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UPDATE Still No Promo for Tonight’s “60 Minutes,” Only Two Segments Revealed on Social Media Include PR Plug for Secret Service

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UPDATE Still No Promo for Tonight’s “60 Minutes,” Only Two Segments Revealed on Social Media Include PR Plug for Secret Service

There’s still no promo for tonight’s “60 Minutes.”

On social media, CBS has posted minute long clips of segments on the Secret Service, and on musician Jon Batiste.

Norah O’Donnell, who’s become an unfortunate stooge for CBS News chief Bari Weiss, did the Secret Service piece. It’s a valentine for the beleaguered agency, and a warning to anyone who might try anything with Donald Trump.

O’Donnell is destroying whatever legacy she had so far this season. The Secret Service piece follows her salute to Pete Hegseth and the Department of Jackasses.

Batiste is very talented, but there’s no news hook seeing him playing music in a stage New York subway scene.

What’s the third segment tonight? It’s not on politics or the environment or the war or the Nobel Peace Prize. Or why flash flooding is taking place all over the world. Or the price of gas or groceries.

Shane Gillis Goes Down in Flames Hosting “SNL,” Drops F Word Live, Viciously Disparages Women, Gays in Third Hosting Appearance

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Shane Gillis Goes Down in Flames Hosting “SNL,” Drops F Word Live, Viciously Disparages Women, Gays in Third Hosting Appearance

It was a horrible “Saturday Night Live” with Shane Gillis as host.

He dropped the f word live on the air. He called women “hoes and bitches” and made fun of gay people.

The whole show ground to a halt with his every appearance.

Gillis was hosting for the third time after being fired from “SNL” years ago. He’s not funny, or relevant, and it’s mind boggling that Lorne Michaels has given him all these new opportunities.

Pope Leo Will Have Surgery on Localized Nodule on Lung: Popular Pontiff Says “Detected at Very Early Stage”

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Pope Leo Will Have Surgery on Localized Nodule on Lung: Popular Pontiff Says “Detected at Very Early Stage”

Here’s the report from the Vatican.

Everyone’s going to be praying for Pope Leo this week. He’s very popular with all religions, clear eyed and modern. Not just Catholics need him to be well!

UPDATE: Amazon Dumping Sacha Baron Cohen “Ali G” Movie in Very Narrow Release for One Weekend Only Using Borat as Bait and Switch

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UPDATE: Amazon Dumping Sacha Baron Cohen “Ali G” Movie in Very Narrow Release for One Weekend Only Using Borat as Bait and Switch

UPDATE SUNDAY MORNING

According to the ad that ran last night on “SNL,” Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Ali G” movie is playing for one weekend only on October 23rd.

According to a check of theaters, “Ali G: Who Iz I?” is getting an extremely narrow release of just a few outlying houses, and even then once or twice a day.

Amazon is clearly dumping the comedy.

One sign that things have gone bad is that hew TV commercial uses Cohen’s Borat character and all of Borat’s flavor to pitch Al G. The two have nothing to do with each other, but Borat is now the bait and switch.

In the new trailer, Borat insists “Ali G” is unfortunately Not Racist, as rumored.

How bad is “Ali G: Who Iz I?” It must be pretty awful

Sacha Baron Cohen has really made a mistake bringing back his Ali G character.

A new ad trailer that popped on “Saturday Night Live” tonightsays the movie is only playing in theaters for one weekend October 23rd.

This is a new wrinkle, something added to the trailer that was running just yesterday.

Then Amazon/MGM will probably stream it on Amazon Prime for anyone who cares.

The movie is already not being shown in Picturehouse theaters in the UK over claims that the Ali G character is racist and objectionable on many levels.

The character was best left alone in time. No one clamored for more of Ali G, who goes around trying to make famous people look stupid. The character has none of the resonance of Borat, Cohen’s better liked if not just as offensive alter ego.

The “Ali G” movie must be pretty bad. And who knows — since no one’s seen it — if there isn’t something in it that Amazon didn’t count on. In the last “Borat” movie, Rudy Giuliani was destroyed in a segment where he lets a “hooker” (actually actress Maria Bakalova) take him up to a room and then unzips his pants while they frolic on a bed.

Don’t forget– Donald Trump. Jeff Bezos’s bff, was once scammed by Ali G.

