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Dionne Warwick Says She Most Certainly Will Not Be Performing at RFK Jr Fundraiser, Knows Nothing About It

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Dionne Warwick Says She Most Certainly Will Not Be Performing at RFK Jr Fundraiser, Knows Nothing About It

Stories in the Daily Mail UK and more recently in NewsMax.com claimed that famed singer Dionne Warwick would be performing at a fundraiser for Robert Kennedy Jr.

Warwick says absolutely not, and she doesn’t know what they’re talking about.

The stories claim actor Martin Sheen and opera over singer Andrea Bocelli are involved, too. They have not responded.

But Warwick is adamant. “I don’t know anything about this event. I did not agree to it and I certainly won’t be there,” she said on Twitter X.

What about the others? Sheen seems to be an unlikely choice. He’s too smart to get involved with conspiracy theorist Kennedy.

The announcement came from an organization called American Values. It’s run by a guy named Tony Lyons who owns a last resort publishing company Skyhorse Books. He’s published Kennedy’s nonsense about Dr. Anthony Fauci , and so on. Lyons made the announcement on Twitter X around December 29th. But now he’s erased all mention of it from the American Values site and Twitter account. There’s no mention of it on Kennedy’s account either.

The fundraiser, also a 70th birthday party for Kennedy, was supposed to take place on Jan. 22 in the wealthy resort town of Indian Wells, California. My guess is no one cleared it with the so-called guests, they freaked and it had to be pulled.

Stay tuned for updates. If anyone knows what’s going on, email me at showbiz411@gmail.com

Golden Globes: Most Presenters, Both Lifetime Achievement Honorees Still Not Known with Show Just 5 Days Away, Is Taylor Swift Coming?

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Golden Globes: Most Presenters, Both Lifetime Achievement Honorees Still Not Known with Show Just 5 Days Away, Is Taylor Swift Coming?

Today is Wednesday, January 3rd. The Golden Globes are five days away, on Sunday.

This morning, just two presenters’ names have been announced: Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams, of the long ago cancelled (but recently revived in Netflix reruns) “Suits.”

That’s it. Maybe they’ll bring Meghan Markle.

Also: no honorees have been announced for either the Cecil B. DeMille Award in Movies, or Carol Burnett away in Television.

Maybe they’ll all be announced later today. Or maybe they’re a surprise.

The CBS show only has a host, comedian Jo Koy, who is unknown to most viewers.

Then there’s also the looming protest of 64 Golden Globes members who are angry they’re being seated in an overflow room at the Beverly Hilton because there isn’t enough space for them in the main ballroom — which seats around 1,000 people.

The Globes are hoping for an appearance from Taylor Swift. They’re suggesting it in their commercials. Swift has a minor nomination, which she shouldn’t win, for the “Eras Tour” movie as Box Office king. If she shows up, you’ll know that she knew in advance she is winning. The other nominees include “Barbie,” “Oppenheimer,” and “Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning.”

Will the show happen? Yes. The ratings? Should be strong with a big NFL lead-in. At least for the first hour.

Updates? Keep refreshing. More news to come…

Sundance Film Fest Announces Low-Profile Juries for This Year’s Competition, Shying Away from Celebrity

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Sundance Film Fest Announces Low-Profile Juries for This Year’s Competition, Shying Away from Celebrity

Looks like Sundance is shying away from celebrity this year and keeping the festival more low key.

The Festival has named its juries for this year’s outing and there aren’t many recognizable names other than Mira Nair and Lena Waithe.

Regardless, Sundance has a line up full of indie actors and directors ready to show their wares in just a couple of weeks.

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival jury includes: Debra Granik, Adrian Tomine, and Lena Waithe for U.S. Dramatic Competition; Shane Boris, Nicole Newnham, and Rudy Valdez for U.S. Documentary Competition; Jennifer Kent, Mira Nair, and Rui Poças for World Cinema Dramatic Competition; Mandy Chang, Monica Hellström, and Shaunak Sen for World Cinema Documentary Competition; Christina Oh, Danny Pudi, and Charlotte Regan for Short Film Program Competition; and Zal Batmanglij for the NEXT competition section.

