Born on this day!! Actor Robert Redford is 86. Actor Henry G. Sanders (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) is 80. Actor-comedian Martin Mull is 79. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 70. Country singer Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 67. Comedian-actor Denis Leary is 65. Actor Madeleine Stowe is 64. TV news anchor Bob Woodruff is 61. Actor Adam Storke (“Mystic Pizza”) is 60. Actor Craig Bierko (“Sex and the City,” ″The Long Kiss Goodnight”) is 58. Singer Zac Maloy of The Nixons is 54. Musician Everlast (House of Pain) is 53. Actor Christian Slater is 53. Rapper Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan is 53. Actor Edward Norton is 53. Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 52. Actor Kaitlin Olson (“The Mick,” ″It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) is 47. Comedian Andy Samberg (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” ″Saturday Night Live”) is 44. Guitarist Brad Tursi of Old Dominion is 43. Actor Madelaine Petsch (“Riverdale”) is 28. Actor Parker McKenna Posey (“My Wife and Kids”) is 27.
THIS DAY IN GENIUS HISTORY
1227 – Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan died in China.
1587 – Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents born in North America.
1894 – Congress established the Bureau of Immigration, forerunner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
1920 – When Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, the three-quarters of the states necessary was achieved and American women got the right to vote.
1936 – Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca was shot and killed by Franco’s soldiers during the Spanish Civil War .
1958 – Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita was published.
1963 – James Meredith became the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
Today Is: Bad Poetry Day, Birth Control Pills Day, Mail Order Catalog Day, National Badge Ribbon Day, National Fajita Day, Serendipity Day
TODAY ON TV!
Primetime TV (All Times Eastern)
CBS – 8:00 – Young Sheldon / 8:30 – Ghosts / 9:00 – Big Brother
NBC – 8:00 – Law and Order / 9:00 – Law and Order SVU / 10:00 – Law and Order OG
ABC – 8:00 – Press Your Luck / 9:00 – Generation Gap / 10:00 – The Con
FOX – 8:00 – MasterChef / 9:00 – Welcome To Flatch
CW – 8:00 – Bump / 8:30 – Whose Line Is It Anyway / 9:00 – Great Chocolate Showdown
TV Talk Shows
Jimmy Kimmel: Heidi Klum, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Seventeen, guest host Nicole Byer
Jimmy Fallon: Martin Short, Juno Temple, Demi Lovato
Stephen Colbert: Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Karl Urban, Stephen Sanchez (R 6/29/22)
Seth Meyers: Rhea Seehorn, Jeremy Allen White, Art Cruz (R 7/25/22)
James Corden: Juliette Lewis, Viggo Mortensen, Benson Boone (R 6/6/22)
The View: Craig Robinson, Ne-Yo (R 6/30/22)
The Talk: Jenifer Lewis, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Thorsten Kaye (R 1/17/22)
Live with Kelly and Ryan: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Dr. Gail Saltz, guest co-host Mark Consuelos
Ellen DeGeneres: Lily Tomlin, Charlize Glass (R 4/28/22)
Kelly Clarkson: David Duchovny, Ms. Pat, Soman Chainani, Aespa (R 10/15/21)
Tamron Hall: Dave Coulier, Gabrielle Bernstein (R 5/2/22)
Drew Barrymore: Topher Grace, Mike Jackson, Egypt Sherrod, Danny Pellegrino (R 3/10/22)
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Kanye West Selling New Clothing Line In Trash Bags
Kanye West, who said last week he is inspired by the “homeless,” is reportedly selling his new fashion collection out of what look like trash bags. A viral tweet taken by a shopper that showed his Yeezy Gap collection haphazardly spilling out of black bags has sparked a backlash from some fans. “This is how they are selling Yeezy GAP,” the tweet said. “The sales associate said Ye got mad when he saw they had it on hangers and this is how he wanted it. They won’t help you find ur size too, you just have to just dig through everything.” The user later tweeted, “Do you guys think Kanye is mad at me??” One commenter wrote, “Balenciaga & Kanye’s fetish with the homeless as ‘fashion muses’ it’s everything that is wrong with billionaires…they no longer see the plight of people, they don’t see humans that are suffering, they see opportunities to be “edgy” and profit from it… it’s disgusting.” The collection is engineered by Balenciaga. See the pic HERE.
