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Six Degrees of “Digger”: How Tom Cruise Wound Up in Taylor Swift’s Box at KC Chiefs Game, at Her Wedding, and on Kelce Brothers Podcast

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Six Degrees of “Digger”: How Tom Cruise Wound Up in Taylor Swift’s Box at KC Chiefs Game, at Her Wedding, and on Kelce Brothers Podcast

Now we know: it wasn’t just fate or coincidence that brought Tom Cruise to the Kansas City Chiefs game two weeks ago.

No, nothing is random in Tom’s life.

We all wondered why Tom was at Taylor and Travis’s wedding, right? Then he turned up in her box at the game?

Even crazier, Tom went on the Kelce Brothers podcast, where he talked about mom, apple pie, and how much he loves the movies.

Lip readers were working overtime trying to figure out what the heck Tom and Taylor were talking about? Scientology?

One lip reader picked up this line: “It’s the structure of the entire infrastructure of the audience that’s what I love in a positive way.”

But what connected all these odd events? How did Tom even know Taylor Swift?

I think we’ve got an answer.

Tonight, Taylor debuts her new video on the MTV Video Music Awards. It’s called “Patient Zero.”

Taylor directed it, but she didn’t “lens” it. She hired one of the best Oscar winning cinematographers in the world.

That would be Emmanuel Lubezki, aka “Chivo,” the man who gives Alejandro Gonzales Innraritu”s movies their special look. He sent Michael Keaton soaring in “Birdman” and got the Bear to dry hump Leo in “The Revenant.”

And guess who was the DP on Tom’s new movie, “Digger”? Why, it turns it was… Chivo!

It doesn’t take AI to figure out how all these things came about. That’s the structure of the infrastructure, kids.

Chivo has won 3 Oscars, kids. I’d love to know how much he charged Taylor for “Patient Zero.” But with her reported $2 billion, the sky was the limit!

When the video debuts tonight, “Patient Zero” will already have been number 1 on every platform since Friday morning. It’s had 14.7 million plays on Spotify.

What we don’t know is if Chivo worked on the other three new old songs Swift added to her “Showgirl” album. Chivo in “Cleveland”? “Babylon” “Pink Slipping”? He may have really found the golden goose with Taylor Swift!

We’ll all be watching tonight when “Patient Zero” tries to use Chivo as insurance!

PS Was Chivo at the garish MSG wedding, too? Probably. At least he was invited.

Ringo Starr Cheekily Blames “The Government” for Today’s Show Cancellation in New Jersey: Good Weather, It Don’t Come Easy

Roger Friedman
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Ringo Starr Cheekily Blames “The Government” for Today’s Show Cancellation in New Jersey: Good Weather, It Don’t Come Easy

Ringo Starr is always cheeky, from the day we met him right up til now.

Ringo’s on tour with his All Starr Band, but autumn on the East Coast is always a gamble. Good weather don’t come easy.

(A couple of years ago, I saw Ringo at an outdoor venue, and we’re all still shivering.)

So Ringo blames “the government” for today’s cancellation at PNC Bank Center in Holmdel, New Jersey.

He writes on Instagram: “What’s happening it’s a lot of bad weather around and the government thought it’d be better if we didn’t cause any trouble and the fans wouldn’t get wet. I send you peace and love. See you next time”

Ringo and co. are playing plenty of dates up and down the coast, so once it’s Good Day, Sunshine, all will be well. Don’t miss him!

Box Office: “Avengers: Endgame” Roars Back from 2019 with $26 Mil Weekend, Brad’s “Beast” Has Legs, Beating Robert Pattinson’s “PrimeTime”

Roger Friedman
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Box Office: “Avengers: Endgame” Roars Back from 2019 with $26 Mil Weekend, Brad’s “Beast” Has Legs, Beating Robert Pattinson’s “PrimeTime”

“Avengers” never go out of style.

The gang’s last movie, “Endgame,” is back from the dead in a big way.

