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Box Office “Weapon”-ized with $42 Mil Opening for Horror Film, Plus a “Freakier Friday” Than Guessed Gives Sequel $29 mil Weekend

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Box Office “Weapon”-ized with $42 Mil Opening for Horror Film, Plus a “Freakier Friday” Than Guessed Gives Sequel $29 mil Weekend

Everyone’s digging “Weapons.” Especially Warner Bros.

The horror film starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, and of all people, Amy Madigan, hit the sweet spot this weekend.

Total box office: $42 million. Yes, you read that right. Another hit for Warner’s, which has done no wrong this year (except for “Alto Knights,” which got no love). Everything is booming, with “Superman” leading the way.

A Freakier Friday than the rest of the weekend was very good for “Freakier Friday.” The Jamie Lee Curtis-Lindsay Lohan reunion was great for families and girls, bringing in $29 million. It turned out to be easy money. “FF” should play well right through Labor Day and the start of school.

Not so great: “Naked Gun” fell 50 in its second weekend, leveling off to just $33 mil. They’ll get to $50 mil but the novelty of the possible romance between stars Liam Neeson and Pam Anderson has cooled considerably. Good for Paramount marketing to front load the whole show and put on a full court press. Great launch, better than anyone could have hoped.

Angel Studios, right wing Christian based, finally sent out a good movie and no one went. “Sketch” had a measly $5 million weekend. I guess Angel didn’t get church crowds in by giving them free tickets the way they wrangled $250 million for the awful “Sound of Freedom.” Poor Tony Hale, star of “Veep,” was a star and producer, I don’t know why he chose this as his move away from TV.

Trump Edict: “The Homeless Have to Move Out IMMEDIATELY” of Washington, First Ethnic Cleansing, Now Illegal Relocation of Citizens

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Trump Edict: “The Homeless Have to Move Out IMMEDIATELY” of Washington, First Ethnic Cleansing, Now Illegal Relocation of Citizens

Donald Trump has been practicing ethnic cleansing for six months, kidnapping, detaining, and removing immigrants whether they’re here illegally or not. He’s not sending them home, but to dangerous third world countries.

Now he’s going to start relocating American citizens without homes. He wrote this morning on his sewage system social media:

“I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before. The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital. The Criminals, you don’t have to move out. We’re going to put you in jail where you belong. It’s all going to happen very fast…”

Incompetent, ill qualified Jeannine Pirro will likely help him carry out this debacle. He’s sending fair warning. Will the ACLU and other groups listen today?

All this insanity to distract from Epstein. First he paved over the Rose Garden. Now he’ll pave over Washington at large

Restaurateur Keith McNally’s Ex Wife Leaves Postcard of the Year After Dining at His Famed Balthazar Restaurant in Soho

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Restaurateur Keith McNally’s Ex Wife Leaves Postcard of the Year After Dining at His Famed Balthazar Restaurant in Soho

Keith McNally is the owner of several famed restaurants in New York including Balthazar in Soho.

His bestselling memoir, “I Regret Almost Everything,” details his many successes and failures in business and romance. McNally also bravely tells the story of his stroke and recovery. You can’t put this book down for its honesty and humor.

McNally also runs a self-deprecating, refreshingly candid Instagram account where nothing is off limits. Today he offers this post card from his first ex wife, Lynn, who won a bunch of the restaurants they started together in their long ago divorce. It may be the postcard of the year. And McNally gets kudos for publishing it.

The ex couple can “dine out” on this story for years to come!

Bob Dylan, 84, Hits the Recording Studio in Albany With His Band For What Could Be His 41st Album, First Since 2020

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Bob Dylan, 84, Hits the Recording Studio in Albany With His Band For What Could Be His 41st Album, First Since 2020

The last time Bob Dylan released a new album was in 2020.

That was “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” which was a big hit and produced a 17 minute single that briefly went to number 1.

“Rough and Rowdy Ways” also has been the foundation of Dylan’s touring act for the last five years.

Now White Lake Recording Studios in Albany, New York reports that Bob and the band worked there recently.

