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Taylor Swift Marketing Machine Already Selling Limited Edition CDs and LPs for “Midnights”

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Taylor Swift Marketing Machine Already Selling Limited Edition CDs and LPs for “Midnights”

Wasn’t it just four days ago that Taylor Swift announced her new album, “Midnights,” for release October 21st?

Her marketing machine is already in high gear. Swift’s website is already offering limited edition CDs and LPs of various colors, on sale through next week only.

The good news is the CDs are just $12.99. The vinyl is $29.99. There are three or four versions of each, not to mention a cassette. (A cassette? Why not a cylinder for 78s?)

The object is to collect all of them, so that one buyer represents seven or eight. Watch the sales soar when they’re counted on October 28th!

What’s next? Jewelry? Clothes? Undoubtedly. The machine is on!

PS Where are the CATS mugs?

UPDATE Johnny Depp Changes Mind, Will Play 22 Dates with Jeff Beck This Fall, Despite Album’s Poor Sales

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UPDATE Johnny Depp Changes Mind, Will Play 22 Dates with Jeff Beck This Fall, Despite Album’s Poor Sales

When Jeff Beck announced his tour a couple of weeks ago, there was no mention of Johnny Depp joining him.

Beck and Depp released an album this summer called “18” which sold just under 16,000 copies. That’s it.

Depp was probably hoping for a film this fall. There was a rumor he’d play Uncle Fester on the Netflix Addams Family series.

But it seems Depp will be free, after all. So he’s decided to 22 dates with Beck, Will it sell albums? No. But it’s something to until his next trial with Amber Heard.

I doubt he;ll be singing I “Heard” It Through the Grapevine, although that would be funny.

PS They will play that “Hedy Lamarr” song. They’d better explain who she is to the audience.

Jeff Beck’s 2022 North American Tour Dates:
09/23 – Del Valle, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater *
09/24 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion *
09/25 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
09/27 – Franklin, TN @ First Bank Amphitheater ^
09/29 – Pelham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre ^
09/30 – Orange Beach, AL @ The Wharf Amphitheater ^
10/01 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre
10/04 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem #
10/06 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway #
10/07 – Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre #
10/08 – Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre #
10/10 – Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the Arts #
10/13 – Kingston, NY @ Ulster Performing Arts Center #
10/14 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount #
10/15 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount #
10/17 – Toronto, ON @ Meridian Hall #
10/19 – Nashville, IN @ Brown County Music Center #
10/20 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center #
10/22 – Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace Theater #
10/23 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre #
11/01 – Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre #
11/02 – Temecula, CA@ Pechanga Resort & Casino #
11/04 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl Concert Theater #
11/05 – Thousand Oaks, CA @ Bank of America Performing Arts Center Thousand Oaks #
11/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre #
11/08 – Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove of Anaheim #
11/09 – San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic #
11/10 – Sacramento, CA @ Hard Rock Live #
11/12 – Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre, Grand Sierra Resort #

* = w/ ZZ Top and Ann Wilson
^ = w/ ZZ Top
# = featuring Johnny Depp playing with Jeff Beck

Serena Williams Elegantly Passionately Wins Round 2 of Her Final US Open Campaign

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Serena Williams Elegantly Passionately Wins Round 2 of Her Final US Open Campaign

Serena Williams? GOAT? Yes, indeed.

Serena won her second round of her US Open campaign tonight in three sets. She just took it. She made it look easy. No one expected her to win the first round, but she’s clobbered two much younger women (who are very good players).

Does it help that both Gladys Knight and Dionne Warwick were there? I think so. I am in awe.

And PS I’ve met Serena a couple of times socially. She is lovely and has a great sense of humor. So this is all very cool.

