Monday, November 22, 2021 – Edition: #7112
Can You Believe This Sheet?
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ A 2-part docuseries about the high-profile divorce between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has been ordered at Discovery+. According to the streaming service, “Johnny vs Amber” will tell “the story of the breakdown of their relationship and how it tipped into the celebrity court case of the decade…from two polarized perspectives”. In 2016, Heard filed for divorce, and accusations of abuse shook the press headlines and their fans. Eventually, Heard secured a restraining order against Depp, which lead to leaked evidence of alleged domestic violence. The situation quickly escalated, with Depp suing The Sun newspaper for portraying him as a ‘wife-beater’.
-TheWrap
★ Jennifer Lawrence went method while filming her highly anticipated new movie “Don’t Look Up” — at least when it came to her character’s fondness for weed. At a Q&A with reporters, she admitted she got high on the Boston set of the Adam McKay-directed social satire while playing a PhD candidate who calms her nerves with cannabis after discovering a comet hurtling towards Earth. McKay elaborated, explaining that Lawrence asked for permission to partake before filming a scene opposite Meryl Streep in which she had no scripted lines of dialogue. Lawrence, who announced in September that she’s expecting her first child, was quick to point out that at the time of filming, she wasn’t yet pregnant. Don’t Look Up opens in theaters Dec. 10.
-Yahoo
★ Idris Elba is reportedly in “early” talks to play a Bond villain. He’s previously been tipped to take over from Daniel Craig as ‘007’, but now it’s being said that he has held “informal” discussions about another role in the iconic spy franchise. According to a source, “He won’t be the title character, but they do recognize the amount of pull and respect he commands, and they want to work with him on a completely original character for the next installment.”
-ContactMusic
★ Natalie Morales said farewell on Friday to her viewers and colleagues on “Today” after 22 years at NBC. On her final day with the network, she recalled her coverage of the rescue of 33 Chilean miners, 2 royal weddings, 8 Olympics and survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing crossing the finish line at the following year’s race. Morales, who worked as an anchor for “Today” and correspondent for “Dateline NBC,” is leaving to join CBS as a host of its afternoon program, “The Talk.”
-CNN
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Jeremy Renner, Kristin Chenoweth, Jenny Lewis
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Andrew Garfield, José Andres
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Michael Che, Rep. Adam Schiff, Jon Epcar
• ” The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Adrien Brody, Zazie Beetz, Little Simz
• “The Talk” (CBS): Taye Diggs, Scott Conant
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Halle Berry, David Muir
• “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC/CTV): Dennis Quaid, Katilyn Dever
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Charlamagne Tha God, Anita Kopacz, Pilar Valdes
• “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC): Season 30 finale. Four couples compete to win the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.
• “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (CBS): The reindeer with the incandescent nose . . . well, you know the rest! The classic cartoon based on the song by Johnny Marks.
• “The Voice” (NBC): Live Top 11 Performances
• “JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass” (SHOWTIME): Oliver Stone examines the circumstances surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Billie Eilish – The brother-sister duo has written and produced 3 new songs for the upcoming Pixar movie “Turning Red”, which will be ‘performed’ by the film’s fictional boy band 4*Town. The first trailer for the movie, which hits theaters in March, features a snippet of the song ‘Nobody Like U’. LINK: https://youtu.be/XdKzUbAiswE
• Adele – Her new song ‘I Drink Wine’ was originally 15 minutes long. As it appears on her new “30” album, it comes in at just over 6 minutes. She says it was shortened because “[The label] was like, ‘Listen, everyone loves you, but no one’s playing a 15-minute song on radio.’”
• Rod Stewart — says that in the 70s, he bought John a fancy “pop-up fridge” with a bottle of champagne inside for Christmas, but felt bad when Elton got him a Rembrandt painting. Quote: “I’ve never felt so stingy. He’s eternally the most generous person I’ve ever known.”
• David Bowie – is the subject of a new film. Brett Morgen is helming the unique production, compiled from of thousands of hours of rare performance footage. Morgen says the project has been in the making for the past 4 years, and the currently untitled feature is “neither documentary nor biography, but an immersive cinematic experience”. It may debut at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in January.
• Tom Petty – To celebrate the release of the documentary “Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers”, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has opened an exhibit to spotlight the album, and is hosting a series of related events in the upcoming months, including a “Fan Weekend” Nov. 26-28.
