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Merry Christmas from Hollywood Pariah Mel Gibson: New Movie Poster Shows Angry Santa Looming Over Rifle Bearing Assassin

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Merry Christmas from Hollywood Pariah Mel Gibson: New Movie Poster Shows Angry Santa Looming Over Rifle Bearing Assassin

Well, this is the kind of Christmas movie poster we can all get into. Mel Gibson, dressed as angry Santa, looming over an assassin holding an automatic rifle.

Welcome to “Fatman,” Mel’s latest D movie. Description: “To save his declining business, Chris Cringle (Mel Gibson), also known as Santa Claus, is forced into a partnership with the U.S. military. Making matters worse, Chris gets locked into a deadly battle of wits against a highly skilled assassin (Walton Goggins), hired by a precocious 12-year-old after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking. ‘Tis the season for Fatman to get even, in the action-comedy that keeps on giving.”

Ho ho ho. Gibson is Hollywood’s pariah. And this movie, more than the others he’s tried in the 14 years since his fall from grace, really says, “I don’t give a f–k.”

The movie, according to a press release, is opening in Los Angeles, Cleveland, Denver, Berkley, Austin, Phoenix, And Houston on November 13th. That’s right. “Berkley.” I’m sure it will be embraced there accordingly.

 

American Music Awards Announce Nominees After Billboard Music Awards’ Spectacular Ratings Failure

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American Music Awards Announce Nominees After Billboard Music Awards’ Spectacular Ratings Failure

Why not give it a second try?

After the spectacular ratings failure of the Billboard Music Awards, now come the American Music Awards nominees.

The Billboard Music Awards, broadcast earlier this month on NBC, and also produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by the same company as Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, and Billboard, dropped 55% in the ratings (62% in the key demo) from their last show in May 2019.

The AMAs will be seen on ABC on November 22nd. As with last year, the AMAs are leaning heavily toward anyone who’s not Taylor Swift, because she will be holding out for the Grammys in January 2021. However, last year, the Grammys screwed Taylor. So this should be interesting. The Billboard Music Awards, having a similar problem with having to downplay Swift, went strong with Post Malone, and it killed them. To me it looks like the AMAs will go for The Weeknd as their big winner.

Not announced: Kanye West will present Best Medication, in a pre-taped ceremony from a Walgreens built in a dormant volcano.

PS The AMAs made a big mistake not including “Dance Monkey,” a massive novelty hit that would have gotten rattings big time. Also, where is John Legend? This may be the first show he’s been excluded from in 2020.

 

THE “2020 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS” NOMINEES:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Justin Bieber
Post Malone
Roddy Ricch
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Lewis Capaldi
Doja Cat
DaBaby
Lil Baby
Roddy Ricch
Megan Thee Stallion

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch “Rockstar”
Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber “10,000 Hours”
Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande “Rain On Me”
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé “Savage Remix”

FAVORITE SOCIAL ARTIST
BTS
Billie Eilish
EXO
Ariana Grande
NCT 127

FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
Doja Cat “Say So”
Future ft. Drake “Life Is Good”
Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande “Rain On Me”
Taylor Swift “cardigan”
The Weeknd “Blinding Lights”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Justin Bieber
Post Malone
The Weeknd

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Dua Lipa
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift

FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK
BTS
Jonas Brothers
Maroon 5

FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK
Harry Styles “Fine Line”
Taylor Swift “folklore”
The Weeknd “After Hours”

FAVORITE SONG –  POP/ROCK
Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved”
Dua Lipa “Don’t Start Now”
Post Malone “Circles”
Roddy Ricch “The Box”
The Weeknd “Blinding Lights”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Gabby Barrett
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris

FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – COUNTRY
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion

FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY
Luke Combs “What You See Is What You Get”
Blake Shelton “Fully Loaded: God’s Country”
Morgan Wallen “If I Know Me”

FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY
Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber “10,000 Hours”
Maren Morris “The Bones”
Blake Shelton (Duet with Gwen Stefani) “Nobody But You”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP
DaBaby
Juice WRLD
Roddy Ricch

