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Box Office: “Marty Supreme” Made $385,000 in Six Theaters Two Days in Limited NY and LA Runs, Sold Out at Most Performances

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The big box office news is more about an indie film than a big studio blockbuster.

“Marty Supreme,” starring Timothee Chalamet and directed by Josh Safdie, has had an enormous marketing campaign.

So what’s the payoff? Over Thursday and Friday, “Marty” made $384,438 in six theaters. They were divided between New York and Los Angeles.

I thought the number would be higher as most theaters show sold out performances. Official screenings in all theaters will begin on Christmas Day.

There’s obviously a lot of curiosity about “Marty” after all the hype, pitched especially to young people. It’s an A plus movie, but we’ll see if that audience appreciates it.

And then there’s the new and probably final “Avatar” movie. It made $12 mil on Thursday and another $24 million on Friday. It looks like it will come in at $72 million for the weekend.

If it doesn’t, some people at Disney will be turning blue.

Stay tuned…

PS The Marty Supreme merch fever may be cooling. On ebay, jackets are now going for $139. They were bought at pop ups for $250. The ping pong balls — I thought I could retire on them. Alas, the ones on ebay are going for 10 bucks or less.

Timothee Chalamet Reveals Himself as “British Rapper”: Is He Wrecking All Chances of Getting an Oscar or Being Taken Seriously as an Actor?

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Timothee Chalamet Reveals Himself as “British Rapper”: Is He Wrecking All Chances of Getting an Oscar or Being Taken Seriously as an Actor?

Timothee Chalamet has finally admitted to having an alias as a “British rapper.”

For a while now, his fans knew he was also posting rap videos as someone called “Esdee Kid.”

I’m all for a little fun, but “Timmy” is wrecking his chances at getting an Oscar for his excellent work in “Marty Supreme.”

Chalamet doesn’t seem to take advice from anyone. He’s almost 30, and he’s just doing his thing, not thinking about the rest of his cast, the studio, or the bigger picture of what it means to carry a movie.

The last few weeks have also been taken up by orange ping pong balls, grossly expensive merch like $250 cloth jackets, and so on.

What’s happened in the interim is that he’s slipped from number 1 on most Oscar prognostication lists to number 4 or 5. Ahead of him now are Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Michael B. Jordan, and Joel Edgerton.

While Timmy is running around in orange leather suits with is scantily clad girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, the other potential nominees for Best Actor are conducting themselves like adults.

Frankly, this reminds me of when James Franco was on the cusp of success and started making very bad choices. The Academy could see he wasn’t serious. The rest of his story is history.


Even Adam Sandler, who loves wearing basketball uniforms and kidding around, is acting pretty sober. He knows he has a shot for Best Supporting Actor in “Jay Kelly.” (It’s a tight category, with Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Delroy Lindo, and Andrew Scott all high on lists.)

Marketing is always welcome for movies if there’s a point to it. What’s going on now is young people, vibing to the rapping and the clothes, only to discover that “Marty Supreme” isn’t a music video but a serious film directed by Josh Safdie, who’s made a great movie. Chalamet is mocking his own film, although he doesn’t realize it.

No one is willing to say this lest they be thrown out of his circle. But I’m twice his age. I’ve known Chalamet since he’s 18. He’s on track for a big career. But he’s self detonating before our very eyes.

RFK Daughter Kerry Kennedy Says She’s Taking Trump’s Name Down from Kennedy Center with a Pick Ax in 2029

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RFK Daughter Kerry Kennedy Says She’s Taking Trump’s Name Down from Kennedy Center with a Pick Ax in 2029

Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the real Robert F. Kennedy, is tailing against Donald Trump renaming the Kennedy Center.

On Twitter she wrote: “Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!”

All the members of the Kennedy family except you-know-who have openly denounced Trump for taking over the memorial to the late president John F. Kennedy.

Meantime, ticket sales are a disaster at the Center. The Tony winning Broadway musical, “Spamalot,” is playing this week, and there are swaths of empty rows. It’s doubtful even theater goers and music lovers will set foot in a place called The Trump Kennedy Center.

But maybe that’s the goal: to destroy the place and turn it into a Chuck E. Cheese.

Bowen Yang Leaving “SNL” Tomorrow, May Go with Host Ariana Grande in Balloon to a Land Called Hollywood

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Bowen Yang Leaving “SNL” Tomorrow, May Go with Host Ariana Grande in Balloon to a Land Called Hollywood

And that’s it for Bowen Yang.

