Tuesday, October 25, 2022 – Edition: #7344
Sheet For Brains!
BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
***UPDATE*** ★ Emmy-winning actor Leslie Jordan, best known for his roles in “Will & Grace,” “American Horror Story” and “Hearts Afire,” has died. He was 67. Jordan was driving in Hollywood Monday morning and crashed into the side of a building, after suffering a suspected medical emergency. Jordan was a veteran actor whose credits also included “The Help,” “The Cool Kids” and “Call Me Kat,” which is currently airing its third season on Fox. In 2006, he won the Emmy Award for guest actor in a comedy series for his work on “Will & Grace,” on which he played Karen’s sexually ambiguous, socialite frenemy ‘Beverly Leslie’. In 2020, Jordan became a social media phenomenon, gaining millions of Instagram followers due to his humorous videos posted throughout the pandemic.
-Variety
★ A new “Star Wars” movie is in the works at Lucasfilm, courtesy of writer Damon Lindelof and director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, according to reports. At this point, no script has been written yet, but Lindelof is reported to be co-writing the project. Lindelof is best known as the co-creator of “Lost,” and has experience in space — just not the galaxy far, far away. He produced J.J. Abrams’ 2009 reboot “Star Trek” and co-wrote the sequel “Star Trek Into Darkness.” Obaid-Chinoy is already part of the Disney family, having directed several episodes of “Ms. Marvel” for Disney+. No official comment from Lucasfilm yet.
-TheWrap
★ The “House of the Dragon” bosses are promising the second season will deliver more of the thrills and spills familiar to the millions of Thrones fans tuning in, along with more humor along the lines of the original series. Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal said that producers deliberately slowed down the narrative for the first season, to ensure viewers were invested in the new characters. Quote: “We will get to the spectacle. But you have to understand these people’s complexities before they’re thrown into war.” Condal promises there will be more lighthearted moments too in the next season, when the writers introduce “natural pathways into moments of levity” in the drama.
-Deadline
★ Tim Burton says he’s done with Disney. The filmmaker shared his thoughts during an interview with Deadline, saying that he doesn’t plan to work with the company in the future after directing the 2019 “Dumbo” remake. Dumbo included the star-studded cast of Danny DeVito, Colin Farrell, Eva Green, and Michael Keaton. Burton said that he “started out” with Disney, but was “hired and fired like several times throughout my career there”, and that’s why he believes his “days with Disney are done, I realized that I was Dumbo, that I was working in this horrible big circus and I needed to escape.” The “Beetlejuice” director also said that Disney is currently focused on Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars content, saying the company has “gotten to be very homogenized” with “less room for different types of things.” Burton also said that he’d never work on a Marvel film, because he “can only deal with one universe, l can’t deal with a multi-universe.”
-Insider
★ Another person close to the royal family has added their voice to those criticizing “The Crown”, ahead of the 5th season’s arrival next month on Netflix. The Times quotes an unnamed female friend of the royal family, who attended the Queen’s private committal service at Windsor last month, as slamming the streamer’s editorial decisions, saying they are “vilifying the royal family. It is vicious. It’s as if they’re trying to destroy the royal family.” Of Prince Harry’s current big-budget partnership with Netflix, she added: “If I had my family being vilified like that, I wouldn’t take a penny [from Netflix].” This follows a number of others speaking out in the lead-up to the new series, which will cover a number of events in the mid-1990s, including the marriage breakup of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The streamer has included a disclaimer to The Crown’s season 5 trailer, stating the show is “inspired by real events”, but is a “fictional dramatization”.
-Deadline
TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Charlize Theron, Lewis Hamilton, Armani White
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Sigourney Weaver, Michaela Coel, Zedd & Maren Morris
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Stephen Colbert: Eddie Redmayne, George R.R. Martin
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Gwen Stefani, Grant Morrison, Raghav Mehrotra (R)
• “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS/CTV): Billy Porter, Chelsea Handler, Andy Grammer
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Tanya Tucker, Sandra Bernhard
• The View” (ABC/CTV): Sigourney Weaver, Elizabeth Banks
• “The Talk” (CBS): Kelly Ripa
• “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (ABC/CTV): Randall Park, Ncuti Gatwa
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, Kate Flannery
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Martha Stewart, Phil Rosenthal, Josh Wolf
• “Jennifer Hudson Show” (Check local listings): Cedric the Entertainer
• “Sherri” (Check local listings): Tommy Davidson, Boney James, Lalah Hathaway
• “The Voice” (NBC): Jimmie Allen, Sean Paul, Charlie Puth and Jazmine Sullivan prepare their artists to go head-to-head in hopes of advancing.
• “The Resident” (Fox): On the day of Kit and Bell’s wedding, Bell and Conrad need to tend to the ill daughter of a major hospital donor; Billie takes Gigi and Sammie dress shopping.
