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Kamala Harris’s Book, “107 Days” Starts at Number 2 on Amazon After Colbert Show Triumph — 2 Months Before Availability

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Kamala Harris’s Book, “107 Days” Starts at Number 2 on Amazon After Colbert Show Triumph — 2 Months Before Availability

How popular is Stephen Colbert’s show?

His only guest last night was former Vice President Kamala Harris. She was there to promote her surprise book, “107 Days,” which won’t be published for two months.

The book has shot to number 2 on the Amazon bestseller list overnight.

Even Harris’s booking on the show was last minute. At the beginning of the week, CBS sent out a press release with Colbert’s main guest listed as the head of National Public Radio.

That would have been interesting since NPR has been defunded by Donald Trump just as he’s gotten Colbert kicked off the air.

But there was Harris, making a lot of sense when she wasn’t punctuating her ideas with laughter. Overall, it was a great evening. Harris did put a good word out there – “capitulation” — something that she said surprised her, that so many media gatekeepers have just bowed to Trump rather than fight him.

One irony of the night is that her book is published by Simon and Schuster, which, like CBS, is part of Paramount. Of course, where else would she launch “107 Days” besides Colbert? It was the perfect forum.

“107 Days” sounds like it’s going to be a big hit.

Liam Neeson-Pamela Anderson Romance Rumor Doesn’t Do Much for “Naked Gun” B.O. Previews Despite “Man’s Laughter”

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The best line in the new “Naked Gun” involves Liam Neeson’s Frank Drebin not understanding a word he’s read.

Drebin thinks “manslaughter” is actually “man’s laughter.”

It takes the audience a beat to grasp Frank’s dimness. The audience’s laughter is actually a chuckle but the next scene is already in progress.

That may be the problem with the new “Naked Gun,” which doesn’t have the rhythm of the original, although it tries hard.

Last night, previews of the new movie brought in just $1.6 million, suggesting a $15 million opening weekend. We’ll see how that goes.

Paramount needs this hit. They’ve put a lot into stoking a real life romance fantasy between stars Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. Is it true? Does it matter? Or is it just part of the put-on? The notion of this romance replicated faster than COVID among the entertainment press. It seems unlikely, but there it is for our entertainment.

I just caught Pam Anderson’s forage in the Criterion Closet, which is far more interesting so far than any of the romance stuff. Her unexpected bid for respectability after decades of being a flibbertigibbet is kind of remarkable.

Motion Picture Academy Elects Top Movie Exec Lynnette Howell Taylor as New — and Youngest Ever –President, Produced 2020 Oscars

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Motion Picture Academy Elects Top Movie Exec Lynnette Howell Taylor as New — and Youngest Ever –President, Produced 2020 Oscars

Hurrah!

Lynnette Howell Taylor is the new president of the Motion Picture Academy.

Already a Governor in the Producers’ branch, Taylor has great taste. She is responsible for a number of great movies including “A Star is Born,” “Captain Fantastic,” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild.”

She’s also a big supporter of indie director Derek Cianfrance. She co-produced “Blue Valentine,” “The Place Beyond the Pines,” and the upcoming “Roofman.” I met her 20 years ago when she co-produced (with Jamie Patricof, often her partner) Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s wonderful “Half Nelson” starring Ryan Gosling and Anthony Mackie.

Lynnette knows her way around the Academy. She produced the 2020 Oscars. She’s the youngest person ever elected president of the Academy. Bravo!

Also elected to 2025-2026 officer positions by the Board: Lesley Barber (Music Branch), Vice President (chair, Membership Committee), Jennifer Fox (Producers Branch), Vice President (chair, Awards Committee), Simon Kilmurry (Documentary Branch), Vice President/Treasurer (chair, Finance Committee), Lou Diamond Phillips (Actors Branch), Vice President (chair, Equity and Inclusion Committee), Howard A. Rodman (Writers Branch), Vice President/Secretary (chair, Governance Committee).

“Lynette has been a vital part of the Academy Board of Governors for many years, most recently revitalizing our awards work as chair of the board’s Awards Committee. I so look forward to working with her as our new Academy President, as well as with these incredibly dedicated and strategic board officers. This is an exceptional group of Academy members who will advance the Academy’s mission, support our membership around the world, ensure our long-term financial stability, and celebrate the achievements of the global filmmaking community,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer.

