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Exclusive “Magic Mike” Star Joe Manganiello to Star in Film About Alternative Rock Group The Smiths

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Exclusive “Magic Mike” Star Joe Manganiello to Star in Film About Alternative Rock Group The Smiths

Please note: due to fan input, we have re-classified The Smiths. Thanks for your help!

EXCLUSIVE  “Shoplifters of the World” will star Joe Manganiello, and be produced by his brother Nick and my old friend Laura Rister (who was not my source for this story, unfortunately).

It’s a cool idea about the Smiths, Morrissey’s famous alternative indie UK band. In 1987, on the night when Morrissey said the Smiths were breaking up — a sad kid brought a gun to a radio station in Denver, Colorado and locked himself inside the studio. He held everyone hostage and made them play the Smiths over and over.

“True Blood” and “Magic Mike XXL” star Manganiello will play the DJ Mickey in whom the kid, Ryan, confides. Sounds like a boon for the Smiths catalog. Maybe Morrissey can play a cameo.
 

 

Steven Tyler, Master Showman, Launches Charity, Album, Tour at NYC Hallowed Music Hall

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Steven Tyler, Master Showman, Launches Charity, Album, Tour at NYC Hallowed Music Hall

Steven Tyler– a moving target for photographers, a blur of a rock star– launched everything last night: his charity for abused teen girls, his first solo album, and a tour at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher-now-David Geffen Hall. The ushers had never seen anything like it. Even Beethoven– the usual composer featured in this room– could have heard this show, and he was deaf.

steven tyler champ 3Tyler, who exudes charm and style, is finally apart from Aerosmith after over 40 years. Their first big hit was his masterpiece, “Dream On,” in 1976, which he’d written years earlier at age 17. They’ve never looked back despite breakups, make ups, rehabs, accidents– the full panoply of rock band adventures.

But now Tyler has a charity– “Janie’s Fund”— named for the band’s hit “Janie’s Got a Gun”– for abused teen girls. (It was officially launched back in November, but this was its Lincoln Center debut.) Tyler is serious about this as the father of three daughters who were there last night, too– Liv, the actress; Mia, the model; and Chelsea, the singer with husband Jon Foster. It was quite a family affair backstage, too, as Liv’s “Armageddon” father, Bruce Willis, also showed up, plus lots of Tyler’s Tallerico relatives including a cousin who played Motown songs on the piano in the large Green Room.

Not only that: the tour features videos and a film made by none other than “Rush Hour” director Brett Ratner, who was also in attendance. And the great rock jewelry designer Loree Rodkin.

“Out on a Limb”– echoing the title of a Shirley MacLaine book– was a mixture of one man show, memoir, and just a flip through the scrapbook of Tyler’s huge Aerosmith catalog. He did all the hits– “Sweet Emotion,” “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” “Walk this Way,” “Crying (Since I Met You),” and of course “Dream On.” Tyler also introduced a bunch of new songs from his solo album– coming in July from Big Machine– including at least one that smelled like a hit called “Only Heaven.” Watch out for that one.

His voice? Lots of swagger and blues, sweet as ever with just enough coarseness that the Tyler vocal remains a distinctive beautifully aged wine. (There’s nothing else like it.) Pretty much no one can from a shriek to a howl to a purr like Tyler.

Tyler’s band is called Loving Mary, led by Marti Frederiksen,  and featuring Rebecca Lynn Howard, Suzie McNeil, Elisha Hoffman, Andrew Mactaggart. The ferocious drummer, Sarah Tomek, actually used to play with Tyler’s ex (and mother of Liv) Bebe Buell in her band.

Steven told me after the gig “it’s weird to turn around and see all new people behind me, but I also feel a lot of love from them.” Is he energized from it? His quick reply: “Ya think???”

Get ready because the summer of Steven Tyler is upon us!

 

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“Captain America”: An “Iron Man” Movie Hidden in a Marvel Comic, Introducing a New “Spider Man”

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“Captain America”: An “Iron Man” Movie Hidden in a Marvel Comic, Introducing a New “Spider Man”

“Captain America: Civil War,” had its all-media packed screening tonight at the Arclight in Hollywood. I have never been a huge fan of superhero flicks, but I was pleasantly proven wrong. The film is actually quite funny (tons of inside jokes for the comic book devotees) charming and heartfelt in many places. The other places, well, mega destruction and over-the-top action rules.