The jury for the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize deliberated ahead of the Festival and awarded the prize to Love Me, directed by Sam and Andy Zuchero. The jury, which includes both film and science professionals, presents the award to an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character. This jury includes: Dr. Mandë Holford, Dr. Nia Imara, Matt Johnson, Theresa Park, and Courtney Stephens. 

Reason for Aaron Rodgers Attack on Jimmy Kimmel: Host Went After Him on Show Over Anti-Vax Stance (Watch Videos)

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Reason for Aaron Rodgers Attack on Jimmy Kimmel: Host Went After Him on Show Over Anti-Vax Stance (Watch Videos)

Aaron Rodgers’ attack against Jimmy Kimmel has a history.

Two years ago, Kimmel went after Rodgers — funny but vicious — being an anti-vaxxer and exposing the Green Bay Packers to COVID. You can see it below.

Did Rodgers wait all this time to get him back? Looks like it.

Start at 4:47

this one starts at 7:00

Jimmy Kimmel Threatens Legal Action Against Aaron Rodgers After QB Suggests Talk Show Host Name Might Be on Epstein List

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Jimmy Kimmel Threatens Legal Action Against Aaron Rodgers After QB Suggests Talk Show Host Name Might Be on Epstein List

UPDATING and refreshing

Jimmy Kimmel is threatening legal action against NY Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Apparently, Rodgers suggested on ESPN’s “Pat McAfee Show” this afternoon that Kimmel’s name might be on the list of Jeffrey Epstein associates that’s about to be released. He said: “There’s a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel are really hoping that doesn’t come out.” “I’ll tell you what, if that list comes out, I definitely will be popping some sort of bottle.”

This is a real feud developing quickly, not like Kimmel’s fake one with Matt Damon.

Kimmel snapped back on Twitter:
“Dear Aasshole: for the record, I’ve not met, flown with, visited, or had any contact whatsoever with Epstein, nor will you find my name on any “list” other than the clearly-phony nonsense that soft-brained wackos like yourself can’t seem to distinguish from reality. Your reckless words put my family in danger. Keep it up and we will debate the facts further in court. @AaronRodgers12”

Reason for Aaron Rodgers Attack on Jimmy Kimmel: Host Went After Him on Show Over Anti-Vax Stance (Watch Videos)

Broadway Holiday Receipts Zoomed Up by $12 Million with Several House Records Broken, “Wicked,” “Lion King” Crack $4 Million

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Broadway Holiday Receipts Zoomed Up by $12 Million with Several House Records Broken, “Wicked,” “Lion King” Crack $4 Million

Broadway went bananas during Christmas week.

Total tickets sold were at a stunning $45 million, up dramatically from $33 million before Christmas.

Several shows broke house records including “Six” and “Gutenberg.”

“The Lion King” and “Wicked” cracked the $4 million mark each for one week’s run.

“MJ,” “Hamilton, “Back to the Future,” and “Sweeney Todd” were well over $2 million each.

Even shows that you thought everyone had seen were full. “Chicago” did twice its normal business at $1.4 million.

The only two laggards really were Barry Manilow’s “Harmony” and Neil Diamond’s “A Beautiful Noise.” It’s hard to imagine that either will it through January but we’ll see. “Shucked” got a nice jolt from the holiday as did “Kimnerly Akimbo.”

Even plays were full, like “Appropriate” with Sarah Paulson and “I Did That” with Danny DeVito.

Now comes long, gloomy January and February, although a ton of shows will open for this Tony season, more than in several years, so hang on.

Broadway always rebounds. Max Bialystock would be so proud!

PS Go see “Spamalot.” It’s hilarious — maybe even better than the first one. And also, Sutton Foster and Aaron Tveit are coming to take over “Sweeney Todd” later this month. Not to be missed!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Moves to ABC from HBO, Numbers Up 9 Times, Ties with “America’s Got Talent”

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Moves to ABC from HBO, Numbers Up 9 Times, Ties with “America’s Got Talent”

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame special on ABC was a hit.

The show, moving to broadcast TV for the first time, had 3 million viewers. This up nine times the 420,000 they got last year on HBO. I guess there are a lot of lessons learned.

One is that “RRHOF” didn’t really win the night. They tied with “America’s Got Talent” on NBC.

