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Several people sent me links to various videos the son of Caroline Kennedy — and grandson of John F. Kennedy Jr. — has posted to social media in the last week.
The videos are peculiar to say the least for a family known to play it close to the vest and stay away from media. If grandmother Jackie Kennedy Onassis saw these, I don’t think she’d be amused.
The videos are notable for Schlossberg trying out more characters and accents than Meryl Streep. He attacks cousin Robert Kennedy Jr more times than necessary, frankly.
Schlossberg does mix it up with the accents. Even though he told a political gathering in Queens recently that he identifies as Irish, he certainly can do a Brooklyn Jewish accent with the best of them. In the bottom video, there’s also an odd reference to his mother marrying “a Jewish man” — Edwin Schlossberg, whom Jack resembles.
I’m not clear on what Schlossberg does for a living at age 31. But these videos will trail him if he decides to have a political career, that’s for sure.
There are plenty more videos and photos including many at @jackuno on social media. TMI should be Schlossberg’s middle initials.
UPDATE: After getting battered in questions today on Face the Nation, South Dakota Governor Kristin Noem is removing from her new book that she ever met with Korean dictator Kim Jung Un.
Kristi Noem (rhymes with “gnome”) was a guest today on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Noem is the governor of a state once run by the great George McGovern. How can the people there hold their heads up? She is an embarrassment to South Dakota and to the whole country.
Interviewed by Margaret Brennan, Noem hung herself by own her petard. She was publicizing her “book,” which will come out on Tuesday and is apparently full of fiction.
To Brennan, Noem lied and obfuscated like crazy. She immediately complained on Twitter immediately:
“This morning in our 15-minute interview, Margaret Brennan interrupted me 36 times — once every 25 seconds on average. But when liberals like @gretchenwhitmer and @SpeakerPelosi
are on @FaceTheNation, they aren’t interrupted once.
“In the fake news media, there are two sets of rules, and conservative are always treated differently. That’s why Americans don’t trust the Fake News.”
Noem lied at every turn. When Brennan asked her about meeting Korean dictator Kim Jung Un, the governor replied: “I’m not going to talk about my specific meetings with world leaders, I’m just not going to do that.” The fact is, they never met, but Noem had included the fake meeting in her book.
When asked about shooting her dog, Noem suggested President Biden should shoot his own dog.
Noem: “Well, number one, Joe Biden’s dog has attacked 24 Secret Service people. So how many people is enough people to be attacked and dangerously hurt before you make a decision on a dog? And —
BRENNAN: — Well he’s not living at the White House anymore–
NOEM: — That’s the question that the President should be held accountable to.
BRENNAN: — You’re saying he should be shot?–
NOEM: — That what’s the president should be accountable to.
How can the people of South Dakota not be nauseated by this woman? How have so many local governments in this country fallen prey to completely despicable people with low IQs, no respect for life, or dignity? It’s surreal.
The book is called “No Going Back.” If you buy it, that’s what will happen — there’s no getting that twentysomething bucks back. Noem told Brennan she refuses to retract all the bogus claims included in the book.
Jerry Seinfeld has good advice from someone in public relations.
He flew 3,000 miles back from Los Angeles to New York yesterday so he could appear on “Saturday Night Live.”
Seinfeld, who is generally beloved, has been putting his foot in his mouth lately after doing too much press for his movie, “Unfrosted.” It used to be you rarely saw Seinfeld in the media. But for the last two weeks it’s been impossible to get away from him.
On Thursday night he was on stage at Netflix is a Joke in Los Angeles, still promoting the movie — which has very negative reviews that come mostly as a reaction to his comments about the movie business, I think.
Last night he popped up on “Weekend Update” trying to defuse the situation. This was fine, but now it’s time to take a break. He also owes Hugh Grant an apology for constantly saying he was hard to work with. (What was that all about?)
What did Jerry say that caused all of this trouble? In an interview with GQ about the movie biz:
“It was totally new to me. I thought I had done some cool stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work. They’re so dead serious! They don’t have any idea that the movie business is over. They have no idea.”
Doubling down, he continued: “Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives. When a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked. Now we’re walking through a fire hose of water, just trying to see.”
Picketing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is going on right now, even in the rain.
The Conde Nast Union is out there because they say the publisher will not meet them at the bargaining table and hammer out a new contract.
The Union warns that they will be out there tomorrow when Anna Wintour tries to put on her glittery Met Gala. Celebrities will have to walk past these people. If they do, they will incur the wrath of a lot of fans around the world.
What a mess: Conde workers are angry. I knew they would be, seeing that there are layoffs galore while Wintour spends millions on the Kardashians arriving in Halloween costumes.
The Conde Nast Union is out there today supporting the Model Alliance, and the Fashion Workers Act. Models have rights, too! As they point out: “Currently, models work through management companies in New York which, unlike talent agencies, escape licensing and regulation.”
Will models like Kaia Gerber and Gisele Bundchen cross that line tomorrow?
When “Star Wars: Attack of the Phantom Menace” was released in 1999, there was a lot of backlash. The Jar Jar Binks character was relentlessly mocked, and remains the most loathed character of the franchise.
And yet: “Phantom” was re-released to theaters this weekend for its 25th anniversary and finished in second place. “Phantom” beat everything including last week’s number 1, the fading “Challengers.”
Maybe Jar Jar Binks deserves an apology.