*****The homeless inspire us, too.. NOT to be homeless!!!
******Oh… we thought the garbage bags WERE the fashion!!!
*******Later, Kanye was seen pitching a tent on the sidewalk!!!
Marky Mark’s Kids Are Embarrassed By His 90’s Fashion.
Mark Wahlberg’s children aren’t fond of his early-’90s fashion choices. Asked by “Entertainment Tonight” about his kids’ opinions on his Marky Mark-era style, the actor admitted, “They’re terribly embarrassed by it.” He fronted the hip-hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch in the 1990s, and was known for his low-slung jeans, backwards baseball caps and frequent shirtlessness. The star’s signature style was captured in his iconic underwear ads for Calvin Klein, several of which co-starred supermodel Kate Moss. While Wahlberg’s children might be loath to admit it, however, they’ve been channeling their dad’s look as of late. “My son, the whole time we were on summer break, doesn’t have a shirt on and has his underwear hanging out,” he said. “He totally stole the whole look.” His 18-year-old daughter, Ella Rae, is paying tribute to her father’s musical roots as well. “She bought a Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch T-shirt from a vintage shop, and she’s been rocking it like crazy,” he told People earlier this summer, adding that the teen “wasn’t doing it to give me a hard time.”
*******That’s what HE thinks!!!
****His kids are a “funky bunch!!!”
*****They should be embarrassed by some of his movies!!
Meghan Markle Wanted A “Woke” Royal Family
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are “trying to create an alternative, woke royal family,” according to royal expert Angela Levin. She claims the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are enveloping themselves in “grandeur and pomp that surrounds them” after the royals announced an upcoming trip to the UK. The pair are scheduled to visit Harry’s home soil and Germany for three charity events next month, their spokesperson says. Harry and Meghan last visited the UK in June to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations with their two kids: Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1. However, their upcoming trip seems to have raised the eyebrows of many, in particular Levin, who noted the “odd time” of their visit. “Harry and Meghan coming to UK for ‘charities close to their hearts.’ Will the Queen be in Balmoral, and William in USA for Earthshot? Is this part of an attempt at an alternative Royal Family?” Levin tweeted Monday. “Odd time otherwise before H’s ‘bombshell’ memoir.“ “Surely if anyone is scared for their safety, they should keep what they are doing and where secret. Otherwise it’s more hypocrisy,” she wrote in a follow-up tweet. Elsewhere, Levin told Daily Mail she thinks the Sussexes are “very determined to show that their way is the best way.” “I’ve thought for a long time that Harry and Meghan are trying to create an alternative woke royal family, the grandeur and the pomp and circumstance that surrounds them,” she said. “They are people who are very determined to show that their way is the best way.”
