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Lorenzo Lamas Eyeing Wife Number 6, Mom Arlene Dahl (Almost 96) Had 6 Husbands, Dad Fernando Lamas Had Just 4 Wives

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Lorenzo Lamas Eyeing Wife Number 6, Mom Arlene Dahl (Almost 96) Had 6 Husbands, Dad Fernando Lamas Had Just 4 Wives

I love this story.

“Falcon Crest” star Lorenzo Lamas is getting married for the 6th time. Why not? He has the lineage. Listen to this:

His mom, Arlene Dahl, is absolutely still alive. On August 11th she turns 96! Come on! Arlene’s had 6 husbands herself. She’s been married to Marc Rosen, obviously a younger man, since 1984. And they said it wouldn’t last!

Arlene was a big star in the 50s. Her second husband was another big star, Fernando Lamas. (She was his third wife.) Lorenzo, 63, is their son. Are you following this? Fernando Lamas was a Latin star before there was Latino or Latinx. Billy Crystal lampooned him famously on “SNL” wearing an ascot and red smoking jacket, with “You look mahvelous” routine, also “It’s better to look good than to feel good.”

Fernando had just four wives. but countless lovers. He died youngish, at 67, from cancer. Lorenzo no doubt has that in the back of his head. Fernando’s final wife was the swimming movie star, Esther Williams.

Lorenzo has six children from those 5 wives, some of whom are probably older than the new fiancee. Who cares? Sean Penn’s new wife is a year younger than his daughter. Mick Jagger has children who are younger than his grandchildren. We are not dealing with reality here. It’s better to look good than to feel good! And you look mahvelous!

Review: Peter Asher Strikes 60s, 70s Gold at City Winery with Kate Taylor, Albert Lee, Leland Sklar

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Review: Peter Asher Strikes 60s, 70s Gold at City Winery with Kate Taylor, Albert Lee, Leland Sklar

Can you get to New York’s City Winery tonight?  Vaxxed? Carded? Just wear a mask.

Last night, Peter Asher– of Peter & Gordon fame, of Apple Records fame, of Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor fame — brought a crack band and an enormously satisfying, intimate pop rock folk show to the Winery’s Upstairs Loft. They’re doing it again tonight. I wish I could get back there.

Peter’s been touring for a few years now, bringing back his and Gordon’s number 1 Paul McCartney hit from 1966, “A World Without Love,” as well as Del Shannon’s “I Go to Pieces,” plus “Lady Godiva” and a lot of other top 40 gems. Even without Gordon, Asher is the king of harmony, mixing in the Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly, groups he idolized, emulated, and later had Ronstadt and Taylor cover when he produced their parade of best selling albums.

Now, with Peter (bespectaced, bedazzling in a kind of Liberty of London flowered suit, the king of harmony) on tour, he’s got some other powerhouses of the era with him: Sister Kate– James’s charming beautiful sister, who had a hit album in 1971, looked around and decided  she did not want to be Carly, Carole, Joni, or Linda. And now, at age 71. she’s amazing, full throated, probably all the better for living her own life all these years. She’s Peter’s secret weapon on this tour, turning a little known James Taylor song from 1981– “I Will Follow Love” — into an unexpected hit.

Asher’s also got the great blues and rock guitarist Albert Lee, and famed bassist Leland Sklar (he played on every Carole, James, and and Carly hit, just for starters), plus Jeff Alan Ross, the multi-talented singer musician who has a connection to Badfinger– he was in a later version, toured as them, and performs socko versions of “No Matter What” and “Baby Blue.” A delight. Also on this bill, Steve Holley, a former member of Paul and Linda’s Wings whose credits include the hit version of “Coming Up.”

Did I mention spotting actress Amy Irving in the audience? And actors Christian Hoff and Clarke Thorell. And my old pal, Lynn Volkman.

Stevie and Maureen van Zandt, who were downstairs at City Winery supporting Darlene Love, came up to catch “A World Without Love.”