• Kane Brown – wants to be a movie star. In a recent interview, he said: “I’m trying to break into the movie scene right now, spreading my wings like that and see where it takes me”. He indicated that he has done 2 auditions already, and is drawn to action and horror movies.
• Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins — welcomed their fourth child, daughter Lillie Carolina, on Nov. 15. He announced the birth of their “miracle” alongside a few adorable first-look photos of their newborn, and the words: “4 under 6 here we go!” LINK: https://tinyurl.com/nk4ydvnk
• Steve Earle – He and his band The Dukes have announced a tribute concert for Earle’s late son Justin Townes Earle, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on January 4. Proceeds will go to a trust fund for Justin’s daughter, Etta St. James. “A Celebration of Justin Townes Earle,” will take place on what would have been his 40th birthday. He died in August, 2020.
SHOOTING THE BULL
COLLARED CALLER:
Fetching sticks and chewing toys may soon seem like “quaint” old hobbies to modern doggos. Researchers at the University of Glasgow have created a ball that allows dogs to video-call their owners when they are feeling lonely. Designed to tackle separation anxiety in pets, DogPhone is a soft ball fitted with a sensor inside. When the dog plays with the ball, a signal is sent to a laptop which launches a video call. Its inventor says she tried it with her own dog Zach, and by the end of the experiment, he was calling her up to 5 times a day. Did Zach know what he was doing? She’s not sure. But it sounds like Zach enjoys it nonetheless. Dogs can also “answer” a video call by moving the ball.
(That’s great. Now my dog known how to use Zoom better than I do!)
(Yes, won’t it be a great feeling to be at work and watch your dog chew the couch . . . and not be able to do a thing about it?)
-CountryLiving, CNN
TOTALLY UNEXPECTED:
☞ A hiker discovered a Hawaiian stream with 1.2% alcohol content. The drunken brook was discovered when the hiker sniffed its strange aroma while enjoying the scenery on Oahu island. He contacted a local environmental activist who alerted the Department of Health. The agency determined that a runoff pipe had contaminated the water to the point that it became alcoholic. 1.2% alcohol by volume is the same amount found in many low-alcohol beers. (THAT’S what I call a streaming service!)
☞ A man has been banned from an all-you-can-eat restaurant for eating too much. A Chinese food live-streamer known as “Mr. Kang”, says he has been blacklisted from Handadi Seafood BBQ Buffet in Changsha after a series of binges. He says he ate 1.5kg of pork trotters during his first visit and 3.5-4kg of prawns on another visit. He claims the restaurant is “discriminatory” against people who can eat a lot. But the restaurant owner told a reporter that Mr. Kang was eating him out of business, saying: “Every time he comes here, I lose a few hundred yuan.” He went on to claim that Kang can drink 20-30 bottles of soy milk in one visit, and while customers usually people use tongs to pick up prawns, Kang “uses a tray to take them all.” (Would you call that “shellfish”?)
-NYPost, BBC
NEW GOOD NEWS:
➢ Five years ago, Wanda Dench sent an accidental text that sparked a holiday tradition. Dench, from Mesa AZ, thought she was inviting her grandson for dinner — except the message didn’t go to her grandson. It went to Jamal Hinton, a high school kid in the same area. They had a laugh, then Hinton jokingly asked if he could still come over. Dench replied: “Of course you can. That’s what grandmas do … feed everyone.” Since then, the pair have connected every year, and Hinton posts about the get-togethers on social media. Even last year, after Dench’s husband passed away from Covid-19, she was still able to connect with Hinton for the holiday. And this year, they’ll meet once again. (If you had a family like mine, you’d understand the attraction of enjoying Thanksgiving with a total stranger…)
➢ When Rita Hopkins turned 70, she decided to get a tattoo. Four years later, with the assistance of a program at her senior living community called Living the Dream, she was able to make it happen. Living the Dream helps residents at the Lexington KY, facility fulfill items on their bucket lists. For some, it’s going to a sporting event or traveling, but in Hopkins’ case, she wanted some ink done. Earlier this month, Hopkins chose to get an infinity sign with 3 small hearts to represent her grandchildren, who recently moved to Michigan, and can’t see her as often as they used to. Quote: “I’ll always have this right here with me.”
