
-Yahoo
★ Alec Baldwin will be going back to work in Italy, following the fatal “Rust” shooting accident last October. Two Italian production companies have announced that that both Alec and his brother Daniel Baldwin have been cast in 2 films they are jointly producing, and will soon shoot in Rome. The Baldwin bothers will be there for 4 weeks for the live-action portion of the shoot of both “Kid Santa” and “Billie’s Magic World.”
-Variety
★ “The Love Boat” soon will be making another run, but this time as a reality dating series. CBS and its sister Australian broadcaster Network 10 have both ordered local versions of “The Real Love Boat,” set to air in the U.S. and Australia later this year. The show is exactly what it sounds like: A reality dating competition show, patterned after the hit 1970s hour-long comedy “The Love Boat.” And just as Princess Cruises served as the backdrop to the scripted series, the cruise line’s ships will also serve as a setting for the new unscripted shows.
-HollywoodReporter
★ Nicolas Cage stands by his string of direct-to-video movies, which he admits he did specifically for the paydays. He opened up to GQ magazine about his career moves, particularly how he went from starring in blockbusters to churning out countless video-on-demand releases, explaining he took the jobs to help pay off debts. Cage said at one point, he was paying $20,000 per month to look after his mother, and “the phone stopped ringing” with offers of major motion picture roles. He said he was still interested in the movies he was making then, even if they weren’t destined for big-screen box office success. According to GQ, he completed paying off his debts about a year and a half ago.
-People
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Desus & Mero, Maren Morris
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Bob Odenkirk (R)
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Tom Holland, Alana Haim, Stevie Nistor (R)
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): John Lithgow, Jack Whitehall, King Calaway (R)
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): Nathan Lane
• “The Talk” (CBS): Daniela Ruah, Joe Duff, Craig Blondis, guest co-hosts Kym Whitley & Earthquake
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Adrien Brody, Sandy Kenyon
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Leslie Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Chloe Kim
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Whitney Cummings, Katie Couric, Maggie Q, Donny Osmond
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): John Cho, Iris Apatow, Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner
SATURDAY-
• “Step Into…The Movies With Derek and Julianne Hough” (ABC): A star-studded cast of singers, dancers and actors pays homage to iconic moments of dance on film.
• “The Lost Girls” (LIFETIME): Two parents try to save their teenage daughter after a young man lures her into a sex trafficking ring.
• “Saturday Night Live” (NBC): Host Simu Liu, with musical guest Saweetie.
SUNDAY-
• “94th Annual Academy Awards” (ABC): Live from the Dolby Theatre in LA, with hosts Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. Performers include Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and FINNEAS, and Reba McEntire. Presenters include Kevin Costner, Anthony Hopkins, Lily James, Mila Kunis, Lady Gaga, Rami Malek, Lupita Nyong’o, Chris Rock, Naomi Scott, Wesley Snipes, John Travolta, Yuh-Jung Youn and more.
• “March” (CW): Season 1 finale
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Kanye West – Over 40,000 have signed a petition to remove him as a headliner at Coachella. The Change.org petition states that Ye should be removed from the lineup due to his social media attacks against his ex-Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend Pete Davidson. Coachella hasn’t commented. LINK for updates: https://tinyurl.com/yhzrzxrp
• Jonas Brothers — Kevin Jonas opened up about ‘What a Man Gotta to Do’ to make it work with his significant other while on the road. He said that on the group’s 2021 tour, he would talk with wife Danielle on the phone so much that “people called me KT&T.”
• Harry Styles — has announced his next album “Harry’s House” will arrive May 20. He shared a teaser featuring a snippet of instrumental music and a montage of everyday life and footage from Styles’ live shows. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/mrxrtath
• Rick Astley – In May, he’ll celebrate the 35th anniversary of his smash 1987 debut album “Whenever You Need Somebody” by dropping a deluxe 2-CD remastered edition of the record, including B-sides, remixes, and Astley’s reimagined versions of the album’s original singles. One of those singles is, of course, ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – will get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 31. The Hollywood band’s star will be between those of Pat Sajak and Jack Paar.
• Aerosmith – will return to the stage after more than 2 years, to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The band has announced a run of shows at Dolby Live in Las Vegas beginning June 17 and wrapping up on Dec. 11. Aerosmith’s last live performance, also in Vegas, took place in February 2020, just before the pandemic shuttered venues and canceled tours.
