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Elvis Has Left the Festival: Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber Among Celebs Who Escaped from Muddy, Flooded Burning Man Debacle (Exclusive)

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Elvis has left the building — literally.

Sources tell me that “Elvis” star Austin Butler and his girlfriend, Kaia Gerber — daughter of Cindy Crawford — were among the celebs who walked out of the catastrophe at the Burning Man Festival.

Already known is that Chris Rock and record producer Diplo escaped by jumping into a stranger’s truck.

Burning Man was hit by torrential rains that caused flooding and mud that made the original Woodstock look like a spa day. The festival was cancelled but no one could leave because the roads were blocked. A mass exodus is taking place now by foot and auto.

As for Butler, it’s unknown if he was forced to do his Elvis impression for whoever rescued him and Gerber. He probably did say, “Thank you, ma’am.” Gerber, om the other hand, may have had to promise a case of Casamigas Tequila to anyone who helped. Her dad, Rande Gerber, and George Clooney, own the brand!

PS If there had been no SAG or WGA strike, Butler would have been in Telluride where his new movie, “Bikeriders,” premiered this weekend.

CNBC Squawk Box Anchor Joe Kernen Says He Connected Taylor Swift to AMC Theaters for Concert Movie Run

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CNBC’s Joe Kernen anchors Squawk Box on CNBC every morning and seems like a nice guy.

But he said this morning on his show that he connected Taylor Swift’s father, Scott Swift, with AMC Movie Theaters which resulted in the deal that brought AMC Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie.

Kernen tells Puck’s Matt Belloni that he first tried to introduce Scott Swift to Universal Pictures. whose parent company owns CNBC, but that didn’t work out. Kernen says he’s known both Scott Swift and AMC’s Adam Aron for ten years each.

For AMC, the result is their stock — which fell off a cliff this summer — stabilized and rose in price. The Eras Tour movie is looking at a $100 million opening weekend on October 13th. Kernen says he’s not getting a commission or kickback, but he did make AMC stockholders — the people he speaks to on TV every day — richer.

Elon Musk Says He Has “no choice but to file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League” to Bring Back Advertisers

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All day long — well all the time — Twitter accounts have been begging Elon Musk to take antisemitic accounts from the platform.

He doesn’t do it.

Musk says he won’t tolerate antisemitism but TwitterX whatever is filled with them. Musk claims the Anti-Defamation League is causing advertisers to not spent money on the platform. therefore putting him in financial peril.

He suggests that his new solution is not to remove the offending accounts but to sue the ADL for defamation. He’s blaming the Jews for boycotting ad spends on Twitter X — openly now.

To make a case against the ADL. Musk is retweeting or reposting articles critical of the group from Jewish publications like Tablet.com. He’s also basically calling Mark Zuckerberg a coward for “caving” into Stop Hate groups– using an article from Politico. Musk posted: “The Facebook caved to far left pressure groups and now allows them to silently dictate policy in exchange for ad money”

I don’t think this will convince anyone that such a lawsuit would be a wise idea.
On the other hand, how will this affect Tesla stock? Does he care? And what about more defections from TwitterX? So many people of importance have left. Musk seems not to notice.

RIP Gary Wright, Singer of Hits “Dream Weaver,” “Love is Alive” Played on All of George Harrison’s Albums, Ringo’s First 2 Hits

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Gary Wright has died at age 80. He’d been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s Disease several years ago.

Wright was a member of the band Spooky Tooth until he went solo in the early 70s. He had two massive hits, “Dream Weaver,” and “Love is Alive,” in 1975, which are still heard all the time on oldies radio.

Gary Wright also had a Beatles connection. A gifted keyboardist, he played on George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” album and on all of George’s solo albums He also worked, through George, on Ringo Starr’s first two hits, “Back Off Boogaloo” and “It Don’t Come Easy.” He toured with Ringo and His All Starr Band many times.

Wright, who lived in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and was American — despite all his UK music connections. He was a big supporter of Barack Obama, and let Obama’s campaign use “Dream Weaver” as a campaign song.

A real talent, Wright is already getting Twitter tributes from lots of stars. One from singer songwriter Stephen Bishop is below. Condolences to his family but his music lives on!

Trump Has to Go Back 16 Years to Find an Act of Generosity He Can Boast About on Social Media

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This is pretty funny.

Donald Trump has to go back 16 years — to 2007 — find an act of generosity on his part that he can boast about on social media.

Today Trump reminds us that he gave a $10,000 check to a New York hero in 2007. That’s the last time he may have done anything nice for anyone.
Since then he’s maligned Mexicans, people from “shithole” states, disabled journalists, all immigrants, he’s thrown paper towels at Puerto Ricans after a hurricane. and so on. —

Venice: Raves for Woody Allen’s New Film, “Coup de Chance” from Variety, Wrap, UK Papers — And Standing Ovations

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The reviews are coming for Woody Allen’s “Coup de Chance” and they are raves. Mostly.

Variety, The Wrap, UK papers like The Guardian and The Telegraph are all — very rightly so — calling it Woody’s best movie in years. They’re right, too. It’s a tight 90 minute murder mystery with a surprise ending that will blow you away. There are also phenomenal performances.