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP
Cardi B
Nicki Minaj
Megan Thee Stallion

FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP
Lil Baby “My Turn”
Lil Uzi Vert “Eternal Atake”
Roddy Ricch “Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial”

FAVORITE SONG – RAP/HIP-HOP
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch “Rockstar”
Roddy Ricch “The Box”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown
John Legend
The Weeknd

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
Jhene Aiko
Doja Cat
Summer Walker

FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B
Doja Cat “Hot Pink”
Summer Walker “Over It”
The Weeknd “After Hours”

FAVORITE SONG – SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown ft. Drake “No Guidance”
Summer Walker “Playing Games”
The Weeknd “Heartless”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – LATIN
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Ozuna

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – LATIN
Becky G
KAROL G
Rosalía

FAVORITE ALBUM – LATIN
Anuel AA ”Emmanuel”
Bad Bunny “Las que no iban a salir”
Bad Bunny “YHLQMDLG”

FAVORITE SONG – LATIN
Bad Bunny “Vete”
Black Eyed Peas X J Balvin “RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)”
KAROL G & Nicki Minaj “Tusa”

FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Billie Eilish
Tame Impala
twenty one pilots

FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Lewis Capaldi
Jonas Brothers
Maroon 5

FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Lauren Daigle
for KING & COUNTRY
Kanye West

FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
Kygo
Lady Gaga
Marshmello

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK
Birds of Prey: The Album
Frozen II
Trolls: World Tour

 

Donald Trump Tweets That Despite 220,000 Deaths, and 1,000 a Day, “Topic Will Change” on November 4th

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Donald Trump Tweets That Despite 220,000 Deaths, and 1,000 a Day, “Topic Will Change” on November 4th

This morning, Donald Trump’s tweeting away. He claims that despite 220,000 deaths, and a continuing tally of 1,000 deaths a day, on November 4th “the topic will change.”

I have personally lost several friends to COVID. My city is in suspended animation and businesses are destroyed because of COVID. The mounting losses now are in the Midwest and red states, where Trump support lies. Can the voters there look at a Tweet like this and possibly agree that the “topic will change” on November 4th?

Fox News President and 4 Anchors Exposed to COVID-19 on Private Plane, Told to Quarantine

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Fox News President and 4 Anchors Exposed to COVID-19 on Private Plane, Told to Quarantine

From The New York Times, buried as usual on their website, just now:

Fox News preisdent Jay Wallace and four Fox News anchors have been to quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 on a private plane.

The Fox News personalities are Bret Baier, the chief political anchor; Martha MacCallum, the anchor of Fox’s 7 p.m. show, “The Story”; and Dana Perino and Juan Williams, two hosts of “The Five.”

According to the Times:

“The infected person was on a charter flight to New York from Nashville with a group of network executives, personalities and other staff members who attended the presidential debate on Thursday, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal network matters.

Everyone on board the plane has been told to get tested and quarantine. It was unclear whether more than one person had tested positive.”

Jeremy Peters filed the story. I’m sure he’s thrilled with the Times’s presentation of this story. Almost no Times headlines match the stories, you have to find them repurposed on Twitter to know what’s going on.

We still don’t whose plane they were on, or who was the infected person aboard.

Messages from Two “Borat” Characters, Jeanise Jones and Macy Chanel, The Good and Bad Side of the Film

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Messages from Two “Borat” Characters, Jeanise Jones and Macy Chanel, The Good and Bad Side of the Film

Here’s an update on two of the real people who were conscripted by Sacha Baron Cohen to be in “Borat 2.”

Jeanise Jones, the professional baby sitter who becomes the heart and soul of the movie, posted this message to Facebook today:

“Thank you to all who have reached out to me from here in OKC to around the entire world! Yes it was me in the Borat movie. I was recruited to be in a “Documentary”. At ABSOLUTELY NO time did I know this was a satirical comedy movie and that I was being “setup” so to speak. It’s all good I just did what my Mother Ozell Smith (RIP) taught me to do from as far back as I remember.
Again, thank you to all and to God be the glory for it all.”
Borat leaves his “daughter” with Jeanise, along with a ball and chain and a dog bowl, for hours. Jeanise rises to the occasion, doing everything to help Tutar and liberate her from her father. She is wise and wonderful. She’s also a real person, so all the attention may be scary. You can tell from her picture that she’s cool. I’m hopeful she will contact me at showbiz411@gmail.com.

