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Demi Moore Shouldn’t Worry: Almost Guaranteed An Oscar Opportunity Next Year for “Devil Wears Prada” Type Film

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Demi Moore Shouldn’t Worry: Almost Guaranteed An Oscar Opportunity Next Year for “Devil Wears Prada” Type Film

In the end, Demi Moore didn’t make it to the finish line.

After winning a ton of awards, including SAG, Moore was upended by Mikey Madison for Best Actress in “Anora.”

Her performance wasn’t lacking at all. But “The Substance” was not a great movie, and it had a small distributor. It also had no momentum except among a niche of voters.

“Anora” did well at the box office, was raved about by reviewers, and had the inside lane. The three Oscars “Anora” won during the night made Madison a cinch to win Best Actress.

For Demi, it’s not over yet. She’ll be back, probably next year, and will likely win. This is the history of the Oscars with out of the box, unusual winners. Look at Cher losing for “Mask” and then winning for “Moonstruck.”

Following that path, Demi has a shot with a Boots Riley movie called “I Love Boosters.” She plays a Miranda Priestly type character — a fashion maven preyed upon by a group of shoplifters. It’s obviously a comedy, and one that — distributed the right way — could be gold for Moore.

In meantime, Demi Moore will have a lot of other scripts to choose from. I don’t think she’s done by any means. But the film she’ll win with will be a little more accessible that the stomach churning “The Substance.”

Diane Warren Lost the Oscar But Her Nominated Song, “The Journey” Zipped Up the Charts to Number 11

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Diane Warren Lost the Oscar But Her Nominated Song, “The Journey” Zipped Up the Charts to Number 11

Diane Warren lost her 16th nomination for Best Song last night.

But she’s not a loser, she’s a winner.

Warren’s song, “The Journey,” recorded by HER aka Gabi Wilson, jumped to number 11 this morning on the iTunes Top 100.

It’s a great song, and deserves to be a hit.

The only other nominated song from the Oscars that’s on the chart is Elton John’s “Never Too Late.” It’s at 43.

The winning song, from “Emilia Perez,” isn’t anywhere to be found.

Best Oscar Show in Years — Fun, Apolitical, Engaging: Conan O’Brien Turns Out to Be the Host We Needed

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Best Oscar Show in Years — Fun, Apolitical, Engaging: Conan O’Brien Turns Out to Be the Host We Needed

It was almost four hours long, but tonight’s Oscar show was the best in years.

Conan O’Brien was an exemplary host, totally funny, apolitical, and engaging. No one was made fun of and only a couple of declarations were made from the stage.

Conan and his team including Jeff Ross, his longtime producer, won everyone over. They’ll be back next year.

Presenters for Best Picture were a great idea: Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, continuing their reunion tour from “When Harry Met Sally.”

Almost all the presenters made sense except for Darryl Hannah, who was semi-retired. She was an odd choice but did a great job.

The only miss was Queen Latifah’s unnecessary musical number with “Ease On Down the Road.” It was a tribute to Quincy Jones that just didn’t work.

“Anora” won Best Picture, Director, Best Actress, and Original Screenplay. It’s quite a coup for Sean Baker and tiny Neon Pictures. Congrats to them.

Almost every film got something except for “A Complete Unknown,” a movie that people will be watching for years. The Academy just didn’t go for Timothee Chalamet in weird costumes, and a Kardashian on his arm. Adrien Brody came off classy and thoughtful. Chalamet will get an Oscar one day. He’ll learn a lesson here.

Diane Warren was denied her Oscar for the 16th time. She deserved to win. Oh well. Back to the drawing board.

UPDATING Oscars: Best Picture, Director “Anora,” Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Kieran Culkin, Zoe Saldana, “Flow,” Palestinian “No Other Land”

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UPDATING Oscars: Best Picture, Director “Anora,” Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Kieran Culkin, Zoe Saldana, “Flow,” Palestinian “No Other Land”

Oscars keep refreshing…

The opening was excellent. Conan O’Brien will definitely be asked back. He’s bright and warm and very clever. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande smashed it with their medley of “Over the Rainbow” and “Defying Gravity.” Kudos to Ariana for letting Cynthia take the spotlight at the end.

Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor for “A Real Pain.”

“Flow” is Best Animated Feature.

Best Costumes to “Wicked” Paul Tazewell. First Black man to win the award.

Best Original Screenplay: “Anora” beats “A Real Pain.”

Best Adapted Screenplay: “Conclave”

Hair and Makeup: “The Substance”

Nice tribute send off to James Bond with song and dance medley. Lisa, Doja Cat, and Raye knocked it out. Raye killed “Skyfall,” giving Adele a run for her money!

Best Editing: “Anora”

Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana

Production Design: “Wicked”

Best Song: “Emilia Perez”  Diane Warren loses for 16th time!!!!

Mick Jagger surprise presenter. So good to see him!

