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Carly Simon’s Hit Song “Coming Around Again” Inspires Martha’s Vineyard-Based Rom Com “With a Very Carly Simon Vibe”

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Carly Simon’s Hit Song “Coming Around Again” Inspires Martha’s Vineyard-Based Rom Com “With a Very Carly Simon Vibe”

Remember when there was a movie called “The Kids Are Alright”? Great film but we wondered if they were using the Who song as its theme. They weren’t.

Today Deadline.com reported on a new project that caught my eye called “Coming Around Again.” That was a hit song from 1986 from the movie “Heartburn” written and sung by Carly Simon. It’s pretty famous. Also Carly Simon is closely associated with Martha’s Vineyard, where she’s lived for most of her life, sung about it, recorded concerts there, and so on.

So this description is a little dicey: Deadline says that “Coming Around Again” “focuses on a middle aged divorcee who rekindles a relationship with an old flame while vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard.”

Veteran producer Carla Hacken is producing from a script by Lawrence Michael Levine, all coming from Jason Blum’s Blumhouse.

I emailed Hacken if she’d contacted Simon yet. She said she hasn’t but plans on using the song in the movie (if she can secure the rights, of course). In an email she wrote: Sophia and Larry definitely named it after that song! and of course when we go make the movie we will want to get the song. the whole setting is very, very carly simon vibe!”

Here’s Carly performing “Coming Around Again” on Martha’s Vineyard:

Bruno Mars, Anderson.Paak’s SilkSonic Jokingly Ask to Be Added to Grammys, Adele, Beyonce in the Wings

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Bruno Mars, Anderson.Paak’s SilkSonic Jokingly Ask to Be Added to Grammys, Adele, Beyonce in the Wings

This is cute. Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak posted a help wanted Tweet to get themselves onto the Grammy Awards this Sunday. They’ve got a great number 1 single right now called “Leave the Door Open.” I’ve no doubt they will be appearing as their new group, SilkSonic.

Adele and Beyonce are in the wings, so to speak. I told you in December they’d be on the show. I still feel they will be on CBS this Sunday at 8pm. Adele won’t perform, but she would be the right person to present Album of the Year. Beyonce might win. She was nominated for six awards even though she had no new record out.

Stay tuned…

Producers Guild Narrows Oscar Field with 2021 Nominations Snubbing “The Father,” “News of the World,” “Da 5 Bloods”

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Producers Guild Narrows Oscar Field with 2021 Nominations Snubbing “The Father,” “News of the World,” “Da 5 Bloods”

The Producers Guild of America has nominated its best films of 2021, snubbing “News of the World” and “Da 5 Bloods.” Also excluded was “The Father,” which I would put in Best Picture nominations for the Oscars without a doubt.

Amazon and Netflix have the lion’s share of nominees. “Nomadland” is the likely winner, although I think it’s kind of great that “Borat” was nominated. Those producers deserve a special award.

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

  • “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)
    Producers: Sacha Baron Cohen, Monica Levinson, Anthony Hines
  • “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros)
    Producers: Charles D. King, Ryan Coogler, Shaka King
  • “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
    Producers: Denzel Washington, Todd Black
  • “Mank” (Netflix)
    Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, Douglas Urbanski
  • “Minari” (A24)
    Producer: Christina Oh
  • “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
    Producers: Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao
  • “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
    Producers: Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Jody Klein
  • “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
    Producers: Josey McNamara, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell
  • “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
    Producers: Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)
    Producers: Marc Platt, Stuart Besser

Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

  • “The Croods: A New Age” (DreamWorks Animation)
    Producer: Mark Swift
  • “Onward” (Pixar)
    Producer: Kori Rae
  • “Over the Moon” (Netflix)
    Producers: Gennie Rim, Peilin Chou
  • “Soul” (Pixar)
    Producer: Dana Murray
  • “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)
  • Producers: Paul Young, Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants

Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television

  • “Better Call Saul” (AMC) – Season 5
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “Bridgerton” – (Netflix) – Season 1
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “The Crown” (Netflix) – Season 4
    Producers: Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Stephen Daldry, Andy Harries, Benjamin Caron, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Michael Casey, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison, Oona O’Beirn
  • “The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus) – Season 2
    Producers: Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson, Karen Gilchrist, John Bartnicki, Carrie Beck
  • “Ozark” (Netflix) – Season 3
    Producers: Jason Bateman, Chris Mundy, Bill Dubuque, Mark Williams, Patrick Markey, John Shiban, Miki Johnson, Matthew Spiegel, Erin Mitchell, Martin Zimmerman, Peter Thorell

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

  • “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) – Season 10
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max) – Season 1
    Producers: Greg Berlanti, Kaley Cuoco, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender, Marcie Ullin, Sarah Schechter, Suzanne McCormack, Jess Meyer, Raymond Quinlan, Jennifer Lence, Erika Kennair
  • “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV) – Season 6
    Producers: Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Kurt Smeaton, Kosta Orfanidis
  • “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) – Season 1
    Producers: Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Jeff Ingold, Bill Wrubel, Liza Katzer, Jane Becker, Jamie Lee, Kip Kroeger, Brendan Hunt, Tina Pawlik, Joe Kelly
  • “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX) – Season 2
    Producers: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Paul Simms, Scott Rudin, Garrett Basch, Eli Bush, Stefani Robinson, Sam Johnson, Marika Sawyer, Derek S. Rappaport

David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television

  • “I May Destroy You” (HBO)
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “Normal People” (Hulu)
    Producers: Lenny Abrahamson, Sally Rooney, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Anna Ferguson, Catherine Magee
  • “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix)
    Producers: William Horberg, Allan Scott, Scott Frank, Marcus Loges, Mick Aniceto
  • “The Undoing” (HBO)
    Producers: Susanne Bier, David E. Kelley, Per Saari, Nicole Kidman, Bruna Papandrea, Stephen Garrett, Celia Costas, Deb Dyer
  • “Unorthodox” (Netflix)
    Producers: Anna Winger, Henning Kamm, Alexa Karolinksi

Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

  • “Bad Education” (HBO)
    Producers: Fred Berger, Eddie Vaisman
  • “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square“
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “Hamilton” (Disney Plus)
    Producers: Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller
  • “Jane Goodall: The Hope“
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “What the Constitution Means To Me“
    Producers: eligibility determination pending

Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

  • “60 Minutes” (CBS) – Season 53
    Producer: Bill Owens
  • “The Last Dance” (ESPN) – Season 1
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “Laurel Canyon” (EPIX)
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “McMillion$” (HBO) – Season 1
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” (Netflix)
    Producers: eligibility determination pending

Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

  • “8:46 – Dave Chappelle (Special)” (Netflix)
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central) – Season 26
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO) – Season 7
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS) – Season 6
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “Saturday Night Live” (NBC) – Season 46
    Producers: eligibility determination pending

Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

  • “The Amazing Race” (CBS) – Season 32
    Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo, Phil Keoghan
  • “The Masked Singer” (FOX) – Season 3, Season 4
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “Nailed It!” (Netflix) – Season 4
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “RuPaul’s Drag Race” ( (Season 12)
    Producers: eligibility determination pending
  • “The Voice” (NBC) – Season 18, Season 19
    Producers: eligibility determination pending

Checkmate! Popular Award Winning Netflix Series “The Queen’s Gambit” Will Be a Broadway Musical

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Checkmate! Popular Award Winning Netflix Series “The Queen’s Gambit” Will Be a Broadway Musical

Not surprised: Broadway producers have made their move, and it’s checkmate. They’ve optioned “The Queen’s Gambit” to be a musical.

Press release follows. No creatives yet. But you can imagine actresses climbing over each other to get the part played by Anna Taylor-Joy.

press release:

New York, NY (March 8, 2021) – Level Forward, the story-driven, impact-minded entertainment company, has acquired the theatrical stage rights to Walter Tevis’ The Queen’s Gambit, and is developing the novel as a musical.

The Queen’s Gambit tells the story of Beth Harmon, an orphan turned chess prodigy. The novel, published in 1983, depicts Beth’s journey from Kentucky to Paris to Moscow and beyond. It is a chronicle of a young woman’s struggle to overcome a broken past and the demons of addiction, set against the practices and prejudices of a male-centered world.

