Wednesday, September 27, 2023 – Edition: #7563

More From the Sheethouse!

 

BS SHOW BIZ BUZZ:
★ Great news for Taylor Swift fans worldwide — and really, who isn’t a Taylor Swift fan? She and AMC Theatres have announced that the “Taylor Swift The Eras Tour” concert film will open in more than 100 countries worldwide on Oct. 13, the same day previously announced for the its North American debut. Tickets in most of those countries are already on sale. Same as North American release, the film’s international rollout will be handled by AMC. The company said the worldwide expansion will include the movie playing at every Odeon venue in Europe, and it is “taking steps to reach agreements with additional cinema operators throughout the world.” AMC expects the number of theaters playing the film to surpass 7,500 worldwide.
-Variety
★ Say hello to Baby Rocky? On Sunday, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker threw an elaborate, Disney-themed baby shower for their expected child, and someone may have revealed the kid’s name. In social media posts from the party, several people shared photos of an apple tree named “The Wishing Tree,” on which guests hung messages for the new baby. When fans zoomed in on the messages, they discovered that one of the cards read, “May Baby Rocky have the most … life filled with love, happiness…” Barker has teased in the past that they may like to name their child Rocky.
-ETCanada
★ Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas have come to an agreement to have their daughters remain in New York as they continue to hash out their bitter divorce battle. The estranged couple signed an interim order that prohibits both of them from removing their kids from the state. They’re scheduled to appear for a pretrial conference on Oct. 3. The temporary ceasefire comes days after Turner sued Jonas to return their daughters to England, where she claimed they decided to raise their kids permanently.
-PageSix
★ It could be that we’re all headed back to “The Office”. A decade after the hit mockumentary sitcom came to an end, and following years of revival rumors, a reboot of The Office is reportedly in the works, with original showrunner Greg Daniels set to return. Although it hasn’t been announced, a Puck News report said it will be among a number of projects that will be announced once the Writers Guild of America strike ends. A “tentative agreement” was announced on Sunday night. It is unclear if any of the original cast members would return for the reboot.
-PopCulture
★ “Saturday Night Live” is expected to get in pretty much a full season after the writers and the studios reached an agreement to end the strike. The NBC show had Season 48 cut short by 3 episodes when writers walked out at the beginning of May. Now, it’s being reported that SNL which traditionally restarts at the end of September or beginning of October, is now likely to return either October 7 or 14, pending a vote by the WGA.
-Deadline
★ 007’s iconic name was almost completely different, says a new book. According to “Ian Fleming: The Complete Man,” MI6 superspy ‘James Bond’ was nearly called ‘Rodney’. That surprising revelation was discovered in author Ian Fleming’s old papers that the book’s writer Nicholas Shakespeare was given access to. Rodney Bond, it turns out, was a real person who saved the life of Fleming’s brother Peter in 1941. (“Bond, Rodney Bond”?)
-NYPost

TODAY’S SHOW BIZ SKED:
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC/Global): Gwyneth Paltrow, Rep. Adam Schiff (R)
• “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC/CTV): Post Malone, Howie Mandel, Arcade Fire (R)
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS/Global): Michelle Williams; Phil Keoghan, Dierks Bentley (R)
• “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC/CTV): Jim Gaffigan, Richard Kind (R)
• “Watch What Happens Live” (Bravo): Jenny McCarthy, Heather Dubrow (R)
• “The View” (ABC/CTV): TBA
• “The Talk” (CBS): Phil Keoghan, Janine Rubenstein (R)
• “Live with Kelly and Mark” (ABC/CTV): Hannah Waddingham, Gerry Turner
• “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Check local listings): Meryl Streep, Jennifer Garner, Matt Iseman, Sandy Zimmerman (R)
• “The Drew Barrymore Show” (Check local listings): Serena Williams (R)
• “Jennifer Hudson Show” (Check local listings): Adam Lambert, Jalyn Hall (R)
• “Survivor” (CBS): Season 45 premiere. 18 new castaways are abandoned in the islands of Fiji.
• “America’s Got Talent” (NBC): Season 18 finale
• “Celebrity Jeopardy!” (ABC): Season 2 premiere. Mark Duplass, Emily Hampshire and Utkarsh Ambudkar. Followed by “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune”
• “The $100,000 Pyramid” (ABC): Season 7 premiere. Tiffany Haddish, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Wayne Brady and Joel Kim Booster
• “Snake Oil” (Fox): Series premiere. Host David Spade; Rob Riggle and Michelle Williams serve as guest advisers