With four new deleted scenes, “Endgame” — released in 2019 — finished at number 1 this weekend with $26 million!

What a set up for the new “Avengers Doomsday” movie coming December 17th. This way, we’re all caught up with this saga. And Tony Stark will be back from the dead, sort of, as Dr. Doom!

Back here on Earth, Brad Pitt’s lovely, pulse pounding “Heart of the Beast” doggedly beat Robert Pattinson’s pedo prospector “PrimeTime” by a nose.

It was close, with “Beast” taking in $20 million — overturning “PrimeTime” by $900,000.

Granted, “Beast” was in more theaters, but it’s sort of satisfying that David Ayer’s exciting well made adventure exceeded the search for sexual sociopaths. Good wins over evil!

Plus, “Odin” — actually dog actors — is now taking meetings at Spago. The quad is also playing cards on Craig’s back patio.

Meantime, the horror film of the moment, “Resident Evil,” passed the $100 million mark even though there was an 81% drop from last week.

And “Spider Man”? Now at $950 million. They’re swinging to a billion bucks one way or another!

Coming this week: “Digger” won’t be a big player. But on the 9th, we’ve most “Muskerberg,” which should make a dent. But get ready for Jessica Chastain in “The Other Mommy,” a movie her children won’t see until they’re at least 50!

Scarlett Johansson, Miles Teller, Adam Driver Bring Out the A Crowd and Long Lines for the Sizzling Opening of the New York Film Festival

Roger Friedman
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Scarlett Johansson, Miles Teller, Adam Driver Bring Out the A Crowd and Long Lines for the Sizzling Opening of the New York Film Festival

Nor’ Easter coming?

New Yorkers don’t care, thanks.

We turned out in droves last night for the opening of the New York Film Festival, which was sizzling. Not only for the premiere screening at Alice Tully Hall, but at all the other screenings last night of James Gray’s “Paper Tiger.”

It didn’t hurt that the movie actually has three big names — especially in New York. They are Scarlett Johansson, Miles Teller, and Adam Driver. They were all there for the premiere, the red carpet, and the Q&A on stage latter with the natty Festival programmer Dennis Lim.

James Gray is a much beloved NY filmmaker whose 1994 debut, “Little Odessa,” caused a sensation. He’s made seven more films since then including the more recent “Armageddon Time,” and this one, set in Brooklyn in the 1980s. It’s a story about a regular family — Teller, Johansson, and their teenage sons — getting sucked into the world of very dangerous Russian mobsters.

“Paper Tiger” is kind of a throwback film. It reminded me of a Sidney Lumet film, which is high praise. Gray felt Alfred Hitchcock’s presence, he said later. But it really feels like something from the days of Playhouse 90, in its intimate portrayal of good people suddenly having their “house” fall in on them. Even Arthur Miller would be impressed.

Scarlett was the only one of the trio to make it to Tavern on the Green for the annual swanky after party. And why not? Her performance is sensational, and she should take bows. She had just flown in from London shooting “The Batman 2,” which she told is “hard work.” We also talked about husband Colin Jost’s Staten Island Ferry comedy club with Pete Davidson.

She said, “I think they should take it all over the place, like to Miami, where they can put on all kinds of things like parties and art exhibits. It’s going to find its purpose.” She unfortunately missed last week’s free comedy show on the ferry because she was stuck in London.

As for Jost and “SNL,” which returns tonight, I told her how impressive it was to see her husband doing more acting on the show playing a hilarious blowhard Pete Hegseth. “He’s loving it,” she said. “He’s surprised by the reaction.”

Some of the other luminaries we ran into included the legendary actress Lois Smith, now 95 and working like crazy! She’s got a new indie movie set for next spring! What a thrill!

A great opening night for the New York Film Festival — buzzier than it’s been in a long time.

