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UPDATE Drew Barrymore Rescinds Apology, Removes Tear-Stained Hostage Video from Instagram (See Here)

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UPDATE Drew Barrymore Rescinds Apology, Removes Tear-Stained Hostage Video from Instagram (See Here)

Drew Barrymore was excoriated today for her apology video concerning her show’s return during the Hollywood strikes.

Now the tear-stained ridiculous video has been removed from Instagram. Below are some clips.

Drew acted as if she was in a hostage video, not quite explaining why she had to come back. She said it was “complex.” Yet she was going ahead with the show regardless.

Next week’s episodes have been taped and will begin airing on Monday. Drew said in the video there would be no writers, but no one believes this– there will be scabs because you could not produce her show without scripts and research.

What a mess.

In the video she says:
“I believe there’s nothing I can do or say in this moment to make it OK. I wanted to own a decision, so that it wasn’t a PR-protected situation, and I would just take full responsibility for my actions. I know there is just nothing I can do that will make this OK for those that it is not OK with. I fully accept that. I fully understand that. There are so many reasons why this is so complex, and I just want everyone to know my intentions have never been in a place to upset or hurt anymore. It’s not who I am.”

“I’ve been through so many ups and downs in my life, and this is one of them. I deeply apologize to writers. I deeply apologize to unions. I deeply apologize… I don’t exactly know what to say because sometimes when things are so tough, it’s hard to make decisions from that place. So all I can say is that I wanted to accept responsibility. And no, I don’t have a PR machine behind this. My decision to go back to the show — I didn’t want to hide behind people, so I won’t.”

“I certainly couldn’t have expected this kind of attention, and we aren’t going to break rules and we will be in compliance. I wanted to do this, because as I said, this is bigger than me and there are other people’s jobs on the line. And since launching live in a pandemic, I just wanted to make a show that was there for people in sensitive times. And I weighed the scales and I thought if we could go on during a global pandemic, and everything that the world experienced through 2020, why would this sideline us?”

Pop Sizzle: Olivia Rodrigo Pulls in Impressive 300K First Week for Sophomore Album, “Guts”

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Pop Sizzle: Olivia Rodrigo Pulls in Impressive 300K First Week for Sophomore Album, “Guts”

Olivia Rodrigo is back with a second album. It’s called “Guts.” First week sales show she has plenty.

Rodrigo’s sophomore effort debuted at number 1 today with 302,000 copies. Sales were evenly divided between streaming and paid downloads/CDs.

“Guts” sold three times the number of the second place finisher, called “Layover” by a group called V. Luckily both releases are on Geffen Records from Universal Music Group.

“Guts” revived sales of Rodrigo’s previous hit album, “Sour,” which sold 27,888 copies – most of which came from streaming.

Rodrigo is just 20 years old. She’s in hot demand for the Super Bowl show next February– when she will be two weeks shy of her 21st birthday. Rodrigo and NSync together? Hmmmm…

She performed Sunday on the MTV Video Music Awards.

Gag Response: Trump Rages on Social Media Against Prosecutor’s Motion to Limit Speech, Calls Jack Smith “Deranged” Again

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Gag Response: Trump Rages on Social Media Against Prosecutor’s Motion to Limit Speech, Calls Jack Smith “Deranged” Again

It never stops.

Donald Trump has issued his response to prosecutor Jack Smith’s new motion to limit his public outbursts.

Trump says Smith is deranged — in all caps — and takes swipes at Joe Biden, too.

He doesn’t understand that this kind of post is what Smith is trying to stop. I’m with Trump, I want more of this stuff, sarcastically.

In his motion, Smith references many of the irrational and threatening posts we’ve written about here.

Smith writes in his motion:

“The Government seeks a narrow, well – defined restriction that is targeted at extrajudicial
statements that present a serious and substantial danger of materially prejudicing this case. The
Government’s proposed order specifies that such statements would include (a ) statements
regarding the identity , testimony , or credibility of prospective witnesses ; and (b) statements about any party , witness , attorney , court personnel, or potential jurors that are disparaging and
inflammatory, or intimidating.”

He concludes:

“Consistent with its obligations to guard the integrity of these proceedings and prevent
prejudice to the jury pool, while respecting the defendant’s First Amendment rights, the Court
should enter the proposed orders imposing certain narrow restrictions on the parties public
statements regarding this case and governing any jury studies the parties may undertake.”

Click here to read Smith’s motion.

