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Michael Moore — Banned by One Ohio Theater — Finds Another to Film One Man Show About Election

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Michael Moore — Banned by One Ohio Theater — Finds Another to Film One Man Show About Election

Michael Moore is un-banned. He says on Facebook that he will perform a one man show at the Murphy Theater in Wilmington, Ohio on October 6th. He’s filming it and will “have it out” before the election.

The theater has been publicly supported financially in the past by one of his arch enemies, Glenn Beck. Wilmington is in a heavily Republican county.

Moore had said previously that he’d been banned by the nearby Midland Theater in Licking County. He took a licking, that’s for sure. He posted:

“We got a call from the theater management telling us, “We’re sorry but the community board that oversees the theater has voted to not allow Michael Moore to perform his show here. We are declining the rental.” When asked why, it was explained to us that, “Michael Moore’s appearance here could reflect negatively upon the Midland Theatre. He is too controversial and the risk is too great. The board is afraid that renting the theater to him may cause the theater to lose long-standing patrons. Our board here is fairly conservative and it was felt that Mr. Moore would try to sway people’s minds to vote his way.”

But now he’s all set. The shows are October 6 and 7 at 8pm, and they are free!  Moore writes:

“So why am I coming to Trump Country in Clinton County? Because I think I know why a lot of people in Ohio and Michigan, some of them my neighbors, are voting for Donald Trump — good Midwestern people whose lives have been upended by “the system that’s been rigged against them.” They used to be part of something that was called “the middle class.” Now they have a chance to hit back, to pick up a virtual baseball bat and smash that old system by voting for the outsider known as Trump. I want to talk to these voters. I want to see if I can meet them half-way. And I want to give them an hour or so of some good laughs over the craziest election year we’ve ever seen”

Moore says he may swing by the Midland Theater anyway and perform his show on the street.

Beyonce’s Sister Solange Dropping New Digital Album “Everywhere” Not Just on Jay Z’s Tidal

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Beyonce’s Sister Solange Dropping New Digital Album “Everywhere” Not Just on Jay Z’s Tidal

Solange Knowles is not stupid. When Beyonce’s sister drops her new digital album on Friday, it will be “everywhere” according to a press release. In other words– Solange will not be exclusive to her brother in law Jay Z’s losing proposition, Tidal. Solange, you see, wants to sell some ‘records.’

Solange’s new album is called “A Seat at the Table,” which is what I guess she’s trying to get considering all the gigantic ego’s around her. Beyonce does not appear on the album but there are some guest stars including former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland and Kelela.

I’ve been listening to Solange’s past records on Spotify. If Beyonce weren’t such a huge hovering cloud, Solange would be a big hit singer. I really love songs like “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Losing You.” She’s a more straightforward singer, and her songs are better. No kidding. Give this girl a chance.

solange table

 

Here’s the tracklist:

  1. “Rise”
  2. “Weary” (Additional Vocals blessed by Tweet)
  3. “Interlude: The Glory Is In You”
  4. “Cranes In The Sky”
  5. “Interlude: Dad Was Mad”
  6. “Mad” Ft. Lil Wayne (Additional Vocals blessed by Moses Sumney and Tweet)
  7. “Don’t You Wait”
  8. “Interlude: Tina Taught Me”
  9. “Don’t Touch My Hair” Ft. Sampha
  10. “Interlude:  This Moment” (Additional vocals Devonte Hynes of Houston Texas and Lu of Carolina)
  11. “Where Do We Go” (Additional vocals blessed by Sean Nicholas Savage)
  12. “Interlude:  For Us By Us”
  13. “F.U.B.U.” Ft. The Dream & BJ The Chicago Kid (Additional Vocals blessed by Tweet)
  14. “Borderline (An Ode To Self Care)” Ft. Q-Tip
  15. “Interlude:  I Got So Much Magic, You Can Have It” Ft. Kelly Rowland & Nia Andrews
  16. “Junie”
  17. “Interlude: No Limits”
  18. “Don’t Wish Me Well”

Flash! Warren Beatty Agrees to a Reddit AMA Set for Thursday Afternoon EST

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Flash! Warren Beatty Agrees to a Reddit AMA Set for Thursday Afternoon EST

Flash! Kids, a rarity– Oscar winner Warren Beatty, a real Hollywood icon, has agreed to a little publicity for “Rules Don’t Apply.” Beatty will participate in a Reddit AMA on Thursday at 11:30am Pacific, 2:30pm Eastern. He will answer all questions, nothing is off limits. Nothing gross or coarse, though. But he will laugh off the urban legend that he slept with 12,775 women. (Maybe it’s more!) Maybe someone will ask him what the best inexpensive gift is for the third date. Anyway, we’ll have all the results here. This is the man who made “Reds,” “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Heaven Can Wait,” and “Shampoo” so I hope there are some questions about movie making. That’s far more interesting.

