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Elongate: Musk’s X Brimming with Memes Mocking Trump as His Puppet, Lackey, Butler, Lover

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Elongate: Musk’s X Brimming with Memes Mocking Trump as His Puppet, Lackey, Butler, Lover

Elon Musk’s X is now overflowing with memes showing him dominating Donald Trump.

It’s almost a competition to picture Musk as Trump’s lover, his king, his boss, his puppet.

The word is spreading that Trump is subservient to Musk. What does Musk have on him, anyway?

Trump mus be fuming as the memes spread near and far. And on Musk’s own social media. Nice, Elon!

Listen to Timothee Chalamet & Cast Perform 23 Bob Dylan Songs from “Complete Unknown” Soundtrack

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Listen to Timothee Chalamet & Cast Perform 23 Bob Dylan Songs from “Complete Unknown” Soundtrack

Timothee Chalamet worked on playing Bob Dylan for six years.

Now “A Complete Unknown” is open, and everyone can Timmy playing guitar and singing on the album.

There are 23 songs on the album, released today. You can hear them below.

Bob Dylan digs the movie, so does his music publisher. Watch “A Complete Unknown” pull Dylan’s songs back on the Top 100.

Beatles Reunion As Paul, Ringo Jam on “Sgt. Pepper” at Star Studded London O2 Arena Show

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Beatles Reunion As Paul, Ringo Jam on “Sgt. Pepper” at Star Studded London O2 Arena Show

Paul McCartney’s Get Back Tour hit London’s O2 Arena last night with thunder bolts.

Both Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood were spotted in the audience. Later, Ringo joined Paul for a Beatles reunion, playing drums on “Helter Skelter” and the “Sgt. Pepper” reprise.

From the reactions on social media, fans went out of their minds. The VIPs were plentiful, too, starting with Paul’s kids Stella, Mary, and James.

Dame Judi Dench was there, as was George Clooney, Emma Thompson, Martin Freeman, Brian Cox, and so on. Not bad.

There are lots of clips to see, but may favorite is Paul and his band singing “Hey Jude” off the cuff backstage.

Paul and Ringo — I don’t want to jinx them — well over 80 and going strong!

Legendary Singer Judy Collins will Be Honored at Star Studded 85th Birthday Show in NYC This March

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Legendary Singer Judy Collins will Be Honored at Star Studded 85th Birthday Show in NYC This March

There is much to say about legendary singer Judy Collins.

On Friday night she gave a spectacular and emotional concert in Fairfield, Connecticut, singing her first hit, Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now,” her signature version of Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns,” Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on a Wire,” and her own magnificent “When I Was a Girl in Colorado.”

At 85, Collins has lost not a bit of her extraordinary voice and wit. (Her show is full of bawdy jokes and reminisces of her long, triumphant career.) She ably plays guitar and piano, things you don’t associate with her because she’s such a famous singer. When she concludes the show with “Amazing Grace,” her soaring passionate delivery sends a chill up your spine. The sold out audience — typical of her shows — was on its feet.

But then Collins startled her fans with two sad announcements. Her beloved brother had passed away that morning. And on December 4th, her husband, Louis Nelson, died after being diagnosed with cancer just three weeks earlier. I was lucky to know Louis, who was an incredibly accomplished designer and artist. He created the Korean War Memorial on the mall in Washington, DC.

Judy is one of our greatest living artists. It’s well past time she had a Kennedy Center honor. She has plenty of awards but here’s big news: on March 8th, 2025 Collins will be tributed in a mega show at New York’s Town Hall called “Judy Collins and Friends: 85 Years of Music and Protest.”

Directed by Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Russ Titelman, Collins will be joined onstage by her peers and some of the young talents she inspired and helped nurture. I expect some of her peers and friends to join her, like Stephen Stills, who wrote “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” for her back in 1969.

Collins first performed at The Town Hall in 1964 in a program that resulted in her first live recording Judy Collins in Concert (1964). Over the past six decades, Judy has performed at The Town Hall several times, both in her own concerts and at activist events including the civil rights and anti-war programs to which she has dedicated much of her life.

She’s on tour now, fulfilling obligations despite these recent tragedies. It’s a form of grief therapy.

