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Paul McCartney NYC Wedding Party: Yoko, Keith, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel

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Paul McCartney NYC Wedding Party: Yoko, Keith, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel

Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell had an all star wedding reception party for rockers last night at the Bowery Hotel. Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon were there, as well as Elvis Costello, Martin Scorsese, Ron Delsener, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi, Keith Richards and Patti Hansen, “Little” Steven van Zandt, and James Taylor, David Geffen, plus actor Steve Buscemi were among the guests, as well as Mayor Mike Bloomberg. The latter must be a Beatles fan, as he usually spends his weekends in Bermuda. Barbara Walters, a distant cousin of Shevell, was a guest as well. Others who made the cut included designer Ralph Lauren with his wife Ricki, their son David his wife Lauren Bush Lauren, plus the Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, and Joe Walsh of the Eagles and Rosanna Scotto of Fox5. All of Paul’s kids were there. James McCartney made a beautiful toast, according to sources. So did Nancy’s son, Arlen. “It was low key and had a real family feel, too.” Music was supplied by a deejay. The party ran from 8pm past 1am.

The only big local rock star who wasn’t there was Sting, who had a show in Boston.

Many of the guests probably ate early or looked for late night cheeseburgers following the party. That’s because all Paul McCartney events are strictly vegetarian.

McCartney, as I revealed earlier, has recorded a new album of standards and new songs with producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall. It’s set for a spring release.

Earlier that evening, van Zandt celebrated the 500th broadcast of his “Underground Garage” radio show at the Hard Rock Cafe, with Buscemi as a guest, as well as Darlene Love, Jesse Malin, and Debbie Harry. None of them performed, but Garland Jeffreys did two songs from his new album, “The King of In Between,” which is going into the pre-nomination Grammy voting in the Best Rock Album category. The members of Green Day also came for a brief interview, then took over the small green room in the back with their obnoxious body guards.

Meanwhile, uptown, Marlo Thomas celebrated her second night on Broadway with rave reviews for “Relatively Speaking.” She and hubby Phil Donahue entertained ten guests for dinner including her producer brother Tony Thomas at Crown restaurant on Madison Avenue.

Leah Sydney’s LA Not So Confidential: “Weeds” Star Gets Yummy

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Leah Sydney’s LA Not So Confidential: “Weeds” Star Gets Yummy

Meital Dohan— you may have seen her sexy scenes on “Weeds.” Tonight she gives her first ever live performance of sexy debut single “Yummy Boyz,” at midnight, on October 21, at Club Eleven’s weekly “Fresh Friday” party in West Hollywood. In anticipation of Meital’s debut “Yummy Boyz” performance at the Grindr party, this sassy songstress is giving away a free download of the exclusive “Yummy Boyz” Chew Fu Grindr Remix on her website www.meitaldohan.com/grindr. The free download launched on October 6 and is available for one month only. Additionally on select dates leading up to the event, Grindr will also be sending a live stream with a free download of the “Yummy Boyz” Chew Fu Grindr Remix to its million plus members worldwide.

Meital’s debut live show of “Yummy Boyz” will definitely be a show to remember. Merging sexy and clever with a bit of humor, Meital will captivate the audience with a building montage of climaxing visuals, her over the top wardrobe (or lack thereof!) and a finale that will absolutely blow your mind!

Most recently, Meital posted her latest webisode “Meital’s Fitness Wisdom” on her YouTube Channel and it quickly became the #23 top rated video of the week of September 19 and has over 250,000 views to date. This hilarious and sexified video will give you a little sweet taste of what to expect in her upcoming, debut performance of “Yummy Boyz.”

Meital’s single “Yummy Boyz” and 6 remixes by some of the hottest mixers including Chew Fu, Danny Verde, Dark Intensity and Electrolightz are available now on iTunes.

At Vanity Fair and MOCA’s “West Hollywood Library Murals” event, one of  the artists who painted the mural, street artist Shepard Fairey, who just designed the Times Square invitation featuring Angela Davis for “Occupy Wall Street,” and is known for his iconic Barack Obama “Hope” poster, talking shop with Beverly Hills based plastic surgeon Dr. Randal Haworth, himself an internationally recognized artist. Powerhouse young LA based attorney Ben Meiselas then impressing Shepard and artist Kenny Scharf with his knowledge of street art.

