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“Stranger Things” Netflix Finale Episode Will Be Shown in Theaters Around the Country All Night on New Year’s Eve

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“Stranger Things” Netflix Finale Episode Will Be Shown in Theaters Around the Country All Night on New Year’s Eve

Netflix has a New Year’s gift for “Stranger Things” fans.

They’re putting the final episode and series finale into theaters. The episode will go simultaneous to the unveiling on Netflix.

Netflix releases the first four episodes of “Stranger Things,” episode 5 on November 26th, followed by three episodes on Christmas Day. The final episode comes on New Year’s Eve.

This is the culmination of five episodes of monster chasing for the people of Hawkins, Indiana. You’ve got bet that the final episode will be off the wall.

“Stranger Things” features existing stars like Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers) and David Harbour (Jim Hopper), plus a slew of young people who are now known arond the world: Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), and Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley).

It’s hard to believe Matthew Modine won’t make an appearance as Dr. Brenner, but I have no information on that.

Trump Donors to $300 Mil Ballroom Include His Sugar Cane Buddy and Other Onerous Billionaire Donors, Republicans

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Trump Donors to $300 Mil Ballroom Include His Sugar Cane Buddy and Other Onerous Billionaire Donors, Republicans

Donald Trump has demolished part of the historic White House, just like he did back in 1979 when he violated an agreement to save architecturally important parts of the old Bonwit Teller store in New York.

Trump is building his $300 million ballroom which he will no doubt name for himself. According to his plans, the ballroom will be full of gold ornaments, like cavity fillings. And like those fillings, they can be removed by future presidents and donated to charity.

The names of the donors, released today, are all the villains in the Trump saga. Billionaire donors, etc. including the Adelsons, Harold Hamm, Apple, Meta — in other words all his cronies and people he’s shaken down. All the usual suspects. A rogues gallery of hideous people.

One of them is Pepe Fanjul, the sugar cane magnate who donates millions to the Republicans. Fanjul is supplying the sugar cane syrup now going into Coca Cola, among other products, thanks to Trump. The new ballroom will be filled with sugar cane!

Thomas Middleditch Gets a Movie Role Right Up His Alley Six Years After Announcing He Was a “Swinger” and Pretty Much Losing His Career

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Thomas Middleditch Gets a Movie Role Right Up His Alley Six Years After Announcing He Was a “Swinger” and Pretty Much Losing His Career

Remember the HBO series “Silicon Valley”?

Thomas Middleditch was one of the stars and looked like he’d cross over to bigger things.

But then he gave an interview to Playboy in 2019 announcing he and his wife were “swinging.”

In the interview, Middleditch said: “To be honest, swinging has saved our marriage. We have different speeds, and we argue over it constantly, but it’s better than feeling unheard and alone and that you have to scurry in the shadows. By the way, it’s now called being “part of the lifestyle.” The term swinging is old.”

He was almost immediately written out of a CBS series called “Plan B” and never heard from again. His wife divorced him and got $2.65 million in a settlement.

Since then, Middleditch has occasional one-offs on prime time, and even appeared in a short lived Broadway play.

Now Middleditch is swinging back into action, kind of, in a low rent sex comedy from success-challenged Vertical Pictures. It’s called “Messy,” and it’s about “a promiscuous love addict who moves to New York City following a tough breakup and sets out on a string of dates in the hopes of finding the right match.”

Sounds about right.

The star and director is Alexi Wasser, whose father the late Julian Wasser, was a famous Hollywood photographer of rock stars and artists. His legendary shot of writer Eve Babitz, naked, playing chess with artist Marcel Duchamp, is one for the records. Julian Wasser was also the photographer who shot pictures of Robert F. Kennedy moments before he was assassinated.

“Messy” also stars Jack Kilmer, Ruby McCollister, Adam Goldberg, Mario Cantone, Ione Skye and Merlot (not Chablis). It will start playing on video on demand and streaming services on Halloween.

PS Playboy has since deleted the full interview, but if you search around you can probably read the rest of.

Michael B. Jordan Heading to New “Miami Vice” Movie as Tubbs (Report), Glen Powell Is Wanted to Play Crockett

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Michael B. Jordan Heading to New “Miami Vice” Movie as Tubbs (Report), Glen Powell Is Wanted to Play Crockett

“Miami Vice” is back.

The old TV series starred Don Johnson as Sonny Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo Tubbs.

The show was created by Michael Mann, who then went on to make a movie version with Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. It was not a hit.