BS MUSIC NOTES:
• Miley Cyrus – has gone full brunette, as evidenced by some pics she posted on Insta. It’s a stark change from the bleached blonde and dark brown look she sported at the start of the “Endless Summer Vacation” era. (Has the Endless Summer Vacation ended?) LINK: https://tinyurl.com/bdeuucdb
• SZA – appears 2 times in the top 3 of the current Billboard Hot 100: She’s at #1 with Drake for ‘Slime You Out’, and #3 with her own single ‘Snooze’, boosted by a new remix with Justin Bieber.
• Nirvana – bassist Krist Novoselic said “You never know!” when it was suggested to him that one day, the group could be reunited on stage as avatars, in a similar style to ABBA’s Voyage shows. He followed that comment with: “I’ll say ‘no way’, then it’s like, ‘How much?? When do we start?!’”
• Queen – Brian May, who is also an astrophysicist, recently helped NASA return its first ever asteroid sample to Earth. He said he is “immensely proud” to be part of the team that collected the sample from the Bennu. May created stereoscopic images from the spacecraft’s data that made it possible to locate a safe site to land and collect a sample. LINK: https://tinyurl.com/bdhs6mb9
• Journey — has announced dates for its 50th Anniversary Freedom Tour 2024, featuring special guest Toto. The groups will hit 30 North American cities, beginning Feb. 9 in Biloxi MS, and ending April 29 in Bridgeport CT. Tickets go on sale this Friday.
• Kane Brown – can’t wait to perform his new single ‘I Can Feel It’ live. The song uses the famous drum fill and chorus from Phil Collins’ 1981 hit ‘In The Air Tonight’. What inspired that? It “came after we were trying to find somebody to perform with me at Stagecoach. Phil Collins was one of the people we wanted, and after we were in Canada, we wrote this song.” He “immediately” fell in love with it.
• Parmalee — has dropped their new album “For You 2”. It is an expanded collection of 2021’s “For You”, with 5 new songs, including the current single ‘Girl In Mine’, which is at #4 on the charts and rising.
• Jelly Roll, Luke Combs and Blake Shelton — are some of the stars who’ll make an appearance on Craig Morgan’s upcoming EP “Enlisted”, out Oct. 20. The 6-song collection will find Morgan re-imagining hits like ‘Redneck Yacht Club’ and ‘That’s What I Love About Sunday’ as duets with some of his country music friend. Also appearing are Gary LeVox, Lainey Wilson, and Trace Adkins.

SHOOTING THE BULL

HELLA-TAXI:
A new Ohio factory has been announced, which will produce electric air taxis, capable of carrying 5 people. Joby Aviation will be capable of delivering up to 500 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft per year from the new facility in Dayton, the birthplace of aviation. The Wright Brothers opened the first American airplane factory there in 1910. Joby’s production aircraft is designed to transport a pilot, plus 4 passengers at speeds of up to 200mph (322kph), with a maximum range of 100 miles and a “revolutionary quiet noise profile” that they say is barely audible against the backdrop of cities. The company plans to redefine urban transportation by operating the aircraft as part of aerial ride-sharing networks around the world, starting in 2025, using partnerships with Delta and Uber.
(Have you ever been stuck in an Uber with a driver who creeped you out? Now imagine that feeling, except you’re 500 feet in the air, and 100 miles from your destination…in a lightning storm!)
(Sounds great. I bet the company got some pretty sweet “taxi-incentives” to locate there!)
-GoodNewsNetwork

