Kit Harrington was on The Tonight Show on Friday the 13th and Jimmy Fallon wanted to know if he was superstitious. The Game of Thrones star said he is and then shared the strangest one he believes. He scratches his balls every time he sees an ambulance because he heard that it is good luck for the person inside.
He claims that it is an Italian tradition, but on quick internet search I could not find it anywhere. But don’t tell him because it is fun to watch him scratch his thrones whenever he sees an ambulance. Even a model one that the NBC late host brought out to see if he would do it. He did!
Even though HBO picked up The Brink for a second season, they announced today that they will not be moving forward with the show because they would not be able to promote it properly.
Which makes me think the two leads, Jack Black and Tim Robbins, would be perfect for True Detective 3. Although, HBO still has not picked up that show for a third season after the disastrous second one.
A few days ago, HBO announced that they picked up Sesame Street for 5 more seasons. So what does that mean for the show that has spent 45 years on PBS? So That Happened got their hands on the first trailer and there will be cursing and so much more. This is not the Sesame Street we grew up on, but it is the Sesame Street I want to watch now. I just won’t let any kids watch it. Which is OK because they are watching Dora the Explorer and Doc McStuffins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHogg7pJI_M
A day after it was rumored that PBS cut Sesame Street’s episodes down to a half hour from a full hour, HBO announced that they picked up the Educational show for 5 more seasons. Nine months after the episodes air on the pay cable network, they will be available to PBS free of charge.
The really great news about the move is that they Sesame Workshop can produce twice as much new content as they did in the past. If that news isn’t good enough, then how about the fact that they will be producing a Muppet spinoff series as well.
It is a definitely a sunny day on Sesame Street and for HBO too.
Sex education has been an important part of my life. I can still remember the first time a teacher taught me about it in 5th grade. I remember in 10th grade, kids would hand me their questions that they were too embarrassed to ask in class. When I was in college, I handed out on condoms in the breezeway and gave demonstrations on safer sex. In my adult life, I spent a few years working for a nonprofit that assisted Hollywood with sexual health issues. I know it is important, but others think if we sweep it under the rug it will go away. Sex has been around since the Adam & Eve, and it ain’t going away as much as people want it to. Yet, many parents can’t talk to their kids about it. To make matters worse, they don’t want schools to talk about it either. So where are they are going to learn to protect themselves?
Yesterday, John Oliver took on that issue on his HBO show Last Week Tonight and he elaborated about it better than I ever can. The way he talks about it makes sense, the way I express it comes out with anger. How can states tell kids, it is not OK to be gay? Or tell them that abstinence is the only way. It is the best way, not the only way. We need to protect the next generation. Because let’s be honest how many of you waited until your wedding night? How many of you were prepared for your first time? Don’t you want your loved ones to know how to use a condom, so that their risk of an STD and/or pregnancy is greatly reduced. What happens if you don’t talk to your kids about sex? I don’t maybe something like what allegedly happened to The Duggars.
I am not saying that kids should have sex, I am saying they should be aware of their options. Talking to kids about sex doesn’t mean that they are going to run to do it. It just means they will be prepared when they do.
