Born on this day!! Actor-comedian Carol Burnett is 90. Guitarist-songwriter Duane Eddy is 85. Singer Maurice Williams of Maurice and the Zodiacs is 85. Singer Gary Wright is 80. Actor Giancarlo Esposito (“Better Call Saul,” ″Breaking Bad”) is 65. Drummer Roger Taylor of Duran Duran is 63. Actor Joan Chen (“Twin Peaks”) is 62. Drummer Chris Mars of The Replacements is 62. Actor-singer Michael Damian is 61. Actor Jet Li is 60. Guitarist Jimmy Stafford (Train) is 59. Actor-comedian Kevin James (“Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” ″The King of Queens”) is 58. Keyboardist Jeff Huskins of Little Texas is 57. Actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste (film’s “Secrets and Lies”) is 56. Fiddler Joe Caverlee of Yankee Grey is 55. Singer T-Boz of TLC is 53. Actor Shondrella Avery (“Napoleon Dynamite”) is 52. Bassist Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts is 52. Actor Simbi Kali (“3rd Rock From the Sun”) is 52. Bassist Michael Jeffers of Pinmonkey is 51. Drummer Jose Pasillas of Incubus is 47. Actor Jason Earles (“Hannah Montana”) is 46. Actor Leonard Earl Howze (“Barbershop”) is 46. Actor Amin Joseph (“Snowfall”) is 46. Actor Tom Welling (“Smallville”) is 46. Actor Pablo Schreiber (“Orange Is the New Black,” ″Weeds”) is 45. Actor Nyambi Nyambi (“The Good Fight,” “Mike and Molly”) is 44. Actor Jordana Brewster (“The Fast and The Furious”) is 43. Actor Stana Katic (“Castle”) is 43. Actor Marnette Patterson (“Something So Right”) is 43. Actor Channing Tatum (“Magic Mike, “Step Up”) is 43. Actor Emily Wickersham (“NCIS”) is 39. Actor Aaron Meeks (”Soul Food”) is 37. Musician James Sunderland of Frenship is 36.
THIS DAY IN GENIUS HISTORY
1607 – Colonists land at Cape Henry, Va., They would found Jamestown the next month.
1865 – John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassin, was surrounded by federal troops in a barn in Virginia. He was shot and killed, either by the soldiers or by his own hand.
1937 – The German Luftwaffe (air force) destroyed the Spanish town of Guernica.
1964 – Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined to form Tanzania.
1986 – The worst nuclear power plant accident in history occurred at Chernobyl, near Kiev, U.S.S.R.
1994 – The first multi-racial elections were held in South Africa.
2000 – Vermont Governor Howard Dean signed the nation’s first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.
Today Is: Administrative Professionals Day or Secretary’s Day, Alien Day, Audubon Day, Denim Day, Hug An Australian Day, International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, International Guide Dogs Day, International Noise Awareness Day, Lesbian Visibility Day, National Dissertation Day, National Help A Horse Day, National Library Outreach Day, National Pretzel Day, Pretzel Day, Richter Scale Day, Stop Food Waste Day, Walk at Lunch Day, World Intellectual Property Day
TODAY ON TV!
Primetime TV (All Times Eastern)
CBS – 8:00 – Survivor / 9:00 – FBI / 10:00 – True Lies
NBC – 8:00 – Carol Burnett Special / 10:00 – Chicago PD
ABC – 8:00 – The Conners / 8:30 – The Goldbergs / 9:00 – Abbott Elementary / 9:30 – Not Dead Yet / 10:00 – A Million Little Things
FOX – 8:00 – The Masked Singer / 9:00 – Farmer Wants A Wife
CW – 8:00 – The Flash / 9:00 – Riverdale
TV Talk Shows
Jimmy Kimmel: Pierce Brosnan, Abby Ryder Fortson, New West
Jimmy Fallon: Michael Strahan, Judy Blume, Black Thought & El Michels Affair featuring KIRBY
Stephen Colbert: Jennifer Garner, Rep. Katie Porter (R 4/11/23)
Seth Meyers: Keri Russell, Graham Norton, Anup Sastry
James Corden: Mila Kunis, Aaron Paul
Watch What Happens Live: Tinx, James Kennedy
Daily Show: Guest host Desi Lydic
Live with Kelly and Mark: Amanda Peet, Lizzy Caplan, Judy Blume
Drew Barrymore: Rainn Wilson, Brooke Shields, Ali Wentworth, Mariska Hargitay, Madison Beer
Jennifer Hudson: Brendan Hunt, Tawny Cypress
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN’ ABOUT? Here are today’s PPM-Friendly Topics!
