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Bruce Springsteen Returning to Broadway Show June 26th for the Whole Summer! The Boss Coming to Save Broadway!

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Bruce Springsteen Returning to Broadway Show June 26th for the Whole Summer! The Boss Coming to Save Broadway!

“I loved doing Springsteen on Broadway and I’m thrilled to have been asked to reprise the show as part of the reopening of Broadway.”

Bruce is coming back to save Broadway! And he’s playing the best Broadway house, the St. James Theater, previous host of “Hello, Dolly!” and “The Producers.” It’s a magical theater.

He’s returning June 26th with “Springsteen on Broadway” for the whole summer, and who knows, longer, probably! The first run came to 229 performances from Oct 12, 2017 to Dec 15, 2018.

Proceeds from Opening Night of Springsteen on Broadway at the St. James Theatre will be donated to a group of local New York and New Jersey charities including the Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Food Bank for New York City, Fulfill (Monmouth & Ocean Counties Foodbank), Long Island Cares, NJ Pandemic Relief Fund and The Actor’s Fund.

After that, Bruce will clean up. He made gazillions during the show’s first run, and kept extending over and over. The house was always full.

“Kimmy Schmidt” Actress Ellie Kemper Posts Unnecessary Statement About Being Queen of 1999 Pageant

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“Kimmy Schmidt” Actress Ellie Kemper Posts Unnecessary Statement About Being Queen of 1999 Pageant

“Kimmy Schmidt” actress Ellie Kemper has finally posted a statement about her participation in a 1999 pageant.

It was unnecessary and too late. The media mob has moved on. But I told you all about this pageant and the group that puts it on, called Veiled Prophet. They’ve had Black members since 1979. They are a municipal fundraising group that donates money, time, and energy to minority organizations. But the media lynch mob went after them and Kemper anyway, blissfully oblivious to the facts.

Kemper took too long to respond. Her PR team did a bad job. But here’s what she says now:

 

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Watch this Video: Amazon Chief Jeff Bezos Is Going to Be a Rocket Man Next Month, Taking His Brother on 11 Minute Flight

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Watch this Video: Amazon Chief Jeff Bezos Is Going to Be a Rocket Man Next Month, Taking His Brother on 11 Minute Flight

Jeff Bezos is going up where we don’t belong.

The Amazon chief, his brother, and the highest bidder are going on an 11 minute space flight on July 21st. They’ll be aboard one of Bezos’s rockets made his company Blue Origin.

Is it hubris or bravery? The third member of the group will pay upwards of $3 billion.

So this is why Jeff, at least, has been in physical training for more than a year. I can’t tell from the video if the brother has been, too.

So up they’ll go, outdoing Richard Branson, Elon Musk, and all the other swashbuckling billionaires who have to be first, the best, the richest. They’re not trained by NASA, and the flight is totally private. If they don’t make it make, they can’t sue the US government.

See the video below. The flight will only be 11 minutes long, but will reach heights of more than 60 miles above Earth.

Clive Davis Plans Concert of All Time for Central Park August 21st: Paul Simon? With Garfunkel? Bruce? Alicia Keys? Diana Ross? Stay Tuned

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Clive Davis Plans Concert of All Time for Central Park August 21st: Paul Simon? With Garfunkel? Bruce? Alicia Keys? Diana Ross? Stay Tuned

Clive Davis is planning the concert of all time for Central Park set for August 21st. People are going to start sleeping on the Great Lawn today to get ready. This is bigger than big.

The New York Times broke the story that Bill DeBlasio asked Clive to put together a Welcome Back to New York show for the Park. This was after Clive’s second marathon Zoom Grammy gala last month.

Who else could do this but the all time impresario of music? I’ve been lucky enough to attend decades worth of Clive Davis shows privately. There has never been a public show. This will be Clive’s “Gotterdammerung,” the be all and end all of shows.

Who might appear? Knowing Clive his wish list is Simon & Garfunkel, Alicia Keys, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Carole King, Jennifer Hudson, and oh yeah, Bob Dylan. Just for starters. Earth Wind & Fire, Carly Simon, Barry Manilow, and Dionne Warwick could be thrown in. I know Clive’s first thought, if only Aretha could be here…

Can he get all these people? What about Elton? Billy Joel? And can Central Park deal with this?

The answer is Yes. You know, when you watch DA Pennebaker’s film “Monterey Pop” shot in 1967 you see a young man wearing a white tennis sweater in the crowd, enthralled as Janis Joplin performs. He’s rocking back and forth, having a great, a square among hippies but a visionary among the stoned. That’s Clive. He signed her, and the rest is history. This will be his Monterey Pop Supreme.

So get ready. Vaccinate! Stake out your spot. Bring the tents and chairs. It’s going to be the longest, greatest night– or should I say day and night ever? A source close to this said to me, “It’s going to be three hours.”

I don’t think so.