*****All we can say to the Queen is: “Watch you back!!!”
*****This wouldn’t be the first time there was a “pretender to the throne!!!”
******Meghan was caught trying on the Queen’s crowns!!
Wendy Williams’ Final Months Were Wild
Wendy Williams didn’t know that her long-running talk show had been canceled, despite repeated communication that her tenure at the head of the program had come to an end following a months-long back-and-forth over health issues, said executives behind The Wendy Williams Show. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, production distributor Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus revealed that they had multiple conversations with Williams amid her unexpected and prolonged absence across the show’s 13th season, and had to tell her several times that the show was ending despite having publicly announced its conclusion in February as a result of her leave. “I said, ‘We haven’t heard from you, and we had to make a decision.’ We should have made one in November, but we pushed it to January or February, and by then, it was like, ‘Make a decision or lose the time period,'” Bernstein recounted. The exchanges allegedly occurred after Williams’ ongoing illnesses — including Graves’ disease and lymphedema — resulted in a delay in launching season 12 of the show back in September 2021. She publicly expressed multiple times, including in a March interview with Good Morning America, that she was ready to return to the program, though a production source told EW at the time that it was too late for the 58-year-old to take the reins once again for the current or upcoming syndication season. Marcus added in the THR piece that eventually, they “said, ‘Wendy, we need to have a diagnosis from a doctor — whether it’s the TV stations or a network or a new producer, anyone who’s going to do business with you, after you didn’t show up for a year, needs to know that you’re OK. [Without that assurance,] no one’s going to risk money or finance things.” Other reports from the story include an anonymous insider who told the publication that a planned Zoom address to 50 program staffers in September had to be cut short after about three minutes, as they suggested she was “starting not to be coherent” during the talk. They also said staffers would “find bottles [of alcohol] up in the ceiling tiles and other weird places in the office.” Two more sources alleged that staff members had sent texts questioning Williams’ sobriety to higher-ups, who reportedly had to screen episodes of the show prior to air time to make sure the host was fit for air. One episode, in the spring of 2021, allegedly did not air after this process, and was replaced with a repeat.
*********Hey… she got ahold of some bad gravy!! Is that a crime??
******Wendy said, “No one else can sit in my purple chair!! First of all, they’d slide off!!”
********We checked Wendy’s address.. and she’s living in 2005!!!
Mariah Carey Attempts To Trademark “Queen Of Christmas”
Mariah Carey is out to trademark the title of “Queen of Christmas,” registering the term legally so that only she can use it. But first she’ll have to contend with singers Darlene Love and Elizabeth Chan. Both have become famous for their own seasonal tunes, and now they’re taking the superstar to task. Chan has earned notoriety for cranking out Christmas tracks each year, and, most significantly, she released an album titled Queen of Christmas in 2013. In the wake of Carey’s trademark filing Friday, Chan’s attorney has filed a formal declaration of opposition. “Christmas has come way before any of us on Earth, and hopefully will be around way after any of us on Earth,” Chan said in an interview with Variety. “And I feel very strongly that no one person should hold onto anything around Christmas or monopolize it in the way that Mariah seeks to in perpetuity. That’s just not the right thing to do. Christmas is for everyone. It’s meant to be shared; it’s not meant to be owned.” Love, meanwhile, is known for her work on what many consider one of the greatest Christmas albums of all time, A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector — particularly for her classic “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” After she performed the hit on The Late Show With David Letterman each holiday season for almost three decades beginning in 1986, the host declared her the “Queen of Christmas.” Naturally, Carey’s attempt to adopt the exact same title doesn’t sit well with Love, who has expressed her opposition on Facebook and also threatened legal action. “Is it true that Mariah Carey trademarked ‘Queen of Christmas’?” Love asked in a post on Monday. “What does that mean, that I can’t use that title? David Letterman officially declared me the Queen of Christmas 29 years ago, a year before she released ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You,’ and at 81 years of age I’m NOT changing anything. I’ve been in the business for 52 years, have earned it, and can still hit those notes! If Mariah has a problem call David or my lawyer!!”
*********Meanwhile, Mrs. Claus just slapped Santa!! “What aren’t you telling me???”
*******Elton John just filed for the “Queen of Dodger Stadium!!”
********Not for nothing, but maybe MARY should be the “Queen of Christmas!!!”
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Royal Rooters-(Star)
Birmingham, England, Aug. 2
What a good sport! Princess Charlotte made her first solo outing with parents Prince William and Kate Middleton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The 7-year-old royal could barely contain her delight as she cheered on swimmers during a heat at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. “Kate and William absolutely love bringing the family together at events, but now that the children are a little older, they’re organizing solo appearances for them,” says a source. “The Cambridges believe it’s important to focus on their children as individuals as they grow into their role, embracing their interests and encouraging them to interact with people from all walks of life at these events.”
