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Watch U2’s 20th Anniversary Video for Remastered Track “Stateless” from “All That You Can’t Leave Behind”

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Watch U2’s 20th Anniversary Video for Remastered Track “Stateless” from “All That You Can’t Leave Behind”

Okay, so way back in 2000, there was a dud of a movie called “The Million Dollar Hotel” that had a great soundtrack. U2 had a few tracks on it, including “Never Let Me Go” and “Stateless.” The latter, therefore, didn’t make it onto U2’s instant classic of an album that came out then called “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.”

But NOW the album turns 20 and is getting a big anniversary box set. “Stateless” has been remastered, given its own video, and will be in the box, along with a lot of other cool things. This has been a great box set season– McCartney, Stones, Elton, now U2.

Here’s the new “Stateless.” There’s a remastered video for “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out of It.” U2 makes me happy, like the Police, REM, and Pretenders, Squeeze and XTC.

Judging Amy: Trump’s Pick for Supreme Court Belongs to Non-Profit People of Praise: High Salaries and a $35 Mil War Chest

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Judging Amy: Trump’s Pick for Supreme Court Belongs to Non-Profit People of Praise: High Salaries and a $35 Mil War Chest

Today we are judging Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump’s extremely right wing religious fringe choice for a seat on the Supreme Court.

Much is being made of Barrett belonging to a group of Charismatic Catholics called People of Praise. They’re headquartered in South Bend, Illinois but have another robust branch in Minnesota. According to their federal tax returns, the two main branches have a total of $35 million in assets. That’s a lot of money for a small religious group.

What’s interesting is that in both of those branches, the amounts spent on salaries dwarfs any good the group might be doing giving grants to anyone. And it’s unclear where all the money is coming from into People of Praise. But we can see where it’s going.

The South Bend chapter claimed $16.5 million net assets for 2018. Of that, their salaries were three times the amount they gave away: just $540,333 in grants to someone, $1.433,218 in salaries.

The Minnesota group’s filing is much the same. They claimed $18 million in net assets. The group, in St. Paul, Minnesota (they spell out Saint on their tax form) gave absolutely NOTHING in grants in 2018 or even 2017. But they paid $431,000 in salaries to their staff.

Even better. The Vancouver, Washington branch claimed only a little over $1 million but almost all of it goes to salaries. None of it, of course, goes to grants. All three offices– South Bend, St. Paul, and Vancouver– claim huge office expenses, too. It’s not cheap being this religious!

As my grandmother used to say, Nice work if you can get it. And now a member of this group will go to the Supreme Court. We are disgracing the history of the Court.

Kanye Takes Presidential Campaign to Haiti, Because…Why Not? Says: “We are here to complete the revolution”

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Kanye Takes Presidential Campaign to Haiti, Because…Why Not? Says: “We are here to complete the revolution”

Kanye West took time out — from running for president of the United States and driving Vivendi executives crazy over ownership of his master recordings — to visit Jamaica and Haiti this week. Because, why not? If you’ve got the plane and the money you can just fly around North America, seem important, and accomplish nothing.

The president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, not realizing nothing will come from this, Tweeted:
“Kanye West’s visit is an opportunity for me to invite the African American community to get more involved in various investments in Haiti. Our country is the ideal place to promote universal culture. Haiti is Africa at the heart of America.”

Kanye Tweeted: “we are here to complete the revolution”

Wait til the cell phone number Kanye gave Moïse rings to a pizza place in Chicago.

Sting Announces Christmas Duets Album and New Hot Single with Rapper Gashi on “Tonight Show”

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Sting Announces Christmas Duets Album and New Hot Single with Rapper Gashi on “Tonight Show”

On Friday night’s Tonight show with Jimmy, Sting announced a new duets album due at Christmas time. It will comprise some duets from his heralded career and maybe a couple of new ones.

To that end Sting debuted a new single with rapper Gashi on which he’s a guest star, but frankly it’s very Sting and very catchy. Sting has been working with lots of different artists the last couple of years including Shaggy, and the results have been satisfying to say the least.

Sting also debuted a new sweater, which we all want to buy ASAP! Looks cozy while lightning flashes behind him in Tuscany.

Kanye West Spent Friday Putting Up About 40 Images Depicting Black Christianity without Comment

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Kanye West Spent Friday Putting Up About 40 Images Depicting Black Christianity without Comment

Perhaps taking a break from trying to up end the music industry, Kanye West posted about 40 images today around 8am Eastern time.

All the images are depictions of black Christianity.  The choices are random and without comment.

What does it all mean? We’ll have to wait for Kanye to explain, if he actually knows.

The pictures are certainly better than most of Kanye’s posts, and no captions makes it all the better!

 

After 37 Years, “General Hospital” Recasts Demi Moore’s Original Character with “NYPD Blue” Star Kim Delaney

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After 37 Years, “General Hospital” Recasts Demi Moore’s Original Character with “NYPD Blue” Star Kim Delaney

Yes. it’s true. Demi Moore, movie star, got her start on “General Hospital” in the early 1980s. The character was called Jackie Templeton, she looked nothing like other soap characters– and didn’t sound like them with her sexy whiskey voice.

Now, 35 years later or so, Jackie is coming back to the soap. But not played by Demi Moore. (What ever happened to her?) No, Jackie will now be portrayed by “NYPD Blue” star Kim Delaney.

