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Anna Wintour Gets a Big ‘No’ from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce for Next Month’s Met Ball

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Anna Wintour Gets a Big ‘No’ from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce for Next Month’s Met Ball

Anna Wintour is busy organizing the spring Halloween show she calls the Met Ball.

But guess who’s not coming to the prom? The Homecoming King and Queen themselves. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

According to reports, Swift has declined her invitation based on her concert schedule next month. She’s preparing for several shows in Europe through the month of May, and then she’s back in July. Swift has no time for Wintour’s foolishness.

Of course, Kelce will be by her side until it’s time to return to Kansas City Chiefs training camp. So he’s not hitting the Met Ball, either.

Wintour is counting on Jennifer Lopez to attract a crowd, even though JLo’s current project, the album “This is Me…Now” has been a cruel failure. I’m sure Anna’s hoping Ben Affleck will show up and not look bored out of his mind.

Wintour’s other big celebrity will be Zendaya, whose “Challengers” movie will be arriving just that Met Ball weekend. If it’s a hit, Anna will be relieved. She’s no doubt counting on Zendaya’s bf Tom Holland to make an appearance in a Spider Man suit.

Definite guests will be the Kardashians. Considering Taylor has a diss song on her album aimed at Kim, it’s probably best the two don’t cross paths.

Last year’s Met Ball — even with sponsors — cost the Metropolitan Museum $5 million. Conde Nast is no longer a sponsor for Wintour or Vogue. They’re too involved in layoffs to justify that outrageous expense.

“Law & Order SVU” Scores HUGE 500K in Key Ratings, as Maddie Flynn Kidnap Story Ends

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“Law & Order SVU” Scores HUGE 500K in Key Ratings, as Maddie Flynn Kidnap Story Ends

“LAaw & Order SVU” is booming in its 25th season.

Last night the venerable police show won the night in ratings for a drama with 4.78 million viewers. (Only the CBS comedy hour at 8pm did better.)

“SVU” also saw its key demo numbers jump a whopping 51.52 percent, to 500,000 viewers. That alone is reason for celebration.

“SVU” handily beat CBS’s “So Help Me Todd,” a strong show that the Tiffany network cancelled today. (Bad decision. A perfect Sunday night show in the old days.)

“SVU”s success happened because this was the 6th and final episode in a continuing story about kidnapped kid Maddie Flynn. The whole season has revolved around Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) witnessing Maddie getting taken and then finally returning her to her parents. Last night was the trial of her abuser.

The “SVU” ratings helped increase “Organized Crime” at 10pm by 22%, but the Chris Meloni “Law & Order” still lost to CBS’s “Elsbeth.” The Meloni show is either going to get cancelled or moved to Peacock. It has never found any traction. Unlike “SVU,” “Organized Crime” has no central idea and no supporting characters of any interest/

Broadway Heads Into a Week from Hell as a Dozen Shows Open for Tony Awards Eligibility

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Broadway Heads Into a Week from Hell as a Dozen Shows Open for Tony Awards Eligibility

Last night I attended a press preview for Alicia Keys’s lively Broadway musical, “Hell’s Kitchen.”

The Shubert Theater was packed except for two house seats just across the aisle. At the same time, my companion received an email confirming tickets for last night, for the new play, “Patriots.” She also had a confirmation for Saturday for the same play.

Where were the people from the empty seats, we wondered? I joked, probably at “Patriots” by mistake.

Starting this past Monday, and ending late next week, Broadway is in an annual period of chaos. More than a dozen new shows have opened or will, all to qualify for the Tony Awards. Broadway publicists are busy shoehorning Tony voters and press into theaters already mostly sold out to paying customers.

Working the schedule requires the mind of Gary Kasparov, it’s such a chess game. Last night, while we were at “Hell’s Kitchen,” a talky play called “Suffs” opened across the street. It received mixed reviews, but Hillary Clinton was there. Tonight, a very hot play called “Stereophonic” is opening that everyone is trying to see (maybe next week, maybe not).

Over the weekend, there are not one but two opening nights for Eddie Redmayne in “Cabaret.” The Alicia Keys musical is also opening on Saturday night, which will have a ton of celebs in the audience and fans singing along to this high-end jukebox show.

On Monday “Patriots” is opening at 2pm, and the Huey Lewis jukebox musical at 6pm. This is unfortunate timing as it is the beginning of Passover, which means a lot of people will be at seder tables and not in aisle seats. (Don’t worry, we’ll catch up!)