• “Bachelor in Paradise (ABC): Paradise’s original couples reunite on the sand, to learn if their relationship survived the week apart; the new guys make a rocky entrance to the beach.
• “My Big Fat Fabulous Life” (TLC): Season 10 finale. Whitney and her friends take advantage of their final days in St. Lucia with a packed itinerary, but Lennie is nowhere to be found.
BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Taylor Swift – is selling over 20 different versions of her new “Midnights” album, which dropped on Friday. It is available CD, LP and cassette in various colors, with different artwork, censored and uncensored, with bonus tracks, and with and without autographs. In addition, there are elaborate containers to put them in, such as a $39 CD clock…or a $79 faux-leather vinyl collector’s case.
• Cardi B – fired back after Madonna boasted on IG that the envelopes she pushed years ago paved the way for Cardi, Miley Cyrus and Kim Kardashian. Cardi wrote: “I literally paid this woman homage so many times…she can make her point without putting clown emojis and getting slick out the mouth.” Her tweet was later deleted. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/9xa8vyyn
• Drake and 21 Savage — are releasing an album together. The pair announced that “Her Loss” will drop this Friday, in the middle of their new ‘Jimmy Cooks’, which arrived on Saturday.
• Peter Frampton – is not only recording his 19th album, he says the “farewell” nature of his latest tour may become “indefinite” if things go well on its European leg. He suffers from an autoimmune disease that affects his muscles, and began his “farewell” tour in 2019.
• ZZ Top — frontman Billy Gibbons has collaborated with the Time’s Morris Day on the new single ‘Too Much Girl 4 Me’. It developed after Gibbons bumped into Day at a liquor store. The song will appear on Day’s upcoming final solo album “Last Call”. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2w9w5mb5
• Kenny Chesney — was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from his alma mater, East Tennessee State University, in a ceremony on Friday night. Chesney attended the event, which also celebrated the 40th anniversary of the university’s Bluegrass and Roots Music Studies program. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3xkmxnrz
• Thomas Rhett – Friday, he released his first-ever Christmas collection, “Merry Christmas, Y’all”. The 4-song EP features the holiday favs ‘Winter Wonderland’, ‘It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’, ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’, and ‘It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas’.
• Brett Eldredge – turned to TikTok to reveal his 5 go-to tips on how he improves his mental health. Recording in his home gym, he said he was “a little down today…so I was like I gotta get moving”. And exercise is his #1 mental health hack. The others: getting good sleep, and a formal fitness plan, a good diet plan, and being kind to one another and yourself. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/23stmkt2
SHOOTING THE BULL
DOWNGRADED:
A new study says that girls routinely get higher grades than boys. And this bias against boys could mean the difference between passing and failing in some subjects, and keep them from begin accepted into college or getting certain jobs. The results, published in the British Journal of Sociology of Education, show that in standardized tests, which are marked anonymously, girls typically outperformed boys in humanities, languages and reading skills, while boys did better in maths. But when grades were awarded by teachers, girls did better than boys in all subjects. The authors of the study feel that teachers unconsciously reward students who exhibit traditional female behavior, such as quietness and neatness, because those students make teaching easier. They also suggest that inflated grades in maths are a way of trying to encourage girls, who are sometimes seen as weaker in this subject.
(Maybe they should think about teaching boys to shut up, once in a while!)
(Well, at least it’s nice to know that when I flunked all those classes, it wasn’t anything personal!)
-SWNS
THE WEDDING IS ‘OUTBACK’:
The family of late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin is opening its iconic Australia Zoo grounds for couples wishing to pop the question or get married. Bindi Irwin, herself a TV personality and conservationist, and her husband Chandler were hitched at the Sunshine Coast venue in March 2020. Her parents Steve and Terri Irwin actually met at the zoo and also married there in 1992. The website for the facility, known for its lush grounds and exotic scenery, says: “Whether you are looking for a small, intimate experience or a larger scale event, Australia Zoo is the perfect location for your wedding celebrations.” Couples can choose from a number of packages to plan their big day to perfection…
• “The Enchanting Elopement” package is available for up to 40 guests and is also suitable for vow renewals.
• “The Closest Thing To Heaven” ceremony package gives brides the chance to walk down the aisle with kangaroos jumping past and exchange vows underneath gum trees.
• “The Serengeti Safari” ceremony package gives access to the African savanna plains, where white rhinoceros, giraffes, zebras, and meerkats roam freely.
• And for those who are yet to pop the question, there are special packages available to create a unique proposal experience at the zoo.
All packages include a personal wedding planner to help curate the event.
(I thought that’s what a mother-in-law does!)
(My wedding wasn’t actually AT a zoo – but it came pretty close to being one!)
