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Billie Eilish Dropping New Album May 17th But No Advance Singles: “I wanna give it you all at once”

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Billie Eilish Dropping New Album May 17th But No Advance Singles: “I wanna give it you all at once”

Billie Eilish will drop her new album on May 17th. That will be three weeks after Taylor Swift’s new album, which itself was spaced out from Beyonce’s latest release.

The album is called “Hit Me Hard and Soft.” No track titles yet — it’s early — and I doubt her Oscar winner “What Was I Made For” is included.

Maybe once Eilish’s album comes out we’ll get an announcement about another Universal Music Group whispering canary, Lana del Rey. She has a country album waiting for a launch. Maybe in twenty years all these ladies will appear in a “Golden Girls” reboot. Billie will make a great Sophia.

PS Why no singles? I think this is smart. Advance singles can be a blessing if they’re a hit. But if they’re not — witness recent releases by acts like Jennifer Lopez, Bon Jovi, and Zayn — they can be negative precursors.

“American Idol” Stunt Casting Tonight: Will Vanna White Help Sinking Ratings?

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“American Idol” Stunt Casting Tonight: Will Vanna White Help Sinking Ratings?

“American Idol” is in need of immediate help.

Ratings so far this season are down 12% in total viewers, and 25% in the key age demo average from last year.

So what to do? A little stunt casting always helps. Host Ryan Seacrest announced on “Good Morning America” that Vanna White will be co-hosting with him tonight.

White, of course, has been the letter turner on “Wheel of Fortune” for the last 42 — yes, 42 — years. Next fall, she will be joined by Seacrest, who’s taking over for Pat Sajak as host. Sajak’s last show is this June 7th.

There was a lot of controversy about whether White would continue with Seacrest, or if she was leaving, too. What exactly she does besides turn the letters on “Wheel” is a mystery to me. I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard her speak more than three or four words at a time. But I guess tonight she will.

For ABC, the whole thing is a marketing crossover, and a good signal for next fall on “Wheel.” Of course, all of this means Seacrest will be on TV from September to June every year, and on double duty in the spring come 2025 — for better or worse.

Will you watch tonight? Maybe Vanna sings!

Marvel Actor Jonathan Majors Skates on Jail Time for Domestic Assault, Gets Probation

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Marvel Actor Jonathan Majors Skates on Jail Time for Domestic Assault, Gets Probation

Jonathan Majors is not going to jail.

The Marvel actor will get probation instead after being convicted of domestic assault.

In New York, Judge Michael Gaffey also ordered Majors to complete a 52 week in-person batterer’s intervention program. He also has to continue with his mental health therapy.

Majors’ real punishment is losing a lot of work, including his role as Kang in the next Avengers movies. Marvel and Disney had planned a trilogy based on his villain, but after the conviction they dropped him like a hot potato. Majors lost other roles, as well, and an indie movie he made called “Magazine Dreams” was abandoned by Disney Searchlight.

Now Majors is left to pick up the pieces of his shattered career. At the time he was arrested he was starring in two box office hits, “Creed III” and “Ant Man 3.” What can he do to get back on track? Wait for an Oprah type confessional interview, and other crisis management solutions.

Morgan Wallen in Trouble Again: Arrested on 3 Felony Accounts for Throwing Chair off a Roof of Nashville Bar

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Morgan Wallen in Trouble Again: Arrested on 3 Felony Accounts for Throwing Chair off a Roof of Nashville Bar

Well, at least he didn’t use the “N” word this time.

Country star Morgan Wallen was arrested last night in Nashville. He tossed a chair off the roof of a bar owned by country star Eric Church. It fell six stories and landed in front of some cops on the street.

When the cops investigated, the employees at Chief’s immediately identified Wallen. After the arrest, Wallen’s lawyer told a local TV channel: “At 10:53p Sunday evening Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He is cooperating fully with authorities.”

He’s been released on bail of $15,500 on three felony accounts including reckless endangerment.

It’s only a couple of years ago that Wallen got into trouble when he was heard using the “N” word on a home video after leaving a bar. He was briefly “punished” by his manager and record company but not for long because he’s a money maker.

Thanks to streaming, Wallen has already sold the equivalent of over 1.7 million albums since January 1st. He is never off the charts, often with multiple albums in the top 50 at any time.