Rudy Giuliani Cheated on His Wife While Mayor, Used His Kids as Props, Calls Hillary Clinton “A Phony”

Roger Friedman
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Rudy Giuliani Cheated on His Wife While Mayor, Used His Kids as Props, Calls Hillary Clinton “A Phony”

During Rudy Giuliani’s 12 years as mayor, he cheated on his wife, Donna Hanover, at least once. A second, rumored affair, was denied but the relationship was too close for comfort. The first time was with Cristyne Lategano, an aide who Giuliani was with 24/7, and for whom he bought dresses. The second time was with Judith Nathan, whom he eventually married. I was the reporter who found Giuliani and Nathan together on a date, on Friday, April 28, 2000.

Fox News wouldn’t let me report it because I was told that Roger Ailes. our boss, had an arrangement not to report anything negative about Giuliani. So I had to give the story to the NY Daily News, which broke it. Then I was allowed to write it. Later, the New York Times gave me credit.

I bring this up today because of the repulsive statement Giuliani made in the video below to Alexandra Svokos, which she posted on Twitter. Giuliani accuses Hillary Clinton of doing terrible things to Monica Lewinsky. Then he says that Hillary “is too stupid to be president.”

This vile person, who carried on while in office without any thought to his children, should watch it, already. (I also reported in NY Magazine how Giuliani and Lategano used his kids to present bad news to Wall Street at an all day press conference.) New Yorkers can’t stand him. He calls himself “America’s Mayor” because he grandstanded during 9-11. For years his children didn’t speak to him. It’s unclear if they do now. His role as henchman and chief assistant villain to Donald Trump as the Joker has become more and more cartoon like. And frankly, he’s too stupid if he doesn’t think all of his private life will come tumbling out again.

Guiliani says Hillary Clinton is a “total phony.” He should know. Let’s ask Donna Hanover, shall we? Because that’s a saga that awaits being dredged up.

Bruce Springsteen Slams Republican Party, Ronald Reagan for “Cynically” Trying to Co-Opt “Born in the USA”

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Bruce Springsteen Slams Republican Party, Ronald Reagan for “Cynically” Trying to Co-Opt “Born in the USA”

In his memoir “Born to Run,” published today. Bruce Springsteen talks about a lot of his songs. He particularly zeroes in on “Born in the USA,” his monster 1984 hit inspired by Vietnam vet Ron Kovic among others. Springsteen slames the Republican party and Ronald Reagan for “cynically” trying to “co opt” the song.

He writes:  “Records are often auditory Rorschach tests; we hear what we want to hear. For years after the release of my biggest-selling album, come Halloween, I had little kids in red bandanas knocking at my door with their trick-or-treat bags singing, “I was born in the USA.” I guess the same fate awaited Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” around the campfire, but that didn’t make me feel any better. (When Pete Seeger and I sang “This Land Is Your Land” at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, one of Pete’s requests was that we sing all of Woody’s controversial verses. He wanted to reclaim the song’s radical text.)

In 1984, add to this an election year, a Republican Party intent on co-opting a cow’s ass if it has the Stars and Stripes tattooed on it, sitting president Ronald Reagan cynically offering thanks for “the message of hope in songs of . . . New Jersey’s own Bruce Springsteen” on a campaign swing through the state and, well . . . you know the rest.

…I learned a hard lesson about how pop and pop image were perceived, but I still wouldn’t have made either of those records differently. Over the years, I’ve had an opportunity to reinterpret “Born in the USA,” particularly in acoustic versions that could not be misconstrued, but those interpretations always stood in relief against the original and gained some of their new power from the audience’s previous experience with the album version. On the album, “Born in the USA” was in its most powerful presentation. If I’d tried to undercut or change the music, I believe I would’ve had a record that would’ve been more easily understood but not as satisfying.”

