Born on this day!! Actor Elizabeth Ashley is 82. Actor-turned-politician Ben Jones (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 80. Actor John Kani (“Black Panther”) is 79. Comedian Lewis Black (“The Daily Show”) is 73. Actor Timothy Bottoms (film’s “The Last Picture Show,” TV’s “The Paper Chase”) is 68. Jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright is 64. Actor Michael Chiklis (“The Fantastic Four,” ″The Shield”) is 58. Actor Michael Michele (“ER,” ″Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 55. Country singer Sherrie Austin is 50. Guitarist Lars Frederiksen of Rancid is 50. Actor Cameron Diaz is 49. TV personality Lisa Ling (“The View”) is 48. Singer-guitarist Aaron Barrett of Reel Big Fish is 47. Actor Raul Castillo (“Looking”) is 44. Actor Michael Gladis (“Reckless,” ″Mad Men”) is 44. Drummer Matt Taul (Tantric, Days of the New) is 43. Singer Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive is 36. Guitarist Ryan Ross (Panic At The Disco) is 35. Actor Johanna Braddy (“Quantico”) is 34.
THIS DAY IN GENIUS HISTORY
1862 – The Second Battle of Bull Run took place during the Civil War.
1905 – Ty Cobb made his major league batting debut, playing for the Detroit Tigers.
1941 – The two-year siege of Leningrad during World War II began.
1963 – A hot line between the Kremlin and the White House went into operation to reduce the chances of an accidental war.
1967 – Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, committed suicide.
1999 – East Timor residents voted to secede from Indonesia.
Today Is: International Cabernet Sauvignon Day, International Day of The Victims of Enforced Disappearances, International Whale Shark Day, National Grief Awareness Day, National Holistic Pet Day, National Toasted Marshmallow Day
TODAY ON TV!
Primetime TV (All Times Eastern)
CBS – 8:00 – The Neighborhood / 8:30 – Bob Hearts Abishola / 9:00 – Young Sheldon / 9:30 – Bob Hearts Abishola / 10:00 – NCIS Los Angeles
NBC – 8:00 – American Ninja Warrior / 10:00 – The Wall
ABC – 8:00 – Bachelor In Paradise / 10:00 – Ultimate Surfer
FOX – 8:00 – Hell’s Kitchen / 9:00 – House Broken / 9:30 – Duncanville
CW – 8:00 – Roswell New Mexico / 9:00 – Republic Of Sarah
TV Talk Shows
Jimmy Fallon: Dwayne Johnson, Joshua Jackson, Swedish House Mafia featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 070 Shake (R 7/19/21)
Stephen Colbert: Anderson Cooper, Sleater-Kinney (R 6/16/21)
Seth Meyers: Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, John Stamos (R 8/9/21)
James Corden: Camila Cabello, Rufus Du Sol
The View: Eric Adams, Connie Britton (R 7/13/21)
Live with Kelly and Ryan: Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Zooey Deschanel, Chris Byrne
Ellen DeGeneres: Eddie & Bella Murphy, the Kid Laroi (R 3/2/21)
Wendy Williams: Meagan Good (R 1/5/21)
The Real: Kenan Thompson, Toni Breidinger (R 4/19/21)
Kelly Clarkson: Dave Bautista, Loni Love, David Hasselhoff (R 5/25/21)
Tamron Hall: Celebrating National Pizza Day (R 2/9/21)
Drew Barrymore: Lena Dunham, Meredith Koop (R 4/12/21)
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN’ ABOUT? Here are today’s PPM-Friendly Topics!
QUESTION: Do you want to SAY THEIR NAMES?? Here’s the complete list of the service members killed in last week’s suicide attack in Afghanistan………
QUESTION: Looking for a NEW PROFESSION?? This mom of 4 has ditched her job to become a DUMPSTER DIVER.. and now she’s making $1,000 A WEEK!!!!!
QUESTION: What is “ROACHING,” and are YOU a victim.. or a “roach??” It’s newest dating trend, where you hide the fact that you’re seeing MULTIPLE people!!!
QUESTION: Do you KNOW YOUR BILLIONAIRES?? Try your hand (and try your listeners’) on this 20-question quiz about Gates, Bezos, Musk and other rich dudes!!
QUESTION: Do YOU dress alike when you and your and significant other head out on the town??? These celeb couples do!! Is it “dress together and stay together??”