But you know, “Miami Vice” is a known brand, so why not try again? There are reports today that Michael B. Jordan is signing on as Tubbs for the movie directed by Joseph Kosinski (“Top Gun Maverick”).

So who will play Crockett? I’m hearing that Glen Powell — who’s gone from zero to 100 in the last 18 months — is who everyone wants. It makes sense since Powell lit up “Maverick” and is subsequently everything everywhere all once.

“Miami Vice” is set for release on August 6, 2027 and will still be set in 1980s Miami with all the drugs, pastels, and flamingos.

Jordan and Powell? Box office gold. That would be an event movie.

Dan Gilroy is co-writing the screenplay. How about the music? Look for new versions of “In the Air Tonight” and “You Belong to the City” for starters.

Taylor Swift is the Surest Best in History for Induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame: Among Today’s Nominees

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Taylor Swift is the Surest Best in History for Induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame: Among Today’s Nominees

If you could bet somehow on inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame next year, you’d make a fortune on one name.

Taylor Swift is on the long list. But sure as the sky is blue, Swift will be the main deal at that awards ceremony. I’d bet the house on it. This is her first qualifying year but hey– she’s holding up the entire music business on her shoulders.

Two nominees in the non-performer category also look good. Patrick Leonard, who wrote Madonna’s hits, and Walter Afanasieff, who wrote Mariah Carey’s, should be inducted. They deserve it far more than those celebrities, who’ve already been inducted for no reason other than being stars.

Others who deserve the nod: Harry Wayne Casey aka KC of the Sunshine Band; David Byrne; and Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of The Guess Who.

How will it all be determined? By a membership vote followed by a nominating committee meeting of song publishers all jockeying for attention.

The ceremony takes place next June. Tickets should sell out now because of Swift. A bunch of stars will be asked to sing her songs. Wild wild wild.

Songwriters Hall of Fame 2026 nominees

Non-Performing Songwriters
Walter Afanasieff – All I Want For Christmas Is You * My All * Hero * Love Will Survive * One Sweet Day

Pete Bellotte – Hot Stuff * I Feel Love * Love To Love You Baby * Heaven Knows * Push It To The Limit

Andreas Carlsson – I Want It That Way * Bye Bye Bye * It’s Gonna Be Me * That’s The Way It Is * Waking Up In Vegas

Steve Kipner – Physical * Hard Habit To Break * Genie In A Bottle * These Words * Breakeven

Jeffrey Le Vasseur p/k/a Jeffrey Steele – What Hurts The Most * My Wish * Knee Deep * The Cowboy In Me * I’d Give Anything/She’d Give Anything

Patrick Leonard – Like A Prayer * Live To Tell * Nevermind * You Want It Darker * Yet Another Movie

Terry Britten and Graham Lyle – What’s Love Got To Do With It * We Don’t Need Another Hero * Typical Male * Devil Woman * I Should Have Known Better

Bob McDill – Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold * Good Ole Boys Like Me * Gone Country * Don’t Close Your Eyes * Song Of The South

Kenny Nolan – Lady Marmalade * My Eyes Adored You * I Like Dreamin’ * Masterpiece * Get Dancin’

Martin Page – We Built This City * These Dreams * King Of Wishful Thinking * Faithful * Fallen Angel

Vini Poncia – Do I Love You * I Was Made For Lovin You * Oh My My * You Make Me Feel Like Dancing * Just Too Many People

Tom Snow – He’s So Shy * Let’s Hear it for the Boy * Dreaming of You * Don’t Know Much * After All

Christopher “Tricky” Stewart – Umbrella * Single Ladies * Obsessed * Just Fine * Break My Soul

Larry Weiss – Rhinestone Cowboy * Bend Me Shape Me * Hi Ho Silver Lining * Your Baby Doesn’t Love You Anymore * Darling Take Me Back

Performing Songwriters
Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America – A Horse with No Name * Ventura Highway * Sister Golden Hair * I Need You* Tin Man

David Byrne – Once In A Lifetime * Psycho Killer * Burning Down The House * Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place) * Strange Overtones

Richard Carpenter – Goodbye To Love * Top Of The World * Yesterday Once More * Only Yesterday * Merry Christmas Darling

Harry Wayne Casey – Rock Your Baby * Get Down Tonight * That’s The Way (I Like It) * (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty * Please Don’t Go

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of The Guess Who – These Eyes * Laughing * No Time * American Woman * No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS – Rock and Roll All Nite * I Love It Loud * Calling Dr. Love * Shout It Out Loud * Christine 16

