Thursday, October 13, 2022 – Edition: #7336

Sweet Sheet!

 

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:

★ Blake Shelton, the last of the original judges on “The Voice,” will leave the hit singing competition show after next season. In a statement, the country star said: “This show has changed my life in every way for the better and it will always feel like home to me.” He said he had been “wrestling with this (decision) for a while.” The next season will be the NBC show’s 23rd and Shelton’s last. When it premiered in 2011, Shelton was joined in the big red chairs by Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green. Celebrity judges like Pharrell, Shakira and Miley Cyrus rotated in and out for subsequent seasons, but Shelton had been the sole constant. The show is also where Shelton met his wife, pop star Gwen Stefani. The No Doubt frontwoman joined the show in 2014 for its 7th season and the pair began dating the next year, after Shelton divorced Miranda Lambert and Stefani divorced Gavin Rossdale. Shelton and Stefani were married last year.
-CTV
★ Marvel Studios will need more time to bring vampire hunter ‘Blade’ back to the screen. Two weeks after director Bassim Tariq left, Marvel is putting the project on hold while the studio searches for a replacement. The film will star Mahershala Ali as the title character, previously played by Wesley Snipes in the 1998 film. Blade was expected to start filming in November, with production teams already preparing the shoot in Atlanta, but Marvel has temporarily shut down all activities related to the film. Disney planned to release the movie in Nov. 2023, but it has been delayed to Sept. 6, 2024. The delay created a domino effect: “Deadpool 3” has been moved back from Sept. to Nov. 2024, while “Fantastic Four” will now open on Feb. 14, 2025. “Avengers: Secret Wars” has been rescheduled to May 1, 2026.
-PopCulture
★ In its third week atop the Netflix Top 10, “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” has become the streamer’s second most popular English-language series of all time. With 701 million hours viewed, the fictionalized (and heavily criticized) story about the infamous serial killer is topped only by “Stranger Things 4,” which has notched 1.35 billion viewing hours. The limited series from Ryan Murphy and starring Evan Peters has been steadily dominating Netflix’s charts since its release on Sept. 21. Last week, the show cracked the Most Popular List of English shows in 9th place after just 12 days.
-TheWrap
★ Khloe Kardashian has revealed a recent skin cancer scare — which resulted in a tumor being removed from her face. She got candid about the health issue Tuesday on social media, saying she went to the doctor for a biopsy after noticing a small bump on her face that remained there for 7 months. She posted that a dermatologist examined her face, then she had 2 biopsies, resulting in doctors telling her she had precancerous melanoma, and needed an immediate operation to remove a tumor. Kardashian said a Beverly Hills surgeon performed the operation, and everything appears fine now, and she’s healing.
-TMZ

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Omar Apollo
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Trevor Noah, Antoni Porowski, Andrea Campos, Ian Lara
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Jeremy Strong, Ed Sheeran
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Johnny Knoxville, Jake Lacy, Pusha T
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Blum, Zach Zimmerman
• “The Daily Show” (COM): Quintessa Swindell
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Noah Centineo, Aldis Hodge
• The View” (ABC/CTV): John Stamos, Sam Waterston
• “The Talk” (CBS): Eric Christian Olsen
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Noah Centineo, Charlie Puth
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Khloé Kardashian, Lindsey Vonn
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Michael Strahan
• “Jennifer Hudson Show” (Check local listings): Laverne Cox, Jacob Collier
• “Sherri” (Check local listings): Geena Davis, Quad Webb
• “Station 19″ (ABC): Travis is determined to kick Dixon out of the mayoral race; the team is called to a fire at a run-down apartment complex that reveals an unsettling cause.
• “The First 48: Scared Silent” (A&E): A father of 4 is gunned down while defending his girlfriend during a brutal home invasion.
• “Pumpkin Everything” (HALL): An up-and-coming novelist confronts an old flame after returning to her hometown to look after her stubborn grandfather and his pumpkin-themed store.

