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The Winner Takes it All: ABBA Cleans up as “Mamma Mia” Sequel Equalizes Denzel Washington

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The Winner Takes it All: ABBA Cleans up as “Mamma Mia” Sequel Equalizes Denzel Washington

As predicted, “Mamma Mia” took the Friday night box office by storm. Using a Cher and Meryl Streep “Silkwood” reunion, the ABBA musical raked in $14,277,000 and was number for the night and weekend.

Denzel Washington’s “Equalizer” sequel– the only sequel Denzel has ever been in — came in 2nd, with $13,555,000. Denzel  may consider not doing a third installment after this one is met with some antipathy. He has more important things to do.

In less fraught news, Annpurna Pictures’ “Sorry to Both You” will flirt with the $10 million mark this weekend– it will take to Tuesday maybe to get there. Boots Riley’s nutty little film could turn out to be the “Get Out” of the summer. We’ll wait and see how that plays out.

Kimberly Guilfoyle Makes First Move on Sarah Sanders Job, Leaving Fox News to Join Trump World

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Kimberly Guilfoyle Makes First Move on Sarah Sanders Job, Leaving Fox News to Join Trump World

Kimberly Guilfoyle wants Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ job. This is how she will get it.

Guilfoyle is leaving Fox News, as first reported by VanityFair.com’s Gabriel Sherman on Twitter. She will join a pro-Trump PAC according to other reports. Guilfoyle has been dating Donald Trump Jr. for the last couple of months.

Trump Jr. is divorcing his wife of 18 years, mother of his five children, Vanessa. Guilfoyle is 49, Donnie is 40.

On another track, Sanders may be leaving her role as Chief Liar for the Trump Administration at the end of the year. She’s denied it, but NBC reported this last month. Since Sanders rarely tells the truth, who knows what’s happening? But if Guilfoyle smells blood in the water, she’s swimming in that direction. Plus, her new boss would be her old boss, Bill Shine of Fox News, now installed as Trump’s communications director at the behest of Rupert Murdoch, our real president.

And so it goes. How long before she’s Kimberly Trump? Wedding next June?

 

“Mamma Mia” Sequel Set to Thwart Denzel’s “Equalizer 2,” ABBA Has Three Albums in Top 10, Cher May Release Covers Collection

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“Mamma Mia” Sequel Set to Thwart Denzel’s “Equalizer 2,” ABBA Has Three Albums in Top 10, Cher May Release Covers Collection

Here we go again!

I swear, back in 1974 when “Waterloo” was on the radio, we thought it was just silliness. Now 45 years later, ABBA remains everywhere.

“Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again,” is set to beat “Equalizer 2” at the box office this weekend. Last night in previews, the ABBA sequel beat the Denzel Washington sequel by $300,000 and made $1.4 million.

Meantime, ABBA has three CD’s in the iTunes top 10– the soundtracks to both movies, plus their ABBA old greatest hits. Really? Who doesn’t have this music by now?

And then there seems to be a chance Cher will release an ABBA covers album if the movie is really a big hit. She’s alluded to it in interviews. I think they’re waiting to see if there’s a demand. Cher appears at the end of the sequel and sings “Fernando.” A whole album? Well, that would be weird.

 

 

Roseanne Snaps, Mocks Valerie Jarrett Tweet Scandal on You Tube: “I thought the b*tch was white!”

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Roseanne Snaps, Mocks Valerie Jarrett Tweet Scandal on You Tube: “I thought the b*tch was white!”

Roseanne, looking drunk, smoking a cigarette, is clearly mocking her Valerie Jarrett Tweet. She shrieks on You Tube: “I thought the bitch was white.” The person filming her says something about “the president f–king a hooker on his desk.” Is this supposed to be funny? It’s not. Barr looks a wreck, not ironic. Roseanne has lost her whole career, her income from her show, everything, from this incident. It’s jaw dropping to think she chose to publish this video– or make it at all. This should give ABC some pause. I told you she would not retire from social media– when “The Conners” appears again on the air, this is what the network can expect.

Sports: NFL Says Players Can Kneel for Now, Freezes Ban on Players Protesting, Colin Kaepernick Still Not Working

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Sports: NFL Says Players Can Kneel for Now, Freezes Ban on Players Protesting, Colin Kaepernick Still Not Working
NFL players can kneel, they don’t have to stand in the locker room.
The league just issued this press release, written in such a convoluted way that I had to double check. What is a standstill agreement? They didn’t want to say it. Players can still be fined by their teams, and the league can still fine teams. This statement just means nothing will be enforced for the time being.  This decision is what Roger Goodell is paid $100 million for.
“The NFL and NFLPA, through recent discussions, have been working on a resolution to the anthem issue.
In order to allow this constructive dialogue to continue, we have come to a standstill agreement on
the NFLPA’s grievance and on the NFL’s anthem policy. No new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or
enforced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions are ongoing.
The NFL and NFLPA reflect the great values of America, which
are repeatedly demonstrated by the many players doing extraordinary work in communities across our country to promote equality, fairness and justice.
Our shared focus will remain on finding a solution to the anthem issue through mutual, good faith
commitments, outside of litigation.”
Someone hire Colin Kaepernick already. This has gone on too long.