Nada for Naza: No One’s Buying Tickets for Controversial Anti-Israel Documentary, Theaters Full of Empty Seats Opening Weekend

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Nada for Naza: No One’s Buying Tickets for Controversial Anti-Israel Documentary, Theaters Full of Empty Seats Opening Weekend

The ticket situation for “Naza”?

Nada.

No one in Manhattan is buying tickets for the controversial documentary in which anonymous sources accuse Israel of targeting bombing of Gaza civilians. The film was made by two Israelis who couldn’t anyone to go on the record. 

At the IFC Center on Sixth Avenue, two shows today were marked “sold out.” But every other show this weekend — and there are plenty — are wide open. I was able to reserve at least 23 seats for each one. You can buy seven at a time (see below).

Over at the Angelika Cinema 1 2 3 on West Houston Street, there were even more “Naza” tickets available. (see below)

Considering reports of protests, there may be more people outside the theaters than inside.

I haven’t seen “Naza” yet but I want to, and I urge everyone interested to look at it. Then watch the pro-Israel film about Naza with actual sources, not anonymous ones, and make your decision.

PS Although there were some sellouts tonight in Los Angeles, the situation is the same pretty much for tomorrow – lots of blue (see at bottom)

Kelly Clarkson Says She Was Snubbed by Owners of Brooklyn Store, Was “Treated like Julia Roberts character in Pretty Woman”

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Kelly Clarkson Says She Was Snubbed by Owners of Brooklyn Store, Was “Treated like Julia Roberts character in Pretty Woman”

Kelly Clarkson says she got the bum’s rush in Brooklyn today.

The famed pop singer and talk show host went out to Atlantic Avenue to see a shop called Art at Play.

Apparently, the staff wasn’t nice to her. Not only did they not recognize Clarkson — which is hard to imagine, don’t they have TV’s in Brooklyn? — they took her to be hoi polloi.

Kelly posted on Twitter, with a thumbs down emoji:

“Just drove all the way to Brooklyn to check out this store I thought looked really rad and had a few things in mind to buy and literally was looked at as if I couldn’t afford it and was told he could find something comparable for me. Wow, dude. You’re an idiot and just lost a huge sale. But y’all should go check out Art of Play in Brooklyn if you enjoy being treated like Julia Roberts character in Pretty Woman. For sure, check it out ”

Art of Play describes itself as Brooklyn Height’s premier curiosity shop.” They don’t have a copy editor, because the s should precede the apostrophe.

Anyway, going by car to Brooklyn is hike if in a car, trust me, I know. A lot of packing is involved and a visa must be secured.

But Kelly, this can happen in Manhattan, too. And you don’t have to be a celebrity. I browsed in a watch store on Spring Street in Soho recently and no one from the staff even looked up while I was there.

Art of Play, you’ve got a problem.

Pop Fizz: 5 of iTunes Top 20 Are AI as Record Sales Collapse, But the Beatles, Taylor Swift, Old Britney Spears Take Up Most of the Oxygen

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Pop Fizz: 5 of iTunes Top 20 Are AI as Record Sales Collapse, But the Beatles, Taylor Swift, Old Britney Spears Take Up Most of the Oxygen

Twenty years from now, oldies will look a lot different than they do today.

On this week’s iTunes top 20, five of the tracks are Ai. They’re not humans, they’re created from dust and computers.

Imael Angel, Bob Dominator, Bjorn Bonebreaker, and Topher Ryan are the “artists.”

I guarantee you there will be a Grammys Best AI record category in 2028.

Otherwise, the record biz — with record low numbers — was dominated this week by Taylor Swift. She has three different versions of her song “Patient Zero” at the top of iTunes.

Britney Spears dusted off a 25 year old record she wrote or produced with long ago ex, Justin Timberlake, and that’s at number 5.

In the flashback world, the Beatles sold 56,000 copies of the new “Rubber Soul Super Deluxe” two CD or box set.

Much of the album chart is oldies: catalog albums from Michael Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, The Eagles, Queen and so on.

And Miley Cyrus? Her abandoned new album, “Bass Persuades,” is gone after a couple of weeks. Completely gone. Second release in a row that sank to the bottom of the music ocean without a trace.

Sony Concedes Facebook Movie “The Social Reckoning” Headed to Disastrous $6 Mil Opening Weekend, Worse Than “Digger”

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Sony Concedes Facebook Movie “The Social Reckoning” Headed to Disastrous $6 Mil Opening Weekend, Worse Than “Digger”

The movie business is weird like this: you can have the biggest movie of the year and the lowest earning one at the same time.

