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Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks” Album Getting a Whole Movie Made by “Call Me By Your Name” Director

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Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks” Album Getting a Whole Movie Made by “Call Me By Your Name” Director

I really wanted to call this story “Mumble Me By Your Name.”

Luca Guadagnini, the man who made “Call Me By Your Name,” is set to make a new film based on Bob Dylan’s towering 1975 classic album, “Blood on the Tracks.”

Oscar Nominee Richard LaGravenese will pen the script to the classic drama, which is based on an idea by RT Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira, who is producing with Guadagnino.  RT’s Sophie Mas and Lourenço Sant’ Anna are executive producing alongside Marco Morabito. 

“Blood on the Tracks,” from 1975, has no plot per se, so whatever story they’ve come up with will have to somehow make sense. The great songs on it include “Tangled Up in Blue,” “Shelter from the Storm,” “Idiot Wind,” “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go,” among others.

The album is about to get an anniversary box set pressing from Sony/Legacy, so news of the movie is either coincidental or planned.

Guadagnini is about to release his remake of the horror film, “Suspiria.”

It’s not yet unknown if this will be tailored for “Call Me” stars Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer. There’s no fruit in the lyrics to “Blood on the Tracks,” but produce departments are being warned.

 

 

Mariah Carey Releases A Second Good Single, “The Distance,” Announces Name of New Album

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Mariah Carey Releases A Second Good Single, “The Distance,” Announces Name of New Album

So ok Mariah.

She released a new single Thursday right after midnight. “The Distance” is pretty good, the singles are improving. This one features Ty Dollar.

New album coming November 16th, called “Caution.” Apparently Roc Nation is really managing her, and this is the result. Mariah is about to have her third or fourth iteration. Lambs have nine lives. Or is it Butterflies?

Roseanne Has Aligned Herself with Shmuley Boteach, Celebrity Rabbi, Who Runs Shady Charities

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Roseanne Has Aligned Herself with Shmuley Boteach, Celebrity Rabbi, Who Runs Shady Charities

Roseanne issued a statement on Facebook about The Conners and the death of her character through her new buddy, Shmuley Boteach (pronounced Bo-tay-ach).  The statement came from Shmuley’s World Values Network. In 2016, according to the charity’s Form 990, the World Values Network said it paid salaries of $725,000.

Of that, at least $377,000 went to Shmuley, whose real name is Jacob. On the IRS form he lied and called himself “Jacob Botach” intentionally misspelling the last name. This is after he’d already been exposed by the NY Daily News.

This is where Roseanne is at. I’ve written before about Shmuley, and about the World Values Network. It’s all in black and white. Shmuley famously befriended Michael Jackson around the year 2000, then involved him in a bunch of scams and fake charities that ultimately had to be investigated by the New York State Attorney General.

This is the same Shmuley who, a few years before that, was banned from having a pulpit in Great Britain after running scams there.

This is who Roseanne Barr has aligned herself with. Just so we’re all the same page.

I find it interesting that Shmuley has enough money to pay Rubenstein and Associates for public relations. I actually met him for the first time in Howard Rubenstein’s apartment on the Upper East Side in 2000 with Michael Jackson. Everything that followed would prove to be Michael’s undoing.

But back to the World Values Network: Where did the rest of the $1.6 million Shmuley claims they received go? It didn’t go to helping anyone. On the line under Expenses that reads “Grants,” the number is Zero.

Other salaries and wages: $298,000. Who received these salaries is unspecified.

Other employee benefits: $70,000. Which employees? Unknown.

Occupancy– meaning rent– $246,915.  Below is a picture of 392 Palisades Avenue, where the World Values Network is located. That’s about $20,000 a month.

 

Just so we’re all on the same page.

Other expenses include Public Outreach Advertising: $211,283. I’m sure you’ve seen their ads everywhere. LOL.

 

Without Roseanne “The Conners” Ratings Fall in Premiere Beaten by “NCIS”– But It’s a Hit

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Without Roseanne “The Conners” Ratings Fall in Premiere Beaten by “NCIS”– But It’s a Hit

“The Conners” scored 10,458,000 viewers in its debut, considerably below the “Roseanne” premiere of 17 million last spring. It was beaten handily by “NCIS” with 11.6 million.