John Stamos Posts Photo From The Hospital
John Stamos posted on Instagram a photo of himself wearing a cap, face mask and gown while sitting up in a hospital bed. He also shared a snapshot of his hand. “Damn you #Triggerfinger ! I went in for a quick elective procedure – In and out! Thanks to the fine doctors/nurses for taking such good care of me. I’ll be up and drumming in no time. Thank you for the well wishes,” He captioned Friday’s pictures. Although primarily known for his acting work, Stamos is also a drummer who occasionally plays with the Beach Boys. Trigger finger is a condition in which a finger gets stuck in a bent position and can’t be extended again. See the post HERE.
*******Our finger does that whenever we think of the Taliban!!!
****When is he gonna “pull the trigger” on another Beach Boys tour???
*******This being Hollywood, he probably also had his face “refreshed” at the same time!!!
Win A Walk-On Part On The Conners
ABC has announced that the Season 4 premiere of its sitcom, The Conners, will be broadcast live on Sept. 22. The show “is set to return with more laughs, surprise guests, a live episode and a chance for viewers to win a virtual appearance as a member of the Conner family in the Season 4 premiere,” the network said in a press release Thursday. Those interested in entering the contest to be a guest star on the show should visit www.BeAConner.com Starring John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf, Lecy Goranson, Katey Sagal and Michael Fishman, the show follows the struggles of a tight-knit, working-class, Illinois family. It is a spinoff of the classic comedy, Roseanne, which ran 1988 to 1997.
*********At the end of season one, they buried Roseanne head down so they could use her butt as a bike rack!!!
****Be careful… you may be cast as Sara Gilbert’s boyfriend!!!
*****If you’re skinny enough, John Goodman might use you as a toothpick!!!
Carole Baskin Sells Joe Exotic’s Zoo
Joe Exotic’s former animal playground will be a zoo no more. Carole Baskin of Big Cat Rescue, has sold the Oklahoma property and one of the provisions is that the land can’t be used as a zoo for 100 years, TMZ reported Saturday. Big Cat Rescue was awarded control over the animal park in Wynnewood by a judge in 2020, part of the settlement in her long-standing trademark lawsuit against Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage. Baskin registered the trademark for Big Cat Rescue in 2005. Exotic used the similar name Big Cat Rescue Entertainment and allegedly boasted on social media that he purposely used the name to “ruin” Baskin and her non-profit company. The last remaining animals at the zoo, which once housed as many as 1,400 big cats, were turned over to the Justice Department earlier this month. Last year, Exotic was sentenced 22 years in a federal lockup following his conviction on charges he hatched a murder-for-hire plot to kill Baskin.
********Yeah, but SHE’S the one with the meatgrinder!!!
********By the way, what did the feds do with those animals???
*******Joe Exotic will be released from prison when they find the body of Carole’s dead husband. Meaning… never!!!
New Michael Jackson Songs On The Way
“There is more music to release. They have music. He left behind music,” Michael Jackson’s brother Tito told The Sun. Tito said the Jackson family has plans to record a new studio album, their first since 1989, and that they hope to record a new track featuring previously unknown material from their brother, one of the most celebrated artists in history, who died in 2009. “It would be so pleasing to be on a record with Michael once again,” said Tito, who was in the UK performing with The Jacksons at the Happy Days Festival in Surrey. “Anything that would work we would be willing to give a try and see what happens.” “It’s beyond our control but they always try and get our participation and we’re always happy to offer,” he said, apparently in reference to Sony, which paid $750 million in 2016 for Jackson’s lucrative share of the Sony/ATV music publishing catalogue.
********They call it “The Jackson 4 (plus one)!!”
******We’re only surprised that it the music hasn’t been released before now!!!!
********Maybe some of the kids can be involved, like Prince Michael Jackson and Jermajesty!!!!
Kanye Says He’s Back With Kim Kardashian
Kanye West is telling friends in the music business that he and Kim Kardashian are back together — but nobody believes it to be true, according to multiple sources. They fueled reconciliation rumors after she was spotted holding West’s hand leaving his “Donda” listening party in Chicago on Thursday, after she joined him during the performance at Soldier Field for a faux wedding ceremony. Music insiders say that West is putting on a big show of “performance art” in a bid to propel his album sales past those of his nemesis Drake. As West and Drake prepare to drop albums at the same time, the two rappers have been trading barbs including West posting and deleting a screenshot of Drake’s address in Toronto. One music insider said, “Kanye has been telling other rappers that he and Kim are back together, but everybody knows that isn’t true. “The real story is that Kanye wants to beat Drake in record sales, and he is putting on a big show of performance art to grab all the media attention.” The source added of his relationship with Kim, “They weren’t talking for months after she filed for divorce, but they began talking again earlier this summer for the sake of their kids. A second source exclusively told Page Six, “Kanye asked Kim to be part of his performance art finale, and she was happy to help him achieve his creative vision and will always support him as an artist.”