Meow! “Cats” Movie Finally a Go, with Jennifer Hudson Singing “Memory” and “Les Miz” Director Tom Hooper

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Meow! “Cats” Movie Finally a Go, with Jennifer Hudson Singing “Memory” and “Les Miz” Director Tom Hooper

Credit this story to the great Baz Bamigboye in London’s Daily Mail Friday.

Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Cats” will finally be a movie. Jennifer Hudson will play Grizabella, the famous cat who sings ALW’s immortal song, “Memory.”

Tom Hooper, Oscar winner for “The King’s Speech,” much awarded for “Les Miserables,” will direct.

Baz says Taylor Swift will wear a cat suit– she notably loves cats — James Corden, who’s taking a lot of extra jobs lately– is he tiring of the late night chat show?– he’s in it, too. Sounds like Hooper will feature cameos from many stars.

“Cats” has made a fortune around the world and twice on Broadway. It’s not Sondheim. The show gained notoriety in New York for being a safe place to send tourists who didn’t understand English– not much plot. But a cool “Cats” movie would be a nice surprise. These people can do it!

Stan Lee Sends Video to Comic Con, Says “One of First” He’s Missed in Many Years– Looks Good

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Stan Lee Sends Video to Comic Con, Says “One of First” He’s Missed in Many Years– Looks Good

Stan Lee, 95, looks pretty good in a video he just sent to Comic Con. Considering all the chaos in his life, Lee seems strong. He tells the Comic Con fans he’s sorry he couldn’t make it. Who knows? He could come back next year. He’s a Marvel.

Paul McCartney Sets Surprise Show in Liverpool, More to Come In Anticipation of New Album

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Paul McCartney Sets Surprise Show in Liverpool, More to Come In Anticipation of New Album

One hundred and fifty years agoBack in 1971, Paul McCartney loaded wife Linda and their new band Wings into a van and drove around the UK surprising small clubs with shows. Ever since then, a hallmark of a McCartney album pre-release has been small shows in surprise locations. I went to one in the summer of 1989 that I’ll never forget at the Lyceum Theater here in New York.

With a new album, “Egypt Station,” coming on September 7th, it looks like Paul is up to his old tricks. (And we’re happy about that.) In Liverpool, he has invited fans to make videos in a contest for a private show. Videos are proliferating on Twitter and other social media.

Next up: maybe a show in NYC, Los Angeles, and who knows where else? Are we ready? Considering the landscape of the world right now, Paul– we need you! *PS “Egypt Station” is number 40 on the Amazon album charts, from pre-orders. Ram on!

Miley Cyrus Wipes Social Media, Signals New Music Tonight: Must Overcome “Younger” Debacle

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Miley Cyrus Wipes Social Media, Signals New Music Tonight: Must Overcome “Younger” Debacle

Welcome back, Miley Cyrus.

The golden throated country-esque singer seems as though she will drop a new single tonight. All her social media has been wiped clean, she’s sent clues to her fans. Miley is back.

If Miley is back, she’d better have something to wipe out the debacle of her last album, “Younger.” Miley couldn’t decide if she was Mrs. Hemsworth or a Twerking Girl. The chaos of the message was accompanied by music no one could figure out. Sales were abysmal.

So let’s hope Miley has great comeback single tonight. Stay tuned…

 

Best Video of the Day: Dan Coats Ambushed with News About Putin White House Visit, Whoopi Goldberg Goes off On Jeanine Pirro: “Get the F Out of Here!”

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Best Video of the Day: Dan Coats Ambushed with News About Putin White House Visit, Whoopi Goldberg Goes off On Jeanine Pirro: “Get the F Out of Here!”

A happy summer day.

Live on the air at the Aspen Security Forum, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell informs America’s chief intelligence officer Dan Coats that Donald Trump has invited Vladmir Putin to the White House. At first, Coats doesn’t believe it. His reaction is priceless. “Ok,” he says, that’s going to be special.

Then, Whoopi Goldberg loses it with Jeanine Pirro. Watch to the end. “I very rarely lose my cool,’ Whoopi says. God bless her.
Pirro told her comrade Sean Hannity later on the radio that after the segment:

“When I went off the stage, Sean, I was walking down stairs, and I said something like ‘Whoopi I’ve fought for victims all my life,’” Pirro said. “And she said ‘F you’ in my face, literally spitting at me. ‘F you, get the F out of this building!’ And I said to her ‘did you just say that?’ And she said ‘that’s what I just said, get the F out of this building!.’”

“And she was screaming at me, and I’m walking out of the building like a dog who was just kicked off,” Pirro added. “So forget about what she did to me on set, which was horrific in itself but the treatment by Whoopi Goldberg is typical of what is going on in this country.”

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