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Billie Eilish Producer Brother Finneas Starts New Group with His Own Stevie Nicks

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Billie Eilish Producer Brother Finneas Starts New Group with His Own Stevie Nicks

Finneas O’Connell is starting his own group.

Billie Eilish’s talented producer brother has even found his own Stevie Nicks.

Finneas and Ashlyn Rae Willson will be called The Favors. They’re dropping a song Thursday night called The Dream. Album hits in September.

Willson calls herself Ashe. She has three albums with a country rock feel to them. They’re worth giving a listen. She’s definitely following in Stevie Nicks’s footsteps.

It was time for Finneas to branch out. He’s already had a couple of solo albums. It’s time to spread his wings.

Here’s a song they did four years ago
https://youtu.be/gWdjDwYuejI?si=ZAwCSyNOuOUcugJp

Biden Granddaughter Goes After Tapper Over False Book Claims: “The ONLY cover up of this family is a BEACH Cover Up!!!”

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Biden Granddaughter Goes After Tapper Over False Book Claims: “The ONLY cover up of this family is a BEACH Cover Up!!!”

Ashley Biden has gone after authors Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson.

The two authors have been pounding away at Joe Biden for two weeks with their book, “Original Sin.”

Shilling on CNN 24/7, the reporters claim Joe Biden’s health was covered up during his presidency.

There are no quoted sources, just gossip and speculation. The duo keep attacking Biden as if it were personal at this point.

Over the weekend, Bill Clinton disputed their writing, saying he’s seen Biden recently and he seemed fine.

He’s certainly a lot more cogent than Donald Trump!”

Here’s what Ashley says:
The ONLY coverup of this family is a BEACH coverup !!! The truth is, Dad gave his ALL to America and continues til this day. He NEVER gave up on you. And he listened to all of you. And he acted. The man has led his life by ACTIONS not words. He aged, YES! As we all do! And the stress of the presidency accelerates. But he was always MORE than capable of doing the job. And a damn good one. He worked harder than anyone I have ever known- he took his duty and sacred obligation to this country very seriously. The noise is so DAMN disrespectful and untrue …AND, it’s just that- noise/static- created by those committed to perpetuating and profiting from some real BS. Get lost with your anonymous sources and fake news. AND, i am super grateful for the love and support over the past few weeks. We, like any family, chose HOPE during times of great despair/uphill battles. And we continue – to chose hope. That’s what Dad taught + gave us. And all your support continues to give him HOPE – for his own healing, for this country he so loves and for the world he united. (please note: if you are disrespectful in the comments- you will be deleted and blocked. I wish you peace #deuces)

Where Is Steven Spielberg? New Film Set to Recapture Excitement of “ET,” “Close Encounters” Planned for 2026

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Where Is Steven Spielberg? New Film Set to Recapture Excitement of “ET,” “Close Encounters” Planned for 2026

While there’s chaos around us, where is Steven Spielberg?

The Oscar winning giant of a director has gone quiet the last year or so after delivering his autobiographical film, “The Fabelmans.”

But Spielberg is not sitting at home reading his old notices.

He’s been creating a new film for 2026.

The sci fi film is untitled. It’s set to recapture the vast drama and emotional impact of Spielberg’s films like “ET” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

Spielberg has an all star cast with Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Josh O’Connor, Colman Domingo, and two accomplished nepo babies — Wyatt Russell, son Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell; and Eve Hewson, daughter of U2’s Bono.

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At one point, Spielberg was filming day and night in Cape May, NJ during the off season. The film was listed “Non-View” on call sheets

“[Spielberg] wrote the story for this new thing that we’re about to start shooting,” screenwriter David Koepp said in an interview this past winter.

Spielberg has always been prescient with his sci-fi films. Right now, “Minority Report,” about a new kind of fascism in crime fighting, looks like it was predicting our present.

“Untitled Steven Spielberg Project'” has a tentative release date of June 12, 2026.

Watch: Say Goodbye to “Downton Abbey” in Trailer for Final Chapter, This One Without Maggie Smith

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Watch: Say Goodbye to “Downton Abbey” in Trailer for Final Chapter, This One Without Maggie Smith

Say goodbye to “Downton Abbey.”

