Wednesday, November 17, 2021 – Edition: #7109
Sheet Happens!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Heath Freeman, who made appearances on several 2000s era dramas like “Bones” and “NCIS,” has died, according to his manager. He was 41. Freeman landed his first TV role in 2001 for the medical drama “ER.” On the Fox crime drama “Bones,” Freeman played one of the series’ reoccurring serial killers, ‘Howard Epps’. He also appeared on “The Closer”, “Without a Trace”, and “Raising the Bar”. There were no further details given about his cause of death.
-Yahoo, EW
★ Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth are reportedly set to become first-time parents. The on-off couple was spotted on Saturday and, in pictures, the actress’ growing baby bump was clearly visible beneath her green vest top. LaBeouf and Goth were married in Las Vegas in 2016, but both filed for divorce in 2018. Then, late last year, they appeared to have reconciled and have recently been wearing their wedding rings again, so it is unclear if they ever finalized their separation.
-Canoe
★ Mel Gibson will direct and star in “Lethal Weapon 5”. He plays ‘Martin Riggs’ in the big screen franchise, and announced his involvement in the latest project at an event in London on Saturday night after paying tribute to Richard Donner, the filmmaker who previously helmed the franchise. According to Gibson, Donner him his blessing to step behind the camera for the next installment of the series before he passed away. No word yet on whether Danny Glover will reprise his role of ‘Roger Murtaugh’. The film is expected to enter production sometime in 2022.
-Canoe
★ Peacock has ordered a docuseries about ‘Barney the Dinosaur’, the iconic purple star of “Barney & Friends” that many a ’90s kid loved — and many others loved to hate. The currently untitled 3-part doc has begun production and is set to debut in 2022. According to Peacock, it “examines the rock star-like trajectory of Barney the Dinosaur, the beloved character who captured the hearts of millions of children and then became the target of hate and rage across pop culture, the early internet and playgrounds around the world”.
-TheWrap
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Michael Keaton, John Wilson, the War on Drugs
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Lin-Manuel Miranda, Roman Reigns, Big Boi & Sleepy Brown
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Adam Driver, America Ferrera
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Benedict Cumberbatch, Latto, Nate Smith
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Kirsten Dunst, John Cho
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Kyle Cooke, Amanda Batula
• “The Talk” (CBS): Christina Ricci
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Brooke Shields, Kathleen Turner, Lance Ulanoff
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Sarah Snook, Glennon Doyle
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Channing Tatum, Jamie Dornan, Alexandra Shipp, Brandon Maxwell, Lawrence Zarian, JP Connelly, NCT 127
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Kelsea Ballerini, Jenny McCarthy
• “Survivor” (CBS): A castaway is singled out for a dishonest game; immunity and reward are on the line.
• “Hard Knocks in Season: The Indianapolis Colts” (HBO): Season 17 premiere. The team navigates the challenges of an NFL season and battle for a playoff berth.
• “Tiger King 2” (NETFLIX): An update on the people in the first season, including Joe Exotic, who was sentenced to 22-years in prison for attempting a murder-for-hire on Carole Baskin and animal abuse.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Kanye West — has released the deluxe edition of his “Donda” album, featuring 5 new songs, including the censored version of his Andre 3000 song ‘Life of the Party’, which didn’t make the original due to its explicit lyrics.
• Travis Scott — could face several criminal charges, after his Astroworld festival left 10 people dead, including a 9-year-old boy who died on Sunday, and injured hundreds more. Law experts indicate the possible charges include involuntary manslaughter, assault or disorderly conduct for inciting a riot.
• Harry Styles – has his own beauty brand, called Pleasing, that’s available now to order. The brand’s website went live with products on Monday, including a set of 4 nail polishes and 2 skincare products.
• Journey – has announced an extensive North American tour for next year. “Freedom Tour 2022” will hit 40 cities across the US and Canada between February 22nd and May 11. Billy Idol will open the first leg, with Toto assuming those duties starting in April.
• Rolling Stones — Mick Jagger says they will tour next year if “everyone” is feeling up for it. They’re currently completing their rescheduled “No Filter” US tour dates, their first run without late drummer Charlie Watts, who was replaced by Steve Jordan.