On the flip side is Macy Chanel, a self styled “influencer” on Instagram, whose photo collection of selfies doesn’t leave much to imagination. I wrote to her the day before the movie hit Amazon, and this is how she replied:

“Thank you for your request.  I have received a significant amount of inquiries from the media around Borat. I am willing to provide an exclusive to the publication who: Provides a final cut of any scene(s) from the movie in advance of the release date and After reviewing the footage, preview of questions for the interview.Please let me know if you still have an interest.”

Macy has taken like a duck to water with the movie’s release. I’m sure she’s hoping to become a Real Housewife of Beverly Hills. In the movie she gives Tutar advice about how to attract very old rich men. Macy posted the clip of her encounter with Tutar.

Just What She Needed: Paulina Porizkova Co-Owned Townhouse with Ric Ocasek, Got at Least $5 Mil from Sale

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Just What She Needed: Paulina Porizkova Co-Owned Townhouse with Ric Ocasek, Got at Least $5 Mil from Sale

Let’s get something straight here. Paulina Porizkova is not homeless or bereft following the death of her almost ex husband, Ric Ocasek of the Cars.

The recent sale of their townhouse at 140 East 19th St. netted $10 million. Paulina was a co-owner of the house. She walked away with at least $5 million. I’m told it was more, that Paulina put up the money for the house when they first bought it years ago.

Today’s New York Post story paints Paulina as a weeping widow who faces life alone in the big city. LOL. First of all, she’s been living with boyfriend, “Bill and Ted” screenwriter Ed Solomon, for years. Ocasek actually died on Solomon’s birthday, which is pretty weird. The Post story omits Solomon altogether.

The Post story is incorrect about Paulina and Ric’s life together the last couple of years. He wrote in his will that she “abandoned” him. “I have made no provision for my wife … as we are in the process of divorcing. Even if I should die before our divorce is final … Paulina is not entitled to any elective share … because she has abandoned me,” Ocasek wrote in his surprise will.

Indeed, when Paulina “discovered” that Ric was dead, she hadn’t been at his house all night. He’d just gotten out of the hospital after a heart attack and a cancer diagnosis. It’s incredible to read now that he was left alone in his house with that news. No nurse? No aide? No family member?

Ocasek seems to have gotten the last laugh, listing $5 million in royalties in his will. He was probably worth around $100 million. He wrote all of the Cars’ hits including “Drive,” “My Best Friend’s Girl,” “Shake it Up,” “Let’s Go” and so on. The records are perennial sellers. But more importantly, the publishing rights give Ocasek’s estate– or trusts he assigned– wheelbarrels full of money.

Paulina herself, meantime, I’m told made a boatload of money herself as a model. It’s well invested. Sources tell me her affair with Solomon was what really plagued Ocasek, and his last minute legal moves are what she’s really mourning. It’s unlikely a judge is going to undo Ocasek’s wishes. As he sang on his first album, “Bye, Bye, Love.”

 

 

No One Watched Kim Kardashian’s 40th Birthday Party as “KUWTK” Scores Just 375,000 Viewers, Lowest Ratings Ever

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No One Watched Kim Kardashian’s 40th Birthday Party as “KUWTK” Scores Just 375,000 Viewers, Lowest Ratings Ever

The poor Kardashians. Putting their show on Thursday nights has been a disaster for E! because that’s been the day for either presidential Town Halls or debates.

This past Thursday, while 55 million people were tuned into debate coverage, basically no one watched “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” The show scored its lowest ratings ever– just 375,000 people. Yikes. The end is really near.

Things were so bad that E! has put the entire episode on YouTube, so everyone can watch it for free. I FF’d through it to get the picture. With ears covered. You’ll have to scroll through and see if there’s footage from Kim’s 15th birthday in 1995, which would have been a few days after OJ Simpson was acquitted with help from her late father, Robert.

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