Nobody Wanted This: “Hot Rabbi” Adam Brody” Puts Show And Career on Ice with “Genocide” Quote After Saying Nothing About October 7th

Roger Friedman
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Nobody Wanted This: “Hot Rabbi” Adam Brody” Puts Show And Career on Ice with “Genocide” Quote After Saying Nothing About October 7th

Adam Brody plays the “hot rabbi” on Netflix’s “Nobody Wanted This.”

The rabbi he plays falls in love with a shiksa played by “Veronica Mars” star Kristen Bell.

The romantic comedy revived each of their careers, especially Brody’s. He was best known for playing Seth Cohen on “The O.C.” a million years ago.

But now, thanks to Brody’s quote in GQ, the party is over. As “Nobody Wants This” gets ready for its third season premiere on October 22nd, Brody has squandered all of the show’s good will. A lot of that good will was based on Brody being Jewish, fully, even bar mitvahed.

When asked about the Gaza situation in GQ, Brody responded that Israel was committing genocide. Mind you, he has never said a word about what happened on October 7th, when it happened or now.

He said, “Put me down as thinking it’s a genocide. Put me down as wanting a free Palestine. It’s awful that it’s taken so much death and misery, but it does feel like it’s reaching a breaking point that it should have a while ago. I’m hopeful that another administration can really do some good and correct some of these policies that are helping that situation be as awful as it is.”

What Brody and Netflix should fear right now is that their audience, by and large, will turn off further seasons of “Nobody Wanted This.”

The word is spreading quickly. The audience for that show is suburban American Jews, not haters like Hannah Einbeinder or Wallace Shawn (who praised the Nazis yesterday in his own interview). Suburban American Jews are dealing with acts of violence at their synagogues, and heavy security. There was just a shooting in Toronto. I don’t think they will find this amusing or politically accurate.

The actors who drop quotes blithely don’t seem to recognize that “genocide” talk does nothing to destroy Netanyahu (who no one backs) but creates an atmosphere of antisemitism for less educated followers who are only looking for a reason to express hatred. They don’t differentiate between “Israel” and “Jews.” It’s all the same to them.

So now we’ll see what blowback there is for “Nobody Wants This.” Netflix already has trouble keeping viewers beyond its shows first seasons. This will not help.

Smell of “Musk”: Social Media Billionaires Fighting Over Showing Trailer for Controversial Documentary — Here It Is

Roger Friedman
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Smell of “Musk”: Social Media Billionaires Fighting Over Showing Trailer for Controversial Documentary — Here It Is

There’s a lot of Musk in the air right now.

Elon…Musk.

Social media billionaire owners of various platforms have been blocking the trailer from appearing on their sites. So says the Hollywood Reporter.

I don’t think Musk’s Twitter aka X is accepting ads for it, so we’re all posting it anyway.

The Alex Gibney directed doc is said to be “frightening” and “devastating.”

Can’t wait to see it!

The Making of Johnny Depp Comeback Movie “Day Drinker” Termed “A Nightmare,” Violent Trailer Is Almost Completely Unintelligible

Roger Friedman
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The Making of Johnny Depp Comeback Movie “Day Drinker” Termed “A Nightmare,” Violent Trailer Is Almost Completely Unintelligible

For months I’ve been pestered by news from the set of “Day Drinker.”

This is the Johnny Depp comeback movie, directed by Marc Webb, co-starring Madeline Cline and Penelope Cruz.

Then the trailer dropped this week for the March 2027 Lions Gate release.

I’ve played it over and over. Whatever Depp says in the first few lines is unintelligible. You can’t turn on the captions, so the mangled accent will remain a source of secrecy for now.

What I was told was that the making of the movie was “A nightmare” that required lots of extra shooting. Depp was said to be very difficult on set — as if that were a surprise.

Sources say the London reshoots went on and on. There were also many editors who came and went during production.

The trailer looks violent and unpleasant, which begs the question — why would he want this to be comeback vehicle after all of his public scandals and trials with Amber Heard? Wasn’t this time for another “Finding Neverland”? Something charming to remind audiences why they liked him in the first place? He hasn’t been in a decent movie for a decade at this point.

