Born on this day!! Singer Tony Bennett is 95. Actor Martin Sheen is 81. Singer Beverly Lee of The Shirelles is 80. Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is 80. Movie director John Landis is 71. Actor JoMarie Payton (“Family Matters”) is 71. Actor Jay North (“Dennis the Menace”) is 70. Actor Philip Casnoff (“Strong Medicine”) is 67. Actor John C. McGinley (“Scrubs”) is 62. Bassist Lee Rocker (Stray Cats) is 60. Actor Lisa Ann Walter (“Bruce Almighty”) is 60. Singer-guitarist James Hetfield of Metallica is 58. Singer Ed Roland of Collective Soul is 58. Actor Isaiah Washington (“Grey’s Anatomy,” ″Soul Food”) is 58. Keyboardist Dean Sams of Lonestar is 55. Guitarist Stephen Carpenter of Deftones is 51. Musician Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa is 50. Actor Brigid Brannagh (“Army Wives”) is 49. Actor Michael Ealy (“Think Like a Man,” ″Barbershop”) is 48. Violinist Jimmy De Martini of Zac Brown Band is 45. Actor Evangeline Lilly (“Lost”) is 42. Actor Mamie Gummer (“The Good Wife”) is 38. Singer Holly Arnstein of Dream is 36. Actor Georgina Haig (“Once Upon A Time”) is 36. Bassist Brent Kutzle of OneRepublic is 36. Rapper D.R.A.M. is 33.
THIS DAY IN GENIUS HISTORY
1492 – Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain.
1914 – Germany declared war on France.
1923 – Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, following the death of Warren G. Harding.
1949 – The National Basketball Association was formed.
1958 – The nuclear-powered submarmine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.
1981 – U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike.
1987 – The Iran-Contra hearings ended.
Today Is: Friendship Day, National Night Out, Watermelon Day
TODAY ON TV!
Primetime TV (All Times Eastern)
CBS – 8:00 – NCIS / 9:00 – Love Island / 10:00 – FBI Most Wanted
NBC – 8:00 – Tokyo Olympics
ABC – 8:00 – The Goldbergs / 8:30 – Home Economics / 9:00 – The Conners / 9:30 – Blackish / 10:00 – To Tell The Truth
FOX – 8:00 – LEGO Masters
CW – 8:00 – Penn and Teller Fool Us / 9:00 – Superman and Lois
TV Talk Shows
Jimmy Kimmel: Christian Slater, Chase Stokes, KEM, guest host Anthony Anderson (R 7/22/21)
Jimmy Fallon: Pre-empted
Stephen Colbert: Harvey Keitel, Randall Otis (R 6/30/21)
Seth Meyers: Pre-empted
James Corden: Ellen DeGeneres, Wolf Alice (R 5/4/21)
Watch What Happens Live: Ramona Singer, Bershan Shaw
The View: Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Stephen King
The Talk: John Corbett, guest co-host Terrence J
Live with Kelly and Ryan: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dr. Sandra Lee, Andy Grammer, guest co-host Katie Lowes
Ellen DeGeneres: Kat Dennings (R 2/15/21)
Wendy Williams: Pooch Hall (R 3/10/21)
The Real: Kofi Siriboe (R 2/23/21)
Kelly Clarkson: Jessica Alba, Ayesha Curry (R 9/28/20)
Tamron Hall: Tisha Campell, Tichina Arnold (R 4/23/21)
Drew Barrymore: Allison Janney, Nate Berkus, Mikel Welch (R 4/6/21)
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN’ ABOUT? Here are today’s PPM-Friendly Topics!
QUESTION: In the market for your FIRST HOME?? Don’t move to California!!! That state has 8 of the 10 WORST cities for first-time buyers!!! (The worst? Berkley!!!)
QUESTION: Why are Brits UPSET at the new animated series, “The Prince??” Because.. they say the HBO Max show goes over the line by mocking an 8-year-old!!!!!
QUESTION: Taking a flight soon?? This flight attendant gives you the inside scoop on how to get PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.. and what you should NEVER do!!
QUESTION: Is this the most SENSIBLE response to a racist, vicious voicemail? Wayne Brady says, “YOU CAN KISS MY ASS!!” We’re with him all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!
QUESTION: Why do people think this man deserves the NOBEL PRIZE?? Because he had the most unique way of smuggling VODKA into Lollapalooza!!!!!!!!!!