 

Nick Jonas Quietly Filming “Jersey Boys” in Cleveland for Peacock, Hoping for a Disney “Hamilton” Type Success

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Nick Jonas Quietly Filming “Jersey Boys” in Cleveland for Peacock, Hoping for a Disney “Hamilton” Type Success

Much as we love Clint Eastwood, his film version of “Jersey Boys” was not a success.

Ever since its disappointing run in 2014, the whole “Jersey Boys” gang has wanted a re-do. A do-over. And now they’re getting one.

“Jersey Boys,” the Tony winning musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons , is very quietly in production in Cleveland. The original Broadway director, Des McAnuff, is getting his shot. Nick Jonas is playing Frankie Valli. Graham King, who produced the show on Broadway, is producer.

As “Jersey Boys” was a Universal Production on Broadway and on screen, NBC’s streaming Peacock will be the venue. Peacock just announced a $400 million TV version of “The Exorcist,” bringing back Ellen Burstyn (but not Linda Blair). So they’re spreading colorful wings, opening up the piggy bank to try and compete with Disney Plus and the like.

For McAnuff, this will be a chance to reclaim “Jersey Boys” gold with Emmys and SAG Awards, if not Golden Globes (well, not GG’s if the streamer rolls this November). Peacock sees this as a chance to grab that Disney “Hamilton” glitz that came with the streaming from a theater version of that Tony winner.

Nick Jonas will make a great Frankie Valli, by the way. He has the chops to pull it off.

 

Clive Davis Adds to Central Park Concert: Earth Wind & Fire, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Journey, Wyclef

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Clive Davis Adds to Central Park Concert: Earth Wind & Fire, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Journey, Wyclef

A bunch of new names have been added to the big Welcome Back show in Central Pakr curated by Clive Davis August 21st.

I already told you about Santana and Rob Thomas joining Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, and Jennifer Hudson, plus the Killers.

Now as I expected, Earth Wind & Fire and Patti Smith, two Clive superstars, are on the bill along with Elvis Costello, Journey, Andrea Bocelli, LL Cool J, Kane Brown, the New York Philharmonic, Jon Batiste, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Cynthia Erivo, Wyclef Jean, Gayle King, Barry Manilow, and Polo G.

Having Cynthia Erivo along with JHud means there’s a chance we’ll see dueling Arethas as both singer-actresses are playing the Queen of Soul this year on screen. Erivo was the star of the Clive-produced “Genius” mini series, and Hudson opens August 13th in “Respect.”

The funny part is this is supposed to be a three hour show, but it’s starting to feel like an old fashioned five hour show. Once you bring the Philharmonic into it, and Earth Wind & Fire, well, then, this is an EVENT not just a concert. Who cares? What else were you going to do that day? It’s not like there’s a Broadway show that night!

I’m hearing that Elvis Costello will at least do “What’s So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding” and “Pump It Up.” But I hope he plays “Watching the Detectives” and a couple more. Patti Smith is scheduled for “Because the Night” with Bruce, but she better get a chance to “People Have the Power,” so appropriate for this show.

So bring a cooler, a pillow and blanket, plenty of sunscreen, and margharita mix. Clive has done it again!

 

Advance Sales for Michael Jackson Broadway Musical “MJ” Suffering Even Though King of Pop’s Record Sales are Soaring

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Advance Sales for Michael Jackson Broadway Musical “MJ” Suffering Even Though King of Pop’s Record Sales are Soaring

“MJ: The Michael Jackson Musical” is suffering at the box office.

Advance sales are very poor so far because tourists are restricted from traveling to New York.

Most travelers from European countries, Britain, and many other countries are banned from entering the US right now depending on vaccinations, etc.

The result is all Broadway shows are suffering a lack of advanced sales. “MJ” isn’t alone, but the news isn’t good.

Aside from a couple of well sold Saturday nights in December, the shows are largely empty so far. On Ticketmaster.com, the seat maps are seas of blue dots waiting for purchase.

A website called StacyKnows.com just sent out a message saying they have a chunk of tickets available for December 9th, for $140. The first preview, on December 6th, still has a number of seats for sale.

