I’ll have what they had. The Rolling Stones and Monty Python, each groups of old mostly British men, are making announcements this morning about new projects. These guys certainly have a lot of energy. We don’t know yet if the Stones have more touring news, or a new album, or a product line of vitamins. The announcement is coming shortly.

Monty Python is reuniting. This is what I know exclusively: the Python have been without a manager for a long long time. They have recently signed with Jim Beach, the mastermind behind Queen. Beach put together the West End musical “We Will Rock You.” He’s also staged the Queen tours with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert singing lead.

Beach knows how to make money, which the Python members need. Keep looking here for updates before the official press conference on Thursday.

Mariah Carey’s had a weird year. She had a bad time on “American Idol” last winter and spring, fighting with Nikki Minaj and just looking unhappy. She released a single called “#Beautiful” with Miguel that wasn’t really a hit per se but was interesting: it had no bridge, and ended abruptly. She sounded like a guest star on her own record because Miguel sang the opening verses. Very strange.

Then: her album, “The Art of Letting Go,” set for an early July release, was postponed. It wasn’t ready. A new date was set, and then yanked. And that was it. Then while shooting a video, Mariah fell, and really injured herself. She still came and sang at the Major League Baseball event in Central Park. But she was in pain, and wearing sling covers made out of goose feathers and cashmere. I’m paraphrasing.

Last week, Mariah released another enigmatic single. It’s the title track from an album that’s never been released. Frankly, she sings the hell out of “The Art of Letting Go.” She sounds great. The single is a throwback R&B mid tempo number. But it has no chorus. No chorus or hook. It’s a single. In an era of very catchy singles. It’s like “#Beautiful.” Sort of great but half baked.

But “The Art of Letting Go” is at number 116 this morning on iTunes. It’s a dud. No one’s bought it, no one’s playing it. And that’s a bad sign for a new album that still has no release date and is over six months late. Mariah has also had three different managers this year– Randy Jackson, Red Light Management (Dave Matthews firm) and now Jermaine Dupri.

Concerned? Just a little…

Alec Baldwin is in hot water for allegedly shouting a gay slur at a photographer last week. The anger management incident– number 4 million for Alec– came in the wake of Baldwin’s crazy court case against a woman he claimed was stalking him. The woman is now in jail for seven months, and that’s a whole other story. In court, Alec testified that the woman was really the mistress of “Scarface” producer Marty Bregman.

Bregman and his wife Cornelia were probably surprised to hear this. The popular producer is 82 years old, has walked with a walker for many years, and is now confined to a wheelchair. But okay, whatever. Maybe Alec should have done a little fact checking first.

But the big irony in the gay-slur part of the story: the judge who ruled for Baldwin and jailed the woman is gay. Robert M. Mandelbaum is not only openly gay, but last year he was involved in his own legal squabble. His late father, Frank Mandelbaum, left $180,000 to his grandchildren–those alive or still not born. He dictated that Robert would have to be married to the mother of his children for them to get a cut.

Judge Mandelbaum and his partner have a baby son born through surrogacy. The probate court ruled that Frank Mandelbaum’s crazy rules for inheritance would probably stand. So Baby Mandelbaum was not going to get his inheritance because Robert Mandelbaum’s partner could not be considered the baby’s mother. It’s unclear if they ever settled. Calls to the baby’s court appointed lawyer were not returned.

It’s also unclear what Judge Mandelbaum thinks of his decision considering what happened when everyone left the courtroom last week.

ADDENDUM 9:22am MONDAY: I just noticed in that stupid Examiner.com piece the claim that Lady Gaga’s “Born this Way Ball” tour was pulled off the road because of poor ticket sales. Utterly insane. The 2012 “Born this Way Ball Tour” was the fifth highest grossing tour of that year. Part 2, in 2013, was cut short by the hip surgery. Still it grossed almost $20 million on 18 dates and beat acts like Eric Clapton and The Who. If the tour had continued, Gaga would have finished again at least in the top 10. The article also says that “ARTPOP” was supposed to be released by Christmas 2012. That was never true.

EARLIER: Lady Gaga’s “ARTPop” will debut this week at number 1, with around 250,000 copies sold. This is a big drop from “Born this Way.” That album sold either 660K or 1.2 million depending on how you look at it. Remember: Amazon sold 440,000 copies of “Born this Way” at 99 cents apiece. This caused SoundScan, Billboard, and Hits to decree that albums had to sell for a minimum price of $3.49 or not be tallied on the charts.

But let’s say “Born this Way” sold 660,000 copies. That was a great number. “ArtPOP” will do about 40 percent of that number. Not good. But just about in line with Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus this fall. Far less than Eminem–yes. But that’s because Eminem has what I’d call a breakout or breakthrough single. “The Monster” is HUGE. It’s much bigger than singles by any of those female popsters. It’s that rare kind of number 1 that hits at all levels.

Yesterday the idiotic Examiner.com posted a story claiming “Artpop” was going to lose $25 million and cause massive layoffs at Interscope Records. Hilarious, totally untrue, fabricated. But The Vulture at New York magazine and The Wrap each picked it up. The story has now been removed from Examiner.com. But pretty much all the stories at that crazy website should be removed.

In fact, Lady Gaga’s costs are protected by endorsements and underwriters. There’s no exposure to Interscope. And worldwide, Gaga will do just fine with “ArtPoP” even with a 225-250K opening week.

But why didn’t it do better? Lack of focus. “Born this Way” had a purpose that spoke to the fans–especially disenfranchised teens, bullying victims, LGBT community. What is ARTPop about? It’s about Gaga moaning about her hip surgery, a supposed drug addiction, and the rarefied world of art auctions. How can her audience connect with this?

Telling: Her “Saturday Night Live” performances and hosting doesn’t look it drove sales at iTunes. Lady Gaga has gone way off point. I think that’s what manager Troy Carter was trying to tell her. And now he’s gone.