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Green Day’s Sensational New “Saviors” Sells the Most Paid Albums This Week by a Mile — 40,000 Copies

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Green Day’s Sensational New “Saviors” Sells the Most Paid Albums This Week by a Mile — 40,000 Copies

If you’re looking at real revenue, congratulate Green Day.

The punk rock band’s exceptional new album. “Saviors,” sold 40,000 copies of CDs and paid downloads.

The album swamped all the competition in hard sales per individual album. But overall, with streaming, it finished fourth behind the new 21 Savages album, “American Dream.”

Curiously Green Day, fare more insightful, has a new song called “The Death of the American Dream.” 21 Savage should listen to it.

“Saviors” sold a total of 51,000 copies including specious streaming. 21 Savage sold 74,000 streaming equivalent copies, but only 1.500 CDs or downloads.

I’d say “Saviors” was number 1.

The total sales for the whole top 50 was very low and Christmas is over and the Taylor Swift onslaught has cooled finally. Now we’re waiting for new albums from Justin Timberlake and Ariana Grande, and made a bump from the Grammy Awards for a couple of winners.

As for Taylor, she sold around 160,000 copies in the top 50. Some “cooling off”! Her album, “Midnights,” is the likely Album of the Year winner, too, unless SZA can stop her.

New York Jury Gives Republicans 83 Million Reasons Not to Vote for Donald Trump

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New York Jury Gives Republicans 83 Million Reasons Not to Vote for Donald Trump

How could any Republicans — or anyone at all –vote for Donald Trump after today?

This supercilious piece of trembling lard was told by a New York jury today to pay E. Jean Carroll $83 million. Of that $18 million was damages. The rest of it was just punishment for defaming the woman he’d already been convicted of sexually assaulting, for a second time.

Do you need to be painted a picture?

Trump already owes Carroll $5 million from the first round. He refused to offer any contrition. Instead, he tried to re-litigate the case he’d already lost. In the process, he insulted the judge and the jury. This morning he stormed out of court after speaking for a few minutes and completely turned off the jury, reminding them that he has respect for no one.

Trump will appeal the verdict, but as every legal expert has weighed in this afternoon, it will be futile. The amount could be cut, but even if it’s half it’s still a huge amount and one that will follow Trump to the grave.

Here’s the NY Times report.

Exclusive: Finally We Learn Tonight Why Elaine May Declined to Hire Cary Grant for Her Classic Film, “A New Leaf”

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Exclusive: Finally We Learn Tonight Why Elaine May Declined to Hire Cary Grant for Her Classic Film, “A New Leaf”

Yes, we’re going to learn the reason this happened TONIGHT– FRIDAY– on TCM during a special evening devoted to writer-director-actress-comic genius Elaine May, who is closing in on 92 years young. This is a gift, the kind cinemaniacs and film buffs are going to revel in.

Elaine’s long time friend, Julian Schlossberg, has recorded a rare interview with this living legend. May — recent recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Oscar and also a Tony Award — just does not do this kind of thing. But Schlossberg convinced her to sit down and do wrap arounds for four of her movies tonight beginning at 8pm.

The night begins with a 75 minute documentary called “Take Two: Nichols and May.” which chronicles Elaine’s early comic career with Mike Nichols. That’s followed by the great comedy, “A New Leaf,” which Elaine wrote, directed, and stars in with Walter Matthau and Jack Weston.

After “A New Leaf” comes “Mikey and Nicky,” written and directed by May with John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, and Ned Beatty. At that point, I presume, we will have learned the answer to our headline question: why didn’t Elaine May cast Hollywood legend Cary Grant in her 1971 classic? (Answer: Grant wouldn’t get in the water at the end of the film.)

“Mikey and Nicky” starts at 11:15pm.

And then, you will DVR “Ishtar” starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman, a movie that made the entire film world gossip for weeks on end because it was either The Worst Ever or a Hidden Gem. Parts of this movie are beyond hilarious and show these two monumental actors at the top of their respective games.

My only regret is that they didn’t have enough time to show my favorite film, “The Heartbreak Kid.” You’ll have to find that on your own. Elaine May and Mike Nichols are considered the platinum standard in sophisticated contemporary humor. They had to break up their act so that each one of them could be Stars with a capital S. In the 60s, eventually Woody Allen joined them in this oeuvre. This was a time when being funny didn’t mean being crude. It’s intellectual humor, and it resonates so much even now you could bathe in it. (But not the “Saltburn” way.)

PS This exclusive picture (c2024), Julian says, is what Elaine looked like before — apprehensive — and then after the interview. She had a good time. We will, too!