The Oscars return next March 15th, 2026 on ABC with Conan O’Brien as host again after a triumphant turn this past spring. Are there going to be big movies involved? You bet. We already have “Sinners” and a couple of others from the spring. Wait til you see the torrent starting after Labor Day.

Trump Spending $200 Mil of Americans’ Dollars on Unnecessary New White House Ballroom: How it Can Be Stopped

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Trump Spending $200 Mil of Americans’ Dollars on Unnecessary New White House Ballroom: How it Can Be Stopped

Feeling a bit of a pinch in the wallet lately?

Well, Donald Trump has new plans for our money.

He’s spending $200 million of our money on an unnecessary ballroom at the White House.

For 250 years, the White House has survived without a grand ballroom. But now Trump wants one for his ‘kingdom.’

This is after breaking the law and accepting a new Air Force One jet from Qatar. Retro-fitting the plane will cost between $400 million and $1 billion.

Again, this will be charged to the American people, along with $36 million this year for his weekend trips back and forth to his properties.

Trump has just recently paved over Jackie Kennedy’s famous Rose Garden at the White House, ruining it until it can be jack-hammered up by a new president in January 2029.

Hey MAGA: is this what you voted for?

Gas and grocery prices have not dropped at all since Trump took over on January 20th. Groceries are more expensive, and Trump has done everything to kill off electric cars in order to help the oil companies and drive up the cost of filling a car.

Trump’s White House website states:

“President Trump has chosen McCrery Architects as lead architect, which is well-known for their classical architectural design and based in our nation’s capital.

The construction team will be headed by Clark Construction, and the engineering team will be led by AECOM.

The project will begin in September 2025, and it is expected to be completed long before the end of President Trump’s term.

President Trump, and other patriot donors, have generously committed to donating the funds necessary to build this approximately $200 million dollar structure. The United States Secret Service will provide the necessary security enhancements and modifications.”

Can this be stopped? Call the White House at (202) 456-7041 and insist that the ballroom plan be scuttled.

Pop Star Justin Timberlake Says He Has Lyme Disease: “Relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically”

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Pop Star Justin Timberlake Says He Has Lyme Disease: “Relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically”

Justin Timberlake says he has Lyme Disease.

He says it’s been “relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically.”

No kidding. But he still almost all of the shows on his tour. Fans got ‘ticked’ off when he missed one, but now we know why.

Will the Documentary About Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” Be Bigger than the Film? (See Trailer)

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Will the Documentary About Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” Be Bigger than the Film? (See Trailer)

There’s a documentary about Francis Ford Coppola’s flop film from last year, “Megalopolis.”

“Megadoc,” directed by Mike Figgis, will open in September. “Megalopolis” was a total disaster that no one could follow. But the doc looks pretty interesting.

Maybe we’ll finally understand all of this. I sure hope so!

More to come…

Fireworks: Kamala Harris to Announce Her Surprise Book About 2024 Campaign on Colbert Show Tonight in Last Minute Booking

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Fireworks: Kamala Harris to Announce Her Surprise Book About 2024 Campaign on Colbert Show Tonight in Last Minute Booking

Kamala Harris is coming to the Stephen Colbert show tonight.

It’s a last minute booking for the announcement of Harris’s surprise book, “107 Days.”

Harris posted notice of the book this morning. It’s about, as she says, the shortest presidential campaign in history.

Given Colbert’s recent cancellation, and all the noise around it, this could be his highest rated show so far.

See Harris’s announcement about “107 Days,” to be published September 23rd, here:

Superstar Rocker Dave Edmunds’ Wife Says He Almost Died of Cardiac Arrest, Now Gravely Ill In Wales

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Superstar Rocker Dave Edmunds’ Wife Says He Almost Died of Cardiac Arrest, Now Gravely Ill In Wales

Dave Edmunds is famous to rock connoisseurs. He was one half of Rockpile with Nick Lowe. He had a run of hits in the late 70s culminating in a landmark cover of Elvis Costello’s “Girls Talk.”