STUPID NEWS
Ice Cream That Tastes Like Dive Bar
A new novelty ice cream product is actually meant to recall the flavor of peanut shells on a bar floor. Miller High Life has partnered with Tipsy Scoop, maker of alcohol-infused ice cream, to create the Ice Cream Dive Bar. The product combines beer, peanut swirl, tobacco smoke flavor, caramel and a dark chocolate dip. The peanut swirl is designed to mimic the peanut shells frequently found on bar floors. Tipsy and Miller’s collaboration is a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ice cream bar. Each of the bars contain up to 5% alcohol. A six-pack costs $36.
*********For those who love laying face-down in a bar, licking the floor!!
HERE ARE SOME INNOVATIVE ICE CREAM FLAVORS THAT FAILED FOR SOME REASON!!
Jack the Ripple
Mustachio
Smurf Chunk
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Mint Chocolate Tick
Banana Schwarzenegger
Raspberry Rash
Tiny Filaments O’ Tungsten
Bus Depot Fudge
Stuff-Found-In-Ben-and-Jerry’s-Pockets
Dangerous Snake Ends Up In Car
A couple in Australia got quite the scare when an unwanted visitor slithered across their feet while driving: a venomous red-bellied black snake. The incident occurred along the Bruce Highway in Queensland, along the country’s eastern coastline. The footage of the snake came courtesy of a Facebook post from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers, specialists who were called in to remove the 3.5-foot snake from the couple’s camper van after it made the unscheduled appearance. “We just had a frantic call for a couple with a forward driving caravan, who were driving along, and they had a bloody red-bellied black snake in their car!” the snake catcher says in the video. “Not in their engine bay, not in the front or the windscreen, in their car while they’re driving.” The snake is seen laying in the car along the driver’s side, and the snake catchers can then be seen using a special hook to remove the snake, eventually capturing it in a bag. The snake catcher is then seen releasing the snake back into the forest. See the video HERE.
********The last time we saw a snake that big in the car, she had her hand on it!!!
TOPIC: The wild animal that wound up in my car!!!
Groom Rescued By Harbor Patrol
Officers with the Boston Police Department’s harbor patrol unit are used to helping boaters in distress, but last weekend Officer Joe Matthews came to the rescue of a groom in danger of missing his own wedding. Patrick Mahoney was scheduled to get married on Thompson Island in the middle of Boston Harbor on Saturday, but the boat that was supposed to ferry him to the island where his bride-to-be was already waiting broke down, police said in a post on their website. It gets worse. The groomsmen, photographer, DJ and floral arrangements were also stuck on the mainland. Enter Matthews, who transported more than a dozen people to the island on his police boat so Mahoney’s marriage to Hannah Crawford could go on as scheduled. “They were there very quickly to get my groomsmen and all of our vendors out here to the island and kind of save the day,” Mahoney told The Boston Globe.
*******Then they were all arrested for “clogging a public waterway!!”
*****The mother-in-law said, “If he REALLY loved you, he’d SWIM out here!!!”
****The groom used the old “boat broke down” trick.. but he couldn’t get out of it!!
Florida Man Texts Politician About Drug
A Florida man allegedly texted someone about buying an eight-ball of cocaine. Except the person on the other end of the phone was a politician, not a buyer. Jack Edward Fisher, 18, was arrested Monday and charged with felony possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and unlawful use of a two-way communications device, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. It’s unclear who Fisher’s text was meant for, but it instead went to Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins, who reported him immediately to the police. Officers then had Mullins keep texting with Fisher and arrange a meeting, where he was met by an undercover cop. Fisher had more than 3 grams of fentanyl on him at the time, according to police.
*********And THAT’S why they call ’em dopes!!!
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These Are Some Of The Best Places For Stargazing In The U.S.