Recently adapted into a Netflix miniseries, “The Queen’s Gambit” received two Critics’ Choice Awards last night: Best Limited Series and Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television for Anya Taylor-Joy’s portrayal of Beth Harmon. Last week, it received two Golden Globe Awards: Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television. After just four weeks, “The Queen’s Gambit” became Netflix’s most-watched scripted miniseries with over 62 million viewers in the first month.

“It is a privilege for Level Forward to lead the charge of bringing The Queen’s Gambit to the stage through the beloved and enduring craft of musical theater. Told through a brave and fresh point of view, audiences are already sharing in the friendship and fortitude of the story’s inspiring women who energize and sustain Beth Harmon’s journey and ultimate triumph. The story is a siren call amidst our contemporary struggles for gender and racial equity, and we’re looking forward to moving the project forward,” said Level Forward CEO Adrienne Becker and Producer Julia Dunetz.

The deal was brokered on behalf of the Tevis Family Trust by Susan Schulman of the Susan Schulman Literary Agency, New York and Rachel Gould on behalf of Level Forward.

Oprah Ratings Go Wild with Harry and Meghan: 17.1 Million People Tuned In to See the Monarchy Crumble

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Oprah Ratings Go Wild with Harry and Meghan: 17.1 Million People Tuned In to See the Monarchy Crumble

Oprah’s royal special got 17.1 million people, a whopping big number, 10 million more than CBS usually gets at that hour.

The first hour was 16.963 million. The second hour jumped up to 17.3 million. That doesn’t include delayed viewing and all the clips running everywhere and the boost Oprah gave to CBS Morning News.

Oprah’s special didn’t do any favors to other shows airing at the same time last night including the Critics Choice Awards. I would ask the CW Network to re-air the Critics Choice this week again when people who would have watched it can see it.

ABC was down 21% from last week, and NBC was down 75%. Oprah took a bite out of everything.

Oprah’s score tied Diane Sawyer’s powerhouse interview with Caitlyn Jenner from 2017 to the decimal.

Will the monarchy crumble? Only if it’s ascertained that Prince Charles or Camilla were the ones who discussed the color of Archie’s skin. I feel that they were the ones, and that Harry can’t get over it. But that’s speculation. It may sink in that the UK has a racist waiting to be King. Certainly, Charles is a bad guy, we know that from the whole Diana saga. His mother knows it, too, which is why she’s never turned the Crown over to him.

Watch Super Singer Songwriter Carole King Get Vaccinated, and Sing About It in a Parody of “It’s Too Late”

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Watch Super Singer Songwriter Carole King Get Vaccinated, and Sing About It in a Parody of “It’s Too Late”

So funny and cute. Carole King got vaccinated, and it wasn’t a “Fantasy.”

Watch the Amazing Gladys Knight’s Sensational “Star Spangled Banner” at the NBA All Star Game

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Watch the Amazing Gladys Knight’s Sensational “Star Spangled Banner” at the NBA All Star Game

Two words: Gladys Knight. A couple more: she’s incredible. Some of us were distracted by other events tonight. I’m so glad this was the last thing I heard before calling it a night. Gladys is gold.

“Nomadland” Wins Best Picture, Director at Critics Choice, On Its Way to Oscars Sweep

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“Nomadland” Wins Best Picture, Director at Critics Choice, On Its Way to Oscars Sweep

Chloe Zhao won Best Director for her Best Picture, “Nomadland,” at the Critics Choice Awards tonight.

The accolades follow wins at the Golden Globes and many critics prizes around the country. “Nomadland” will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards on April 25th.

Frances McDormand, the star, would win Best Actress if she wanted to or cared. But it’s clear she’s doesn’t care. Carey Mulligan has emerged as a leading contender for Best Actress from “Promising Young Woman. Focus Features has done such a great job with their campaign that they all kind of deserve it. The other main contender is Viola Davis, from “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”

Chadwick Boseman, the late star of “Ma Rainey,” won Best Actor. He has the inside track to win the Oscar.