It’s surprising, too, because Michael Jackson is on target to sell almost a million albums this year, half of which are copies of “Thriller.” His popularity is not an issue.

But the tourism restrictions, the prices, and fear of sitting in theaters is clearly inhibiting audiences from making plans.

We’ll look at more shows later this week.

Venice Film Festival Sticks to 50 Percent Capacity, Welcomes Penelope Cruz, Oscar Isaac, Benedict Cumberbatch, Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Venice Film Festival Sticks to 50 Percent Capacity, Welcomes Penelope Cruz, Oscar Isaac, Benedict Cumberbatch, Maggie Gyllenhaal

The Venice Film Festival is keeping their capacity level to 50 % in theaters. But those people who get in will get to see Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directing debut, and stars like Oscar Isaac, Penelope Cruz, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The whole festival should be dedicated to Oscar Isaac, he’s in five different entries including Paul Schrader’s “The Card Counter,” which I really want to see.

Kristin Stewart is starring as Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer.” Larraine made “Jackie,” the film with Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy before Onassis. I sense a theme here!

 

VENEZIA 78 – COMPETITION
Parallel Mothers, dir: Pedro Almodovar
Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon, dir: Ana Lily Amirpour
Un Autre Monde, dir: Stéphane Brizé
The Power Of The Dog, dir: Jane Campion
America Latina, dir: Damiano D’Innocenzo, Fabio D’Innocenzo
L’Evénement, dir: Audrey Diwan
Competencia Oficial, dirs: Gaston Duprat, Mariano Cohn
Il Buco, dir: Michelangelo Frammartino
Sundown, dir: Michel Franco
Illusions Perdues, dir: Xavier Giannoli
The Lost Daughter, dir: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Spencer, dir: Pablo Larrain
Freaks Out, dir: Gabriele Mainetti
Qui Rido Io, dir: Mario Martone
On The Job: The Missing 8, dir: Erik Matti
Leave No Traces, dir: Jan P Matuszynski
Captain Volkonogov Escaped, dirs: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov
The Card Counter, dir: Paul Schrader
The Hand Of God, dir: Paolo Sorrentino
La Caja, dir: Lorenzo Vigas
Reflection, dir: Valentyn Vasyanovych

OUT OF COMPETITION – FICTION
Il Bambino Nascosto, dir: Roberto Ando
Les Choses Humaines, dir: Yvan Attal

The Hand Of God, dir: Paolo Sorrentino
La Caja, dir: Lorenzo Vigas
Reflection, dir: Valentyn Vasyanovych

OUT OF COMPETITION – FICTION
Il Bambino Nascosto, dir: Roberto Ando
Les Choses Humaines, dir: Yvan Attal
Ariaferma, dir: Leonardo Di Costanzo
Halloween Kills, dir: David Gordon Green
La Scuola Cattolica, dir: Stefano Mordini
Old Henry, dir: Potsy Ponciroli
The Last Duel, dir: Ridley Scott
Dune, dir: Denis Villeneuve
Last Night In Soho, dir: Edgar Wright

OUT OF COMPETITION – NON-FICTION
Life Of Crime 1984-2020, dir: Jon Alpert
Tranchées, dir: Loup Bureau
Viaggio Nel Crepuscolo, dir: Augusto Contento
Republic Of Silence, dir: Diana El Jeiroudi
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, dirs: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Deandré#Deandré Storio Di Un Impiegato, dir: Roberta Lena

Django & Django, dir: Luca Rea
Ezio Bosso. Le Cose Che Restano, dir: Giorgio Verdelli

OUT OF COMPETITION – SERIES
Scenes From A Marriage (Episodes 1-5), dir: Hagai Levi

OUT OF COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS
Plastic Semiotic, dir: Radu Jude
The Night, dir: Tsai Ming-liang
Sad Film, dir: Vasili

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Le 7 Giornate Di Bergamo, dir: Simona Ventura
La Biennale Di Venezia: Il Cinema Al Tempo Del Covid, dir: Andrea Segre