*******Run, Kanye!!! Run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
******You escaped the Kardashians with your manhood intact!! Don’t look back!!!
********They’re divorced. No butts about it!!!!
Cobra Kai House On AirBNB
“Cobra Kai” fans can live like Daniel LaRusso in this Georgia mansion. The owners of the 9,200-square-foot mansion that served as the LaRusso family house in “Cobra Kai” Seasons 1 through 3 plan to turn it into an Airbnb rental, according to multiple reports. In the YouTube-turned-Netflix-show — based on the iconic “Karate Kid” movies — this six-bedroom, six-bathroom house is set in Encino, Calif. The suburban Atlanta home’s sale is pending after having last been listed for $2.4 million earlier this month. Details on the upcoming listing aren’t available, but nearby stays on Airbnb range from $99 to $2,700. The Mediterranean-style home with a terra-cotta roof was built in 2008 and has an inner two-story glass atrium with a pond and gardens. The 1.1-acre property has gardens and a pool, where LaRusso, played by Ralph Macchio, confronts childhood bully Johnny Lawrence (played by William Zabka).
*********If you’re thinking of buying a 9,200 square foot home in Atlanta, just remember… that’s a lot of air-conditioning!!
******And… you have to dust it!!!
TOPIC: Which movie/TV house would YOU like to stay in???? (For us?? “Beetlejuice!!!”)
BONUS SHOT: Are Harry and Meghan the new Edward and Wallis??
Ripping The Tabloids (Throughout the week, we’ll give you the stories from that weeks tabs!)
**Please Credit Publication!
Jost the Facts: ScarJo Has Baby!-(National Enquirer)
Days after funnyman Colin Jost confirmed what Hollywood already suspected-that he and new bride Scarlett Johansson were pregnant-the Hollywood A-listers had their baby! Jost announced the newborn baby’s name on Aug. 18 on Instragram, writing, “Ok, ok we had a baby. His name is Cosmo. We love him very much.” Colin, 39, and the Marvel Universe star, 36, quietly wed last October after three years of dating.
Aaron Rodgers Blindsided By Jeopardy! Snub-(Globe)
Snubbed NFL superstar Aaron Rodgers is hopping mad after losing out on his dream gig as host of his favorite game show, Jeopardy!, insiders squeal! The 37-year-old Green Bay Packers hunk went all-out to land the TV quiz job as bigwigs auditioned a series of hopefuls following the cancer death of the show’s beloved host, Alex Trebek, last November. Rodgers’ fiancée, Divergent star Shailene Woodley, 29, is also heartbroken, sources dish.
Loose Talk-(Us Weekly)
“I shaved my arms to try and give a little more of a teen vibe. I shaved my face like three times a day.”-On portraying a high schooler in the Dear Evan Hansen movie, despite being 27, Ben Platt.
“I’ve seen Aquaman. He’s swimming in jeans! No one can swim in jeans! That was my argument with the kids about Aquaman.”-On being unfamiliar with the comic universe before his role in Loki, Owen Wilson.
“What’s dangerous about being so young and exposed to so much, [is] you’re getting away with things that you shouldn’t. People would offer you wine.”-On the issues of being a child star, Selena Gomez.
Christina Secretly Engaged?-(Star)
Oops! Christina Haack posted, then deleted, a photo on Instagram that shows her wearing a huge diamond ring on her left hand, sparking speculation that she’s engaged to her boyfriend of four months, Joshua Hall. “Word is Josh proposed,” shares a source. “Christina just isn’t ready to share the news yet.” The Flip or Flop star, 38, got a lot of flack for dating the Texas-based realtor, 40, so soon after her divorce from Ant Anstead, with whom she shares son Hudson, 2. She also has kids, Taylor, 10, and Brayden, 5, with ex-husband Tarek El Moussa. “Christina knows it’s fast,” says the source, “but she says Josh is unlike anyone she’s ever dated before.”
Lucky Star-(Life & Style)
Italy, Aug. 16
Material Birthday Girl! Madonna celebrated turning 63 with, what she called, a “6th century eXtravaganza. “But it was also a family affair: The lavish bash was attended by each of the singer’s six children, Lourdes Leon, 24, Rocco Ritchie, 21, David Banda, 15, Mercy Ciccone, 15, and twins Estere and Stella Ciccone, 9.