For information on the Town Hall show, click here and do quickly because it will sell out immediately.

London Film Critics Noms Snub “Wicked,” Bob Dylan Movie, “Gladiator II,” Give Boost to “Anora,” “Brutalist”

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London Film Critics Noms Snub “Wicked,” Bob Dylan Movie, “Gladiator II,” Give Boost to “Anora,” “Brutalist”

The London Film Critics didn’t like “Wicked.” They didn’t nominate it for Best Picture and ignored actresses Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

“Wicked” has made $55 million in the UK.

They also didn’t care for the Bob Dylan movie, “A Complete Unknown,” although they did throw a bone to Timothee Chalamet.

There wasn’t much love for “Gladiator II” except for Denzel Washington.

Not in the mix at all: Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in “Maria.” That’s a surprise!

The London critics gave boosts to “Anora” and “The Brutalist,” as well as “Conclave.”

Most of their other nominations mimicked US critics and awards groups this season. I am glad they included Saoirse Ronan for Best Actress in “The Outrun,” but they otherwise didn’t do anything for her movie.

A harbinger of things to come? These noms get thrown into the mix.

London Critics’ Circle Film nominations 2025 

Film Of The Year 

  • All We Imagine As Light
  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • La Chimera
  • Conclave
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Kneecap
  • Nickel Boys
  • Nosferatu
  • The Substance

Foreign-language film of the year

  • All We Imagine As Light
  • La Chimera
  • Emilia Pérez
  • I’m Still Here
  • Kneecap

Documentary film of the year

  • Dahomey
  • Grand Theft Hamlet
  • Made in England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger
  • No Other Land
  • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Animated feature of the year

  • Flow
  • Inside Out 2
  • Memoir Of A Snail
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • The Wild Robot

British/Irish film of the year

  • Bird
  • Conclave
  • Hard Truths
  • Kneecap
  • Love Lies Bleeding

Director of the year

  • Sean Baker – Anora
  • Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
  • Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
  • RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
  • Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Screenwriter of the year

  • Sean Baker – Anora
  • Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
  • Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
  • Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
  • Peter Straughan – Conclave

Actress of the year

  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
  • Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
  • Mikey Madison – Anora
  • Demi Moore – The Substance
  • Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun

Actor of the year

  • Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
  • Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
  • Daniel Craig – Queer
  • Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
  • Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Supporting actress of the year

  • Michele Austin – Hard Truths
  • Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
  • Margaret Qualley – The Substance
  • Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
  • Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Supporting actor of the year

  • Yura Borisov – Anora
  • Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
  • Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
  • Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
  • Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Breakthrough performer of the year

  • Marisa Abela – Back To Black
  • Nykiya Adams – Bird
  • Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
  • Mikey Madison – Anora
  • Maisy Stella – My Old Ass

Breakthrough British/Irish filmmaker 

  • Luna Carmoon – Hoard
  • Naqqash Khalid – In Camera
  • Amy Liptrot – The Outrun
  • Dev Patel – Monkey Man
  • Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap

British/Irish performer of the year 

  • Cynthia Erivo – Drift/Wicked: Part I
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste – The Book Of Clarence/Hard Truths
  • Nicholas Hoult – Juror #2/Nosferatu/The Order
  • Josh O’Connor – La Chimera/Challengers/Lee
  • Saoirse Ronan – Blitz/The Outrun

Young British/Irish performer of the year

  • Nykiya Adams – Bird
  • Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
  • Raffey Cassidy – The Brutalist/Kensuke’s Kingdom
  • Dan Hough – Speak No Evil
  • Alisha Weir – Abigail/Buffalo Kids/Wicked Little Letters

British/Irish short film of the year

  • Iranian Yellow Pages – directed by Anna Snowball
  • Karavidhe – directed by Eoin Doran
  • Push – directed by Elly Condron
  • Wander To Wonder – directed by Nina Gantz
  • We Beg To Differ – directed by Ruairi Bradley 

Technical achievement of the year 

  • Anora – stunts, Manny Siverio, Christopher Colombo & Roberto Lopez
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – visual effects, Angus Bickerton
  • The Brutalist – production design, Judy Becker
  • A Complete Unknown – costumes, Arianne Phillips
  • Conclave – film editing, Nick Emerson
  • Dune: Part Two – visual effects, Paul Lambert
  • Emilia Pérez – music, Clément Ducol & Camille
  • Nickel Boys – cinematography, Jomo Fray
  • Nosferatu – cinematography, Jarin Blaschke
  • The Substance – makeup, Stéphanie Guillon & Pierre-Olivier Persin

Trump Offers Biggest Lie Yet on His Social Media: “Everybody Wants to Be My Friend!”

