Born on this day!! Actor Jaclyn Smith (“Charlie’s Angels”) is 76. “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak is 75. Musician Bootsy Collins is 70. Actor James Pickens Jr. (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 69. Musician David Was of Was (Not Was) is 69. Guitarist Keith Strickland of The B-52′s is 68. Actor Lauren Tewes (“The Love Boat”) is 68. Actor D.W. Moffett (“Chicago Med”) is 67. Actor Rita Wilson is 65. Actor Patrick Breen (“Madam Secretary”) is 61. Actor Dylan McDermott (“The Practice”) is 60. Actor Cary Elwes is 59. Singer Natalie Merchant is 58. Actor Steve Valentine (“Crossing Jordan”) is 55. Country singer Keith Urban is 54. Actor Tom Cavanagh (“The Flash,” ″Ed”) is 53. Actor Rosemarie DeWitt (“The United States of Tara”) is 50. Actor Anthony Rapp (“Rent”) is 50. Writer-actor Seth McFarlane (“Family Guy”) is 48. TV host Paula Faris (“The View”) is 46. Actor Florence Kasumba (“Black Panther”) is 45. Actor Jon Heder (“Blades of Glory,” ″Napoleon Dynamite”) is 44. Singer Mark Barry of BBMak is 43. Actor Folake Olowofoyeku (“Bob Hearts Abishola”) is 38. Rapper Schoolboy Q is 35. Actor Beulah Koale (“Hawaii Five-0”) is 30.
THIS DAY IN GENIUS HISTORY
1774 – The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.
1825 – The Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, opened.
1881 – Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
1975 – Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States.
1979 – South Korean president Park Chung Hee was killed by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.
1994 – Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton.
2002 – Russian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels. More than 100 hostages were killed.
2005 – The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years.
Today Is: Howl at The Moon Night, Intersex Awareness Day, Mule Day, National Chicken Fried Steak Day, National Day of The Deployed, National Financial Crime Fighter Day
TODAY ON TV!
Primetime TV (All Times Eastern)
CBS – 8:00 – FBI / 9:00 – FBI International / 10:00 – FBI Most Wanted
NBC – 8:00 – The Voice / 9:00 – La Brea / 10:00 – New Amsterdam
ABC – 8:00 – The Bachelorette/ 10:00 – Queens
FOX – 8:00 – World Series
CW – 8:00 – DC’s Stargirl / 9:00 – Supergirl
TV Talk Shows
Jimmy Kimmel: Jeremy Renner, Olivia Rodrigo
Jimmy Fallon: Drew Barrymore, Mo Rocca, Måneskin
Stephen Colbert: Gabby Barret
Seth Meyers: Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Ferguson, a performance from “Caroline, Or Change”, Atom Willard
James Corden: David Boreanaz, Finneas
Watch What Happens Live: Ariana Madix, Craig Conover
The View: Ava DuVernay, Jaden Michael, guest co-host Gretchen Carlson
The Talk: Alyssa Milano
Live with Kelly and Ryan: Benedict Cumberbatch, Derek Hough, Amy Goodman
Ellen DeGeneres: Anya Taylor-Joy, Victoria Jackson
Wendy Williams: Tori Spelling, guest host Whitney Cummings
The Real: Robyn Dixon, Mia Thornton
Drew Barrymore: Tom Green, Pilar Valdes
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN’ ABOUT? Here are today’s PPM-Friendly Topics!
QUESTION: How do you say “I’m sorry??” Try, “Let me buy you breakfast!!” Alec Baldwin has breakfast with the husband and son of Halyna Hutchins the day after. Awkward.
QUESTION: Like we don’t have ENOUGH problems?? This person is suing KELLOGG’S because there are not enough strawberries in the STRAWBERRY POP TARTS!! Duh!!
QUESTION: Is this the BEST AMAZON DRIVER EVER?? A woman leaves a note: “Please hide packages from my husband,” and… SHE DOES!! They’re in the bushes!!!!
QUESTION: Ever get a text message from a woman who thought you were CHEATING WITH HER MAN?? These women did.. and hell hath NO FURY!!! Check it out!!!!!