HORIZONS EXTRA
Land Of Dreams, dirs: Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari
Costa Brava, dir: Mounia Akl
Mama I’m Home, dir: Vladimir Bitokov
Ma Nuit, dir: Antoinette Boulat
La Ragazza Ha Volato, dir: Wilma Labate
7 Prisoners, dir: Alexandre Moratto
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic, dir: Teemu Nikki
La Macchina Delle Immagini Di Alfredo C, dir: Roland Sejko

HORIZONS
Les Promesses, dir: Thomas Kruithof
Atlantide, dir: Yuri Ancarani
Miracle, dir: Bogdan George Apetri
Pilgrims, dir: Laurynas Bareisa
Il Paradiso Del Pavone, dir: Laura Bispuri
The Falls, dir: Chung Mong-Hong
El Hoyo En La Cerca, dir: Joaquin Del Paso
Amira, dir: Mohamed Diab
A Plein Temps, dir: Eric Gravel
107 Mothers, dir: Peter Kerekes
Vera Dreams Of The Sea, dir: Kaltrina Krasniqi
White Building, dir: Kavich Neang
Anatomy Of Time, dir: Jakrawal Nilthamrong
El Otro Tom, dirs: Rodrigo Pla, Laura Santullo
El Gran Movimento, dir: Kiro Russo
Once Upon A Time In Calcutta, dir: Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Rhino, dir: Oleg Sentsov
True Things, dir: Harry Wootliff
Inu-Oh, dir: Yuasa Masaaki

Indie Spirit Awards Double Down on Insignificance, Move Away from Oscars Weekend in 2022

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Indie Spirit Awards Double Down on Insignificance, Move Away from Oscars Weekend in 2022

No one watches the Indie Spirit Awards on the IFC Channel. The annual event takes place, usually, the afternoon before the Oscars and tries to mix indie films with quasi-studio pictures. The result is a lot of the same people win or are nominated for both awards.

On IFC, the total audience clocks in at less than 100,000 or fewer viewers. This past April, they taped their show during the week, then broadcast it at 10pm on IFC. The audience was down to 73,000.

So what to do now? Why not move the show away from Oscars weekend to an island in March when no one’s in town or around? That’s the plan, anyway. The Spirit Awards will now be given on March 6th, three weeks before the Academy Awards and before voting for them is over, as well.

Film Independent, the group that runs the Spirits, think this will make them Oscar influencers. I doubt it. They’ve drained whatever buzz there is for the Spirits by cutting them loose from the main stem. Now they’ll take place over the weekend before the Oscars nominees lunch.

The real era of independent filmmaking is over. This year’s Spirit winners were Searchlight’s “Nomadland,” funded by 20th Century Fox, now Disney. And in a year when all the talk was about Black Lives Matter, no Black actors won anything at the Spirit Awards. To get them off the hook, they handed off their Robert Altman Award ensemble to Regina King’s “One Night in Miami.” (The National Board of Review does the same thing now, bestow a largesse on a Black movie to avoid giving them a real award.)

Todd Boehly, Who Owns Parts of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Hollywood Reporter, Adds Hot New Platform for Celebrity Fan Bases

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Todd Boehly, Who Owns Parts of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Hollywood Reporter, Adds Hot New Platform for Celebrity Fan Bases

Tech talk: Laylo, you got me on your knees. Not Layla. (Eric Clapton’s on the out list right now.)

Todd Boehly — he owns 20% the LA Dodgers, the Hollywood Reporter, and Dick Clark Productions, among other things — is investing a big piece of cash in Laylo, a new online platform.

Boehly is the yin to Jay Penske’s yang, the dueling Hollywood moguls who are busy buying up whatever looks interesting. His outfit is called Eldridge, and Laylo is described as a “full featured customer relationship management platform empowering content creators to identify, connect with, and grow their fan bases.”

What? Here’s the story: Laylo was founded in 2017 by music industry veterans Alec Ellin, Chief Executive Officer, and Saj Sanghvi, Chief Technology Officer. “The platform gives creators the ability to efficiently identify and communicate directly with their fans, including automatic notifications for new releases of content, merchandise, and events. In less than five minutes creators can build landing pages for upcoming drops and own their data; harness audience data to drive more streams, sales, and engagement; and notify their fans via text, e-mail, Facebook Messenger, or Discord when a drop becomes available.”

