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“Ozark,” A Show with One Black Character, Wins Best Drama from African American Critics, “This is Us” Snubbed

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“Ozark,” A Show with One Black Character, Wins Best Drama from African American Critics, “This is Us” Snubbed

“Ozark,” a Netflix show with one Black character, has won Best Drama from the African American Critics Association.

“Pachinko,” an Asian show on Apple TV Plus, won Best International Drama.

The shows are certainly of quality, but they have nothing to do with the Black community.

The AAFCA basically has ignored the best Black shows on television. There are plenty of all-Black dramas across TV, cable and streaming. For example, “This is Us” has a strong Black cast and could easily have been celebrated. Instead of “Pachinko,” there are several Black international series like the fantastic, “Lupin.”

Jessica Frances Dukes played FBI agent Maya on “Ozark.” She was wonderful on the show, but she was a secondary character at best. And Dukes didn’t even get her own award from AAFCA!

Some of these winners are ridiculous and laughable.

  • BEST TV COMEDY – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
  • BEST TV DRAMA – Ozark (Netflix)
  • BEST NEW SHOW – Bel-Air (Peacock)
  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – Black and Missing  (HBO)
  • BEST LIMITED SERIES/SPECIAL – Women of the Movement (ABC) 
  • BEST INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION – Pachinko (Apple TV+)
  • BREAKOUT STAR – Quinta Brunson 
  • BEST ENSEMBLE – Swagger (Apple TV+) & Winning Time: the rise of the Lakers dynasty (HBO) 
  • BEST WRITING – A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
  • BEST TV DIRECTING – Salli Richardson, The Gilded Age (HBO) 
  • BEST TV ACTING (Female) – Patina Miller, Power Book III: Raising Kanan  (Starz) 
  • BEST TV ACTING (Male) – Courtney B. Vance, 61st Street (AMC)
  • IMPACT AWARD – Insecure (HBO)

Animated Friday Night Box Office: “Dragon Ball” Wins the Night, Pawing Idris Elba’s “Beast” Into Submission

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Animated Friday Night Box Office: “Dragon Ball” Wins the Night, Pawing Idris Elba’s “Beast” Into Submission

Friday night: anime movie “Dragon Ball Super Super Hero” scored such a big Thursday — $4.3 million– that you might think the numbers would rise exponentially. “DBSSH” put together a $10.7 million opening with Thursday and Friday counted. Another $12 million is likely coming, giving the anime a $22 mil weekend.

Can Idris Elba and his crazy lion from “Beast” jump forward? Well, “Beast” will be the highest grossing live action movie, so that’s something. Thursday-Friday is at $4.3 million. It should come in between $10-$11 million. Maybe reviews shouldn’t have been held til the last minute. The studio couldn’t build excitement. It’s a little strange since “Beast” had a great premiere party that Universal put a lot into. Also, a 68 on Rotten Tomatoes ain’t bad.

And get this: “Top Gun Maverick” is now the 6th highest box office movie, passing “Avengers: Infinity War.” It’s within striking distance of “Black Panther.” Amazing. “Maverick” comes to streaming services on Tuesday.

(See Photo) NYC’s Hottest Congressional Race: Why Did One of Carolyn Maloney’s Rivals Crash Her Party Last Night?

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(See Photo) NYC’s Hottest Congressional Race: Why Did One of Carolyn Maloney’s Rivals Crash Her Party Last Night?

This is EXCLUSIVE, kids.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney got a big surprise last night at a fundraising cocktail party on the Upper East Side.

One of her rivals in Tuesday’s coming election, Suraj Patel, crashed the party and pulled her aside for a confab. Luckily, someone at the fabled Beach Cafe got a photo of the pair, plus their aides, standing next to the Beach Cafe’s famous lifeguard stand.

It’s almost a metaphor. Does someone need help from drowning?

Maloney and Patel are each trailing Rep. Jerry Nadler in the three way race that will end on Tuesday. The race exists because the districts of Nadler and Maloney — each popular, effective, long time New York-Manhattan members of Congress — were combined in redistricting. They are now running against each other with Patel as the spoiler.

