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World Cup Final Ticket Prices Getting Messi: Still Some Good Bargain Seats Left for $25K Apiece with Three Hours Left Before Game

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World Cup Final Ticket Prices Getting Messi: Still Some Good Bargain Seats Left for $25K Apiece with Three Hours Left Before Game

There are some cool deals to be had for World Cup tickets.

You can see on the map some nice seats for around $9,000 apiece.

Even better ones for almost $22,000 apiece. And they come with a good view of Madonna, Justin Bieber, and Tom Cruise.

If I were in town, I’d swoop a bunch up. I might even splurge for $24,500 apiece. Maybe they’ll give you a tortilla.

Who’s paying for all these celebrities? Who’s getting the ticket money? Right in the middle of all this is Donald Trump, who will be sleeping in Infantino’s box.

Box Office: “The Odyssey” Begins Journey with $124.5 Mil Opening Weekend in the US, Highest for Live Action Film So Far This Year

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Box Office: “The Odyssey” Begins Journey with $124.5 Mil Opening Weekend in the US, Highest for Live Action Film So Far This Year

Needless to say, “The Odyssey” is a major hit.

Chris Nolan’s all star blockbuster took in $124.5 million this weekend. That’s the highest opener for any live action film in 2026.

Only animated “Toy Story 5” opened higher.

“The Odyssey” will fill theaters for the rest of the summer, through Labor Day, with new customers and repeat viewers. The film — starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, et al — will be the talk of awards season soon enough.

Meantime, Holland is ten days away from the release of “Spider Man: Brand New Day,” which we now know not only features Zendaya, but also Sadie Sink of “Stranger Things” fame added to the cast.

“Brand New Day” could debut at number 1 in two weekends, knocking off “Odyssey,” but Holland would the distinction — with Zendaya — of being in both.

Then, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson — also featured in “Odyssey” — will be in “Dune 3.” So they are the stars of 2026 if you need to answer a trivia question. Holland and Zendaya, now married, are each 30 years old. Pattinson is 40 but ageless because he’s a vampire. (Joke.)

Elsewhere, Disney’s “Moana” is moaning, still not near $100 million. “Supergirl” is dead from Kryptonite poisoning. Among new films, no one went to see “Gail Daughtry and the Sex Pass” because no one knew what it was or what was going on. Too bad. I heard it was fun. We’ll see it on streaming.

Here’s one that was really a mystery: the $20 million plus “Death of Robin Hood” from A24. Total take $6 million. Hugh Jackman stars, could not bring over the “Wolverine” crowd. Very weird story. I’m sure no one knows that it exists. Go back to “Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” is my advice!

Taylor Swift Is Using Her Private Plane without Gas Buddy, Sending it Back and Forth from Summer Home to Nashville and Texas Like a Taxi

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Taylor Swift Is Using Her Private Plane without Gas Buddy, Sending it Back and Forth from Summer Home to Nashville and Texas Like a Taxi

Listen, I like Taylor Swift. I bear her no ill will.

So she spent $20 million on a gaudy ‘told you so’ wedding. That was her decision.

Now I’m getting updates from a Twitter account called Taylor Swift’s Jet.

Apparently, Taylor — who is worth $2 billion, according to reports, uses her private plan like a taxi service once or twice a day.

The plane has been going back forth from Groton, Connecticut — a 20 minute drive over to her big pile of real estate in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, a tony enclave near Westerly.

Taylor’s house is 11,000 square feet, so you can imagine she’s constantly forgetting things at home in Nashville, or in Texas. New husband, Travis, has a lot of non football business in Texas. It’s also the home of his Kansas City Chief associate Patrick Mahomes.

Well, back and forth the plane — a $54 million Dassault Falcon 7X — goes, picking up and dropping people and no, doubt, items of the utmost importance.

Listen, with so many roundtrips a day. she could deliver packages for Amazon, no?

Taylor is not using Gas Buddy, unfortunately, she doesn’t fuel up with Regular because it’s cheaper than Premium.

The site estimate the following for one trip between Connecticut and Texas:
~ 1,147 gallons (4,342 liters).
~ 7,687 lbs (3,487 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $7,833 cost of fuel.
~ 12 tons of CO2 emissions.

That’s each way!

Remember those days when she was country pop singer taking American Airlines to gigs and happy to get the free pretzels?

No more. And let’s face it: we knew it.

It’s sort of fun to follow along.

PS Note to Taylor — if you want to bring some food from Craig’s in Nashville and leave it for me at the Groton airport, I’ll drive out and get it. No worries.

Report: Madonna Will Open World Cup Halftime Show Sunday, Plus Other Act Justin Bieber Rehearsed Today at a Sports Clothing Event (Watch Video)

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Report: Madonna Will Open World Cup Halftime Show Sunday, Plus Other Act Justin Bieber Rehearsed Today at a Sports Clothing Event (Watch Video)

We’re waiting for tomorrow’s World Cup halftime show with baited breath.