-NYPost
AT YOUR DISPOSAL:
More than 5 billion phones will be thrown away in 2022, more than enough to stretch all the way around the equator, according to a new report from the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum. If stacked flat on top of each other, the phones would make a tower over 30,000 miles (48,280km) tall — 120 times higher than the orbit of the International Space Station and reaching an eighth of the way to the Moon. And it’s no wonder. A survey across 6 countries found that the average household owns 74 electrical products, including phones, tablets, laptops, electric tools, hair dryers, and toasters. Of these 74, on average 13 were being hoarded, 9 were left unused, and 4 of them were broken.
(…and no one can ever find the one that they’re looking for!)
(Only 4 were broken? Does no one have kids?)
-StudyFinds
TOP TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS 2022:
With just 61 shopping days left, here is a list of what are expected to be the most in-demand toys among kids this Christmas, according to Wal Mart Canada…
⇒ Barbie Dream Camper Vehicle Playset
⇒ Hot Wheels Action Spiral Speed Crash Track Set
⇒ LOL Surprise OMG Fashion Show Hair Edition
⇒ Rainbocorns Puppycorn Rescue Surprise
⇒ Magic Mixies Crystal Ball – Pink
⇒ Smashers Dino Island Giant Skull
⇒ LEGO Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi Starfighter
(When I was a kid, toys had one-word names…)
-WalMartCanada
MOVIE SEQUELS YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ARE HAPPENING:
☞ “Legally Blonde 3”: Reese Witherspoon will reprise her role in this fan-favorite franchise, set to premiere sometime in 2023.
☞ “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley”: Eddie Murphy is back for the 4th film in the franchise. No release date has been announced for the comedy, which is expected to premiere on Netflix.
☞ “Sister Act 3”: Whoopi Goldberg recently confirmed that the threequel is in the works.
☞ “Twisters”: A sequel to the 1996 movie starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton.
☞ “A Christmas Story Christmas”: This sequel to the beloved 1983 holiday classic “A Christmas Story” will feature original stars Peter Billingsley, Ian Petrella, Zack Ward and Scott Schwartz.
☞ “Lethal Finale”: Mel Gibson is directing the 5th installment in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise. Production is slated to begin early next year.
☞ “Gladiator 2”: Filmmaker Ridley Scott is working on a sequel, but no word yet on bringing back Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. Chris Hemsworth, however, is rumored to be involved.
☞ “This Is Spinal Tap 2”: Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer are returning for a sequel to the beloved heavy metal spoof, expected to premiere in 2024 to coincide with the original film’s 40th anniversary. (It’s a miracle this hasn’t already happened!)
-ETCanada
DID YOU KNOW?
A team of Japanese researchers has successfully grown mature hair follicles in a lab, a big advancement in the battle against hair loss. Scientists from Yokohama National University generated hair follicles in petri dishes using embryonic skin cells from mice cultured in a special type of gel. In the lab, the hair shafts grew to 3 millimeters over the course of 23 days. (So now we have ‘near beer’, ‘meatless meat’, and ‘prepared hair’?)
-NYPost
BS CHRONOMETER 10.25.22
TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Punk for a Day Day”, so get on your faux-hawk, your stick-on tats, your imitation leather and strut your stuff!
• “Cartoonists Against Crime Day”, honoring cartoonists, graphic artists, and illustrators who promote crime prevention through their works. (Stop varmint … or I’ll draw!)
• “Chucky the Notorious Killer Doll Day”, celebrating the murderous, knife-wielding doll brought to life in the horror films: “Child’s Play” (1988); “Child’s Play 2″ (1990); “Child’s Play 3″ (1991); “Bride of Chucky” (1998); “Seed of Chucky” (2004); “Curse of Chucky” (2013); “Cult of Chucky” (2017), and the new TV series “Chucky” (2021) LINK: http://tinyurl.com/9g5yms4
• “Greasy Foods Day”. From pizza and nachos to burgers and French fries, it’s nearly impossible to ignore this guilty pleasure. (Especially if it’s someone else’s!)
• “World Pasta Day”, honoring one of Italy’s greatest gifts to the world. It’s estimated there are around 350 different types of pasta . . . and about 4 times that many names for them.
• “International Artists Day”, honoring the contribution artists make to society. Today, visit a gallery, participate in something creative, or buy that painting that you’ve been admiring.
COMING UP . . .