 

Actress Rebecca Hall on Playing Real Life ’70s TV Anchorwoman “Christine” Who Committed Suicide on the Air

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Actress Rebecca Hall on Playing Real Life ’70s TV Anchorwoman “Christine” Who Committed Suicide on the Air

Rebecca Hall — who first caught our eye in Woody Allen’s “Vicki Christina Barcelona”– gives an Oscar-worthy performance in “Christine,” the heart breaking and chilling real-life story of a 1970’s small-town television reporter. (Opens October 14th.)

Christine Chubbuck shot herself in the head during a newscast. Her bloody suicide received the kind of national attention she craved and never received for the meaningful stories she tried to report.

The movie manages to be both respectful and empathetic to Chubbuck who struggled with depression and widespread sexism she faced professionally. Among the movie’s terrific cast Tracy Letts’ gives a stand out performance as Chubbuck’s boss Mike Simmons, desperate to improve ratings for the faltering Sarasota, Florida news station and whose mantra is, “If it bleeds, it leads.” Also J. Smith Cameron is hugely appealing and effective as Chubbuck’s mother. And Michael C. Hall is spot on as the station’s Ted Baxter-ish anchorman. (Indeed, the whole thing could be described as “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” on acid.)

At a private screening in midtown hosted by former news broadcaster Alina Cho (now with Random House) and Fox5’s Rosanna Scotto, Hall participated in a Q&A and afterwards mingled with guests at the reception. Hall came with her husband, actor Morgan Spector, who has a brief role in the film as Chubbuck’s gynecologist.

The London-born actress, who is the daughter of world-renowned theater director Peter Hall and opera singer Maria Ewing, is passionate about the film and spoke to Showbiz411 about her breakthrough performance:

Your husband  plays your gynecologist in the film. That’s pretty funny. How did that happen?

RH: He’s the best! I love him. Antonio (Campos), the director, got to know him a little bit during the sort of prep period of getting ready for this because it took me about three months to build this character and work it out how to do it and all that sort of thing. So during that time Antonio and Morgan became friends and then Antonio was like, ‘I think – it was actually the first day of shooting with the gynecologist is – so he was like, ‘I think she might need some friendly faces on set so you should just come and play that role,’ which was kind of wonderful actually. Yeah (laughs), my legs are actually in stirrups.

You just got married last year?

Yes, a year on Sunday.

Congratulations! And you just finished a movie together, “Permission” right?

We did the movie together but we’re not in any scenes together, but he’s in it.

You were in “Machinal” at the Roundabout Theater Company several years back. Aren’t you about to do another play?

It’s a new play called “Animal” that will be on at the Atlantic (Theater Company) next year. It’s by a British writer (Clare Lizzimore) who’s not very well known. I can’t talk about it that much because I don’t know how much is going to change at this point.

You come from a theater family. Is your preference to do theater over movies?

No, no actually. I come from a theater family but I grew up watching films and I’ve always loved filmmaking. When I was a kid I watched endlessly films from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s and I discovered the sort of American cinema, in the 70’s actually, there were so many extraordinary films being made at that time that had this sort of strange, paranoid quality that I was fascinated by and I think a lot of “Christine” is in dialogue with that actually.

You changed your appearance and your speech so drastically for the role of Christine. I forgot how ugly clothes were during that period and those thick eyebrows totally change your face. Also your voice is wooden and you move a little awkwardly. What part of that was key to finding your way into this character?

I think honestly the voice was the thing that started it but then all of it. There wasn’t any part that was less important to me. I couldn’t have done it without the clothes and the make up and the hair and the voice and the physicality. All of that stuff is external but the way you have to build it from the inside out so you find the emotions and then you find a way into all those things that make sense because in my mind really good acting has to be invisible. You can’t see all the mechanism and that’s hard when it’s a big characterization, and if you stand a chance at being able to do that you have to internalize that and you have to have a very intimate relationship with that person.

As someone who has worked in a newsroom, I can say the film accurately portrayed the sexism female reporters faced and the pressure to look good, smile more and be appealing, something men never had to deal with.

There’s something poignant about how that’s captured in the film isn’t it? Now that we’re looking at electing our first female president and everyone’s judging her on how much she smiles. (laughs) There are resonances I think that are poignant about this film on many, many levels despite the obvious ones.

The movie also shines a light on depression, and how often very talented and bright people struggle with that sickness.

