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Apple TV Cancels “Schmigadoon” After 2 Praised Seasons, Show’s Creator Reveals Season 3 is Written

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Apple TV Cancels “Schmigadoon” After 2 Praised Seasons, Show’s Creator Reveals Season 3 is Written

“Schmigadoon” has sung its last song, at least on Apple TV.

Show creator Cinco Paul announced on Instagram that Apple has cancelled the show after two seasons. “Schmigadoon” starred Cecily Strong and Keenan Michael Key as a couple lost in a fantasy world of Broadway musicals. A ton of Broadway and New York actors had recurring roles including Kristen Chenoweth and Titus Burgess.

The show won one Emmy award in its first season, had several nominations over its two runs. It was clever and smart, so of course, it’s gone.

Jennifer Hudson Will Go Talk Show Public on Monday with Boyfriend, Rapper and Actor Common (See Clip)

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Jennifer Hudson Will Go Talk Show Public on Monday with Boyfriend, Rapper and Actor Common (See Clip)

Jennifer Hudson — you know, she is remarkable. She’s an EGOT. Her talk show was just renewed for its 3rd season. She’s pulling in 4 million viewers a day. Not bad!

On Monday the 22nd, JHud will bring on as a guest her boyfriend, rapper and actor Common. They’ve been together a while, so I guess they’re ready to make it public. There aren’t two nicer people! Good for them!

Years ago, JHud called me from Chicago in the middle of the night to tell me she’d just given birth. “I promised I’d give you the scoop!” she exclaimed. The baby was just being rolled into her room. I think she was delirious with friendship and loyalty.

A little over a year ago, I went to see Common in his Broadway debut in “Between Riverside and Crazy.” Surprise of surprises: Hudson was visiting him in his dressing room on an off week from her show. I should have known then she was more than just a fan! (I took the picture here— that’s the great actor Stephen McKinley Henderson.)

We should all watch on Monday. Much deserved happiness, Jennifer! Now, make a new album! We need that voice!

Strange BAFTA Nominations All Over the Place: “Barbie,” “Killers,” “Maestro” Directors Snubbed, Categories Inconsistent

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Strange BAFTA Nominations All Over the Place: “Barbie,” “Killers,” “Maestro” Directors Snubbed, Categories Inconsistent

This morning’s BAFTA nominations are strangely inconsistent. They are all over the place, with some Best Directors not directing the Best Picture, and vice versa.

Martin Scorsese and Greta Gerwig didn’t make Best Director. Neither did Yorgos Lanthimos. “Barbie” didn’t make Best Picture. Where is Lily Gladstone for Best Actress? BAFTA was easily impressed by pretentious “Zone of Interest” but had no interest in the first indigenous American actress to win so many prizes. (WTF?) And no Jeffrey Wright or “American Fiction”?

I don’t think the nominees or winners will have much impact on Oscar voting. It’s more of a curio than anything else. Somehow, Ken Loach gets nominated every year for a film no one has heard of. Not all the categories have the same number of nominees.

Remember these are the Brits. Not Americans voting. BAFTA always gives an interesting perspective on how the UK views us. “Barbie” and “Killers” are very American, something the Brits don’t warm to as a rule.

BEST FILM

ANATOMY OF A FALL Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion

THE HOLDOVERS Mark Johnson

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Dan Friedkin, Daniel Lupi, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas

OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas

POOR THINGS Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone

ALL OF US STRANGERS Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey

BEST BRITISH FILM

HOW TO HAVE SEX Molly Manning Walker, Emily Leo, Ivana MacKinnon, Konstantinos Kontovrakis

NAPOLEON Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Kevin J. Walsh, David Scarpa

THE OLD OAK Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty

POOR THINGS Yorgos Lanthimos, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, Tony McNamara

RYE LANE Raine Allen-Miller, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia

SALTBURN Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Margot Robbie

SCRAPPER Charlotte Regan, Theo Barrowclough

WONKA Paul King, Alexandra Derbyshire, David Heyman, Simon Farnaby

THE ZONE OF INTEREST Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

BLUE BAG LIFE Lisa Selby (Director), Rebecca Lloyd-Evans (Director, Producer), Alex Fry (Producer)

BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT Christopher Sharp (Director) [also directed Moses Bwayo]

EARTH MAMA Savanah Leaf (Writer, Director, Producer), Shirley O’Connor (Producer), Medb Riordan (Producer)

HOW TO HAVE SEX Molly Manning Walker (Writer, Director)

IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? Ella Glendining (Director)

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath

ANATOMY OF A FALL Justine Triet, Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion

PAST LIVES Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW J.A. Bayona, Belen Atienza

THE ZONE OF INTEREST Jonathan Glazer

DOCUMENTARY

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath

AMERICAN SYMPHONY Matthew Heineman, Lauren Domino, Joedan Okun

BEYOND UTOPIA Madeleine Gavin, Rachel Cohen, Jana Edelbaum

STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King, Annetta Marion

WHAM! Chris Smith

ANIMATED FILM

THE BOY AND THE HERON Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki

CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET Sam Fell, Leyla Hobart, Steve Pegram

ELEMENTAL Peter Sohn, Denise Ream

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg

DIRECTOR                                                          

ALL OF US STRANGERS Andrew Haigh

ANATOMY OF A FALL Justine Triet

THE HOLDOVERS Alexander Payne

MAESTRO Bradley Cooper

OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan

THE ZONE OF INTEREST Jonathan Glazer

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

ANATOMY OF A FALL Justine Triet, Arthur Harari

BARBIE Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach

THE HOLDOVERS David Hemingson

MAESTRO Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer

PAST LIVES Celine Song

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

ALL OF US STRANGERS Andrew Haigh

AMERICAN FICTION Cord Jefferson

OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan

POOR THINGS Tony McNamara

THE ZONE OF INTEREST Jonathan Glazer

LEADING ACTRESS

FANTASIA BARRINO The Color Purple

SANDRA HÜLLER Anatomy of a Fall

CAREY MULLIGAN Maestro

VIVIAN OPARAH Rye Lane

MARGOT ROBBIE Barbie

EMMA STONE Poor Things

LEADING ACTOR

BRADLEY COOPER Maestro

COLMAN DOMINGO Rustin

PAUL GIAMATTI The Holdovers

BARRY KEOGHAN Saltburn

CILLIAN MURPHY Oppenheimer

TEO YOO Past Lives

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

EMILY BLUNT Oppenheimer

DANIELLE BROOKS The Color Purple

CLAIRE FOY All of Us Strangers

SANDRA HÜLLER The Zone of Interest

ROSAMUND PIKE Saltburn

DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH The Holdovers

SUPPORTING ACTOR

ROBERT DE NIRO Killers of The Flower Moon

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Oppenheimer

JACOB ELORDI Saltburn

RYAN GOSLING Barbie

PAUL MESCAL All of Us Strangers

DOMINIC SESSA The Holdovers

CASTING

ALL OF US STRANGERS Kahleen Crawford

ANATOMY OF A FALL Cynthia Arra

THE HOLDOVERS Susan Shopmaker

HOW TO HAVE SEX Isabella Odoffin

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes

CINEMATOGRAPHY

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Rodrigo Prieto

MAESTRO Matthew Libatique

OPPENHEIMER Hoyte van Hoytema

POOR THINGS Robbie Ryan

THE ZONE OF INTEREST Łukasz Żal

EDITING

ANATOMY OF A FALL Laurent Sénéchal

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Thelma Schoonmaker

OPPENHEIMER Jennifer Lame

POOR THINGS Yorgos Mavropsaridis

THE ZONE OF INTEREST Paul Watts

COSTUME DESIGN

BARBIE Jacqueline Durran

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Jacqueline West https://c374ee9adb0ac0cad76997e31cbd9d8d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html

NAPOLEON Dave Crossman, Janty Yates

OPPENHEIMER Ellen Mirojnick

POOR THINGS Holly Waddington

MAKE UP & HAIR

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Kay Georgiou, Thomas Nellen

MAESTRO Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy-Bell

NAPOLEON Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon

OPPENHEIMER Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou Mofid

POOR THINGS Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston

ORIGINAL SCORE

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Robbie Robertson

OPPENHEIMER Ludwig Göransson

POOR THINGS Jerskin Fendrix

SALTBURN Anthony Willis

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Daniel Pemberton

PRODUCTION DESIGN

BARBIE Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Jack Fisk, Adam Willis

OPPENHEIMER Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman

POOR THINGS Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa Mihalek

THE ZONE OF INTEREST Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś, Katarzyna Sikora

SOUND

FERRARI Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser

MAESTRO Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Chris Munro, Mark Taylor