Jann Wenner, Founder of Rolling Stone, Admits He Has No Respect for Black or Female Performers, Lets Subjects Edit Their Interviews

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Jann Wenner, Founder of Rolling Stone, Admits He Has No Respect for Black or Female Performers, Lets Subjects Edit Their Interviews

The real Jann Wenner speaks today in the New York Times.

He says basically he has no interest in or respect for Black or female performers. He’s publishing a book in two weeks called “The Masters,” which is just with old white men like Bruce Springsteen and Bono.

David Marchese of the Times says to Wenner: “In the introduction, you acknowledge that performers of color and women performers are just not in your zeitgeist.”

Wenner responds: “When I was referring to the zeitgeist, I was referring to Black performers, not to the female performers, OK? Just to get that accurate. The selection was not a deliberate selection. It was kind of intuitive over the years; it just fell together that way. The people had to meet a couple criteria, but it was just kind of my personal interest and love of them. Insofar as the women, just none of them were as articulate enough on this intellectual level.”

Wenner has always been a pig. As head of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame he obstructed the induction of Blacks and women for decades. It was only after he was ousted that Carly Simon and Linda Ronstadt were included. Carole King waited 25 years to get in as a performer. The late great Seymour Stein fought Wenner tooth and nail every year to get Black R&B legends into the Hall of Fame. How do I know? He told me, for years and years, in real time.

Wait, stop: Wenner didn’t think Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Joni Mitchell, or Joan Baez was smart enough to be included in his book.

Wenner, who was never a journalist, admits to Marchese that he reads interviews back to his subjects and lets them make corrections. He confesses that he did this with John Lennon 50 years ago in their famous interviews. Wenner has spent five decades shilling for his friends. That he’s admitted this now may mean he’s got mental deficits we didn’t know about.

Blech. Ignore this book.

Drew Barrymore Apologizes for Doing Show During Strikes, But It’s Too Bad, She’s Going To Anyway: “It’s Complex”

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Drew Barrymore Apologizes for Doing Show During Strikes, But It’s Too Bad, She’s Going To Anyway: “It’s Complex”

Drew Barrymore is a good little actress.

Almost in tears, the “ET” star says she’s sorry, she doesn’t want to hurt anyone, but she’s doing her talk show despite the WGA and SAG strikes.

She says it’s complex. She’s says she’s had a lot of ups and downs in her life, and this one of them.

Poor Drew. Maybe CBS Paramount TV has threatened to kill her children, I don’t know. But her staff had better start treating audiences with more respect. There have been reports of people wearing strike pins being thrown out. Not a good look.

Drew: you could pay your staff and not put on the show. If it’s about money, your producing partner is married to your friend, Jimmy Fallon. He’s paying his staff and doing gigs to support them. Get your act together!

Celebrity Divorce Court: Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness Splitting Up After 27 Years

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Celebrity Divorce Court: Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness Splitting Up After 27 Years

It’s been a busy time for Hollywood divorce lawyers.

New to the game are Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee Furness. They’ve been married 27 years. She’s 13 years his senior. I don’t think people are that surprised but still, it’s sad when any long relationship ends.

The couple — who have two kids, Oscar, 23, and Ava, 18 — told People magazine:

“We have been blessed to share almost 3 decades together as husband and wife in a wonderful, loving marriage. Our journey now is shifting and we have decided to separate to pursue our individual growth. Our family has been and always will be our highest priority. We undertake this next chapter with gratitude, love, and kindness. We greatly appreciate your understanding in respecting our privacy as our family navigates this transition in all of our lives.”

Jackman has made a fortune with his X Men and Wolverine movies, as well as “The Greatest Showman on Earth.” When the strikes are over he’ll be featured in the next Deadpool movie with Ryan Reynolds. Furness will leave with a nice chunk of change.

Trump Calls His Prosecutor Jack Smith “Deranged” and “Lunatic” on “Meet the Press” This Sunday

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Trump Calls His Prosecutor Jack Smith “Deranged” and “Lunatic” on “Meet the Press” This Sunday

NBC is really hyping Kristen Welker’s debut on “Meet the Press” this Sunday. Her guest is Donald Trump, who seems to lie to her repeatedly and she just takes it. I guess NBC doesn’t care if this is just like the CNN Town Hall with Kaitlan Collins. They just want eyes.

In this clip, Trump calls his prosecutor Jack Smith “deranged” and a “lunatic.” He also says he’ll testify in his trials. I sure hope these prosecutors are better at dealing with him than these TV reporters. They are useless. Too bad about Welker — she seemed smarter.