Kathy Griffin Has Lung Cancer
Kathy Griffin said in a statement Monday that she was diagnosed with lung cancer and will undergo surgery to remove “half” of her left lung. “I’ve got to tell you guys something. I have cancer. I’m about to go into surgery to have half of my left lung removed,” Griffin wrote. “Yes, I have lung cancer even though I’ve never smoked!” “The doctors are very optimistic as it is stage one and contained to my left lung,” she added. “Hopefully no chemo or radiation after this and I should have normal function with my breathing. I should be up and running around as usual in a month or less.” Griffin assured fans that she will be “just fine.” “It’s been a helluva 4 years, trying to get back to work, making you guys laugh and entertaining you, but I’m gonna be just fine,” the star said. “Of course I am fully vaccinated for Covid. The consequences for being unvaccinated would have been even more serious,” she added. “Please stay up to date on your medical check ups. It’ll save your life.”
*****We’d like to go to the doctor, but we’re afraid of catching COVID!!
*******She’s never smoked, but she worked in a lot of clubs.. and drove in L.A.!! Same thing!!
*****She sent a personal note to Trump, just to give him a “heads up!!”
Matt Damon Shares Secrets From Ben and Jlo’s Vacation
Matt Damon revealed that even though Ben Affleck is on a luxurious vacation with his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez, he’s still texting his best friend back. He revealed on “Desus & Mero” this week, “They’re on vacation right now, but he still responded when I hit him up about the Red Sox yesterday.” “You still have priorities!” he joked. He detailed how he’s happy for Affleck. “He’s the best. He deserves every happiness in the world,” he told Extra. “I’m glad for both of them.” Affleck joined Lopez for a getaway to the South of France and Italy in honor of the superstar’s 52nd birthday last week on a $130M super yacht.
*********Ben’s text was a little choppy, because he was texting one-handed!! The other hand was full of J Lo’s ass!!!
********Maybe Ben has to think about baseball so he can… you know, last longer!!
*******If Ben texts the words “wish you were here,” you’ll know something’s fishy!!
Ashley Judd Is Walking Again
Ashley Judd announced “with reverence and quiet awe” that she is walking again, five months after shattering her leg in a Congolese rainforest. “I hiked in the #SwissNationalPark,” Judd captioned a video of her milestone on Instagram Sunday. “Stepping in, I felt in my ease, my natural garment of self, at home in my spirit. My leg and foot, worked beautifully. “I walked up hill on uneven surfaces for an hour confidently and came down carefully and easily,” she added. “I rested in a meadow on God’s fecund earth for hours. The next day, I walked again on a high Alp in #Ticino, working hard and feeling how much I stamina I have to rebuild. This is the road ahead. But I am up to the daily tasks, as I am even carrying firewood into our Alpine hut!” She thanked her medical team for helping her recover before remarking on how quickly she was able to make progress. “The video of my foot moving is unheard of,” she explained. “We expected my foot – if ever – to *begin* to move in one year. In four months to the day, she blew us all away. Now, after crying while trying to spell the ABCs with a paralyzed foot….well, you see!”
*******It’s hard to sympathize with someone who’s in the Swiss Alps!! We should all be so lucky!!
ARod Bans JLo’s Music
Word is that Alex Rodriguez has banned Jennifer Lopez’s music from his life. “Alex has banned Jen’s music playing when he is around,” sources tell Radar Online. “The breakup was ugly and still hurts which is why Alex doesn’t want to hear her voice when he is out trying to enjoy himself.” Recently, Alex was spotted celebrating his birthday in Saint-Tropez where he and his friends were dancing the night away to anything but Jennifer Lopez songs. “Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be for Alex to be partying and suddenly her music starts to play?” asks a pal. “You can’t blame him for wanting to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
********How many deejays play J Lo music??? Come on!!
******A Rod has a special version called “Jenny From My Crotch!!!”
********He’ll get over it, just like many, many men did before him!!!
Jungle Cruise Cashes In At The Box Office
Disney’s Jungle Cruise reached the top of the box office this weekend with a $90 million global debut. It earned a better-than-expected $34.2 million in its domestic box office and $27.6 million internationally. Meanwhile, consumers who chose to pay $29.99 to watch the film through Disney+’s Premier Access accounted for over $30 million of the film’s total proceeds. Jungle Cruise, which is inspired by the famous Disneyland theme park ride and stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, is the latest film to test out the media giant’s simultaneous theatrical and streaming release, following Cruella, starring Emma Stone, and Marvel’s Black Widow, starring Scarlett Johansson. Disney’s announcement comes days after Johansson filed a lawsuit against Disney alleging Black Widow’s streaming release breached her contract’s provision of an exclusive theatrical release. Additionally, the suit notes that a portion of the 36-year-old Marvel star’s salary hinges on the success of box office sales.
