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Music Mess as iTunes Discounts Adele, Carrie Underwood, Versus Bieber, One Direction

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Music Mess as iTunes Discounts Adele, Carrie Underwood, Versus Bieber, One Direction

It’s hard to measure what’s actually number 1 when everything is a different price.

On the pop charts, pricing is now an issue as all the top hits are being offered at wildly conflicting ranges.

For example: iTunes has pumped up sales of Carrie Underwood’s new album by discounting it to an incredible $5.99. The result is that “Storyteller” is number 3 on the iTunes charts. Who wouldn’t buy something for $5.99 just to see what it is? That’s what albums sold for 40 years ago. “Storyteller” is also at that price (for download) at amazon.

Meanwhile, Adele’s forthcoming “25” album is ranked as the number 1 album on both iTunes, where it’s selling for $10.99, and amazon, where it’s the same price for the download and but only $9.99 for the CD, which you could buy and then upload into a computer for free. That’s four dollars off the basic list price. It’s also four dollars cheaper than the deluxe edition of One Direction’s “Made in the AM,” which is at number 6 on iTunes awaiting release next Friday, and two dollars less than Justin Bieber’s “Purpose,” currently second to Adele.

So what’s doing better? The deep discounted albums or the highly price ones? Over at amazon, the Beatles’ new “1+1” box set, selling for $50.98, is at number 4 among their physical CDs. (It’s worth it.)

And who’s eating the cost of these discounts? The record companies take the hit to stimulate sales and chart position. But there’s no parity, just a free-for-all on the charts.

“Riverdance” Star Michael Flatley–Chicago Born– Gives Up U.S. Citizenship

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“Riverdance” Star Michael Flatley–Chicago Born– Gives Up U.S. Citizenship

Michael Flatley was born in Chicago, Illinois. But he’s most closely associated with Ireland, as he heads up the Riverdance troupe that’s famous all over the world. But I can tell you exclusively that Flatley has given up his U.S. citizenship according to the latest report from the Federal Register dated October 27, 2015.

Keep refreshing…

There was speculation two years ago that Flatley had turned back his U.S. citizenship for a British passport. He already has an Irish passport, according to reports.

Flatley, who’s said to be worth around $400 million, has a six story townhouse in Knightsbridge, London. He also owns a home in Ireland. Michael Jackson hid out with Flatley in 2006 after ripping off the prince of Bahrain and before returning to the U.S.

Many people probably think Flatley is already Irish. But he is American. He just doesn’t want to be anymore. It’s likely too expensive for some one with good dance moves.

Here’s the People’s Choice Awards Long List of Meaningless Nominations

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Here’s the People’s Choice Awards Long List of Meaningless Nominations

Here’s the long, meaningless list of nominees for People’s Choice Awards. These are the lowest of the low. The whole thing is arranged in advance, and only “winners” show up. This is so Hollywood old school, it’s breathtaking. But it’s right after New Year’s, everyone’s groggy, and someone will show up and give a scripted speech.  The whole is such a joke–and so cynical. So many categories. I especially like “Favorite Monday Night Show at 8pm” and “Best Actress in a Comedy Whose Name Starts with a T.” The actors and publicists all know how much nonsense this is. The audience remains happily clueless. Ignorance is bliss. Jane Lynch is hosting this year. She used to be so much fun and jaundiced, especially in those Christopher Guest movies. How can she keep a straight face? We’ll see, I guess.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2016 Nominees:

MOVIES

Favorite Movie

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Furious 7

Inside Out

Jurassic World

Pitch Perfect 2

Favorite Movie Actor

Channing Tatum

Chris Pratt

Johnny Depp

Robert Downey Jr.

Will Smith

Favorite Movie Actress

Anne Hathaway

Melissa McCarthy

Meryl Streep

Sandra Bullock

Scarlett Johansson

Favorite Action Movie

Avengers: Age of Ultron

The Divergent Series: Insurgent

Furious 7

Jurassic World

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Favorite Action Movie Actor

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Pratt

Dwayne Johnson

Robert Downey Jr.

