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Bruce Springsteen Added to Carnegie Hall Patti Smith Tribute After All the Tickets Are Sold Out

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Bruce Springsteen Added to Carnegie Hall Patti Smith Tribute After All the Tickets Are Sold Out

You may know that the City Winery tribute to Patti Smith is this Thursday at Carnegie Hall.

What you may not know is that Bruce Springsteen has been a last minute addition to the show — now that all the tickets are sold out.

Michael Dorf hosts these annual tribute shows at Carnegie Hall annually. Often the subject of the tribute doesn’t come, but Patti will be there as may of her friends are coming too.

Besides Springsteen, there will be Michael Stipe, Glen Hansard, Susannah Hoffs, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Penn, Michael Shannon, Maggie Rogers, Ben Harper, Jesse Malin, and Sharon von Etten.

Chrissie Hynde was supposed to come, but the Heathrow Airport fires have kept her in London.

Not listed: Lenny Kaye, Patti’s friend and collaborator since forever. .

The band is pretty amazing, with Flea from the Red Hot Chili Pepper, Benmont Tench from Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers. plus Charlie Sexton, Steve Jordan (he’s with the uh Rolling Stones), and Tony Shanahan.

We can only assume (and cross fingers) that Patti will sing “Because the Night” with Bruce. That would be a Moment.

White Lotus Incest Episode Hands HBO a Big Jump in Ratings: 4.2 Million Across All Platforms Saw Brothers Do It

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White Lotus Incest Episode Hands HBO a Big Jump in Ratings: 4.2 Million Across All Platforms Saw Brothers Do It

HBO got ‘handed’ a real ratings jolt last night.

About 4.2 million people across all their platforms watched the “White Lotus” incest episode called “Denials.”

The Ratliff brothers — played by Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sam Nivola– had a threesome with Chloe. While Lochlan (Nivola) was having sex with Chloe he was also giving a handjob to his brother Saxon (Schwarzenegger).

Patrick’s Kennedy family must be so proud.

On linear HBO, that would suggest just over 1 million viewers, up from 840,000 last week.

Sex sells, especially if it’s gross.

There are only two episodes left this season. We already know someone is found floating in the water. We also know that Rick has gone to Bangkok to kill either the man who killed his father, or his actual father.

But now all eyes are on the incestuous relationships in the Ratliff family. Lochlan is staying overnight with sister Piper at the Buddhist retreat. He’s been eyeing her like a drumstick on Thanksgiving. Is she his next victim? Stay tuned…

Is this all kind of pointless and disgusting? Yes, frankly. Is it just for shock value and ratings? Seems like it. Very, very bizarre.

Netflix Kennedy Center Conan Show Set for May 4th, But Will it Survive Trump Scutiny or Be Censored?

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Netflix Kennedy Center Conan Show Set for May 4th, But Will it Survive Trump Scutiny or Be Censored?

Netflix sent out a press release this morning about last night’s Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center.

The show, honoring Conan O’Brien, will air on May 4th.

But now the focus will be the possible editing — and censoring — of a night of anti-Trump jokes. Trump is the self-appointed chairman of the board of the Kennedy Center. His brief reign has already caused mayhem with cancellations of shows, performances, etc. Celebrities are so averse to what he’s done most of them didn’t walk the red carpet last night

The May 4th show is a two hour special for Netflix. Last night they filmed a two hour show, with little fat. Remember, Netflix doesn’t have commercials to fill much that is edited or deleted. So they’re going to have a problem. Last night’s show became out of control. That’s a good thing for Netflix, if they can stand up to the heat from Trump.

As I reported last night, “there were many Trump jokes,” said a spy in the audience.

David Letterman and Stephen Colbert were particularly merciless. Sarah Silverman noted: “I really miss the days when you were America’s only orange asshole.”

Letterman said: “History will show this was the most entertaining gathering of the resistance, ever.”

Colbert: “When he accepted this award the Kennedy Center was a very different place. Today they announced two new board members: Bashar al-Assad and Skeletor.”

Sarah Silverman described Trump as “The guy who took over loves grabbing pussy.” She added, to O’Brien: “I really miss the days when you were America’s only orange asshole.”

“Welcome to the Kennedy Center or, as it will be known next week, The Roy Cohn Pavilion for Big Strong Men Who Like Cats.” That came from John Mulaney.