• Sam Hunt – has added 12 more stops to his “Live 2022” tour. He now has shows booked through the end of September, plus a Nov. 19 show in Phoenix with the Zac Brown Band, with more to be announced. Hunt also recently posted to Twitter a recap video of his performance at Houston Rodeo. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2p8efs23
• Lady A – Noted golf fan Charles Kelley has dropped a cover of Ray Charles’ classic ‘Georgia on My Mind’ for this year’s PGA Masters Tournament. Kelly, who grew up in Augusta, said he’s been singing the song for as long as he can remember, and “Getting to perform (it) for ESPN’s coverage of the Masters Tournament is a true full circle moment for me.” LINK: https://youtu.be/F5NBfY_z7cQ
• Keith Whitley – The late singer’s 1986 hit ‘Miami, My Amy’ is trending on TikTok. It has been featured in thousands of videos showing heartwarming, nostalgic slices of life, often connected by a friendly elderly person. One, which has been seen over 800,000 times, shows a woman reflecting on a corner store she went to as a child, and the kind man working behind the counter. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/rhm8jd7f
SHOOTING THE BULL
TODAY’S MOVIE OPENINGS:
• “The Lost City” (PG-13, Action/Adventure): A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure. (Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe)
• “Infinite Storm” (R-Rated, Drama/Mystery – limited release): When a climber gets caught in a blizzard, she encounters a stranded stranger and must get them both down the mountain before nightfall. (Naomi Watts, Denis O’Hare)
• “Mothering Sunday” (R-Rated, Drama/Romance – limited release): A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman. (Colin Firth, Olivia Colman)
WHACK SNACKS:
We’ve heard of eating on-the-go, but eating on the john? A new poll has found that a shocking number of people have voluntarily eaten food in the bathroom – and out of garbage cans. The concerning findings come from a survey of 2,000 UK adults who ‘fessed up about the bizarre places where they have shamelessly eaten food. One in 5 admitted to consuming already-trashed food that looked “perfectly fine” to them. Perhaps even more alarmingly, one-fifth said they have no problem eating food in the bathroom – and 18% admitted to eating while actually sitting on the toilet. Other places people don’t mind grabbing a bite? In a storage room at work, a swimming pool, a laundry room, a backyard children’s playhouse — and even during a workout.
(Wait. I’m still stuck on “toilet”. Uh, figuratively, of course…!)
(If you had teenagers, you’d understand the importance of hiding out while snacking!)
(***Ask listeners for the weirdest places they they’ve ever enjoyed a bite***)
-SWNS
NEWS OF THE WEIRD:
➢ An unfortunate British driver was hit with 51 fines in a single day after driving up and down a “residents-only” road. All seemed well with the route 54-year-old John Barrett had picked for his drive to the gym – until thousands of pounds worth of fines were delivered to his mailbox. The charges, accrued over a 5-month period, but delivered in one unlucky day, amounted to a staggering £6,350 (US $8,386). The fines themselves were around £130 ($172) each, meaning he received more than 50 fines in all. Barrett, who says he has a permit that allows his Tesla to use the route without penalty, fired off an email, expressing his case, and disdain for a system where an accumulation of fines arrives all at once, some months after the incidents occurred. Council has since responded, confirming all of his fines have been cancelled. (But let that be a lesson, gym goers – you’ll never be fined for sitting on your couch with a bag of chips!)
➢ Auction house Sotheby’s expects to fetch up to $551,000 for an unusual item — a receipt for a piece of invisible art by French artist Yves Klein. Klein sold numerous pieces of imaginary art, which he dubbed “Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility”, in exchange pure gold, and issued receipts to the buyers. The receipt up for auction April 6 is dated Dec. 7, 1959. The auction house said those receipts are rare today because Klein invited buyers to participate in a ritual that involved burning the receipt and throwing half of the gold into the Seine River in order to make the buyer the “definitive owner” of the conceptual artwork. (You might think people were stupid to buy “invisible art” back then — but…NFTs!)
-LadBible, UPI
THINGS THAT ARE TURNING 50 IN 2022:
✓ Atari Pong
✓ Honda Civic
✓ The Godfather (movie)
✓ Popeye’s restaurant
✓ McDonald’s McMuffin
✓ Boggle (game)
✓ Jet Ski
✓ Aerosmith
✓ Stove Top Stuffing
✓ Dwayne Johnson, Ben Affleck, Sophia Vergara and Idris Elba
✓ Bottle Caps (candy)
-USAToday, MeTV
DID YOU KNOW?
Simply living near green leaves and grass is enough to make you healthier, according to a new study. A team from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health found that children who visit or live near green spaces suffer from less oxidative stress. They found that exposure to vegetation alone, as opposed to physical exercise, likely makes the difference. In their experiments, the scientists found that children exposed to green spaces regularly had lower levels cellular stress that can cause harmful aging and disease.
-StudyFinds
BS CHRONOMETER 03.25.22
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “International Waffle Day” (“Vaffeldagen”), a holiday that originated in Sweden to coincide with the Christian “Feast of the Annunciation”. It was also considered the start of Spring, so it became a custom for Swedish families to celebrate both events by making waffles.