**********She had to hire a personal injury attorney!!
*******We’re wondering what the theater take would have been without Disney+!!!!
*******By the end of the movie, we were cruising to the restroom!! It’s 2 1/2 hours long!!!
Ripping The Tabloids (Throughout the week, we’ll give you the stories from that weeks tabs!)
**Please Credit Publication!
Close But No Cigar!-(National Enquirer)
Proud grandpa Arnold Schwarzennger can’t get enough of first grandkid Lyla Maria-but sources snitched the screen icon’s eldest daughter, Katherine, has forbid him from smoking his beloved stogies around her baby! “Ever since Katherine could remember, her dad has smoked one or two a day, and the stench stayed on his clothes and everything else. Now she’s put her foot down and banned him from smoking anywhere near Lyla!” The former California governor and “Terminator” actor, 73, recently opened up about becoming a first-time granddad, calling the experience “fantastic.”
Cavill Spies Big 007 Competition-(Globe)
If he can’t fulfill a lifelong dream to be James Bond, handsome Henry Cavill, 38, will stir a different 007-style cocktail on a competing franchise playing “the world’s greatest spy.” The super-buff “Superman” star takes the title role in “Argyle,” based on an upcoming book about a charismatic secret agent caught up in a globe-trotting adventure. Sound familiar? Also joining the Brit-born action star: Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena and Samuel L. Jackson! Also noteworthy, pop princess Dua Lipa will make her acting debut AND sing the title track.
Winning at Love-(Us Weekly)
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, 24 and NFL player Jonathan Owens, 26, are celebrating one year together-and they’re beyond happy. “I’m not sure how I got so lucky [or] what I’d do without you,” Biles recently gushed of Owens. “I love you so much!”
Adele’s New Man-(Star)
Rumor has it Adele is dating LeBron James’ agent, Rich Paul. The couple made their first public appearance, sitting courtside together at Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Phoenix July 17. “Adele met Rich at a private party in April and they started hanging out almost right away,” shares a source. “They live close to each other in Beverly Hills, so she’ll go to his house or have him over to hers.” The Grammy-winning singer, 44, was previously married to Simon Konecki, with whom she shares custody of 8-year-old son Angelo. A judge signed off on their divorce in March. “Adele isn’t ready to commit to Rich yet,” admits the source. “She’s enjoying her freedom and has told him that she wants to take things slow.”
Say What?!-(Life & Style)
“For some time now, I’ve had three separate wardrobes….’You’re an embarrassment,’ ‘You’ve gotta do better’ and ‘Yeah, baby, you’re really doing this.’ That [Embarrassment section] has not been used in a while.”-James Corden, who’s lost 35 pounds and counting as a WW spokesperson.
“I’m pretty good at [songwriting], but it takes a lot out of me. I feel like I just ran a marathon whenever I write a song.”-Billie Eilish, who’s already won multiple Grammys for her ability to pen tunes.
“Four or five years ago, they used to bring friends home. Now they bring boyfriends home, which really grates on me. I just stand there, about to chop onion, and stare at them with a knife.”-Gordon Ramsay, on daughters Megan, 23, Holly, 21, and Matilda, 19.
Jenna Ushkowitz & David Stanley: Just Married!-(People)
“We got to have the day of our dreams,” the Glee alum, 35, says of her July 24 wedding in L.A. to Stanley, 38, the vice president of an education nonprofit.
Celebrity Calorie Counters!-(In Touch)
7,764 Calories
-“Hello, gluttony,” Dwayne Johnson, 49, has said of his famous cheat meals, which often include foot-tall stacks of pancakes, trays of cookies and multiple pizzas. Luckily, all those muscles burn it off!
STUPID NEWS
Llama On The Loose
Animal rescuers in Ontario are trying to find a loose llama spotted wandering through residential neighborhoods in a rural area of the province. The Cambridge Humane Society said the llama was spotted multiple times this week in the Arkell and Puslinch communities, south of Guelph. Rudy Gwinner snapped a photo of the llama about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday as he was driving home from work. “I thought, is this a horse? It wasn’t a horse because it wasn’t that size,” Gwinner told CTV News. “Then I realize, it’s a llama!” Gwinner said he kept a distance from the animal, which appeared to be about 7 feet tall and up to 400 pounds. “I got out of my car and I stopped and it looked at me and I went to the other side of my car, but I thought I’ll stay at my car because I know they can be possibly vicious because they protect sheep,” he said.
