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Sean Hannity Erases All But 19 Posts in His Twitter History: Does He Want to Be Chief of Staff or Oscar Host?

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Sean Hannity, Fox News’s rabid night host, is doing some pre-winter cleaning.

The bloviating Trump-et has erased all but 19 of the posts in his Twitter history. That’s right: @SeanHannity has been denuded of everything but a few ramblings from today, and, for some reason, a few more from November 11th and 12th.

Otherwise, he’s used a bidet and a Dustbuster but the rest are all gone.

This sudden penchant for cleanliness can only mean one of two things. Sean wants to be Donald Trump’s next chief of staff — or —

host of the Oscars. Or both!

Many think Hannity is already chief of staff, as whatever he says Trump mimics almost instantly. Lately Hannity has been beaten every single day in the ratings by Rachel Maddow, so maybe he thinks it’s time to double down and actually move into Donald’s bedroom, let Melania get some sleep, and set up shop. They’ll just down Diet Cokes and Tweet all night!

Now listen, this is possible. But cleaning the Twitter feed doesn’t mean it’s gone. Certain individuals have been archiving @Hannity right along. The crud is not gone. And if Sean does intent to live in the Lincoln Bedroom, or worse, co-host the Oscars with Steve Doocy, it’s all going to come pouring out of places like @Sshotbot in torrents. So get ready!

 

TV: Kathie Lee Gifford Surprise Exit from Today Show 3rd Hour After NBC Cuts Megyn Kelly Loose

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Just a couple of weeks after NBC had to dismantle the Megyn Kelly part of the Today show, comes another shock. Kathie Lee Gifford is leaving the third hour at 10am, with Hoda Kotb, in April 2019.

Kathie Lee says she’s leaving to pursue other projects. But that’s bull. The main obstacle is money. She wanted more, they didn’t want to pay up.

The Hoda-Kathie Lee hour has been a bright spot in the NBC mid morning programming. But Megyn Kelly’s show dragged down its ratings.

Then Hoda moved to the main Today show, which meant NBC had to find a new partner for Kathie Lee. That hasn’t worked out so well. Jenna Bush Hager is one of the worst personalities on TV. And it’s not clear that Kathie Lee would partner well with anyone else at this point.

My guess is that Hoda is off the 10am hour too beginning in April. Today will have to recast that whole hour.

As for Kathie Lee, she currently has a book out with a fake rabbi, a Jew for Jesus. I’m sure NBC isn’t so happy about Gifford’s bible thumping. Long memories will recall that when that issue came up at ABC when Kathie Lee was with Regis the end came pretty fast there, too.

I like Kathie Lee personally. But she may have overplayed her hand. Let’s hope she doesn’t plot another Broadway show. Her last one was a spectacular failure.

Ratings: Kardashians End Their Season on a Low Note, Drop 37% from Beginning of Season to Just 851K Viewers

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The Kardashians can’t keep up with themselves.

Their season finale pulled in just 851,000 viewers on Sunday night– a steep drop of 37% from the season premiere of 1.3 million.

They pulled out all the stops, too, throwing in Kanye’s problems, and Kim’s efforts to get a woman released from jail.

But the overall trend for the K’s on E! is down, down, down. The week before only produced 941,000 viewers.

When they return, if they return, the K’s will be looking at fewer than 1 million viewers and a decline to around 500,000.

All good things come to an end. And even bad things. At least for now, we get a break.

The top cable show on Sunday night was a Hallmark Hall of Fame Christmas movie, with 3.4 million viewers. The K’s were beaten soundly at 9pm by “Alaska: The Last Frontier” with 1,990,000.

Music in New Clint Eastwood Movie Has a Historic Tie to Cyrano de Bergerac Author’s Wife

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The release of Clint Eastwood’s movie “The Mule” on Friday will tie together the entire fall season! This is called something– closure? a 180? a 360?

Anyway, featured prominently in The Mule is a great 1969 song, the “More Today Than Yesterday.” The song was written by Pat Upton and takes its title from a famous poem by Rosemonde Gérard.

Never heard of Ros? She was the wife of poet and playwriter Edmond Rostand, who wrote “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Her poem was called — is called — “L’éternelle chanson” aka “The Eternal Song.” The famous lines are For, you see, each day I love you more/Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.”