-CNN, TheWeek
THE MOST DANGEROUS CHRISTMAS SONGS:
Ireland’s Chill Insurance has released “the most dangerous Christmas songs to drive to”, based on a study that shows listening to songs with beats per minute (bpm) higher than 120 is linked to “more dangerous driving behaviors.”
Most dangerous . . .
1. Frosty the Snowman (Bowling for Soup, Gene Autry): 172 bpm
2. All I Want for Christmas is You (Mariah Carey): 150 bpm
3. Feliz Navidad (José Feliciano): 149 bpm
4. Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (Jackson 5): 147 bpm
5. Happy Xmas (War is Over) (John Lennon & Yoko Ono): 146 bpm
6. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Frank Sinatra): 143 bpm
7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Gene Autry): 142 bpm
8. I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day (Wizzard): 140 bpm
9. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra): 137 bpm
10. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Jackson 5): 129 bpm
Least dangerous:
1. Fairytale of New York (The Pogues): 78 bpm
2. Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt): 84 bpm
3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Julie Andrews): 87 bpm
-Chill
DID YOU KNOW?
Have another slice…pumpkin pie is good for you. Some spices usually included in the recipe — cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger – not only give the pie its distinctive flavor – they help improve our mood. Cinnamon increases levels of calming brainwaves, nutmeg produces feel-good brain chemicals, and ginger relaxes your muscles. One slice also contains more than the recommended daily value of vitamin A, which benefits eyesight and the immune system.
-SleepGallery
BS CHRONOMETER 11.22.21
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1943 [78] Billie Jean King, Long Beach CA, former pro tennis player (winner of 39 Grand Slam titles [12 singles])/winner of the infamous 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” match vs. former men’s champ Bobby Riggs)
1950 [71] [“Little”] Steven Van Zandt, Winthrop MA, rock guitarist (Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band-‘Born to Run’)/TV actor (“Lilyhammer” 2012-15, “The Sopranos” 1999-2007)
1956 [65] Lawrence Gowan, Glasgow Scotland (raised Scarborough ON), rock singer-keyboardist (‘A Criminal Mind’)/Styx singer since 1999
1958 [63] Jamie Lee Curtis, LA CA, movie actress (“Halloween”, “True Lies”)/daughter of actors Janet Leigh & Tony Curtis/married to Christopher Guest since 1984
1965 [56] Mads Mikkelson, Copenhagen Denmark, TV actor (“Hannibal” 2013-15)
1967 [54] Mark Ruffalo, Kenosha WI, movie actor (‘Hulk’ in “Avengers” films, “Thor: Ragnarok”, Iron-Man III”) COMING UP…”The Adam Project”, 2022
1984 [37] Scarlett Johannson, NYC, movie actress (“Avengers” films, “Black Widow”)/married to Colin Jost since 2020. COMING UP…”Asteroid City”, 2022
1986 [35] Oscar Pistorius [“Blade Runner”], Sandton South Africa, former pro sprinter (double amputee who competed in the Olympics using ‘racing blade’ prostheses)/Convicted in the 2014 killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, currently serving 13+ years.
1996 [25] Hailey Bieber, Tucson AZ, model (Ralph Lauren, UGG)/TV Host (“Drop the Mic” 2017-19)/ married to Justin Bieber since 2018/daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin
BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Go For a Ride on Something Day”, a day to take a breather and go for a relaxing ride on a bus, horse, motorcycle, boat . . . whatever! (Or go to a used car dealer and get TAKEN for a ride…)
• “Start Your Own Country Day”, What 3 things would be different if you ran your own nation? (How about no taxes, no taxes, and no taxes?)
• “Stop the Violence Day”, observed annually on the anniversary of the 1963 assassination of US President John F Kennedy.
• “Humane Society Anniversary Day”, celebrating its mandate of protecting animals of all shapes and sizes from abuse. The Humane Society is dedicated to advocating a public policy that will prevent cruelty to animals, as well as upholding existing laws for their protection, and educating the public on the issue.
• “Cranberry Relish Day”, celebrated as the perfect precursor for American Thanksgiving on Nov. 25. Cranberry relish is prepared with some surprise ingredients — horseradish and onion — nothing cuts through the tart of these red rubies like the zing of an onion. (Fine, but I’m still not putting it on my hot dog!)
COMING UP . . .