Best Documentary Short: “The Only Girl in the Orchestra”

Best Documentary: “No Other Land”

Best Sound: “Dune Part Two”

Visual Effects: “Dune Part Two”

Live Action Short Film: “I’m Not a Robot”

Best Cinematography: “The Brutalist”

Best International Film: “I’m Still Here”!!!!!!

Best Score: “The Brutalist” the composer looks like Dr Evil!

Best Actor: Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”

Best Director: Sean Baker, “Anora”

Best Actress: Mikey Madison, “Anora”

Best Picture: “Anora”

The Oscars Are Coming at 7pm, Hosted by Conan O’Brien: Is This Demi Moore’s Big Night? Second Win for Adrien Brody?

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The Oscars Are Coming at 7pm, Hosted by Conan O’Brien: Is This Demi Moore’s Big Night? Second Win for Adrien Brody?

We are five hours away from the Oscars.

The show starts at 7pm on ABC. Conan O’Brien is the host.

In a strange year for eclectic films, there are hot races.

Demi Moore is hoping to cap off her season with Best Actress for “The Substance.” After 40 years in the business, Demi has become a role model. Can she win after never being nominated for anything? Or will she lose to Mikey Madison from “Anora” or even Fernanda Torres from “I’m Still Here”?

Adrien Brody could pull off a second win after his 2003 triumph with “The Pianist.” He’s tipped for the gold but Timothee Chalamet is hovering after turning in a tour de force performance as Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.”

Best Picture is likely down to “Anora” vs. “Conclave.” The latter doesn’t have a director nomination. Here’s what it comes down to: do the Academy voters want a Best Picture with a hard R rating that would have to be heavily edited on TV in the future? Sean Baker’s comedy is fresh and original but it’s also over the top. “Conclave” is a more middle of the road crowd pleaser. Will it prevail?

Will Diane Warren win Best Song after 16 tries? Her song “The Journey” is her best in years even though no one’s ever seen the movie it was in.

We’ll be ready at 7pm!

Chanel Opts for Knock Offs at Oscar Party with Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, No Donations for Wildfire Relief

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Chanel Opts for Knock Offs at Oscar Party with Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, No Donations for Wildfire Relief

Publicist Charles Finch went all out last night for the Chanel Oscars party.

He welcomed knock offs, not originals, like Kim Kardashian and Jeff Bezos to the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Their respective connections to the Academy Awards? Zero, Zilch, nada.

Indeed, Bezos making the scene is pretty ugly considering his recent gutting of the Washington Post and incessant attachment to Donald Trump. Mick Jagger, who did go to the party — love him, but again no Oscars connection — must have thought he was hallucinating when he rant into Bezos.

Kardashian, of course, made her film debut with a home porn tape.

The Chanel party made no effort to promote donations to the LA Fire Department or wildfire relief. The fashion house continues to make Hollywood look self-congratulatory in the middle of tragedy.

There was no sign of potential Oscar winners Timothee Chalamet, Kieran Culkin, Zoe Saldana or Mikey Madison, but Adrien Brody — who was making the rounds at every Oscar party — was present, along with Colman Domingo, Demi Moore, Jeremy Strong, Sebastian Stan, Ralph Fiennes, and Gayle King.

Chanel was one of a number of fashion houses including Yves St. Laurent, and Armani to cash in on Oscar weekend. They’ll all be on the red carpet tonight.

Elvis Costello Opens Extraordinary 2 Man Show Joking: “I’d like Timothee Chalamet to Play ME in a Movie!”

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Elvis Costello Opens Extraordinary 2 Man Show Joking: “I’d like Timothee Chalamet to Play ME in a Movie!”

Thursday night: Looking in a long mirror on stage at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY placed next to his high stool, the great iconoclastic singer songwriter Elvis Costello caught his own reflection — one that included a natty Trilby, the same kind kind Chalamet sports in “A Complete Unknown.”

He said, “Timothee Chalamet gave me this hat!”

Costello — a new wave musical descendant of Bob Dylan — took a beat, admiring himself, and observed: “I’d like Timothee Chalamet to play ME in a movie!” The set up was perfect if for nothing else Costello crossed generations. He’s no “Man out of Time” (included later in the set list).

With that, Costello’s two man show with ace pianist and keyboardist Steve Nieve began in what turned out to be an unexpected gem mixing lively comic patter with insanely nuanced musicianship.

Costello and Nieve are usually part of the four or five members of The Imposters, but on Thursday — and this tour — they were on their own. That may suggest a stark presentation. But not so in this case. The duo made such a large sound that several times I looked around on stage to find the other band members, surprised to find they weren’t there.