According to Twitter account DrownedMadonna, the Material Senior Citizen will open the show that includes Justin Bieber, Shakira, and an appearance by Tom “Please come see Digger this fall” Cruise. There’s video of her rehearsal below.

Madonna is basking in the good press of her new “Confessions 2” album even if sales took a 73% dip in the second week.

Then there’s Justin Bieber. He rehearsed his part of the show today at a sporting goods event. At NY’s Fanatics store, Bieber disrobed for mindless fans and practiced atonal chanting. You can only wonder what he has planned for the World Cup TV audience tomorrow. (He always looks like he smells bad.)

And so we lurch toward the World Cup finale with America’s finest talent on display. Haven’t we angered the international community enough?

Mom! Dad! “The Odyssey” Takes in $51 Mil For Thurs-Fri Opening, Eyes $120 Mil Opening Weekend, Tops “Toy Story 5” And all Other 2026 Releases

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Mom! Dad! “The Odyssey” Takes in $51 Mil For Thurs-Fri Opening, Eyes $120 Mil Opening Weekend, Tops “Toy Story 5” And all Other 2026 Releases

Box office record for 2026 already broken.

“The Odyssey,” directed by Christopher Nolan, is a smash hit.

Numbers from Thursday and Friday suggest an opening night of $51.2 million from Thurs previews and Fri shows.

“The Odyssey” is aiming for a $120 million weekend.

That will make the three hour epic about the 500 page epic bigger than any movie this year, topping “Toy Story 5.”

Now every movie will be in iambic pentameter!

There isn’t much else going on this weekend at the box office. The next big release is “Spider Man: Haven’t We Made Enough of These?”

Seriously, “Brand New Day” overlaps with “The Odyssey” in that it stars newly married couple Tom Holland and Zendaya.

Meantime, you can now buy the Trojan Horse popcorn bucket in theaters for like 70 bucks. It’s a good place to store condoms, if not actual popcorn! Or toss in a quarter every time Trump says something irksome. You’ll have big savings quickly!

Seriously, all the popcorn buckets are inventive and collectible. But where would you store them? They’re all very big, take up a lot of room, and frankly, will not increase in value.

Music Star Ryan Adams Having a Fire Sale, Says He’s “Broke and Sick and tired and defeated but my heart is blasting with hope and love”

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Music Star Ryan Adams Having a Fire Sale, Says He’s “Broke and Sick and tired and defeated but my heart is blasting with hope and love”

This is sad and alarming.

Rock/pop star Ryan Adams is having a fire sale of belongings. The details are on his Instagram page. He’s selling guitars, studio equipment, and a Cadillac, among other things.

Adams says “this is an embarrassing post to make.” He says he’s “broke and sick and tired and defeated but my heart is blasting with hope and love and riff optimism and I appreciate anybody who can give these treasured things a new life.”

The rocker announces that he’s been sick with vertigo for four years after fans’ non-stop flash picture taking of him in concert. He says he’s working on a trilogy of albums, as well.

’m proud that I did this. That I remain transparent. This business is vile and full of snakes. But I’m proud to call it and man up to this.

He writes” “I’ll keep making records as long as I can afford to. Now I’m going to go sit in the sunlight with my cats and cry because I need to and I’m not sure how many more times I can hit this wall. When is it enough?”

Adams has had a rough ride. Though he’s made 30 solo albums, his career has been unfocused. He’s had substance abuse problems, and a variety of illnesses. He’s had public fights with artists and journalists. Several high profile romances went up in smoke, including a short marriage to actress-singer Mandy Moore.

Then there’s the real problem: in 2019, seven women (including Phoebe Bridgers and ex-wife Moore) said Adams offered to help them with their music careers in exchange for sex. They also claimed that Adams retaliated when they turned him down, hindering their careers and harassing them in text messages and on social media.

At first, Adams denied the accusations. But in July 2020, he issued a statement in the Daily Mail apologizing for his actions. He wrote: “There are no words to express how bad I feel about the ways I’ve mistreated people throughout my life and career. All I can say is that I’m sorry. It’s that simple. This period of isolation and reflection made me realize that I needed to make significant changes in my life.”

What a mess, because this guy is really talented. I’ve posted a video below, but check out his other songs.

See his page for lists of everything for sale.

Emmys Choose 10 Actors We Won’t See on Show Including Laurie Metcalf, Jason Bateman, Richard Jenkins, Dakota Fanning, Charles Melton

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Emmys Choose 10 Actors We Won’t See on Show Including Laurie Metcalf, Jason Bateman, Richard Jenkins, Dakota Fanning, Charles Melton

The Emmy Awards are always self-defeating. This time, they’ve really lived up to the reputation.

They announced five categories they won’t be showing on the main Emmy telecast come September 14th. They include Best Supporting Actor and Actress in a Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie.

So that includes Laurie Metcalf, Jason Bateman, Richard Jenkins, Dakota Fanning, Charles Melton, Linda Cardellini, David Harbour, COnstance Zimmer, Joy Sunday, Youn Yuh-jung, Richard Gadd, or Nick Offerman. It doesn’t matter that Metcalf has three Tony Awards, or that Youn Yuh-jung won an Oscar in 2021.