The think I always felt about the Christine Chubbuck story was that before I even read the script I felt like there has to be some significance here. It’s not my job, I’m not a critic and I’m not going to work out what the significance it, but I can try to grapple with it as an artist and present it. It feels significant. It feels like she’s a harbinger of many things that we’re really bad at talking about as a society still, suicide, mental health, women in the work place, how we view women in pain and how we think of how they should behave. There are so many things that in many ways we’re quite good at turning our backs on and not talking about that she makes us talk about.

Talk about shooting the suicide scene. You mentioned the film was shot chronologically.

We all knew it was coming and it was a very somber day. Everyone was going, “Oh, I don’t want her to do this.’ So it was heavy, then I got very emotional. Also your body doesn’t know the difference. If you’re holding a gun and you’re holding it to your head, you’re getting an adrenaline surge, which is an especially complicated response. And then you have blood coming out of your head, and your body again, it’s still, I was shaking. And we were filming in this essentially abandoned warehouse where they built the TV set and there were no trailers and no amenities. … There was nowhere to shower so I had to get in the car to go home still covered in fake blood. I just remember going home and just sitting in the blood and crying and trying to get the blood off.

What did you learn about yourself doing this movie?

I suppose I learned for better or worse she was a character who was resolutely and defiantly herself, and I feel that’s important. I learned that I want to play roles that you use every aspect of myself, every fiber of my being as much as this was a character that wanted to be used and valued and I feel like I learnt something about me that’s similar in that respect.

You’re getting Oscar buzz. Do you follow that?

I mean you can’t really can you? Because it just means that you’re setting up yourself for disappointment. You’ve got to divorce the expectation but that said, that said, you know, I’ve never been more proud of something. I’ve never been more used as an actor. I mean, really utilized, so if I was going to get attention like that, I want it to be for this one.

 

 

Bruce Springsteen’s New Memoir Says He Wrote the Song “Fire” for Elvis Presley, But He Died Before It Could Happen

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Bruce Springsteen’s New Memoir Says He Wrote the Song “Fire” for Elvis Presley, But He Died Before It Could Happen

Bruce Springsteen’s memoir, “Born to Run,” is chock full of interesting stories. If there had been galleys and time to read it before publication, I’d have been able to give you a more comprehensive review.

Springsteen includes memories and anecdotes about a lot of people.He says he wrote the song “Fire” for Elvis Presley, but he died before it could happen. The Pointer Sisters had the hit, produced by Richard Perry.

But it may be the people he left out who are more interesting. That group includes three well known girlfriends he had before marrying Julianne Phillips. They were Karen Darvin (who went to marry Todd Rundgren), Joyce Hyser, and the famed photographer Lynn Goldsmith.

Darvin was mentioned in the Time cover story in 1975. Goldsmith’s absence from “Born to Run” is the most curious. She took hundreds of photographs of him that became classics. She’s also written about the relationship and published books of the photos.

Somehow, Bruce has managed to publish a book about himself using not one of Goldsmith’s photos. That’s pretty hard to do since anyone else who would publish a book about Bruce Springsteen would definitely use pics taken by Lynn Goldsmith.

Ah well. I’m sure other forums like Page Six will address this issue. Me, I’m wondering why there’s no mention of the song “Fever” and no anecdote about the cover artists who made money for Bruce —  how Patti Smith made “Because the Night” a big hit, ditto the Pointer Sisters with “Fire,” or Manfred Mann with “Blinded by the Light.” Five hundred pages– and not a peep about those peeps, either.

Bruce notes at the end of the book:

“Writing about yourself is a funny business. At the end of the day it’s just another story, the story you’ve chosen from the events of your life. I haven’t told you “all” about myself. Discretion and the feelings of others don’t allow it. But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise: to show the reader his mind. In these pages I’ve tried to do that.”

 

 

Bruce Springsteen Comes Clean About Divorce from Julianne Phillips: “My poor handling of this is something I regret to this day”

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Bruce Springsteen Comes Clean About Divorce from Julianne Phillips: “My poor handling of this is something I regret to this day”

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In his memoir “Born to Run,” out today, Bruce Springsteen comes clean about his affair with Patti Scialfa and his divorce from first wife Julianne Phillips with his usual grace and aplomb. Bruce, you know, is a gentleman. But he brings it all up, and we want to know…

First of all Bruce says his marriage to Phillips, eleven years his junior, was marked by his anxieties and distrust.