Speaking about art, accomplished artist Kimberly Brooks, wife of Albert Brooks, chatting with Los Angeles real estate investor Mara Granderson at the opening of her exhibit “Thread” at the Taylor De Cordoba Gallery in Los Angeles.

Director/Producer McG chatting with Cambio’s Nathan Coyle at the premiere of their new online series “Aim High” at Trousdale in Beverly Hills.

Celebrity Stylist George Blodwell and “Life & Style’s” West Coast Bureau Chief Heidi Parker, clinking champagne glasses with the tres chic Parisian couple Sally and Michel Perrin, at a soiree for their Beverly Hills Perrin Paris Boutique.

Jon Lovitz, cracking up photographer Michael Caulfield, who was among those honored  at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood at the opening event for the Beverly Hills Film, TV &  New Media Festival.

Directors Phillip Noyce and David Cronenberg in a confab at Cronenberg’s premiere of his fantastic new film, “A Dangerous Method,” at the Academy in Beverly Hills.

At the American Express Platinum Card Lunch at Bouchon in Beverly Hills, Michael Chow, owner of Mr. Chow’s, eating lunch himself right next to the private room where the event took place.

STK, in their private room in West Hollywood, hosted the Habitual Denim event.  Vida, owner of The Vida Emanuel European Day Spa in Beverly Hills,  popped in.

“Dexter”  star James Remar and  “Raising Hope’s”  Martha Plimpton, separately checking out the new hip Century Day and Night Spa, Los Angeles’s premier Korean spa.

“Mad Men’s” Pat Bethune,  “Weed’s” Guillermo Diaz  and Bob Newhart’s old co-star Marcia Wallace at Celebrity Hair Stylist Steve Lococo’s B2V salon in West Hollywood to raise money for the Breast Cancer Care and Research Fund.

Soap star Mary Beth Evans, who’s currently starring in “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s,” with co-stars Patrick Munoz and John Coppola, greeting some of her “Days of our Lives” castmates there to cheer her on, along at the Studio C Artists performing space  along Theatre Row in Hollywood.


Paul McCartney: Next Album Standards, with Diana Krall

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Paul McCartney: Next Album Standards, with Diana Krall

Exclusive: Paul McCartney‘s next album: he’ll celebrate his 70th birthday next year with a CD of standards. He’s been recording with Diana Krall and her jazz musicians. Tommy LiPuma, the legendary Warner Bros. producer of George Benson and Miles Davis, Anita Baker, and Dr. John, is guiding the project. Sources tell me that the album contains standards–‘But not the usual ones’– and some new songs Paul wrote just for this record. Paul knows Krall, of course. He’s recorded a lot with her husband, Elvis Costello. Meantime, look for the Beatles’ exclusive deal with ITunes to expire sometime in the next few months. The one year anniversary is November 16th. Amazon ships its Kindle Fire the day before. Look for Amazon to jump on the Beatles downloads ASAP for new Kindle owners. As for Paul, he’s now had successful reissues of “McCartney” and “Band on the Run.” Let’s hope “Ram” is on its way. And a box set.

Woody Allen Play Opening Is A Hit with A List Audience

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Woody Allen Play Opening Is A Hit with A List Audience

The trio of one act plays called “Relatively Speaking” is a hit–opening last night on Broadway with contributions from Woody Allen, Elaine May, and Ethan Coen. And it’s really a hit– sold out, funny, and in demand despite efforts by the New York Post’s theater columnist to kill it or cause trouble. Marlo Thomas is beyond wonderful in Elaine May‘s “George Is Dead.”

And Woody’s cast — with Steve Guttenberg knocking it out of the park, and appearances by Woody all stars like Julie Kavner and Caroline Aaron, not to mention Grant Shaud (Miles from “Murphy Brown”), Richard Libertini and Mark Linn Baker  — had em rolling in the aisles. You know a Broadway opening is big if both Liz Smith and Cindy Adams are in the audience. Not only that, but two of Woody’s famous leading men–Tony Roberts and Michael Murphy–showed up, as well as Richard Kind, Phil Donahue (Marlo’s hubby), Joel Coen and Frances McDormand, Jeannie Berlin (Elaine’s actress daughter), Angela Lansbury, director Doug McGrath (who co-wrote “Manhattan Murder Mystery) and Marshall Brickman (co-author of “Annie Hall”), Kathy Griffin, and so on.