TECH TALK:
➢ Tinder is attempting to swipe $499 per month from its most active users with an expensive new subscription service called “Tinder Select”. Members who sign on will have access to “VIP” search, matching, and conversation features that aren’t provided with current plans. The company says the service will be aimed at “a subset of highly engaged and active users who prioritize more effective and efficient ways to find connections.” (So, like…the ones who are desperate enough to spend $6,000 a year?)
➢ An etiquette expert says that, like anything, the accepted norms of using a phone are changing. As a result, according to Lizzie Post, of the Emily Post Institute, these days, you should always text before calling someone…and NEVER leave a voicemail, unless it’s for business – or for someone who really wants to hear your voice, like Grandma. Why text someone first? Calling someone without warning can feel stressful to the recipient. This is doubly important for video calls. Catching someone on video at an unexpected time can be embarrassing for all involved. (Well, it’s their fault for answering, then!)
-Insider, WashingtonPost

WISHY-WASHY DISWASHERS:
It’s the eternal household battle. Well, one of them, at least: Should you rinse the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher? Well, if popular opinion is the barometer, the answer is…yes. According to a survey commissioned by energy experts Utilita, 62% of dishwasher owners admit to washing their items before putting them in the machine. The problem, the company says, is that this leads to a staggering 95 million liters of cold water being poured down the sink every single day, totaling 7.6 billion gallons annually. 59% say they pre-rinse dishes because they think it prevents long-term machine issues. However, 53% of those who DON’T pre-rinse counter this by arguing that dishwashers are designed to wash dishes thoroughly, making the step unnecessary. 42% said they only load their dishwasher when their dishes are “sparkling clean”, which, if nothing else, seems kind of odd. Utilita says people who rinse with hot water spend an average of $46.54 per year to do so, while those who use cold water spend about $13.70. Other reasons given for pre-rinsing dishes included: Wanting to keep the dishwasher clean, avoiding breaking the machine, Force of habit, and to avoid the dishwasher smelling.
(As far as I’m concerned, it’s called a ‘dishwasher’. That means it washes the dishes — and I shouldn’t have to!)
(I don’t have to pre-rinse the dishes. We have a dog for that…!)
-StudyFinds

LIFE IN 1973:
Fifty years ago…
➠ World population: 3.9 billion
➠ Average life expectancy (USA): 71.4 years (76.4 now). Canada: 73.2 (83 now)
➠ Average annual income (USA): $12,900
➠ Minimum wage (USA): $1.60 per hour. (Canada: $1.90)
➠ Highest rated TV shows: “All in the Family”, “The Waltons”, “Sanford and Son”, “MASH”, “Hawaii Five-O”
➠ Top grossing films: “The Sting”, The Exorcist”, “American Graffiti”, “Papillion”, “The Way We Were”
➠ Top 5 singles: ‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon’, ‘Bad, Bad Leroy Brown’, Killing Me Softly’, ‘Let’s Get it On’, ‘My Love’
➠ Miami Dolphins win Super Bowl VII
➠ Oakland Athletics win World Series
➠ New York Knicks win NBA Finals
➠ Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup
➠ Jack Nicklaus is the PGA money leader
➠ Secretariat wins horse racing’s Triple Crown
➠ The first handheld mobile phone call is made by a Motorola engineer
➠ The Oldsmobile Tornado is the first car offered to the public with airbags
(…and Joe Biden turns 50?)
-BathroomReadersInstitute

DID YOU KNOW?
Most people are familiar with déjà vu, when we wrongly believe we have previously experienced a situation. But fewer are aware that there is an opposite to déjà vu. “Jamais vu”, is when something you know to be familiar — feels unreal or novel in some way. In recent research by University of St. Andrews, which recently won an Ig Nobel award for literature, it was explained that jamais vu may involve looking at a familiar face and finding it suddenly unusual or unknown. Or musicians have it momentarily – losing their way in a very familiar passage of music. You, too may have experienced it by going to a familiar place and becoming disoriented — or seeing it with “new eyes”.
-TheConversation