“One evening, while I sat across from my beautiful wife in an upscale Los Angeles eatery, a conversation formed silently inside my head. There, as we politely chatted by candlelight, hand in hand, a part of me tried to convince myself that she was simply using me to further her career or to get . . . something,” he writes. “Nothing could’ve been farther from the truth. Julianne loved me and didn’t have an exploitive [sic] or malicious bone in her body. Inside, I knew that, but I was out where the buses don’t run and couldn’t center myself around the truth.”

The relationship deteriorated, and Bruce drifted toward Scialfa, who was in his band and closer to his age. They spoke the same language.

He writes: “Patti was a musician, was close to my age, had seen me on the road in all of my many guises and viewed me with a knowing eye. She knew I was no white knight (perhaps a dark gray knight at best), and I never felt the need to pretend around her…

“…I came clean to Julie as soon as I knew how serious Patti and I were, but there was no decent or graceful way out of it. I was going to hurt someone I loved . . . period…I dealt with Julie’s and my separation abysmally, insisting it remain a private affair, so we released no press statement, causing furor, pain and “scandal” when the news leaked out. It made a tough thing more heartbreaking than necessary. I deeply cared for Julianne and her family and my poor handling of this is something I regret to this day.”

He continues:

“Julianne was young, just getting her career started, while at thirty-five, I could seem accomplished, reasonably mature and in control, but, inside, I was still emotionally stunted and secretly unavailable. She’s a woman of great discretion and decency and always dealt with me and our problems honestly and in good faith, but in the end, we didn’t really know. I placed her in a terribly difficult position for a young girl and I failed her as a husband and partner. We handled the details as civilly and as graciously as possible, divorced and went on about our lives.”

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Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts Follow Brangelina– Which Couples Are Left In Hollywood?

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Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts Follow Brangelina– Which Couples Are Left In Hollywood?

Add Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts to the Hollywood couples heap. They’re finito, joining Brad and Angelina in the exes column. They have two kids, and a new movie — “The Bleeder.” Fame and fortune wasn’t enough. It never is. Weird thing is, they’re both in New York for a change– he’s on Broadway, she’s got a new Amazon series. They can’t blame it on being apart. And he pushed for “Ray Donovan” to be shot in New York next year.

So who’s left?

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban– two kids, seem very devoted to each other, would be a shock if they split but the tabs hound them

Barbra Streisand and James Brolin– divorce rumors in the tabs every so often but at this point it looks like they’re in til the end. He’s got a hit series, she’s got hit records. What’s not to be happy about?

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt– just saw them, they seem happy, let’s hope they stay that way.

Alessandro Nivola and Emily Mortimer– wrote about them this summer, also seem happy, counting on it.

Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell– married three years next month, have two kids, they joke around a lot.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson– if they broke up, the world would come to an end. Literally.

Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw– ditto.

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood– country’s number 1 couple. They caused a lot of upheaval to be together. He even semi-retired for a while.

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw– country’s number 2 couple. Again, their split would be big news.

Kanye West and whatsername–there would just be cackling, no one has much of an emotional investment in them.

William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman– I would sue them if they split up, frankly.

Warren Beatty and Annette Bening– four kids, long marriage, and if they each have hits this winter (Warren with “Rules Don’t Apply” and Annette with ’20th Century Women”) then it’s all good, forever.

Beyonce and Jay Z– they seem to have weathered a lot already and they’re still together. They’ve made Lemonade out of lemons.

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick– would be a total shocker. They’ve been together for decades, and even survived financial disaster.

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker– too nice for any of the rumors to be true, plus they’re loaded, they have nice kids, and keep it low key.

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgard– considered “normal,” work together a lot, very sweet with each other. Very successful, too.

Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett– after Courtney’s Emmy speech, they should be together a while.

 

 

 

Oscars: Martin Scorsese “Silence” Will Make Noise December 23, Just As I Told You in August

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Oscars: Martin Scorsese “Silence” Will Make Noise December 23, Just As I Told You in August

Paramount has set December 23rd for Martin Scorsese’s “Silence.” Just as I told you Scorsese told me in August.

Starring Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, Ciaran Hinds, and Adam Driver, “Silence” should be a big player in this year’s Academy Awards. How could it not be? This is Scorsese’s real passion project. So get ready.

“Silence” has 25 producer credits, is edited by the legendary Thelma Schoonmaker, and boasts cinematography by Rodridgo Prieto and production design by Dante Ferretti. It’s based on the novel by Shûsaku Endô.

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