Michael Jackson Movie News: Oscar Nominee Colman Domingo to Play Family Villain Joseph Jackson

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Michael Jackson Movie News: Oscar Nominee Colman Domingo to Play Family Villain Joseph Jackson

You can see Colman Domingo right now in two different movies. He’s a hero in one, and a villain in another.

Those would be, respectively, “Rustin,” and “The Color Purple.”

In the latter he plays Mister, the abusive man who takes Celie from her family, beats her and uses her for menial work.

Now Domingo has signed up to play Joseph Jackson in the movie about Michael Jackson. Michael’s nephew, Jaafar, is playing the King of Pop. Antoine Fuqua is directing. No other casting has been announced, although key roles will include Jaafar’s real life father, Jermaine, who was at odds with Michael his whole life. Another big part will be Katherine Jackson, Michael’s mother.

Joseph Jackson is one of the great villains in music history. He worked his boys to exhaustion and was particularly abusive to Michael. After “Thriller” it it big, Joseph spent the next 30 years trading off of Michael’s good name, getting him involved with con men and charlatans, and constantly looking for handouts. Michael avoided him like the plague. A few days after Michael died, Joseph brought a Michael impersonator to the BET Awards in Los Angeles and did press interviews.

Now that this movie is coming together, I’ll be interested to see how all of the underhanded and shady stuff I reported on for years will be portrayed. Joseph was a philanderer with an illegitimate child. Katherine filed for divorce a couple of times. When she finally got him out of her house, he kept returning to ask for a slice of her allowance. Just before he died, Joseph went to Brazil to party with call girls. (He really needs his own movie.)

Another Oscar nom for Colman Domingo? Maybe. This guy was the bane of Michael’s existence, locking him in closets, beating him hair brushes. That’s a lot of backstory.

Face Off for Doug Liman’s “Road House”: He Won’t Go to SXSW Premiere Because Amazon Will Only Stream Film (Trailer)

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Face Off for Doug Liman’s “Road House”: He Won’t Go to SXSW Premiere Because Amazon Will Only Stream Film (Trailer)

Accomplished director Doug Liman will not attend the opening of South by Southwest this year, even though his own film is the premiere.

Liman directed the remake of the Patrick Swazye movie “Road House,” starring a very buff Jake Gyllenhaal. The trailer’s out today and it looks like a box office winner.

But “Road House” will not be going to theaters, and Liman is pissed. He says the movie was made for MGM before Amazon bought them. Then he says he was told it was likely the new Amazon and MGM would release it to theaters. But now “Road House” is going to Amazon Prime.

Liman wrote a piece for Deadline.com explaining his position. You can find it here. I’m a little surprised this has gone public. Liman is in demand, and works with Tom Cruise a lot. (See “American Made,” “Edge of Tomorrow.” They’re also going to film in space.) The people at Amazon are smart and nice. What a situation!

From the looks of the trailer, “Road House” would score a knockout punch in theaters. Why not give it a two week window?

NAACP Image Awards Noms: The Color Purple, Rustin, American Fiction, Origin Get the Most

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NAACP Image Awards Noms: The Color Purple, Rustin, American Fiction, Origin Get the Most

The NAACP Image Awards nominees have been announced.

The Color Purple, American Fiction, Rustin, Origin, and

They Cloned Tyrone are nominated for Best Picture.

All the nominees are below. Great list! Congrats to all!

Special mention to Erika Alexander — so glad this has happened for her.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES 

  • Colman Domingo
  • Fantasia Barrino
  • Halle Bailey
  • Keke Palmer
  • Usher

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES 

Outstanding Motion Picture 

  • American Fiction
  • Origin
  • Rustin
  • The Color Purple
  • They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture 

  • Colman Domingo – Rustin
  • Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 3
  • Jamie Foxx – The Burial
  • Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
  • John Boyega – They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 

  • Aunjanue Ellis–Taylor – Origin
  • Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
  • Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid
  • Teyana Taylor – A Thousand And One
  • Yara Shahidi – Sitting in Bars with Cake

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture 

  • Colman Domingo – The Color Purple
  • Corey Hawkins – The Color Purple
  • Glynn Turman – Rustin
  • Jamie Foxx – They Cloned Tyrone
  • Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture 

  • Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
  • Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
  • Erika Alexander – American Fiction
  • Halle Bailey – The Color Purple
  • Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture 

  • Back on the Strip
  • Brother
  • Story Ave
  • Sweetwater
  • The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Outstanding International Motion Picture 