The big surprises were in Supporting Actor and Actress. Daniel Kaluuya won again, for “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Maria Bakalova, a relative newcomer from Bulgaria, won for “Borat Subsequent Movie.” She might win an Oscar. Crazier things have happened!

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WINNERS OF THE 26TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS  

FILM CATEGORIES  

BEST PICTURE  

Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ACTOR  

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS  

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR  

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS  

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS  

Alan Kim – Minari (A24)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE  

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST DIRECTOR  

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY  

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY  

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY  

Joshua James Richards – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN  

Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank (Netflix)

BEST EDITING – TIE  

Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP  

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS  

Tenet (Warner Bros.)

BEST COMEDY  

Palm Springs (Hulu and NEON)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM  

Minari (A24)

BEST SONG  

Speak Now – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)

BEST SCORE  

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste – Soul (Disney)

SERIES CATEGORIES  

BEST DRAMA SERIES  

The Crown (Netflix)

 

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES  

Josh O’Connor – The Crown (Netflix)

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES  

Emma Corrin – The Crown (Netflix)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES  

Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country (HBO)  

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES  

Gillian Anderson – The Crown (Netflix)

 

BEST COMEDY SERIES  

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

 

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES  

Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES  

Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek (Pop)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES  

Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek (Pop)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES  

Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

 

BEST LIMITED SERIES  

The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)

 

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION  

Hamilton (Disney+)

 

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION  

John Boyega – Small Axe (Amazon Studios)

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION  

Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION  

Donald Sutherland – The Undoing (HBO)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION   

Uzo Aduba – Mrs. America (FX)

 

BEST TALK SHOW  

Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)

 

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL – TIE  

Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (Netflix)

Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia (Netflix)

 

BEST SHORT FORM SERIES  

Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler (AMC/Youtube)

Meghan Markle to Oprah: So Depressed “I didn’t want to be alive anymore”…Baby’s skin color worried about in Palace

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Meghan Markle to Oprah: So Depressed “I didn’t want to be alive anymore”…Baby’s skin color worried about in Palace

Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan Markle might bring down the monarchy. She’s accused them of racism, and of making her so depressed she tells Oprah “I didn’t want to be alive anymore.”

Markle admits to being suicidal in Buckingham Palace, asking for help to save her mental health, and being rejected.

She also says there were conversations about concern of the darkness of her baby’s skin color when she was pregnant with baby Archie. She also claims that the Palace told her that for the first time the great grandson of a Queen would not receive security or the title of Prince.

Some of what Markle says sounds naive or disingenuous about preparing to meet the royal family. But as she digs into the details, it’s clear she was treated very, very badly or really worse if the racism claims are true. (No reason not to believe her.) So as much the public may question her decisions, it seems like she had no choice but to persuade Prince Harry to leave England.

Markle said:” “I’m not going to live my life in fear…I don’t know how they could expect that after all this time we would still be silent if there’s an active role that the firm (the palace) is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us.”

Oprah’s interview is bringing in $7 million, and it’s worth every penny.

But how this will be treated in the UK press tomorrow morning is really the headline.

keep refreshing…

Critics Choice Awards Early Winners: Daniel Kaluuya Supporting Actor, Maria Baklova Supporting Actress

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Critics Choice Awards Early Winners: Daniel Kaluuya Supporting Actor, Maria Baklova Supporting Actress

The Critics Choice Awards are LIVE right now on the CW Network, which is Channel 11 in New York. Check your local listings.

First movie winners are Daniel Kaluuya, Best Supporting Actor, for “Judas and the Last Messiah.” Supporting Actress went to Maria Bakalova, for “Borat Subsequent Movie.”

Kaluuya, especially, is of note here. He won the Golden Globes, also. He’s on his way to the Oscars. This is an upset over Sacha Baron Cohen, who has campaigned heavily for “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and has a lot of good will.

Bakalova is a left field choice, but a good one. She convinced the audience and a lot of real people in the movie that she was a 15 year old refugee from Kazakhstan. It was a little ironic to see Cohen lose to Kaluuya and then see the young woman he hired for “Borat” win.

Keep refreshing. More to come!

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