What happened to Jackie in all those years? She’s going to have a son in Port Charles, which will surprise everyone, including Kim Delaney, I’m sure. But Demi has kids that age, and it hasn’t done her any harm.

Meantime, according to reports, Emma Samms– who was also on the soap at that time — couldn’t return to reprise her original role because she’s been battling COVID. Get well soon!

 

Sales Bust: Donald Trump Jr’s Book, “Liberal Privilege” Drop to Number 535 on Amazon, No One Seems to Want to It

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Sales Bust: Donald Trump Jr’s Book, “Liberal Privilege” Drop to Number 535 on Amazon, No One Seems to Want to It

Nothing has “triggered” sales for Donald Trump Jr’s latest writing sample.

The feral son who seeks approval on a daily basis published a book called “Liberal Privilege” a month ago. It’s self published, so NPD Book Scan doesn’t cover its sales.

The result is that “Liberal Privilege” is now at number 535 on Amazon’s best seller list. While books by Bob Woodward, cousin Mary Trump, Michael Cohen, and others all stripping away the veneer of this dangerous mock presidency, the lone family cheerleader is not very popular.

“Liberal Privilege” isn’t even on sub-lists, like Books by Desperate Sons Who Might Go to Jail.

To be clear, no one seems to be buying that Donald Trump Jr. is selling.

Junior’s crazy, desperate interviews and speeches aren’t helping either.

 
This interview might have really done him in:


 

Channing Tatum is Back! Looking Lean and Mean on Instagram, Announcing Production of New Movie Called “Dog”

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Channing Tatum is Back! Looking Lean and Mean on Instagram, Announcing Production of New Movie Called “Dog”

Channing Tatum is back! He’s looking lean and mean on Instagram, almost a little too lean, frankly. Someone get him a milk shake.

Channing hasn’t starred in a new film in a couple of years but he says he and producing partner Reid Carolin have started a new movie called “Dog” about a road trip. I met Channing at Sundance around 2006 when Trudie Styler produced Dito Montiel’s great film, “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.” His career took off like a rocket. Let’s hope his “Dog” is a class winner!

UPDATED Zayn’s “Better” A Total Bust with Just 2,600 Downloads for Ex-One Direction Star, Mystery Career Disaster

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UPDATED Zayn’s “Better” A Total Bust with Just 2,600 Downloads for Ex-One Direction Star, Mystery Career Disaster

UPDATED FRIDAY NIGHT, OCT 2: “Better” is dead. Total sales 2,600. Total streaming 35,000. The Zayn thing is a mystery to me. It’s just a written off career. I don’t know why.

UPDATED Sunday Morning: “Better” is at number 32 on iTunes and hasn’t appeared on Apple’s streaming chart.

FRIDAY: The opening notes of Zayn Malik’s “Better” come from an acoustic guitar and sound like they might be taking us to Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready.” Alas, the plucking strings, pretty enough, go nowhere, and neither does the song.

“Better” is worse than the terrible music Zayn has insisted on releasing following his hit single, “Pillow Talk.” The song comes off like bad Sly Stone, mumbled, and nearly inaudible. Is Zayn feeling “better” than he used to?It doesn’t sound like.

And this shock: at 8am, “Better,” released at midnight, finally appeared on iTunes at number 25 this morning. The YouTube video has over 1 million views.

How about using a songwriter, a producer, and a vocal coach? How about opening your mouth when you sing? If there’s a whole album coming like this, he’s in trouble. It seems like Zayn is purposely going in the opposite direction of his former One Direction mate Harry Styles, whose music is poppy and peppy.

If I were Zayn, I’d get some songs and production from Niall Horan, the One Direction writer who knows what he’s doing.

Dynasty: Carrie Fisher’s Daughter, Billie Lourd, Has a Baby With Austen Rydell, Grandson of the Oscar Nominated Director of “On Golden Pond,” “The Rose,” Other Hits

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Dynasty: Carrie Fisher’s Daughter, Billie Lourd, Has a Baby With Austen Rydell, Grandson of the Oscar Nominated Director of “On Golden Pond,” “The Rose,” Other Hits

General Leia Organa is a celestial grandmother. Somewhere in Heaven, Carrie Fisher is kvelling that her daughter, 28 year old daughter, actress Billie Lourd, has had a baby today. The father is Austen Rydell, an actor. Billie and Austen are engaged.

But I can tell you EXCLUSIVELY that this a Hollywood dynasty story. As Billie’s grandmother was Debbie Reynolds and her grandfather was Eddie Fisher, Austen also comes from a starry family.

(You won’t read this anywhere else.) Mark Rydell, Austen’s grandfather, now 91 years young, directed several big hits including “On Golden Pond” (for which he had an Oscar nomination as Best Director), “The River,” and “The Rose.” Mark Rydell was an actor before that, one half of soap opera’s first super couples with Rosemary Prinz on “As the World Turns” in the 1950s. In 2000, Mark Rydell also directed the James Dean TV biopic that launched the (now ignominious) career of James Franco. How do you like that?

Rydell divorced Austen’s grandmother in 1973. She was Joanna Linville, now 92. Linville co-founded the Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles in 1985. The little lad, named Kingston Fisher Lourd Rydell, is almost assured of becoming an actor one day. He’s got the genes!

Kingston’s grandfather, by the way, is Bryan Lourd, one of the senior partners in the Creative Artists Agency. So the baby will always have representation.

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