QUESTION: Are we gonna have to LIKE him now?? Tom Brady spends a sweet post-game moment with a young brain cancer victim.. and gives him his game hat!!!!
Jonas Brothers Roast
Jonas Brothers Family Roast, a new comedy special featuring the Jonas Brothers, is coming to Netflix in November. Netflix shared a teaser for the special Monday featuring the Jonas Brothers — siblings Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas. Actor and comedian Kenan Thompson will host the show, with Pete Davidson, Niall Horan, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, John Legend, Lilly Singh and Jack Whitehall to make guest appearances. The new special “celebrates the universal truth that no one can get under your skin quite like your own family.” The show will feature sketches, songs and games as the Jonas Brothers get a roasting. The Jonas Brothers previously appeared in the NBC special Olympic Dreams featuring Jonas Brothers during the Tokyo Summer Olympics.
*****It’s like roasting… vanilla beans!!!
****But it’s got Keenan and Fluffy. So it may be worth watching!!
*****We’ll give it a shot. But if we don’t laugh int he first five minutes? We’re out!!
Petition To Ban Firearms On Movie Sets Gains Votes
A petition calling for a ban on the use of real firearms on film and TV sets has gained more than 25,000 signatures in light of the accidental shooting death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust.” Hutchins, a cinematographer, was shot and killed and the director of the movie, Joel Souza, was wounded when Alec Baldwin fired a gun on set that he was told was unloaded and safe to handle. The deadly mishap has led to calls for the use of real-life firearms, whether unloaded or loaded with blanks, to be banned. In a Change.org petition started by filmmaker Bandar Albuliwi, the thousands of people who have signed are calling on Baldwin specifically to use his “power and influence in the Hollywood film industry” to call for a ban on live firearms on sets. “We need to make sure that this avoidable tragedy never happens again,” the petition reads. “There is no excuse for something like this to happen in the 21st century. Real guns are no longer needed on film production sets. This isn’t the early 90’s, when Brandon Lee was killed in the same manner. Change needs to happen before additional talented lives are lost.” The reference to Brandon Lee has to do with a similar on-set incident that occurred during the making of the 1994 film “The Crow.” Lee, the son of acclaimed actor and martial artist Bruce Lee, was fatally shot after actor Michael Massee fired a gun at close range that was carrying a blank round. The Daily Mail reports that the weapon was loaded with “improperly crafted dummy rounds.” The crew reportedly failed to remove primer from the cartridges and one of the rounds had been fired.
********There goes about 90% of all movies and TV shows!!
******This is gonna be a huge boon for CGI people!!!
*****Why not get back to just yelling at each other???
UPDATE: The assistant director, Dave Halls (who checked the gun) was fired from another movie after a gun went off and wounded a sound crew member.
Ryan Gosling To Play “Ken”
Ryan Gosling is in final negotiations to play Ken in the forthcoming “Barbie” film, sources have told Deadline. He would be getting dolled up to play the iconic Mattel character opposite Margot Robbie who has signed on to play the leading lady in the live-action Warner Bros. movie. Gosling has not spoken publicly about the negotiations, but he purportedly passed on the role initially, citing his busy schedule. However, studio execs believed Gosling was the “only choice” to play Ken, according to Deadline, and persistently pursued him. Now, Gosling is reportedly ready to sign on the dotted line, with filming scheduled to get underway at the beginning of next year.
****Weirdly enough, we always thought that Ken was playing Ryan Gosling!!!
*******Ryan should be careful!! Barbie’s got a gun! (too soon??)
******In the movie, Ken is homeless… Barbie got all his stuff!!
Jeremy Piven Burglarized
Jeremy Piven lost $20,000 worth of clothing after his California home was reportedly burglarized earlier this week while he was out of town. “It’s unfortunate when high profile celebrities are a target of home robberies when traveling,” Piven’s rep told TMZ, adding, “Jeremy was out of town at the time doing his stand-up comedy shows in the UK.” According to the outlet, law enforcement sources confirmed that the perpetrators smashed a window of his home before taking off with the pricey pile of garb. No arrests have been made but law enforcement has been reviewing video footage to help them nab the burglars, sources told the website. He purchased his Hollywood Hills home in 2017 for $7 million.