OPPENHEIMER Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A. Rizzo

THE ZONE OF INTEREST Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

THE CREATOR Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke

NAPOLEON Henry Badgett, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

POOR THINGS Simon Hughes

CRAB DAY Ross Stringer, Bartosz Stanislawek, Aleksandra Sykulak

VISIBLE MENDING Samantha Moore, Tilley Bancroft

WILD SUMMON Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Jay Woolley

BRITISH SHORT FILM

FESTIVAL OF SLAPS Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer

GORKA Joe Weiland, Alex Jefferson

JELLYFISH AND LOBSTER Yasmin Afifi, Elizabeth Rufai

SUCH A LOVELY DAY Simon Woods, Polly Stokes, Emma Norton, Kate Phibbs

YELLOW Elham Ehsas, Dina Mousawi, Azeem Bhati, Yiannis Manolopoulos

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)

PHOEBE DYNEVOR

AYO EDEBIRI

JACOB ELORDI

MIA MCKENNA-BRUCE

SOPHIE WILDE

Steven Spielberg Extends TCM Consultancy Through End of 2024 with Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson– Plus Elaine May Rare Special Night Coming January 26th

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Steven Spielberg Extends TCM Consultancy Through End of 2024 with Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson– Plus Elaine May Rare Special Night Coming January 26th

Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson have signed a deal to stay on as consultants to Turner Classic Movies through the end of this year.

In June 2023, they’d joined up for a year. But Spielberg told me at last week’s 30th anniversary cocktail party at the Four Seasons that he’s very excited. “It wouldn’t have happened unless David Zaslav got excited. And that’s because of Mike DeLuca and Pam Abdy at Warner Bros.”

Last year Zaslav — new to the company — was transferring TCM to his Discovery side of the company. There were some upsetting headlines. But then the super directing trio intervened. DeLuca and Abdy took TCM over to Warner Bros. Now there’s a revival for the revivals.

Not only did Spielberg come to the party, so did a masked Paul Thomas Anderson. Plenty of guests came over from the annual AFI luncheon, also at the hotel, including Brian Cox, Margot Robbie, Quinta Brunson, Charles Melton, Rian Johnson, and eminent legendary producer George Stevens, Jr . One of them was veteran actress and acting teacher Diane Baker, who was a staple on TV in the 60s and played the mother of Brooke Smith in “The Silence of the Lambs.”

There was even a surprise appearance by four decade “General Hospital” star Kin Shriner. (Everyone wanted to meet him.)

There were plenty of announcements about TCM coming up including a rare appearance coming up by filmmaker, writer, director Elaine May. (See below.) There’s also a new franchise, called “Two for One,” with prominent filmmakers co-hosting a double-feature of their choice each Saturday night. Special guests will include Scorsese, Spielberg, and Anderson, as well as Spike Lee, Patty Jenkins, Olivia Wilde, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Maggie Gyllenhaal and more.

TCM will continue to celebrate a different star every month, including Marlon Brando and Lauren Bacall on what would be their 100th birthdays, as well as Eva Marie Saint, on her 100th birthday. Other stars featured throughout the year include Debbie Reynolds, Bela Lugosi, Ruth Roman and Gregory Peck. In addition, TCM will spotlight special Fox stars including Marilyn Monroe, Tyrone Power and Victor Mature.

And circle January 26th. The whole night on TCM is turned over to legendary filmmaker Elaine May. They’re going to show four of her movies in a row with wrap around interviews conducted by her famed producer and long time friend Julian Schlossberg. Elaine, 92 years old, a recent Tony Award winner, never does interviews!

The movies will be, in order, a documentary about Mike Nichols and Elaine May, then “A New Leaf,” “Mikey and Nicky,” and “Ishtar.” That should run til 4am, and they’ve left out my favorite movie, “The Heartbreak Kid.”

PS All the TCM hosts were present too — not only Ben Mankiewicz and Dave Karger, but I got to meet Film Noir expert Eddie Muller! A highlight of the weekend!

additional reporting by Leah Sydney

Ryan Gosling May Yet Wind Up Performing “I’m Just Ken” on Oscars After Surprise Win at Critics Choice Awards

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Ryan Gosling May Yet Wind Up Performing “I’m Just Ken” on Oscars After Surprise Win at Critics Choice Awards

One of the surprises of Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards was the winner of Best Song.

Almost everyone assumed that Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For,” from “Barbie” would be the winner. Billie and brother Finneas showed up, were very enthusiastic, and also felt like they were on the fast track.

But the winner was “I’m Just Ken,” written and produced by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. But it’s also performed in the Greta Gerwig film by star Ryan Gosling.

