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UPDATED: Taylor Swift “Toy Story 5” Song Could Be Called “Throwback,” Mysterious Billboards Will Be Replaced This Week

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UPDATED: Taylor Swift “Toy Story 5” Song Could Be Called “Throwback,” Mysterious Billboards Will Be Replaced This Week

UPDATE: Randy Newman did write the score.

However, at least one Taylor Swift song is called “Throwback.” I’m told the song has something to do with Joan Cusack’s character, Jessie.

Also, sources tell me those mysterious billboards that popped around the country will be taken this week and replaced by new ones.

The great and amazing Randy Newman has composed the soundtracks for the first four “Toy Story” movies.

He won a Grammy Award for his song, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.”

Newman, 82, is still listed as composer for “Toy Story 5” on his imdb page.

But it’s possible some of the music — more than one song — is by Taylor Swift.

It’s also possible she voices a character in the film. Or both!

Swiftian sleuths have been noting clues all weekend, dropped like breadcrumbs by the “Lover” singer in strange places.

Responses to the clues have gone so viral that one Twitter account wrote:
“when i became a taylor swift fan nearly 2 decades ago i didn’t know i was entering a life long relationship with the zodiac killer”

Let’s hope things end a lot better!

Some clues: There are enigmatic billboards placed around the country.

There was a change to her “1989” album cover on iTunes that only Swifties would notice.

Fans are tracking Disney and Pixar sites, Swift’s TikTok, and other social media to see what happens next.


Obviously, a lot of effort has gone into this campaign. As many have pointed out, it’s far too much than just for one song on a soundtrack.

Also, this is the longest in a calendar year without a Swift release. Yes, she’s planning a wedding, but something bigger may be afoot.

Stay tuned…this could go on for a week until the movie’s premiere on June 9th…

Sydney Sweeney Bikes Into Times Square Undercover with Scooter Braun to See Her Billboard, Eat Burgers, Reaches Euphoria at 11 PM (Watch Video)

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Sydney Sweeney Bikes Into Times Square Undercover with Scooter Braun to See Her Billboard, Eat Burgers, Reaches Euphoria at 11 PM (Watch Video)

Scooter Braun, 44, says he didn’t really know Taylor Swift when he bought her master recordings out from underneath her — in a new interview.

But he was a sport when girlfriend Sydney Sweeney, 28, said she’d never been to Times Square. They jumped on bikes and went there — maybe last night — at 11pm. Sweeney was undercover in a hoodie and sunglasses.

Their video is full of Euphoria.

It looks like they went Five Guys on 42nd St and had burgers. Scooter fat shames a guy on the sidewalk waiting for a bus. “That’s my guy,” he jokes — it’s not his bodyguard.

Then they go look at Sydney’s American Eagle billboard and she dances around joyously. Just two crazy kids!

Trump Calls Performers Who Turned Down Freedom 250 State Fair “Overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring”

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Trump Calls Performers Who Turned Down Freedom 250 State Fair “Overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring”

Donald Trump is in a manic mode tonight on TruthSocial.

He’s spewing craziness on his social media site. Simultaneously he’s being “interviewed” by daughter-in-law Lara Trump on state news, Fox News.

On social Trump is railing against the musicians who’ve turned down or pulled out of Freedom 250’s Great American Sidewalk Sale — including Morris Day, Young MC, Martina McBride, and The Commodores.

Trump says they’re “Overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and and yet who do nothing but complain.”

He doesn’t care that they were fooled into signing on in the first place, not realizing this would be a MAGA event.

He’s calling now for his own event to be canceled.

He mentioned that he’s canceled his involvement with the Kennedy Center now that a federal judge has blocked him from adding his name or shutting it down. He surrendered. Trump calls for the impeachment of Judge Cooper and other judges, and takes a pot shot at the Judge’s wife.

Trump is an expert at impeachment, as he has been impeached two times already and knows a third time is coming.

This very demented man, however, spent time complimenting the looks of a New York Giants player, Jaxson Dart, with the brain of a flea for supporting him.

What’s a Milli Vanilli Show Like in 2026? Donald Trump Should See this Video of Fab Morvan Performing a Sad Low End Nightclub Show Last Year

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What’s a Milli Vanilli Show Like in 2026? Donald Trump Should See this Video of Fab Morvan Performing a Sad Low End Nightclub Show Last Year

No kidding, there’s a dispute over who is really Milli Vanilli.

After the disgraced act was announced as part of Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 event, two women turned up saying they were the group and they weren’t coming.