So stand by: the special, if it airs, may be just ten minutes long!

HBO Breaks Two Taboos with Gay Incest on “White Lotus,” Fans On Social Are Outraged

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HBO Breaks Two Taboos with Gay Incest on “White Lotus,” Fans On Social Are Outraged

It’s not incest. It’s gay incest.

Tonight HBO crossed a line with “The White Lotus.” After teasing it last week the show went forward with scenes that made fans on Twitter outraged.

Brothers Saxon and Lochlon Ratliff — played by Sam Nivola and Patrick Schwarzenegger — had sex. Lochlon, while having sex with a young woman on the show, simultaneously gave his brother a happy ending.

It may not be a happy ending for the fans. Even though they’ve come to expect some out there stuff, they were vocal in their disgust.

HBO played with incest in “Game of Thrones,” when Cersei and Jamie Lannister became a romantic couple. But that was fantasy, not contemporary fiction. And even though it was icky, the whole milieu of “Game of Thrones” was beyond regular mores.

What happened tonight on “White Lotus” is going to be discussed, a lot. (Discussed rhymes with disgust.) What happens next? A lot of rationalizing on the part of the cast.

Stay tuned…

UPDATE !!! LIVE From the Kennedy Center: Celebs Skip Red Carpet on Conan O’Brien Award Night: Letterman Invokes ‘the Resistance’, “Many Trump Jokes”

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UPDATE !!! LIVE From the Kennedy Center: Celebs Skip Red Carpet on Conan O’Brien Award Night: Letterman Invokes ‘the Resistance’, “Many Trump Jokes”

EXCLUSIVE Conan O’Brien is taping the Kennedy Center Mark Twain prize show tonight. It airs on Netflix soon.

Reports from spies down in DC say the red carpet is kind of spare. The only celebrity not paid to be there is Jake Tapper, who doesn’t care what Donald Trump has done to the country’s premier arts institution.

Celebs who came but skipped the black carpet included Adam Sandler, John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman, Stephen Colbert, Tracy Morgan, and Will Ferrell.

There was no pre-reception, but an after party will take place at The Reach, a restaurant next door.

David Letterman spoke as the top of the show. He also presented O’Brien with his award.

“This will be the most entertaining gathering of the Resistance.”

Colbert joked about new members of the board being Arabs: the former head of Sudan who’s in prison, and Skeletor, a fictional super villain and main antagonist from Mattel toys.

The people who came are friends of Conan — who everyone loves. They include Netflix chief Ted Sarandos, plus Nikki Glaser, Kumail Nanjani, Bill Burr, E Street drummer Max Weinberg, Reggie Watts. So far, no photos of people I expected, like Conan sidekick Andy Richter, or the Kennedy Center’s new chief Richard Grennell.

If more show up, I’ll update.

Trump himself isn’t there, but he sent his usual lackeys. The word inside is that veteran staffers were mostly turned down for tickets by the new people installed by Trump.

Conan, according to The Hill’s Judy Kurtz, was diplomatic about the tense situation. He told her, “Only he [Trump] knows his priorities best. There’s a lot going on in the world, but probably taking control of the Kennedy Center should be at the top of the list.”

According to observers in the room: “There are plenty of Trump jokes. Conan very specifically thanked Deborah Rutter and David Rubenstein. They got a huge ovation.” Trump fired the latter. He’s running out the contract of the former.

Conan thanked all the Kennedy Center employees.

Spies say the former communications director Eileen Andrews showed up, causing a stir.

Colbert said, “He remembered when Conan was the only red-headed asshole.”

keep refreshing…

Joe Biden Makes First Post-Inauguration Appearance at Denzel Washington’s Broadway “Othello” Opening

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Joe Biden Makes First Post-Inauguration Appearance at Denzel Washington’s Broadway “Othello” Opening

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are opening tonight on Broadway in “Othello.”

A few celebs turned out. But the main one was former President Joe Biden. He was wearing a natty tuxedo and waved to the people outside. On his arm, of course, was Dr. Jill Biden. And former spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre.

This was Biden’s first appearance since the country was overtaken by monsters two months ago. You will never see any of them at a Broadway show.

Other celebs included Jamie Lee Curtis, Jennifer Lopez with Emme, her child, Cynthia Nixon, Samuel L. Jackson, Ariana DeBose. and singer Kandi Burruss.

Not a big red carpet, but a quality one!