But come Tuesday, the game resumes. A play called “Mary Jane,” starring Rachel McAdams, is opening (but it has lukewarm buzz, so it can wait). Wednesday at 2pm is the first performance of “Illinoise,” a late entry musical transferring from the Park Avenue Armory. In this case, the buzz sounds like a chorus of cicadas, so everyone wants to see what’s going on.

But wait: “Uncle Vanya” is opening that night at Lincoln Center. Steve Carell stars in it. For best revival of a play “Vanya” will have to deal with the knockout production of “An Enemy of the People” with Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli. So there’s a lot of interest.

Are you exhausted? Have you had enough peanut M&Ms and diet Coke — total price in theaters $17 — for the week? (Because that’s what we call “dinner” on Broadway.) Thursday brings two more openings: “The Great Gatsby” musical and a play called “Mother Play” with Jessica Lange and Jim Parsons.

And these were all preceded by “The Outsiders” and “The Wiz” (very good reviews each), “Water for Elephants” (outstanding), the “Doubt” revival (very strong), “Appropriate” (a surprise hit with Sarah Paulson), ” “Tommy” (a hot pick), “Lempicka,” and “The Notebook.” Plus everyone wants to see “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” and “Sweeney Todd” before they close.

Also, let’s not forget the perennials still running, like “The Lion King,” “Aladdin,” “Book of Mormon,” “Hamilton,” “Wicked,” “MJ,” “And Juliet,” and so on. There’s also that Neil Diamond musical that keeps posting closing notices but never closes. (They just donated $750,000 to the Parkinson’s foundation.) And somewhere out there, “Chicago” is still playing to decent houses.

And what about those indefatigable (“Can you do tonight at 7? Tomorrow at 8?”) publicists? They sound exhausted on the phone. They stand outside the theaters — no matter what the weather, and this season has been cold, gray, and rainy — happily greeting their guests with tickets. How do they do it, and keep it all straight? They must be reading Kasparov’s book!

And still, there’s always an article insisting Broadway is dead. If it is, it’s not only walking, but dancing and singing!

Daytime Emmy Noms: Dick van Dyke, 98, for “Days of our Lives,” Also Movie Star Guy Pearce for Aussie Soap

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Daytime Emmy Noms: Dick van Dyke, 98, for “Days of our Lives,” Also Movie Star Guy Pearce for Aussie Soap

The Daytime Emmy nominations are out, and they are unusual.

Dick van Dyke, age 98, was nominated for his guest spot on “Days of Our Lives.” It’s his first ever Daytime Emmy nomination. He will win, easily.

Aussie movie star Guy Pearce got a nomination for that country’s soap, “Neighbours.” Why? I have no idea.

There are six nominees for Best Actress in a soap, and only five for Best Actor. William Devane once said men on soap operas were like furniture for the women to push around, or something like that.

Most of the acting nominations are arbitrary, or have to do with bulk voting from a cast. They make little sense, although it’s time for Finola Hughes to win something for “General Hospital.”

I don’t understand how Jennifer Hudson’s talk show as nominated, but not Hudson herself. The awful and now cancelled “The Talk” hosts were nominated, but not their show.

Robert Downey, Jr was nominated for his car show.

The Daytime Emmys are on CBS June 7th. Is it a coincidence that the CBS shows got so many nominations? Probably not.

51st Daytime Emmy Awards

DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Days of our Lives
Peacock
General Hospital
ABC
Neighbours
Amazon Freevee
The Young and the Restless
CBS

2 – DAYTIME TALK SERIES
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
Tamron Hall
Syndicated
Turning The Tables with Robin Roberts
Disney+
The View
ABC

3 – ENTERTAINMENT NEWS SERIES
Access Hollywood
Syndicated
Entertainment Tonight
Syndicated
Extra
Syndicated

4 – CULINARY SERIES
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Food Network
Family Dinner
Magnolia Network
Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays
Food Network
Valerie’s Home Cooking
Food Network
What Am I Eating? with Zooey Deschanel
Max

5 – LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM
Hot Bench
Syndicated
Judy Justice
Amazon Freevee
Justice For The People with Judge Milian
Syndicated
The People’s Court
Syndicated
We The People with Judge Lauren Lake
Syndicated

6 – TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND NATURE PROGRAM
Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory
National Geographic
Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper
National Geographic
Guy’s All-American Road Trip
Food Network
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC
Street Somm
Tastemade

7 – INSTRUCTIONAL/HOW-TO PROGRAM
Fixer to Fabulous
HGTV
Fixer Upper: The Hotel
Magnolia Network
Hack My Home
Netflix
Martha Gardens
Roku
Windy City Rehab
HGTV

8 – LIFESTYLE PROGRAM
Downey’s Dream Cars
Max
George to the Rescue
NBC
Growing Floret
Magnolia Network
Homegrown
Magnolia Network
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix

9 – ARTS AND POPULAR CULTURE PROGRAM
Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids
Vimeo
King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch
Netflix
Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter
SundanceTV
Oprah and “The Color Purple” Journey
Max
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
PBS
Working in the Theatre
AmericanTheatreWing.org

10 – EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PROGRAM
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Harlem Globetrotters Play It Forward
NBC
Ireland Made with Love
PBS
Leveling Lincoln
PBS
What Really Happened: America’s Wild
National Geographic

11 – DAYTIME SPECIAL
Culture Quest: Ukraine
PBS
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC
97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NBC
Recipe for Change: Celebrating Black Men
SpringHill
Unexpected
Hulu

12 – SHORT FORM PROGRAM
Catalyst
LinkedIn News
The Dads
Netflix
Hollywood Atelier: Rob Pickens
The Hollywood Reporter
How Una Pizza Napoletana Became the No.1 Ranked Pizza in the World
Eater
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Netflix

13 – LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Tamara Braun as Ava Vitali
Days of our Lives
Peacock
Finola Hughes as Anna Devane
General Hospital
ABC
Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Annika Noelle as Hope Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Cynthia Watros as Nina Reeves
General Hospital
ABC

14 – LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Eric Braeden as Victor Newman
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Scott Clifton as Liam Spencer
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Eric Martsolf as Brady Black
Days of our Lives
Peacock
John McCook as Eric Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

15 – SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Jennifer Gareis as Donna Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton
Days of our Lives
Peacock
Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Allison Lanier as Summer Newman Abbott
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Emily O’Brien as Gwen Rizczech
Days of our Lives
Peacock

16 – SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford
General Hospital
ABC
Bryton James as Devon Winters
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Wally Kurth as Justin Kiriakis
Days of our Lives
Peacock
A Martinez as Nardo Ramos
The Bay
Popstar! TV
Mike Manning as Caleb McKinnon
The Bay
Popstar! TV

17 – GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Linden Ashby as Cameron Kirsten
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Ashley Jones as Dr. Bridget Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Alley Mills as Heather Webber
General Hospital
ABC
Guy Pearce as Mike Young
Neighbours
Amazon Freevee
Dick Van Dyke as Mystery Man/Timothy Robicheaux
Days of our Lives
Peacock

18 – DAYTIME TALK SERIES HOST
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro
The View
ABC
Kelly Clarkson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa
Live with Kelly and Mark
Syndicated
Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood
The Talk
CBS
Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall
Syndicated

19 – CULINARY HOST
Lidia Bastianich
25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee
PBS
Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie’s Home Cooking
Food Network
Eduardo Garcia
Big Sky Kitchen with Eduardo Garcia
Magnolia Network
Emeril Lagasse
Emeril Cooks
Roku
Sophia Roe
Counter Space
Tastemade
Buddy Valastro
Legends of the Fork
A&E

20 – DAYTIME PERSONALITY – DAILY
Frank Caprio
Caught in Providence
Facebook Watch
Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner
Matt Cohen, Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo,
Will Marfuggi, Rachel Smith,
Entertainment Tonight
Syndicated
Deborah Norville
Steven Fabian, Lisa Guerrero, Ann Mercogliano, Jim Moret
Les Trent
Inside Edition
Syndicated
Robert Hernandez, Star Jones
Divorce Court
FOX
Judge Judy Sheindlin
Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose
Judy Justice
Amazon Freevee

21 – DAYTIME PERSONALITY – NON-DAILY
Samantha Brown
Samantha Brown’s Places To Love
PBS
Derrick Campana
The Wizard of Paws
BYUtv
Christian Cooper
Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper
National Geographic
Zoë François, Andrew Zimmern
Holiday Party with Andrew & Zoë
Magnolia Network
Jet Tila
Ready Jet Cook
Food Network

22 – WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Days of our Lives
Peacock
General Hospital
ABC
The Young and the Restless
CBS

23 – WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC
Reconnecting Roots
PBS
Super Animals
Syndicated
Team Rubicon
Roku

24 – DIRECTING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Days of our Lives
Peacock
General Hospital
ABC
The Young and the Restless
CBS

25 – DIRECTING TEAM FOR A SINGLE CAMERA
DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids
Vimeo
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC
Searching for Soul Food
Hulu
TrueSouth
ESPN I ABC I SEC Network