• “Old New Year’s Day”, although the Gregorian calendar was created in 1582, many countries chose to ignore it for several hundred years. Instead, they used “Annunciation Style dating,” which recognized the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25) as New Year’s Day.
• “Pecan Day”, an annual salute to the only nut tree native to North America. The word comes from Algonquian language, meaning a nut requiring a stone to crack. The proper pronunciation is ‘peh-CAHN’ not ‘PEE-can’.
• “Tolkien Reading Day”, an annual event launched by the Tolkien Society in 2003, with the aim of encouraging reading of the works of JRR Tolkien. March 25 was chosen to honor the date of the fall of ‘Sauron’ in “Lord of the Rings”.
• “International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery & The Transatlantic Slave Trade”. For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2p99cx39
• “National Lobster Newburg Day”, an American seafood dish made with lobster, butter, cream, cognac, sherry, eggs and cayenne pepper. It is an elegant and classic dish enjoyed by many since the late 1800s.
SATURDAY-
• “Earth Hour”, an effort initiated by the World Wide Fund to raise awareness of the need to reduce energy consumption. Show support by turning off your lights for 1 hour at 8:30pm. For a list of 7 ways you can spend the Hour with friends, family, and community – virtually or in-person, go to: https://www.earthhour.org/
• “Make Up Your Own Holiday Day”. What ingredients make for a good holiday? Special foods? Parades? Costumes? Fireworks? Religious obligations? A day off from the sweatbox? (Leprechauns?)
• “Legal Assistants Day”, honoring all those who help lawyers with their briefs.
• “Purple Day”, an event begun in 2008 to raise awareness of epilepsy by wearing purple or lavender. The idea is to dispel myths about the condition by getting people talking, and to reassure those with seizures that they are not alone. LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Day
• “Spinach Day”, Packed with nutrients like Iron, Vitamin A and Calcium, spinach is a healthy part of a balanced diet, and not just for Popeye! (What is this? The Spinach Inquisition?)
• “Nougat Day”. A mixture of honey, sugar, nuts and more, it is soft, chewy, a little sticky, and filled with utter honey-nut deliciousness. Nougat comes from the Old Provencal French word, “nogat” which simply means “nut cake”.
• “Solitude Day”, A little isolation can do wonders for your mental health. Here are a few benefits to spending some time alone: It helps to clear your head, spark creativity, increase productivity, and can help improve your relationships with others (which is why my wife often makes me sit in the corner!)
SUNDAY-
• “Joe Day”, when people who hate their name are to be given a break, and simply called ‘Joe’. (***Ask listeners for the most horrific given names they’ve come across***)
• “Spanish Paella Day” [pie-AY-uh], celebrating the saffron rice dish that’s basically a stew that might include, chicken, sausage, shellfish, and vegetables. It’s often cooked and served in a flat round pan.
• “World Theatre Day”, established in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute. A celebration for those who can see the value and importance of the art form “theatre”. Generally, the British prefer the “r-e” spelling of the word, while Americans tend to spell it ending with “e-r”.
• “Viagra Day”, celebrating the 1998 date when the ‘Little Blue Pill’ for men was approved for retail sale. (Are you up for this?)
• “Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day”, how about these, for instance …
– ‘I Gave Her the Ring, and She Gave Me the Finger’
– ‘I Wish I Were a Woman (So I Could Go Out With a Guy Like Me)’
– ‘Get Off the Table, Mabel (The Two Dollars is for the Beer)’
– ‘My Phone Ain’t Been Ringing, So I Guess It Wasn’t You’
– ‘He’s Got a Way with Women…and He’s Just Got Away with Mine’
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1943 [79] Paul Michael Glaser, Cambridge MA, TV actor (‘Starsky’ on “Starsky and Hutch” 1975-79)
1947 [75] (Sir) Elton John [Reginald Dwight], Pinner England, pop singer (‘Candle in the Wind’, ‘Your Song’)/sold over 250 million albums & 100 million singles/Songwriters Hall of Fame, 1992)/Hollywood Walk of Fame, 1975/Rock Hall of Fame, 1994)/Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1995/knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998 for charitable work
1965 [57] Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville OH, movie actress (“Sex & The City: The Movie”)/TV actress (“Sex & The City” 1998-2004)/married to Matthew Broderick since 1997. COMING UP…”Hocus Pocus 2″, 2022
1982 [40] Danica Patrick, Beloit WI, retired auto racing driver (Indianapolis 500 & IndyCar Series ‘Rookie of the Year’ 2005)/first (and only) woman to win an Indy car race (2008 Indy Japan 300)
1984 [38] Katharine McPhee, LA CA, TV actress (“Scorpion” 2014-18, “Smash” 2012-13)/pop singer (“American Idol” 2006)/married to music producer David Foster since 2019