Wallen’s fans will likely see the chair throw as something they would do, a “good old boy” kind of thing. Yee ha! This will just sell more records and make him more of a legend.

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” Ends With a LOL Finale, Sending Up “Seinfeld” Finale (as Predicted) With Lots of Guest Stars

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“Curb Your Enthusiasm” Ends With a LOL Finale, Sending Up “Seinfeld” Finale (as Predicted) With Lots of Guest Stars

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” ended as I predicted, with a spectacularly funny send up of the Seinfeld finale.

It was hilarious, and packed with guest stars including Jerry Seinfeld, who saved Larry after he was convicted for giving water to a voter in Atlanta a bottle of water.

Guest stars also included Allison Janney, Greg Kinnear, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Norris. Kinnear’s character, the prosecutor of Larry’s trial, was named for Earl Mack, very wealthy famed Republican donor and former ambassador. Why? Who knows?

The hour long episode went just as I said it would — paralleling the Seinfeld finale as clips were shown from old episodes over the last 20 years. They even found the grown up 8 year old girl from the first season, now 29. Hilarious. The throwbacks also included things like the key throwing from a couple of episodes ago, and Sharlto Copley as the South African man who invited Larry to Atlanta and started the whole mess.

Larry, as I predicted, is found guilty but gets off on a technicality thanks to Jerry. Seinfeld says, that’s the way our show should have ended — which was the whole point of this season. Highlights of tonight included Susie Essman in a blonde wig and wheelchair with oxygen tank. Also, JB Smoove’s Leon finally watching “Seinfeld” up til the the final episode. Tracey Ullman returned, so did Saverio Guerra as Mocha Joe from the famed Spite Store.

A brilliant ending to a meh season and a great, historic series. Very satisfying. A big thank you to the Curb gang. And a nod to Richard Lewis, who toughed it out to the end. He will be sorely missed.

As I predicted:

Opinion: Strong Feeling How “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Ending Will Echo “Seinfeld” Prison Disaster

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” Series Finale: Will Larry Go to Jail? Will There Be Guest Stars? What is Cheryl’s Secret?

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“Curb Your Enthusiasm” Series Finale: Will Larry Go to Jail? Will There Be Guest Stars? What is Cheryl’s Secret?

No one except the “Curb” gang knows how it will all end tonight after 22 years and 12 seasons.

“Curb” airs tonight on HBO at 10pm. It runs an hour long, and is titled “No Lessons Learned.”

Larry David stands trial in Atlanta for violating the law and handing a bottle of water to a voter on line. He’s seen as a crusader, although as we know he could care less about everyone involved.

Will he go to jail? A mock trial jury convicted him in Los Angeles. So what will happen with a real jury?

HBO’s summary just says: “Larry returns to Atlanta, where he gets involved in Richard’s love life and reveals a secret about Cheryl.”

(Could the secret about Cheryl be that she’s lost her mind as the wife of Robert Kennedy Jr.?)

Much has been made this season of the terrible “Seinfeld” ending that the real Larry wrote after an absence from that show. Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George all went to prison for being ridiculously shallow people. The ending is one of the worst in TV history.

If Larry goes to jail, it’s not like he’ll find the gang waiting for them. In real life they had a reunion on “Curb” several years ago. But maybe they would visit him in jail. Also, because this episode is 60 minutes, maybe Larry is convicted, but an appeal overturns it.

In that case, there would be plenty of time to see past characters, or have Larry’s atrocious behavior upbraided in Los Angeles.

“Curb” has dozens of classic episodes in its catalog, ones that will live on forever. This season doesn’t include any, but it doesn’t matter. We’ll be living on Palestinian chicken and the Spite Store for years to come on streaming services.

Come back at 11 pm for the wrap up!

As Predicted: UK Star Singer Raye’s Records Shoot to Top of iTunes Post “SNL,” Also Beyonce Singles Pushed Out of Top 5

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As Predicted: UK Star Singer Raye’s Records Shoot to Top of iTunes Post “SNL,” Also Beyonce Singles Pushed Out of Top 5

I told you as soon as “SNL” ended last night: musical guest Raye would be a star. I said her records would go to the top of iTunes.