26 – DIRECTING TEAM FOR A MULTIPLE CAMERA DAYTIME NON-FICTION
PROGRAM
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC
The Drew Barrymore Show
Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
Turning The Tables with Robin Roberts
Disney+
The View
ABC

27 – OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
AND COMPOSITION
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC
Mysteries of the Faith
Netflix
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Netflix

28 – ORIGINAL SONG
“Shine”
General Hospital
ABC
“Unexpected Truth”
Unexpected
Hulu
“We’re Home”
Reconnecting Roots
PBS

29 – LIGHTING DIRECTION
General Hospital
ABC
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
The View
ABC

30 – TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Days of our Lives
Peacock
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated

31 – CINEMATOGRAPHY
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory
National Geographic
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
Living For The Dead
Hulu
Oracles of God: The Story of the Old Testament
CBN
32 – SINGLE CAMERA EDITING
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Drive with Swizz Beatz
Hulu
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
Oprah and The Color Purple Journey
Max
Searching for Soul Food
Hulu
33 – MULTIPLE CAMERA EDITING
Family Ingredients
PBS
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
Team Rubicon
Roku
TrueSouth
ESPN|ABC|SEC|Network
The Wizard of Paws
BYUtv
34 – OUTSTANDING LIVE SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
The Talk
CBS
Tamron Hall
Syndicated
35 – SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Downey’s Dream Cars
Max
Drive with Swizz Beatz
Hulu
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Netflix
36 – MAIN TITLE AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Car Masters: Rust to Riches
Netflix
Searching for Soul Food
Hulu
Super Animals
Syndicated
Tex Mex Motors
Netflix
37 – CASTING
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Days of our Lives
Peacock
General Hospital
ABC
Start Up
PBS
The Young and the Restless
CBS
38 – ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
The Drew Barrymore Show
Syndicated
General Hospital
ABC
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
The View
ABC
The Young and the Restless
CBS
39 – COSTUME DESIGN/STYLING
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated
Sherri
Syndicated
40 – HAIRSTYLING AND MAKEUP
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
The Drew Barrymore Show
Syndicated
Sherri
Syndicated
The View
ABC
The Young and the Restless
CBS

Billy Joel Special Will Re-air Tonight on CBS, Scored High Numbers on Sunday Before Incident

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Billy Joel Special Will Re-air Tonight on CBS, Scored High Numbers on Sunday Before Incident

Billy Joel’s terrific special will air again tonight at 9pm on CBS.

This re-airing is to make up for Sunday’s incident at the end of the show when CBS cut in for local news while Billy was singing “Piano Man.”

Viewers were outraged, for a good reason. How stupid could a TV network be in 2024? We found out.

As it turns out, the special scored 5.73 million viewers Sunday and basically won the night. The show was so good it’s worth seeing again tonight — especially the end!

Let’s hope CBS has sent a message to all affiliates not to cut in tonight even if Trump admits to everything at 10:50pm. We can wait!

Graydon Carter Goes Retro Cool, Opens a Newsstand in NYC’s West Village

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Graydon Carter Goes Retro Cool, Opens a Newsstand in NYC’s West Village

Graydon Carter, former chief of Vanity Fair, has gone back to the future.

Carter has today opened a newsstand in NYC’s West Village. It’s named for his Air Mail subscriber online magazine. Call it retro cool!

Just the other day I was lamenting the disappearance of almost all newsstands in a city that once burst with them on every corner. In the Village we lost the stand on 8th Street and Sixth Avenue — once a mecca, the center of all activity. Also gone is the store at 6th Avenue and 11th St.

Carter’s gift for marketing is something to behold. Already in the Village he still owns the hottest clubby restaurant, the Waverly Inn. Now comes the Air Mail stand “housed within an early-20th-century landmarked row home … retaining the original, 1905 bones, while adding a modern mix of mid-century furniture, brass finishes, honey-oak-wood flooring, and custom millwork and shelving.”

Apparently he’s already got a stand in London and Milan. Of course. “I know that it’s slightly nutty for a digital enterprise to open a newsstand,” says Carter. “But despite the doldrums the print business is in, we still love magazines. And books and great coffee!”

Drinks will be served in custom Donald Robertson-illustrated cups, with a revolving assortment of pâtisserie offerings.

There will be plenty of magazines. Will they carry Conde Nast product? (LOL– now that would be funny.) But you won’t be able to read Air Mail itself, I guess, which is all digital and subscriber based. Or is Carter planning some kind of print edition?