The “SNL” actor is leaving in the middle of his 8th season on Saturday might.

Ariana Grande is the host of the episode. Since they are each featured in “Wicked,” she may take him away to a land called Hollywood.

Yang has gotten four Emmy nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy. He’s appeared in several movies, the most successful being “Wicked” and “Wicked for Good.”

Yang’s exit follows the end last May for many “SNL” regulars. This season had a shaky start, but things are improving as many in the new cast have caught on, especially Ashley Padilla.

Yang has a popular podcast, and will be a featured voice in next year’s “The Cat in the Hat” animated film.

Will we see Bowen Yang in comedies? A TV series of his own?

One thing’s for sure. His stay on “SNL” is not without highlights. He’s had some great moments on “Weekend Update.” And no one will forget when he publicly criticized the show when Elon Musk was host.

Box Office: Shaky Debut for Final Avatar with $12 Mil Opening and Mixed Reviews

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Box Office: Shaky Debut for Final Avatar with $12 Mil Opening and Mixed Reviews

Not a great start Thursday night for “Avatar Fire and Ash.”

The possible final episode of James Cameron’s saga took in five million dollars less than part 2, “The Way of Water.”

Just $12 mil last night bodes poorly if word of mouth doesn’t kick in.

Stay tuned…

Xmas Gift for Us: Darlene Love Singing “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” on Fallon with Paul Shaffer and Little Steven

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Xmas Gift for Us: Darlene Love Singing “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” on Fallon with Paul Shaffer and Little Steven

There’s nothing better than this.

Darlene Love sang her monster forever hit, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home” last night on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show.”

Her band was led by Paul Shaffer, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul.

For 25 years, Darlene and Paul used to perform the song on David Letterman’s show. Now it’s been inherited by Fallon.

The song was originally on Phil Spector’s legendary 1962 Xmas album — and still is — but this band rivals even Spector’s wall of sound. Darlene keeps rock and roll going!

Cher, Whitney Houston, Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, Bernie Taupin, Chaka Khan All Set for Grammy Special Merit Lifetime Achievement Awards

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Cher, Whitney Houston, Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, Bernie Taupin, Chaka Khan All Set for Grammy Special Merit Lifetime Achievement Awards

Clive Davis will have to be in two places at the same time on Saturday, January 31st.

The Recording Academy has announced its Special Merit Award winners and they include three of Clive’s biggest artists, Whitney Houston, Paul Simon, and Carlos Santana.

Others on the list of superstars include Bernie Taupin, Cher, Fela Kuti, and Eddie Palmieri.

On the non performing side are legendary record exec Sylvia Rhone for Trustees Award and John Chowning is the Technical Grammy Award honoree.

What a list. And for Clive to see his stars awarded he’ll have to be at the Wilshire Ebell Theater and then race back to his own pre-Grammy dinner at the Beverly Hilton. Maybe the police can set up a special lane for him on either side of Wilshire Boulevard.

All of these performers are knockouts, which means the subsequent Special Merit TV show, the last for CBS, will be a blockbuster.

I’m especially psyched for Bernie Taupin, who tends to get overlooked as the lyricist of Elton John’s hundreds of hits. So we can imagine Sir Elton will be on hand for these proceedings.

Meantime, Cher hosts “Saturday Night Live” tomorrow, un-retired Paul Simon is heading to Europe for a new tour, Santana has his Las Vegas residency, Chaka Khan is on tour with Patti Labelle, Gladys Knight, and Stephanie Mills. The beat goes on!

Mamdani Hired, Then Fired, Aide Who Posted Antisemitic Tirades: Husband is NYC Deputy Comptroller — His Mother is Jewish

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Mamdani Hired, Then Fired, Aide Who Posted Antisemitic Tirades: Husband is NYC Deputy Comptroller — His Mother is Jewish

(EXCLUSIVE) Zohar Mamdani is off to a great start.

The soon to be mayor of New York hired a woman who, it was discovered, posted antisemitic tweets when she was 19. She’s 33 now.

— keep refreshing for updates —

Catherine — aka Cat — Almonte da Costa has resigned as Secretary of Appointments since the discovery. Her rationale for being innocent: she claims to have “Jewish children.”