Realistically, “The Conners” was a hit, even with the loss to “NCIS.” There isn’t a comedy out there that wouldn’t covet the numbers they got. “The Conners” scored an 8 in the key demo of Men, ages 18-49, the highest of all shows last night. John Goodman’s fans found him, which is always great. Among women in the key demo, “The Conners” scored an 11 and tied with the NBC hit “This is Us.”

Remember, “The Conners” was never going to score the gargantuan ratings of the “Roseanne” reboot last spring. And I’ve got a feeling their numbers will be steady now, and not drop off as the “Roseanne” show did. Plus, Goodman and Metcalf are just sensational, and the whole show was excellent.

Critics Choice Awards Will Give Michael Moore Lifetime Achievement, “Free Solo” Lead Nominations

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Critics Choice Awards Will Give Michael Moore Lifetime Achievement, “Free Solo” Lead Nominations

The Broadcast Critics have announced the nominations for their third annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards, in November. Michael Moore is receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. “Free Solo,” from Nat Geo Docs, leads the pack of other nominees. “RBG,” “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” and “Three Identical Strangers” are all nominated for Best Doc. The awards will be given at BRIC in Brooklyn (on the BAM campus) November 10th.

The Critics Choice Awards for feature films will be given on January 13th, 2019.

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Crime + Punishment – Director: Stephen Maing (Hulu)
Dark Money – Director: Kimberly Reed (PBS)
Free Solo – Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Hal – Director: Amy Scott (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Hitler’s Hollywood – Director: Rüdiger Suchsland (Kino Lorber)
Minding the Gap – Director: Bing Liu (Hulu)
RBG – Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West (Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media)
Three Identical Strangers – Director: Tim Wardle (Neon, CNN Films)
Wild Wild Country – Directors: Chapman Way, Maclain Way (Netflix)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – Director: Morgan Neville (Focus Features)

BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

America to Me (Starz)
Dirty Money (Netflix)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (HBO Documentary Films, Sony Pictures Television)
Flint Town (Netflix)
One Strange Rock (National Geographic)
The Fourth Estate (Showtime Networks)
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (HBO)
Wild Wild Country (Netflix)

BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES

30 for 30 (ESPN)
American Masters (PBS)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN)
Frontline (PBS)
Independent Lens (PBS)
Making a Murderer (Netflix)
POV (PBS)
The History of Comedy (CNN)

BEST DIRECTOR

Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi – Free Solo (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Bing Liu – Minding the Gap (Hulu)
Morgan Neville – Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Focus Features)
Kimberly Reed – Dark Money (PBS)
Rüdiger Suchsland – Hitler’s Hollywood (Kino Lorber)
Tim Wardle – Three Identical Strangers (Neon, CNN Films)
Chapman Way and Maclain Way – Wild Wild Country (Netflix)

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR

Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster – Science Fair (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Heather Lenz – Kusama – Infinity (Magnolia Pictures)
Bing Liu – Minding the Gap (Hulu)
Stephen Nomura Schible – Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (MUBI)
Amy Scott – Hal (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Rudy Valdez – The Sentence (HBO Documentary Films)

BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

RBG – Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West (Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media)
Dark Money – Director: Kimberly Reed (PBS)
Fahrenheit 11/9 – Director: Michael Moore (Briarcliff Entertainment)
Flint Town – Directors: Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper, Jessica Dimmock (Netflix)
Hitler’s Hollywood – Director: Rüdiger Suchsland (Kino Lorber)
John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls – Directors: George Kunhardt, Peter W. Kunhardt, Teddy Kunhardt (HBO)
The Fourth Estate – Directors: Liz Garbus, Jenny Carchman (Showtime Networks)

BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

Andre the Giant – Director: Jason Hehir (HBO)
Being Serena (HBO)
Free Solo – Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (National Geographic Documentary Film)
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection – Director: Julien Faraut (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Minding the Gap – Director: Bing Liu (Hulu)
The Workers Cup – Director: Adam Sobel (Passion River)

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

Bad Reputation – Director: Kevin Kerslake (Magnolia Pictures)
David Bowie: The Last Five Years – Director: Francis Whately (HBO Documentary Films)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher – Director: Thom Zimny (HBO Documentary Films, Sony Pictures Television)
Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow – Director: Stephen Kijak (Showtime Networks)
Quincy – Directors: Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones (Netflix)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda – Director: Stephen Nomura Schible (MUBI)
Whitney – Director: Kevin Macdonald (Roadside Attractions, Miramax)

