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Watch Taylor Swift Announce New Album for October 3rd on Kelce Podcast, Says Travis “Didn’t Know What Hamlet Was, But I Explained it To Him”

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Taylor Swift appeared with boyfriend Travis Kelce on his podcast with brother Jason last night.

Over 1.3 million people watched it. Taylor has never revealed so much or been so honest.

She announced the release of her 12th album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” for October 3rd.

She underscored that she and Kelce are dating. She did not say engaged.

The video is below, and it’s fascinating. Taylor talks about her father’s heart scare, and there’s a lot of detail about their lives.

“Showgirl” consists of 12 songs, all produced by Max Martin and Shellback. It sounds like she’s going for big pop hits by not using her regular producer, Jack Antonoff. There’s even a song called “Elizabeth Taylor.”

Kelce says he’s listened to all the songs — “they’re bangers.” He says the album is not as esoteric as Swift’s previous work. He admits he knows the meaning now of “esoteric.”

Swift interrupts: “He didn’t know what Hamlet was, but I explained it to him.”

Eric Idle and John Cleese Are Having Trouble Communicating Over the End of Monty Python Pictures: “It’s Dead”

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Monty Python founding members Eric Idle and John Cleese seem unsure of how to unravel their movie company.

After making brilliant films like “The Life of Brian,” and “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” and “And Now for Something Completely Different,” not to mention their legendary TV series and the worldwide hit musical, “Spamalot,” the octogenarian Pythons are not communicating well.

A fan wrote to Idle on Twitter saying he’d seen a notice about the ending of Monty Python Productions. Idle responded: “Nah it’s dead. The Parrot is to blame”

Cleese responded in his own obtuse way. He wrote: “Eric Idle has been complaining again that Python communications to him have been delayed. Fans may be interested to know that this could be because he refuses to accept any communictions [sic] that are sent to him, except through his lawyers. That slows it down a bit.”

Idle and Cleese founded the comedy troupe with Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Graham Chapman in 1969. They became such an overnight sensation that they were compared to the Beatles, and Idle started his own fake satirical music group called The Rutles.

Chapman died in 1989, Jones in 2001. Idle, Cleese, Palin, and Gilliam have had substantial individual fame over the decades. But Idle and Cleese are probably the two most diametrically opposed philosophically. That they’re still not getting along in 2025 is kind of sad.

Maybe they can get their communications ironed out soon. By the way, Palin had a successful one man tour a year ago in Britain. This fall, Idle will have one, while Cleese tours the US.

Gilliam, the lone American, went on to make such sensational films as “Brazil,” “12 Monkeys,” “Time Bandits,” and “The Fisher King.” He’s plotting one more, “The Carnival at the End of Days,” with Jason Momoa, Jeff Bridges, Johnny Depp, and Adam Driver.

Taylor Swift Unveils Cover of “Showgirl” Album and Credits: Surprise Producer Max Martin, Not Jack Antonoff!

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Taylor Swift’s The Life of A Showgirl is not produced by Jack Antonoff

Taylor has changed things up with Msx Martin and his team.

She’s also unveiled the cover and track list. See below. There are 12 songs including a duet with Sabrina Carpenter.

“South Park” Kristi Noem Episode Scored 6 Mil Viewers Worldwide, Marathon Tonight

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No new “South Park” tonight.

Last week’s episode was such a hit that Comedy Central is running an anniversary marathon tonight. New episode next week.

Last week’s Kristi Noem ICE blowout brought in over 6 million viewers worldwide.

Total numbers of season 27 episode 2 dwarfed episode 1, which was a hit.

The irony of this sesson’s success is that it’s due to.tje show skewering its parent company, Paramount Skydance which has otherwise kowtowed to Donald Trump.

Who Will Play KISS’s Hits at the Kennedy Center Honors? Likely Candidates are Kid Rock, Ted Nugent

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KISS is getting a Kennedy Center honor in December, thanks to Donald Trump.

That KISS, a B list rock band, comes ahead of dozens of other more innovative and ground breaking bands, is ridiculous.

The tradition at the Kennedy Center Honors is that other rockers would play KISS’s hits while they sit in the balcony with Trump.

Who would play KISS’s rudimentary rock cacophonies? The answers are Kid Rock and Ted Nugent, outspoken Trump fans who would know songs like “Detroit Rock City” and “I Was Made for Lovin’ You.”

Maybe Sydney Sweeney could sing the ballad, “Beth.”

The other honorees are notable right wingers Sylvester Stallone — who Jon Voight is likely to toast — and George Strait, who wouldn’t accept the award previously during Democratic administrations.

The CBS audience doesn’t know what will hit them. If they watch, that is. For right now, the show has no producer.

KISS is On Trump’s List: Iconic Rock Band Confirmed as A Kennedy Center Honoree, with Stallone, Strait, Gloria Gaynor, “Phantom” Star

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KISS is on Trump’s list.