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Shakira — After a series of cryptic Instagram posts, she has confirmed she was teasing her new collab with Ozuna. Hot-on-the-heels of her split from husband Gerard Piqué, she posted video of a man stomping over a human heart, with the caption: “I never said anything but it hurt. I knew this would happen.” Later, she posted a cartoon of a dagger stabbing a heart with the caption “Oct. 19.”
(***Caution – preview for content***) • Ed Sheeran – On “The Kelly Clarkson Show”, Sam Smith talked about the massive NSFW present Sheeran recently sent them. Quote: “I thought it was a joke. It’s a six-foot-two marble penis. It’s 2 tons. I had to get it craned into my house.” Clarkson asked what he plans to do with it. Smith’s answer: “Well, I want to turn it into a fountain.”
• Blink-182 – Just before news dropped that the band’s classic lineup has reunited for a new album and world tour, bassist Mark Hoppus revealed that he’s working on a memoir that details his life in the band, as well as his 2021 battle with lymphoma. No word on a release date yet.
• Queen – This morning, they dropped a previously unreleased song featuring Freddie Mercury, titled ‘Face It Alone’. The group announced in the summer that the song dates back to sessions for the 1989 album “The Miracle”. A 15-second preview features Mercury singing, “In the end, in the end, you have to face it alone.” LINK: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kIazXi-G8yI
• Guns N’ Roses – has released a new live video for ‘You Could Be Mine’, shot at a 1991 show at New York’s Ritz Theatre. The footage appears on the bonus Blu-ray disc included in the upcoming “Use Your Illusion” I & II deluxe box set, which features the complete concert, and will be released Nov. 11. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/yc3vs9f6
• Kane Brown – appears in the new commercial for “Call of Duty”. He’s one of the many celebs taking part in the “Squad Up” campaign for “Call of Duty Modern Warfare II”, including Nicki Minaj, Pete Davidson, Lil Baby, and more. Brown is a longtime Call of Duty fan, and said he used it as a pastime during COVID-19 quarantine in 2020. LINK: https://youtu.be/DOaUcJIxX9k
• Scotty McCreery — has received the Randy Owen Angels Among Us award from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for his commitment to furthering their mission. Alabama’s own Randy Owen presented him with the trophy at the Country Cares Seminar in Memphis. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/4buzshud
• Patsy Cline — Nearly 60 years after she was killed in a plane crash at age 30, she was inducted into Nashville’s Music City Walk of Fame on Monday by Trisha Yearwood. Cline was honored alongside Dr. Paul T. Kwami, Ed Hardy, and John Prine.

SHOOTING THE BULL

LEAVE THE LEAVES:
Here it is: Your annual excuse NOT to rake the leaves that are piling higher on your lawn by the day. The Nature Conservancy of Canada has a green-friendly response for those of us who’d like to avoid the back-breaking and callus-creating task of clearing the leaves: Just don’t do it. Why not? There are 3 major benefits to keeping the leaves in the yard during fall. First, it helps biodiversity, as there are many native insects and small critters such as frogs and toads that will hibernate under the leaves during the winter. As well, it is a food source for birds, such as robins, since they will often flip leaves over to look for insects to eat. The other benefit is to the lawn itself. Leaves provide a natural mulch when they break down, which helps soil development. While large piles of leaves can impact the growth of grass and other plants come spring, a thin layer of leaves can help maintain the health of gardens and lawns.
(My neighbor will be so happy to hear that he doesn’t have to blow them into my yard this year!)
(Leaves provide a food source for birds? I didn’t even know they could cook!)
-TheWeatherNetwork

TEEN SCENE:
☞ If your teen never seems to get enough sleep, researchers from Rush University Medical Center have 2 suggestions: teach them strong time management skills, and try bright light therapy. In a study, teens underwent bright light therapy, a treatment for sleep disorders with a goal of “resetting” the circadian clock and helping teens wake up earlier, and fall asleep earlier at night. Next, they learned how to better address and navigate barriers to an earlier bedtime, like limiting after-school activities. Ultimately, researchers were able to shift the teens’ bedtime by an hour and a half. Total sleep time also increased by about an hour. (Plus, that extra hour in math class…)
☞ According to new research, teenagers, regardless of gender, are prone to risky behaviors like cellphone use and speeding while driving. University of Pennsylvania researchers found that among studied teen drivers, speeding occurred during roughly 40% of trips, while handheld phones were used by teens while driving just over 30% of the time. Even worse, teens used a cellphone while speeding during 5% of trips. On average, teens were 17.3 years old, and had held a driving license for 8 months. (And in the case of my teen after seeing this, won’t be using it for another 8 months!)
-StudyFinds

CHILL OUT ABOUT REFRIGERATION:
A doctor has supposedly finally settled the age-old argument about whether you should keep condiments in the fridge or in the pantry. Australian News Corp columnist Dr. Zac Turner was asked by a reader where some of our favourite condiments, including ketchup, peanut butter and raspberry jam should go. He wrote: “I hope you are sitting down for this, because I’m afraid to tell you that tomato sauce (which is like ketchup), Vegemite and peanut butter do not need to be refrigerated.” He added that similar condiments, such as BBQ sauce and mustard, don’t need to be refrigerated either, due to their “high acidity and processing”. What about after they’re opened, though? Dr. says they still don’t need to be refrigerated, because very little bacteria grow in them. But he reminds us to read the labels to know for sure where the best place is to store them.
(I’d never put peanut butter in the fridge. There wouldn’t be any room for the candles!)
(You know what else doesn’t go in ‘refrigerator’? The letter ‘d’. But there’s one in “fridge”. Explain THAT!)
-LADBible