Vin Diesel

Favorite Action Movie Actress

Charlize Theron

Emily Blunt

Michelle Rodriguez

Scarlett Johansson

Shailene Woodley

Favorite Animated Movie Voice

Adam Sandler (“Hotel Transylvania 2”)

Amy Poehler (“Inside Out”)

Rihanna (“Home”)

Sandra Bullock (“Minions”)

Selena Gomez (“Hotel Transylvania 2”)

Favorite Comedic Movie

The DUFF

Pitch Perfect 2

Spy

Ted 2

Trainwreck

Favorite Comedic Movie Actor

Jack Black

Kevin Hart

Mark Wahlberg

Robert De Niro

Will Ferrell

Favorite Comedic Movie Actress

Amy Schumer

Anna Kendrick

Melissa McCarthy

Rebel Wilson

Sofia Vergara

Favorite Dramatic Movie

The Age of Adaline

Fifty Shades of Grey

The Longest Ride

The Martian

Straight Outta Compton

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor

Channing Tatum

George Clooney

Johnny Depp

Matt Damon

Will Smith

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress

Blake Lively

Dakota Johnson

Jennifer Lopez

Kate Winslet

Rachel McAdams

Favorite Family Movie

Cinderella

Home

Hotel Transylvania 2

Inside Out

Minions

Favorite Thriller Movie

The Boy Next Door

Insidious: Chapter 3

Poltergeist

Taken 3

Unfriended

TV

Favorite TV Show

The Big Bang Theory

Game of Thrones

Grey’s Anatomy

The Voice

The Walking Dead

Favorite Network TV Comedy

2 Broke Girls

The Big Bang Theory

Mike & Molly

Modern Family

New Girl

Favorite Comedic TV Actor

Andy Samberg

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Jim Parsons

Johnny Galecki

Matthew Perry

Favorite Comedic TV Actress

Anna Faris

Kaley Cuoco

Melissa McCarthy

Sofía Vergara

Zooey Deschanel

Favorite Network TV Drama

Empire

Gotham

Grey’s Anatomy

How To Get Away With Murder

Scandal

Favorite Dramatic TV Actor

Jesse Williams

Justin Chambers

Scott Foley

Taylor Kinney

Terrence Howard

Favorite Dramatic TV Actress

Ellen Pompeo

Kerry Washington

Sara Ramirez

Taraji P. Henson

Viola Davis

Favorite Cable TV Comedy

Baby Daddy

Faking It

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Real Husbands of Hollywood

Young & Hungry

Favorite Cable TV Drama

Bates Motel

The Fosters

Pretty Little Liars

Rizzoli & Isles

Suits

Favorite Cable TV Actor

Adam DeVine

Christian Slater

Eric Dane

Kevin Hart

Taye Diggs

Favorite Cable TV Actress

Ashley Benson

Hilary Duff

Lucy Hale

Sasha Alexander

Shay Mitchell

Favorite Premium Cable TV Show

Girls

Homeland

Masters of Sex

Shameless

Veep

Favorite Premium Cable TV Actor

Dwayne Johnson

Joshua Jackson

Justin Theroux

Matt LeBlanc

Nick Jonas

Favorite Premium Cable TV Actress

Claire Danes

Emmy Rossum

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Kristen Bell

Lisa Kudrow

Favorite TV Crime Drama

Bones

Castle

Criminal Minds

NCIS

Person of Interest

Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor

Jim Caviezel

LL Cool J

Mark Harmon

Nathan Fillion

Shemar Moore

Favorite TV Crime Drama Actress

Emily Deschanel

Lucy Liu

Mariska Hargitay

Pauley Perrette

Stana Katic

Favorite Network TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show

Arrow

Beauty and the Beast

Once Upon a Time

Supernatural

The Vampire Diaries

Favorite Cable TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show

American Horror Story

Game of Thrones

Outlander

Teen Wolf

The Walking Dead

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor

David Tennant

Ian Somerhalder

Jensen Ackles

Misha Collins

Sam Heughan

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress

Caitriona Balfe

Emilia Clarke

Ginnifer Goodwin

Jennifer Morrison

Lady Gaga

Favorite Competition TV Show

America’s Got Talent

American Ninja Warrior

Dancing with the Stars

MasterChef

The Voice

Favorite Daytime TV Host

Dr. Oz

Ellen DeGeneres

Rachael Ray

Steve Harvey

Wendy Williams

Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team

Good Morning America

Live with Kelly and Michael

The Talk

Today

The View

Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host

Conan O’Brien

James Corden

Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Kimmel

Stephen Colbert

Favorite Streaming Series

House of Cards

The Mindy Project

Orange is the New Black

Transparent

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Favorite Actor In A New TV Series

Chace Crawford

John Stamos

Josh Peck

Rob Lowe

Zachary Levi

Favorite Actress In A New TV Series

Emma Roberts

Jamie Lee Curtis

Lea Michele

Marcia Gay Harden

Priyanka Chopra

Favorite Animated TV Show

American Dad!