********Are they sure it isn’t a doll??? Like a “dolly llama???”
*******The owner should put a bell on it, so it would be a “llama ding dong!!!”
*******He’ll be back in his pen soon. That will be a “sweet home llama llama!!!”
Florida Man Sticks Arm In Jaguar Pen
A Florida man has reportedly been hospitalized due to injuries he received after sticking his arm in a jaguar pen at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens on Wednesday. Witnesses said that the unidentified man, who was described as being in his 20s, had taunted the big cats before jumping over a barrier at the Range of the Jaguar exhibit and inserting his hand into an enclosure, according to WJXT. A jaguar then clawed the man’s arm, leaving zoo employees a trail of blood to clean up after emergency workers bandaged the man and transported him to the hospital. “This is an individual that wasn’t using his head… He stuck his hand in through the mesh that separates the jaguars from the outside,” deputy zoo director Dan Maloney told the outlet, before adding that the incident “would have been a very different story” if the animal had been able to secure a stronger grip on the man. Zoo officials told WJAX that the jaguar that attacked the man was “perfectly fine” and that there was no indication that the man’s actions meant he “was trying to hurt the jaguar.”
********He’s an early contender for the Darwin Award!!
*******The jaguar was thinking, “Florida is FUN!!!”
TIP: Before taunting something, make sure it can’t eat you!!!
Giant Goldfish Taking Over Lake
Oversized goldfish are causing problems in Minnesota. Authorities in Burnsville, Minn., have urged residents and owners of pet goldfish not to dispose of the family pet in lakes and ponds. The city tweeted a warning that doing so has resulted in the takeover of one local lake by overgrown goldfish. “They grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments and uprooting plants,” authorities wrote on Twitter. “Groups of these large goldfish were recently found in Keller Lake.” This isn’t the first time Minnesota lakes have become overrun with oversize goldfish. Last November, wildlife officials found thousands of goldfish swimming in Big Woods Lake in Chaska, a suburb of Minneapolis. A team had to remove a truckload of 500,000 of the goldfish due to environmental issues caused by the fish.
********Funny thing is, the goldfish don’t remember any of it!!!
******The only goldfish we want are snack crackers!!
*******Let’s put those giant goldfish with the killer hornets!!!
Wife Says Husband Spends Too Much Time In Bathroom
A woman has lashed out at her husband saying he spends too long in the bathroom – as he makes several 45 minute trips a day. Sharing her story anonymously, the woman said that ‘Justin’ spends “45 minutes for just ‘peeing’, four to five times a day”, and that she no longer knows what to do with her husband. She said it was ‘irritating’ to lose him to his marathon toilet trips at home, but her temper boiled over after the pair went to a restaurant together. The man left his wife to eat her meal alone as he spent almost an hour in the bathroom – and she became so irritated that she walked out and left him there. Taking to Reddit, the woman said: “Before he went, I gently reminded him that we were at a restaurant therefore he shouldn’t take too long inside the restroom. “He made a face and told me to knock it off because he’d be back in a minute.” But he wasn’t back in a minute, and after around twenty minutes the woman started calling his phone – and even ventured into the men’s bathroom to check if he was alright. He said he would be out momentarily and she returned to the table and began eating without him. The woman said that she would never eat out with her husband again, and shared her story online in frustration – and soon other Reddit users were commenting on the post. One said: “What the f*** is he doing? 1 – Addicted to video games on his phone, 2 – Addicted to porn on his phone / masturbating, 3 – Has serious troubles going to the bathroom and is very messy, 4 – Something else?
********Another possibility: he’s waiting for her to leave!!!
*****A man’s bathroom is his “fortress of solitude!!!”
TOPIC: What do YOU think he’s doing???
STUFF THAT’S COOL AND VIRAL
VIDEO: THE 1936 OLYMPICS IN BERLIN.
VIDEO: FLASH FLOODING IN ARIZONA.
A LIST FOR TUESDAY
5 Signs That You Are Experiencing Burnout From A Job You Love – And How To Fix It
Huffington Post
1) You’re tired all the time.
According to the ICD-11, one of the main criteria for burnout is “feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion.” This is an exhaustion that no good night’s rest can fix.
“It’s taking a whole weekend off and still going back into work on Monday feeling no more rested and energized,” said Melody Wilding, a licensed social worker and executive coach. “It’s feeling empty and tired and run down even when you’re with friends and family.”
2) You’re not engaged in the work you’re doing.
“Increased mental distance from one’s job” is another official criteria of burnout. You now finish the day without a sense of accomplishment and find yourself “phoning in” deadlines.
“It’s really feeling just this lack of motivation and procrastination towards tasks that used to come very easily,” Wilding said.
