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Madonna Cancels More Shows at London’s Palladium Citing Multiple Injuries: “It’s a miracle I have gotten this far”

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Madonna Cancels More Shows at London’s Palladium Citing Multiple Injuries: “It’s a miracle I have gotten this far”

Madonna is cancelling two more of her London shows. She says on Instagram she can’t do three shows in a row without a break. I believe her.

She writes: “It’s a miracle I have gotten this far.”

Ten years from now, someone — Maya Hawke? — will make a movie about Madonna’s crazy “Madame X” tour and will win the Oscar for it, just like Renee Zellweger has with “Judy.”

A couple of weeks ago someone associated with Madonna’s tour told me they doubted she’d get through London and Paris, the final stop. At this rate, Paris looks pretty doubtful. Madonna has no doubt suffered, learning she has limitations at 61.

“A note to all my my fans:
As you all know i have multiple injuries and have had to cancel shows to give myself time to recover.
So as not to surprise you i want to let you know ahead of time that I will be cancelling 2 shows- on Feb 4 and Feb 11th at the Palladium in London. because doing 3 shows in a row is too much on my body and in fact my doctors insist i take a day off after every show but i believe can manage if i do 2 shows then I rest!
Its a miracle i have gotten this far but a-lot has to do with the fact that i do 6 hours of re-hab every day.
3 hours before show and 3 after with multiple therapies.
I have also switched to flat shoes and modified difficult. parts of the show. This has helped enormously but i still need to be careful and of course rest is the best medicine.
i never want to cancel any show and Im determined that i will make it to the end if i pace myself.
God Willing 🙏🏼 Refunds will be automatically issued to the credit card on which tickets were ordered.
I appreciate your understanding and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.  Thank you!! Madame ❌ . #madamextheatre #thelondonpalladium

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A note to all my my fans: As you all know i have multiple injuries and have had to cancel shows to give myself time to recover. So as not to surprise you i want to let you know ahead of time that I will be cancelling 2 shows- on Feb 4 and Feb 11th at the Palladium in London. because doing 3 shows in a row is too much on my body and in fact my doctors insist i take a day off after every show but i believe can manage if i do 2 shows then I rest! Its a miracle i have gotten this far but a-lot has to do with the fact that i do 6 hours of re-hab every day. 3 hours before show and 3 after with multiple therapies. I have also switched to flat shoes and modified difficult. parts of the show. This has helped enormously but i still need to be careful and of course rest is the best medicine. i never want to cancel any show and Im determined that i will make it to the end if i pace myself. God Willing 🙏🏼 Refunds will be automatically issued to the credit card on which tickets were ordered. I appreciate your understanding and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you!! Madame ❌ . #madamextheatre #thelondonpalladium

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Netflix’s “The Crown” Will End Early with Season 5, And Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Before They Get to More Current Scandals

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Netflix’s “The Crown” Will End Early with Season 5, And Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Before They Get to More Current Scandals

“The Crown” on Netflix will come to an end with season 5. Imelda Staunton will Queen Elizabeth II in the last season.

This means that “The Crown” will likely not reach the point of Princess Diana’s death. This past season has been concerned with the 1960s. The next season will cover the 70s. Unless they jump forward, “The Crown” will end in the 1980s, maybe with the marriage of Diana and Charles.

In 2016, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos said in press conferences that “The Crown” would run six seasons, and take Elizabeth from the beginning until now. But that seems to have changed. He said, “The idea is to do this over six decades, in six seasons presumably, and make the whole show over eight to 10 years.”

That idea has changed, and I don’t think it’s because of the cost. When Harry and Meghan’s story blew up, I wrote that they didn’t want to wind up being a season of “The Crown.” A short time later, Harry said something similar. I think it must have dawned on the Palace that “The Crown” would eventually leave the realm of nostalgia and arrive at prickly moments, like Charles and Diana’s divorce, their affairs, her death, and the current situation. Were phone calls made? I wouldn’t doubt it. Plus, if “The Crown” really were to saunter on into the 90s, we’d have “Randy Andy” and Koo Stark, and so many other scandals. Even Netflix couldn’t afford to cast so many people!