MOST COMPELLING LIVING SUBJECT OF A DOCUMENTARY
(ALL LISTED IN THE CATEGORY WILL BE HONORED AT THE EVENT)

Scotty Bowers – Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (Greenwich Entertainment)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg – RBG (Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media)
Alex Honnold – Free Solo (National Geographic Documentary Film)
Joan Jett – Bad Reputation (Magnolia Pictures)
Quincy Jones – Quincy (Netflix)
David Kellman and Bobby Shafran – Three Identical Strangers (Neon, CNN Films)
John McEnroe – John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Leon Vitali – Filmworker (Kino Lorber)

MOST INNOVATIVE DOCUMENTARY

306 Hollywood – Directors: Elan Bogarin, Jonathan Bogarin (PBS, El Tigre)
Free Solo – Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (National Geographic Documentary Film)
Hitler’s Hollywood – Director: Rüdiger Suchsland (Kino Lorber)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda – Director: Stephen Nomura Schible (MUBI)
Wild Wild Country – Directors: Chapman Way, Maclain Way (Netflix)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – Director: Morgan Neville (Focus Features)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

306 Hollywood – Cinematographers: Elan Bogarin, Jonathan Bogarin, Alejandro Mejía (PBS, El Tigre)
The Dawn Wall – Cinematographer: Brett Lowell (The Orchard)
Free Solo – Cinematographers: Jimmy Chin, Clair Popkin, Mikey Schaefer (National Geographic Documentary Film)
Minding the Gap – Cinematographer: Bing Liu (Hulu)
Pandas – Cinematographer: David Douglas (Warner Bros., IMAX)
Wild Wild Country – Cinematographer: Adam Stone (Netflix)

BEST EDITING

Dark Money – Editor: Jay Arthur Sterrenberg (PBS)
Filmworker – Editor: Tony Zierra (Kino Lorber)
Free Solo – Editor: Bob Eisenhardt (National Geographic Documentary Film)
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection – Editor: Julien Faraut (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Three Identical Strangers – Editor: Michael Harte (Neon, CNN Films)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – Editors: Jeff Malmberg, Aaron Wickenden (Focus Features)

That $4 Million Columbia Records Paid for Dominic Fike? Sounds Like It Was Worth It

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That $4 Million Columbia Records Paid for Dominic Fike? Sounds Like It Was Worth It

In August I wrote about Sony’s Columbia Records paying $4 million for an unknown rapper named Dominic Fike. It seemed like folly, but new president Ron Perry had to do something BIG.

Tonight, Mr. Fike has dropped an EP of 6 songs. The money may have been well spent. His songs are melodic– they’re songs, he’s not really a rapper. Dominic sounds a little like Mark McGrath, which isn’t a bad thing. I love the acoustic guitar. His genre is rock. Like, rock.

I do think they’ve got a couple of singles here. This is a good preface to a full length album. Dominic’s going to have a hit of some kind with “3 Nights.” Columbia Records may be back on the charts with someone under the age of 25. Ron Perry will be getting a lot of kudos, and Rob Stringer can breathe a sigh of relief.

PS Fike gets the last laugh. He was in jail prior to signing with Columbia. He’s not going back.

TV: Roseanne Returns from the Grave, Tweets “I Ain’t Dead, Bitches!” After TV Character is Killed Off

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TV: Roseanne Returns from the Grave, Tweets “I Ain’t Dead, Bitches!” After TV Character is Killed Off

One of the craziest episodes in TV history was resolved tonight. Roseanne Conner is dead from an opioid overdose. Her family, The Conners, will now plow ahead with Roseanne of blessed memory.

UPDATE: Barr Tweeted after all. “I ain’t dead, bitches!” It won’t be her last.

Ironically, “Roseanne” debuted almost 30 years to this day– October 18, 1988. The new show debuted tonight, months after Barr wrote a racist Tweet about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett. The comedian and actress was almost immediately fired from her own show. “The Conners” rises in its place.