[Wed] Mincemeat Day
[Wed] Howl at the Moon Night
[Thurs] Boxer Shorts Day
[Fri] Frankenstein Friday
This Week Is…Massage Therapy Awareness Week
This Month Is…Fair Trade Month
TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1928 [94] Marion Ross, Watertown MN, TV actress (‘Marion Cunningham’ on “Happy Days” 1974-1984)
1957 [65] Nancy Cartwright, Dayton OH, voice actress (‘Bart Simpson’ and others, including Nelson Muntz’, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and Maggie on “The Simpsons” since 1989)
1961 [61] Chad Smith, St Paul MN, rock drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers-‘Scar Tissue’, Chickenfoot-‘Oh Yeah’)
1969 [53] Samantha Bee, Toronto ON, comedian-TV personality (“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” 2016-22/“The Daily Show” correspondent 2003-15)
1970 [52] (Lloyd) Ed Robertson, Scarborough ON, pop singer-guitarist (Barenaked Ladies-‘If I Had a Million Dollars’, ‘One Week’)
1971 [51] Craig Robinson, Chicago IL, movie actor (“Sausage Party”, “Hot Tub Time Machine” films)/TV actor (“The Office” 2005-13)/TV host (“Last Comic Standing” 2010)
1984 [38] Katy Perry (Hudson), Santa Barbara CA, pop singer (‘I Kissed a Girl’, ‘Firework’)/“American Idol” judge since 2018
1985 [37] Ciara (Wilson), Fort Hood TX, pop singer (‘Goodies’, ‘Love Sex Magic’ ft. Justin Timberlake)/married to Denver Broncos QB Russell Wilson since 2016/Global Brand Ambassador for Revlon
THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ . . .
1978 [44] “Halloween”, directed by John Carpenter, starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis (in her debut), is released (the 13th movie in the series, “Halloween Ends”, was released Oct. 14 – starring Jamie Lee Curtis)
TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2014 [08] Taylor Swift applies to trademark several phrases related to her album “1989”, including “Party Like It’s 1989,” “This Sick Beat” and “’Cause We Never Go Out of Style”
2015 [07] Adele releases the single ‘Hello’. It becomes the first song with more than a million downloads in its first week (1.1m)
2017 [05] Nashville stages a star-studded farewell concert for Kenny Rogers, who is retiring after a 60-year career. Chris Stapleton sings ‘The Gambler’, Lionel Richie sings ‘Lady,’ and Don Henley performs the Eagles’ ‘Desperado’, which Rogers covered. The highlight: Rogers takes the stage with Dolly Parton to close out the night with ‘Islands in the Stream’
TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2001 [21] Apple releases the iPod
TODAY’S RECORD . . .
1991 [31] 33-year-old Jack Feeser sets the unofficial ‘World Car Kissing Record’ in Hanover, Pennsylvania by smooching a Geo Storm for 145 hours, 14 minutes to win the vehicle from a dealership
BULL’S BITS
BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Men are more likely than women to run stoplights, but women are more likely to change lanes without signaling.
✓ During normal conversation, each speaker’s “turn” averages 2 seconds, and the pause in between is only 200 milliseconds. That figure is nearly universal.
✓ In 18th century Paris, street vendors sold baths, physically carrying tubs and water into private homes.
✓ The benefits of cold showers include improved circulation, stimulating weight loss, and easing depression.
✓ The decapitated jaws of a snapping turtle can keep snapping for about a day.
✓ The little piece of paper sticking out of a Hershey’s Kiss is called a “niggly wiggly”.
-BathroomReadersInstitute, BestLife
Best of BS…
BS IF PUMPKINS COULD TALK:
• They’d spill their guts.
• They would tell you you’re out of your gourd.
• There would be a few seeds of truth.
• They’d probably tell us that they’re not too happy about the whole carving thing.
• They’d say to spice things up a little.
• They’d tell you that they’re going to get smashed next Monday.
• They’d say nothing…unless we gave them pumpkin to talk about.
• They’d express their deep-seeded hate for pumpkin pie.
• They’d say, “Do I REALLY look like that guy at Mar-a-Lago?”
-Twitter, first published in BS in 2019
BS SIGNS YOU’RE AT A LAME HALLOWEEN PARTY:
• When host runs out of fake blood, she stabs you with a fork.
• Scariest thing at the party is the expiration date on the onion dip.
• The only snack is pumpkin innards.
• Some guy named Shecky shows up wearing a mistletoe hat.
• ‘Balloon Boy’ just urped all over the rug.
• ‘Bobbing for apples’ inadvertently becomes ‘bobbing for Zika virus’.
• The Domino’s delivery guy shows up with your pizza and wins ‘Best Costume’.
-First published in BS in 2017
BS WEB GOODIE:
We bet you’ll watch it ALL…THE…WAY…DOWN: https://tinyurl.com/4j2ycwuz
BS RANDOM JOKE:
If you’re buying Smart Water for $4 a bottle, it’s not working.
BS PHONE STARTER:
What’s something that will always be in fashion, no matter how much time passes?
BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question: According to a survey, it takes us an average of 24 minutes to do THIS each day. What is it?
Answer: Get out of bed
BS DEEP THOUGHT:
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a while. Including you.