For goal-oriented over-achievers, burnout can also look like doing the work at a high level, but being engaged for all the wrong reasons. For them, “the intention and the motivation behind putting in 100% is more draining than anything else,” Wilding said, “Because it’s not coming from a place of excitement and invigoration and feeling invested. It’s coming from this place of guilt and obligation and ‘I just have to keep up.’”
3) You are more cynical and bitter about your work making a difference.
Negativity and cynicism are another one of the dimensions that characterize burnout, according to the ICD-11.
When you are burnt out, your outlook on life sours. You lose sight of purpose.
“Not really being able to see how your job makes a difference, when before, you were able to” is how this cynicism can show up in professionals who see their job as a calling, said Joy Harden Bradford, an Atlanta-based licensed psychologist and host of the podcast Therapy for Black Girls.
A pioneering researcher into the psychology of burnout, a graduate professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, Christina Maslach found that perceptions of fairness at work were a tipping point for whether or not a professional would experience burnout. “If people were experiencing problems with fairness in the workplace such as favoritism, unjustified inequities, or cheating, their early warning pattern was likely to develop into burnout over time,” her 2008 co-authored study stated.
You may see enemies in potential allies, jumping to the worst conclusion about people and situations without all the facts. You no longer feel like you have a voice at the table where decisions are made.
“I think [burnout] can happen in situations when you are very energetic and you have lots of great ideas, but for whatever reason, maybe upper management is not paying attention, or they never implement any of the things that you suggest, so after a while, you can feel like, ‘Okay, why even bother?’” Bradford said.
If you feel neglected by your workplace, this can result in a sense of learned helplessness where you lose motivation and become more passive. “It’s really a sense of powerlessness where people feel like, ‘Why should I try to change anything because it won’t do anything at all,’” Wilding said.
4) You’re worse at your job.
Being less efficient at your job is another category of burnout, according to ICD-11. Absenteeism, turnover, and carelessness can increase without engagement to keep you going.
“A lot of the times it takes you longer to get things done because your concentration and your energy, and just the emotional investment is not there,” Wilding said.
5) You keep getting sick.
You may push through your emotional exhaustion, but the body keeps score. If you keep falling ill or feeling lousy, it might be your body’s way of telling you to pay attention to your unhealthy work environment.
These poor health symptoms can manifest in a multitude of ways. As Maslach’s 2008 study on the early predictors of burnout stated, “Burnout is a stress phenomenon that shows the expected pattern of health correlates, such as headaches, gastrointestinal disorders, muscle tension, hypertension, cold/flu episodes, and sleep disturbances.”
How to address burnout
The work of solving burnout should not be left only to individual employees. Managers that make unreasonable demands on their employees’ time and energy shoulder the responsibility, too. But there are individual solutions that can help you put on your oxygen mask in the meantime, so to speak.
Seek professional help. Pay attention to how long you have been feeling out of sorts. Treat burnout as seriously as you would any other illness and talk to a mental health provider about what changes in your mood and body you have been feeling. “When you realize you have more bad days than good days, that’s when it’s time to examine your patterns much more closely,” Wilding said.
Recognize that you are not your job. If you feel like a good day depends on your workday going well, you may need to get a new perspective on your career’s importance to your life.
If your work is where you feel good about yourself, diversify your self-esteem, so that you can build a sense of identity in other places of your life, Wilding said.
Learn a new language on your lunch break, take a fitness class, learn to bake. “Throw yourself into something else where you can feel a sense of progress and mastery and momentum because you’re not having that met at your job,” Wilding said.
Get support from your workplace. Once you identify pain points in your workflow, talk to your manager and see if you can shift responsibilities. Bradford suggests asking yourself if you can you be reassigned to a new project that might give you more energy, or if there is somebody you need to talk to about making some changes.
If delegation is an option, get real about your work priorities. “A lot of people are doing things that don’t even need to be done anymore,” Wilding said.
If you’re under-challenged and experiencing burnout, make it easier for your manager to say yes by coming to them with a plan about what skill you want to learn or a stretch project you want to get on, Wilding suggested.
Journal it out. When you start to feel disengaged from your job, it may take recording daily mood logs about your workday to notice a pattern of burnout. “If you can pay attention to the patterns, you can maybe even go back to the day where you started checking out,” Bradford said.
Slow down and take time off from work. “Give yourself permission with burnout to take a break and slow down,” Wilding said. Be with yourself, so you can see how your habits have contributed to the burnout symptoms. “Getting to trust and listen to yourself again is something that a lot of people don’t do, they just dive into another job to try to fix it,” Melody said.
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