How does that tie up the fall season? Rostand and Ros were featured characters in the best Broadway play of the fall season, “Bernhardt/Hamlet” by Theresa Rebeck, starring Janet McTeer as Sarah Bernhardt. The famed actress of the turn of the 20th century had an affair with Rostand. Rosemond confronts her about it in the play. It’s noted that she’s famous for this couplet, and the poem.

As for “More Today than Yesterday,” Clint’s character in “The Mule” loves it, and it’s used in its original and various forms. Upton was the leader of the group the Spiral Starecase. They had one album, and the one hit. But it’s lasted 50 years! And there’s no stopping it now! Oldies stations, cue it up!

 

 

Watch Deadpool aka Ryan Reynolds Hilarious Apology to Nickelback for Slag in Earlier Video with Fred Savage

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Ryan Reynolds’ “Deadpool” videos on social media continue to be hilarious. His post last night was an apology to god awful rock group Nickelback for a slag in an earlier video with “Wonder Years” star Fred Savage playing his “Princess Bride” character 30 years later. This is all to promote the re-release of “Deadpool 2” in a PG-13 version. Very, very clever, all of it.

Trump Rebuked: Jamal Khashoggi, the Capital Gazette, Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo—are TIME’s Person of the Year 2018

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TIME Magazine rebuked Donald Trump and didn’t choose him as Person of the Year. The TIME editors, in light of Trump constantly calling the press “the enemy of the people,” chose slain, imprisoned, convicted journalists as their Person of the Year. They call them “The Guardians of Truth.” It’s a brilliant and sad choice. Trump has enabled the murders of journalists and this is the result. Read the whole story at www.time.com.

Alec Baldwin’s ABC Talk Show Was Lowest Rated Network Show of Saturday Night, Lost 400K More Viewers

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Alec Baldwin’s talk show on ABC returned to the air on Saturday night.

Baldwin, banished from Sundays at 10pm after his arrest for allegedly punching someone over a parking spot, gave the hour over to Sarah Jessica Parker. I watched it, it was good. SJP is articulate and smart, so that helps.

But back on November 4th, Alec scored 1,469,000 viewers. On Sunday, he dropped to 1,053,000. More than 400,000 people left– for football, for “48 Hours” or a “Saturday Night Live” rerun, each of which had three times Alec’s number. Alec’s show was the lowest rated network show on Saturday night.

I guess ABC will just burn off what’s left of the series and call it a day.

SJP, by the way, noted that she’d been with Matthew Broderick for about 26 years, and plans on growing old with him. It was so lovely. I remember when they were dating in the early 90s and sang the Mary Tyler Moore theme song at a party. They always looked like the real thing. Bravo!

This is NOT a clip from that interview. But this one is from Jerry Seinfeld and SJP on “Comedians Getting Coffee in Cars.” I loved it. PS Why isn’t Jerry hosting the Oscars?

 

 

Broadcast Critics Nominations: 14 for “The Favourite,” 12 for “Black Panther,” 10 for “First Man” and “Mary Poppins”

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The Critics Choice Awards from the Broadcast Critics have announced their nominations. (We vote in this group, which has a TV show on January 13th to announce the winners.) They are a good predictor of Oscars.

“First Man” has been resurrected– I am so thrilled. Damien Chazelle’s stunning work got 10 nominations. So did “Mary Poppins Returns.” “The Favourite” got 14 nominations. “Roma” got 8, and “Green Book” got 7.

Congrats to Diane Warren who received a nomination for Best Song for “I’ll Fight” from the doc “RBG.”  She’s up against a tough group including “Shallow” from “A Star is Born.” But she’ll fight! She’s ready for a win!

 

