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Phony Baloney National Board of Review Will Stage Awards Show Tonight, Members Pay High Fees to Belong, Snubs “Marty,” “Hamnet”

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Tonight and tomorrow there will be some news stories about the National Board of Review.

The phony baloney group is handing out their annual awards. I’ve been writing about this boondoggle for years.

The NBR is a fan group run by a woman named Annie Schulhof. She controls who gets the awards even though there’s some kind of alleged vote conducted among members.

The members, who are not film critics but just people who like films, pay a fortune for membership and tickets to tonight’s gala at Cipriani 42nd St.

As scandal riddled as the Golden Globes are, the NBR hangs right in there. They’ve been sued, investigated, and so on but keep going. Like the Globes, the studios love the name “National Board of Review.”

In recent years, Schulhof has given most of the awards to A24. Last year best actor Daniel Craig and actress Nicole Kidman came from A24 films. This was because the NBR has an A24 exec on its board.

In the old days, Schulhof was thick as thieves with Warner Bros. She returns to that theme this year, giving “One Battle After Another” Best Picture, Director, Actor, Screenplay, and Breakthrough Performer.

Curiously, Schulhof pretty much ignored A24’s “Marty Supreme.” I guess she couldn’t make a deal with them. She did give Best Actress to Rose Byrne, from A24’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.” A24 picked up a few other citations as well.

Note: Schulhof also ditched “Hamnet,” maybe not realizing Steven Spielberg produced it. If she had legs, she’d kick herself now.

CBS News Goes Full Fox Tonight as Trump Will Be Interviewed by Tony Dokoupil, Preview Below Is Just More Posturing and Empty Threats

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CBS News Goes Full Fox Tonight as Trump Will Be Interviewed by Tony Dokoupil, Preview Below Is Just More Posturing and Empty Threats

Tony Dokoupil is determined to go down with the ship.

Tonight the CBS Evening News anchor will interview Donald Trump, just the way Fox News does with Bret Baier or Sean Hannity or Maria Bartiromo.

Dokoupil is the happy patsy for conservative CBS News chief Bari Weiss, who’s taking orders from Trump associates and new network owners David and Larry Ellison.

Last week, Tony brought on a parade of Trump loyalists like Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem.

After each interview, Dokoupil said, “We salute you” to the subject.

Will he do it tonight? I hope so.

There’s not much left to Dokoupil other than his coiffure and a few black t shirts.

He’s disgraced the legacy of CBS News, wrecking it in just ten days.

So far, Dokoupil has been powerless in his interviews, letting the Trump team make ridiculous claims with pushback. He should be putty in the hands of Trump, who will devour him.

Can’t wait!

Marvel Stuffing As Many Legacy Characters as Possible into “Avengers: Doomsday,” And A New King of Wakanda (Video)

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Marvel Stuffing As Many Legacy Characters as Possible into “Avengers: Doomsday,” And A New King of Wakanda (Video)

“Avengers: Doomsday” is going to be like the Night of 100 Stars.

Today’s fourth teaser for next December’s release includes the casts of “Black Panther” and “The Fantastic Four.”

In the teaser, Winston Duke as M’Baku, describes himself as the King of Wakanda.

We already know that Robert Downey Jr, whose Iron Man died, will debut as Dr. Doom.

The film also stars Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Vanessa Kirby (Susan Storm), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), and Florence Pugh (Yelena).

There are also a bunch of characters from “X Men” including Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier / Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), James Marsden (Cyclops), and Kelsey Grammer (Beast).

Already a huge cast, we can’t dismiss surprises like Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. There will be Easter eggs galore, that’s for sure. The movie’s running time may be several days.

Grammy Awards Final CBS Show will Be Hosted for Sixth and Last Time by Trevor Noah, as Lady Gaga Poised to Take Best Album

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Grammy Awards Final CBS Show will Be Hosted for Sixth and Last Time by Trevor Noah, as Lady Gaga Poised to Take Best Album

The final Grammy Awards on CBS happen on February 1st.

After 50 years, the Grammys are leaving CBS for a ten year run on ABC and all Disney platforms.

Trevor Noah will host for the sixth and last time.

The Grammys come to ABC as the network loses the Academy Awards, their long held official awards show. The Oscars are moving to YouTube after this last year.

CBS, meantime, has loaded up on the second run awards shows like the Golden Globes and American Music Awards. CBS is also going to start renegotiations for Kennedy Center Honors, which — under Donald Trump — just scored their lowest ratings ever.