The Rock Hall escaped scandal this year by ousting Jann Wenner from their board after he said terrible things in the NY Times.

The good news is they are trying to get more backlogged, snubbed artists into the Hall. We just have to hope they keep it up.

Pop Hit: “Saltburn” Exuberant Final Song to Wild Scene, “Murder on the Dance Floor,” Charts After 22 Years

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Pop Hit: “Saltburn” Exuberant Final Song to Wild Scene, “Murder on the Dance Floor,” Charts After 22 Years

Nothing like a little naked dancing to get a song back on the charts.

“Murder On the Dance Floor” is having a Renaissance after 22 years. Sophie Ellis Bexter’s deliciously catchy disco song was a hit around the world in 2002. It wasn’t much of one in the US but that’s about to change thanks to the film, “Saltburn.”

In the final scene of Emerald Fennell’s wild ride of aspiration and revenge, Barry Keoghan’s Oliver is seen dancing naked through the halls of the British mansion he’s inherited after systematically killing off all the members of the family that owned it. It’s an exuberant, with Oliver flapping all about while “Murder on the Dance Floor” expresses his unbridled delight.

The record is now at number 28 on iTunes and up to number 5 on Spotify’s Daily Viral chart for the US.

Sophie Ellis Bextor wrote the song with US hitmaker, Gregg Alexander, who you may know better as the New Radicals. Alexander, who’s a bit of a genius for earworms, wrote the never ending hit “You Gotta Give What You Get,” the song Joni Mitchell once said made her not give up writing and recording new material in the 90s.

Too bad “Murder on the Dance Floor” is old. It would have been a cinch for an Oscar this year!

Kathie Lee Gifford In a New Balance of Nature Commercial, FDA Shutdowns and Warnings Are Irrelevant to Her

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Kathie Lee Gifford In a New Balance of Nature Commercial, FDA Shutdowns and Warnings Are Irrelevant to Her

Yes, Kathie Lee Gifford is back plugging Balance of Nature.

(How much money does she need?)

Gifford doesn’t seem to care that the FDA has issued warnings about the shady vitamin supplement company, shut them down temporarily, and tried to warn the public that the company’s idiotic claims of fruits and vegetables stuffed into a capsule cures nothing.

Just so we’re all on the same page, Kathie Lee:

In 2020, the FDA issued a very stern warning about Balance of Nature.

This year in August, the State of California fined the company $1.1 million for fraudulent health claims.

In November, the FDA halted all sales again. Balance of Nature complied shortly thereafter, but if you’re not getting the message at this point, I’d say it’s your fault if I were a juror. The public has been warned.

I actually did think Gifford was savvier than this. She was criticized last year for doing one of these. Since then Balance of Nature has been outed for all the above reasons. She could be doing commercials for lots of things. But this outfit? She couldn’t stump for a used car dealer in Nashville?

Let’s hope KLG isn’t actually ingesting this stuff. Even prayer won’t help her then!

Donald Trump Gives New Years Eve Party Despite Melania at Mother’s Side, Severely Ill in Hospital, Ivanka Also Missing

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Donald Trump Gives New Years Eve Party Despite Melania at Mother’s Side, Severely Ill in Hospital, Ivanka Also Missing

A family that criminals together doesn’t necessarily rally when someone is ill.

On Christmas, the Trump family took a group photo. Melania was missing, and so was her mother. Her father, however, floated off to the left, looking perplexed.

On New Year’s Eve, the family partied at Mar-a-Lago. Trump spoke to the crowd and admitted that Melania was with her mother, in a Miami hospital, because she was severely ill.

I told you last week that in 2018 the late Ivana Trump told me Melania’s mother had cancer, was very sick, and that the then-First Lady was spending all of her time with her in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Now that Mrs. Knauss seems to in serious trouble, that wouldn’t stop Donald Trump from throwing a big party, taking pictures, and carrying on. He certainly wasn’t at his wife’s or mother-in-law’s side. Of course, this is no surprise since Ivana Trump is buried on the Trump golf course without a marker, her grave covered with weeds.

Donald’s message: “I don’t care, do you?”

Also missing at New Year’s Eve: Ivana Trump and family. Her excuse: Donald wasn’t really her father, she barely knew him.

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