Are there tons of characters and subplots? “Game of Thrones” is easier to follow. Captain America leads the newly formed team of Avengers to continue to safeguard the world. But because of the collateral damage the team has caused, problems ensue. The new reality splits this tight knit team ergo the “Civil War.”

And even though it’s called “Captain America,” this is really another “Iron Man” movie/”Avengers” film in Marvel clothing. It also introduces the new “Spider Man” just enough to make us want an actual “Spider Man” movie after five installments in this generation.

But the directors Anthony and Joe Russo ably weave it all into an appealing, never boring movie escapism experience. The cast is terrific, helped by a quippy script written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.

Led by the always reliable and likable Robert Downey Jr, as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Scarlett Johannson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Paul Rudd as Antman, Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier, Paul Bettany as Vision, Don Cheadle as War Machine, Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, the substantially talented ensemble all do their characters proud.

Standing out of the crowd is the luminous Elizabeth Olsen as the Scarlet Witch, as well as the new Spider Man, the off the charts adorable and funny Tom Holland. The filmmakers also cast the smaller roles wisely, including William Hurt, Martin Freeman, John Slattery, Hope Davis, Marisa Tomei and a menacing Daniel Bruhl.

At a running time of 2 hrs. and 26 minutes, I wasn’t bored a second. Yes, Stan Lee makes his requisite appearance, and stick around till after the credits for a clever “Spider Man” peak into the future preview. So do go see it. Marvel movies are way too charming and popcorn fun to resist.

Cannes: Robert DeNiro Tribute and Screening of Roberto Duran Boxing Movie Added

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Cannes: Robert DeNiro Tribute and Screening of Roberto Duran Boxing Movie Added

Cannes: “Hands of Stone,” the movie about boxer Roberto Duran, has been added to the Cannes screenings.

Robert De Niro, star of the Weinstein Company movie, will be getting a tribute and special dinner celebration.

Venezuelan director Jonathan Jakubowicz directed the film which also stars Edgar Ramirez as Duran. “Hands of Stone” is one of the Weinstein Company’s big potential Oscar films. It’s going to be released in August. The movie is about the common history of Panamanian boxer Roberto Duràn (Edgar Ramirez) and manager and coach Ray Arcel (Robert De Niro) who is going to take him to the highest worldwide successes of the ring in the ’70s and ’80s, including legendary fights against Sugar Ray Leonard.

Tony Awards: “Hamilton” Scores Big Time with 16 Nominations

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Tony Awards: “Hamilton” Scores Big Time with 16 Nominations

The Tony nominations are out and “Hamilton” has scored 16 of them. That’s more than 1 in some categories. “Hamilton” is on its way to Best Musical.

“Shuffle Along” scored several including Best Musical, meaning it will lose to “Hamilton.” The producers of”Shuffle Along” wanted to go into the revival category. Alas, it was not to be.

The main actors in “Shuffle Along” were NOT nominated including Audra McDonald, the most awarded actress on Broadway.

“American Psycho” and “Tuck Everlasting” were hurt the most with fewest nominations. They were blocked in most major categories.

Full list of nominees…

Best Play

Eclipsed
The Father
The Humans
King Charles III

Best Musical

Hamilton
Shuffle Along
Waitress
School of Rock – The Musical
Bright Star

Best Revival of a Play

The Crucible
A View From the Bridge
Blackbird
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Noises Off

Best Revival of a Musical

The Color Purple
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Spring Awakening
Dames at Sea

Best Book of a Musical

Bright Star, Steve Martin
Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda
School of Rock—The Musical, Julian Fellowes
Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, George C. Wolfe

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Bright Star
Music: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Lyrics: Edie Brickell

Hamilton
Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda

School of Rock—The Musical
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: Glenn Slater

Waitress
Music & Lyrics: Sara Bareilles

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Gabriel Byrne, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Jeff Daniels, Blackbird
Frank Langella, The Father
Tim Pigott-Smith, King Charles III
Mark Strong, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Laurie Metcalf, Misery
Lupita Nyong’o, Eclipsed
Sophie Okonedo, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
Michelle Williams, Blackbird

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Alex Brightman, School of Rock—The Musical
Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof
Zachary Levi, She Loves Me
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Leslie Odom, Jr., Hamilton

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Laura Benanti, She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
Jessie Mueller, Waitress
Phillipa Soo, Hamilton