Noah has been a very dependable and sound host for the Grammys over the last five years. How the show will look in its ABC iteration is still unknown, but Ben Winston will continue to produce the night of music stars.

This year, Lady Gaga has the edge so far for Album of the Year with “Mayhem,” and should pick up a few more prizes as well for her single, “Abracadabra.”

Golden Globes Special “Golden Eve” A Ratings Bust with 2 Million Viewers, Beaten By Dick Wolf Shows, New Show on NBC

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Golden Globes Special “Golden Eve” A Ratings Bust with 2 Million Viewers, Beaten By Dick Wolf Shows, New Show on NBC

The Golden Globes special last Thursday night was a ratings bust.

“Golden Eve,” the Globes equivalent of the Oscars Governors Awards, had just 2 million viewers.

The special was beaten by the “Law & Order” shows, as well as “911 Rescue,” and a new NBC show called “The Hunting Party.”

The only show it beat was “Greys Anatomy,” which is going to be canceled any minute.

The Golden Eve special featured tributes to Helen Mirren and Sarah Jessica Parker by, respectively, Harrison Ford and Matthew Broderick.

What else was on the show? I didn’t even know it was on. The Globes never sent a single press release and did little promotion. And then, on last night’s actual Golden Globes, there was no mention of this taking place.

Weird.

Fall Out from Timothy Busfield’s Pending Arrest for Child Abuse: His Episode of “SVU” is Pulled, Wife Melissa Gilbert Not Hosting Charity

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Fall Out from Timothy Busfield’s Pending Arrest for Child Abuse: His Episode of “SVU” is Pulled, Wife Melissa Gilbert Not Hosting Charity

The pending arrest of “thirtysomething” star Timothy Busfield is already causing a ripple effect.

Busfield — who’s under an arrest warrant for sexual abuse of two little boys on a TV show set — was supposed to play judge Thursday on “Law and Order SVU.” Now the episode has been pulled and will be replaced by the one that’s banked. We may never see the episode called “Corrosive.”

The ironies are incredible considering “SVU” is about sexual predators. Busfield is now alleged to be one.

At the same time, Busfield’s wife, Melissa Gilbert, was supposed to host a breast cancer research fundraiser in New York on Saturday, March 14th. The press releases went out before the news about Busfield.

But now Gilbert’s name has been removed from the ThinkPink.com website that still includes musical performances by Melissa Errico, Bernadette Peters, Christine Ebersole, and Denyce Graves.

As for the case, it all came to light in late 2024 when a University of New Mexico Hospital doctor contacted the Albuquerque Police Department regarding a “sexual abuse investigation” involving twin child actors who are brothers born in 2014.

The inappropriate behavior allegedly occurred on the New Mexico set of the Fox/Warner Bros TV drama series, “The Cleaning Lady.” Busfield is executive producer and director.

Busfield, 68, is innocent unless proven guilty, of course. But the mere taint of the accusations and arrest warrant have dealt him and Gilbert a devastating blow. Gilbert and Busfield have each been married a couple of times. He has three adult children.

This isn’t Busfield’s first trouble with the law over charges of sexual abuse. According to Wikipedia, In 1994, a 17-year-old female extra accused Busfield of sexual assault during the filming of Little Big League in 1993. Busfield denied the allegations and filed a countersuit against the girl’s lawyers, accusing them of defamation. The actor eventually settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. In 1996, a judge ordered the actor to pay $150,000 to the Minneapolis law firm that had represented the accuser following the loss of his defamation suit.

Globes: Who Was the Reclusive Billionaire Sitting at the Warner Bros Table Between Leonardo DiCaprio and David Zaslav?

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Globes: Who Was the Reclusive Billionaire Sitting at the Warner Bros Table Between Leonardo DiCaprio and David Zaslav?

EXCLUSIVE The seating at the Golden Globes Warner Bros table was more than a little interesting.

Right between Warner Discovery Chairman David Zaslav and Warner’s chief Mike DeLuca — not far frpm “One Battle After Another” star Leonardo Di Caprio — was a strategically placed face who rarely if ever has attended an awards show.

That would be Aviv Nevo, aka Vivi Nevo, who is 60 years old and is officially Israeli although he was born in Romania.

Nevo, worth a billion dollars, runs NV Investments. He turned a $10 million inheritance from his father into this vast sum largely by investing in Time Warner during its heyday.

Nevo’s presence was no coincidence. His very public placement was absolutely a signal to David Ellison and the Paramount Skydance group that wants to take over Warner Bros. Zaslav is trying to sell Warner Bros. to Netflix. But Ellison and his Trump endorsed gang want the studio mainly to get hold of CNN and do to it what they’re doing to CBS News.

