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Kanye West Listening Party at Atlanta Stadium Isn’t Selling, Tickets for “Donda” At All Prices

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Kanye West Listening Party at Atlanta Stadium Isn’t Selling, Tickets for “Donda” At All Prices

Slavery is a choice, Kanye West says, and so is buying tickets for his album listening session this Thursday in Atlanta.

The Mercedes Benz stadium event for the album “Donda” isn’t selling very well. There are tickets available at every price. If you really want to get in there, $150 seems to be the price point although some poor shnooks are re-selling seats for $900. They may be disappointed.

Kanye seems to be dropping “Donda” on Thursday night. The big question is, after a short surge of interest, will anyone care? He’s wrecked his career by stumping for Trump, mouthing off crazy statements, and so on. The only people who will benefit from a new album will be the ones who wrote the songs he sampled. If they get paid.

48 hours to go…get with it, Atlanta!

Bob Dylan’s “Shadow Kingdom” Streaming Show is a HIT, Will Stay Up Longer on Live Nation Service

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Bob Dylan’s “Shadow Kingdom” Streaming Show is a HIT, Will Stay Up Longer on Live Nation Service

If you haven’t seen Bob Dylan’s “Shadow Kingdom” yet, you are really missing something great.

It’s been such a hit on Veeps.com that they’ve decided to keep the streaming concert up a few more days, through July 25th.

Veeps.com is a streaming service developed by Benji and Joel Madden, the 41-year-old twins who front Good Charlotte. One of them is married to Nicole Richie and the other one is Cameron Diaz. They and and their partners sold Veeps last January to Live Nation. Michael Rapino saw a good thing, that’s for sure.

Originally the Dylan video was supposed to be up for 48 hours. But I guess a lot of people want to see it, or keep re-watching it. It’s the perfect venue for older artists like Dylan. Veeps gives artists a way to monetize their live performances via video. If “Shadow Kingdom” is any evidence, other artists are going to start using it.

 

Watch Trailer: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Get All Medieval on Adam Driver in New Ridley Scott Film

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Watch Trailer: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Get All Medieval on Adam Driver in New Ridley Scott Film

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck get all medieval on Adam Driver in Rrdley Scott’s new swashbuckler, “The Last Duel.”

The trailer looks like “Gladiator” meets “Game of Thrones.”

For Damon, this is his reunion with Ridley Scott after their great collaboration on “The Martian.”

Alternate title: “Bad Will Hunting.”

Coming October 15th from 20th Century formerly Fox now Disney Studios.

“Dear Evan Hansen” Will Open Partially In Person Toronto Film Festival That Includes “Clifford the Big Red Dog”

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“Dear Evan Hansen” Will Open Partially In Person Toronto Film Festival That Includes “Clifford the Big Red Dog”

TIFF 2021 is on, and partially in person thanks to relaxed border restrictions announced by Canada yesterday. The film version of “Dear Evan Hansen” will open the festival and there are plenty of exciting features. What they don’t have yet are the Cannes winner, “Titane,” or Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” and few others they may add over the next month. They did include a children’s movie, the live action “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” which looks like it might be an ironic horror film. (Just kidding! We love Clifford!)

 

GALA PRESENTATIONS 2021
*previously announced

*Belfast Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom
World Premiere

Clifford the Big Red Dog Walt Becker | USA/United Kingdom/Canada
World Premiere

Opening Night Film.
Dear Evan Hansen Stephen Chbosky | USA
World Premiere

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Will Sharpe | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere

The Eyes of Tammy Faye Michael Showalter | USA
World Premiere

*Jagged Alison Klayman | USA
World Premiere

*Last Night in Soho Edgar Wright | United Kingdom
North American Premiere

*The Mad Women’s Ball (Le Bal des folles) Mélanie Laurent | France
World Premiere

*Night Raiders Danis Goulet | Canada/New Zealand
North American Premiere

.Closing Night Film.
One Second Zhang Yimou | China
North American Premiere

The Survivor Barry Levinson | USA/Canada/Hungary
World Premiere

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 2021
*previously announced

Ali & Ava Clio Barnard | United Kingdom
North American Premiere

All My Puny Sorrows Michael McGowan | Canada
World Premiere

*Benediction Terence Davies | United Kingdom
World Premiere

Bergman Island Mia Hansen-Løve | France
International Premiere

*Charlotte Eric Warin, Tahir Rana | Canada/France/Belgium
World Premiere

*Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over Dave Wooley, David Heilbroner | USA
World Premiere

Drive My Car Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan
North American Premiere

Encounter Michael Pearce | United Kingdom/USA
International Premiere

*The Guilty Antoine Fuqua | USA
World Premiere

I’m Your Man Maria Schrader | Germany
North American Premiere

Inexorable Fabrice du Welz | Belgium/France
International Premiere

*Lakewood Phillip Noyce | Canada
World Premiere

The Middle Man Bent Hamer | Norway/Canada/Germany/Denmark
World Premiere

Official Competition (Competencia Oficial) Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Spain/Argentina
North American Premiere

Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) Jacques Audiard | France
North American Premiere

*Petite Maman Céline Sciamma | France
Canadian Premiere

*The Starling Theodore Melfi | USA
World Premiere

The Story of My Wife Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary/Germany/Italy/France
North American Premiere

Three Floors (Tre Piani) Nanni Moretti | Italy/France
North American Premiere

Violet Justine Bateman | USA
International Premiere *already acquired by Relativity/Rogue, yes this is Justin Bateman from “Family Ties,” sister of actor-director Jason Bateman. Has a lot of huzz!

The Worst Person In The World (Verdens Verste Menneske) Joachim Trier | Norway/France/Sweden/Denmark
North American Premiere

TV’s “Manifest” May Have a Destiny At NBC After All: Insiders Say Network May Rethink Cancellation

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TV’s “Manifest” May Have a Destiny At NBC After All: Insiders Say Network May Rethink Cancellation

EXCLUSIVE

NBC’s “Manifest” may have a better destiny than previously thought.

The show’s fans have been in abject misery since it was cancelled by the network in favor of “Law & Order: For the Defense.”

But as we all know, “For the Defense” simply didn’t happen. There is no show. In an odd and surprising move for a television network in 2021, “For the Defense” was withdrawn due to lack of it ever being developed. (That’s another story.)

Now I’m told by insiders that the “Manifest” crew was told not to strike the sets. A cancelled show would have already been tossed in the garbage can. But not “Manifest.” Everything is said to be on hold.

NBC needs to get “Manifest” back and they know it. It was the number 1 show on Netflix and on all of streaming a month ago. It has a hardcore fan base that wants to know what happened to the people on that plane. Frankly, it’s a lot like “Lost,” which is a good thing.

Also, NBC is in big trouble with “For the Defense” evaporated. There’s only so much “SVU” and “Organized Crime” that can be made and shown to fill Thursdays. The idea of bringing “Blacklist” to Thursdays is a temporary remedy at best. (“Blacklist” is a show famous not being watched by anyone.)

So hold on, “Manifest” fans. Creator Jeff Rake may know something is in the works. On July 14th he Tweeted: “I’m not giving up. Keep the faith.” Yesterday he repeated that by ending a Tweet with: “And keep the faith. You are being heard. How could you not be?”

Crazier things have happened.

What Year Is It? Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Rule iTunes Top 100

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What Year Is It? Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Rule iTunes Top 100

What year is it? 1968?

In the top five right now and for the last couple of days on iTunes: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and “Sittin on the Dock of the Bay,” by Otis Redding. Each of them is a key anthem of the classic soul era.

They are wedged in between hits by Olivia Rodrigo and Ed Sheeran.

Those Golden Oldies aren’t the only ones holding spots on the iTunes charts. Singles by the Jackson 5, Aretha Franklin, the Righteous Brothers, Gloria Gaynor, the Commodores, and the Gap Band are all in the mix in the top 100. So is James Brown’s “I Got You.”

Even more strangely comes “Somebody’s Watching Me,” by Rockwell (really Michael Jackson singing lead), Puff Daddy and Faith Evans’ Police remake with “I’ll Be Missing You,” and two different cover versions of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Mariah Carey’s 20 year old hit, “We Belong Together” is with them.

If that wasn’t weird enough, Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters have made an album of Bee Gees covers that’s in the top 5 albums. Two of the songs are on the iTunes top 100.

Add to that the presence in two spots of Biz Markie’s hip hop classic, “Just a Friend.” He passed away this week at age 57.

So we are definitely in a nostalgic mood this summer. Funny that it’s 50 years since a summer of great originality and innovation. We are on the downside of originality, that’s for sure.

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough was written by Nik Ashford and Valerie Simpson. Otis Redding wrote “Dock of the Bay.”

 

Prince Harry to Publish “Literary” Memoir in Effort to Further Annoy Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles

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Prince Harry to Publish “Literary” Memoir in Effort to Further Annoy Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles

Prince Harry — I have a theory now that he’s trying to drive his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, into retirement or worse by embarrassing and annoying her so much that she’ll step down.

Harry — who has no last name — will publish a memoir with Random House in 2022. If it’s really bad, and Queen Elizabeth is still in charge, she will concede the throne to Charles, who’s been waiting his whole life for something to do.

Harry says he’s not writing the book as a prince but as the man he’s become. That’s a man who gone from sympathetic to villainous in a short time as he racks up paydays at Netflix, Apple, and now Random House. It’s unclear after the Oprah interviews, etc what’s left to say, unless he’s going to admit that Charles isn’t his father.