The other categories are: Writing and Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie as well as Writing For a Variety Series, which had been alternating with Writing For a Variety Special between the main and Creative Arts ceremonies.

All of these awards will be presented during the Creative Arts shows — which are not even streamed — on the preceding weekend. That means the winners will be known before the Emmys, so if you lost, you probably can’t come unless you buy a ticket.

The point is, the Emmys want to cut the length of the show. They will still have pointless reunions and tributes, but actually showing gratitude to the people who make the current TV shows is not important.

Sounds like a fun night!

Meantime, all the Hollywood guilds are furious. Read their response here:
“The DGA, SAG-AFTRA and the WGA issued the following joint statement in response to a decision by the Emmys to remove award categories from the live broadcast:

“The Emmys exist to celebrate the best of television and the artists who are central to bringing these stories to life. The decision to eliminate these categories from the primetime broadcast devalues the contributions of the talented people the Academy is meant to honor. An awards show dedicated to recognizing excellence should not reduce recognition for the artists whose work gives it meaning.”

Creepy: Pop Star Role Model Is Actually No Role Model, Says He’d Like to Be the Single Parent of a Little Girl He Could Raise On His Own

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Creepy: Pop Star Role Model Is Actually No Role Model, Says He’d Like to Be the Single Parent of a Little Girl He Could Raise On His Own

Tucker Harrington Pillsbury goes by the stage name Role Model.

He’s no Role Model, as it turns out.

The 29 year old says in a podcast called Therapuss that he has unusual desires for adulthood.

Model told Therapuss — and I got it via People — that he’d like to be a single parent. No partner, definitely not a wife.

He’d prefer to raise a little girl named “Winnie” on his own.

“My dream has always been to be a single father, and to have a daughter, and to raise a daughter by myself would be really fun,” he said, adding, “Her name’s Winnie.”

“I want a daughter that’s ideally mine, and then I thank whoever had it for me,” he said.

He added that even though it might be “destructive” for the kid, “I just want to raise a child by myself because then you can kind of just, like, mold them into your best friend.”

Model has supposedly been dating actress Dakota Johnson, who’s 36, and needs to hit the Raya dating app right away. This guy is creepy and bonkers.

Pillsbury is the “do not” boy of 2026. His “Sally, when the Wine Runs Out” was probably already a one off hit. But this might cement that fate.

Charts Reality: The Future is Here And It’s Not the Rolling Stones or Madonna, Who Sees 73% Sales Drop in Second Week of “Confessions”

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Charts Reality: The Future is Here And It’s Not the Rolling Stones or Madonna, Who Sees 73% Sales Drop in Second Week of “Confessions”

Sales figures for music are in and they tell a tale.

Number 1s rapper Future, whose new album, “The Real Me,” sold 131K albums, mostly all from streaming. About 14K constituted physical sales.

The Rolling Stones’ “Foreign Tongues,” with rave reviews and lots of press, finished at number 7. According to hitsdailydouble, the total sold was just 52K — about 10,000 lower than predicted. Most of it was physical sales. This is very disappointing. The group could sell out stadiums all over the world. Why is no one buying the music? The album is great.

Even worse, Madonna took a 73% spill in the second week of “Confessions 2.” She pushed just 36,759 copies, dropping by almost 100,000 since last week.

Would touring have changed things for Madonna or the Stones? Appearing on TV? And do they even care? Maybe the point was just that they could make great records at this point in their careers.

Also, pretty much gone from the charts after years of occupying them: Taylor Swift. Her lone entry is “Life of a Showgirl,” at number 24, actually up 5 spots, with 23,403. The honeymoon is over!

Tom Cruise Piggybacking Publicity and Marketing on Wild Popularity of “The Odyssey” and World Cup to Plug Fall Movie “Digger”

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Tom Cruise Piggybacking Publicity and Marketing on Wild Popularity of “The Odyssey” and World Cup to Plug Fall Movie “Digger”

Tom Cruise is out looking for an audience for his fall movie, called “Digger.”

Tom is appearing at the World Cup championship this Sunday for no reason other than to plug the movie. He’s either repelling off the stadium or flying over in a jet, or singing with Madonna. Pick one.

Cruise has also posted a video playing his “Digger” character, who looks a like Slim Pickens from “Dr. Strangelove.”

On top of that, Tom has attached himself to Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” Cruise is very canny. Suddenly, he’s Nolan’s biggest fan. He was late to a screening Wednesday night but when he arrived he asked AMC Lincoln Square to run it again. He invited in all the theater’s staff, too, resulting in a Page Six item.

This is particularly strange since “Digger” is coming from Warner Bros, the studio Nolan left — for Universal — because they screwed up his last movie, “Tenet.”

What’s next? Look for Tom shoehorning “Digger” into “Spider Man” in two weeks. He’s going to be Zelig until “Digger” opens.

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