At the dinner before the show started, I asked Ryan if he would take the Oscars stage if he and the song were nominated. You see, at the Oscars, only two songs from one movie can be nominated. A third “Barbie” song, by Dua Lipa, is the dark horse.

Gosling seemed skeptical until I reminded him that novelty songs sometimes make the cut. One example is “Blame Canada,” from the movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.” It was a big on the 1999 Oscars performed by Robin Williams, although lost to the Phil Collins song from “Tarzan.”

Ryan wouldn’t tell me if the Oscar producers had already asked him to perform “I’m Just Ken.” He’s waiting for Academy Award nominations next week. But he didn’t say no. He fully expected Eilish to win the CCA.

When “I’m Just Ken” did win on Sunday, I went by his table and said, “I told you so!” He shook his head and pointed back to me: “You did!”

My guess is, we’ll be seeing Ryan Gosling return to his musical roots — Mickey Mouse Club, “La La Land” — on March 10th at the Dolby Theater.

Donald Trump Attacks Judge in E. Jean Carroll Trial — Who Tells Him to Keep Quiet in Court, and Re-Defames Carroll

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Donald Trump Attacks Judge in E. Jean Carroll Trial — Who Tells Him to Keep Quiet in Court, and Re-Defames Carroll

Donald Trump on today’s proceedings in the new E. Jean Carroll defamation. Remember, he’s aleady been ordered to pay her $5 million for the first defamation.

Here’s what Trump wrote today on Truth Social: “The Judge in the Trial that I am attending today is a totally biased and hostile person—The same Judge that we had in the first trial, which my lawyer asked me not to attend because of the fact he thought the case was so ridiculous and demeaning (and easy to win!) to a former President. In retrospect, I should have been there to watch how unfair and partisan this “Judge” was. The whole New York System is RIGGED against me because of the fact that I’m not only a Former Republican President, but also am the leading Republican Candidate, and beating Crooked Joe Biden, BY A LOT. This case is another example of Election Interference at a level never seen before. Even E. Jean Carroll’s Lawyer is a Democrat Political Operative, and this whole Hoax was funded and conceived of by Reid Hoffman, George Conway, and many others in the Democrat System of Thugs (Perhaps at conflict with Carroll’s testimony this morning).”

So contrition is not coming into play here. The Judge also threatened to throw Trump out of court.

Judge Lewis Kaplan: “Mr. Trump has the right to be present here, but that right can be forfeited and it can be forfeited if he is disruptive and if he disregards court orders. Mr. Trump, I hope I don’t have to consider excluding you from the trial. I understand you are very eager for me to do that, I know you would because you just can’t control yourself in this circumstance.”

Trump reportedly replied: “I would love it.”

Then he potentially re-defamed Carroll again at a press conference.

Trump: “It was a very interesting day. As you probably noticed. It’s a big story that the witness today, the person I never knew, I never had anything to do with. It’s a totally rigged deal. This whole thing is rigged. Election interference. But this is a person I had no idea…who she was and nor could I care less. It’s a rigged deal. It’s a made up fabricated story.”

More to come…

Brad Pitt’s Art Gallery Adventure with Ines Ramon– Reported Here Exclusively — Has Really Gotten Blown Out of Proportion

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Brad Pitt’s Art Gallery Adventure with Ines Ramon– Reported Here Exclusively — Has Really Gotten Blown Out of Proportion

Last Thursday my old friend Bennett Miller –a really accomplished director movies like “Moneyball” and “Foxcatcher” — invited me to his photo exhibit in Beverly Hills. I went to support Bennett. I had no expectations of seeing anything but the photos at the Gagosian Gallery.

What happened was maybe routine in Hollywood but not in New York: an influx of A list names came pouring through the big white box on North Canon Drive. First up was Chris Rock, followed by a bunch of people I recognized including Zachary Quinto, Edward Norton, and Catherine Keener (who starred in “Capote” for Miller), not to mention LucasFilms prez Kathleen Kennedy.

And then there was Brad Pitt. Seeing Brad Pitt in person, not at a movie premiere, is like finding a rare zebra on the African delta. He looks just like Brad Pitt, only better. Remember he was there because he starred in “Moneyball.” With him was his girlfriend, whose name I didn’t know until I shook her hand, Ines de Ramon. She could be a model. Maybe she is. She was also incredibly nice and normal despite being so beautiful. She’s a brunette, and I thought had a slight accent. (It was noisy in there.) She and Pitt were so much better looking than normal human beings, it was hard to remember Miller’s excellent photos were the reason for being there.