BS CHRONOMETER 09.27.23

TODAY’S BS REASONS TO PARTY . . .
• “Morning Show Hosts Day”, dedicated to watching and showing appreciation for hosts of morning TV shows. (But we’re going to be quiet about that, and just say that it’s all about RADIO morning show hosts…)
• “Ancestor Appreciation Day”, a day to learn about and appreciate one’s forebears. (Hey, without them, you wouldn’t be here!)
• “Day of Forgiveness”, because remember, forgiving someone is good for you: it relieves stress—from anger, resentment, and bitterness—and gives permission to heal and to stop living in the past.
• “Chocolate Milk Day”, something unheard of until the Van Houten company in Holland invented a cocoa pressing method in 1828. In 2006, a study determined that chocolate milk is a better post-workout recovery drink than white milk, water, or most sports drinks.
• “Corned Beef Hash Day”, Hash is a culinary term for a mixture of foods that have been finely chopped or diced. Corned beef hash is not only a delicious comfort food, it’s also easy to make. There are no rules regarding what to include, but diced potatoes and corned beef is pretty important.
• “World Tourism Day”, as declared by the UN’s World Tourism Organization. The 2023 theme: “Tourism & Green Investments” LINK: https://www.unwto.org/world-tourism-day-2023
• “Crush a Can Day”, to remind everyone to do their part in recycling. Here are some “canned facts”:
⇒ If you laid all the aluminum cans recycled in 2010 end to end, they would circle the earth 169 times.
⇒ In America, 105,800 cans are recycled every minute.
⇒ There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum can, can be recycled.
⇒ Your television can run for 3 hours from the energy saved by recycling one can.
⇒ Aluminum cans are worth about a penny each.
⇒ More aluminum goes into beverage cans than any other product.

AND REMEMBER . . .
[Thurs] Fish Tank Floorshow Night
[Thurs] Drink Beer Day
[Fri] Broadway Musicals Day
[Sat] Podcast Day
This Week Is…Fall Foliage Week
This Month Is…Fall Hat Month

TODAY’S CELEBIRTHDAYS . . .
1943 [80] Randy Bachman, Winnipeg MB, rock guitarist-singer (The Guess Who-‘American Woman’, BTO-‘Takin’ Care of Business’)

1958 [65] Shaun Cassidy, Los Angeles CA, TV actor (“Hardy Boys” 1977-1979)/pop singer (‘Da Doo Ron Ron’)/son of Shirley Jones, half-brother of the late David Cassidy

1964 [59] Stephan Jenkins, Oakland CA, rock singer (Third Eye Blind-‘How’s It Going to Be’, ‘Semi-Charmed Life’)

1972 [51] Gwyneth Paltrow, LA CA, ‘Goop’ lifestyle company founder/movie actress (“Iron Man” movies, Best Actress Oscar for “Shakespeare in Love”)/married to Chris Martin of Coldplay 2003-16

1978 [45] Brad Arnold, Escatawpa MS, rock singer (3 Doors Down-‘Here Without You’, ‘Kryptonite’)

1982 [41] Anna Camp, Aiken SC, TV actress (“The Mindy Project” 2012-13, “True Blood” 2009-14) movie actress (“Pitch Perfect” films)

1982 [41] Lil’ Wayne (Dwayne Carter Jr), New Orleans LA, rapper (‘How to Love’, ‘Lollipop’)

1984 [39] Avril Lavigne, Belleville ON (raised in Napanee ON), pop singer (‘Complicated’, ‘Girlfriend’)/married to Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley 2006-10, Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger 2013-15

2002 [21] Jenna Ortega, Coachella Valley CA, movie actress (“The Fallout”, “Scream” movies)/TV actress (“Wednesday” since 2022, “Jane the Virgin” 2014-19) COMING UP… “Beetlejuice 2”, 2024

THIS DAY IN SHOWBIZ…
2008 [15] Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are married at Clayoquot Wilderness Retreat in Tofino, BC (they divorce in 2011)

2014 [09] George Clooney marries lawyer Amal Alamuddin at the 7-star Aman Canal Grande hotel in Venice, Italy

2017 [06] Hugh Hefner, Playboy magazine publisher and businessman, dies of sepsis at 91