By the time Johnny Depp makes another “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie, he’ll be 70 and playing Keith Richards’ part.

Taylor Swift Takes Over Top of iTunes, Spotify, Apple Streaming Charts with 4 New Songs, Rockets Updated “Showgirl” Album to Number 1

Roger Friedman
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Taylor Swift Takes Over Top of iTunes, Spotify, Apple Streaming Charts with 4 New Songs, Rockets Updated “Showgirl” Album to Number 1

Taylor Swift continues to a phenomenon that never stops.

Her four new songs are currently occupying the top of the iTunes and Spotify charts! Also, the Apple Streaming Charts.

That’s how hungry her fans were for new material, even if it’s just unreleased from her most recent album.

“Patient Zero,” “Cleveland,” “Pink Clouding,” and “Babylon” are taking up the top slot on both charts — so streaming and physical sales.

Plus, the updated “The Life of a Showgirl: Encore” album is number 1 everywhere as well. It would be number 1 on amazon, except that the CD and LP aren’t ready yet.

If the Kansas City Chief beat the Miami Dolphins Sunday afternoon, and Taylor picks several MTV Awards tomorrow night, then I don’t know what will happen. Universes will explode. There will be a new Big Bang!

(Meantime, Neil Young’s superior “Second Song,” is struggling when it should be at the top of the charts. For real music fans, and adults, “Second Song” is a masterpiece.)

Anyway, it’s Taylor’s world, and we just live in it.

To Catch A Movie: Robert Pattinson On the Prowl for $20 Mil Opening Weekend in “PrimeTime,” Brad Pitt and Canine Co-Star Rock in “Beast”

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To Catch A Movie: Robert Pattinson On the Prowl for $20 Mil Opening Weekend in “PrimeTime,” Brad Pitt and Canine Co-Star Rock in “Beast”

The number 1 movie this weekend?

An old one: “Avengers: Endgame.” You, too, can marvel at the big numbers for a re-release of the not so final adventure of Tony Stark and pals. Four bonus scenes are bringing fans back to the box office in droves.

Actually, it’s a perfect weather weekend for returning to “Avengers” land.

Meantime, Robert Pattinson is trying to a predator in “PrimeTime.” This movie about Chris Hansen is a little like the Avengers. It’s set up for a $20 million weekend. I haven’t seen it because A24 wants influencers, not reviewers. So far that’s earned them an 87% among critics on Rotten Tomatoes and an 82% with the audience meter.

Let’s face it. If the real Chris Hansen hadn’t been complaining everywhere, we’d never have heard about this film. Hansen has given it a lot of publicity. He deserves a cut now!

According to reports, Hansen called Primetime “bizarre,” “detached from reality,” and a “fever dream,” and Robert Pattinson’s portrayal of him a “D” grade.

Then he brought every one in for questioning.

Happier to report that the excellent Brad Pitt movie, “Heart of the Beast,” opened to $7.4 million. And look, if Brad and his trusty canine co-star Odin could brave the Alaska wilderness, you can drive two miles over to the theater and see!

 
keep refreshing…

UPDATE Global Citizen Cancels Central Park Show Before New York Deluge, First Time in 14 Years for Sketchy Charity, Offers Refunds For Rain Out

Roger Friedman
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UPDATE Global Citizen Cancels Central Park Show Before New York Deluge, First Time in 14 Years for Sketchy Charity, Offers Refunds For Rain Out

Global Citizen’s annual rock concert for salaries is over.

Rain predictions and maybe hurricane level conditions have forced to cancel the show.

So has the city of New York and parks department.

Also, the stars don’t want to get electrocuted or wind up in a flood.

Now Global Citizen staffers will have to figure out how to justify their six figure salaries, especially Hugh Evans.

Lauryn Hill is relieved. She wasn’t coming on time, anyway.

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