Eric Stonestreet & Lindsay Schweitzer: Engaged-(People)
After more than five years together, the Modern Family actor, 49, revealed he proposed to his girlfriend, a pediatric nurse, on Aug. 22. “She said, ‘She’d have her people call my people,’” he joked.
Critic of the Week-(In Touch)
Barbra Streisand
“I don’t care so much about success as I do originality.”
-on Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s remake of A Star is Born.
STUPID NEWS
Cows Visit Drive-Thru
A visitor to a McDonald’s drive-through in Wisconsin captured video of an unusual sight — a cow riding in the back seat of another car. Jessica Nelson, who posted the video to Facebook, said she was in line at the drive-through of the Marshfield eatery when she she spotted what she initially thought was a fake cow in the back seat of another car. Nelson said she got her phone out to record video when she noticed the cow was moving — and was very much real. “I realized it was 100% real,” she told the Green Bay Press Gazette. “No one seemed to be as interested as I was. I was the only one with my phone out.” The cow turned out to belong to a man named Bernie who said he had just purchased the animal from a fair and was making a pit stop for food on the way home. Nelson was shocked to learn that the cow she saw was only one of three calves inside the vehicle at the time. See the video HERE.
********They were milking it for all it’s worth!!
*****He asked if they wanted milkshakes and they said: “No thanks!!! We brought our own!!”
******The drive-through voice said, “Please mooooooove forward to the next window!!!”
Woman Donates 6 Feet Of Hair
A 30-year-old Virginia woman got her first haircut since age 13 and set a Guinness World Record by donating 6 feet, 3 inches of hair. Zahab Kamal Khan, who played professional squash in her native Pakistan, said her father suggested when she was 13 years old that she should stop cutting her hair and attempt to set a world record. Khan recently communicated with Guinness about starting a new record category: most hair donated to a charity by an individual. The athlete earned the record Thursday, when her first haircut in 17 years resulted in 6 feet, 3 inches of hair donated to a charity that creates wigs for children with hair loss. “I’m kind of nervous and excited to see my short hair, but I’m going to miss my hair,” Khan told WJLA-TV before the haircut.
*********After dragging all that hair around, she also set a world’s record for the strongest neck!!!
******She’s been buying conditioner in 55-gallon drums!!!
******She could only wash her hair once a week.. because it took a week to wash it!!!
Couple Wins The Same Lottery
A North Carolina couple won $997,400 with two identical tickets in the Cash 5 game this week. Luthor Cannon bought the tickets for himself and his wife, Constance, at Yemen Food Mart in Rocky Mount, the North Carolina Education Lottery said in a news release Wednesday. He used the same numbers for both tickets. “When he got home, he showed me the ticket and pulled up the winning numbers on his phone and when I looked at them, I just started crying,” Constance Cannon told lottery officials. Luthor and Constance Cannon each won $498,700, taking home $352,830 each after taxes. “It’s just amazing that we won this amount of money,” Constance Cannon said. “We can pay off our house and pay off our cars and be able to do something for our family.”
********Good thing they’re not in California… that money would just about pay for their valet parking!!
********It’s weird that you would pick the same numbers for both tickets!! It worked out this time, though!!
*******This might be a good time to split up!! They already have equal settlements!!!
Man Steals Mortuary Van…Body Falls Out!
A dead body rolled out of a stolen mortuary van as an Atlanta man sped away from a crematory parking lot on Wednesday and led police on a chase through Georgia, authorities said. Kijon Griffin remains on the loose and is wanted for several felonies, the Conyers Police Department said. When Griffin stole the mortuary van to escape pursuing police, a body on a gurney rolled out of the open back hatch and into the parking lot where it came to rest, police said. Personnel on site were able to safely secure the body. Stan Henderson, the owner of the van and Stan Henderson & Sons Mortuary in Stockbridge, told FOX5 Atlanta that “it’s ridiculous that the dead can’t even rest.” Police chased Griffin from the city of Conyers to DeKalb County, where van became disabled after striking multiple vehicles and blowing a tire. The suspect then fled the van and ran into a nearby wood line.
*********And GOT AWAY????
*******For stealing a dead body, he should get a stiff sentence!!
******This was a grave offense!!!!
STUFF THAT’S COOL AND VIRAL
VIDEO: USAIN BOLT WINS A RACE WITHOUT GRAVITY!!
VIDEO: 15 SKYSCRAPERS KNOCKED DOWN IN CHINA!