RIP Inez Foxx, 79, Famed R&B Singer of the Original “Mockingbird”

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RIP Inez Foxx, 79, Famed R&B Singer of the Original “Mockingbird”

Inez Foxx has died at the age of 79. She and her brother, Charlie, had a bunch of classic hit in the early 60s including “Mockingbird.” Carly Simon and James Taylor revived it in 1974 with a cover hit of their own.

Inez was married to legendary producer Luther Dixon of Sceptre Records fame (his partner was the famous Florence Greenberg).

They divorced but not before writing a big hit for the Shirelles, “

I Love You 1000 Times.”

God speed, Inez. The history of R&B wouldn’t be the same without you.

Game of Producers: “House of the Dragon” Showrunner Exiting Before Season 2 Begins

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Game of Producers: “House of the Dragon” Showrunner Exiting Before Season 2 Begins

Producing television is a lot like “Game of Thrones.” There are several duels and wars, and finally someone is defeated.

In the case of Miguel Sapochnik, it sounds like he’s just attended the Red Wedding again. He’s leaving “The House of the Dragon” before he gets singed. Showrunner for season 1 and developer of the series for three years, Sapochnik won’t be dragon his heart around anymore.

Sapochnik, an Argentinian Jew (so cool), won an Emmy for one of the many episodes of “Thrones” he directed. But now he says, thank to an official statement, that he wants to do “other things.” He’ll be replaced by Alan Taylor, who will work with Sapochnik’s former producing partner, Ryan Condal.

What really happened? Who knows? You have to have a steel lined stomach for that business.

Bruce Willis’s Wife Says Her Grief over His Condition Has Been “Paralyzing” But “She’s Learning to Live Along Side It”

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Bruce Willis’s Wife Says Her Grief over His Condition Has Been “Paralyzing” But “She’s Learning to Live Along Side It”

Emma Heming Willis, Bruce’s wife and mother of their two small daughters, has posted an update to Instagram. This spring, Bruce’s family finally came clean and admitted he has “aphasia.” But Bruce has been ill for almost 8 years with some form of dementia and it’s taken its toll on all of them.

Emma writes on Instagram: This was the summer of self discovery—finding new hobbies, going out of my comfort zone and staying active. My grief can be paralyzing but I’m learning how to live along side it. As my step-daughter @scoutlaruewillis told me, grief is the deepest and purest form of love. I hope you find some comfort in that too”

Anyone who is a caregiver for someone with a neurological disorder can identify and empathize with Emma. Of course, Bruce is a generation older than his wife. She’s a young woman dealing with a terrible situation. But at least Bruce is comfortable and is no longer making those horrible D movies he’d been subjected to in the last couple of years.

41 Years Later, The Go-Go’s Would Like a Second Shot on “Saturday Night Live”

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41 Years Later, The Go-Go’s Would Like a Second Shot on “Saturday Night Live”

Well, this could be a first.

In 1981, The Go-Go’s performed on “Saturday Night Live” and it was a mess. They were more than a little tipsy and it showed. The girls performed their very big hits, “Our Lips are Sealed” and “We Got the Beat.” But the reception was not positive and they never returned.

This week, “SNL” is asking fans on Twitter to say who they’d like to see host and be musical guests on the upcoming 48th season. A lot of people have rallied for Carol Burnett, 89, to host.

But the best response came from the Go-Go’s. “Can we get a do-over?” they ask. And why not? After 41 years, let them come back. They’re in the Rock Hall, they had a Broadway musical. Their popularity has endured.

Hey, Lorne, give them a second chance!

Mixed Reviews at Venice for Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” with Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig

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Mixed Reviews at Venice for Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” with Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig

Reviews coming in this afternoon are a mixed bag for “White Noise.”

Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel is proving difficult to embrace for the critics at the Venice Film Festival. The movie will also open the New York Film Festival but Netflix is not showing in Toronto.

Some of the reviews include a letter grade of B from Indie Wire. Variety’s Owen Glieberman can’t seem to decide what’s going on. He kind of concludes, after summarizing the film: “We no longer buy what we’re seeing, even as we’re told, explicitly, what it all means. The film ties itself into knots to explicate the bad news.”