Now Edmunds’ wife, Cici, reporting from Wales, wrote on Facebook tonight that “Dave died in my arms” from cardiac arrest. He’s 81 and has been in poor health for some time. Luckily, Cici says, Dave was revived. But his condition now is questionable.

Dave Edmunds first became popular in America in 1974 with his cover of “I Hear You Knocking.” He was signed by Led Zeppelin’s record label, Swan Song, and turned out a series of classic albums as he joined forces with Nick Lowe and then Elvis Costello as a brilliant rockabilly savant guitar player with a reedy voice that cut through middling radio.

Edmunds and Lowe recorded one album as Rockpile and toured. But they had different managers. Lowe used Costello’s Jake Riviera, who treated Dave badly. The band broke up before it could capitalize on the Rockpile album.

Dave flourished. He produced the seminal first album from the Stray Cats. He worked with Squeeze on their “East Side Story” album, producing the opening track, “In Quintessence.” He signed with Arista Records and had a hit with a Bruce Springsteen song, “From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come”).

Eventually Dave retreated to Wales, and his home, even though his two sons with first wife Lesley Glover live here. I’d get hopeful reports about him, but mostly he’d retired to the countryside. We’ve got to send him prayers and great thoughts now. He’s a rock survivor. He can do it.

PS I spent the night after my 25th birthday at a Dave Edmunds show at the Country Club in Reseda at the height of his solo career. It’s a highlight of my life. (I saw Squeeze a month later at the Greek Theater. Heaven on all counts.)

Some of the hits below but first Dave’s immortal cover of “Where or When,” the Rodgers and Hart classic from “Babes in Arms,” 1937, released 40 years later.

UPDATE: Boom! Trump Teeny Penis Episode Biggest “South Park” Premiere on Comedy Central Since 1999

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UPDATE: Boom! Trump Teeny Penis Episode Biggest “South Park” Premiere on Comedy Central Since 1999

UPDATE
Paramount Plus and Comedy Central have the numbers on the season 27 premiere of “South Park.”

Total viewers came to 5.9 million across the cable channel and the streamer.

That’s the biggest season premiere of “South Park” since 2022 — and it was up 15% from the Season 26 premiere by 130,000 viewers.

On Comedy Central, the linear channel, Season 27 was the highest premiere since 1999.

Comedy Central is re-running the show tonight at 10pm. It’s also still available on Paramount Plus FOREVER, or at least until the new owners pull it down.

Elon Musk will be pleased to know that #SouthPark trended on X for over 12 hours, ranking #1 for 5 hours, according to Paramount.

The next episode of “South Park” airs August 6th. So if you couldn’t get into the “Hamilton” 10th anniversary show on Broadway, you’ve got something great to watch at home.

BTW, a picture released today shows that Matt Stone used his finger, dressed with a little face, to represent Trump’s anatomical shortcomings.

Las Vegas Tourists MIA: Plenty of Tickets to Backstreet, Kelly Clarkson, Lots of Top Hotel Rooms (See Videos)

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Las Vegas Tourists MIA: Plenty of Tickets to Backstreet, Kelly Clarkson, Lots of Top Hotel Rooms (See Videos)

I keep reading that Las Vegas is empty right now.

International tourists are staying away in droves. I guess the idea of being rounded up by ICE agents and sent to the Sudan is unappealing.

The result is that there are plenty of good hotel rooms going for reasonable to cheap prices.

There are also plenty of tickets to see big acts like Kelly Clarkson at Caesar’s Palace and the Backstreet Boys at the Sphere. The Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil show is also pretty open right now.

The only problem with the shows is that despite lots of availability, the prices very high. I can’t imagine spending $700 to $1,000 for the Boys. I don’t want it that way!

It’s hotels that tell the story, though. They are all open and taking reservations on hotels.com. That includes everything from the fancy Wynn ($323 a night) and the Four Seasons ($257) to Harrah’s (85 bucks, baby).

At those prices you could afford to eat in pretty good restaurants, although I’m sure there’s still a $10.99 all you can eat buffet somewhere.

And look, I checked for you. There are good deals at the classic Palomino club, where Girls with a capital G are on the menu!

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