Why am I suggesting these artists? Clive “broke” Simon & Garfunkel in the 60s. They love him. They gave the most historic Central Park Concert in 1981. Diana Ross and Carole King have each had their own historic CP shows. Alicia Keys is Clive’s artist. Imagine her singing “Empire State of Mind” with Jay Z? Amazing. Springsteen and Billy Joel need no explanation. Carly, Dionne, and Barry were all hit makers under Clive. Jennifer Hudson, also a Clive artist originally, could represent Aretha as her “Respect” movie opens a week earlier.

And we could be there all night!

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New Rock Hall Inductee Billy Preston Died 15 Years Ago Today, His Estate is Still Not Settled

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New Rock Hall Inductee Billy Preston Died 15 Years Ago Today, His Estate is Still Not Settled

The great keyboardist, musician Billy Preston died 15 years ago today. His estate is still not settled.

Preston, known as the actual Fifth Beatle for his work on the Fab Four’s records, was recently announced as a new inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He will be inducted in Cleveland this October.

Billy, who I knew, lapsed into a coma in November 2005 after a botched medical situation and died the following June. He’d made it clear that his remaining relatives, and those who claimed to be relatives, were to have nothing to do with his estate.

Every year on this date I write this story. At one point, in 2016, it seemed like this might be all over. But when scoundrels are involved, there is no end to the skullduggery.

Billy’s family actually opened a probate claim on him three days before he died. That’s much how much they wanted to see him dead. Probates are generally opened only after someone has passed. If it worked the other way, anyone could file a probate claim on a living person with the reasoning “they didn’t look so good when I saw them.”

Hmmmm…

So the estate case has dragged on and on for one and a half decades, disgracefully. A woman claiming to be Billy’s half sister, whom no one had ever met before he died, continues to slug it out with his actual estate. She has no birth certificate or anything else proving her claim. But on and on this goes.

Still, Billy’s music lives on. The hits “Will it Go Round in Circles” and “Nothing from Nothing” are heard on the radio constantly. The song he co-wrote, “You Are So Beautiful,” is a classic. In August we’ll be seeing him in Peter Jackson’s documentary about the Beatles, “Get Back,” from the “Let it Be” sessions.

Maybe the courts will finally give Billy some peace this year.

Here’s a copy of that probate claim made on June 3, 2006 — three days before he died, by Billy’s family. Will it go round in circles? So far, yes.

UPDATED Billie Eilish’s Latest Single, “Lost Cause,” is an Actual Lost Cause, Image Change from Slacker to Femme Fatale May Be Cause

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UPDATED Billie Eilish’s Latest Single, “Lost Cause,” is an Actual Lost Cause, Image Change from Slacker to Femme Fatale May Be Cause

UPDATE WEDS JUNE 9TH The single has dropped to number 59. It’s dead. Lots of money is being poured into it with advertising, billboards, etc. But you can’t make people like a song. The fans are not taking to these two songs. Crossing fingers for better singles when the album arrives.

EARLIER Billie Eilish, the teen phenom with 7 Grammy Awards from 2020, and more still this past year, is having a tough time on the charts right now.

On Thursday she dropped her latest single, called “Lost Cause,” following a disappointment with “Your Power.”

Now “Lost Cause” seems like an actual lost cause. The single has sold just 2,600 downloads, pushing it down to number 25 35 on iTunes. With streaming, the number is higher– 53,800– but on Spotify’s Global Viral chart, “Lost Cause” is at number 13. It simply didn’t take off.

Eilish and her brother Finneas have certainly demonstrated their hitmaker abilities. And Eilish is popular as ever. But a change in image from slacker girl to pin up last month in Vogue, going platinum blonde with a Marilyn Monroe hairstyle, may have been too much of a jolt for her loyal followers.

That’s the only explanation for this abrupt sales drop. And Billie will be continuing that image change with her second album, coming July 30th, called “Happier Than Ever.” Her fans may not like her being so happy!

 

“General Hospital” Star Kirsten Storms Recovering from Brain Surgery at a Real Hospital with Real Doctors

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“General Hospital” Star Kirsten Storms Recovering from Brain Surgery at a Real Hospital with Real Doctors

Actress Kirsten Storms, who’s been playing Maxie Jones on “General Hospital” for years, is recovering from brain surgery.

She writes on Instagram right now:

“I spent the last few years having random health issues that I disregarded as side effects to my medications or just something I was experiencing due to age. When I went to get an MRI for some severe neck pain I have been experiencing for the last few months (I assumed this neck pain was also causing my frequent “migraines”) my amazingly thorough orthopedist ordered an MRI of my head just to be on the “safe side” – even though that isn’t his area of expertise.

“Truly a great doctor.