• Carrie Underwood, Brett Eldredge, Lady A and Lainey Wilson – are all scheduled to take the stage for The CMA Country Christmas television special, airing Nov. 29 on ABC. Also performing: Pistol Annies, Breland and Jimmie Allen, who will perform with Louis York & the Shindellas. Hosts Gabby Barrett and Carly Pearce round out the lineup of performers.
• Sam Hunt — has been announced as the headliner of Casa Fiesta Featuring Sam Hunt and Friends, a 4-day, full-experience music event March 14-18, 2022 in Cancun, Mexico. Joining Hunt for his spring break party will be Parker McCollum, Shy Carter and Lily Rose, plus rapper Nelly and Nashville rock group The Band Camino, Texas reggae-pop act Surfaces and singer-songwriter Tai Verdes.
• Morgan Wallen – has announced his headlining, 46-city “The Dangerous Tour”, beginning Feb. 3. It will launch exactly one year to the day after he was suspended by his label Big Loud and his music was pulled from radio and streaming playlists. That occurred after TMZ posted a video of Wallen using a racial slur outside his Nashville home.
SHOOTING THE BULL
GOOD FIBES:
What are the most important considerations when it comes to buying a home? I mean besides price? According to a survey of real estate agents, a fast internet connection is now one of the most important factors for homebuyers. Questions about internet connectivity, usually “full fiber” broadband, are up 69% since the pandemic began. The research, by Omdia for Huawei, found that speeds of more than 300Mbps are sought by 34% of buyers, and that can add US $6,700 to the sale price of a home. 23% of potential home buyers figure they need 1Gbps. In order, here are the most important factors for homebuyers, according to the poll of 300 UK real estate agents:
• 23% said the size of the property
• 20% said broadband quality
• 18% said the number of bedrooms
• 10% said the age of the property
• 9% said transport links
(For me, the most important factor is definitely location. As in, the house is nowhere near my mother-in-law!)
(I’m surprised they could get any answers from real estate agents these days. I figured they’d be too busy laughing all the way to the bank!)
(I thought internet connection was the most important thing, too, until I bought a semi-detached haunted house sitting on a sinkhole in the middle of a smelting yard, with asbestos pipes and an inefficient A/C!)
-BBC
A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME:
☞ Birds’ bodies are shrinking in response to climate change, even in places like the Amazon rainforest that are relatively untouched by human hands. Researchers studied information on more than 15,000 non-migratory birds spanning 77 species, and found that nearly all of the birds’ bodies have become lighter since the 1980s, losing on average about 2% of their body weight every decade. The study, published in Science Advances, also revealed that wingspan increased in a third of the species studied. The change in climate may have made food or other resources scarcer, and as a response, lower body weight and increasing wing length allows the birds to use energy more efficiently. (How is it that birds can lose weight at will, but I can’t?)
☞ Climate change could bring the curtain down on spectacular bird migrations, according to new research. Scientists at Durham University say that many common European birds, including Nightingales and Willow Warblers, are already spending up to 2 months longer in winter breeding grounds, and may eventually remain for good. Scientists say the changes in migratory habits we are already seeing could lead to longer breeding seasons for these species, and that could have the effect of increased competition for autumn/winter food and resources for resident bird species that do not migrate. Plus, in traditional warm weather migration destinations, a reduction in the time migratory birds spend there could have implications such as reduced insect consumption, seed dispersal, and pollination. (Cleaner windshields, though!)
-CNN, StudyFinds
WINNING BET:
A US Insurance company is looking for Betty White fans for a new contest – and let’s face it, pretty much everyone is a Betty White fan. Choice Mutual will pay one lucky winner $1,000 for watching 10 hours of Betty White’s best work over the years. It’s all to celebrate her 100th birthday, which will be January 17th (we hope!). On its website, the company says: “We’re looking for someone who adores Betty White. This candidate is probably already planning to binge 10 hours of her classics, but now they get paid to do it!” The winner is required to watch all 10 hours in a 24-hour period, and document the experience on social media. To apply, candidates have to explain their favorite Betty White role and their favorite things about her. There are, of course, a lot of Betty White performances to choose from. The 5-time Emmy-winner’s career spans more than 8 decades, from her 1949 role as co-host on “Hollywood on Television” to playing ‘Elka Ostrovosky’ on “Hot in Cleveland” from 2010-2015. Also included in the prize is a DVD player and Betty White DVDs.