A LIST FOR MONDAY
New On Netflix September 2021
Sept. 1
“How to Be a Cowboy” (Netflix Series)
“Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror” (Netflix Documentary)
“A Cinderella Story”
“Crooked House”
“Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams”
“Blade Runner: The Final Cut”
“The Blue Lagoon”
“Chappie”
“Clear and Present Danger”
“Cliffhanger”
“Cold Mountain”
“Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles”
“Dear John”
“Do the Right Thing”
“Freedom Writers”
“Green Lantern”
“House Party”
“House Party 2”
“House Party 3”
“The Interview”
“Kid-E-Cats” (Season 2)
“Labyrinth”
“Letters to Juliet”
“Love Don’t Cost a Thing”
“Mars Attacks!”
“Marshall”
“Mystery Men”
“The Nutty Professor”
“The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps”
“Once Upon a Time in America”
“Open Season 2”
“Rhyme & Reason”
“School of Rock”
“Tears of the Sun”
“Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins”
Sept. 2
“Afterlife of the Party” (Netflix Film)
“Final Account”
“Q-Force” (Netflix Series)
Sept. 3
“Dive Club” (Netflix Family)
“Money Heist (Part 5, Volume 1, Netflix Series)
“Sharkdog” (Netflix Family)
“Worth” (Netflix Film)
Sept. 6
“Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space” (Netflix Documentary)
Sept. 7
“Kid Cosmic” (Season 2, Netflix Family)
“Octonauts: Above & Beyond” (Netflix Family)
“On the Verge” (Netflix Series)
“Untold: Breaking Point” (Netflix Documentary)
Sept. 8.
“The Circle” (Season 3, Netflix Series)
“Into the Night” (Season 2, Netflix Series)
“JJ+E” (Netflix Film)
Sept. 9
“Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali” (Netflix Documentary)
“The Women and the Murderer” (Netflix Documentary)
Sept. 10
“Firedrake the Silver Dragon” (Netflix Family)
“Kate” (Netflix Film)
“Lucifer” (Season 6, Netflix Series)
“Metal Shop Masters” (Netflix Series)
“Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series” (Netflix Family)
“Prey” (Netflix Film)
“Yowamushi Pedal”
“Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road”
Sept. 13
“Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space” (Netflix Documentary)
Sept. 14
“A StoryBots Space Adventure” (Netflix Family)
“Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father” (Season 5, Netflix Series)
“The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals” (Season 2, Netflix Series)
“You vs. Wild: Out Cold” (Netflix Family)
Sept. 15
“Nailed It!” (Season 6, Netflix Series)
“Nightbooks” (Netflix Film)
“Saved by the Bell” (Seasons 1-9)
“Schumacher” (Netflix Documentary)
“Too Hot To Handle: Latino” (Netflix Series)
Sept. 16
“He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” (Netflix Family)
“Jaws”
“Jaws 2”
“Jaws 3”
“Jaws: The Revenge”
“My Heroes Were Cowboys” (Netflix Documentary)
Sept. 17
“Ankahi Kahaniya” (Netflix Film)
“Chicago Party Aunt” (Netflix Series)
“The Father Who Moves Mountains” (Netflix Film)
“Sex Education” (Season 3, Netflix Series)
“Squid Game” (Netflix Series)
“The Stronghold” (Netflix Film)
Sept. 19
“Dark Skies”
Sept. 20
“Grown Ups”
Sept. 21
“Go! Cory Carson: Chrissy Takes the Wheel” (Netflix Family)
“Love on the Spectrum” (Season 2, Netflix Series)
Sept. 22
“Confessions of an Invisible Girl” (Netflix Film)
“Dear White People” (Volume 4, Netflix Series)
“Intrusion” (Netflix Film)
“Jaguar” (Netflix Series)
“Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan” (Netflix Documentary)
Sept. 23
“Je Suis Karl” (Netflix Film)
Sept. 24
“Blood & Water” (Season 2, Netflix Series)
“Ganglands (Braqueurs)” ((Netflix Series)
“Jailbirds New Orleans” (Netflix Series)
“Midnight Mass” (Netflix Series)
“My Little Pony: A New Generation” (Netflix Family)
“The Starling” (Netflix Film)
“Vendetta: Truth, Lies and The Mafia” (Netflix Documentary)
Sept. 28
“Ada Twist, Scientist” (Netflix Family)
“Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!” (Netflix Comedy Special)
Sept. 29
“The Chestnut Man” (Netflix Series)
“Friendzone” (Netflix Film)
“MeatEater” (Season 10, Part 1, Netflix Series)
“No One Gets Out Alive” (Netflix Film)
“Polly Pocket” (Season 3, Part 1)
“Sounds Like Love” (Netflix Film)
Sept. 30
“Love 101” (Season 2, Netflix Series)
“Luna Park” (Netflix Series)
“The Phantom”
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