The show’s creator, Peter Morgan, has been given a lovely, staged quote for the press release: “At the outset I had imagined The Crown running for six seasons but now that we have begun work on the stories for season five it has become clear to me that this is the perfect time and place to stop,” said Morgan. “I’m grateful to Netflix and Sony for supporting me in this decision.”

Perfect time? I don’t think so. But we’ve learned enough to know that if the Palace says it’s time, it’s time.

 

CBS Renews Long Running Soap “The Young and the Restless” Through 2024 and 51st Anniversary Despite Declining Ratings

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CBS Renews Long Running Soap “The Young and the Restless” Through 2024 and 51st Anniversary Despite Declining Ratings

The people in Genoa City can breathe a sigh of relief.

CBS has renewed long running soap opera “The Young and the Restless” through 2024. That will mark the soap’s 51st anniversary. It’s a nice sign considering the show has seen declining ratings in the last year that imperiled it.

The network will likely renew “The Bold and the Beautiful,” as well.

CBS hasn’t said what that means for new talk shows, but they will have to deal with that. The truth is, it’s easier to keep going with what’s known and not anger 3 or 4 million people than try to launch something new. So far, no one’s been able to come up with anything new that people want to see.

“The Young and the Restless” had 3.7 million viewers two weeks ago. They were off by a half million from a year ago and 1 million from two years ago. Still, they’ve been number 1 in their timeslot for 31 years. No one’s going to mess with that.

Maybe now they can hire back some of their popular actors who’ve left the show, like Eileen Davidson, and feature her unrelated castmate, Doug Davidson, some more.

Oscars Add More Presenters to Already Star-Studded List with Diane Keaton, Steve Martin, James Corden, Keanu Reeves and More

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Oscars Add More Presenters to Already Star-Studded List with Diane Keaton, Steve Martin, James Corden, Keanu Reeves and More

The Oscars keep adding presenters to their already all star list.

New names today reflect Hollywood royalty with Diane Keaton and long time favorite Steve Martin plus newer award winners like Penelope Cruz. (Hey, what about Javier?) Sigourney Weaver won’t be “Alien”-ated– she’ll be there. Also talk show host James Corden, who survived “Cats,” and the always popular John Wick, aka Keanu Reeves.

From the newer world of stars will come the great Beanie Feldstein from “Booksmart,”George MacKay, from “1917,” and  Zack Gottsagen and Shia LaBeouf from “The Peanut Butter Falcon.” A little PS on Beanie– her brother Jonah Hill presented many years ago, so now we’ve got a siblings match.

To top that off: Maya Rudolph! I’ll watch Maya Rudolph on any show. Maybe she’ll bring Tina and Amy, unless the Golden Globes preclude it.

Plus, of course, Billie Eilish, and musical performances from Elton John, Cynthia Erivo, Idina Menzel, Christy Metz, and Randy Newman.

People I’d like to see: more vets like Jane Fonda, Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Douglas, Shirley Maclaine, etc

Final Oscar Voting Begins Today, with Best Picture Up in the Air as Acting Winners Seem Foregone Conclusion

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Final Oscar Voting Begins Today, with Best Picture Up in the Air as Acting Winners Seem Foregone Conclusion

Final voting begins for the Oscars, lasting for the next five days. And yes, it’s another weird year for Hollywood.

The acting winners seem a foregone conclusion at this point. Barring some hiccup, Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Brad Pitt, and Laura Dern seem headed to the winners’ circle. They’ve won almost all the other awards leading up to this moment including bellwethers like SAG, Critics Choice, and Golden Globes.

The big question is what will win Best Picture and who will be considered Best Director. The Academy often splits those awards, which makes everyone crazy. Then we see lots of Tweets about “I guess the movie directed itself.” That bromide never gets old. But it’s a way to distribute the honors.