As Woody and wife Soon Yi arrived in the theater, the place erupted in a standing ovation.

The only thumbs down are coming from female critics who aren’t even reviewing the movie.

Glenn Kenny of the New York Times already Tweeted his rave for “Coup de Chance.” He wrote: “Coup de Chance” is NOT “Match Point” redux. It’s framed in a substantially different way. And it’s universes better. Those are TWO points of dissimilarity.

“Coup de Chance” already has international distributors and a French release date.N Now an American distributor with cojones is going to have take this on and buck the tide of misplaced anger toward Woody Allen over something that never happened but has grown into a game of telephone. The people repeating it on social media are as dumb as the Trump supporters.

Jimmy Fallon Will Interview Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood Wednesday Morning on Stones YouTube Channel

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This is pretty cool.

To launch their new album, the Rolling Stones will be interviewed live on YouTube this Wednesday by Jimmy Fallon.

The celebration begins at 9:30am Eastern. Jimmy will talk to Mick, Keith, and Ronnie about the album, called “Hackney Diamonds,” and the single, titled “Angry.”

I love this video teaser: Jimmy has a Rolling Stones ‘batphone’ in his house! I wish I did!

PS Jimmy is also doing his daily podcast with Colbert, Meyers, Kimmel, and Oliver on Sirius XM.

Below the video, I’ve got the track list for “Hackney Diamonds”

“Angry” (with producer Andrew Watt)
“Bite My Head Off”
“Depending On You” (with producer Andrew Watt)
“Dreamy Skies”
“Driving Me Too Hard”
“Get Close” (with producer Andrew Watt)
“Live by the Sword”
“Mess It Up”
“Morning Joe Cues”
“Sweet Sounds of Heaven”
“Tell Me Straight”
“Whole Wide World”

Bruce Springsteen Wraps Spectacular 3 Night Stand in Meadowlands with Perfect 28 Song Set

Met Life Stadium– the Meadowlands — rang with sweat and delight last night as Bruce Springsteen and the impeccable E Street Band wrapped up their three night engagement with a bang.

The three hour plus show was composed of 28 songs — and still fans will complain he didn’t sing “Glory Days” or some other nonsense.

But it was hit after hit with my favorite, “Spirit in the Night,” making a second night comeback (it’s rarely heard) plus all the hits from “Born to Run” to “Rosalita” and the majestic “The Rising” to “Dancing in the Dark” and ending this exhilarating, exhausting night with, of course, “Jersey Girl.”

The audience was, of course, so loud and so wildly happy there were times when their shouts of “Bruuuuuce” were even too much for the star. “Don’t Bruce me when I’m talking!” he joked when he was interrupted during one of his speaking moments.

I liked the fact that Bruce left out “Born in the USA” — too much misinterpretation of that song. But holy moly — this gang is still rocking after blazing through stadiums and arenas since I saw them on April 1st — and there are still 8 more BIG shows to go before an autumn break!

Woody Allen Triumphs at Venice Film Festival with 50th Movie, “Coup de Chance”: Read My 1st Review from June

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I told you in June that Woody Allen’s “Coup de Chance” was no stroke of luck — it was a real hit/

Now the press in Venice has seen it and agrees. There was applause at the end of the press screening there today. Then even more at the press conference that followed.

Allen is a controversial filmmaker, yes, because of baseless accusations. But he is not “disgraced,” in any way, shape, or form. He is one of our premier filmmakers and auteurs. If he chooses to end his 50 film career with “Coup de Chance,” it will be on a high note.

Tribute: Jimmy Buffett Scores 9 of the Top 10 Albums on iTunes, 17 of the Top 20 Singles — Read James Taylor’s Goodbye

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Jimmy Buffett fans are certainly paying tribute to him after his untimely death.

Right now, Buffett has 9 of the top 10 albums on iTunes and 17 of the top 20.

 

All of his singles are on the top 100 starting with 4 of the top 5 including, of course, “Margaritaville” at number 1. In all, he’s commanding 27 positions of the top 100 on iTunes singles.

It’s the same on Amazon, where Buffett has the top 3 albums and then about 20 more scattered through the top 100.

So much for naysayers who claimed Buffett has just one hit. It isn’t true.

On Twitter so many singers and friends have posted fond eulogies. James Taylor wrote this one:

“Jimmy Buffett invented his own character, which, in a sense we all do: invent, assemble, inherit, or fall into our inner identity. But Jimmy was the founder of an actual tribe: tens of thousands of us made our way to where he was holding court, just to be near him.

“People say he was a lord of life and that’s true: somewhere between Falstaff and the pirate, Jean Laffite. But to me, my friend Jimmy Buffet was a real example of a man: no puffed up defensive macho bullshit, but a model of how to enjoy the great gift of being alive.

“And that’s what he shared so generously with us: a positive enthusiasm at being here. That so few of us knew how ill he was is essential Jimmy Buffett: he had no intention of burdening us with his illness.

“He told me a story about him & Savannah wake surfing in a harbor somewhere: there was a huge freighter leaving port & Jimmy got the captain on the radio. The guy was a ParrotHead & he adjusted his course & speed to give Jimmy the perfect ride. And what a ride it’s been.

“So long old pal.”