“That’s when we stumbled upon a rather large, very full of fluid, cyst that was attached to the lower portion of brain. I feel very fortunate that my situation wasn’t more serious and that I had a wonderful neurosurgeon who immediately knew how to fix it. I’m not gonna lie, brain surgery had me nervous, but I’m immensely thankful to my family, friends, and incredible “work family” who have been supportive, kind and loving during a time when I’ve been feeling a lot of emotions. Work is a great place to be everyday and for the 2 months leading up to my surgery I found a lot of comfort being around the people I’ve worked beside for so many years. I’m excited to get back to it after my recovery. (Yes, they shaved a portion of my head, so please no comments if you don’t like my hair. It’s temporary.)

Again, thank you to everyone for sending positive vibes my way. It’s not gone unnoticed. ♥️

“Fun fact: I now firmly believe the new plates in my brain will give me some sort of special ability. Fingers crossed I can suddenly knit a sweater in 1 day. Ooo maybe 1 hour. 😮”

Storms said in a previous posting that her pal, Emme Rylan, also of “GH” fame, was taking care of her.

Wishing her a speedy recovery. So she can get back to the fictional hospital. And those doctors usually lose their patients. Good thing she was in real hospital!

Box Office: Horrors as “A Quiet Place 2” May Lose Weekend to “Conjuring 3,” Major Fall of for “Cruella”

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Box Office: Horrors as “A Quiet Place 2” May Lose Weekend to “Conjuring 3,” Major Fall of for “Cruella”

Horror of horrors!

As big as “A Quiet Place Part 2” was last weekend, it may not repeat at number 1.

Last night “The Conjuring 3” arrived and swept up $10 million to $6 million for John Kraskinski’s gem of a sequel. So it looks bad “AQP2” but we’ll see how things shake out. But fear not, “AQP2” has now passed “Tenet” as the number 2 movie of the pandemic era.

The movie having real trouble is “Cruella” which fell by more than 60% last night from last Friday. The numbers were only $3.2 million, down from $7.8 million. And it’s fun! Go see it, by all means! We knew “Cruella” was in trouble from the get go, and this confirms. But Disney has committed to the sequel, so they’ll look for ways to improve the next chapter.

Stay tuned for tomorrow…

 

The Biz as Usual: “Cruella,” “A Quiet Place” Will Be Back in 2023, “Mare” Will Get a Sequel When the Dough Is Sorted Out

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The Biz as Usual: “Cruella,” “A Quiet Place” Will Be Back in 2023, “Mare” Will Get a Sequel When the Dough Is Sorted Out

I have to LOL when I read these trade reports of “surprise” sequels. Or whether a hit show will get a second season when the doors have been left open and hurricane winds are blowing in.

So “Cruella” will be back in 2023, Disney announces. Uh huh, it was planned as a trilogy and unless number II completely bombs we’ll see a third film. This is how these things are planned in the first place. Emma Stone didn’t go into it thinking just one movie and she was done.

This might have been the case for “Solo: A Star Wars Story” if people had liked the movie. Alden Ehrenreich was all set to become a franchise star. But there was so much negative sentiment, no one will come back for more.

“A Quiet Place Part 3” we’ll see in March 2023. It was always planned. Part 2 ended on a cliffhanger and was clearly a bridge to a finale. Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy have to get together, the aliens must be defeated, and so on. The only difference here is that John Krasinski is turning over the project to director Jeff Nichols. I’m surprised Krasinski isn’t finishing the trilogy, since this is his idea. Maybe this is a one off before the trilogy is finished. Anything to extend the life of the series.

As for “Mare of Easttown,” HBO is now saying exactly what it said when “Big Little Lies” finished and everyone wanted a sequel. The whole let’s see if there’s an idea thing is a fake off until the money is sorted out for this incredible to success to return with the same creative people. But they will do it, and “Mare” will be back before us at least by 2023. There’s plenty of life left in those characters. But wait til those Emmys come rolling in. Salaries will be renegotiated.

“Jeopardy!” Sinking Ratings Draw a Competitor in NY and LA: New 7pm NBC Local News Starts Monday

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“Jeopardy!” Sinking Ratings Draw a Competitor in NY and LA: New 7pm NBC Local News Starts Monday

I’ve been telling you for months that “Jeopardy!” was sinking in the ratings and was in trouble.

I guess someone listened. Starting Monday, WNBC Channel in New York and KNBC in Los Angeles will launch a 7pm local half hour newscast to compete with the quiz show.

No one’s tried this since 2007. It didn’t work because Alex Trebek crushed them.

But now with the rotating guest hosts in a long ratings decline, NBC Local News decided to take advantage of the situation. In New York that means Lester Holt will hand the news back to David Ushery and Natalie Pasquarella, who can update whatever people missed earlier, before Holt’s NBC Evening News.

Last week, “Jeopardy!” fell back to just a 5.1 in the ratings, down a million viewers since January when Ken Jennings took over for Trebek.

It’s a good idea since “Jeopardy!” is only going to do worse before it gets better. There is no host coming with buzz until LeVar Burton hits on July 26th. NBC can make some inroads between now and then especially if they offer some special material during that half hour. With the mayoral primary on June 22nd, and the election in November, there’s lots to talk about!

And “Access Hollywood” will follow at 7:30pm.

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