This year, “1917” looks like Best Picture, and Bong Joon-Ho seems like he’d be Best Director for “Parasite.” But you never know, it could be reversed. I liked “Parasite” but don’t understand the fervor for it. The publicity team that worked on it should get an award. Here’s a foreign language film, with violence, that has crossed over into the Hollywood mainstream. It’s extraordinary. If it wins Best Picture, “Parasite” would be the first foreign film to do so. And not that many people have seen it. “Parasite” has only made $31 million, compared to over $100 million for “1917,” “Joker,” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”

So the last two awards given out on February 9th will be nail biters. Sadly, one movie out of the race is Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” which I loved and put at the top of all my lists. But “The Irishman” will live on, and be talked about and watched for years to come.

One anomaly this year: neither of the leading candidates for Best Picture has an acting nomination. “1917” and “Parasite” didn’t earn one for its players. So the Best Picture will likely not be directed by the Best Director nor acted by the Best Actors. But if “1917” wins, which I think it will, it will have the Best Cinematographer in Roger Deakins. And that’s pretty good.

 

Two Part , Four Hour Michael Jackson Documentary About 2005 Child Molestation and Conspiracy Trial, Arvizo Family Coming from A&E in June

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Two Part , Four Hour Michael Jackson Documentary About 2005 Child Molestation and Conspiracy Trial, Arvizo Family Coming from A&E in June

The fascination with all things Michael Jackson never ends.

Now comes a two part, four hour documentary about Jackson’s 2005 child molestation and conspiracy trial from A&E. I’m told the special will air in June on the anniversary of Jackson’s acquittal, which is also two weeks short of 11th anniversary of his death.

The special is being put together by Atlas Entertainment, owned Michael and Michelle Walrath. Michael was described in the New York Times as a “nightlife and tech mogul.” Among their films: “Tapped” and “Fed Up.”

The filmmakers are trying to talk to everyone involved in the 2005 trial including the Arvizo family, who were used by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon in his vendetta against Jackson. Janet Arvizo and her then 13 year old son Gavin claimed Michael molested the boy. Eighteen grueling months of embarrassing negative publicity culminated in a graphic trial. Thanks to the truth, and defense attorney Thomas Mesereau, Jackson was acquitted. But the episode wore on Jackson and pushed him into a series of misadventures that ended his life four years later.

What will be interesting is to see if the filmmakers can get the Arvizo’s to talk, and get at the truth of what happened. I hear they’ve spoken with Sneddon’s second in command, Ron Zonen, who helped prosecute Jackson. Zonen wound up marrying a prosecution witness, Louise Palanker, who billed herself as a comedian in 2005, and testified for the family. Despite the jury verdict for Jackson, Palanker and Zonen went on to attend Gavin Arvizo’s wedding.

The Arvizo’s claimed that in addition to the molestation, Jackson had “kidnapped” them to keep them quiet. But I reported extensively on the case at the time, and none of that was true. Their so called abduction included first class hotel stays, movies, dinners out, toys, clothes, and for Janet Arvizo, spa days. Janet Arvizo was revealed on the witness stand to be a total nut when Mesereau asked if she thought Michael Jackson would take her kids away in a hot air balloon. She answered in the affirmative. Laughter broke out in courtroom, Judge Melville banged his gavel, and the trial was for most purposes over.

Vanessa Bryant’s First Post After Tragic Deaths of Kobe and Gigi: “I’m not sure what our lives hold beyond today, and it’s impossible to imagine life without them”

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Vanessa Bryant’s First Post After Tragic Deaths of Kobe and Gigi: “I’m not sure what our lives hold beyond today, and it’s impossible to imagine life without them”

Vanessa Bryant is stronger than I would have guessed. She’s pulling it together for her three remaining daughters after the tragic deaths of her husband, Kobe, and 13 year old daughter Gigi. Her post on Instagram tonight says a ton about her. \

She writes: “There aren’t enough words to describe our pain right now. I take comfort in knowing that Kobe and Gigi both knew that they were so deeply loved. We were so incredibly blessed to have them in our lives. I wish they were here with us forever. They were our beautiful blessings taken from us too soon.”