*****It’s hard to feel sorry for someone who has $20,000 worth of clothing.. but we’ll give it a try!!
******If you’ve got a $7 million home, shouldn’t you have a Ring Doorbell?? Or some kind of alarm system??
*******The only thing in our house that’s worth $20,000… is the house!!
Travis Barker Covers Up Old Tattoos
Travis Barker debuted two new tattoos on Monday: an imprint of Kourtney Kardashian’s black-lipstick-covered lips and a massive black scorpion. While the lips are obviously a tribute to his fiancée, the scorpion just so happens to cover his old tattoo dedicated to ex-wife Shanna Moakler. Completed by tattoo artist Scott Campbell, both pieces of ink were placed on the Blink-182 drummer’s inner arm. While the scorpion is serving as a cover for the heart inscribed with Moakler’s name, it also is referencing his Scorpio astrological sign. “Scorpio season. On @travisbarker … Lips straight from the mouth of @kourtneykardash Congrats you two,” Campbell captioned a photo of his designs. Barker also shared snapshots of the scorpion stencil and the Poosh founder’s lip blot on his Instagram Story. In April, Barker revealed he had “Kourtney” tattooed in script above his left nipple.
********This is the hardest part of a rock divorce: who gets the tattoos???
*****Every time you break up, you have to erase your body?? Exhausting!!
Ripping The Tabloids (Throughout the week, we’ll give you the stories from that weeks tabs!)
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Mayim Wagers She’s Got “Jeopardy!” Job in Bag!-(National Enquirer)
Brainiac Mayim Bialik has saved “Jeopardy!”-and insiders say the 45-year-old can write her own ticket when it comes to negotiating her salary for the full-time job as the show’s host! “After all the drama surrounding Alex Trebek’s death and the search for a new host, the ratings were in freefall. Now thanks to Mayim, the numbers are the best they’ve been since April. She has basically saved the show-and she knows it,” a source dished. “With 5.4 million viewers tuning in, Mayim basically has the hosting job full-time if she wants it. Now all the producers have to do is agree on how much they’ll pay her.”
Jessica Swoops In For Kill-(Globe)
Former “7th Heaven” teen queen Jessica Biel, 39, landed a sweet deal playing the title role in “Candy,” a limited Hulu true-crime series about real-life 1980s Texas killer Candy Montgomery. “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss, originally cast to play the wife and mom who murdered her church friend with an ax, reportedly dropped out due to “scheduling conflicts.”
The Next Step-(Us Weekly)
Things are getting serious between Jennifer Garner and beau John Miller. On Oct. 16, the actress, 49, spent a cozy evening at Miller’s home with his two kids from a previous marriage, and it went so well that now they’re planning on introducing his children to her brood, Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9. “It’s a huge deal,” a source says, explaining that the pair didn’t want to involve their families “until they were 100 percent certain” that they were in it for the long haul. “Step one was meeting each other’s kids. Then they’ll look to move in together,” adds the source. “Assuming all if going well, it’ll culminate in an engagement!”
Costume Change-(Star)
Los Angeles, Oct. 12
She slayed it! Jamie Lee Curtis honored her late mother, Janet Leigh, at the Halloween Kills premiere by dressing up as her iconic Psycho character complete [with a sixty’s dress and a blonde wig] and a bloody shower curtain.
Victoria’s Filler Fiasco-(Life & Style)
What Victoria Beckham needs, what she really, really needs, is to stop messing with her lips! The fashion designer’s recent appearance [on TV] had viewers doing a double take for all the wrong reasons. “What’s happened to her face?” one Twitter user asked, while another wrote, “It’s so unnatural and distracting.” A doctor agrees. “Victoria appears to have bad filler placement. It is injected too high and not filling the lips properly,” says the doctor. “It’s not about injecting too much, it’s about it being done incorrectly. A few of her friends told her to put an end to the procedures.”
Chatter-(People)
“I’ve learnt to manage it and it’s not by reaching for a bowl of ice cream.”-Rebel Wilson, on emotional eating.
