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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

Scared Trump Waves White Flag, Backs Off Social Media Attacks on Georgia DA, Jack Smith Others Who He Called “Deranged”

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Scared Trump Waves White Flag, Backs Off Social Media Attacks on Georgia DA, Jack Smith Others Who He Called “Deranged”

Donald Trump is scared.

On social media he’s either waving the white flag of surrender or someone has taken his phone away from him.

Either way, Trump’s posts on his Truth Social in the last few days have slowly diminished to rants about Joe Biden or MAGA declarations that voters would be better off with him as president. Yesterday he praised Hungarian authoritarian Viktor Orban despite the fact that Orban is racist, anti-Semite, and basically, a dictator.

Gone are the attacks calling Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and special US Prosecutor Jack Smith “deranged.” On Thursday, Trump waived arraignment and pleaded guilty in the Georgia case. He won’t appear on September 6th in Atlanta. (Rudy Giuliani, fresh from forfeiting his libel case in Georgia, did the same thing.)

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Trump’s lawyers have obviously convinced him that the constant attacks on the people prosecuting him in his four cases will not do well for him once the trials begin. Trump did attack New York AG Letitia James this week, but it was toothless and not nearly up to his ad hominem rants of the past.

The surrender — no matter how temporary — comes as Truth Social itself may be on the brink of shutting down. The financing, according to reports, is imploding. This could send the orange man back to Twitter, where he will only cause unhappiness.

Read Paul McCartney’s Poignant Remembrance of Friend Jimmy Buffet: “One of the kindest and most generous people”

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Read Paul McCartney’s Poignant Remembrance of Friend Jimmy Buffet: “One of the kindest and most generous people”

Paul McCartney and Jimmy Buffett don’t seem like two people who would be friends, let alone know each other.

But they did, from the Hamptons, and really had a lovely friendship. Paul has posted a poignant remembrance this afternoon. It’s below.

Condolences.

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Movie “Maestro” Wins Raves in Venice, Some Declare Better than Director’s “A Star is Born”

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Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Movie “Maestro” Wins Raves in Venice, Some Declare Better than Director’s “A Star is Born”

The reviews are coming in for Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic and they are raves.

“Maestro” is being applauded by all the major review outlets from what I call PenskeWorld –Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, Deadline.com. Vanity Fair and the UK reviews are all glowing.

“Maestro” is Netflix’s big Oscar movie for this fall. They’ll debut it on October 2nd at David Geffen Hall in New York, formerly Avery Fisher Hall, where the Philharmonic plays. The Hall will be turned into a state of the art screening room. At least two parties — one for the paying public and one for the Lincoln Center donors — are planned.

The big question is, if the strikes aren’t over, will anyone other than Cooper attend?

Some reviews are so enthusiastic they say that for actor Cooper his second directing venture is even better than Cooper’s much awarded hit, “A Star is Born.” David Rooney writes in THR: “It’s intended as no slight to Cooper’s A Star is Born remake, his impressive first turn in the director’s chair, to say his follow-up is a considerable leap in terms of accomplishment.”

And, yes, the prosthetic nose is not a problem says Variety’s Owen Glieberman. Let’s move on. Sounds like we have another Best Picture nominee after Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, AIR, maybe Barbie.

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