TODAY’S MUSIC EVENTS . . .
2011 [12] 85-year-old Tony Bennett becomes the oldest artist to top the album chart with “Duets II”, featuring collabs with Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, and more. He later beat his own record when “Cheek to Cheek” (w/Lady Gaga) debuted at #1 in 2014 (he was 88)

2022 [01] Lizzo plays a few notes from a crystal flute once owned by US President James Madison at her concert in Washington, DC. The instrument, made in 1813, is on loan from the Library of Congress

TODAY’S FIRST . . .
2000 [23] The first Olympic Gold Medal ever in taekwondo is won by Greek athlete Michail Mouroutsos in Sydney, Australia

TODAY’S RECORD . . .
2013 [10] Tiger Woods is named ‘PGA Tour Player of the Year’ for the 11th (and, so far, final) time

BULL’S BITS

BS WHACK FACTS:
✓ Extra charges at Starbucks, such as for extra pumps of…everything, bring in over $1 billion in revenue every year.
✓ Cows ‘moo’ with regional accents.
✓ Worms reportedly taste like bacon.
✓ In 2005, Connecticut accidentally issued an emergency alert to evacuate the entire state. Only about 1% of people actually tried to leave.
✓ China censored the Chinese word for ‘censorship’.
✓ The first-ever online e-commerce transaction was Stanford students buying marijuana from MIT students.
-BestLife, RandomFactGenerator, Insider

Best Of BS . . .
BS THINGS NEVER SAID WHILE PROPOSING:
• “Hold my beer…”
• “Remember that time we both said if we’re still single by a certain age, we might as well marry each other? I can see the years have not been kind, but a deal is a deal…”
• “Can my kids come on our honeymoon?”
• “Sorry, but I’ll need the ring back after the wedding.”
• “I can’t wait to tell our Mom and Dad.”
• “Let’s just hope the fourth time’s a charm.”
• “This offer is pending a background check, drug screening, and a physical.”
• “My Mom said it’s time I learned to settle.”
• “You have a stupid last name. Let’s fix that.”
• “Why? I ain’t pregnant!”
-Twitter

TODAY’S SCOOP OF BS:
➠ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially dating. (Things are going so well between the two, she hasn’t even begun writing a break-up song yet!)
➠ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially dating. (And it’s a good thing that it’s going well so far…She hasn’t found a word that rhymes with ‘Kelce’ yet…!)
➠ The writer’s strike appears to be over. (Good! I’m really looking forward to some well-needed original content… Like another “Mission Impossible” or “Fast & Furious” movie!)
➠ 51-year-old Dane Cook married his 24-year-old girlfriend. (The first laugh he got in years happened on their wedding night…!)
➠ A 71-year-old US woman just received set the Guinness World Record for Oldest Female Ninja. (See what happens when you can’t get out of your gym membership?)

BS WEB GOODIE:
Relatable:  https://tinyurl.com/bd7ums3v

BS RANDOM JOKE:
Better days are coming. They’re called Saturday and Sunday.

BS WOULD YOU RATHER?
(***You run down the list while your caller decides which choice is more palatable …***)
• Would you rather lose your cell phone, or break your big toe?
• Would you rather have a 10-hour dinner with your least favorite political figure, or attend a 10-hour concert of a music group you can’t stand?
• Would you rather only be able to communicate via emojis, or only be able to communicate via slang words?
• Would you rather live in a treehouse, or in a boathouse?
• Would you rather be in a fight club that meets once a month, or a book club that meets every day?
• Would you rather always have to say what you’re thinking, or never be able to speak again?
• Would you rather be forced to sing along, or dance along to every song that you hear?
• Would you rather go without deodorant the day you meet your celebrity crush, or run into them when you just rolled out of bed?
• Would you rather accidentally like a photo of your ex on Instagram, or accidentally send a naughty text to a relative?

BS PHONE STARTER:
What’s the most expensive thing you’ve broken?

BS WATER COOLER QUESTION:
Question:  Just 2% of women think THIS looks good on a man. What is it?
Answer:  A man bun

BS DEEP THOUGHT:
There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.