QUESTION: You’ve heard about “Quiet Quitting,” but are you ready for LOUD QUITTING?? These Gen-Zers are broadcasting their resignations on #Quittok!!!
QUESTION: Do you know where Prince Harry will be seated for his father’s coronation?? NEITHER DOES HE!! Maybe he’ll be in the OVERFLOW ROOM!!
QUESTION: Would YOU pay Matthew McConaughey and Tony Robbins $495 to teach you the “Art of Livin’??” That was the pitch on their bizarre webinar!!!!
QUESTION: Why are Gen Z kids DEPRESSED AND SUICIDAL?? Maybe… it’s because we keep telling them THEY’RE DOOMED!! Could THAT be it???????
QUESTION: What did Ed Sheeran say as he walked into court for his copyright trial?? “I’m ‘Thinking Out Loud..’ ‘LET’S GET IT ON!!” Million$ are at stake!!!
Harry Belafonte Dies At Age Of 96
********He was one of the greats.. a real pioneer!!
*****His song “Banana Boat” was used in “Beetlejuice!!” (“Hey-yo..”)
*****It even inspired a brand of sunscreen!! Kind of…
Meghan and Harry Spotted At Lakers Game On The Jumbotron
******They were holding up a sign that said, “We’re Just Slumming!!”
******Harry was asking, “When do they start kicking the ball??”
****LeBron heckled HIM?? “You’re just a prince!! I’m the KING!!”
****Meghan was looking around for her next husband!!!
Prince William Takes Huge Settlement From Rupert Murdoch’s Empire For Phone Hacking; Harry’s Still Suing!
********They’re very sensitive about phone-hacking ever since Charles was overheard saying he wants to be a tampon!! (true)
*****William settled, and they wanted Harry’s suit thrown out on the basis that he’s the “redheaded stepchild!!”
*****The suit against Murdoch also demands that he fires Tucker Carlson!!
John Stamos Got The 11-Month Old Olsen Twins Fired From “Full House” For Crying So Much
********It was the first day of shooting and they kept switching Mary-Kate and Ashley to see if one of them would stop crying!!!
****The producers fired the two and brought in a different set of twins (true), but they were terrible, and after a few days, the Olsens were back!
******Al Pacino now claims he turned down that role!!
TODAY the Olsen twins are worth over a billion dollars!! (true) We met their money manager. He’s good.
Nicolas Cage Was $6 Million In Debt, So He Did A Lot Of “Crummy Movies”
*********How bad were these movies?? They’re not even available on Netflix!!! Most of them went overseas.. and never came back!!
****He was making four movies a year.. and that’s a lot!!
****In Hollywood they call these “Paycheck Movies,” and a lot of stars do ’em!! Bruce Willis has made dozens of movies no one ever heard of. Stallone, too!!
*****You can say a lot of things about Nic Cage: He’s weird, he eats bugs, etc.. but he NEVER went bankrupt!!!
TABLOID FODDER
….Of the Week-(In Touch)
Ghosting of the Week-
Brooke Shields
“He showed his true colors in that.”
-on how John F. Kennedy Jr. ignored her after she refused to have sex with him on the first date.
Confession of the Week-
Russell Crowe
“The only thing that I really feel about it is slightly jealous.”
-on plans for a sequel starring Paul Mescal to his 2000 hit Gladiator.
Number of the Week-
106
-percent bump in streaming on Spotify for Taylor Swift’s “Cornella Street,” which is about her falling in love with now-ex Joe Alwyn.
PHONE TOPIC STARTERS
Are you attracted to people for a reason that some might find strange?? (Hairy armpits, weird clothing, bald head)
Who’s got the best story about QUITTING A JOB??
STUPID NEWS
Just Another Day In Alaska! Moose Goes Into Theater.. Eats Popcorn
See the video HERE.
******Even the Mooses want to see “Super Mario Bros.”
******She left with a Happy Meal box on her snout, which contained her yearly quota of salt!!!
******Where do moose usually eat?? Anywhere they want to!!!
More Than 1,000 Players Set New Dungeons & Dragons Record
********They all got together to set the new record for largest D&D game ever!!
*****Of course they didn’t speak to each other (too socially awkward)!!
*******The event took place in Provo Utah, and the final tally was 1,227 players!!
****The also earned a world record for the “nerdiest world record ever!!”
Seaside Zoo In Britain Hires People To Wear Bird Costumes To Scare Seagulls Away From Food
*********The seagulls were stealing food from peoples’ plates!! There’s a shock!!
******If you’ve got what it takes to impersonate a bird of prey, contact recruitment@blackpoolzoo.org.uk!!
Men Are Having Surgeries To Get Taller And It’s The Hot New Trend
*********They break your leg and insert new bone!! (true) It costs thousands of dollars, and dudes are doing it!!
*****It’s a painful way to get rid of “short” jokes!!
******Tom Cruise is slightly taller than Mini-Me, and he just uses lifts!! That sounds easier!!
****One doctor says he’ll do 50 of these surgeries this year!! Yikes!!
STUFF THAT’S COOL AND VIRAL
VIDEO: LITTLE BOY LOBBIES SCHOOL BOARD FOR BETTER MAC AND CHEESE.