In this trailer for the final movie, coming in September, the Granthams move into the 1930s.

This is after the US stock market crash, worldwide economic trouble, and the beginning of the Great Depression. World War II is looming.

How will this affect this aristocratic family? Do they close the castle? It looks like it at the end of the trailer.

This movie also marks the first chapter without Maggie Smith although there are sure to be flashbacks.

Lots of tears and hugs. The music really swells. Should be a big hit.

PS Julian Fellowes’ “The Gilded Age” begins soon on HBO and MAX. It’s set 40 years earlier, in New York. A not miss by any means.

Broadway: “Maybe Happy Ending,” “Purpose” Win Drama Desk Awards Before Tony’s, Women Sweep Acting Categories!

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Broadway: “Maybe Happy Ending,” “Purpose” Win Drama Desk Awards Before Tony’s, Women Sweep Acting Categories!

The Drama Desk Awards just concluded on Broadway.

“Maybe Happy Ending” won Best Musical. “Purpose” won Best Play. They will certainly win at the Tony Awards next Sunday.

There were ties all through the acting awards. The big news is that “Sunset Boulevard” and star Nicole Scherzinger were shut out.

“Gypsy” won Best Revival of a Musical. Audra McDonald won Outstanding Performance in a Musical and tied with Jasmine Amy Rogers of “Boop,” who was a total find.

Revival of a Play went to “Eureka Day.”

There was a tie in Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play: Sarah Snook in “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” Also Laura Donnelly in “The Hills of Calfornia.”

This means that four women won the top acting prizes. The men struck out. That’s what you get with gender free nominations.

Three men won in Featured Performance in a musical. Two women tied in Featured Performance in a Play.

A lot of this foreshadows the Tony Awards, although they have gender specific awards, which is a helluva lot better.

I didn’t go tonight but it sounds like fun. The Yankees beat the Dodgers 7 – 3.

Outstanding Play

Blood of the Lamb, by Arlene Hutton

Deep Blue Sound, by Abe Koogler

Grangeville, by Samuel D. Hunter

John Proctor is the Villain, by Kimberly Belflower

Liberation, by Bess Wohl

**Purpose, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Outstanding Musical

BOOP! The Musical

Death Becomes Her

Just in Time

**Maybe Happy Ending

Music City

Outstanding Revival of a Play

**Eureka Day

Garside’s Career

Home

Wine in the Wilderness

Yellow Face

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”

Floyd Collins

**Gypsy

Once Upon a Mattress

See What I Wanna See

Sunset Blvd.

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play

Betsy Aidem, The Ask

**Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California

Patsy Ferran, A Streetcar Named Desire

Danny J. Gomez, All of Me

Doug Harris, Redeemed

Patrick Keleher, Fatherland

Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Lily Rabe, Ghosts

Jay O. Sanders, Henry IV (Theatre for a New Audience)

**Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Paul Sparks, Grangeville

Olivia Washington, Wine in the Wilderness

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical

Tatianna Córdoba, Real Women Have Curves

Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending

Sutton Foster, Once Upon a Mattress

Tom Francis, Sunset Blvd.

Jonathan Groff, Just in Time

Grey Henson, Elf

Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins

**Audra McDonald, Gypsy

**Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical

Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.

Helen J Shen, Maybe Happy Ending

Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play

Greg Keller, Pre-Existing Condition

Julia Lester, All Nighter

Adrienne C. Moore, The Blood Quilt

Deirdre O’Connell, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.

Maria-Christina Oliveras, Cymbeline

Maryann Plunkett, Deep Blue Sound

Michael Rishawn, Table 17

Jude Tibeau, Bad Kreyòl

Anjana Vasan, A Streetcar Named Desire

Frank Wood, Hold On to Me Darling

**Amalia Yoo, John Proctor is the Villain

**Kara Young, Purpose

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical (3 way tie)

**Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash

Nicholas Barasch, Pirates! The Penzance Musical

André De Shields, Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”