Patel has been seen hanging around the Maloney campaign in the last couple of weeks. But to crash a party in public? You can tell from the look on Maloney’s face, she was caught off guard.

Patel, a former Obama aide, almost beat Maloney in 2020. If he threw his support to her now, Nadler could be toppled. (It will be a shame to lose either Nadler or Maloney, frankly.)

Or maybe they were there for the Beach Cafe’s glorious Bolognese sauce. I’ve been dreaming about it since dinner last night!

PS Why are we covering it? First, because it happened. Second, because I’m a fourth generation New Yorker. And whoever wins this election will have a huge impact on my life, my family’s, and the future of many things in our amazing city!

Here they are. Photo c2022 Showbiz411.com

 

Box Office: Japanese Anime Movie “Dragon Ball Super Super Hero” Made Shocking $4 Mil in Thursday Previews

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Box Office: Japanese Anime Movie “Dragon Ball Super Super Hero” Made Shocking $4 Mil in Thursday Previews

Huh.

Last night, the big Thursday preview movie was not Idris Elba in “Beast,” a good thriller that made $925,000.

No, the winner was a Japanese anime movie called “Dragon Ball Super Super Hero.” Distributed by Japanese company Toei and Crunchyroll via 20th Century Studios — meaning Disney– “Dragon Ball” made an astounding $4 million. That’s a very animated response!

“Dragon Ball” heads into 3,100 theaters this weekend. The new chapter follows 2019’s “Dragon Ball Super: Broly,” which lit up $7.04 million on its Wednesday opening and went on to score $30.4 million in the U.S.

“Bullet Train” rolls on, having crossed $60 million yesterday. And even though “Top Gun Maverick” will be available for streaming at midnight on August 23rd, it’s still in 2,969 theaters.

Broadway: “Funny Girl” Relaunch with Lea Michele Offers First Commercial (See Video)

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Broadway: “Funny Girl” Relaunch with Lea Michele Offers First Commercial (See Video)

The producers of “Funny Girl” on Broadway are looking for magic when they relaunch on September 6th with Lea Michele.

They’ve got their first commercial, and it looks good.

Lea Michele becomes Fanny Brice and Tovah Feldshuh will play her mother. Not to put too much pressure on them, but if this doesn’t work. “Funny Girl” will not last through the winter. But I think this will pump up the box office.

“Days of Our Lives” Fans Will Be Disappointed to Learn the Show’s Library Won’t Be on Peacock

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“Days of Our Lives” Fans Will Be Disappointed to Learn the Show’s Library Won’t Be on Peacock

The great TV oracle Joe Adalian, aka @TVMoe and west coast editor of Vulture, Tweeted bad news for “Days of Our Lives” fans today.

Some folks on Twitter have asked me this, so I investigated: When #DaysOfOurLives moves exclusively to Peacock next month, the library isn’t going to expand,” Joe writes. “The streamer will continue offering the most recent season’s episodes and well as the previous season.”

He adds: “Is it possible at some point, Corday Prods. and Peacock could work out a deal to digitize older episodes. Of course. But as of now, there are no plans to do that at launch, or likely anytime soon. Hopefully this will change.”

I’m not surprised to hear this news. “Days of Our Lives” moves to Peacock from NBC in a couple of weeks, and when it does, I think fans should start bracing themselves for a final year for the 57 year old soap. The network is not going to go through the trouble of bringing all the reruns to any archive.

Rather than enrage the remaining 2 million fans by just pulling the plug, NBC is likely setting the stage for a soft ending a year from now. Peacock is not a success, they can’t sustain the “Days” budget as an original program. NBC has a contract through August 2023 and it’s likely the sand will finally run out of the hourglass then.

Was Jake Tapper’s Twitter Account Hacked? Liberal CNN Host Retweets Ivanka Trump Endorsement of Husband’s Panned Book!

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Was Jake Tapper’s Twitter Account Hacked? Liberal CNN Host Retweets Ivanka Trump Endorsement of Husband’s Panned Book!

Not kidding.