Kenny Loggins – Danny’s Song * Footloose * Celebrate Me Home * Return to Pooh Corner * What A Fool Believes

Sarah McLachlan – Angel * Sweet Surrender * I Will Remember You * Building A Mystery * Adia

Alecia B. Moore p/k/a P!nk – Glitter in the Air * Just Like A Pill * Raise Your Glass * So What * What About Us

Boz Scaggs – Lido Shuffle * Lowdown * We’re All Alone * Thanks To You * Look What You’ve Done To Me

James Todd Smith p/k/a LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out * I Need Love * Around The Way Girl * Going Back To Cali * Illegal Search

Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) * Blank Space * Anti-Hero * Love Story * The Last Great American Dynasty

Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane M. Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s – We Got The Beat * Our Lips Are Sealed * Vacation * Head Over Heels * This Town

Exclusive: John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival Biopic Could Be Next if “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” is a Hit

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Exclusive: John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival Biopic Could Be Next if “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” is a Hit

Tonight comes the first public showings of “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” in movie theaters.

There’s been a ton of publicity for Scott Cooper’s film starring Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong.

Now, will Springsteen fans turn out for it? So far ticket sales are slow, but that could change quickly when word of mouth spreads. “Deliver Me” is a great movie that deserves a wide audience.

A lot is riding on “Deliver Me” to perform well. I’m told by sources that is already building about a potential John Fogerty- Creedence Clearwater Revival movie. It’s unclear if Cooper would direct it, but he should.

A Fogerty movie makes a lot of sense. CCR is still selling huge numbers of records. Sales of albums so far this year (including streaming) are up around 750,000. “Chronicles,” the greatest hits package, is often in the top 20 on iTunes.

It’s amazing because CCR stopped recording in the mid 1970s after a string of hits including “Proud Mary” and “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?”.

But CCR was signed to Fantasy Records, which was bought by movie producer Saul Zaentz. He in turn paid Fogerty pennies for the songs and wouldn’t give him back the masters. Fogerty went into a long legal wrangle and artistic hibernation, only to re-emerge a decade later with solo hits like “Centerfield,” and “The Old Man Down the Road.”

The resurgence of Fogerty and CCR is a classic success story for a movie which would end on a high note. Fogerty — who eventually got his rights back — currently has an album out of CCR songs he re-recorded with his sons.

What would they call the movie? “Who’ll Stop the Rain” maybe. “Big Wheel Keep on Turnin’.” There are plenty of choices.

With movies about Queen, Elton John, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, and four Beatles movies in production, a CCR film seems likely. So cross your fingers “Deliver Me from Nowhere” does well. Cooper, who directed Jeff Bridges to an Oscar for “Crazy Hearts,” would be perfect for this one, too.

NY Gov Kathy Hochul Takes the Night Off for an Off Broadway Play Opening, Admits to Having a Soft Spot for Shake Shack (Exclusive)

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NY Gov Kathy Hochul Takes the Night Off for an Off Broadway Play Opening, Admits to Having a Soft Spot for Shake Shack (Exclusive)

As you may have heard, it’s crazy in New York right now.

Our three remaining mayoral candidates participated in another televised debate tonight, and got nowhere. Manhattanites and older people who’ve seen a lot in our time want Andrew Cuomo, if no other reason than not to have Zohar Mamdani bankrupt the city with a free-for-fall.

This did not seem to bother New York Governor Kathy Hochul tonight. Surprise! I ran into her at the opening of an off Broadway play. “The Art of Leaving” had its premiere tonight at the Signature Theater after a previous run off-off Broadway. The comedy stars a group of gifted New York actors including Audrey Heffernan Meyer, wife of restaurateur Danny Meyer.

Audrey has a long list of acting credits, but her husband’s main credit is creating the mouth watering Shake Shack eateries. Turns out, Governor Hochul — looking elegant in a black cocktail dress — is a regular customer. So I had to ask her:

“Do you eat at Shake Shack in Albany?”

She laughed. On the record or off the record? I said, On. “I don’t think it’s opened there yet. But two days ago I had it here,” meaning Manhattan. “It’s pretty good!”

Governor Hochul liked the play so much she even went to the after party at The View restaurant above the Marriott Marquis hotel. This is the place that revolves or rotates while you’re eating. You can see the whole city and get dizzy at the same time.

Known as a tourist trap for eons, The View is now run by Danny Meyer’s restaurant group. Needless to say, the cuisine is exceptional. Everyone — even the cast of “The Art of Leaving” — ate too much.