The book is being written by J.R. Moehringer. Advance is unknown, but if he got less than a million bucks, everyone would be surprised.

PS Already a selection of Oprah’s book club!

Golden Globes Aren’t Alone: National Board of Review Board of Directors Has No Black Members Either

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Golden Globes Aren’t Alone: National Board of Review Board of Directors Has No Black Members Either

The Golden Globes are in a big scandal over having no Black members.

But the National Board of Review, a fan based membership group, has no Blacks or non whites on its board of directors.

Annie Schulhof runs this phony baloney group as a private enterprise. Black people can join, but they have not yet made it to the board. The NBR has been around since 1909. They’re obviously taking their time.

As I’ve written many times in the past, most of these people have no business awarding movies for anything anyway. Daniel Goldstine is a shrink and sex therapist from California. Ronnie McMahan (Trenk) is a marketer who used to work for Bulgari. Leon Friedman is the group’s long time lawyer; Michael is his son. (No relation to yours truly.) Andrew Weinberg, Michael’s friend, is on Wall Street.

Annie Schulhof? Don’t get me started. Sister-in-law of long ago Sony chief Mickey Schulhof, she has a long and colorful history running the NBR like Madame Putin.

Somehow, the NBR’s lily whiteness has escaped the attention of the media while the Hollywood Foreign Press has been taken to task. If anyone knows of non-white paying members of the NBR, shoot me an email at showbiz411@gmail.com.

By the way, in light of Black Lives Matter and mounting criticism, Schulhof covered herself big time. She made Spike Lee Best Director, gave Best Picture to “Da 5 Bloods,” bestowed a bs Icon Award on the late Chadwick Boseman, made up more awards for other Black filmmakers. (They don’t like Searchlight films so “Nomadland,” the eventual Oscar winner, was snubbed entirely.)

It was an extraordinary move considering Spike was only the second Black director ever to get the prize. The year before, like most NBR years, was an all-white pageant with The Irishman, Scorsese, Zellweger, Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, and Brad Pitt picking up the main awards.

 

Tony Bennett Will Celebrate 95th Birthday With Two Lady Gaga Duet Shows at Radio City Music Hall

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Tony Bennett Will Celebrate 95th Birthday With Two Lady Gaga Duet Shows at Radio City Music Hall

Tony Bennett will celebrate his 95th birthday with Lady Gaga at Radio City. Shows are August 3rd and August 5th. On the 3rd, the pair will drop a single or album from their Cole Porter duets album. I assume we’ll hear those duets at the shows.

Would I go into Radio City this summer? Just for this, really. Just for this.

As Cole Porter wrote, “Love for sale.” Well, Tickets for sale starting Wednesday on Live Nation’s website.

Pay for Play: CNN Will Start $ubscription Streaming Network in Early 2022, For a Price

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Pay for Play: CNN Will Start $ubscription Streaming Network in Early 2022, For a Price

Disney has it, CBS has it, why not CNN? They’re going the “Plus” route in early 2022, adding a subscription streaming service called CNN+ or CNNPlus.

Let’s cut to the chase: “CNN will continue to have a single app where CNN+ subscribers can access CNN+ programming and pay TV subscribers can get the TVE experience they have enjoyed for many years. The app will include CNN’s linear TV feeds of CNN, CNN International, HLN and CNN en Español channels, which will be available exclusively for pay TV subscribers. If pay TV subscribers choose to maximize their experience, they can also subscribe to CNN+ to access the full CNN+ programming all in one place.”

Programming will be all the documentaries like the ones about Jackie Collins, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gilda Radner, specials, Stanley Tucci’s Italy shows, all the Anthony Bourdain series, and so on.

How much will it cost? They don’t say. $7.95? How many of these subscriptions do people have? I’m curious. Or have they just replaced magazine subs?

According to a press release, the leadership of CNN+ includes:

Andrew Morse, chief digital officer for CNN Worldwide, is the executive in charge of CNN+, with oversight of the content, product development and business operations of the platform.

Alex MacCallum, CNN Worldwide’s head of product is the general manager of CNN+, with oversight of product development, customer acquisition and marketing, strategy and growth and revenue operations.

Rebecca Kutler, senior vice president and head of programming for CNN+, is overseeing the development, production and programming of live and taped programs for CNN+.

Courtney Coupe, senior vice president of content strategy and operations for CNN+, is overseeing the strategy, curation and programming of content on CNN+, as well as community management.

Robyn Peterson, CNN Worldwide’s chief technology officer, is overseeing the team of technologists and engineers developing a world class platform and user experience for CNN+.

CNN’s Original Series and Films unit, led by CNN Worldwide executive vice president for talent and content development, Amy Entelis, is developing new series and films for the platform. Vice president of program development Katie Hinman will lead the development and production of external series for CNN+, working with Jon Adler, vice president of program development for CNN Original Series.

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