From the UK, Robbie Collin of the Telegraph writes: “Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s darkly funny 1985 novel is like a Spielberg film having a nervous breakdown – in a good way.”

The only real rave is from Peter Bradshaw of the Guardian, who gave it five stars. But David Rooney of the Hollywood Reporter, after waffling, concludes: “The feeling remains that Baumbach is more in command with character-driven material than with this kind of accelerated absurdist plotting, which works to the extent it does in part thanks to Danny Elfman’s dark funhouse score, an exuberant return to vintage form.”

So, we’ll see, I guess, in a month or so when “White Noise” comes to New York. I’m still looking forward to it, especially with the an ending dance sequence that all the reviews are crazy about.

Spotify’s Most Streamed Song in the US This Summer: 1985 Kate Bush Hit from “Stranger Things”

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Spotify’s Most Streamed Song in the US This Summer: 1985 Kate Bush Hit from “Stranger Things”

What year is it? 1985? The most streamed song on Spotify this summer was Kate Bush’s “Running Up that Hill.” The song took off because it was featured in the Netflix series, “Stranger Things.”

But its popularity went past that novelty because the song is terrific and always has been. In 1985, Kate Bush couldn’t get past cult status because US radio blocked her. It’s nice to see a quality record come back stronger than ever.

  1. “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” by Kate Bush
  2. “As It Was” by Harry Styles
  3. “Me Porto Bonito” by Bad Bunny, Chencho Corleone
  4. “Glimpse of Us” by Joji
  5. “Tití Me Preguntó” by Bad Bunny
  6. “Bad Habit” by Steve Lacy
  7. “Jimmy Cooks (feat. 21 Savage)” by Drake, 21 Savage
  8. “I Like You (A Happier Song) (with Doja Cat)” by Post Malone, Doja Cat
  9. “Late Night Talking” by Harry Styles
  10. “About Damn Time” by Lizzo
  11. “First Class” by Jack Harlow
  12. “WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems)” by Future, Drake, Tems
  13. “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
  14. “Vegas (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS)” by Doja Cat
  15. “Efecto” by Bad Bunny 
  16. “Moscow Mule” by Bad Bunny
  17. “Ojitos Lindos” by Bad Bunny, Bomba Estéreo
  18. “You Proof” by Morgan Wallen
  19. “I Ain’t Worried” by OneRepublic
  20. “Party” by Bad Bunny, Rauw Alejandro

Monday’s Box Office Hit New Low in the Post-Pandemic Era, No Film Made Over $535,000

Roger Friedman
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Monday’s Box Office Hit New Low in the Post-Pandemic Era, No Film Made Over $535,000

Monday the box office looks like it hit a record low.

No film on the list made more than $533,000. The number 1 film was “The Invitation” with just $533,295.

As far as I can tell, it’s the lowest cumulative box office in the post-pandemic era. It may be worse than that if you omit the two pandemic years and look earlier. There is never a day when at least one film makes more than $1 million, even on the worst days.

Indeed, a year ago there were two films at the top of the box office on August 30, 2021. They were “Candyman” with almost $1.8 million and “Free Guy” with $1.2 million. The latter had been in release for three weeks

Lack of product all summer has finally piled up on the studios. They’ve sent too many films to streaming, as well. It’s one thing to have hit series like “Stranger Things” or “Only Murders.” But this week a Kevin Hart comedy went to streaming that could easily have been in theaters.

The only other new movie of the weekend, “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” a flop, made just $300,000 in over 2,400 theaters. If only MGM-United Artist Releasing had bothered to inform anyone that it was playing, maybe someone would have gone.

Now the box office will limp through Labor Day weekend and the next two weekends until September 16th when “The Woman King” starring Viola Davis comes thundering into 3,000 or more locations. Then a new season will begin.

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