1988 [34] “Big” Sean [Anderson], Santa Monica CA, rapper, singer-songwriter (‘Bounce Back’, ft. Drake & Kanye West-‘Blessings’)
1988 [34] Ryan Lewis, Spokane WA, DJ-producer (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis-‘Same Love’, ‘Thrift Shop’)
SATURDAY- Alan Arkin (“Argo”) is 88; James Caan (“The Godfather”) is 82; Diana Ross (The Supremes) is 78; Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) is 74; Martin Short (“Three Amigos”) is 72; Jennifer Grey (“Dirty Dancing”) is 62; Kenny Chesney (‘No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems’) is 54; Leslie Mann (“This is 40″) is 50; Google co-founder Larry Page is 49; Keira Knightley (“Pirates of the Caribbean”) is 37
SUNDAY- Quentin Tarantino (“Pulp Fiction”) is 59; Pauley Perrette (“NCIS”) is 53; Elizabeth Mitchell (“Lost”) is 52; Mariah Carey (‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’) is 52; Nathan Fillion (“The Rookie”) is 51; Fergie [Stacy Ferguson] (Black Eyed Peas) is 47; Jessie (‘Bang Bang’) is 34
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2005 [17] Jennifer Aniston files for divorce from Brad Pitt after 4½ years of marriage
2015 [07] Mariah Carey joins James Corden for the first installment of “Carpool Karaoke”
2019 [03] Apple introduces TV streaming platform Apple TV+, news service Apple News+ and an Apple credit card at star-studded event featuring Oprah Winfrey
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2006 [16] Country Music Hall of Fame legend Buck Owens (over 20 #1 hits; long-time co-host of TV’s “Hee Haw”) dies at 76
2014 [08] Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay’s Chris Martin announce their “conscious uncoupling” after 11 years of marriage. They divorce in 2016
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1934 [88] The first ‘Masters’ golf tournament wraps up in Augusta GA (Horton Smith wins $1,500)
1954 [68] RCA sells the first widely-available color TV set (12½” screen, $1,000)
1982 [40] Wayne Gretzky becomes the first NHLer to score 200 points in a season (finishes season with 212, still the only player to hit that milestone, does it 3 more times)
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2017 [05] The largest-ever banana split, at 8,040 metres long (over 8km), is made in Innisfail, Australia (40,000 bananas, 2,500 litres of ice cream and 2,000 litres of topping)
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK OSCAR FACTS:
✓ The name of the trophy is actually the “Academy Award of Merit”.
✓ Peter Finch (“Network”) and Heath Ledger (“The Dark Knight”) are the only actors to be awarded an Oscar posthumously.
✓ The record for the shortest acceptance speech is shared by Alfred Hitchcock and William Holden. They both simply said, “Thank you.”
✓ Jennifer Lawrence wore the most expensive dress in Oscars history at the 2013 ceremony: her bluish-pink Dior Couture ballgown was valued at $4 million when it was lent to her.
✓ Meryl Streep accidentally forgot her Oscar in the bathroom during the 1979 Academy Award festivities.
✓ According to a study on Academy Award speeches, Steven Spielberg has been thanked more than God.
-UberFacts, ReelRundown
Best of BS . . .
BS BEST THINGS ABOUT WINNING AN OSCAR:
• Mention Budweiser in your acceptance speech and you get a free case a year.
• No more of that phony “It’s just an honor to be nominated” crap.
• If you dangle it from your rearview mirror, you can say goodbye to speeding tickets.
• You can hide a spare house key under your star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• (***Caution***) At a bar, you can ask hotties: “Hey hon’, wanna polish my Oscar?”
• On camping trips, an Oscar is great for pounding in tent stakes.
• A lot of people don’t know this, but the head screws off and there’s booze inside.
-First published in BS in 2017
BS SIGNS SPRING IS FINALLY HERE:
• Your slothful neighbor finally returns your snowblower.
• Screams of women experiencing ‘bathing suit shock’ heard throughout the mall.
• Vladimir Putin orders the flowers to bloom.
• Everywhere you look, adorable baby potholes!
• More than usual, people are mating in the streets.
• Melting snow reveals the entire country is covered in dog turds.
• Your furnace repairman calls to say he can finally make it over next week.
• For the 55th year in a row, the Toronto Maple Leafs don’t win the Stanley Cup.
• Canadians pull their summer parkas out of storage.
-First published in BS in 2003
BS WEB GOODIE:
Even THIS guy is happy it’s Friday: https://tinyurl.com/2p8z9bue
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Somewhere out there, a tree is tirelessly producing oxygen for me. I think I owe it an apology…
BS PHONE STARTER:
What’s your best “my coworkers are crazy” story?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: In a survey, 93% of women said THIS is the compliment they would most like to receive. What is it?
Answer: “You have a great smile.”
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.