Exclusive: Meryl Streep to Receive Prestigious Opening Night Honorary Palme D’or Award at Cannes

Taylor Swift Scores a RECORD 48 of 100 iTunes Top 100, 9 of top 10, 4 of Top 5 Albums

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Taylor Swift Scores a RECORD 48 of 100 iTunes Top 100, 9 of top 10, 4 of Top 5 Albums

The ENTIRE record business belongs to Taylor Swift.

Like it or not, Swift’s new release “The Tortured Poets Department” is setting and breaking records right now.

Swift has at least 48 of the top 100 iTunes singles. Nine of the top 10 are hers, with a song called “The Black Dog” at number 1.

Thanks to releasing different versions of “Poets” last night, Swift has four of the top 5 albums, and a dozen more on the top 100.

When the Spotify charts update this morning, Swift should have many of those spots locked up as well.

What is going on here, you might ask? How could one person — one music artist, songwriter — have generated this much music in such a short time? It makes you wonder if she sleeps. It’s not like Swift is a hermit. We see constant videos and photos of her out on the town, or at football games, not to mention performing in front of crowds of 50,000 people. Is there a team of Taylor Swifts, dozens of avatars?

Of course, the insane part of this is that she dropped THIRTY ONE songs over night. Can there possibly be unreleased tracks as well? Is this why producer Jack Antonoff’s eyeglasses are getting thicker with each new release?

Tomorrow is Record Store Day, a marketing gimmick in the music biz. What surprise does Swift have for that occasion?

Taylor Swift Drops New Album, Total 31 Songs (15 Surprise Ones) at 2am

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Taylor Swift dropped an album of 16 songs at midnight. Then at 2am she added 15 more, for a total of 31 songs.

The collection is called The Tortured Poets Department Anthology. The 2am part is total surprise. It sounds like demos, it’s a little underproduced. But what the heck?

Swift wrote on social media: “it’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album. ✌️ I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours.”

Just two hours earlier she’d written — with no indication that more was coming (bold face is mine):

“The Tortured Poets Department. An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time – one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted. This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.

And then all that’s left behind is the tortured poetry.”

How can there be so many songs? Are they any good? Why do some of them sound a lot like Lana Del Rey? All questions to be answered in the days ahead.

31 songs?

 

Get Ready for Taylor Swift “Poets” Tsunami to Hit at Midnight, Beyonce Album Ending Run at 700,000

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Get Ready for Taylor Swift “Poets” Tsunami to Hit at Midnight, Beyonce Album Ending Run at 700,000

Cowboy Carter is about to get rounded up.

Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” will at midnight like the hurricane in “The Wizard of Oz.” Nothing will be left in its wake including Beyonce’s album.

“Cowboy Carter” will fall, like everything else, by the wayside. The Beyonce album has sold around 700,000 copies including streaming. My guess is, Swift will sell that in her first week.

All of Beyonce’s tracks are out of the top 20, too, making way for Swift to swamp iTunes. Even “Texas Hold Em” is gone, although it will remain on the radio for a long time.

Swift advance orders will fuel her opening, and you know she’ll be making appearances everywhere. She has an uncanny instinct for promotion, unlike Beyonce who kept away from it.

Get ready for a Beyonce vs. Taylor Swift showdown in January at the next Grammy Awards. Beyonce will win, I’m telling you now.

Come back after midnight for a Swiftian review.

Exclusive: Meryl Streep to Receive Prestigious Opening Night Honorary Palme D’or Award at Cannes

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Cannes do!

I’m told that the Festival de Cannes will bestow the Honorary Palme D’or on the great Meryl Streep next month.

The three time Academy Award winner will receive the award on opening night, which is broadcast live in France from the Palais du Festivals. My sources say the deal is all but done. Hey– if I’m right — and I think I am — I hope credit will be given to this site.

Last year the honor went to Michael Douglas. It’s the most prestigious award at Cannes. Other past winners include Jane Fonda, Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, and Tom Cruise. This year, George Lucas will receive his at the closing awards ceremony.

Meryl is considered the greatest actress of her generation, which is not to say Glenn Close, Sally Field, and others aren’t terrific. But La Streep has that extra added something that’s made her career sparkle.

She recently picked up an Emmy and a Critics Choice Award for “Only Murders in the Building.” Her most recent Oscar was for “Iron Lady.” Before that she won for “Sophie’s Choice” and “Kramer vs. Kramer.” She also has dozens of nominations, more than the naked eye can see without eclipse glasses!

Meryl won Best Actress at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival for “A Cry in the Dark.” That was the role in which she got to say (according to Elaine Benes), “A dingo ate my baby!”

What a grand idea thanks to Thierry Fremaux. Opening night is going to be insane to catch a glimpse of Meryl on the red carpet. Bon chance!

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