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T22 WHATS UP! July 31 - August 6, 2022 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert British Prime Minister Boris Johnson jested that G7 leaders could take their clothes off to "show that we're tougher than Putin." Oh my God, Boris, stop trying to start parties! With contraception on the judi- cial cross-hairs, folks are taking their genitals into their own hands, with men rushing to get vasectomies — and then very slowly walking home from them. ... That makes sense: the most ef- fective forms of birth control for men are abstinence and vasecto- mies. They have the same result but there's a vas deferens. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Millions of people are taking trips [during the July 4 week- end], and experts say it's going to be the busiest travel weekend in years. And, honestly, what's more American than an airport delay on the Fourth of July, you know what I'm saying? The TSA is already warning [of] delays up to two hours. [It] starts as a two- hour delay and the next thing you know, the gate agent's wish- ing you a happy Labor Day. I saw that ... chicken is the No. 1 thing that people are grilling this summer, while the least popular thing is still your dad trying to give you the burger that fell on the charcoal. Some drivers in New Jersey got an unexpected show when a truck that was hauling fireworks caught on fire. ... It was the first time someone was like, "Call 911 — in 15 minutes." It's the only time Waze has given direction to the traffic jam. It was a big day in Washington as Justice Stephen Breyer retired and Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the newest Supreme Court justice. Justice Jackson made history as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court and the first person to make people cheer for the Supreme Court in the past two weeks. Bed, Bath & Beyond is being ac- cused of trying to save money by turning off the A/C in their stores. It's not a good sign when all the workers are passed out in the beds and baths. But the good news is, if you faint, you might fi- nally get to experience "the be- yond." The Late Late Show With James Corden The United Kingdom has a brand-new world record holder. A man in Britain has the stron- gest middle finger on earth. It's true. He lifted 285 pounds with just his middle finger. ... You know it's not that impressive when the moment you break a world record someone goes, "Brilliant!" What's the thinking here? Was he like, "I want to get in the best shape of my life ... I'm going to start small. I'm going to start with this finger right here." [James Bond franchise] produc- er Barbara Broccoli says they're going to totally reinvent the character, and it will be at least two years before they start shooting. In fact, they say the search for Daniel Craig's re- placement hasn't even begun. ... Apparently, this Bond will be more progressive; it's a Bond for a new age. He's into meditating, conflict resolution and his pro- nouns are Shaken/Stirred. Late Night With Seth Meyers Animal Control officers in Ne- braska recently removed a Mill- er Lite can that was stuck on the head of a skunk. "God, that smell was awful," said the skunk. A man in Idaho recently broke a Guinness World Record by walking nearly three and a half miles with a guitar balanced on his chin. The bad news: he's walking to your party. New York Mayor Eric Adams an- nounced this week that rat-proof trash cans will be installed ar- ound the city, transforming New York from a city full of rats to a city full of angry, starving rats! In a new book, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said that Americans seem to have lost interest in constitutional matters and added, "People tend to be more interested in their iPhones than their Constitution." Well, I think that's because the people who update the iPhone know what they're doing. LATE LAUGHS BY DANA SIMPSON TV Media Done with deadly dames: Despite an announcement to the contrary late last year, it seems that ViacomCBS's streaming service, Paramount+, has decid- ed to pull the plug on a fan-fa- vorite show. "Why Women Kill," the most recent campy crime soap from "Desperate House- wives" creator Marc Cherry, has been canceled following its re- newal announcement in Decem- ber 2021. In an announcement made to online entertainment news mag- azine Variety.com, a spokesper- son for the streamer formerly known as CBS All Access said, "Paramount+ has made the diffi- cult