(Wow! She turns 100 in January? To put that in perspective, when she was growing up there was no TV, no microwave, and people still used MySpace!)
(I watched 10 hours of “Golden Girls” once. Betty has aged a lot better than that show has!)
-CNN
DUMB THINGS THAT WE BELIEVED AS KIDS…BECAUSE, WELL….WE WERE DUMB:
✗ That if you eat a watermelon seed, a watermelon will grow in your stomach.
✗ That it is illegal to turn on the interior light of a car while it was moving.
✗ That teachers had no personal lives and probably lived at the school.
✗ That white cows made white milk and brown cows made chocolate milk.
✗ That you could accidentally encounter quicksand anywhere, at any time.
✗ That all dogs are male and all cats are female.
✗ That Mom had eyes on the back of her head, just like she said.
✗ That if you cross your eyes, they might stay that way (Thanks again, Mom!).
✗ The blue part of the eraser could erase ink.
✗ That the ‘coin return’ button on a vending machine or video game might actually work.
(I’m still trying to accept the fact that everything wasn’t in black and white before the 70s!)
-Buzzfeed, ReadersDigest
DID YOU KNOW?
A royal chef is serving up secrets about cooking for Queen Elizabeth. Graham Tinsley, who has prepared food for the Queen on multiple occasions, says he was required to X-ray Her Majesty’s meals before they were served to her at state dinners. He says security was super tight when the Queen came to dine with heads of state. How tight? All the catering staff would have to meet at a police station and get a motorcycle ride [to the castle]. And staff were required to put all food, containers, knives and kitchen equipment through an X-ray machine, just in case. Tinsley said that some banquets even have code names to protect their security.
-NewYorkPost
BS CHRONOMETER 11.17.21
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1938 [83] Gordon Lightfoot, Orillia ON, folk singer-songwriter (‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’, ‘Sundown’)
1942 [79] Martin Scorsese, Queens NY, movie director (“The Wolf of Wall Street”, “GoodFellas”)/Academy Award (“The Departed”)/TV producer (“Boardwalk Empire”)
1944 [77] Danny DeVito, Asbury Park NJ, TV actor (“Taxi” 1978-83, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” since 2006)/movie actor (“Get Shorty”)/movie producer (“Pulp Fiction”)
1944 [77] Lorne Michaels [Lipowitz], Toronto ON, TV producer (“Saturday Night Live” since 1975, “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” since 2014, “Late Night with Seth Meyers” since 2014)/movie producer (“Mean Girls”)/Canada’s Walk of Fame 2003
1960 [61] RuPaul [Charles], San Diego CA, TV show host (“RuPaul’s Drag Race” since 2009)
1977 [44] Aaron Lines, Fort McMurray AB, country singer (‘Cheaper to Keep Her’, ‘You Can’t Hide Beautiful’)
1978 [43] Rachel McAdams, London ON, movie actress (“Doctor Strange”, “The Notebook”)/TV actress (“True Detective” 2015)/Canada’s Walk of Fame 2014
1978 [43] Tom Ellis, Bangor Wales, TV actor (“Lucifer” 2016-21)
1988 [33] Reid Perry, Ridgeland MS, country bassist (The Band Perry-‘Better Dig Two’, ‘If I Die Young’)
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Leonid Meteor Shower”, peaks. The annual sky-show when you can see ‘shooting stars’. (***Check for dating***) This year, the shower is expected to peak in the early hours of this morning, before dawn. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/5d6u2rk9
• “Homemade Bread Day”, when we’re encouraged to bake a loaf from scratch. Mmm . . . can you smell that? (Because you ‘knead the bread’?)
• “Baklava Day”, celebrating the Greek/Turkish dessert treat that’s made from phyllo pastry, honey, nuts, and other yummy ingredients. (Can we get this delivered? Now?)
• “Farm Joke Day”, a day to have a chuckle about the rural lifestyle. Go ahead, have a cow!
Here are a few … but be warned – they’re corn-y!
➢ Why did the scarecrow win the Nobel Prize? Because he was out standing in his field!