Bob’s Burger

Family Guy

The Simpsons

South Park

Favorite New TV Comedy

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Dr. Ken

Grandfathered

The Grinder

Life in Pieces

The Muppets

Scream Queens

Truth Be Told

Favorite New TV Drama

Blindspot

Blood & Oil

Code Black

Heroes Reborn

Limitless

Minority Report

The Player

Quantico

Rosewood

Supergirl

Wicked City

MUSIC

Favorite Male Artist

Ed Sheeran

Justin Bieber

Luke Bryan

Nick Jonas

The Weeknd

Favorite Female Artist

Demi Lovato

Lana Del Rey

Madonna

Selena Gomez

Taylor Swift

Favorite Group

Fall Out Boy

Fifth Harmony

Imagine Dragons

Maroon 5

One Direction

Favorite Breakout Artist

Fetty Wap

Halsey

Shawn Mendes

Tori Kelly

The Weeknd

Favorite Male Country Artist

Blake Shelton

Brad Paisley

Dierks Bentley

Keith Urban

Luke Bryan

Favorite Female Country Artist

Carrie Underwood

Cassadee Pope

Kacey Musgraves

Miranda Lambert

Reba McEntire

Favorite Country Group

The Band Perry

Florida Georgia Line

Lady Antebellum

Little Big Town

Zac Brown Band

Favorite Pop Artist

Demi Lovato

Ed Sheeran

Kelly Clarkson

Selena Gomez

Taylor Swift

Favorite Hip-Hop Artist

Big Sean

Drake

Kendrick Lamar

Nicki Minaj

Wiz Khalifa

Favorite R&B Artist

Chris Brown

Ciara

Janet Jackson

Ne-Yo

The Weeknd

Favorite Album

American Beauty / American Psycho by Fall Out Boy

Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd

If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late by Drake

Smoke + Mirrors by Imagine Dragons

Title by Meghan Trainor

Favorite Song

“Bad Blood” by Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar

“Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd

“Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding

“See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth

“What Do You Mean?” by Justin Bieber

Favorite Music Icon

Madonna

Paul McCartney

Prince

Steven Tyler

Stevie Wonder

DIGITAL

Favorite Social Media Celebrity

Anna Kendrick

Beyoncé

Britney Spears

Dwayne Johnson

Taylor Swift

Favorite Social Media Star

Cameron Dallas

Frankie Grande

Lele Pons

Matt Bellassai

Nash Grier

Favorite Mobile Game

Candy Crush Saga

Despicable Me: Minion Rush

Fruit Ninja

Plants vs. Zombies

Temple Run

Favorite Video Game

Batman: Arkham Knight

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Grand Theft Auto V

Minecraft

Super Smash Bros.

Favorite YouTube Star

Connor Franta

Grace Helbig

Jenna Marbles

Miranda Sings

Tyler Oakley

The DailyMail.com Seriously Popular™ Award

Bella Thorne

Cara Delevingne

Kylie Jenner

Maddie Ziegler

Ruby Rose

Monty Python’s Eric Idle, John Cleese Among Performers Set for Mike Nichols Memorial

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Monty Python’s Eric Idle, John Cleese Among Performers Set for Mike Nichols Memorial

Sunday update: About 300 to 400 invited celebrities will pack the lobby of Barry Diller’s IAC building on West 18th St. and the West Side Highway around 6pm. I’m told a lot of people didn’t get invites and aren’t happy. (Ours was apparently lost in the mail.) This is all so odd. A proper Nichols memorial should have been held in a Broadway theater or at Lincoln Center. And why did it take a year to do anything at all?

EXCLUSIVE I told you some time ago about the planned memorial for beloved director Mike Nichols.

The memorial is set for this Sunday, November 8th. Nichols would have turned 84 this Friday. He died last year on November 19th.

Since I wrote about it, Elaine May has been added to the list of hosts that includes Barry Diller, Bryan Lourd, and Lorne Michaels.