Her post follows:

 

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My girls and I want to thank the millions of people who’ve shown support and love during this horrific time. Thank you for all the prayers. We definitely need them. We are completely devastated by the sudden loss of my adoring husband, Kobe — the amazing father of our children; and my beautiful, sweet Gianna — a loving, thoughtful, and wonderful daughter, and amazing sister to Natalia, Bianka, and Capri. We are also devastated for the families who lost their loved ones on Sunday, and we share in their grief intimately. There aren’t enough words to describe our pain right now. I take comfort in knowing that Kobe and Gigi both knew that they were so deeply loved. We were so incredibly blessed to have them in our lives. I wish they were here with us forever. They were our beautiful blessings taken from us too soon. I’m not sure what our lives hold beyond today, and it’s impossible to imagine life without them. But we wake up each day, trying to keep pushing because Kobe, and our baby girl, Gigi, are shining on us to light the way. Our love for them is endless — and that’s to say, immeasurable. I just wish I could hug them, kiss them and bless them. Have them here with us, forever. Thank you for sharing your joy, your grief and your support with us. We ask that you grant us the respect and privacy we will need to navigate this new reality. To honor our Team Mamba family, the Mamba Sports Foundation has set up the MambaOnThree Fund to help support the other families affected by this tragedy. To donate, please go to MambaOnThree.org. To further Kobe and Gianna’s legacy in youth sports, please visit MambaSportsFoundation.org. Thank you so much for lifting us up in your prayers, and for loving Kobe, Gigi, Natalia, Bianka, Capri and me. #Mamba #Mambacita #GirlsDad #DaddysGirls #Family ❤️

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The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas is Closing After 25 Years: Memories of Kevin Costner, The Eagles, and George Clooney

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The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas is Closing After 25 Years: Memories of Kevin Costner, The Eagles, and George Clooney

I just heard that the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is closing after almost exactly 25 years. I went to the opening weekend in March 1995 and wrote about it for New York magazine. A quarter of a century has passed. Amazing.

What do I remember about the opening weekend? A lot. The Eagles played a concert to open the music venue, which was called The Joint. Their famed manager, Irving Azoff, came in during rehearsal, saw the name ‘The Joint’ hanging over the stage and made the manager take it down. He didn’t want the drug reference.

Peter Morton brought in a lot of celebrities for the opening. Among them was George Clooney, an overnight sensation on “ER.” New York Post Page Six columnist Richard Johnson and I played black jack with him. I finally folded, but Richard continued on. A lot of people were just going to sleep the next morning when I came down for breakfast.

But the big ‘get’ of the weekend was Kevin Costner. He was up in the balcony, where there were bar tables, watching the show. Everyone was jammed in. Janet Charlton, the peripatetic columnist for the National Enquirer, spotted him and came running out. She said, “Kevin Costner’s in there and he’s got his hands up some girl’s sweater!”

My curiosity was piqued because Costner was filming “Waterworld,” already rumored to be a gigantic disaster. Word was he’d fired the director, Kevin Reynolds, and had taken over. So I took Janet’s directions and headed into the darkened room. The Eagles were singing “Hotel California.” I settled onto the wooden barstool next to Kevin. The girl turned out to be Kevyn Wynn, daughter of Steve and Elaine Wynn. After introducing myself I asked him all about “Waterworld.” I couldn’t take notes because I was jammed in between the Kevins and the stranger to my right.

After we finished talking, I ran outside into the lounge, pulled out a pad and pen. Merle Ginsberg, another journalist on the trip, was waiting for me. She said, “What happened?” I said, “You be Kevin, I’m me, I’m re-creating the conversation!” The result was a good story for New York’s Intelligencer, the column I wrote with Pat Wechsler. It was called “A Tale of Three Kevins.”