Could Dylan be making his 41st album? Sure. Why not? He recently recorded with Barbra Streisand on her new duets album. He’s also been sounding great vocally after years of garbled singing. Plus, there’s lots to write about unless he’s doing an album of covers.

Also, this has been a banner year for Dylan with the released of the Oscar nominated “A Complete Unknown.” He hasn’t sold so many records in years. 

Whatever the case, a new Dylan is more than welcome any time. So far in 2025 the total comes to just under 500,000.

“South Park” Epiode Shredding Kristi Noem and ICE Doubled the Ratings of Previous Show, with 860,000 Viewers on Comedy Central

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“South Park” Epiode Shredding Kristi Noem and ICE Doubled the Ratings of Previous Show, with 860,000 Viewers on Comedy Central

Wednesday night’s episode of “SOuth Park” on Comedy Central was huge.

Just in that first viewing on the home channel, “South Park” picked up nearly twice the number of the prior episode.

The number was 838,000 people tuned into see Kristi Noem and ICE torn to shreds.

The first episode, about Trump his teeny penis, scored 430,000 viewers. Then combined with later viewings on Paramount Plus, the total was 7 million.

The new one, called “Got a Nut,” will inevitably go higher as more views on Paramount Plus are counted.

In real life, ICE tried to capitalize on the episode, but it backfired. Except for has-been actor Dean Cain, no other potential thugs were announced as new employees.

How could they? ICE robots were mocked mercilessly on the episode.

The next episode comes August 13th. The way “South Park” is made is so nimble that it can be topical and fresh almost up to the moment of airing. That means trouble for Trump and cronies. Things are only going to get worse and worse.

Watch Has-Been Actor Dean Cain Lie to Fox News’s Trace Gallagher About His Career: He Hasn’t Been in Movie with Box Office Since 2014

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Watch Has-Been Actor Dean Cain Lie to Fox News’s Trace Gallagher About His Career: He Hasn’t Been in Movie with Box Office Since 2014

It’s fun to watch new ICE agent Dean Cain lie to Fox News’s Trace Gallagher about his career.

Cain hasn’t been in a movie that was reviewed by critics since 2018’s “2050,” a movie that no one saw. It had a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That year he was also in a movie no one saw called “Gosnell,” that zero bos office but did muster a low 62% with critics.

The last movie he made that earned box office was 2014’s “God’s Not Dead,” which managed to reap $60 million on the Christian faith circuit but had no reviews of any kind.

Before that it was 2003’s “Out of Time.”

He’s completely delusional and Gallagher is along for the ride. Cain is known for one thing, his “Lois and Clark” series than ran for four seasons three decades ago.

He tells Gallagher he doesn’t need the ICE salary and who knows, he may be right. But money earned from movies? Laughable. Most of his show biz income would be from getting small parts in canceled TV shows.

To quote Elvis Costello: Blame it on Cain.

Honey Don’t! See This Movie: Rotten Reviews for the Second Ethan Coen Solo Movie Begs for a Return with Brother

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Honey Don’t! See This Movie: Rotten Reviews for the Second Ethan Coen Solo Movie Begs for a Return with Brother

Ethan Coen is such a talented writer, but his two indie directorial jobs have been flops.

First came “Drive Away Dolls,” which drove over a cliff.

Now comes “Honey Don’t!” which begs the rest of the headline — see this movie!

Critics have filed in with 42% so far and sinking. That’s not good. The reviews are brutal. Focus Features will have trouble keeping this in theaters.

Coen can do anything he wants. He and his brother Joel have made dozens of classic films that will last forever. I’ll bet in future collaborations we’ll see elements of Ethan’s films and realize they were brilliant notebooks for things to come.

Box Office: “Weapons” Extends Warner’s Hot Streak, “Freakier Friday” Soft in Thursday Previews, “Fantastic Four” Still Fantastic

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Box Office: “Weapons” Extends Warner’s Hot Streak, “Freakier Friday” Soft in Thursday Previews, “Fantastic Four” Still Fantastic

Warner Bros. is having quite a year, with “Sinners,” “Minecraft,” and of course, “Superman.”