“I’m married now. I’m soft.”-Blake Shelton, joking about how he’s become more tender since tying the knot with Gwen Stefani in July.
“I’m completely unaware of actually what’s going on in pop culture, and that makes me really happy/”-Selena Gomez, on running her social media through her assistant.
STUPID NEWS
Message In A Bottle Found
A man walking on a beach in Scotland found a message in a bottle and discovered it was the second such message to travel across the Atlantic Ocean from the same man in Canada. Andrew Eaton-Lewis, a 48-year-old Uig resident, posted about the discovery on Facebook, seeking help translating the message, which was written in French. He found the bottle washed up on the beach during a recent outing at Cliff Beach with friends and family. “They wanted to go to the beach, so we just quite randomly chose Cliff Beach,” he said, according to The Press and Journal. “There are lots of different beaches you can go to, so it was sheer chance that we ended up on this one.” Eaton-Lewis initially thought the bottle was trash left behind from a picnic. But a closer look revealed it had barnacles stuck to it with a note inside dated Jan. 26, 2020. The message, signed by Andre Huet of Quebec, Canada, and placed inside a plastic bag, wasn’t the first to be sent across the Atlantic Ocean by the same man.
********Someone’s gotta tell this guy.. about the POSTAL SERVICE!!!
******Aren’t we supposed to be trying to keep the bottles OUT of the ocean???
*****The message read: “Help. I’m out of stamps!!”
Alligator Tries To Go For A Swim
Police in North Carolina said they were called to a neighborhood to eject an alligator found trying to gain access to a community pool. The Sunset Beach Police Department said in a Facebook post that officers were dispatched to the Oyster Bay Drive area of the city on a report of an alligator trying to get into the community pool. Officers arrived on the scene to find the reptile had broken through the porch lattice at the pool’s reservation office. The alligator was escorted to a nearby pond. See the pic HERE.
*******Thank God they saved the alligator!!! We don’t have enough!!!
******As part of the “Build Back Better” plan, we’ll be building dedicated pools for alligators!! They’re people, too!!
*****What has four legs and one arm?? A happy gator!!
Florida Man Sets Fire To Jesus
A Beverly Hills, Florida, man has been arrested for setting fire to two homes and a statue of Jesus, according to authorities. James Lee Harris, 25, set fire to “a tree and a statue of Jesus Christ” at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Beverly Hills, a home on South Barbour Street and another vacant home on South Wadsworth Avenue. “Not only is arson dangerous, but in some cases can be deadly,” Citrus County Sheriff Prendergast said in a Saturday statement. “No one in our community was injured during Harris’ tirade of inconceivable acts. I applaud our deputies, Community Crimes Detectives, and our partners at Citrus County Fire Rescue for working swiftly and diligently to keep our community safe from further harm.” A fire “caused major damage” to the house on South Wadsworth. A fence outside the home on South Barbour Street was set ablaze, and its windows were “covered in a liquid, possibly gasoline,” according to police. Harris also attempted to set fire to propane tanks at the Catholic Church where he lit the Jesus statue and tree on fire.
********We hope he likes fire, ’cause there’s a lot of it where he’s going!!!
Giant Ice Cream Sandwich
A Nebraska grocery store broke a Guinness World Record by creating an ice cream sandwich that weighed in at 2,960 pounds. The Hy-Vee store in Plattsmouth said Guinness set the goal for the record at 2,460 pounds, and a team of 30 employees worked for five hours to create an ice cream sandwich that beat the goal weight by 500 pounds. A Guinness adjudicator was on hand to verify the record. The record-breaking ice cream sandwich was then divided into portions and donated to the Food Bank of Lincoln and the Food Bank for the Heartland.
********This is the ice cream sandwich for when you’re REALLY depressed!!!
*******That’s a ton and a half of ice cream!!! Or as our kids would say: “A good start!!!”
******This could be a prop in that movie, “When Ben Met Jerry!!”
STUFF THAT’S COOL AND VIRAL
VIDEO: NEW STORE FREEZERS WITH LED SCREENS.
VIDEO: WHOOPS….GIANT WIND TURBINE CRASHES INTO OCEAN!
A LIST FOR TUESDAY
The Best Halloween Cocktails To Make At Home
HUFFINGTON POST
“Apple”
This simply named cocktail comes from Shigefumi Kabashima, owner and bar director of NR, located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. If autumn tends to get chilly where you live, this comforting toddy of sorts will be just the thing. No need to turn on the stove ― just start by warming the glasses or mugs you’ll be serving in so the ingredients can heat up and meld together. NR serves its version with house-made Angostura bitters, but the store-bought stuff should do just fine.
- 1 1/2 ounces bourbon
- 2 ounces apple cider
- 1/3 ounce honey
- 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
- 1 pat of butter
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Ground cinnamon, to taste
Combine ingredients into a warm cocktail glass, then stir together to create one serving.
Sunday Scaries
Unfortunately, Halloween does fall on a Sunday this year. The good news is, Sunday to Sunday, a Lower East Side cafe, has just the thing to keep you in the spirit rather than worried about the week ahead. The version it serves includes a proprietary homemade spiced maple syrup, but you can try infusing regular maple syrup with spices yourself, or make your life easier and buy one pre-spiced.
- 3 ounces tequila
- 2 ounces apple cider
- 1/4 ounce lemon juice
- 1 ounce spiced maple syrup
- 1 ounce egg white
Put all ingredients in a small cocktail shaker with no ice to dry-shake ― this will create foam. After shaking for a while, add a little bit of ice and shake again. Strain into a wine glass, no ice, and garnish with cinnamon.
Cold Blooded
Austin Franco, bar manager at Bamboo Room, a cocktail lounge in Westlake Village, California, shared a recipe for a cocktail that’s sanguine in appearance but refreshing and fruity to taste. Bamboo Room makes its own grenadine out of pomegranate juice, pomegranate molasses, orange blossom water and granulated sugar, but you can find pre-made grenadine at most grocery stores (or Amazon). It also rims the glass with red sugar, dyed with beet juice ― if you’re making this at home, you can pick up decorative sugar in the baking aisle.
- 2 ounces vodka
- 1 ounce grenadine
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 3/4 ounce Combier Orange (Triple Sec or Cointreau works, too)
- 2 blackberries, muddled with ingredients
Rim a martini glass in red sugar. Add all ingredients to the shaker and muddle the blackberries. Add ice to the shaker, shake and double strain. Top with a splash of sparkling wine. Garnish, if desired, with a skewered blackberry and lemon wedge.
Beetlejuice
This recipe comes courtesy of Little Rebel, a trendy cocktail bar in New York City’s East Village. The flavors are tropical ― perfect if your Halloween party is somewhere with warm weather ― but the appearance is fun and sort of eerie. Feel free to puree your own passion fruit or grab some pre-blended in the frozen fruit aisle, but for the sake of time and convenience, you’ll probably want to opt for a handy bottled version.
- 1 1/4 ounces white rum (Little Rebel uses Brugal)
- 1 1/4 ounces dark rum
- 3/4 ounce passion fruit puree
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup
- Gummy brains candy (for garnish)
- Grenadine syrup (to finish)
Add ice to shaker and shake with the ingredients all together. Strain over fresh ice in a glass. Garnish with gummy brains candy (or another on-theme candy of your choice) and 1/4 ounce of grenadine floated over.
Fresh Monkey
Paris may not be the spookiest city that immediately comes to mind, but it’s one with a lot of history and … spirit. Stéphane Ginouvès, head barman of Le Fouquet’s, shared a DIY version of its seasonal cocktail, the Fresh Monkey: a ghostly pale drink bearing the distinct fall flavors of apple and spicy ginger. For the apple syrup, you can snag it on Amazon.
- 1 1/2 ounces gin (Le Fouquet’s uses Monkey 47)
- 1/2 ounce apple syrup
- 3/4 ounce lemon juice
- 3/4 ounce egg white
- 3/4 ounce ginger beer
Add all ingredients to a shaker filled halfway with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a small sprig of rosemary and flower petals.
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