John El-Jor, We Live in Cairo

Jason Gotay, Floyd Collins

Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time

**Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat

Lesli Margherita, Gypsy

Zachary Noah Piser, See What I Wanna See

Jenny Lee Stern, Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song

**Michael Urie, Once Upon a Mattress

Natalie Walker, The Big Gay Jamboree

Outstanding Solo Performance

David Greenspan, I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan

Ryan J. Haddad, Hold Me in the Water

Sam Kissajukian, 300 Paintings

Mark Povinelli, The Return of Benjamin Lay

**Andrew Scott, Vanya

Outstanding Direction of a Play

David Cromer and Caitlin Sullivan, The Antiquities

Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Tyne Rafaeli, Becoming Eve

Jack Serio, Grangeville

**Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain

Whitney White, Liberation

Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

**Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending

Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”

Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Blvd.

Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical

Alex Timbers, Just in Time

George C. Wolfe, Gypsy

Outstanding Choreography

Camille A. Brown, Gypsy

Warren Carlyle, Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Jakob Karr, Ain’t Done Bad

Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles, Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”

**Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical

Sergio Trujillo, Real Women Have Curves

Outstanding Music

**Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending

David Foster, BOOP! The Musical

Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez, Real Women Have Curves

Zoe Sarnak, The Lonely Few

The Lazours, We Live in Cairo

Outstanding Lyrics

Gerard Alessandrini, Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song

**Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending

David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat

Adam Gwon, All the World’s a Stage

Marla Mindelle and Philip Drennen, The Big Gay Jamboree

Luis Quintero, Medea: Re-Versed

Outstanding Book of a Musical

**Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending

David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat

Warren Leight and Isaac Oliver, Just in Time

Bob Martin, BOOP! The Musical

Marla Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage, The Big Gay Jamboree

Marco Pennette, Death Becomes Her

Outstanding Orchestrations

Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending

Doug Besterman, BOOP! The Musical

Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters, Pirates! The Penzance Musical

**Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time

Michael Starobin, All the World’s a Stage

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play

Miriam Buether, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.

**Miriam Buether, and Jamie Harrison and Chris Fisher (illusions and visual effects), Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Gabriel Hainer Evansohn and Grace Laubacher, Life and Trust

Rob Howell, The Hills of California

Johan Kølkjær, Dark Noon

Matt Saunders, Walden

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical

Clifton Chadick, Music City

Rachel Hauck, Swept Away

**Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending (includes video design)

Derek McLane, Just in Time

David Rockwell and Finn Ross (projections), BOOP! The Musical

Outstanding Costume Design of a Play

Brenda Abbandandolo, The Antiquities

**Dede Ayite, Our Town

Christopher Ford, The Beastiary

Camilla Lind, Dark Noon

Karl Ruckdeschel, Twelfth Night

Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical

**Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical

Sarah Cubbage, The Big Gay Jamboree

Toni-Leslie James, Gypsy

Qween Jean, Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”

Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her

Catherine Zuber, Just in Time

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play

Isabella Byrd, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.

**Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Natasha Katz, John Proctor is the Villain

Tyler Micoleau, The Antiquities

Paul Whitaker, SUMO

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical

Kevin Adams, Swept Away

Adam Honoré, Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”

**Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd.

Philip S. Rosenberg, BOOP! The Musical

Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun (projections), Floyd Collins

Outstanding Sound Design of a Play

**Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Johnny Gasper, Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods

Matt Otto, All of Me

Bray Poor, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.

Clemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Fan Zhang, Good Bones

Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical

Adam Fisher, Sunset Blvd.

**Peter Hylenski, Just in Time

Scott Lehrer, Gypsy

Mick Potter, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends

Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins

Outstanding Projection and Video Design

Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom, Sunset Blvd.