The Kenny Leon production awaits reviews, although it’s said to be a bit “dull.” The most exciting thing about it seems to be the $921 ticket price.

Love Joe and Jill and they look great!

Dopey “Snow White” Doesn’t Work or Whistle with Just $43 Mil Weekend vs. $250 Mil Budget

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Dopey “Snow White” Doesn’t Work or Whistle with Just $43 Mil Weekend vs. $250 Mil Budget

Dopey “Snow White” is a bust for Disney.

The live action remake of the 1937 animated classic didn’t work or whistle this time out.

“Snow White,” Disney says, made $43 million this weekend over four days.

With a $250 million budget, that’s a mini disaster for the Mouse House.

But modernizing the story, cutting songs like “Someday My Prince Will Come,” and so on, plus controversies about everything, were a turn off to audiences.

They actually took out the prince as a hero, so “Someday” couldn’t be included. I think they should have changed it to “Someday Prince Will Come” and have the dwarfs sing “Little Red Corvette.”

But what do I know?

Meantime, no one went to see “Magazine Dreams” starring Jonathan Majors. Total $700K for the weekend. Extremely grim and depressing, this movie would not have been a hit even without Majors’ arrest and conviction. Searchlight dodged a bullet here.

There’s not much going on in movieland right now. All I heart about is streaming TV. “Severance,” “White Lotus,” etc. The studios are doing this to themselves.

Trump’s 17 Year Old Granddaughter Says “Elon” Gave Her a Souped Up $100K Cyber Truck, Shows Off Speed in Video

“Grey’s Anatomy” Had Ratings Low Last Week, Bounced Back Last Night After Ellen Pompeo’s Arrogant Press Tour

Justin Bieber Posts Photo of Son Jack, Says “I got anger issues, too, But I wanna grow and not react so much”

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Justin Bieber Posts Photo of Son Jack, Says “I got anger issues, too, But I wanna grow and not react so much”

I don’t know what’s going on here, but I offer it as a Saturday souvenir.

Justin Bieber says he has anger issues. Remember when he was constantly in trouble for doing stupid, juvenile things? He spit at people, crashed cars, and carried on like a spoiled child.

BTW, Bieber’s ex, Selena Gomez, has the number 1 album today with fiancee Benny Blanco. She’s an Emmy nominee and star of a hit TV series.

UPDATE: “Snow White” Opens with $16 Mil Thursday-Friday, Looks at $40 Mil Weekend on $250 Mil Budget

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UPDATE: “Snow White” Opens with $16 Mil Thursday-Friday, Looks at $40 Mil Weekend on $250 Mil Budget

“Snow White” is a dud, but slightly less so than imagined.

The live action film made $12.5 million on Friday. Add that to previews for $16 mil opening.

This suggests a $40 million weekend. The total might be $2 or $3 million higher depending on Saturday and Sunday families and children.

But a quick look at theaters in the suburbs isn’t that promising.

Cinemascore is B+, which isn’t bad. Reviews are terrible. Rotten Tomatoes audience score is 71, which is really a C.

The budget was $250 million. Getting to half that number at the box office would be an achievement.

For adults: go see “The Alto Knights.” No push from Warner’s but a great Robert De Niro-Barry Levinson mob story.

Charts: Playboy Carti Streamed Most Tracks This Week, But Lady Gaga Caused the Most Sales Mayhem

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Charts: Playboy Carti Streamed Most Tracks This Week, But Lady Gaga Caused the Most Sales Mayhem

The top 50 albums is a weird, sad place as usual this week.

Playboy Carti finished at number 1 with 302,000 equivalent albums sold.

The problem for Carti is that 290,000 were all streaming. He actually only 10,000 CDs and paid downloads of his new album. Fans were curious but didn’t need to own his “Music” album.

Fair enough.

Lady Gaga, on the other hand, was queen of the cart. She sold a total of 76,666 equivalent albums. But the news is that a quarter of them — 26,979 — were physical sales. “Mayhem” is a recording her fans want in their hand, or permanently in their downloads.

Lady Gaga wins. You see, the royalty is higher for physical than streaming. It’s pretty black and white.

Next week comes the new Morgan Wallen album, “I Never Paid the Price for Saying the N Word.” Just kidding. Wallen’s fans are down with him because this episode was not a problem for them. He’s selling millions of albums every week.

God bless.

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