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Trump Offers Biggest Lie Yet on His Social Media: “Everybody Wants to Be My Friend!”

Donald Trump has published his biggest lie yet, and that’s saying something.

On Truth Social this morning he posted: “Everybody wants to be my friend!”

It’s a total fiction.

Trump is on the verge of cruel mass deportations that will separate families. He’s letting unelected Elton Musk make policy decisions that will terminate massive numbers of government jobs. Out health system is under siege. The government could be shutting down any moment. Trump is the ultimate Marvel villain, installed by the very people who voted him in.

No, nobody wants to be your friend except for billionaires and Arabs.

On the upside, Judge Juan Merchan is not letting go of the Trump hush money case. He’s denied Trump’s motion to throw out the conviction. Trump will enter the White House as the first president already convicted of felonies– 34 to be exact.

Also, the gag order remains in place.

Trump wants to bring America back to the 1980s. So apparently he’s gotten a mullet haircut. You know how that worked out! He waited until “SNL” was on vacation.

Here’s Your New Superman, David Corenswet, in Teaser Trailer for Much Anticipated Film

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Here’s Your New Superman, David Corenswet, in Teaser Trailer for Much Anticipated Film

James Gunn’s take on “Superman” is coming next year on July 11th.

David Corenswet is Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan is Lois Lane in a movie that will either revive the DC Comics Universe or … something.

How many iterations of this story can we take? A lot, I guess. The best is still Christopher Reeve’s first two movies with Richard Donner, and George Reeves’ TV show.

In the new version it looks like Superman and Lois don’t waste any time getting to know each other. Is the Daily Planet considered ‘mainstream media’ now? Or will it be competing with Tik Tok?

But here we go!

Watch Darlene Love, Little Steven, Paul Shaffer Rip the Roof off The Tonight Show with “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”

Watch Darlene Love, Little Steven, Paul Shaffer Rip the Roof off The Tonight Show with “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”

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Watch Darlene Love, Little Steven, Paul Shaffer Rip the Roof off The Tonight Show with “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”

It’s a Christmas tradition: the great Darlene Love singing her Phil Spector produced classic “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” on late night TV. She did it with Paul Shaffer on Letterman for about 25 years. It never gets old!

Tonight, Darlene returned to Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show with Shaffer and Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. And wow! Shaffer conducting a dozen musicians, Little Steven wailing away on guitar and Darlene’s famed throaty vocal was like an early Chanukah er Christmas gift!

PS Look how happy Paul is. Like old times!

This made my week!

(Watch) Mariah Carey Signs Rihanna’s Chest at Final Christmas Show of Season

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(Watch) Mariah Carey Signs Rihanna’s Chest at Final Christmas Show of Season

Rihanna and Rocky ASAP caught Mariah Carey’s final Christmas show of the season last night in Brooklyn.

When Mariah spotted Rihanna she came down off the stage and signed Rihanna’s chest in red lipstick.

“This is iconic,” Rihanna said after Mariah asked how she should brand her.

“Whatever you want. Mariah,” Rihanna responded.

“Blue Bloods” Finale Up 500,000 Viewers From Previous Week, Watch Last Dinner Scene

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“Blue Bloods” Finale Up 500,000 Viewers From Previous Week, Watch Last Dinner Scene

“Blue Bloods” ended on Friday night with a whimper, not a bang, after 14 seasons.

The total viewers for the end of the police family drama was 5.86 million. The good news was that was up by 500,000 from the previous week.

Still, “Blue Bloods” was far off its old ratings, having lost customers over the years. Tom Selleck is upset that the show ended, and the way the final episode was written it could come back. But it shouldn’t. It’s time to let this thing go. “Blue Bloods” will run in syndication for eons.

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