Indeed, I can tell you she’s married to Ricky M. DaCosta, the current deputy comptroller for Public Affairs for the city of New York.

He says he’s half Russian Jewish, and half “Jewmatian.”

Here’s an unexplained bit of trivia: Cat Da Costa seems to have a pseudonym. I’ve emailed her to find out what’s going on here.

Forget about whether the children are Jewish religiously or whatever. It would seem that Ricky is Jewish thanks to his mother. But because Cat is not Jewish, the kids aren’t. At least in the eyes of Judaism unless she converted.

Ricky says on Twitter tonight: “I don’t come back to this awful place much these days but as the Jew who married Cat, I can guarantee she has grown so much since some dumb tweets when she was 19. Her remorse, like everything else about her, is deeply genuine & she works so hard for a NYC where everyone is safe.”

I’d like to know how DaCosta’s mother, possibly the Russian Jew, feels having read these texts.

You can see them all below. BTW, Cat observed that “Far Rockaway is the Jew train.” She’s disgusting. You can read all her antisemitic Tweets by clicking here.

I don’t know what’s up with these people, but it’s not good. Ricky’s video is below. He seems like a nice guy, but either stupid or very naive. The Anti-Defamation League’s New York/New Jersey chapter, which highlighted Da Costa’s old tweets, said her posts “echo classic antisemitic tropes and otherwise demean Jewish people. “Tweeting about ‘Money hungry Jews’ is indefensible,” the ADL chapter Tweeted.

Trump Kennedy Center Name Change Denounced by ex-Officio Members of the Board Who Say They Will Respond to Illegal Renaming

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Trump Kennedy Center Name Change Denounced by ex-Officio Members of the Board Who Say They Will Respond to Illegal Renaming

A bunch of Congressional Democrats have issued a statement about Trump trying to rename the Kennedy Center for himself.

I hope they do something since most of them seem ineffective at doing anything.

Trump knows that, so he does what he pleases like an overgrown fat baby.

Will anyone prevent the name change? I have low expectations.

I’ve rewritten the press release I was sent so it makes a little more sense.

This is it:
Ex-officio members of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees have issued the following statement after the Trump-appointed Board attempted to illegally rename the Center after Trump.

The statement is signed by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), House Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA-02), and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03).

“Beyond using the Kennedy Center to reward his friends and political allies, President Trump is now attempting to affix his name to yet another public institution without legal authority.

“Federal law established the Center as a memorial to President Kennedy and prohibits changing its name without Congressional action. At today’s meeting, a sitting Member of Congress was muted, and participants were prevented from speaking—actions that reflect a troubling lack of transparency and respect for the rule of law.”

“This whole process displays the corruption that permeates the entire Trump Administration, and as ex-officio members of the Kennedy Center Board, we will be unwavering in our commitment to holding this Administration accountable.”

Trump Kennedy Center Name Change Actually Illegal, Kennedy Family Horrified, Diversion As Epstein Files Are Prepared for Release

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Trump Kennedy Center Name Change Actually Illegal, Kennedy Family Horrified, Diversion As Epstein Files Are Prepared for Release

If Donald Trump had to really divert attention from the Epstein files release, he would burn down the Lincoln Memorial and blame Joe Biden.

As it is, with the Epstein release set for tomorrow, Trump has declared he’s changing the name of the Kennedy Center to the Trump Kennedy Center. He knows that will get everyone’s attention. It certainly drew the ire of the Kennedy family which pointed out he can’t do it, it’s illegal.

Joe Kennedy III wrote on Twitter:
The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to a fallen president and named for President Kennedy by federal law. It can no sooner be renamed than can someone rename the Lincoln Memorial, no matter what anyone says.

Trump says the full board of the Kennedy Center voted unanimously to make this obnoxious and inappropriately fascistic change. But Democratic Congresswoman Joyce Beatty of Ohio, an ex-officio member, said on Twitter : “I was muted on the call and not allowed to speak or voice my opposition to this move.” Later, in a video post, Beatty said: “The Kennedy Center was created by the Congress. I think it’s important for us to know that this is just another attempt to evade the law and not let the people have a say.”

The whole thing is disgusting and definitely to divert from Epstein. The Kennedy Center is already hobbled, they have almost no ticket sales, and they’re diminishing daily. This should do it. Absolutely no respected artist will play at a renamed Trump Kennedy Center.

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