Jake Barton, McNeal

**David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Jesse Garrison, The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy [redux]

Hana S. Kim, Redwood

Outstanding Wig and Hair

Alberto “Albee” Alvarado, SUMO

**Charles G. LaPointe, Death Becomes Her

Sabana Majeed, BOOP! The Musical

Nikiya Mathis, Cats: “The Jellicle Ball”

Nikiya Mathis, Liberation

Outstanding Puppetry

Dorothy James, Bill’s 44th

Tom Lee, See What I Wanna See

Simple Mischief Studio, Small Acts of Daring Invention

**Amanda Villalobos, Becoming Eve

Kirjan Waage, Dead as a Dodo

Outstanding Fight Choreography

Drew Leary, Romeo + Juliet

Chelsea Pace and James Yaegashi, SUMO

**Rick Sordelet and Christian Kelly-Sordelet, Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Bret Yount, King Lear

Outstanding Adaptation

Becoming Eve, by Emil Weinstein

Cymbeline, by Andrea Thome

Medea: Re-Versed, by Luis Quintero

**Pirates! The Penzance Musical, by Rupert Holmes

The Devil’s Disciple, by David Staller

Outstanding Revue

**Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song

Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now!

The Jonathan Larson Project

The World According to Micki Grant

Unique Theatrical Experience

Odd Man Out

The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy [redux]

**The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Voices in Your Head

The Wind and the Rain: A story about Sunny’s Bar

No Worries About Justin Bieber: His Wife Just Made $800 Million Selling Her Upstart Cosmetics Company

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No Worries About Justin Bieber: His Wife Just Made $800 Million Selling Her Upstart Cosmetics Company

There’s been a lot of talk lately about Justin Bieber being “broke.”

The tabloids in print and online are full of stories claiming Justin sold his music catalog for $200 million because he was in deep debt.

Does he owe ex-manager Scooter Braun millions for cancelling his concert tour? (Probably not, that’s why there’s insurance.) Does Braun owe Bieber millions (probably not, because Bieber was the building block for Braun becoming insanely wealthy).

But none of that matters now. On Friday it was announced that Bieber’s wife, Hailey Baldwin, daughter of actor Stephen and niece of Alec, hit a goldmine. She sold her upstart cosmetics company, called Rhode, to Elf Cosmetics for technically a billion dollars. She and her partner Michael Ratner, collect $800 million now and $200 million more if the company succeeds.

Not only that. Hailey retains the title of CEO and continues to create products and be the face of the brand.

In a strange plot twist, Hailey has bailed out Justin. He never has to work again. He can just keep posting weird photos on Instagram.

Bieber is 31 but he has the intellect of a small child. He does have mental health issues. But he also acts in public and dresses like a 13 year old skateboarder. He rarely wears a shirt so he can show off his massive number of tattoos. His pants are not just baggy but clownsized. Sometimes he grabs his crotch to keep the pants from falling down entirely.

Mrs. Bieber, however, is quite the opposite. She is never seen in any photo except perfectly styled. She exudes confidence and poise. Sometimes it seems like she’s just patiently putting up with her husband until she can figure out how to move on without him.

Hailey is now the most successful of all the Baldwins, which was also not expected. Uncle Alec made a lot of money in movies and TV, but he gave a lot away at one point to charitable causes. He’s still worth a lot, but nowhere near as much as Hailey will receive once she and Ratner get to the cash window.

As for Justin, his lack of emotional and intellectual growth is astounding after 15 years in show business. He posts pictures of himself frolicking with his buddies, smoking pot, and, again, showing off those tattoos.

According to Luminate, Bieber’s year-to-date sales so far are just 500,000, mostly from streaming. He hasn’t released a new album in four years. He needs one now to stay in the game. He’d be smart to record a catchy pop song for the Rhode commercials so the couple can cross market all their skills. But in the meantime, he can still afford to do whatever he likes thanks to his wife.

Behind every successful guy, yes, there’s a powerful woman.

Trump Reposts Claim on His Own Truth Social Biden was “Executed in 2020” and Replaced by Clones, Doubles and Robots

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Trump Reposts Claim on His Own Truth Social Biden was “Executed in 2020” and Replaced by Clones, Doubles and Robots

If you’re a Democrat or Independent and you voted for Donald Trump, you must be so pleased.

Yesterday, Trump reposted a message from an account on his TruthSocial. He says that former president Joe Biden was “executed” in 2020, and replaced by clones and robots.

It reads: “There is no #JoeBiden – executed in 2020.
#Biden clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see. #Democrats dont know the difference.”

If we had an FBI or Secret Service, they’d be interviewing Trump and the original account holder right now. “Executed” is not a word you throw around with past or present presidents.