VIDEO: CLASSIC SCENE FROM BEETLEJUICE WITH THE BANANA BOAT SONG.
VIDEO: RYAN REYNOLDS’ FOOTBALL TEAM GETS PROMOTED.
A LIST FOR WEDNESDAY
10 Surprising Uses for Windex
Here are 10 surprisingly effective uses for that familiar blue (or sometimes clear) bottle that aren’t cleaning windows.
The Penney Hoarder
- Moving Large Pieces of Furniture
Los Angeles-based interior designer John Linden uses Windex to slide large items that are stuck or too heavy to move. “All we need to do is to spritz some in front of the objects we want to move before pushing the item,” Linden says. He’s then able to easily move that piece of furniture to its place.
As long as you use the ammonia-free version of Windex, you can use it on any type of flooring, including wood floors.
- Cleaning Carpets and Upholstered Furniture
You thought Windex only worked on glass? Linden says he’ll often spray Windex onto small stains, leaving it for 20 minutes to soak. Then he wipes right off the furniture. Make sure to use the clear formula for this, as the blue formula may leave its own stains.
- Insect Repellant
The smell of ammonia is strongly disliked by many insects, says Andrew Barker, founder of Homeowner Costs. As a result, Barker suggests spraying Windex by open windows and doors to keep bugs at bay.
- Clean Your Car
Windex is also a great cleanser for cars, says Deidre Fisher, owner of Simply Bliss Cleaning in Salt Lake City, Utah. Use it on car windows and mirror smudges, on dashboards, the steering wheel and any plastic and leather surface. It’s also great for cleaning the screens and dials. “I just recommend spraying the cloth first and not the electronics directly,” Fisher says.
- Washing Makeup Brushes
Makeup artist and lifestyle blogger Kerrin Jackson has been using Windex to clean her brushes and airbrush parts for more than a decade. “They make light work of breaking down the alcohol-based makeups and heavy-duty body makeup products that can sometimes be stubborn and difficult to clean from the inner workings of the airbrush parts,” Jackson says.
- De-greasing Your Kitchen
Use Windex on your exhaust fans and range hoods in your kitchen, suggests Diana Rodriguez-Zaba, president of ServiceMaster Restoration by Zaba, a cleaning company in Chicago. Rodriguez-Zaba suggests spraying Windex on the surfaces and letting it stand for 5-10 minutes, then wiping it clean and rinsing with water to remove any remaining chemical residue.
- Shine and Clean Doorknobs
The slight amount of ammonia in Windex can disinfect doorknobs, something we are all hyper aware of these days. And it can also clean up smudges and bring some shine to the doorknobs throughout your house.
- Removing Tough Stains From Clothing
It works well for red wine, tomato sauce, ketchup and more, says Jen Stark, founder of Happy DIY Home, a gardening and home improvement blog. “You can lightly spray the stain with Windex and let it sit for 15 minutes, as long as the clothing item isn’t a delicate silk,” Stark said. “Get a clean cloth and blot at the stain before rinsing it in cold water.” Follow this by washing the clothing as recommended. Make sure you use clear Windex for this task.
- Cleaning Patio Furniture and Outdoor Surfaces
Benjamin Nguyen, owner of Full Color Cleaners, says he uses Windex to clean his patio furniture, making it look as good as new. It will clean everything from the furniture to outdoor surfaces, including brick. For this task, go the extra mile and snag the Windex Outdoor Concentrated Cleaner, which is a 32-ounce spray bottle that attaches onto a hose ($27.66). Simply spray onto your aluminum siding, your brick, your windows — and with this tool, you won’t even need a ladder to do it.
- Making Jewelry Sparkle
To get rid of everyday grime from a diamond ring, The Knot recommends soaking it for 10 to 15 minutes in a 50-50 solution of hydrogen peroxide and Windex. After it’s soaked, brush gently with a soft toothbrush and then rinse with water. Windex is safe for gold and silver but could be harmful to soft gemstones because of its ammonia content. That means don’t use it on turquoise, emeralds, opals, coral, pearls or amber.
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