Costello has so many songs over 48 years that most of this set — which itself is tweaked daily — contains a nice mixture of hits, recognizable tunes, and deep tracks. For hard core fans, this set list took deep dives (“Wednesday Week”), glorious mashups (“Alison” with “Everyday I Write the Book”), and soul tributes (Sam Dave’s “I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down”). Deep tracks you vaguely remember — like “Come the Meantimes” or “Shot with His Own Gun” — now have the audience — which included Jimmy Fallon and master musical director to the stars Rob Mathes — singing along.

Costello’s songs are so strong that their deconstruction into guitar and piano makes for stunning surprises. A lot of this has to do with Nieve, who can his instrument inside out to find thrilling new takes.

This was especially true on 1977’s tongue twisty “I Don’t Want to Go to Chelsea,” which the pair reinvented with stuttering syncopation. The stage seemed to levitate during the shredding. Even the retiring Nieve agreed with me afterwards when I mentioned this startling moment to him that it was “something special.”

Quite a night — and one not be missed as Costello and Nieve continue their way through the next two weeks more including four splendid nights in Chicago. (Lucky them!)

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Harrison Ford Gets Shingles, Drops Out of Oscars Leaves Goldie Hawn As Sole Legacy Presenter Among a Sea of Young Uns

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Harrison Ford Gets Shingles, Drops Out of Oscars Leaves Goldie Hawn As Sole Legacy Presenter Among a Sea of Young Uns

Harrison Ford must have a good time at the SAG Awards.

Sadly, the once and forever Indiana Jones has come down with a case of shingles, and will not be a presenter at the Oscars Sunday night.

I hope he had the shingles vaccine. If not, he’ll get it now. Shingles is a very itchy and painful rash. Let’s hope for a speedy recovery.

Ford’s absence means the Oscars has to scramble for another legacy presenter, especially if he was supposed to give Best Picture. Right now the only other presenter from his generation, so to speak, is Goldie Hawn.

Everyone else set to appear on the Oscars stage is young or youngish. A lot of the men are out of business– Redford, Hoffman, Eastwood, Beatty, Nicholson. Jane Fonda just did the SAG Awards. Shirley Maclaine would always be welcome. But the great actors of the 60s and 70s who are in their 80s and 90s are disappearing.

Get better, Harrison!

RIP David Johansen, 75, Seminal Rocker of New York Dolls Who Became Swingin’ Buster Poindexter

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RIP David Johansen, 75, Seminal Rocker of New York Dolls Who Became Swingin’ Buster Poindexter

So sad: David Johansen, the seminal rocker who became the swinging, swaggering Buster Poindexter, has died at 75.

Johansen was part of one of the original punk bands, the New York Dolls, a group that kicked up a storm on the Lower East Side before even the Ramones. His wife reported a few weeks ago that he was gravely ill.

With the Dolls, Johansen made history. But when he added the Buster Poindexter personality in the mid 80s he took off like crazy. His songs, “Hot Hot Hot” and “Funky But Chic,” transcended the culture and remain radio and party staples. Their successes drove Johansen crazy, but they were welcome hits.

Johansen appeared in movies and commercials and kept his dual lives going until he became ill.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has never inducted the Dolls or Johansen, which has been a glaring error. Hopefully they’ll do something for him this year.

Condolences to his family.


SOS: David Johansen of Seminal NY Dolls, Buster Poindexter Fame Has Stage 4 Cancer, Sets Up Fund on Sweet Relief

Trump Flies to Mar-a-Lago on Taxpayer Dime After Zelensky Debacle for Dinner with Lawyer Alina Habba, Friends (Exclusive)

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Trump Flies to Mar-a-Lago on Taxpayer Dime After Zelensky Debacle for Dinner with Lawyer Alina Habba, Friends (Exclusive)

Where is DOGE when you need them?

After his Oval Office debacle with Donald Trump, the so-called president of the United States spent $3 million of tax payer money on himself.

He flew to Mar-a-Lago.

Every trip to his Florida country club home costs an average of $1 million a day. He’s been there on four weekends since taking the oath of office six weeks ago.

Meantime, tens of thousands of government workers have lost their jobs thanks to Trump’s irrational, maniacal cost cutting.

At Mar-a-Lago, Trump did not dine with his wife, Melania. Observers say the main guest at his table was his attorney, Alina Habba, who some people call his girlfriend. The table was surrounded by Secret Service.

Also in the dining room were son, Eric, and daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. She’s the former head of the Republican National Committee and a Fox News host thanks to nepotism and criminal stupidity. They were hosting a table.

It’s not known if Eric and Lara paid their bill themselves, or if they left a tip.

According to spies, the buzz in the room was all about Trump’s catastrophic live-on-TV Oval Office meeting with President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump and sidekick JD Vance made fools of themselves in front of the world in their attempt to sign a minerals deal with Zelensky. It was a new low for Trump, considered the worst president in US history.

Despite everyone talking about how Zelensky ‘trumped’ him earlier in the day, no one approached Trump or discussed the situation with him.

What will happen today? Probably golf.

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