THE 5 TYPES OF DAYS YOU CAN HAVE, AS AN EMPLOYEE:
Your workdays can’t simply be classified as good or bad, according to researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University. They looked at 11,245 workday surveys taken by 221 office workers, discovering that workers tend to cycle through 5 different kinds of days…
➠ Typical:  Typical days make up 24% of work days. These are generally forgettable days, where creativity is at an average level, and you are motivated enough to be mildly engaged with your work. (Sounds like an “above-average” day for me!)
➠ Ideal: They make up 29% of your days. These are your productive days, filled with freedom, challenging work, and support from management. (And free pizza for lunch!)
➠ Crisis:  You’re familiar with these. Some good things happen — like engaging tasks — but there are even more problems present. In 19% of work days, something erupts in disaster. You may think you’re doing productive work, but chances are you’re not. (Oh – Mondays!)
➠ Disengaged:  If you’re feeling “checked out” at work, you’re experiencing a disengaged day. These happen 10% of the time. There are neither pressures nor motivators present, and you just feel bored and unmotivated. (Oh – Mondays also!)
➠ Toxic:  8% of days are toxic days. A challenge or conflict combined with a poor work environment can lead to one of these very bad days. Emotional conflict in particular will do more damage to your day than a task-related conflict.
(What about #6 – “Pink slip day”?)
-NYPost

DID YOU KNOW?
New York will become the first US city to test a new vehicle system that could stop drivers from speeding by recognizing speed limits and either issuing visual or audible alerts, or preventing vehicles from going above those limits. The speed-limiting technology, recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board, will be installed in 50 of the city’s fleet vehicles. After more than 20,000 deaths on US roads this year alone, the NTSB has called on the government incentivize car makers to put speed-limiting systems in new cars. (I’ve already got this feature. It came with my marriage licence!)
-CNN

BS CHRONOMETER 10.13.22

BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “International Day for Failure”, a day to show some stupidity, error estimation, awkward moments, and other fails to the world. Why? Without the possibility of failure there is no success, they go hand-in-hand. (So, I’ve got THAT going for me…)
• “International Day for Disaster Reduction”, begun by the UN in 1989 as a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. (How are we doing so far?)
• “International Plain Language Day”, a day to encourage others to cut through jargon and double-speak to state things simply and clearly. (Never use a large word when a diminutive one will suffice) LINK:  https://tinyurl.com/2s3jd5yu
• “No Bra Day”, a part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and on the same day as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, No Bra Day was created in 2011 to raise awareness for breast cancer and to support survivors. The goal is to get more women to be screened for breast cancer.
• “Suit Up Day”, in honor of ‘Barney Stinson’, the suit-wearing character played by Neil Patrick Harris on “How I Met Your Mother”. He not only always wore a suit, but “suit up” was one of his catchphrases. Today, we wear a suit to salute Barney.
• “National M&M Day”, 5 facts about the famous “melt in your mouth, not in your hands” candy:
⇒ From 1976 to 1985, there were no red M&M’s
⇒ Blue M&M’s were introduced in 1995
⇒ M&M’s were taken along on the first space shuttle voyage in 1982
⇒ There are 340 million M&M’s produced daily
⇒ The “M&M” was modeled after Forrest Mars, Sr. observed soldiers in Spain in the 1930s eating chocolate pellets with a hard shell of tempered chocolate. This prevented the candies from melting, essential when included in soldiers’ rations.
• “Silly Sayings Day”, an annual salute to interesting expressions, witty sayings, and odd catchphrases that come and go like fashion. Examples:
➢ Doing nothing is hard, you never know when you’re done.
➢ Always follow your heart, but remember to bring your brain along.
➢ It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid, then say the opposite.