People are fainting over something Jake Tapper, CNN’s fair minded but liberal anchor retweeted yesterday.

Tapper retweeted Ivanka Trump’s endorsement of her husband’s panned book. Jared Kushner’s “Breaking History,” eviscerated by the NewYork Times and other reviewers, will be published next week.

For Tapper, an avowed critic of all things Trump, to un-ironically put something like that on his Twitter feed can mean only one of two things. He was either hacked. Or the new CNN leader, Chris Licht, made him do it to seem less partisan.

The latter is chilling. Licht has just eliminated Brian Stelter and “Reliable Sources” after 9 years. There is other anecdotal information coming of changes with other CNN anchors who are starting to sound like they’ve been taken hostage. Fear of being fired, or worse, seems like it’s in the air.

Tapper is too smart and principled to be blackmailed. But his Twitter followers are surprised and disappointed. Let’s see where this leads.

Media Alert: Brian Stelter, “Reliable Sources” Staff OUT at CNN, Condolences to NBC’s Richard Engel

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Media Alert: Brian Stelter, “Reliable Sources” Staff OUT at CNN, Condolences to NBC’s Richard Engel

CNN’s Brian Stelter has confirmed after many reports that he’s out at CNN, his show, “Reliable Sources,” has been cancelled. Other reports say the whole staff has been let go.

CNN’s new leader Chris Licht, and new owner David Zaslav, are determined to overhaul the network. This is a sure sign that they’re on their way. Stelter was a workhorse who was completely devoted to the network and his show. But low ratings are not going to be tolerated at the revamped news network.

Stelter will turn up somewhere good. He’s too smart and talented not to…

At NBC condolences to super foreign correspondent Richard Engel. He and his wife, Mary, have announced the death of their six year old son, Henry, from neurological disorder RETT Syndrome. Engel wrote on Twitter: “Our beloved son Henry passed away.  He had the softest blue eyes, an easy smile and a contagious giggle.  We always surrounded him with love and he returned it, and so much more.  Mary and Richard.”

We’re very sorry for their loss.

Funny Move for “Funny Pages”: Owen Kline’s Coming of Age Film Gets Dumped Onto Streaming for One Night Only

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Funny Move for “Funny Pages”: Owen Kline’s Coming of Age Film Gets Dumped Onto Streaming for One Night Only

Well, A24 doesn’t seem to know what to do with Owen Kline’s “Funny Pages.”

So they’re screening it themselves on August 25th for 15 bucks.

Kline is the son of Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates. This is his directorial debut. It looks like a charming coming of age film.

Show it in theaters? Film festivals? Apparently, “Funny Pages” starts a week long run the next day at Lincoln Center, all day. This is what A24 calls “releasing a film.” No marketing or publicity, no press release. Just, here it is! They’re disruptors!

Paul Simon is Making a New Album, and Making Friends in the Studio with Cabaret Singers

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Paul Simon is Making a New Album, and Making Friends in the Studio with Cabaret Singers

Good news: even though he’s stopped touring, Paul Simon is still writing and making new records. According to a Facebook post from cabaret singer Barbara Fasano, Simon is recording right now, But even better: discovering that Fasano and her group were recording an old Simon song, “Old Friends.” in the next studio, he came in and the rest is history.

The smart and lucky Fasano writes:

“Here’s how it happened: Eric, Sean, Vito, & I are at Reservoir Studios this week making our new CD. & yes, that’s Paul Simon, who is making HIS new record in Studio B. We had laid down 4 tracks & were about to record OLD FRIENDS. So how could I resist? Around 4:00, there was Mr. Simon having lunch in the communal kitchen, & I introduced myself & said I was sorry to interrupt, but we were actually about to record his song. His face lit up & he was on his feet, walking into our studio. Everyone got introduced & Paul Simon pulled out his guitar & coached us on voicings & instrumentation. In a crazy surreal moment, he began to play OLD FRIENDS on the same guitar he’s been playing on his solo records for 50 years, while I sang along. He stayed with us for nearly an hour. And then we laid down OLD FRIENDS, now sprinkled with pixie dust by this American icon.”

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