The number 1 movie this weekend is “The Fall Guy,” which had a surge on Saturday night after a middling opening. Total was $28.5 million, which is three or four million higher than estimated. The Saturday increase by $3 million more than anticipated drove the weekend. The estimate for today is back to normal around $7 million.
“Challengers,” meanwhile, hasn’t really caught on despite having a huge PR push. Also not finding a sweet spot is “Civil War” — and this is despite warnings of a real civil war.
If they protest or picket, will the liberal celebs — many of whom were recently on picket lines themselves — just ignore the whole thing and go inside? Kardashians won’t care but what about the members of SAG and WGA?
The Union set up a gofundme page this evening and has already raised almost $14,0000 in case of a strike or work stoppage. They wrote on the page:
“The Condé Nast Union is SO CLOSE to finalizing our very first contract, which would grant protections to hundreds of employees. But right at the finish line—as at every other step in this process—management is dragging its feet.
We want to get this contract WRAPPED, but instead of bargaining with us in good faith, management is bringing insulting proposals on key issues like wages and protection of our jobs from permalancers, threatening us with additional layoffs (despite CEO Roger Lynch stating publicly there would be no more), and in some cases, even taking steps backward from their initial proposals, instead of working with us to find a resolution.
We want a contract that honors the work we do and value we bring to the company. We’ve tried to get there by bringing logical, actionable proposals to the table and diligently working through management’s proposals to find common ground. At this point, management could bring us a fair contract that doesn’t unnecessarily cut nearly 100 people’s jobs TODAY. Instead, they are delaying the proceedings and senselessly blaming the union for the hold up.
One thing we know for sure: There is no Condé Nast without us, and the way to demonstrate this clearly is to walk off the job. We are ready to do whatever it takes to win a fair contract.
Management will withhold pay from union members who participate in any future work stoppage, commensurate with the amount of days that we withhold our labor. We want to help union members who may face hardship from losing these wages—that’s where you come in. Members will be able to request funds from this page through a team of union stewards, who will be managing this money and ensuring it goes directly to our members. If we have any extra money leftover after paying out those who request funds, we’ll save it for a possible future Condé United strike fund. If we don’t go on another strike before we ratify our first contract, we’ll donate the funds to another labor cause or strike fund.”
The Ryan Gosling-Emily Blunt action comedy made a little over $7 million last. Combined with previews, the opening day number comes comes $10.8 million.
Based on that, “The Fall Guy” is headed to a $25 million weekend. This is disappointing, considering that reviews are excellent at 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Also, we need a film like “The Fall Guy” right now as a bridge to summer releases. Audiences should be flocking to it, but they’re holding back for some reason.
Right now the audience score is only 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, which doesn’t make sense. Cinemascore is A minus, which means the people who did see it really liked it.
So spread the word! After all, this IS “Barbenheimer” — two Oscar nominated actors from last year’s biggest hits. What more do you need?
Francis Ford Coppola directed three of the greatest movies of all time: “The Godfather I & II” and “Apocalypse Now.”
Now he’s gambling everything on “Megalopolis.” It’s going to the Cannes Film Festival in competition without a distributor.
Adam Driver and Giancarlo Esposito star with a huge A list cast including Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jason Schwartzman, Grace VanderWaal, Kathryn Hunter, Talia Shire, Dustin Hoffman, and D. B. Sweeney.
In this first teaser trailer, the film looks like it’s metaphysical with sci fi mixed in. The cinematography already seems sensational.
Can’t wait to see more! Coppola has put $100 million of his own money into project by leveraging his winery. Let’s hope he has a hit and can make toasts soon!
After just two weeks and 3 million albums, “The Tortured Poets Department” has been toppled.
The new number 1 album on iTunes is Dua Lipa’s “Radical Optimism.” Taylor Swift has been dethroned.
It does seem like Swift’s incredible first week and so-so second week have saturated her audience.
Dua Lipa — that is her real name — brings a gigantic hit with her on “Radical Optimism” in the form of “Houdini.” There are two other previously released singles including “Training Season.”
The whole album is filled with radio friendly pop singles. I particularly liked “Maria” and “End of an Era.” This album should be a hit all summer.
But fans are fickle now. Even recording superstars get just one or two weeks at the top before they’re supplanted by the release of the week.
Take Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine.” It’s sold about 125,000 actual albums, and a total of 700,000 which is mostly from streaming.
In the old days, “Poets” would have gone on and on. But this week it sold 455,000 including 125,000 in hard sales. It’s over as quickly as it started. Now it’s Dua Lipa’s turn. We’ll see if she can hold on.
“The Fall Guy” opened last night in previews to underwhelming numbers.
The Ryan Gosling- Emily Blunt action comedy certainly has had strong promotion. But the numbers from last night and Wednesday showings came to just $3.1 million.
The weekend take looks low — around $35 million — unless word of mouth kicks in. Reviews are good with 85% on Rotten Tomatoes. But it’s unclear how that will translate at the box office.
“The Fall Guy” is a reminder of the malaise right now across the business. A new “Planet of the Apes” movie comes next week, followed by the new “Mad Max Furiosa.”
But Memorial Day weekend looks like it’s going to be a snooze, and the summer doesn’t seem promising. There should be worry now about the fall and Oscar movies. Unless there’s a surprise coming, “Dune Two” is in the lead right now. There’s no “Oppenheimer” or “Barbie” event film apparent on the path.