RIP The American Music Awards This Year, They’ve Been Sidelined for the Billboard Music Awards Maybe Forever

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RIP The American Music Awards This Year, They’ve Been Sidelined for the Billboard Music Awards Maybe Forever

If you were wondering why you haven’t heard about the American Music Awards, here’s the reason there’s been silence.

There aren’t any.

Usually the AMAs would come in November. But this year, the November 19th date has gone to the Billboard Awards.

And get this: two months out, no one knows how the BBMAs will even be shown to the public. No network deal has been announced/

I’m told the BBMAs may be a virtual show, with clips and pre-taped acceptances. It could very well be a streaming event and not on TV.

What happened to the AMAs? Dick Clark Productions, which produces them, was bought by the same company that owns Billboard magazine (and also Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline.com, Rolling Stone, and Women’s Wear Daily). So the survival of the AMAs collapsed on a branding issue. It was more important to emphasize the Billboard name.

Prior to this all happening, the BBMAs were on in the spring. It could be, I am told, they would trade positions and the AMAs would take that spot. But as it stands now, there’s no plan for them at all.

An insider points out that with the MTV VMA ratings this past Sunday — fewer than 1 million people watched across several channels — there may not be a financial place for the AMAs anyway.

Dick Clark Productions has a bigger headache right now. They still haven’t made a deal for the return of the Golden Globes. That awards show’s contract with NBC ended in controversy over membership– they had no Black members. They missed year because of it. Then NBC allowed them back for a year, and the ratings were miserable.

If NBC doesn’t take the Globes back, where could they go? Maybe Fox is the answer. ABC can’t do it because of the Oscars. CBS has the Tonys, Grammys and the Kennedy Center Honors. (They also have a bad history with the Globes pre-NBC.)

The Globes could go to Netflix or Amazon Prime, where the heat would be off. But the Globes also have the problem that they will be announced a week before a huge Hollywood weekend this January. In a space of a few days over Martin Luther King weekend, the Critics Choice, the Emmys, the AFI luncheon, and the Oscars Governor Awards will all happen. That first weekend in January for the Globes has been siloed. If the strikes are over, the stars will likely concentrate on the Big Weekend. The Globes may have trouble attracting an A list crowd in the audience.

In the meantime. RIP AMAs. They were always kind of shady deal anyway, the lesser stepsister of the Grammys.


Trump Gasses On About Electric Cars in Light of UAW Strike: “Pose Various Dangers Under Certain Atmospheric Conditions”

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Trump Gasses On About Electric Cars in Light of UAW Strike: “Pose Various Dangers Under Certain Atmospheric Conditions”

It’s a given that Donald Trump is a gas bag and a Luddite, a man who stands for the backward direction of humanity.

But his rant this morning against electric cars is simply hilarious. I don’t even think it has anything to do with Elon Musk. Trump fears progress on any level. He’d like a car fueled by Ivermectin.

And this has nothing to do with UAW workers. He could give a rat’s ass about them.

Like all his rally followers, UAW workers would never be allowed in his home for 10 seconds. He just wants to live in 1955, a simpler time when his parents were racists and treated him like crap. The good old days.

Electric cars, Trump declares, pose “certain atmospheric dangers.” He’s suddenly worried about the atmosphere? LOL. He himself is a giant pollutant.

BTW It does look like Trump wrote Electric Chairs, realized it and then crossed out part of the second word. Even better!

Renewed Contract Talks Between Studios and Writers Union Was a Surprise to WGA Leaders on Just-Finished Call (Exclusive)

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Renewed Contract Talks Between Studios and Writers Union Was a Surprise to WGA Leaders on Just-Finished Call (Exclusive)

The good news is that next week talks will resume between the Writers Guild of America and the studios aka the AMPTP. There had been an impasse and a lot of scuttlebutt about TV showrunners trying to take over negotiations. (It wasn’t true, they were just frustrated.)

The announcement of the meeting between both sides came in the late afternoon. But I can tell you exclusively that the news was shock to 50 or so “Captains” of the WGA strike. They had been on 90 minute Zoom call just prior to the announcement and no one in the upper echelons even mentioned that talks were back on.

“They read about it on Deadline.com,” says an insider of the trade online site that broke the news.

“All through the call the captains were asking what they could tell their teams to boost them up about the strike. Was there an end in sight? And all they were told was, stay the course, you’re doing the right thing.”

It’s hoped that next week’s meeting will actually contain talks, or be the prelude to immediate talks after so much time has passed. The TV networks can’t afford to let the strikes go on much longer without jeopardizing the 2023-24 season entirely. That would mean game shows and sports specials and no episodic TV at all unless everyone returns to work in the next month, says a source.

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