AND REMEMBER . . .
[Fri] national lowercase day
[Fri] Chocolate-Covered Insect Day
[Sat] “I Love Lucy” Day
[Sun] Liqueur Day
This Week is…Pet Peeve Week
This Month is…Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1941 [81] Paul Simon, Newark NJ, pop-folk singer (‘You Can Call Me Al’, Simon & Garfunkel -‘Bridge over Troubled Water’, ‘Mrs. Robinson’)/Rock Hall of Fame 2001, w/Simon & Garfunkel 1990

1942 [80] Jerry Jones, LA CA, NFL Owner-General Manager-President (Dallas Cowboys since 1989)

1947 [75] Sammy Hagar, Salinas CA, rock singer (‘I Can’t Drive 55′, Van Halen-‘Why Can’t This be Love’)

1959 [63] Marie Osmond, Ogden UT, country singer (‘Paper Roses’)/TV host (“The Talk” 2012-20, “Donny & Marie” 1976-79, 1998-2000)

1964 [58] Matt Walsh, Chicago IL, TV actor (‘Mike McLintock’ on “Veep” 2012-19)/comedian (“The Daily Show” correspondent 2001-02)

1967 [55] Kate Walsh, San Jose CA, TV actress (“13 Reasons Why” 2017-19″, “Private Practice” 2007-13, “Grey’s Anatomy” 2005-12, since 2021)

1969 [53] Nancy Kerrigan, Woburn MS, figure skater (infamously attacked by allies of rival Tonya Harding)/silver and bronze Olympic medalist

1971 [51] Sacha Baron Cohen, London England, movie actor (“Borat” films, “Bruno”)/TV actor (“Da Ali G Show” 2000-04/married to Isla Fisher since 2010

1971 [51] Billy Bush, Killingworth CT, TV host (“Extra” since 2019, “Access Hollywood” 2004-16)/4X “Miss Universe” pageant co-host/nephew of George H.W. Bush, cousin of George W. Bush

1980 [42] Ashanti (Douglas), Glen Cove NY, R&B singer (‘Foolish’)/movie actress (“Resident Evil: Extinction”)

1993 [29] Tiffany Trump, NYC, legal research assistant/celeb offspring (daughter of Donald Trump & 2nd wife Marla Maples)

1995 [27] Jimin (Park Ji-min), Busan South Korea, pop singer-songwriter (BTS-‘Dynamite’, ‘Permission to Dance’)

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2008 [14] Five months after marrying Jay-Z, Beyoncé releases the sassy ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)’. It goes to #1 for 4 weeks and wins the Grammy for “Song of the Year”.

2016 [06] Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature “For having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”

TODAY IN SPORTS . . .
2015 [07] Lamar Odom, NBA player and husband of Khloé Kardashian, is hospitalized after being found unconscious in a brothel in Nevada

TODAY’S FIRSTS . . .
1987 [35] The US Navy conducts the first military use of trained dolphins (in the Persian Gulf)

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Animals yawn based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer they yawn.
✓ Not all hamsters are small. Although some measure just 2-4 inches (5-10cm), the largest ones are about 13 inches (33cm) long.
✓ In the Philippines, you can buy spaghetti at McDonald’s.
✓ Ancient Rome had rent-a-chariot businesses.
✓ Generally, when snow skiing, men fall on their faces, while women fall on their behinds.
✓ Another word for junk food is ‘Lubberwort’.
-BestLife, BathroomReadersInstitute

Best of BS . . .
BS STRANGE AUTUMN ACTIVITIES:
• Leaf Hoarding
• Bobbing for Apple Watches
• Planting a garden
• Building a creamed-corn maze
• Actually looking up from your phone
• Warning your kids of stranger danger all year, then encouraging them to knock on anyone’s door and ask for candy.
• Catching falling leaves on your tongue
• Decorating for Christmas
• Making a leaf angel
• Calling it ‘Fall’
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2017

MORE BS QUESTIONS PLAGUING HUMANITY:
• How does a shepherd count his flock without falling asleep?
• Do sheep get static cling when they rub against one another?
• Are there female leprechauns?
• Do judges and lawyers do jury duty?
• Would it be possible for a solar car to travel faster then the speed of light?
• Is it possible for a pig to suffer a pulled hamstring?
• Do dumped farmers get ‘John Deere’ letters?
• Is there a ‘Dr Salt’?
-First published in BS in 2016

BS WEB GOODIE:
When your baseball team comes back from 8-1 in the playoffs:   https://tinyurl.com/yc6emc4v

BS RANDOM JOKE:
When my daughter was 7, she once interrupted a bedtime story to tell me, “In a pie-eating contest, it doesn’t matter if you win or lose because you get to eat pie.” I think about that a lot.

BS PHONE STARTER:
My favorite Autumn thing to do is …

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  46% of people say they would do THIS along with a good friend. What is it?
Answer:  Get a tattoo

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.