When The Conners picks up tonight, Roseanne has been dead for three weeks. The family is still adjusting to her absence. Dan– John Goodman– is furious with the woman whose name was on the prescription bottle. There’s a surprise cameo from Oscar winner Mary Steenburgen.

Also, Roseanne and Jackie’s mother is back, played by theater great Estelle Parsons. She really will be 90 on November 20th!

Last spring, “Roseanne” returned to the air with monster ratings– at least, at first. What will tonight’s show bring? Will “The Conners” make it to a second season?

Misc: “The Conners” kept the theme music from “Roseanne.” I guess that Carsey-Werner owned it outright, why pay for a new theme? Also, Still MIA: Jerry, Roseanne and Dan’s youngest son, and also Andy, Jackie’s son. Jerry was at least mentioned on last season’s “Roseanne.” Andy has vanished.

Paul Allen: Genius, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, ROCK STAR: Hear His ‘Lost” Album with Chrissie Hynde, Heart, Derek Trucks

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Paul Allen: Genius, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, ROCK STAR: Hear His ‘Lost” Album with Chrissie Hynde, Heart, Derek Trucks

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen– who died yesterday at age 65– was many things– genius, entrepreneur, philanthropist. But the one thing the New York Times left out of its obit today was any mention of Paul wanting to be a rock star. He did, and he was.

In 2013, Allen– after years of performing with his rock band The Underthinkers– released an album on Sony/Legacy. “Everything at Once” didn’t get much press, and didn’t sell many copies– a stunning 215 according to BuzzAngle. I’d never heard of it until yesterday.

Still, there’s some nice stuff on the album including a country song sung by Chrissie Hynde called “Rodeo.” There are plenty of other guests including Heart sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson (before they fell out), Ivan Neville, Derek Trucks, and Joe Walsh. (You can hear it below on Spotify.)

Knowing Paul, he wouldn’t do publicity for the record, and I’m sure whatever proceeds there were went to charity. He was rich enough to fund the project. But good for him– he LOVED playing rock and blues. He knew from 1982 his life wouldn’t be long, so he just did what he wanted.

Countdown: America Waits to See How Roseanne Conner Dies, How Many Will Tune In?

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Countdown: America Waits to See How Roseanne Conner Dies, How Many Will Tune In?

The clock is running. A little more than five hours from now, Roseanne Conner is leaving this mortal coil.

Will she die from an opioid overdose? A heart attack? Has she left town to work for Trump? We will know in the first five minutes. “The Conners” airs at 8pm eastern on ABC.

Early reviews suggest that without Roseanne out of the picture, “The Conners” is a better show. That’s right. John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf are top notch actors who had more success after the first run of “Roseanne” than Roseanne Barr ever did.

Indeed, Barr struggled without her sitcom. Her talk show failed, so did various other attempts at series and acting. She is not a great actress. She bleated, and squealed, and honked. She was slovenly. The show was built around that. But before she lost her mind, the audience loved her for it.

And Roseanne herself? She signed off of Twitter about a month ago. She’s been silent. It must be in her contract with ABC that she’s not allowed to comment on social media. If so, it must be killing her.

So what now? Come back here at 8:05pm to get the answer.

Ratings: “The Walking Dead” Collapses, Loses 1.1 Million Viewers in One Week

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Ratings: “The Walking Dead” Collapses, Loses 1.1 Million Viewers in One Week

Sunday night The Walking Dead had 4,947,000 viewers. The prior Sunday it registered 6,076,000 fans. Over  1.1 million people became zombies in one week. The show is now in serious trouble.

It’s as if Negan took his club and went after the fans themselves. “The Walking Dead” numbers have been coming down from their lofty heights for some time. But this is really a dire turn of events.

It’s not like “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” suddenly rose from its grave to get Rick and company. For a second week in a row, the Ks finished under 900,000 at 867K. They, too, are crumbling like zombies left in the rain.

AMC’s companion show, “Talking Dead,” also fell by more than 1.3 million to 1,694,000 from 2,914,000. If they didn’t want to see the show, the fans had fewer questions– makes sense.

It could be, of course, that everyone is watching baseball. The Red Sox-Astros game had the highest rating of the night with 5,658,000.

So what is it? Are viewers tired of zombies? Aren’t we all zombies at this point? This is the 9th season of “Walking Dead.” It may be enough already.

 

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