I’ve confirmed through several sources that the iconic New York rock band will be a Kennedy Center honoree.

Donald Trump will make his announcement today at sometime.

KISS founder Gene Simmons is a Trump, ally of course. A Republican who was born in Israel, Simmons has often supported Trump and conservative causes.

Simmons has also criticized Trump, mildly, in the past.

But to get a rock band to accept the Kennedy Center award from Trump — who may change the name to honor himself — Trump didn’t have a big group of potential nominees.

Simmons and KISS will join Sylvester Stallone, Michael Crawford, George Strait, and Gloria Gaynor.

It’s a B List for sure.

Gaynor is known for two hits, really one — “I Will Survive.” She’s Black so Trump and Richard Grenell have covered that base. Otherwise, she’s a ridiculous honoree.

Strait, Stallone, Simmons are all Trump fans. Crawford was the star of “Phantom of the Opera,” Trump’s favorite show.

Liza Minnelli? Denzel washington? Fuhgeddaboutit.

NY’s Mayor Eric Adams Courts the Broadway Crowd with “Made in NY” Awards for Live Theater After Already Saluting Movies

It was just a short time ago that Gracie Mansion hosted the Made in NY Awards for the movie community.

That was before Mayor Eric Adams was on the run, so to speak, from Zohar Mamdani in the 2025 election.

But now that Mamdani is killing Adams in the polls, Adams is looking for support in the Broadway community.

So we’re getting a second Made in NY party at Gracie Mansion, this one for live theater, on September 15th.

Adams and the great Pat Swinney Kaufman, Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, will hand out awards to a bunch of stars and theater professionals (to be named soon).

Will this help Adams’ campaign? Will it help Broadway? Will the hors d’oeuvres be good? Because even if the honorees aren’t Adams backers, everyone on Broadway loves a free party with food. They’re not stupid.

Back to Gracie Mansion we go!

PS If Adams loses the election, he can always get the role of Billy Flynn in “Chicago.” He’d be perfect!

Trailer for Timothee Chalamet Movie Features Two Wealthy MAGA Celebrities — Kevin O’Leary and John Catsimitidis — in Acting Roles

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Big surprises in the new trailer for “Marty Supreme.”

The Josh Safdie directed feature starring Timothee Chalamet spotlights to big MAGA Trump backers.

Kevin O’Leary from “Shark Tank” and John Catsimitidis, owner of far right radio station, make appearances.

Catsimitidis owns supermarket chains in New York. He’s often attempted to run for elected office. But his latest imprint is WABC, where the right wing invective is 24/7.

“Marty Supreme” seems to be about a hustler played by Chalamet and a movie star played by Gwyneth Paltrow.

Is this the new Hollywood? Cameos by Trump friends? And from A24, the indie darling film company? Who else is this movie? Kellyanne Conway? Betsy DeVos?

Trump Posts Ominous Photo of Himself as Leader of the Kennedy Center as We Wait for His “Nominee” Choices

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we’re waiting this morning for Donald Trump’s choices of people to be named Kennedy Center nominees, as he calls them..

This will be the today’s distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Trump is hip deep in that one, not releasing the Epstein files and coddling convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

Overnight he posted a photo of himself from the Kennedy Center balcony, posing like Evita Peron. He envisions renaming the center for himself because he hates former president John F. Kennedy and would like to see his legacy erased.

During the Kennedy’s short term — before he was assassinated — JFK introduced arts and culture to the White House. Trump has erased them completely.

The photo comes from the June 11th fundraiser at the Kennedy Center in which cast members of “Les Miserables” refused to perform for the orange fascist.

Oscar Winner Mira Sorvino Coming to Broadway Next Month in Longest Running Musical “Chicago” as Roxie Hart

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Mira Sorvino is coming to Broadway.

The Oscar winner will join the long running musical “Chicago” on September 15th as Roxie Hart.

Roxie is kind of the musical version of Mira’s award winning character Linda from Woody Allen’s classic comedy, “Mighty Aphrodite.” It’s perfect stunt casting.

Sorvino is the latest in a long line of celebrities recruited over the years by producers Fran and Barry Weissler to gin up interest in Broadway’s longest running musical. Among them have been Tony winners Bebe Neuwirth and Ann Reinking, plus Christie Brinkley and even Pamela Anderson.

Somehow even when it seems impossible “Chicago” keeps going.

But let’s face it: the songs by Kander and Ebb are eternal. So is the choreography from Bob Fosse.

“Chicago” opened 29 years ago. Yes! Three decades. Welcome, Mira!

Her dad, the late Paul Sorvino, would be so proud, he’d take the whole orchestra section to see her debut! In the Oscar winning 2003 movie version of “Chicago,” Renee Zellweger was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for playing Roxie. Here she is: