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Claudia Conway UPDATE: Getting Emancipated “Because of Years of Childhood Trauma and Abuse”

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Claudia Conway UPDATE: Getting Emancipated “Because of Years of Childhood Trauma and Abuse”

Claudia Conway, 15, says on Twitter this afternoon:
“i’m not getting emancipated because of my mom’s job.. it is because of years of childhood trauma and abuse”

She’s claiming this against her parents, Kellyanne and George Conway. Kellyanne, who is loathed by the public, speaks lies for Donald Trump. George has run a robust public campaign against Trump and by association, Kellyanne. Their living situation cannot be pleasant.

While I’d like to believe Kellyanne Conway dips her children in a vat of boiling oil, it seems unlikely. This family needs help ASAP, and not from Dr. Phil. They need a real therapist. I hope they can get one before things get worse.

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Trump the Vampire: Announcement Today Per WashPo Is Minor–Clearing Way to Use Plasma Donations from Recovered Patients

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Trump the Vampire: Announcement Today Per WashPo Is Minor–Clearing Way to Use Plasma Donations from Recovered Patients

Donald Trump is a vampire after all.

He wants to suck the blood — or the plasma part of it– from recovered COVID patients and use it on new patients.

This is his big announcement today at 6pm. The Washington Post broke the story,  although apparently there was discussion of “convalescent plasma” on the Sunday news shows.

There has been interest in the effectiveness, but it’s not considered any kind of “game changer” in the curing or preventing of COVID. This is not a vaccine and has nothing to do with one. It’s just Trump the Vampire trying to make noise on the eve of the Republican convention.

I was excited because I thought Trump and the My Pillow guy were going to announce a pillow-Clorox cure today.

 

 

Box Office! Russell Crowe’s “Unhinged” Does Terrifying $4 Mil, Mostly at Drive-Ins, “Inception” Redux Fails to Score in Advance of “Tenet”

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Box Office! Russell Crowe’s “Unhinged” Does Terrifying $4 Mil, Mostly at Drive-Ins, “Inception” Redux Fails to Score in Advance of “Tenet”

There’s box office news! Hello!

Russell Crowe’s horror thriller whatever “Unhinged” opened where theaters could show it and made $4 million. That’s pretty good. Of course, it couldn’t be shown in New York, New Jersey, or California inside theaters. And pretty much most of Florida and Texas.

So where did people see “Unhinged”? According to Exhibitor Relations, the top 5 locations were all drive ins. Four of those were in California, one was in Detroit. That was probably a great way to see this B movie.

The top 10 box office was:

TOP NORTH AMERICA BOX OFFICE 1. UNHINGED ($4M) 2. SPONGEBOB: SOTR ($550k) 3. WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS ($462k) 4. GOONIES ($260k) 5. CUT THROAT CITY ($240k) 6. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK ($230k) 7. PENINSULA ($210k) 8. JURASSIC PARK ($180k) 9. SONIC ($150k) 10. BACK TO THE FUTURE ($140k)

(Please note that Steven Spielberg or George Lucas has something to do with four of the top 10 movies.)

Solstice Studios’ Mark Gill put “Unhinged” in 1,823 theaters, the widest release for any movie since mid March. Next week, he’ll add a few more theaters. “Unhinged” cost $33 million plus at least $15 million in promotional costs.

In other box office news, Warner Bros. re-released “Inception” in advance of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet.” No one knows the theater count, and there’s no report of what it made, but it didn’t make the top 10. “Tenet” has an 80 on Rotten Tomatoes, down from an initial 88.

 

Kellyanne Conway’s 15 Year Old Daughter “Pushing for Emancipation”: “My mother’s job ruined my life to begin with”

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Kellyanne Conway’s 15 Year Old Daughter “Pushing for Emancipation”: “My mother’s job ruined my life to begin with”

Claudia Conway, 15 year old daughter of Trump spokesmonster Kellyanne Conway and Lincoln Project founder George Conway, has had it with her parents and their politics. (The parents are on opposite sides, quite vociferously, of the election.)

She says on Twitter tonight that she is “pushing for emancipation.”

Claudia posted tonight: “I’m officially pushing for emancipation. buckle up because this is probably going to be public one way or another, unfortunately. welcome to my life…

“…i have been using social media as an outlet to express my passions, individuality, and to shed light on some hardships. i have been vulnerable for a reason. thank you for supporting me…

i’m devasted [sic] that my mother is actually speaking at the RNC. like DEVASTATED beyond compare…”

“my mother’s job ruined my life to begin with. heartbreaking that she continues to go down that path after years of watching her children suffer. selfish. it’s all about money and fame, ladies and gentlemen.”

And about George Conway, who hates Trump and seems to be estranged from Kellyanne:

“as for my dad, politically, we agree on absolutely nothing. we just both happen to have common sense when it comes to our current president. stop “stanning” him…”

Claudia turns 16 on October 17th. I guess that’s when the emancipation campaign begins. Look, I can’t stand Kellyanne Conway. Her inveterate lying and shilling for Trump, the rationalizing and promoting, all of it makes me sick. Are we enjoying seeing her child attack her? Yes, but only somewhat. It’s a sad comment on the whole Trump debacle that this kid has risen from the ashes of disaster to undo her own parents.

 

 

Here It Is: Trailer for Matt Reeves’s “The Batman” Starring Robert Pattinson, Shows a Darker Knight in the Shadows

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Here It Is: Trailer for Matt Reeves’s “The Batman” Starring Robert Pattinson, Shows a Darker Knight in the Shadows

Here’s the trailer for Matt Reeves’ “The Batman.” Robert Pattinson takes the cowl from Ben Affleck as Reeves shows a darker knight. Paul Dano is the Riddler, Zoe Kravitz is Catwoman, Jeffrey Wright is Commissioner Gordon. Andy Serkis will play Alfred Pennyworth and Colin Farrell is The Penguin. No Joker, No Robin, No Aunt Harriet?

The people in our main photo? They can never be replaced.

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Larry King, 86, Acknowledges Deaths of Two Adult Children, Andy and Chaia King, Within Weeks of Each Other

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Larry King, 86, Acknowledges Deaths of Two Adult Children, Andy and Chaia King, Within Weeks of Each Other

About 10 days ago I got a call from a friend who knows Larry King telling me his adopted son, Andy, 65, had suddenly died of a heart attack. The worst part was that Andy’s sister, Chaia, who was Larry’s daughter from his two marriages to their mother, was dying of lung cancer. I was going to report it, but it seemed invasive and way too sad.

I remember Chaia, who did die this week at age 51, because in 1994, she accompanied Larry to a visit in chambers with Judge Ito at OJ Simpson’s pre-trial hearings. I was sitting in the courtroom when the father and daughter emerged from the door behind Ito’s podium after a meeting with him. They shook OJ’s hand, and the lawyers’. It was quite a scene.

Page Six got the news of the two deaths and reported them this morning. This evening Larry — or someone for him — posted a notice to Facebook. The weird thing is that Andy has been dead for at least two weeks, Chaia died this week, and Larry’s been working and Tweeting away. Everyone deals with death differently.

No matter, their deaths, following the death of their mother, Alene Akins, in 2017, is tragic. (She was Larry’s second and fourth wife.)

Larry wrote:
“It is with sadness and a father’s broken heart that I confirm the recent loss of two of my children, Andy King, and Chaia King. Both of them were good and kind souls and they will be greatly missed. Andy passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack on July 28th, and Chaia passed on August 20th, only a short time after having been diagnosed with lung cancer. Losing them feels so out of order. No parent should have to bury a child. My family and I thank you for your outpouring of kind sentiments and well wishes. In this moment, we need a little time and privacy to heal. I thank you for respecting that.”

I do feel bad about Larry. There was a time when he ruled the air on CNN at 9pm. People looked forward to his nightly show, his interviews. If something were happening in the world, Larry had the person of that moment on that night. Eventually CNN dumped him for Piers Morgan, a terrible mistake. Larry couldn’t find his footing and wound up doing infomercials for weird health products. (His producer, Tammy Haddad, went on to glory in Washington and with “Veep” as a consultant.) His most recent marriage, to Shawn, has included all kinds of infidelity, scandals, and now divorce. He didn’t deserve this.

And PS, if anyone can find an obit for Andy King anywhere, please send it to me at showbiz411@gmail.com. I looked and looked. He must have merited some kind of piece.

Melania Trump Drains All Color and Actual Roses from the White House Rose Garden, Chops Down Cherry Trees, Builds Metaphoric Cemetery

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Melania Trump Drains All Color and Actual Roses from the White House Rose Garden, Chops Down Cherry Trees, Builds Metaphoric Cemetery

Where are the roses in the White House rose garden?

Melania Trump’s re-do of the Rose Garden is angering people everywhere. First of all, there are few roses. Second, Melania has drained all the vibrant color from the garden. Third, it looks like she’s chopped down cherry trees planted by Jackie Kennedy in 1961.

When Melania makes her “speech” from there on Tuesday night, they’re going to have cart in flowers to make the place look like a garden. Right now, under her command, she’s build an austere, severe graveyard in the back of the White House.

Maybe it’s a metaphor for the 170,000+ her husband has killed while in office. If that’s the case, then my hat is off to her.

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this cherry tree seems to be gone:

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(Video) Charlie Puth Heads for Oscars with Diane Warren-Penned Hit Song for “The One and Only Ivan”

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(Video) Charlie Puth Heads for Oscars with Diane Warren-Penned Hit Song for “The One and Only Ivan”

Charlie Puth– despite his Subway commercials– is a keeper. He’s got a hit with a Diane Warren penned anthem called “Free” from “The One and Only Ivan,” now streaming on DisneyPlus. “Free” could be Diane Warren’s 12th Oscar nominated song. It’s one of her very best ever, and Puth’s performance is sensational. The video was released today, but Puth’s fans have to get the word out. Charlie Puth is a contemporary musician who I think has tremendous potential. He’s already had some hits but he’s far from hitting his stride yet. This video and song will surely help.

Broadway in a Muddle as NBC Wants to Do a Special Highlighting Shows, Tony Awards Plan a Digital Celebration

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Broadway in a Muddle as NBC Wants to Do a Special Highlighting Shows, Tony Awards Plan a Digital Celebration

Broadway is in a muddle, and no one seems to know what’s going on.

Today the Broadway League announced they were planning a digital Tony Awards for sometime this fall. This may be news to CBS, which broadcasts the Tonys in June but couldn’t this year since there was no season.

Is this going to be on Zoom? And who is nominated? From what shows? We never had a real season. Many shows never opened. A few did, and then closed with all the others. The group of shows and people who were eligible was pretty slim. Of them all, I’d say the biggest calamity was not getting to see Adrienne Warren pick up a Tony for the Tina Turner musical.

Maybe the Broadway League announcement was a panicked response to the previous day’s story that NBC wants to do a special in the fall highlighting Broadway shows. They don’t know which ones, and so far no one wants to do it. It wouldn’t be easy to produce since all the shows are in storage and the theaters are closed, and the casts are all social distancing.

Meantime, the theater district and the Broadway world are losing hundreds of millions of dollars. Some shows– as I’ve reported — have announced opening dates for March and April. A couple have said they’ll go for May 2021. But Broadway houses are 95% very cramped with seating. People are on top of each other. Coughing throughout shows is typical. And you can’t reduce the number of seats. It’s not financially possible. You also can’t put plastic dividers between each seat and row. So no one wants a vaccine more than the Broadway community, and one you can get at intermission with Twizzlers and cheap wine!

David Pecker, Media Survivor, is OUT At National Enquirer Parent Company After Sale and Merger to N95 Mask Maker

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David Pecker, Media Survivor, is OUT At National Enquirer Parent Company After Sale and Merger to N95 Mask Maker

According to reports, David Pecker is out as the longtime head of American Media, the parent company of the National Enquirer.

Pecker was a media survivor, getting American Media through dozens of financial disasters, always somehow raising money at the last minute to keep everything afloat.

But the Chatham Assets fund that owns American Media has sold it as they take over McClatchy Newspapers from bankruptcy.

In the end, Pecker’s lunatic fealty to Donald Trump did him in.

“This is a transformative event that significantly reshapes Accelerate and American Media into a new type of media and marketing company with an unprecedented reach all the way to the sales floor,” claimed a press release issued late Friday by Georgia-based marketing executive David Parry, the CEO of Accelerate360, LLC, the new owner.

American Media was hobbled in the end by two episodes that did them in. One was the expose of Jeff Bezos, head of Amazon, and his extramarital affair. The second was participating in “catch and kill” stories while supporting Donald Trump in his first presidential election. That whole adventure is what sent Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to jail and revealed the Stormy Daniels affair.

I’m surprised that Pecker let go in this deal, but I guess he had to. The Enquirer was just about dead, as were its sister publications like Radar Online, Star, and Globe. The only functioning part of AMI, which will now be called A360 Media, is US Magazine, which Pecker bought from Jann Wenner in a fire sale. I’m not sure why Accelerate, which makes masks and other protective equipment.

The press release announcing the changes doesn’t even mention the Enquirer, just Us Weekly, Life & Style, OK!, and Men’s Journal. It also doesn’t mention that Chatham owns a large part of A360.

Mr. Pecker, 68, will serve as an executive adviser to the new company. “Pecker is effectively out,” says a source. Chris Scardino, who’s been with AMI for a long time, will take over.

Here’s the press release:

SMYRNA, Ga., Aug. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Board of Managers of American Media, LLC’s holding company have made the strategic decision to combine American Media and Accelerate360, LLC (Accelerate).  The announcement was made by Accelerate CEO David Parry. As part of the consolidation, American Media will be renamed A360 Media and American Media President and CEO, David J. Pecker has been named Executive Advisor of A360 Media effective immediately.

“This is a transformative event that significantly reshapes Accelerate and American Media into a new type of media and marketing company with an unprecedented reach all the way to the sales floor,” said Mr. Parry.

Mr. Parry also announced that Chris Scardino has been named President of A360 Media. Mr. Scardino, previously Executive Vice President and Group Publisher, is an 18-year veteran of American Media.

“A360 Media will be unlike anything the industry has seen with an ability to create direct access to consumers for our more than 2,300 active advertising partners,” said Mr. Scardino. “I am excited to work closely with the innovative team at Accelerate and how we can leverage their insights from recent success with LifeToGo and their unparalleled marketing insights and analytics for our brands and partners.”

A360 Media delivers extraordinary scale reaching more than 47 million men and women each month with the company’s celebrity magazines, including Us Weekly, Life & Style, and OK!, delivering the #1 market share in the category. The brand’s digital properties reach more than 60 million unique visitors monthly with more than 54 million social media fans & followers.

In addition to A360 Media, Accelerate’s core businesses also include Accelerate360 which provides logistics, sales and distribution solutions for both retailers and brands including a BTB wholesale platform for retailers to discover and purchase products, and LifeToGo, its ecommerce and direct-to-consumer marketplace.  Accelerate recently launched a successful line of Personal Protection Equipment that includes hand sanitizer, gloves, disinfectant wipes, cloth and disposable face masks, PPE safety packs and immunity boosting supplements under the LifeToGo brand. Accelerate also manages merchandising programs, featuring more than 600 SKUs in general merchandise and health and wellness, for national and regional grocers, and is the largest periodical distributor in North America delivering magazines to more than 55,000 retail locations weekly.

Synergies among the companies have already begun by leveraging A360 Media platform to build awareness and drive revenue of both LifeToGo products and other Accelerate supplier partners by utilizing advertising and marketing programs featuring products across A360 Media brands including Us Weekly, Life & Style, and Men’s Journal.

A360 Media will remain based in New York with some operations and shared services moving to Accelerate’s headquarters in Georgia.

 

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