It’s about staying in touch, big time. Boehly’s investment brings Laylo’s total funds raised to more than $5 million.

Boehly was a Guggenheim Partner when he got the idea to buy the Hollywood Reporter, one of the firm’s assets. He got Billboard in the package, picked up Dick Clark Productions, and started MRC, which put money into movie companies A24 and Fulwell (in Britain). He merged the media parts with Jay Penske’s PMC, but kept his hand in the game this summer when he made a bid to take over the Golden Globes from the Hollywood Foreign Press. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

So we’ll check out laylo.com, and start building a fan base!

 

 

The Hollywood Seven Year Itch: Scooter Braun, John Mulaney File Papers to Divorce Their Wives

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The Hollywood Seven Year Itch: Scooter Braun, John Mulaney File Papers to Divorce Their Wives

Billy Wilder’s comedy, “The Seven Year Itch,” is 66 years old. But it comes to mind this week as two celebrity marriages are ending after just seven years.

In the case of music manager Scooter Braun, the 7 years also produced three children. But Scooter, whose clients include Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Demi Lovato, seems sanguine about divorcing Israeli mining heir Yael Cohen. Rather than wallow in depression, his Instagram account clearly shows he’s moving on.

 

Comedian John Mulaney is divorcing his wife, Anna Marie Tendler, after six plus years. No kids, so that’s a relief. He was addicted to drugs, hid it not so well, went to rehab, left, returned and somehow managed to segue into a relationship with Olivia Munn without missing a beat.

Mulaney also turned most of the story into a show that sold out 25 times at New York’s City Winery, and now he’s taken it on the road. Talk about multi-tasking! When I saw the show, at the first performance, he said his “interventionist” was with him. Still, I wonder? Will Mulaney never return to observational humor? Or will he just keep recounting how be bought hard drugs on the street? My guess is, he’ll stick to the script since “From Scratch” is sold out at Boston’s Wilbur Theater. A Netflix special seems guaranteed.

Of course, there’s also JLo and Ben Affleck, the most public celebrity couple in years. They’ve driven the point home at every opportunity: we’re shagging like crazy! Driving around in expensive cars! Shopping for mansions! Their kids, all of them, should immediately be shown Carrie Fisher’s HBO special, “Wishful Drinking,” and start taking copious notes. Scooter’s kids, too. The crop of tell-alls in 2030 will be splendiferous!

Of course, Maddox, Pax, and Shiloh Jolie Pitt may beat them to it at this point. I have a feeling Shiloh already has an agent.

 

No “Donda,” No Cry: Kanye West Album May Come August 6th, He’s Moved into Mercedes Stadium in Atlanta

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No “Donda,” No Cry: Kanye West Album May Come August 6th, He’s Moved into Mercedes Stadium in Atlanta

Sing after me: No Donda no cry, no Donda no cry.

There is no actual sign of Kanye West’s “Donda” album. The exact thing happened one year ago this week. He announced it, released album art, and never produced anything.

TMZ says he’s moved into Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, where he had his circus like Emperor Has No Clothes presentation last week. He played snippets of “music” and stood in the middle of the papered stadium, crying over his lost marriage. It was PR writ large with a big dose of bipolar.

Kanye has since been seen wandering around Mercedes Benz stadium during other events, like the ghost of Hip Hop past. The implication is that he never left, or that he couldn’t leave. Various minions post to social media that he’s settled in there and working hard to make the album.

I don’t think it will happen. And if it does, someday — they’re saying now August 6th — it will be a bust. He’s lost a lot of his audience over his politics, Trump, “Slavery is a choice,” and so on.

I’d be more concerned that he’s wearing a reddish orange jacket that looks flammable. Is this part of his line for the Gap? They must be having a heart attack. Millions have been spent by the Gap on Kanye to revive themselves. This will end in tears, no doubt.

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