Woody and wife Soon Yi didn’t sit through the show, but they were at the after party at Bryant Park Grill where Woody quizzed Kavner on the evening. He’s been giving “notes” and stage directions to the actors after every performance, fine tuning “Honeymoon Hotel.” It plays a like a scene out of the Marx Brothers’ “A Night at the Opera,” with characters pouring into a tacky roadside motel room.

Before the curtain went up: Ethan Coen paced around at the top of the aisle. “Are you nervous?” I asked. He could barely move his facial muscles. “You once put a man in a wood chipper,” I said. “Relax.” His “Talking Cure,” opens the night, and is less “shticky” than the other plays. It is extremely funny, with Jason Kravits (of “Boston Legal”) and the exceptional Danny Hoch going at it as a prison inmate and his shrink.

At intermission: Phil Donahue mixed and mingled. By then, Marlo had already done her star turn. Her character is a riot, and must be seen. At one point, the character is watching TV through the night and several TV theme songs are played–“Dick van Dyke,” “Andy Griffith Show”– alas, no “That Girl.” Jus to see Marlo as a bewilderingly wealthy woman child try to stuff a pillow into a pillow case without the help of her nanny is worth the whole night.

I asked Woody how he felt about “Midnight in Paris” being such a huge hit. “You don’t know. There were plenty of the films that I thought would do well, and didn’t.” He is genuinely perplexed, but grateful.

Julie Kavner, on a break from “The Simpsons,” said, “He’s having a great time.” She should know–she’s been in several of Woody’s films including “Alice” and “New York Stories.”

Rolling Stones Finally Releasing Song About Claudine Longet

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Rolling Stones Finally Releasing Song About Claudine Longet

When the Rolling Stones release their super deluxe anniversary edition of “Some Girls” next month, it will have quite a few unreleased tracks. One of them, called “Claudine,” is about Andy Williams‘s ex-wife Claudine Longet. Williams, the Michael Buble of his day, married beautiful and very young Claudine Longet. A gorgeous French singer and actress, Claudine married Andy in 1961 at the age of 19. He was 34, which seemed old then, and he was fifteen years senior to her. They were a golden couple. But in March 1976, Claudine shot and killed her boyfriend, professional skiier “Spider” Sabich. It was quite the scandal. Longet received a misdemeanor conviction and retired. She wound up marrying her defense attorney. Also of note: Claudine and Andy were good friends of Robert and Ethel Kennedy. They were with them on the tragic night in June 1968 when RFK was assassinated. Why did Mick and Keith write a song about Claudine? She was hot and it was the early 70s.  The new “Some Girls” also contains another unreleased song, which will be a single, “No Spare Parts.” Both songs are included below.

PS “Some Girls” featured two massive Stones hits, “Miss You” and “Beast of Burden.” Here’are some quotes from the Stones about the late Billy Preston’s contribution to “Miss You.”

The idea for those (bass) lines came from Billy Preston, actually. We’d cut a rough demo a year or so earlier after a recording session. I’d already gone home, and Billy picked up my old bass when they started running through that song. He started doing that bit because it seemed to be the style of his left hand. So when we finally came to do the tune, the boys said, Why don’t you work around Billy’s idea? So I listened to it once and heard that basic run and took it from there. It took some changing and polishing, but the basic idea was Billy’s.
– Bill Wyman, 1978

(W)e still work closely on songs. It still comes together even when we haven’t seen each other for months. We help each other on songs like Miss You which came together during the 1976 tour of Europe. A lot of our songs take a long time to come out.
– Keith Richards, 1979

I got that together with Billy Preston, actually. Yeah, Billy had shown me the four-on-the-floor bass-drum part, and I would just play the guitar. I remember playing that in the El Mocambo club when Keith was on trial in Toronto for whatever he was doing. We were supposed to be there making this live record… I was still writing it, actually. We were just in rehearsal.
– Mick Jagger, 1995

During the rehearsal of the El Mocambo gig I wrote the song Miss You. So I remember that ’cause I was waiting for everyone in the band to turn up and I was with Billy Preston, and Billy Preston was playing the kick drum and I was always playing the guitar and I wrote Miss You on that so I remember that moment very well.
– Mick Jagger, 2001

 

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“Descendants,” “Beginners,” “Martha Marcy” Get Gotham Nominations

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“Descendants,” “Beginners,” “Martha Marcy” Get Gotham Nominations

The Gotham Awards announced their nominations today–this is like the East Coast version of the Spirit Awards, and has little to do with the Oscars. Which is a good thing. This is for indie films. And they’ve  made excellent choices– “The Descendants,” “Beginners,” “Tree of Life,” “Take Shelter,” and “Meek’s Cutoff”  were their best feature nods. Here’s the rest. Good work from all the committees. Elizabeth Olsen is gaining momentum toward her Oscar nomination. More on that tomorrow.

Best Documentary

Better This World

Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega, directors; Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega, Mike Nicholson, producers (Loteria Films, Picturebox, Motto Pictures and Passion Pictures; ITVS in association with American Documentary | POV)

Bill Cunningham New York

Richard Press, director; Philip Gefter, producer (Zeitgeist Films)

Hell and Back Again

Danfung Dennis, director; Mike Lerner, Martin Herring, producers (Docurama Films)

The Interrupters

Steve James, director; Alex Kotlowitz, Steve James, producers (The Cinema Guild)

The Woodmans

C. Scott Willis, director; Neil Barrett, Jeff Werner, C. Scott Willis, producers (Lorber Films; Kino Lorber, Inc.)

Best Ensemble Performance

Beginners

Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos (Focus Features)

The Descendants

George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Margin Call

Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Aasif Mandvi (Roadside Attractions)

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Take Shelter

Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Kathy Baker, Ray McKinnon, Lisagay Hamilton, Robert Longstreet (Sony Pictures Classics)

Breakthrough Director

Mike Cahill for Another Earth (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Sean Durkin for Martha Marcy May Marlene (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Vera Farmiga for Higher Ground (Sony Pictures Classics)

Evan Glodell for Bellflower (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Dee Rees for Pariah (Focus Features)

Breakthrough Actor

Felicity Jones in Like Crazy (Paramount Vantage)

Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Harmony Santana in Gun Hill Road (Motion Film Group)

Shailene Woodley in The Descendants (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Jacob Wysocki in Terri (ATO Pictures)

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You

Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same

Madeleine Olnek, director; Laura Terruso, Madeleine Olnek, producers

Green

Sophia Takal, director; Lawrence Michael Levine, producer

The Redemption of General Butt Naked

Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion, directors and producers

Scenes of a Crime

Blue Hadaegh & Grover Babcock, directors and producers

Without

Mark Jackson, director; Mark Jackson, Jessica Dimmock, Michael Requa, Jaime Keeling, producers

(Update) Exclusive: Kirstie Alley Trying for Broadway Debut

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(Update) Exclusive: Kirstie Alley Trying for Broadway Debut

Exclusive: Kirstie Alley–newly slimmed down, but still a dieting Scientologist–is planning a Broadway debut. I’m told that Kirstie has agreed to do a three month run in a new comedy, set for spring. The play would be produced by Lance Bass, formerly of NSync, and would possibly run at the Roundabout Theater. The Roundabout does short runs of new plays in its subscription series. Alley is only available for three months because she’s hopeful that her next TV series will be picked up in May and start production in the summer for a fall 2012 debut. I’m told that Bass and the producers are in “negotiations” with the Roundabout, which would bring the play to the old Studio 54 space. Alley–still running her Scientology-connected Organic Liaisons diet program –has a pilot for a new TV series shooting soon. Her last show, an A&E reality series, lasted one season. UPDATE: The Roundabout says the play is not coming to them. Stay tuned…

Mick Jagger’s Super Group Album Sells a Paltry 33,000 Copies

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Mick Jagger’s Super Group Album Sells a Paltry 33,000 Copies

One Rolling Stone is gathering no sales. Mick Jagger‘s weird super group album, “Super Heavy,” has sold only 33,000 copies. It’s dead on arrival. “Super Heavy” was a group formed by Mick with Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, Damien Marley, and composer A. R. Rahman. Released by some part of the Universal Music Group, Super Heavy was in trouble almost from the start. A single was released during the summer, but was kept a mystery. By the time the full album was released on September 19th, there had been little to no publicity. Talk about no buzz: it was just zzzzz. It’s strange, too, because the album is good. The songs are catchy and well made. But seemingly no funds went to promotion. One month later, the project remains less than cult favorite since really, no one’s responded to it at all. The unfortunate participant is Joss Stone. She could have been Adele before there was Adele. But bad choices have left her an asterisk in the pop business. She needs to find real management and a vision for her career. As for Mick, he does have another group. Their 50th anniversary is at hand.