  • Anatomy of a Fall
  • Brother
  • Mami Wata
  • Rye Lane
  • Society of the Snow

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture 

  • Aaron Pierre – Brother
  • Laya DeLeon Hayes – The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
  • Mila Davis–Kent – Creed III
  • Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – The Color Purple
  • Teyana Taylor – A Thousand And One

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture 

  • American Fiction
  • Rustin
  • The Blackening
  • The Color Purple
  • They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture 

  • Elemental
  • Lil’ Ruby
  • Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
  • Wish

Outstanding Character Voice–Over Performance – Motion Picture 

  • Ariana DeBose – Wish
  • Brian Tyree Henry – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse
  • Daniel Kaluuya – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse
  • Issa Rae – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse
  • Shameik Moore – Spider–Man: Across the Spider–Verse

Outstanding Short–Form (Live Action) 

  • Flower
  • Gaps
  • Lucille
  • Rocky Road on Channel Three
  • The After

Outstanding Short–Form (Animated) 

  • Blueberry
  • Bridges
  • Burning Rubber
  • Ego’ Curse
  • Lil’ Ruby

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture) 

  • A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
  • Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple
  • Choice Skinner – A New Life
  • Dewayne Perkins – The Blackening
  • Juel Taylor – They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Youth Performance in a Motion Picture

  • Aaron Kingsley Adetola – A Thousand And One
  • Aven Courtnery – A Thousand And One
  • Calah Lane – Wonka
  • Lennox Simms – Origin
  • Mila Davis–Kent – Creed III

Outstanding Cinematography in a Feature Film

  • C. Kim Miles, Julia Liu, Clair Popkin – STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
  • Eric K. Yue – A Thousand and One
  • Guy Godfree – Brother
  • Ken Seng – They Cloned Tyrone
  • Paul Yee – Joy Ride

TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES 

Outstanding Comedy Series 

  • Abbott Elementary
  • Harlem
  • Survival of the Thickest
  • The Neighborhood
  • UnPrisoned

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series 

  • Cedric The Entertainer – The Neighborhood
  • Delroy Lindo – UnPrisoned
  • Dulé Hill – The Wonder Years
  • Mike Epps – The Upshaws
  • Tone Bell – Survival of the Thickest

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series 

  • Kerry Washington – UnPrisoned
  • Meagan Good – Harlem
  • Michelle Buteau – Survival of the Thickest
  • Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
  • Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series 

  • Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live
  • Roy Wood Jr. – The Daily Show
  • Tyler Lepley – Harlem
  • Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
  • William Stanford Davis – Abbott Elementary

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 

  • Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
  • Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live
  • Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
  • Shoniqua Shandai – Harlem

Outstanding Drama Series 

  • Bel–Air
  • Black Cake
  • Found
  • Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Snowfall

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series 

  • Damson Idris – Snowfall
  • Forest Whitaker – Godfather of Harlem
  • Idris Elba – Hijack
  • Jabari Banks – Bel–Air
  • Jesse L. Martin – The Irrational

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series 

  • Angela Bassett – 9–1–1
  • India Ria Amarteifio – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Octavia Spencer – Truth Be Told
  • Queen Latifah – The Equalizer
  • Zoe Saldaña – Special Ops: Lioness

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 

  • Adrian Holmes – Bel–Air
  • Amin Joseph – Snowfall
  • Giancarlo Esposito – Godfather of Harlem
  • LaRoyce Hawkins – Chicago PD
  • Wendell Pierce – Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 

  • Adjoa Andoh – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Arsema Thomas – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Golda Rosheuvel – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Gail Bean – Snowfall
  • Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special 

  • Black Girl Missing
  • First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story
  • Heist 88
  • Lawmen: Bass Reeves
  • Swarm

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special 

  • Brian Tyree Henry – Class of 09
  • Courtney B. Vance – Heist 88
  • Keith Powers – The Perfect Find
  • Lance Reddick – The Caine Mutiny Court–Martial
  • Samuel L. Jackson – Secret Invasion

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special 

  • Ali Wong – Beef
  • Chlöe Bailey – Praise This
  • Dominique Fishback – Swarm
  • Gabrielle Union – The Perfect Find
  • Meagan Good – Buying Back My Daughter

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special 

  • Carl Anthony Payne II – Binged to Death
  • Damon Wayans – Cinnamon
  • Damson Idris – Swarm
  • Don Cheadle – Secret Invasion
  • Jharrel Jerome – Full Circle

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special 

  • Aja Naomi King – Lessons in Chemistry
  • CCH Pounder – Full Circle
  • Micheala Jaé Rodriguez – American Horror Story: Delicate
  • Phylicia Rashad – Heaven Down Here
  • Tisha Campbell – Every Breath She Takes

The 55th NAACP Awards airs on Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 8:00  p.m. ET on BET and CBS.