Another Oscar winner, Adrien Brody, strode by. He and Brad got into a discussion. As I turned around, in came Oscar winner Jon Voight with his son, James, and some friends. Voight and I have radically different politics, but we like each other a lot. We did a ‘mug’ — a male hug — and immediately caught up on this and that. Also loosely floating around in this group were Lou Ferrigno, Jr. and someone I had never met: Britney Spears‘s ex husband, Sam Ashgari.

They all went to meet Brad and co. as I stepped away. I didn’t see it, but Pitt and Voight — formerly father and son-in-law — had a brief and friendly encounter. A few people had their pictures taken with Brad. Ashgari was completely cool, courteous, and low key. He didn’t use Britney’s name to get anything. He and I talked for a bit and he couldn’t have been nicer.

I left thinking, Nice people. A Hollywood night. No headlines other than so many interesting people. No one had an awkward time. Everyone had a good time. Sorry. No duels called for the next morning.

Afterwards, Brody (with Georgina Chapman), Quinto, and some of the others went to a private dinner. I heard Al Pacino was one of the guests which made sense since his baby mama, Noor Alfallah, had been at the exhibit. I did not speak with her, but others did, and there were no altercations.

As for Brad and Ines: some fansite emailed me, not believing they were dating or together. I can’t imagine having time to speculate on that or care much at all. But that’s the way celebs and fans dance their pas de deux.

Photo courtesy of Lawlor Media

Steely Dan, REM, Timbaland Among Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees, Also Writer of “Fame” and “Footloose”

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Steely Dan, REM, Timbaland Among Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees, Also Writer of “Fame” and “Footloose”

The Songwriters Hall of Fame have announced their inductees for 2024.

The members of REM, plus Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan, and producer Timbaland are in.

So is Dean Pitchford, who wrote the hits “Fame” and “Footloose.” He also wrote “Love Moves in Mysterious Ways,” an international hit for Julia Fordham.

On the country side, the SHOF will induct Hillary Lindsey, who they say has written a lot of songs with country stars from Martina McBride to Carrie Underwood.

The SHOF will announce a few more prizes chosen by their board. Some will make sense, some won’t.

Truly, the REM guys and Steely Dan should have been in a long time ago. In the case of the latter, the SHOF waited so long that Becker is dead.

The ceremony will take place in New York on June 14th.

Jennifer Lopez Has Full Length Video Coming Next Month to Promote New Album After Single Flops

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Jennifer Lopez Has Full Length Video Coming Next Month to Promote New Album After Single Flops

Here comes the rest of the marketing for Jennifer Lopez’s new album.

A full length video directed by Dave Meyers will support the album, “This is Me…Now.” It’s coming to Prime Video on February 16th.

This is after the flop single and video, “Can’t Get Enough.”

Can the video turn around the project? And why wasn’t the “Can’t Get Enough” video an Amazon special? It seems to be part of the bigger project.

Is JLo performing on the Grammys? I’m sure she wants to. It would make sense. At least to her.

Last Weekend in April Goes Crazy: AFI Dinner for Nicole Kidman, Chaplin Award for Jeff Bridges, White House Correspondents Dinner

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Last Weekend in April Goes Crazy: AFI Dinner for Nicole Kidman, Chaplin Award for Jeff Bridges, White House Correspondents Dinner

If only there was a time travel machine or the beam-me-up thing from “Star Trek”!

The last weekend of April is going to present some problems for the show biz crowd.

On April 27th, things will be really rough. That’s the night of the Nicole Kidman tribute in Hollywood from the American Film Institute. Most of Hollywood will be in attendance as Kidman has worked with every major player and has lots of friends. The whole cast of “Big Little Lies” would be just a beginning, not mention Hugh Grant, George Clooney, Hugh Jackman, and on and on.

The same night, the White House Correspondents Dinner takes place in Washington, DC. Although attendance from celebs has been spotty in recent years, this is an election year. The pressure will be on to turn out for Joe Biden. The WHCA hasn’t announced a host for the night yet, but the pressure is on there, as well.

Now the Film Society of New York has announced Jeff Bridges for its annual Chaplin Award. That will be given out on Monday, April 29th in New York. Bridges also has worked with every top actor and director. So his list of presenters should be a good one. Possible names would be Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jane Fonda, Karen Allen, Beau Bridges (of course), Chris Pine, Ben Foster, et al.

So fuel up the private planes!

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