HUFFINGTON POST
Cherry Springs State Park in Coudersport, Pennsylvania
“In Pennsylvania, there’s a really well-known location here called Cherry Springs State Park,” said Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. “They are set up specifically for telescopic observers.” He added that the park is so outfitted for stargazers that if you get there after dark, you’ll see what looks like a drive-in movie parking lot. You’ll find rows separated by posts that are power stations for telescopes.
Maunakea Visitor Information Station in Hilo, Hawaii
According to Pitts, Maunakea is a major astronomical location on the Big Island that is home to an astronomer-only summit. The destination also features a visitor’s station where you can get a prime view for stargazing.
The station is roughly 9,000 feet up in the air and is really dark. “They don’t allow any light up there, and all of the rest of the light is on the coast and thousands of feet below you,” Pitts said.
Beyond stargazing, the area is also a popular place for hiking.
Mark Twain National Forest in Rolla, Missouri
“Generally, that whole area in Southeastern Missouri is really remote and nice,” Walczak said.
Specifically, Mark Twain National Forest is a great place to visit for stargazing in the state. You can also hike, camp, or go boating while visiting the area.
Gila National Forest in Silver City, New Mexico
One of Walczak’s favorite places for stargazing is Gila National Forest in New Mexico. Particularly, he recommended visiting Quemado Lake within the National Forest. There, you’ll find a campground at an elevation of nearly 7,000 feet, putting you up high enough in the dark to get a really good glimpse of the stars.
Great Basin National Park in Baker, Nevada
“Great Basin National Park in Nevada is also an amazing observing site,” Walczak said.
He added that the park is also very supportive of astrotourism and has a range of special events and offerings throughout the year. You can visit for its annual Astronomy Festival in the fall, attend a tour on Nevada Northern Railway’s star train or view the sky from the park’s on-site solar telescopes.
University of Texas’ McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas
“High up in the Guadalupe Mountains is where McDonald Observatory is located,” said Tracy Knauss, director of astronomy at the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s George Observatory.
The observatory stands at about 5,600 feet above sea level, making it a beautiful place to view the night sky all year (and has many light restrictions, so you won’t be dealing with bright lights interrupting your view while you’re there). If you can, try to visit in October because you “can see the summer Milky Way setting and the winter Milky Way rising,” Knauss noted.
International Dark Sky Parks
“These are state parks that have taken on what’s required to have them identify as places that are ‘dark sky preserves,’” Pitts said.
They’re known as International Dark Sky Parks, and include places like Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, Joshua Tree National Park in California, Rappahannock County Park in Virginia and Newport State Park in Wisconsin and more. You can search through the listing of all park locations (there are more than 100) to find one near you. They span all across the United States.
All locations have regulations for things like headlight and flashlight use at night, and they don’t allow any utility lighting, Pitts noted. “In that location, and probably within some area around the location, they keep the night lighting either at a very low level or they purposely direct light downward so that it’s not impeding your view of the night sky,” he said.
Urban Night Sky Places
For those who live in a city, you can also visit Urban Night Sky Places, which are a relatively new designation, Walczak said. These designated areas can be a “municipal park, open space, observing site, or other similar property” near city environments whose design and planning allow for a better stargazing experience, according to the International Dark Sky Association.
“The goal of the urban night sky place is more about an area dedicated to good lighting,” and attainability for people who live in cities, he noted.
Any lighting in the area must adhere to requirements from the International Dark Sky Association, he added, which can include things like limited brightness and low color temperatures.
Walczak stressed that this makes for a unique experience for many city dwellers who aren’t used to being able to see the sky with virtually no lights around them.
Bonus: The Northern Lights In Iceland Or Canada
We’d be remiss not to mention the ultimate night sky experience: aurora borealis. Both Iceland or Canada are ideal places to go to view the lights, according to Knauss.
Particularly, the Yukon in Canada is known for its prime views of the northern lights and Heiðmörk forest, near Reykjavík, in Iceland is also a good vantage point. As far as timing, “arrive in the dead cold of winter, December to February, to get a glimpse,” Knauss said.
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