decision not to move for- ward with Season 3 of 'Why Women Kill,'" and offered thanks to its "partners at CBS Studios and Imagine Television Studios, the amazing creator and showrunner Marc Cherry and the incredible writers, cast and crew for two memorable sea- sons." Not only did the abrupt post- renewal cancelation shock many fans of the show who were excit- ed for more of Cherry's murder- ous women, but Paramount+ also has yet to offer a reason for the cancelation (as of writing). Unfortunately, "Why Women Kill" now joins the TV grave- yard home to several other fe- male-fronted series. Netflix's "GLOW" experi- enced a similar renewed-to-be- canceled situation ahead of its fourth season, but the popular streaming platform cited pan- demic restrictions as a reason not to proceed with the series in October 2020. It remains can- celed despite easing restrictions. NBC's "Good Girls" also met a similar fate — this time citing poor ratings in its most recent season — and ended abruptly, on a cliffhanger, in its Season 4 finale. It is joined by Netflix's "Julie and the Phantoms" (axed after one season), Hulu's "Doll- face" and Netflix's "Baby-Sitter's Club" (both canceled after two seasons, like "Why Women Kill"). "Why Women Kill's" two sea- sons followed an anthological format that chronicled women forced (or who willingly opted) to take matters into their own hands and kill to get what they want. While the first season spanned three decades of wom- en living in the same house and featured an outstanding cast led by Lucy Liu ("Elementary"), Ginnifer Goodwin ("Big Love") and Kirby Howell-Baptiste ("Killing Eve"), Season 2 chose to follow one woman, Alma Fill- cott (Allison Tolman, "Gaslit"), as she climbed her way up the social ladder in a seemingly per- fect community run by ruthless housewife Rita Castillo (Lana Parrilla, "Once Upon a Time") and her trophy-wife followers like Mavis (Kerry O'Malley, "An- nabelle: Creation," 2017). All 20 episodes of the series are narrated by Jack Davenport ("Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," 2003) and remain, as of writing, avail- able to stream on Paramount+. Fifty shades of Amy: After years of negotiations in Holly- wood, producers are finally breaking ground on a long- awaited Amy Winehouse biopic. Deadline.com announced July 11 that its sources have con- firmed StudioCanal's participa- tion in "Back to Black," an up- and-coming biographical film about the life and untimely death of U.K. soul icon and Grammy winner Amy Wine- house, who died of alcohol poi- soning in 2011 at age 27. Attached to the film is "Fifty Shades of Grey" (2015) director Sam Taylor-Johnson, taking up directing duties on this project as well. Now that Taylor-John- son has boarded the project, sources say the film is picking up steam, with Winehouse's role to be filled "in the weeks to come" (as announced by Dead- line on July 11). This casting pro- cess will be overseen by Taylor- Johnson, "Back to Black's" team of producers and with "full sup- port from the Amy Winehouse estate." Deadline's Justin Kroll report- ed that, "The film is expected to take a look at the life and music of Winehouse, who started off as a budding North London jazz singer to eventually becoming a Grammy-winning music super- star with hit records that includ- ed 'Rehab' and 'Back To Black.'" While this would be the first biographical drama to chronicle Winehouse's life, Asif Kapadia's ("Diego Maradona," 2019) 2015 documentary film "Amy" gar- nered widespread acclaim and won the Oscar for Best Docu- mentary, Feature at the 2016 Academy Awards. Suspending 'Time': Not dis- similar to its titular "Time Trav- eler," HBO's "Time Traveler's Wife" is disappearing just as quickly as it arrived. After just one season on the specialty net- work and its streaming affiliates, the series has officially been canceled. Created by "Doctor Who's" Steven Moffat and adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger, the series, led by Rose Leslie ("Game of Thrones") and Theo James ("Divergent," 2014), pre- miered May 15 and wrapped its first (now possibly only) six epi- sodes June 19. We say "possibly" because there has been an interesting question floating around the in- ternet in recent days: Will Netf- lix save "The Time Traveler's Wife" from its terrible fate? While there are no concrete answers to this question as of writing, the chances of this save occurring, while possible, re- main slim. Kerry O'Malley and Allison Tolman in "Why Women Kill" STARS ON SCREEN