Now comes “Weapons” with $5.7 million in Thursday previews. Ka ching! Julia Garner gets her first big movie hit, Josh Brolin is of course in another one. Nicely done.

“Freakier Friday” stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in the sequel to their long ago film.

This is family fare, but still made $3 million on Thursday. which it ain’t bad. Kids and girls will find “Freakier Friday” fun even if reviewers were tepid about it at 73%. Audiences loved it — 94% so there will be return business.

“Fantastic Four” and “Superman” are still the big deals. They saved the summer. What are super heroes for, anyway?

Kamala Harris Book, Set for Late September, Already a Bestseller While Cheryl Hines (Kennedy) Memoir Languishes at the Bottom of Amazon

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Kamala Harris Book, Set for Late September, Already a Bestseller While Cheryl Hines (Kennedy) Memoir Languishes at the Bottom of Amazon

Here’s a tale of two books.

Kamala Harris announced hers, “107 Days,” a week ago on Stephen Colbert. Pub date is end of September.

That night the book went to number 1 on amazon, and remained at 1 or 2 until today. Right now, it’s number 43. This is all based on advance sales.

Meantime, this week actress Cheryl Hines — married to Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. — announced her memoir. It’s called “Unscripted.” The book is sitting at number 49,867. No one wants it and no one is buying it.

Let’s get real. Hines’s book is a waste of time and money. She’s not going to fess up about her bizarre marriage to a philandering, bear-eating kook who’s anti vaccine. We won’t find out what it’s like to be an outcast in the Kennedy family. Hines is also not going to tell us anything about Larry David we don’t know. He’s a curmudgeon? Shocking/

Former vice president Harris’s book hopefully has some juice in it. We want to know about Joe Biden’s mental state, how Kamala got into a race without primaries, and how she survived it. The people who’ve bought the book want answers. What did this election look like from inside out? How could it have gone better?

Harris’s book is going to be taken seriously until it’s proven otherwise. Hines’s book is going to be included in the next stage production of “Celebrity Autobiography.” Maybe Hines can play herself.

“Sex and the City” Penultimate Episode Is a Downer, And Short, Signals Unsatisfying Ending Coming Up Next Week

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“Sex and the City” Penultimate Episode Is a Downer, And Short, Signals Unsatisfying Ending Coming Up Next Week

I just forced myself to watch the penultimate episode of And Just Like That, the “Sex and the City” spin off.

It was short, and dull. There was no indication that Michael Patrick King knew the show was going to end with more episode. I have a feeling the final episode will be a disappointment to anyone left watching it.

In this one, Carrie — who’s living it up on her inheritance from Mr. Big — returns to her old Village apartment and realizes You Can’t Go Home Again. This is the best moment of the half hour, when the girl who bought the apartment from has to Google that title for the author’s name.

Otherwise, Carrie is wearing a $2,000 outfit to a village party. All the other women are dressed this way, too, particularly Nicole Ari Parker who’s leaving her house at 7am as if a glam squad and the entire staff at “E!” has been working on her since 4am. It was jaw dropping.

Miranda’s son has gotten a girl he doesn’t know pregnant, so she’s been invited to Thanksgiving. Maybe the baby will be born next week, but who cares? The son was once charming, and is now just rude and stupid. Miranda is so over everyone she knows. It’s time to move away.

Charlotte’s husband, Harry, is recovering from prostate cancer surgery. In the other best moment of the episode, the only Jewish character on the show eats a black and white cookie. Charlotte’s gender fluid daughter, Rock, is part of five star high school production of “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” and it’s like a number from “Mrs. Maisel.” There is no sense of reality to any of this stuff.

It’s time to bring the curtain down on “And Just Like That.” No one’s getting a happy ending. It will end 27 years with an ellipsis, which is fine. Carrie, since the death of Big, is insufferably styled and rich. If she got hit by a truck carrying designer shoes, then the ending would be perfect. Cynthia Nixon has found a terrific post “Sex and the City” career with “The Gilded Age.” Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis can, too. They must.

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