Then Fab Morvan, the living member of the lip synching duo, said he would indeed come to Trump’s event because — let’s face it– he has nothing else to do.

So here’s a video from last year of Fab sort of singing he hits he didn’t sing and lied about in 1988. I hope Trump can get Fab to perform with him at the opening ceremony. He’ll deserve it.

Exclusive: Clive Davis, 94, In Hospital with Respiratory Infection — But You Would Be, Too, After Hosting 100 People for Memorial Day

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Exclusive: Clive Davis, 94, In Hospital with Respiratory Infection — But You Would Be, Too, After Hosting 100 People for Memorial Day

Music mogul and legend Clive Davis went to the hospital Friday night with an abundance of caution.

I’m told he picked up an upper respiratory infection, and it’s being treated with antibiotics.

He did look exhausted last Saturday when I saw him at his home in Upper Westchester, New York.

Clive hosted 100 people for the whole Memorial Day weekend, as usual. There were events Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

On Saturday night, 100 guests had dinner in his living room. A sit down dinner, followed by a screening of rare performances from the 1989 Arista Records 15th anniversary TV special. Whitney Houston was in her prime. Barry Manilow looked like a kid.

Guests included famed Motown singer songwriter Valerie Simpson — who brought a protege singer from her Upper West Side Sugar Bar and sang her hit, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” plus legendary actress Brenda Vaccaro, Republic Records chief Monte Lipman, Broadway producers Fran and Barry Weissler, the great Instagram star Nikki Haskell, lifestyle star Sandra Lee, philanthropists Francine LeFrak and husband Rick Friedberg.

Clive’s partner, Greg Schriefer, introduced hot new performer Luke K., and played his remix remake of the Bee Gees’s “How Deep Is Your Love.” Barry Gibb himself signed off on permission for this new version.

Clive was in the middle of the action all night, as he was all weekend as the indefatigable host. So, of course, he needs a rest this weekend. Who wouldn’t?

Speedy recovery!

Trump in Strange, Rambling Post Says He’s “the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar”

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Trump in Strange, Rambling Post Says He’s “the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar”

Donald Trump is hallucinating that he’s bigger than Elvis.

This post today on Truth Social is one of the loonier ones he’s come up with.

He says he’s staging a rally in Washington on Wednesday. That should be a circus.

Also, his medical report came out over night, and it’s total fiction.

And he’s still in the Epstein files.

“I understand Artists are getting “the yips” having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate “Artists,” and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President! Two years ago, the United States was DEAD. Now we have the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World. I don’t want so-called “Artists” that get paid far too much money, who aren’t happy. I only want to be surrounded by Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, and People that know how to WIN. So, by copy of this TRUTH, I am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on Wednesday, Washington, D.C., same time, same location. Only Great Patriots invited — It will be a Wild and Beautiful Celebration of America! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

UPDATE: “Star Wars Mandalorian” Trounced Friday Night by Upstarts “Backrooms,” “Obsession” Indie Low Budget Horror Films

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UPDATE: “Star Wars Mandalorian” Trounced Friday Night by Upstarts “Backrooms,” “Obsession” Indie Low Budget Horror Films

As predicted, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” was trounced last night.

The big studio franchise film was done in by two low budget indie horror films.

“Backrooms,” from A24, took in a total of $38 million from Thursday previews and Friday opening.

“Obsesson” continued its path of winning with $8.1 million.

Far behind was “M&G” with $6.5 million.

“Obsession” was made for $1 million and now has $86 mil in the US alone.

“Backrooms” budget was $10 million.

“M&G” is now the lowest earning “Star Wars” related movie of all time. I liked it, but I’d never seen the TV show. Fans of the show, though, thought it looked like just the TV show writ large.

Too bad, because it’s totally worth seeing on a big screen.

Two other new releases are doing well. “Pressure” and “The Breadwinner” each have promise and are worth checking out.

“Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu” Will Likely Finish 3rd This Weekend Behind Two Indie Horror Movies Made by Young Social Media Grads

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“Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu” Will Likely Finish 3rd This Weekend Behind Two Indie Horror Movies Made by Young Social Media Grads

The weekend box office is going to be very weird.

Already we can see that “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” is in trouble.

Yesterday M&G finished third to two horror movies made by young social media graduates.

This could be how the weekend pans out, too.

The movies are “Backrooms,” directed by Kane Parsons aka Kane Pixels. It made $10 million on Thursday night, swamping “M&G.”

The other movie is “Obsession,” at number 2, already with $78 million banked after two weeks. The director is Curry Barker, 26, who got his start on YouTube.

Parsons at 20 is the youngest director ever of a feature film. He also cut his teeth on YouTube and social media.

According to an AI summary, Parsons created the original “Backrooms” viral found-footage horror videos on YouTube using Blender and DIY VFX before being signed to direct the official movie. He also has real actors including stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and Mark Duplass.

The biggest name in “Obsession” is Conan O’Brien’s sidekick, Andy Richter. That movie was made for just $1 million.

The “Backrooms” budget was $10 million, and produced with A24.

And then there’s “M&G.” It cost between $150 and $200 million. It’s the lowest grossing “Star Wars” movie ever. But it should be pointed out that it has no connection to the main “Star Wars” movies other than Jabba the Hutt’s family. It’s a brand license. Even though it follows a TV series, it’s original IP, really.

But Parsons and Barker are “disruptors.” When the box office is counted on Sunday, they will have disrupted Disney in a profound way.

Taylor Swift Teasing “Toy Story” 5 Song in Her Usual, Cryptic Way — She Likes to Make a Treasure Hunt Out of Every Announcement

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Taylor Swift Teasing “Toy Story” 5 Song in Her Usual, Cryptic Way — She Likes to Make a Treasure Hunt Out of Every Announcement

Last weekend, a source told me there was no way Taylor Swift had a song on the “Toy Story 5” soundtrack. It would be her first release of 2026.

I reported it, and I’m sorry. They were wrong. I used bad info.

Indeed, today Taylor — who loves playing games with her fans for fun — started teasing her participation in the movie.

I’m told she has at least one song.

Swift started putting up billboards in odd locations, showing her initials “TS” over a blue sky filled with thirteen clouds. ’13’ is her favorite number, and the fans know it.

She’s been dropping more clues all day, including changing the cover of one of her albums as it turns up streaming on iTunes. The 1989 album used to have seagulls flying against a blue sky. Now it’s those clouds.

The fans are great at playing Sherlock Holmes. Good for them! At least someone’s having fun.

All of this is a nice prelude to Taylor’s wedding to Travis Kelce, which is either on July 3rd or earlier, on June 13th either in New York or Rhode Island or Mars!

Meantime, I’m gobsmacked about Scooter Braun’s interview with sketchy Free Press and the sister of CBS News executioner Bari Weiss. He tells her he never met Taylor and wishes her well, his answer to the chaos he caused buying and then flipping her catalog of reords at Big Machine.

It doesn’t matter whether he knew her or not. He knew he was victimizing her and he was stupid. She re-recorded all the albums, making the value of his flip meaningless. It was an unnecessary move for Braun, who’s made hundreds of millions selling his company to Korean KPop company Hybe. One thing Weiss’s sister got right: he’s Public Enemy Number 1 among Swifties.

Paul McCartney New Album Number 1 on Amazon, 2 on iTunes: Sweet Revenge Outselling Michael Jackson 40 Years After He Lost His Songs

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Paul McCartney New Album Number 1 on Amazon, 2 on iTunes: Sweet Revenge Outselling Michael Jackson 40 Years After He Lost His Songs

Paul McCartney has gotten some sweet revenge today.

His new album, “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” is number 1 on amazon.com and number 2 on iTunes.

The raved about new album is outselling Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and greatest hits. That’s not easy considering they’re attached to the “Michael” movie, on its way to a billion dollar take around the world.

Why revenge? In the early 80s, Michael skunked McCartney and bought the Beatles song catalog out from underneath him. The enmity continued until Michael died and McCartney eventually got his rights back.

But the tug of war went on for decades.

When they were recording for “Thriller” in 1982, McCartney told Jackson about his the catalog of songs he wrote with John Lennon being up for sale. McCartney said he and Yoko Ono were not going to bid on it. Jackson cannily called his lawyer, John Branca, and told him about. They swept in and bought the catalog.

The rest was misery. Jackson spent the next two days leveraging his insane spending against the value of the catalog.

McCartney never got over it.

The Beatle has done an amazing press tour the last two weeks promoting his new album, “The Boys of Dungeon Lane.” The reviews are stellar, and the result is big sales right away. (Kudos to his PR people.)

So far, no singles have popped up on iTunes. McCartney was never good with singles. In the Wings days, he released one per album, leaving a lot of chart action on the table.

For “Dungeon Lane,” good impact tracks would be “Lost Horizon,” not to mention the Ringo Starr duet, “Home to Us,” and even “Life Can Be Hard.”

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