Forbes Magazine Stages First Strike in History: Three Days, Plus NY Daily News Remaining Staff Walkout

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Forbes Magazine Stages First Strike in History: Three Days, Plus NY Daily News Remaining Staff Walkout

Forbes Magazine is staging a three day walkout beginning today. It’s their first strike in 160 years.

This is just the latest demonstration of anger by journalists who see the media business being destroyed by corporate greed. This week, the Los Angeles Times lost 115 editorial staffers including big name bylines. Last week Sports Illustrated was gutted by almost the whole staff getting fired.

“We are taking this unprecedented step to show that we will not allow such disrespectful behavior towards our negotiations to continue,” the Forbes union said in a statement. They won’t go back to work until Monday.

The New York Daily News is also set for a walkout today, says Axios online and the New York Times.. The News doesn’t even have a newsroom anymore. They’ve been whittled down to nothing by their owners. The News was once the most popular newspaper in the country. But owner Mort Zuckerman, hobbled by Alzheimer’s, could do very little as the newspaper was hit by the internet’s arrival and his inability to change with the times. The newspaper was sold to Alden Global Capital and run by the penny pinching Tribune Company.

There are reportedly layoffs coming today at Business Insider.com. And the owner of websites like Deadspin and Gizmodo is said to be looking for a buyer.

Grim stuff…

Keep refreshing…

Justin Timberlake Drops First New Single In Six Years: “Selfish,” Listen to Pop Candy for the Ears

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Justin Timberlake Drops First New Single In Six Years: “Selfish,” Listen to Pop Candy for the Ears

The amazing thing about Justin Timberlake’s new single, “Selfish” (which I keep calling Shellfish) is not the song — even though it’s pretty good. It’s like a piece of pop candy for the ears. “Selfish” is very catchy, and Timberlake’s vocal phrasing propels the song so much that you want to listen to it again, right away.

The marketing has to be congratulated. They’ve built up suspense and turned his release into an Event. Tonight JT will be on the Tonight show. Saturday he’s on “SNL.” Next week surprise show in NY at Irving Plaza. RCA Records has I Heart Radio all lined up, too.

Why? Because we are starved anything halfway decent.

And now, here it is:

Ratings: HBO’s “True Detective” with Jodie Foster Rises 20% from Last Week, Still Down 50% from Previous Season

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Ratings: HBO’s “True Detective” with Jodie Foster Rises 20% from Last Week, Still Down 50% from Previous Season

“True Detective: Night Country” picked up some steam on Sunday night.

The fourth season of the HBO drama rose 20% over last week in linear numbers — meaning people who watched on HBO and no place else.

Total viewers was 678,000, which is pretty good. But the season 4 average is still off by 50% from season 3 in 2019.

The key demo average is down 76% from 2019.

Still, “Night Country” is growing. HBO says including Max, next day and so on, the total was 2.8 million. That means almost no one is watching HBO at home on TV, but on their phones, computers, and toaster ovens.

Maybe now that Foster has been nominated for a new Oscar, more people will tune in this coming week!

RIP Melanie, One of the Great Folk Pop Singers of the 60s and Early 70s, Dies at Age 76, Had a Hit with “Brand New Key,” and Wrote Coke’s Most Famous Ad Song

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RIP Melanie, One of the Great Folk Pop Singers of the 60s and Early 70s, Dies at Age 76, Had a Hit with “Brand New Key,” and Wrote Coke’s Most Famous Ad Song

Melanie Safka has died at age 76. Her family posted an announcement to Facebook (see below).

Melanie went by just her first name. She had a huge hit with “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain}” but her breakthrough song was “Brand New Key.” It was number 1 on and the charts for weeks.

It was Melanie’s recording of her own song, “What Have They Done to My Song, Ma?” that morphed into the New Seekers’ hit “Look What They’ve Done to My Song.”  In turn, it was used for Coca Cola’s most famous ad as “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” (which claims its own songwriters, weirdly.) The original was so enormous it was covered by everyone. Coke used it for years, and it was even featured in the finale of “Mad Men.” She co-wrote the song, which meant, hopefully, she made a fortune. (If she didn’t, her kids will now.)

Melanie wasn’t particularly ambitious, and left the business almost as soon as she arrived. She kept recording and releasing music to fans but Melanie was not stoking the star making machine.

Condolences to her family.

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