FILM NOMINATIONS FOR THE 24TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS
BEST PICTURE
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
The Favourite
First Man
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
Ryan Gosling – First Man
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
BEST ACTRESS
Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
Glenn Close – The Wife
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Vice
Claire Foy – First Man
Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace
Ed Oxenbould – Wildlife
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place
Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give
Sunny Suljic – Mid90s
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Vice
Widows
BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle – First Man
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Peter Farrelly – Green Book
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay – Vice
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
Adam McKay – Vice
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly – Green Book
Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, John Krasinski – A Quiet Place
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther
Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters – A Star Is Born
Josh Singer – First Man
Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk
Matthew Libatique – A Star Is Born
Rachel Morrison – Black Panther
Robbie Ryan – The Favourite
Linus Sandgren – First Man
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Hannah Beachler, Jay Hart – Black Panther
Eugenio Caballero, Barbara Enriquez – Roma
Nelson Coates, Andrew Baseman – Crazy Rich Asians
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton – The Favourite
Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas – First Man
John Myhre, Gordon Sim – Mary Poppins Returns
BEST EDITING
Jay Cassidy – A Star Is Born
Hank Corwin – Vice
Tom Cross – First Man
Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough – Roma
Yorgos Mavropsaridis – The Favourite
Joe Walker – Widows
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alexandra Byrne – Mary Queen of Scots
Ruth Carter – Black Panther
Julian Day – Bohemian Rhapsody
Sandy Powell – The Favourite
Sandy Powell – Mary Poppins Returns
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Mary Queen of Scots
Suspiria
Vice
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ready Player One
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Grinch
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Deadpool 2
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ready Player One
Widows
BEST COMEDY
Crazy Rich Asians
Deadpool 2
The Death of Stalin
The Favourite
Game Night
Sorry to Bother You
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Christian Bale – Vice
Jason Bateman – Game Night
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
John C. Reilly – Stan & Ollie
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool 2
Lakeith Stanfield – Sorry to Bother You
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Rachel McAdams – Game Night
Charlize Theron – Tully
Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians
BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE
Annihilation
Halloween
Hereditary
A Quiet Place
Suspiria
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Burning
Capernaum
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters
BEST SONG
All the Stars – Black Panther
Girl in the Movies – Dumplin’
I’ll Fight – RBG
The Place Where Lost Things Go – Mary Poppins Returns
Shallow – A Star Is Born
Trip a Little Light Fantastic – Mary Poppins Returns
BEST SCORE
Kris Bowers – Green Book
Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk
Alexandre Desplat – Isle of Dogs
Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther
Justin Hurwitz – First Man
Marc Shaiman – Mary Poppins Returns

Kanye West Wants to Shut Down Soho Street After Christmas for Sneakers Launch: Community Board Vote Tonight

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Do you care if Kanye West shuts down Greene Street in Soho the weekend after Christmas? If the answer is YES, then head on down to 32 Waverly Place tonight at 6:30pm. That’s when Community Board number 2 will hear an application from Adidas for a two day product launch so the world can appreciate new, expensive sneakers.

Kanye — who was publicly chastised for being on his phone during “The Cher Show” opening night — wants to take over Greene Street between Prince and Spring on December 28th and December 29th for his Yeezy Boost 350 Static V2 sneakers. Their starting price is $220 but the hope– that is, Kanye’s hope– is that people will pay two or three times that because he only makes 5,000 pairs. Instead of “lock her up” the chant on the sidewalk should be “lace it up!”

Apparently there’s an Adidas Originals Store at 115 Spring Street, which is where the purchases will be made. Soho is so changed from what it used to be, the idea of an Adidas store in the center of it is heartbreaking. What’s worse is lines of people snaking around Spring and Greene waiting to buy overpriced footwear. I’ve never seen another human wearing Yeezy’s. I think people collect them and put them away. (amirite?) We did with this with Swatch watches in the late 80s. They’re worth nothing now. Good luck.

CB2 recently denied pop-up stores for Cartier and for MAC Cosmetics. So Kanye may have to re-think this plan.

UPDATE: Roseanne Barr’s Return to Stand Up Comedy Tour Next May Adds Dates, Doesn’t Sell Tickets

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I told you a few weeks ago that Roseanne Barr had scheduled her first stand up comedy date of 2019 for May 17th in Elkhart, Indiana at the Lerner Theater. When I first reported the news, some tickets had sold, most were available, especially in the mezz, loge and balcony. As of tonight, Sunday December 9th, not much has changed. I’ve reprinted the orchestra map for your convenience.

Roseanne has since added two more dates. On May 2nd she’s set for the Duke Energy Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. All of those seats are available so far. Get ’em while they’re hot!

For May 16th, Roseanne has added another show in Indiana– in Fort Wayne, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Tickets don’t seem to have gone on sale yet. Maybe the box office will open soon. The best seats will be 50 bucks. Hey, I’d go see her for fifty bucks!