The next day I called Kevyn Wynn, who’d actually been kidnapped two years earlier. Her ransom had been $2.5 million but her dad negotiated it down to $1.45 million. The kidnappers were caught and sent to jail. Somehow, Kevin and Kevyn had met along the way and had become great pals. Maybe they still are. Who knows?

To me, the Hard Rock was much more interesting than the other casino hotels. Because of the rock connection, they had accumulated a ton of memorabilia. I hope it’s going now to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. The design was cool, too, very David Rockwell before its time. The crowd that came, at least at the beginning, was of a higher quality than say, Ballys, or the Golden Nugget.

Well, all good things come to an end. And so will the Hard Rock. But the memories live on. “Waterworld,” of course, was a bomb, as were “The Postman” and a few others that followed. Still, Costner has prospered and has turned out to be a keeper in Hollywood despite a lot of razzing. The Hard Rock will be renovated and rebranded by Richard Branson and friends as a Virgin Hotel. It’s going to be run by the Mohegan Hotel people from Connecticut, making it the first Las Vegas venue run by Native Americans. And Kevyn Wynn? I guess she’s 52 now (holy smokes!). She’s a celebrity in Vegas, owns a big home in Pacific Palisades, and has a line of luxury slippers. Everything has worked out for the best.

Good News for Soap Fans: NBC Renews “Days of our Lives” for 56th Season, Maybe They’ll Get a Bigger Production Budget

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Good News for Soap Fans: NBC Renews “Days of our Lives” for 56th Season, Maybe They’ll Get a Bigger Production Budget

Good news for soap opera fans.

Unbelievably, NBC has renewed “Days of our Lives” for its 56th season. The show is fourth among the four soaps and is always teetering on the brink of cancellation. But headwriter Ron Carlivati has injected life into the show in the last couple of years. They have a clever overall story going on right now after time jumping one year into the future.

“Days of our Lives” was created by Ted and Betty Corday in 1965. They came to NBC after a long run with CBS and Procter & Gamble. Ted Corday died 10 months after the show went on the air, and for a long time it was run by Betty until their son Ken came into the business.

Susan Seaforth Hayes arrived in 1968, and has been with the show on and off ever since then. Bill Hayes, who became her husband, joined the show three years later. He will be 95 years young on June 5th, and was just featured in a big story with lots of on air time. Good for him!

The other senior cast members include Deidre Hall, who’s been there on and off since 1976, Suzanne Rogers (1973), James Reynolds (1981), 86 year old John Aniston (1985), Drake Hogestyn (1986), and Kristian Alfonso (1983). They may not even be real anymore, just astral projections or holograms.

 

Newly Minted Five Time Grammy Winner Billie Eilish to Perform on the Oscars: James Bond Tie In?

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Newly Minted Five Time Grammy Winner Billie Eilish to Perform on the Oscars: James Bond Tie In?

How to get young people interested in watching the Oscars? Give them their new musical hero, Billie Eilish, age 18. She just won five Grammys of her own (plus two for her brother Finneas) at the Grammy Awards.

Eilish will perform at this year’s Academy Awards on February 9th. It’s unclear what she’ll be singing, but she could debut the theme song for the new James Bond movie, “No Time to Die.” That film opens on April 10th.

But it’s a little early to drop that single. Maybe Eilish can sing a medley of James Bond songs from past movies.

Whatever she does, Eilish will get a lot of good PR for the Academy and for herself. It’s a smart idea from this year’s Oscarcast producers, Lynette Taylor Howell and Stephanie Allain. The latter has a special connection to the music biz: she’s married to Stephen Bray, who collaborated with Madonna on many hits and had his own with the group Breakfast Club.  It’s an interesting move for the Oscars, a pretty good idea.

 

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