Luckily, the FBI is now run by clowns who are investigating TACO, so Trump is free to offer dangerous ideas to his illiterate base.

Jake Tapper? CNN doesn’t care what Trump says. They’re only worried that Biden didn’t recognize George Clooney after not seeing him for a decade.

Box Office: “Lilo & Stitch” Nears $300 Mil, “Mission” Crawls Past $100 Mil, “Karate Kid” Reboot Choppy

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It was a better weekend at the box office than it’s been in some time apart from Memorial Day.

“Lilo & Stitch” is still a phenom for Disney. The animated hit is now at $280 million domestic, and will hit $300 mil in the next couple of days.

Total worldwide: $610 million.

“Mission Impossible Final Reckoning” finally crossed $100 mil on Friday, and ended the weekend at $122 million. The slow down is apparent, which ain’t good for a $400 mil movie.

“FR” is also slowing internationally. They just got numbers from China — $25 mil — which brings worldwide to over $150 million. Most countries that matter are accounted for, but there will be dribs and drabs. Can “Reckoning” actually get to $00 mil worldwide?

The new “Karate Kid” chopped up $21 million, but the budget is low enough that they may be ok.

“The Phoenician” did $570,000 in six theaters. Die hard Wes Anderson fans filled up seats. But enthusiasms dim in the suburbs for the coming week. In Manhattan, AMC Lincoln Square has plenty of seats at all times.

The Weeknd’s “Hurry Up Tomorrow” is ending its theater run this week with just $5 million in receipts. It’s streaming in all the usual places, and coming on DVD if you need to have it in your possession.

PS! Barry Levinson’s “The Alto Knights” is coming to MAX this Friday, June 6th. Warner’s kind of threw it away, but watch it — it’s a total pleasure to see Robert De Niro in double roles. Debra Messing and Kathrine Narducci are top notch. Levinson is a master.

Netflix Wild Tudum Special: Lady Gaga “Wednesday” Performance, “Stranger Things” Return Date, “Frankenstein” Heads to Oscars (Videos)

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Netflix Wild Tudum Special: Lady Gaga “Wednesday” Performance, “Stranger Things” Return Date, “Frankenstein” Heads to Oscars (Videos)

Netflix’s two hour Tudum special was wild.

“Stranger Things” final season will commence on November 26th, hit a peak on Christmas Day and end on January 1, 2026.

Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” looks like a big Oscar movie. I hope they let it have a theatrical release.

Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man,” or Knives Out 3, also looks like a hit.

Did I mention Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in “RIP”?

“Wednesday” is coming back and Lady Gaga is in it. She just performed live an amazing performance singing “Zombie Boy” and “Abracadabra” in a staging for all time. Netflix had to have paid her a million dollars! Extraordinary.

The whole Tudum special took the place of an ‘upfront’ in New York. It was slickly produced, a total winner. It could be the first upfront to get an Emmy nomination.

Patti Lupone Apologizes for Terrible Things She Said About Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis After Being Shunned by Peers

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Patti Lupone Apologizes for Terrible Things She Said About Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis After Being Shunned by Peers

Broadway star Patti Lupone says she’s sorry.

Lupone is apologizing after the dreadful — and maybe racist — things she said about fellow performers Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis.

The comments were made in a New Yorker article in which Lupone was over the top nasty, not just snarky. She claimed McDonald was not her friend despite their past relationship. And she went after Lewis, because her musical, “Hell’s Kitchen,” made too much noise while Lupone was on stage next door in a play.

It didn’t help that both McDonald and Lewis are Black actors starring in Black shows.

The result was 500 Broadway artists signing a letter in support of McDonald and Lewis, and castigating Lupone. They asked that she be disinvited from the Tony Awards.

She must have hired crisis PR over night because now she’s contrite.

“I made a mistake,” she says in the statement below. Will it work? The Tony Awards are a week away, and believe me, this will be the talk of the town, indeed.

One addendum: When I ran into Lupone at the opening of “Dead Outlaw,” she was particularly mean about McDonald starring in “Gypsy,” in a role Lupone is famous for. I was taken aback. She needs to muzzle herself going forward.

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