Now I’m told that Monty Python’s Eric Idle and John Cleese will perform at the gathering. Idle and Cleese, of course, were associated with Mike through their Tony winning collaboration on the Broadway hit “Spamalot.” You can imagine the whole crowded guest list singing “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” at the end of the gathering.

Sunday’s event was originally going to be held in a restaurant. But I hear the guest list got out of hand, and now it’s in a bigger space. I’m reluctant to give out the location so I don’t cause a stampede. Guests should include Mike’s widow Diane Sawyer and friends like Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Carly Simon, Nathan Lane, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman (from the movie “Closer”), Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and so on. There will be readings and other music.

All in all, it sounds like a nice celebration of Mike’s life. Bravo!

Leah Remini Balked at Scientology Giving Out Free Turkeys at Thanksgiving Stuffed with Propaganda

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Leah Remini Balked at Scientology Giving Out Free Turkeys at Thanksgiving Stuffed with Propaganda

So far my favorite episode from Leah Remini’s “Troublemaker.” She writes about the millions of dollars she was conned into donating to “the church.” The asks for money, Remini writes, were “relentless.” Remini was punished or criticized when she asked what happened to the money.

At one point she puts her foot down about community outreach. This is what happens:

““We came up with this,” one self-satisfied Scientologist told me. “We’re handing out turkeys with a Way to Happiness book.”

“First of all, the idea that you think anyone needs your fucking turkey is condescending. But on top of that, you have the balls to stuff it with The Way to Happiness?”

The entire room went quiet. I knew they were shocked not only by how I was talking to them but also because I thought their idea was terrible. In turn, I was angry not only because their idea was shitty but also because they didn’t know it was a shitty idea. As I had felt many times before, I wished these Scientologists had better human technology.

“I’m out,” I said. In the aftermath of that meeting, the group working on the new org begged me to go to the opening. David Miscavige personally requested that I be there, and there would be hell to pay for everyone if I didn’t show up. But they wouldn’t back down on their turkey-and-booklet plan, so I compromised. I agreed to attend the opening but said I would only sit there.

“I’m not speaking, because I don’t want to be part of this org.” (They picked me up at my house, probably just to make sure I actually went.)”

The book is out today. I bought it on Kindle-Amazon. And it’s just about as satisfying a report on Scientology and all the things we’ve heard about it over the years as you could find. Bravo, Leah.

Leah Remini Explains Scientology’s “Billion Year Contract” and Tom Cruise’s Fake Girlfriend

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Leah Remini Explains Scientology’s “Billion Year Contract” and Tom Cruise’s Fake Girlfriend

In “Troublemaker,” Leah Remini’s expose of life in the cult of Scientology, you will find many crazy episodes and passages.

Here’s one. Read it very carefully. She and her sister Nicole signed “billion year contracts” with the cult. Yes, that’s right. Billion year contracts.

“After we signed our billion-year contracts, Nicole and I were put on the EPF, or Estates Project Force, part of the basic Sea Org training for new recruits. It was a lot like boot camp. All EPFers spent twelve hours a day doing hard labor, like pulling up tree roots with our bare hands, working heavy machinery on the grounds of the Fort Harrison and the Sandcastle, or cleaning bathrooms and hotel rooms.

Then for two and a half hours each day, we would do the basic courses for the EPF, in which you learned the Sea Org policies and rules and what it meant to be a member. We were all given detailed check sheets, which listed all the actions we needed to take in order to complete each course. The first course being how to study Scientology.”

Remini also goes into new details about Tom Cruise’s fake girlfriend, Nazanin Boniadi, who was handpicked for the actor and then dispensed with when she wasn’t needed.

This is what happened to Boniadi when Cruise and crew were done with her:

“Tommy [Davis, celebrity wrangler and son of actress Anne Archer] told Naz that he briefed Tom and told him that Naz was being handled. She was then quickly demoted to living in a cheaper motel, away from Cruise’s environment, and subjected to doing four months of menial labor, including tasks such as digging ditches and cleaning public toilets with a toothbrush.

Eventually she was promoted to selling Dianetics books on the streets of Tampa. Better, but still humiliating. All the while she was being deprogrammed with security checks and the PTS/ SP course. She wasn’t allowed to talk to anyone, particularly her Scientology friends, since she was considered a traitor. She was not allowed to go anywhere alone unless escorted by either church security, ethics staff, or a representative of Flag’s President’s Office. And if you ask the church, they will deny that these practices exist or that people are punished at all.