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Reed Birney, The Humans
Bill Camp, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
David Furr, Noises Off
Richard Goulding, King Charles III
Michael Shannon, Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Pascale Armand, Eclipsed
Megan Hilty, Noises Off
Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans
Andrea Martin, Noises Off
Saycon Sengbloh, Eclipsed

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Brandon Victor Dixon, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Christopher Fitzgerald, Waitress
Jonathan Groff, Hamilton
Christopher Jackson, Hamilton

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton
Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me
Jennifer Simard, Disaster!
Adrienne Warren, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Beowulf Boritt, Thérèse Raquin
Christopher Oram, Hughie
Jan Versweyveld, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge
David Zinn, The Humans

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Es Devlin & Finn Ross, American Psycho
David Korins, Hamilton
Santo Loquasto, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
David Rockwell, She Loves Me

Best Costume Design of a Play

Jane Greenwood, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Michael Krass, Noises Off
Clint Ramos, Eclipsed
Tom Scutt, King Charles III

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Tuck Everlasting
Jeff Mahshie, She Loves Me
Ann Roth, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Natasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Justin Townsend, The Humans
Jan Versweyveld, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
Jan Versweyveld, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Howell Binkley, Hamilton
Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Ben Stanton, Spring Awakening
Justin Townsend, American Psycho

Best Direction of a Play

Rupert Goold, King Charles III
Jonathan Kent, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Joe Mantello, The Humans
Liesl Tommy, Eclipsed
Ivo Van Hove, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge

Best Direction of a Musical

Michael Arden, Spring Awakening
John Doyle, The Color Purple
Scott Ellis, She Loves Me
Thomas Kail, Hamilton
George C. Wolfe, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Best Choreography

Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton
Savion Glover, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Hofesh Shechter, Fiddler on the Roof
Randy Skinner, Dames at Sea
Sergio Trujillo, On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan

Best Orchestrations

August Eriksmoen, Bright Star
Larry Hochman, She Loves Me
Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton
Daryl Waters, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Sheldon Harnick
Marshall W. Mason

Special Tony Award

National Endowment for the Arts
Miles Wilkin

Regional Theatre Tony Award

Paper Mill Playhouse; Millburn, NJ

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

Seth Gelblum
Joan Lader
Sally Ann Parsons

Kelly and Michael Thank the Emmys for their Award; Kelly Ripa Wins Best Actress

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Kelly and Michael Thank the Emmys for their Award; Kelly Ripa Wins Best Actress

NOW: Kelly Ripa wins Best Actress as a Talk Show host who’s angry but just got an Emmy she has to share with her departing co-host to whom she’s not speaking.

She was alone in the category.

This morning Kelly and Michael Strahan are on their “Live” show, thank everyone for the Emmy Award they won last night at the Daytime Emmys. It’s ironic since Strahan is leaving in ten days, and Ripa is barely speaking to him.

So far she’s all smiles, and no one has said anything biting or snarky. But they did give away the “Game of Thrones” spoiler of the day — Jon Snow is alive!

And it all happened in sweeps!

Congrats to Michael Gelman. I know it looks easy to produce a live one hour show every day with crazy people, but it isn’t.

Anna Wintour’s Swanky Met Ball Loses $3 Million Catering to All Those Celebrities

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Anna Wintour’s Swanky Met Ball Loses $3 Million Catering to All Those Celebrities

EXCLUSIVE The first Monday in May is here. And with it comes Anna Wintour’s annual bat mitzvah, the Met Ball. Thrown as a party for the Costume Institute, which is now named for the Vogue editor, the Met Ball is as assemblage of high (Oscar winners) and very low culture (Kardashians) all selected by Wintour herself.

A new documentary shows the gritty underside, in which Wintour handpicks the guests and mocks them at the same time. (The film, “First Monday in May,” grossed just under $300,000 since its release on April 15th. Not exactly a must-see.)

But what is the cost of this thing? I just looked back at the last three tax filings for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and it’s pretty interesting.

The Ball brings in a steady amount of donations to the Museum every year– around $11 million. After the museum contribution is deducted from the tickets, the Ball made $119,500 in 2013 (that’s the last public record– there’s nothing posted so far for last year or the year before).
metball 2013
But wait just a minute: the Met Ball in 2013 had direct expenses of $3.2 million. That’s the actual cost of putting this extravaganza on. (Unknown is what costs are hidden. In the clip below, one of Wintour’s aides talks about “how expensive” it is to host Rihanna, for example.) Gross receipt were $11.9 million.