The comedy — written by Ann Marilyn Lucas and directed by Matt Gehring — is sort of rebooted Neil Simon, about a New York husband of 25 years who announces to his wife that he wants a divorce. Not because he’s cheating, but because a phony self-help doctor (later revealed to have a degree in astronomy) has convinced him to break free of his marriage.

All this is done in a well appointed uptown apartment that his elegant and wise wife (Audrey Heffernan Meyer) inherited from her family. But the husband — played as a bit of a boor by the very good Jordan Lage — has summoned his parents and the couple’s son and his fiancee to be present to soften the blow. Pam Shaw is outstandingly funny as the Long Island mother, and Alan Ceppos is the smarter than you think father. The play also stars Brian Mason and Molly Chiffer.

Governor Hochul wasn’t the only celebrity in the audience. I also ran into Christine Baranski, and production designer/artist David Rockwell, among others. I also bumped into Cynthia Nixon in the lobby of the theater. Another guest was legendary composer/director/producer Richard Maltby Jr. (“Ain’t Misbehavin,” “Saigon,” and so on.) All this for a little off Broadway comedy!

As for the city: Governor Hochul seemed relieved to have a couple of hours away. She looked particularly pleased about the news that possible mayor Mamdani agreeing to keep Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on his staff if elected. Call it The Art of Not Leaving.

“The Art of Leaving” is on at the Signature until December 14th.

“Saturday Night Live” Falls Below 4 Million Viewers with Sabrina Carpenter– But It’s Not Her Fault

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“Saturday Night Live” Falls Below 4 Million Viewers with Sabrina Carpenter– But It’s Not Her Fault

“SNL” is having ratings issues.

This past weekend numbers fell just under 4 million viewers.

The host and musical guest was Sabrina Carpenter. But don’t blame her for the poor showing.

The show was simply not good, not funny, the cold open was dreadful, avoiding politics. The audience expects Donald Trump aka James Austin Johnson..but he didn’t turn up well into the broadcast.

The new writers are also not writing for the long term cast. They’re concentrating on the newbies, who are very uncertain. The audience is looking for familiar faces.

The ratings also weren’t helped by a delayed start thanks to a football game.

The next new show is in two weeks. Bowen Yang, missing this week, will be back. Miles Teller is the host.

Brandi Carlile Defeats Taylor Swift, Places 3 New Songs at the Top of iTunes Surpassing “Ophelia”

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Brandi Carlile Defeats Taylor Swift, Places 3 New Songs at the Top of iTunes Surpassing “Ophelia”

Brandi Carlile has hit the brass ring.

The country pop star released two new singles today from new album and they’ve already topped Taylor Swift.

Carlile has posted three songs — “Church & State,”  “A War with Time,” and “Returning to Myself” to the top of iTunes.

They’ve knocked Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” to number 4.

Carlile’s first album in four years, “Returning to Myself,” drops Thursday night. She and Elton John are anticipating some Grammy nominations soon for their album, “Who Believes in Angels?”

“Ophelia” comes from Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” album, which has sold 4.4 million copies. But Swift hasn’t allowed any singles for downloading on iTunes — yet — so there’s no sign of a follow up to “Ophelia.” Yet. “Ophelia” remains the top streaming single on Spotify.

Miley Cyrus Sings the Theme Song from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” Produced by and Written with Superstars

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Miley Cyrus Sings the Theme Song from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” Produced by and Written with Superstars

Miley Cyrus is throwing her hat in the Oscar ring.

She’s got the main song from James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” coming. It’s written and produced by her with a couple of superstars — Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, and Simon Franglen.

The song, “Dream as One,” will play over the end credits of “Fire and Ash,” and be featured on the soundtrack.

We can’t hear it yet, but I guess that’s coming on November 14th. I’m surprised for “Avatar” they don’t sing “Blue Moon” or “Am I Blue?” or even “Love is Blue.”

Ronson and Wyatt are pop music superstars who produced “I’m Not Ken” for the “Barbie” album. Franglen wrote the score for this movie, and won the “Record of the Year” Grammy in 1997 for co-producing “My Heart Will Go On” from “Titanic.”

The Academy Award for Song of the Year wasn’t included in last year’s Oscars ceremony insofar as performance. The writers of the songs were upset, but the show moved faster. It’s unclear if the performances are coming back this time.

Here’s a little exclusive tea: Miley recorded a song for a big hit movie a few years ago but it didn’t make the final cut. The star of the film wanted someone else, and another song. Of course, in the end, Miley had a monster hit with another song, “Flowers.” So it all worked out.

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