And if you ask the church, they will deny that these practices exist or that people are punished at all. One day, while being escorted to do amends, Naz saw a friend and fellow actress, Marisol Nichols. Naz smiled and said hello, but Marisol turned her back to Naz and walked off. Naz asked her escort why she would do something like that, and the woman’s response was “Why wouldn’t she? You just got done scrubbing toilets. What makes you think you have anything to talk about with a successful Scientologist like that? You have nothing in common.”

Naz had started to believe that perhaps she was as evil as they were suggesting. After all, this was her religion and they were telling her she had committed the ultimate sin of betraying Tom. Naz found her faith being tested because she couldn’t reconcile any of any of these practices her church had appeared to be behind.

But she mainly complied because her mother was still a Scientologist at the time and would have been forced to disconnect if she didn’t remain in good standing with the church. Naz’s mom, like many Scientologists, said to her daughter, “Naz, please just do what they ask and get through your punishment.” Naz’s house, as well as her mother’s house, were visited by church officials and anything Tom had ever given her— pictures of the two of them together, gifts given to her by Bella and Connor, anything of their lives together— was removed.”

Leah Remini Publishes Defense Against Scientology Retribution: All Her Family Secrets

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Leah Remini Publishes Defense Against Scientology Retribution: All Her Family Secrets

Leah Remini knows Scientology will come after her for writing “Troublemaker” and telling what goes on in the cult.

Cleverly, she prepares against retribution with this opening salvo in the book, which is published today:

“Let me start with this: I am an apostate. I have lied. I have cheated. I have done things in my life that I am not proud of, including but not limited to: • falling in love with a married man nineteen years ago • being selfish and self-centered • fighting with virtually everyone I have ever known (via hateful emails, texts, and spoken words) • physically threatening people (from parking ticket meter maids to parents who hit their kids in public) • not showing up at funerals of people I loved (because I don’t deal well with death) • being, on occasion, a horrible daughter, mother, sister, aunt, stepmother, wife (this list goes on and on). The same goes for every single person in my family: • My husband, also a serial cheater, sold drugs when he was young.”

She adds:

“Why am I revealing all this? Because after the Church of Scientology gets hold of this book, it may well spend an obscene amount of money running ads, creating websites, and trotting out celebrities to make public statements that their religious beliefs are being attacked— all in an attempt to discredit me by disparaging my reputation and that of anyone close to me. So let me save them some money. There is no shortage of people who would be willing to say “Leah can be an asshole”— my own mother can attest to that. And if I am all these things the church may claim, then isn’t it also accurate to say that in the end, thirty-plus years of dedication, millions of dollars spent, and countless hours of study and training didn’t really “fix” me? Perhaps Scientology doesn’t work.”

More to come…

Review: James Bond “Spectre” Is A Fitting Follow Up to “Skyfall,” and A Massive Hit

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Review: James Bond “Spectre” Is A Fitting Follow Up to “Skyfall,” and A Massive Hit

Sam Mendes really directs great live theater. He also has an Oscar for Best Director of “American Beauty.” But somehow he’s become the go-to director of James Bond movies. First it was “Skyfall” and now it’s “Spectre.”

SPOILERS ABOUND “Spectre” first of all ends with the warning: “James Bond will be back.” And you bet Mendes and Daniel Craig will, too. Nothing succeeds like success and Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson are not going to fool around. Two hits, and a third has to be coming in two or three years. Bank on it.

And you want theatre? The opening sequence in Mexico City looks like something Julie Taymor would have dreamt up for Mendes. Outstanding.

“Spectre” is missing Judi Dench, but she makes an appearance, and her M is key to the story. Ralph Fiennes is now M, and he’s fine. We just miss Dame Judi. Ben Whishaw is an expanded Q, loyal to James and ever inventive. Naomie Harris is back as Moneypenny, too.

They are all joined by the purring Monica Bellucci as the Italian wife of Bond’s victim, and one of his many conquests. Bellucci is radiant, sexy and age appropriate. Go back and see “Malena” from 2000– she is a modern Sophia Loren.