[Tues] Doctor Who Day
[Tues] Cashew Day
[Wed] Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
[Wed] Sardines Day
This Week Is…Better Conversation Week
This Month Is…Peanut Butter Lovers Month
THIS DAY IN HISTORY . . .
1963 [58] US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as 36th President
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
2005 [16] XBox 360 videogame platform is released by Microsoft
2016 [05] Florence Henderson, who played Mom ‘Carol’ in “The Brady Bunch”, dies at 82
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
1997 [24] INXS singer Michael Hutchence dies by suicide at 37
2020 [01] For the third consecutive year, Taylor Swift wins Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. She accepts from a Nashville studio where she’s re-recording her first 6 albums.
TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1995 [26] Disney’s “Toy Story” opens in movie theaters, the first computer-animated movie
2005 [16] Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany (considered the world’s most powerful woman)
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
1986 [35] At age 20, Mike Tyson becomes ‘Youngest World Heavyweight Boxing Champion’, after a 2nd-round knockout of Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ You can sweat as much as 3 gallons (11.3 liters) of water a day in a hot climate.
✓ Dr. Pepper, Coca-Cola and Hires Root Beer were all invented in 1886.
✓ Your fingernails are made from the same substance as a bird’s beak.
✓ Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel so he could star in ‘Spider-Man’ movies.
✓ The communicator (walkie-talkie) in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” is actually a Gillette women’s razor.
✓ According to British mathematician John Edensor Littlewood, you can expect to experience events with odds of one in a million at the rate of about one per month.
-ReadersDigest, BathroomReadersInstitute
Best of BS . . .
BS SEXY THANKSGIVING SIDES:
• French kiss fries
• 50 shades of gravy
• Undressing
• Sinner rolls
• Cranberry saucy
• Smashed potatoes
• Eggs with benefits
• Wham, bam, thank you yams
• Hot buns
• Casserole in the hay
• Condoments
• My love handles, I hope…
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2019
BS SIGNS YOU NEED ANGER-MANAGEMENT COUNSELING:
• You’ve broken 7 nails trying to get the lid off the stupid Valium bottle.
• Every time a waiter puts your glass down from the wrong side you fire a warning shot … into his groin.
• The vein in your forehead throbs so violently, it knocks out the lady ahead of you in the supermarket line-up.
• You’ve been kicked off the debating team after one too many rebuttals containing the ‘F’ word.
• You were shocked to learn that the folks on DIY shows use ‘tools’ to make holes in walls.
• You once cold-cocked Grandma when she burned your French toast.
• I’ll TELL you who needs anger management counseling!!!!!!!!!
-First published in BS in 2013
TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ The longest lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years happened early Friday, lasting 3 hours and 28 minutes. (In fact, the only thing longer is a Taylor Swift break-up song!)
➠ Vegas is constructing an all moon-themed hotel resort. I’m definitely going to book my reservation because I love stuff like this. (Or maybe it’s just a phase I’m going through??)
➠ A study claims that an iPhone uses more power than a refrigerator. (Fitting, since it also costs more than a refrigerator…)
➠ Eddie Murphy says that back in the ’80s, Robin Williams and John Belushi offered him cocaine, but he turned them down. (Which, based on his movie credits, was the last time Eddie Murphy turned ANYTHING down.)
➠ Doctors say more and more men are getting plastic surgery these days. (Which works out great for me. Now I can tell people, “They’re not man-boobs . . . they’re IMPLANTS!”)
BS U-PICK TRIVIA:
• Which actor has NOT played the ‘Joker’?
a) Jack Nicholson
b) Sean Penn [CORRECT]
c) Jared Leto
d) Mark Hamill
• In which country was the 2017 movie “Call Me By Your Name” (starring Timothée Chalamet & Armie Hammer) filmed?
a) France
b) Italy [CORRECT]
c) Morocco
d) Nameibia
• Which movie is this quote from: “Here’s looking at you, kid.”
a) Breakfast at Tiffany’s
b) Citizen Kane
c) Casablanca [CORRECT]
d) Dude, Where’s My Car?
-ReadersDigest
BS WEB GOODIE:
Monday motivation: https://tinyurl.com/y272ryyn
BS RANDOM JOKE:
With great power comes an even greater electricity bill.
BS PHONE STARTER:
If you could have one questions answered, what would it be?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTIONS:
Question: The average guy says he has 5 of THESE. What are they?
Answer: Jokes
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
All pets are therapy pets. Some are just working undercover.