Over the years I met Vivi Nevo mostly at parties given by Harvey Weinstein, as Nevo invested in The Weinstein Company when it launched 22 years go following the break up of Miramax from Disney.

Nevo keeps a very low profile. It’s so low that he’s rarely seen and never interviewed. But Zaslav was very clever last night. He was certainly reminding Ellison he has big dogs in his corner. He’s playing the highest level chess game. What comes next is anyone’s guess.

Miko Brando is NOT The Biological Father of Michael Jackson’s Younger Son Blanket “Biji” Jackson: We You Told a Long Time Ago

Roger Friedman
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Miko Brando is NOT The Biological Father of Michael Jackson’s Younger Son Blanket “Biji” Jackson: We You Told a Long Time Ago

The Sun in the UK is a ridiculous newspaper. It’s for lining birdcages.

Out of nowhere they’ve decided that Marlon Brando’s son, Miko, is the father of Michael’s youngest son known as Blanket or “Biji.”

Mike is such a lovely guy, and was really a good friend to Michael. I’m sure he’s horrified.

Twenty years ago, when all this paternity stuff was tabloid fodder, I told my readers that Blanket had a mother selected by Michael from a looseleaf binder. In all likelihood, Michael himself provided the materials for fertilizing the egg.

People who were not involved in the conception of the three children were Miko, actor Mark Lester, or the very dead Dr. Arnold Klein.

I would ask that everyone leave Prince, Paris, and Biji alone. Michael was their father, regardless how they were conceived. Also, I am told they all know the truth behind their births. But Michael raised and nurtured them, and as it turns out, did a great job.

Enough already! These aren’t fictional people. They real humans who live through all this tabloid BS. They don’t deserve it.

Golden Globes: No “In Memoriam” or Mention of Rob Reiner, Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman in Otherwise Classy Show

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Golden Globes: No “In Memoriam” or Mention of Rob Reiner, Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman in Otherwise Classy Show

The Golden Globes were well produced by Ricky Kirschner and Glenn Weiss.

But there were some oddities.

There was no “In Memoriam” segment. No mention of Rob Reiner, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman or Diane Keaton or any of the great actors, directors, etc who passed away this year by the Golden Globes.

That’s very worrying.

Not a single winner said a word about the current events in the country, nothing against ICE or Trump or any jokes about Greenland, Venezuela. It felt like the winners were told not to say anything. I’m shocked they complied.

Nikki Glazer started strong with jokes about CBS News — “the C stands for See BS.” Her jabs were painless and there was no mention of the Golden Globes or Hollywood Foreign Press. No one from the Globes spoke on camera.

The whole proceeding was tame at best but moved efficiently. The show ended on time, which is all you can hope for.

A strange moment: actor Dave Franco giving a TV Award to Seth Rogen, for “The Studio.” Rogen broke his friendship with Franco’s brother, James, after the latter became involved sexual misbehavior lawsuits, etc.

A married couple won the screenplay awards. Ron Bronstein won for “One Battle” with Paul Thomas Anderson. Mary Bronstein won for writing “If I HAd Legs, I’d Kick You.”

Strangely, there was also no mention of Thursday night’s Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony. This was really weird because Helen Mirren as also nominated for an award tonight. Shouldn’t Sarah Jessica Parker have been in the room tonight? Or some acknowledgment of the awards?

The most jarring part of the night was the recognition that George Clooney and Julia Roberts are considered the “elders” in the Hollywood community.

Golden Globes: “One Battle” Best Comedy Picture, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actress, “Hamnet” Best Drama, Chalamet Wins

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Golden Globes: “One Battle” Best Comedy Picture, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actress, “Hamnet” Best Drama, Chalamet Wins

“One Battle After Another” is the big winner tonight at the Golden Globes, repeating its wins form the Critics Choice Awards.

Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Picture, Director, Screenplay. Teyana Taylor took Best Supporting Actress — all in comedy.

“One Battle” is on its way to the Oscars.

Best Dramatic Film was “Hamnet.” Steven Spielberg produced it and accepted the award.

Acting prizes went to Timothee Chalamet for Best Actor in a Comedy for “Marty Supreme.”

Best actress, comedy — Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You.”

Best actress in a drama — Jessie Buckley in “Hamnet.”
Best actor in a drama — Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent.”
Best foreign language film — “The Secret Agent.”
Best box office movie — “Sinners.”
Best Supporting Actor — Stellan Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value”

Full list coming…

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