Leah Seydoux is James’s real Bond girl here. She plays the daughter of Mr. White, James’s foe from “Quantum of Solace” (Jesper Christensen reprises his role). As Monica, Mr. White’s daughter, Seydoux holds her own with Bond. She’s a knockout, and she can act. Seydoux is an excellent match for Daniel Craig.

Mr. White is not the only Bond throwback. “Spectre” stands for Special Executive for Counterintelligience, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion. The nefarious organization appeared in several Ian Fleming novels and in the movies “Dr. No.” “From Russia With Love.” “Thunderball.” “You Only Live Twice,” “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, and “Diamonds Are Forever.”

SPECTRE was the invention of Ernst Blofeld, aka Number 1, a great Bond villain. Now Christoph Waltz is playing Blofeld’s presumed dead son, who goes by a new name. Waltz, of course, is a delicious villain who takes responsibility for all the bad things that have happened in Bond’s life. Some of his connection is explained, but not all, which is a bit frustrating. But the new Blofeld looks like he may be sticking around for a sequel. I hope so.

Daniel Craig is better than ever, I think. He’s really made Bond his own character. He’s made the movies less about his body and more about Bond’s mind. I don’t blame him when he says he doesn’t want to make more of these– the whole thing looks physically punishing. But one more seems right to wrap it all up. You only live twice, you know!

Kudos for nice references to “Skyfall,” which obviously is on the mind of younger audiences. But the Sam Smith song is really all wrong, I suspect the producers are well aware of that by now. It’s so dull you think about your taxes and ironing while it’s playing. Too bad. For such an action-centric movie, the song has no propulsion.

Exclusive: Netflix Considering “Head of the Class” Reboot Following “Fuller House”

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Exclusive: Netflix Considering “Head of the Class” Reboot Following “Fuller House”

I guess there’s nostalgia for bad shows from the late 80s. First Netflix rebooted “Full House” as the coming “Fuller House,” something as unnecessary as the return of acne.

Now I’m told Netflix is considering rebooting a show called “Head of the Class” that ran from 1986 to 1991. This was a show about a group of high school kids who were like Sweathogs– gifted this time. Howard Hesseman of “WKRP in Cincinnatti” fame was their teacher. The great Billy Connolly, Scottish actor and comedian who lives in the New York area, was also featured.

The most interesting teen actor on the show, Brian Robbins, became a huge TV producer in real life. “Smallville,” “One Tree Hill,” and “Keenan and Kel” are his notable and sizable hits, but he also has tons of credits for teen type series that I’ve never heard of. He’s also got a bunch of films in production. He may be involved in this reboot, I’m told.

“Head of the Class” also featured Robin Givens, who went on to notoriety as Mrs. Mike Tyson, and Khrystyne Haje, Rain Pryor (Richard’s daughter), and Michael DeLorenzo. There’s talk of bringing back all or some of these people in older roles of their former students.

Netflix is looking for a sweet spot, and I guess their target audience is now the grown up kids from that era. I just wish the shows had been smarter or more entertaining…or memorable. (I have zero memory of this show.) But good luck to all of them.

Michael Moore Won’t Accept MPAA Rating of “R” for “Where to Invade Next”

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Michael Moore Won’t Accept MPAA Rating of “R” for “Where to Invade Next”

The MPAA gave Michael Moore’s “Where to Invade Next” an R rating today. Moore won’t accept. I don’t know why he should. That movie can be seen by anyone.

The ratings group cited Moore’s film “for language, some violent images, drug use and brief graphic nudity.” You could see more of any of that just by flipping through your TV. So here we go again.

In a statement Moore says:

“It’s amazing how 25 years have passed—we invented the internet, gay marriage is legal and we elected an African American President of the United States” said Moore “but the MPAA is still intent on censoring footage that is available from any evening network news show. This film has been widely praised by critics for it’s warmth and humor and optimism. What is the real reason I keep getting all these ‘R’ ratings. I wish the MPAA would just be honest and stick a label on my movies saying: ‘This movie contains dangerous ideas that the 99% may find upsetting and lead them to revolt. Teens will be the most agitated when they learn they will soon be $80,000 in debt just by going to school.”

Producers Tom Quinn and Jason Janego:
“With this rating, the MPAA is effectively telling high schoolers they just aren’t mature enough to handle or discuss important issues directly affecting their pursuit of the American dream. The notion that a teenager can’t walk into a theater and see WHERE TO INVADE NEXT is ridiculous and frankly un-American.”

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