Exclusive: NY Film Critics Will Vote Early on November 28th

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Exclusive: NY Film Critics Will Vote Early on November 28th

The New York Film Critics Circle will announce their winners on November 28th. The move is designed to beat the god awful National Board of Review, which will announce their phoney baloney nominations on December 1st. The NY Film Critics are actual critics. The NBR is a cabal of fans run by a woman named Annie Schulhof. The latter group is the scourge of the New York film community, loathed by publicists and joked about by filmmakers and stars. But they’ve become useful over the years as a way for film companies to advertise some kind of prestige looking award in ads for Christmas. By jumping ahead of them the New York Film Critics may dilute that. The NBR charges $600 for members to belong, and another $600 to attend their “gala” event in January. This year, the Film Critics’ event will be held a day earlier, on January 9th, than the NBR’s.

PS The National Board of Review, I’ve written about a lot. The winners are chosen by design to get the studios to buy tables at their event. They also err on the side of two stars, Clint Eastwood and George Clooney, who are their bread and butter. Schulhof also has a notoriously close relationship with Warner Bros. This year, the betting money will be on “J. Edgar,” “Ides of March,” and “The Descendants.” There will also undoubtedly be an animation award for their other standard bearer, Steven Spielberg, for “Tin Tin.” Indeed, you can pretty much make up the list now of NBR winners. Why wait?

Studio 54, the PG Version, Returns for One Night Without Liza, Calvin, or Andy

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Studio 54, the PG Version, Returns for One Night Without Liza, Calvin, or Andy

This morning, Studio 54 will wake up with a hangover, look around the floor for its clothes, and try to remember what happened last night. Now a dowager theatre home to the Roundabout, Studio will recall celebrating like it was 1977 last night, and was younger than springtime.

Oh yes, Studio 54. Liza, Calvin, Andy, Halston, Truman Capote. Bianca Jagger on the white horse. The doormen, the barricades, the coke, and the quaaludes. In 1977, New York City was pretty much on the skids. Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager threw the most decadent party in the history of the world. It would have gone forever except for tax evasion and jail for the owners. When it came back, under Mark Fleishmann, it was cool but not the same. Nothing ever is.

So last night, Sirius XM recreated Studio for just one night in its original home, now the Roundabout Theater’s place of business. Sirius XM has a Studio 54 channel that plays disco music from the era, so they commemorated it by reviving the club–down to the big silvery moon with the coke spoon hovering over the stage. And if you build it, they will come–from former doormen Richie Notar and Marc Benecke, to pr lady Myra Scheer to Schrager (now a wildly successful hotelier) to Carmen D’Alessio, who did all the legendary events. Liza and Calvin did not attend. But Keith Richards and Patti Hansen made the scene, along with Kevin Bacon, Naomi Campbell, Cameron Diaz, Clive Davis, Nikki Haskell, Denise Rich, Susan Lucci,  Randy Jones from the Village People, Carol Alt, Donald and Melania Trump, Lance Bass and some reality TV people.

I heard Gayle King was there. Ryan Phillippe was expected as we were leaving. Scott Greenstein and Steve Leeds from Sirius got kudos for pulling it off– the stage throbbed with dancers, the deejay mixed Gloria Gaynor and Donna Summer circa 1977 with Lady Gaga and Adele. The boy waiters were shirtless, and wore electric blue hot pants. Drag queens were de rigeur. There was a slight smell of marijuana, but nothing like the old days. No smoke, and no coke. Perrier was poured in the entry way. But the party was still going on, well after 2am. The irony: Marc and Richie wouldn’t have let most of those people in, back in the day. As Faulkner put it, Memory believes before knowing remembers.

 

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