Such is the case for Sony Pictures. “Spider Man” broke all records this summer and made $2.5 billion worldwide.

Just a couple of months later, Sony has a gigantic turkey with Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Reckoning.”

The studio concedes that the Facebook movie will make just $6 million this weekend.

It’s much worse than Warner Bros.’s debacle, “Digger.” Tom Cruise must be dancing around the house that any film could steal his terrible headlines.

So many things went wrong here. First of all, attaching it to “The Social Network” as a sequel was a big mistake. The two films have nothing to do with each other.

Second, what was the point of “Reckoning”? That social media lacks ethics? We know that. That Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t care about the world? Yes, this is also pretty much understood.

That he caused the January 6th rioting to get out of hand? Yeah, maybe. But the real architect of that terrible day was Donald Trump, who almost got his vice president killed. Trump’s name is NEVER SAID in the movie. And when the film takes that turn from an otherwise dull two-hander between Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison, the audience is already lost.

The big winner this weekend? A horror film, of course. Jessica Chastain in “Other Mommy” picked up $12 million from Thursday previews and Friday opening. This thing has a 19% among critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 46% among audience members. It’s not good and no one wants to see it. But Jessica Chastain can’t always be in a prestige film. It may be her “Snakes on a Plane.”

More to come…

UPDATE Trump Distraught Over Black Woman Getting His Nobel Peace Prize Goes on the Attack: “A Liberal Person…Nobody’s Ever Heard Of”

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UPDATE Trump Distraught Over Black Woman Getting His Nobel Peace Prize Goes on the Attack: “A Liberal Person…Nobody’s Ever Heard Of”

We know Donald Trump hates women, and Blacks.

So he’s incensed that an African born woman from India has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

He’s gone on a rant on Truth Social picking apart Navi Pillay. He hates her so much that he doesn’t use her name.

Trump screams, “I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one ever heard of her other than the fact that she, very obviously, hates Israel.”

Reductive? Trump? With the mind of a pea? He knows all about her, is seething with jealousy.

Does she hate Israel? Coming from South Africa, and being Black, she’s sensitive to apartheid and genocide. Do I agree with her on Israel? No. But I prefer her to Trump any day. (She’s also right in the sense that Netanyahu has squandered Israel’s good will. He and his government must go.)

This post is a standout in 10 or 11 years of Trump’s manic ramblings. When he’s dead, it will be the cornerstone of books eviscerating him.

“60 Minutes” Lite for This Sunday: Interview with Secret Service Chiefs, Grammy Plug for Musician Jon Batiste, Ratings Struggle After NFL Game

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“60 Minutes” Lite for This Sunday: Interview with Secret Service Chiefs, Grammy Plug for Musician Jon Batiste, Ratings Struggle After NFL Game

Last Sunday’s “60 Minutes” was touted for its 10.2 million rating.

But buyer beware: the Kansas City Chiefs game that it segued from had 28.5 million viewers. This means 18 million turned away from CBS rather than find out what Bari Weiss had scheduled for them. By the time “Marshalls” started following the newsmag, the number was down to 8.2 million.

Last week’s “60 Minutes” really lacked a news peg, too, or a connection to anything topical.

So far this Sunday’s show seems the same. Norah O’Donnell– derided already for her Air Force pilot story that included Pete Hegseth — is interviewing the head of the Secret Service and his assistant.

Who else will be in the piece? I shudder to think.

The Bill Whitaker will profile talented musician Jon Batiste. This seems unnecessary. We’ve already learned a lot about Batiste’s wife’s cancer battle, her recovery, but now we’ll get an update. As I wrote last week, Suleika Jaouad is back in the hospital, which is terrible but not a headline. The couple is promoting her new book and maybe adding a Grammy pitch for his new album. This feels more suited to CBS Sunday Mornings, but that’s where we are.

Meantime, conservative columnist Ross Douthat, who left the NY Times for “60 Minutes,” is really cross promoting all his careers. He’s got a book out, and he boasted this week about having a column in Bari Weiss’s “Free Press.” Of course, he fails to mention that Weiss is his boss at CBS, too.

Next week he’s setting up a lemonade stand on West 57th St. You know what they say: strike while the iron is hot.

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