Suddenly the Ball itself is a red carpet made of red ink.

Indeed, the costs have gone up a lot in the last few years while those Museum donations have remained constant. On the 2012 report, for example, direct expenses were $2.45 million. Gross receipts were $11.7 million.
metball 2011
For 2013, the Museum had seven fundraisers altogether. The total direct expenses were just over $4 million. Almost all of it was attributed to the Met Ball.

Of course, the Met Ball brings a lot of publicity to the Museum, which isn’t bad. And that steady stream of $11 million in contributions is handy since the Museum itself was down by $16 million from 2012 in 2013 in overall public support. Anna’s numbers aren’t going up, but it’s not clear that she cares. I’ve heard of people offering top dollar for tables only to be rejected because Wintour doesn’t approve of them.
public support
So Monday night we’ll be treated to lots of famous women dressed as peacocks, with a huge emphasis on the kind of low life that probably makes Wintour’s Vogue predecessors like Diana Vreeland, Leo Lerman, and Alexander Liberman twirl in their graves. (I knew the latter two and cannot imagine describing some of those people to them.)

With so much attention focused locally here in New York on this event, you’d think this was the only event on Monday night. But I’ll be at Steven Tyler’s charity show at Lincoln Center– much more fun!

TV: Jon Snow is Alive, Kelly and Michael Win Daytime Emmy, So Does “General Hospital”

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TV: Jon Snow is Alive, Kelly and Michael Win Daytime Emmy, So Does “General Hospital”

Lots happened on TV tonight and in the TV world:

The biggest surprise: Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan won Best Talk Show hosts. Just as they’re splitting! LOL! Now what will they say? And will Strahan ever win another Emmy?

On HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Jon Snow is alive! The worst kept secret in history is over. Kit Harington never left. He had no place to go. Everyone lied, but it didn’t count because it’s not TV, it’s HBO. It’s also pretend life. Welcome back, Jon!

“General Hospital” won Best Daytime Drama. Why not? It’s pretty good. There are only three others, and two of them are really bad. Their directing team also won, and one of their actors, Tyler Christopher, won Best Actor.

“The Good Wife” had a great scene between Julianna Margulies and Michael J. Fox. Chris Noth gave a great speech.

Empire Crumbling? Season 2 Soundtrack Is Second Failure In a Row

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Empire Crumbling? Season 2 Soundtrack Is Second Failure In a Row

The folks at the fictional Empire Records would know what to do about this: “Empire” the TV show, as a phenomenon, is crumbling.

Last year, the soundtrack for Season 1 debuted at number 1 with 110,000 copies sold. We were all excited because it nosed out Madonna’s “Rebel Heart.”

Well, the excitement is over. The season 2 soundtrack volume 1 sold just 39,000 copies when it was released last November.

Now the volume 2 of season 2 was released on Friday to apathy. On iTunes, it’s number 45. On amazon, the digital download is number 117. The physical CD is 170.

The songs are not being played.

Meanwhile, on TV, “Empire” is holding steady even though it’s down significantly from last year. The saga of Cookie and Lucious Lyon is having a sophomore slump on all fronts. The magic may be gone.

The biggest problem is that the show moves too fast, and the story lines are not developed. Like all soap operas, “Empire” got ridiculous– but it got that way too quickly and stayed there. Soaps have to pace themselves to stick around. “Empire” may not make it past season 3 at this point.

As for the music– it’s good! Timbaland is the producer. The songs are strong. I don’t know why they’re not being played on the radio. Something has disconnected with Columbia Records. “Freedom” and “Hemingway” are very good singles.

Exclusive: Watch Bono Move in “Mysterious Ways” At Nile Rodgers’ Charity Dinner

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Exclusive: Watch Bono Move in “Mysterious Ways” At Nile Rodgers’ Charity Dinner

This is how you make an exit from a filled ballroom: Bono sang a bunch of U2 songs with Nile Rodgers and Chic on Friday night at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. The occasion was Rogers’ and Nancy Hunt’s annual We Are Family Foundation dinner. The night was a huge hit with an appearance by former President Jimmy Carter as well. When Bono launched into “Mysterious Ways,” he also launched into the audience, as you’ll see. His disappeared for a couple of seconds, but security followed. He popped up at the back of the theater, finished the song, and made a magical exit. Very cool. Chic went on with a Studio 54 rave of hits with Kathy Sledge.

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