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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)

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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.

UPDATE Levon Helm Studios “The Barn” Sees Cancellations from Star Performers as Artists Support Amy Helms Over Board That Pushed Her Out

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UPDATE Levon Helm Studios “The Barn” Sees Cancellations from Star Performers as Artists Support Amy Helms Over Board That Pushed Her Out

The board of Levon Helms Studios in Woodstock, which operates The Barn, is getting the cold shoulder from performers.

Since Levon’s daughter, Amy, was pushed out of the venue by Brian Parillo and his partner, Michael Skurnick, most of the acts scheduled to perform this summer have cancelled their shows.

I told you this would happen.

The late, famed drummer and singer songwriter for The Band started The Barn in 2004 as legacy for his singer songwriter daughter.

But in May, Amy was pushed out by interlopers who secured support from her stepmother. Last week Amy announced that she was out, and her jam sessions — the Midnight Rambles — were suspended.

Parillo responded on Instagram saying “LHS is not a birthright. It is Levon Helm’s legacy.”

Well, it actually is a birthright. Parillo and Skurnick won’t be able to get anyone worth buying a ticket for to play The Barn without a Helm at the helm.

The latest to cancel is Rachael and Vilray, of Lake Shore Dive fame, who were set to be there in December. (See their post below.)

More currently, acts for next week have all cancelled. And Lola Kirke is out for August 8th. Lola’s dad is Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke, so that sends a message to the music world that The Barn is off limits until Amy Helm can regain control.

UPDATE: Late Rock Legend Levon Helm’s Daughter, Amy, Ousted from Dad’s Studio/Club — New President Claims Ownership “Is not a birthright”

Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina: World Cup Tickets Selling for $70K a Pair on StubHub for Sunday’s Blow Out Finale with Spain, And Madonna-Bieber Show

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Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina: World Cup Tickets Selling for $70K a Pair on StubHub for Sunday’s Blow Out Finale with Spain, And Madonna-Bieber Show

Still thinking about going to Sunday’s World Cup game?

You’re in luck. Stub Hub as a few seats left.

The best ones are selling for around $35,000 apiece. They’re dead center on the field, so you won’t miss any action. They do not include a helicopter ride in and out of the stadium but I’m sure that be can be arranged.

If you don’t need to sit that close, there are several offers in the just-under $10,000 category.

All in all, pretty reasonable considering there will be a crazy half time show with Madonna, Justin Bieber, and Tom Cruise among the featured celebrities. And Donald Trump will be there to present the World Cup, openly admire the athletes’ looks, and accept another Peace Prize from FIFA. 

Box Office: Pow! “The Odyssey” Starts with Triumphant $17.6 in Previews, with Shows Playing Around the Clock for Nolan’s Masterpiece

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Box Office: Pow! “The Odyssey” Starts with Triumphant $17.6 in Previews, with Shows Playing Around the Clock for Nolan’s Masterpiece

Odysseus is coming home!

Yesterday, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” a three hour masterpiece, arrived in spectacular fashion.

Previews brought in $17.6 million as theaters showed the movie around the clock, and audiences checked in even at 3am and 7am.

On social media, about 99% of the reaction from regular theatergoers was gushing with raves. And rightly so. “The Odyssey,” based on Homer’s 3,000 year old tales, is magnificently made cinema with Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, John Leguizamo, and Samantha Morton heading up an all star cast that also includes Charlize Theron and many more.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the critics score this morning “The Odyssey” stands at 96% fresh, with a ranking of 97 on the audience meter.

In some locations, you can’t even get a ticket to the movie, especially if you want to see it in IMAX.

But you don’t have to see it in IMAX. A big screen will suffice, at least the firs time you see it — because this is a movie that demands a couple of viewings.

So we’re off to the races! “The Odyssey” should have no trouble clearing $100 million this weekend, and maybe more like $125 million.

Also, this is the Best Picture of 2027, kids. No matter what good films come next, nothing can top this achievement. Look for Best Actor (Damon), Supporting Actress (Hathaway, Morton), Supporting Actor (John Leguizamo,Tom Holland) and more!

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