➢ What do you get when you cross a robot and a tractor? A transfarmer.
➢ As a farmer, I hear lots of jokes about sheep. I told them to my dog but he’d herd them all.
• “Take a Hike Day”. Instead of taking your walk today along city streets or in a mall or gym, find a park or place in the country. Hiking is great exercise, and even more importantly … a great stress reliever. (And if you make a playlist for the occasion, be sure to label it “Trail Mix”!)
• “Unfriend Day”, an idea instigated by TV’s Jimmy Kimmel in 2010, because you really don’t need to be Facebook friends with people you went to camp with in Middle School. Or your former co-worker’s boyfriend’s roommate. (Or anyone with a “couple” profile…)
• “World Prematurity Awareness Day”, with the goal of improving the health of babies and striving to prevent premature birth, the #1 cause of infant mortality. LINK: http://www.marchofdimes.org
COMING UP . . .
[Thurs] Apple Cider Day
[Thurs] Mickey Mouse Day
[Fri] Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
[Fri] World Toilet Day
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2003 [18] Actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in as 38th governor of California
2013 [08] On its first day of release, Sony’s ‘PlayStation 4’ sells 1 million units in the US and Canada
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1997 [24] Shania Twain’s second album “The Woman in Me” is certified Diamond for sales of 10 million copies
2000 [21] “Rugrats in Paris: The Movie” debuts, a significant music event because its soundtrack includes ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’ by Baha Men, which becomes a worldwide hit
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
1970 [51] Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2003 [18] At 21, Britney Spears becomes the youngest singer ever to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Some species of fish have voices.
✓ Your body gives off enough heat in one hour to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
✓ 15 minutes of shivering in the cold can be the metabolic equivalent of one hour of exercise.
✓ One in 10 children sleepwalk.
✓ The more intelligent a child is, the earlier they begin to lie, and the better they are at it.
✓ Giraffes sleep using their own butts as pillows.
-FactsCatalogue, BathroomReadersInstitute
Best of BS . . .
BS ODD SMART WATCH FEATURES:
• Breathalyzer
• Catheter
• Automatically sends random drunk texts to your ex
• Tells you to get a real watch
• Waffle maker
• Expected time of death
• Backing up beeper
• Magic 8 ball
• Rips out your arm hair when you take it off
• Tells time (You saw that coming…)
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2018
TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ The engine of a UPS cargo plane caught fire and it was forced to return to a Hong Kong airport. (That’s sad. But I still better get my new Crocs by tomorrow!)
➠ Twitter had a bigtime crash last week. (Users were forced to rely on one of the 5-million other inaccurate sources of far-left liberal media coverage available.)
➠ Batman’s sidekick Robin has come out as bisexual in the latest comic. (The only thing that can defeat him is one too many appletinis during happy hour…)
➠ Fact of the Day: 80% of people remain quiet in order to avoid an argument with someone they care about — even when they really want to say something. (The other 20% are married to someone in my wife’s family!)
➠ This week in 1928, Mickey Mouse made his film debut in “Steamboat Willie.” (Mickey Mouse first appeared on writing tablets. Now he’s on everything from T-shirts to lunch boxes to the small of my back. Spring break…Long story.)
BS U-PICK TRIVIA:
• A ‘contusion’ is a medical term for what?
a) a sprain
b) a bruise [CORRECT]
c) exposed bone
d) a bandage
• What is the highest number on a dartboard?
a) 180
b) 64
c) 20 [CORRECT]
d) 4
• What TV family live on 518 Crestview Drive in Beverly Hills, California?
a) The Addams Family
b) The Beverly Hillbillies [CORRECT]
c) The Brady Bunch
d) The Flintstones
-TorStar
BS WEB GOODIE:
Come over HERE and say that (sound up): https://tinyurl.com/4bef74sn
BS RANDOM JOKE:
Don’t worry about avoiding temptation – As you get older, it will avoid you!
BS PHONE STARTER:
Name a meal where the leftovers are just as good, if not better the next day. (We’re picking chili. And stew. And homemade soup. And Chinese…and pizza, of course…)
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: One-third of adults say they physically cannot do THIS. What is it?
Answer: Snap their fingers
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
When life puts you in a tough situation, don’t say ‘Why me?’, say ‘Try me!’