Sure enough, Raye’s 2023 album, “My 21st Century Blues,” has risen to number 7. Bang! Raye made such an outstanding impression last night that if she has the right team, she can make something out of this. She has an amazing voice that hasn’t gotten near its potential yet!

Raye’s tiny label is hidden inside Sony Entertainment, as part of The Orchard. So far they’ve remained silent, but maybe all this action will light their fire.

Raye also has two singles on the top 100 — one at 45 and the other at 66.

Raye — her name is Rachel Keen — is 26. She was signed in the UK to Polydor. They refused to release her album for years, holding her hostage to a contract until she finally escaped. This big moment is a sweet vindication after torture by obviously not very smart people!

Meantime, just to show you how fickle pop fans are, Beyonce’s singles have been pushed out of the top 5. After “Texas Hold ‘Em” was such a hit, Sony/Parkwood didn’t focus on another track. The result is that a bunch of album hits went up and down together. The album, “Cowboy Carter,” has dropped to number 2.


Box Office: “Godzilla” A Monster, But “Monkey Man” Apes Him, “Ghostbusters” Frozen Below $100 Mil

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Box Office: “Godzilla” A Monster, But “Monkey Man” Apes Him, “Ghostbusters” Frozen Below $100 Mil

This weekend’s box office:

“Godzilla x Kong” is still a monster at theaters. Total is up to $135 million. These two guys had a $31 million weekend! There are talks not at Warner’s to get them into a reboot of “Lethal Weapon” or “Starsky and Hutch.” Kong said he’s open to talks!

The success of “GxK” is in direction opposition to “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.” The Sony film has been out a week longer than Zilla and is $50 million behind! Stuck at $88 Million, “Frozen” is just as the title says. Will it hit $100 million? Will it matter? And why did Dan Aykroyd miss the big press day a couple of weeks ago?

Dev Patel became an overnight star in “Slumdog Millionaire,” along with Freida Pinto. Patel has had plenty of star turns in various films since then, but there was no indication he would become a star director too. Now his “Monkey Man” has made $10 million in its opening weekend. The social media response and critics all agree that the film is a keeper. So is Patel. Exciting.

The faith based Christian movie “Someone Like You” aka “Twin Love,” made $3 million. It was “four-walled” at theaters — meaning producers paid to have it played. But Christian audiences liked the idea of a guy finding his dead girlfriend’s twin and shtupping her. They should have called it “Carbon Copy.” Or “Cherry 3000.”

“SNL” Pulls Out All the Stops with 7 A List Stars, Hilarious Kristen Wiig, and Knockout Singer Raye

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“SNL” Pulls Out All the Stops with 7 A List Stars, Hilarious Kristen Wiig, and Knockout Singer Raye

After last week, I was worried that “Saturday Night Live” was going to the ICU.

But after 49 seasons, never count out Lorne Michaels. Tonight, he put on a 5 star Show of Shows, hilarious from beginning to end and with a great musical guest.

Kristen Wiig — looking very refreshed but still a comic genius — hosted, and superstar to be Raye — who was ignored by the Grammys this year — had two performances that should make her career.

Michaels didn’t stop there. He brought on Matt Damon, Martin Short, Ryan Gosling, Jon Hamm, Will Forte and Paul Rudd for the monologue as well sketches throughout the night. Model Kaia Gerber was featured in a short film.

Gosling is hosting next week, but appeared anyway tonight. Good plug, but something rarely if ever done.

“SNL” had been in the doldrums until tonight. But this was an all star episode worth watching if you didn’t catch it on first run. “Weekend Update” was so good, there was applause from the audience after two jokes. Colin Jost and Michael Che really looked energized.

Live TV is all about chemistry, and sometimes it all comes together. I loved the sort of “Mad Men” take off with Hamm, and the final PBS special about a 70s dance club in Paris was A plus. Unlike last week, there was a lot of Bowen Yang, which is always a good thing.

Kristen Wiig is a gem. She brings a mapcap humor to “SNL” that it’s been missing for far too long. Like Molly Shannon or Kate McKinnon, she takes a lot of chances, and plays with the audience. Tonight, this was most welcome.

Again, Raye — I never heard her before — should turn into a real music star. She should have won Best New Artist this year at the Grammys. They made a real mistake.

Donald Trump Compares Himself to Nelson Mandela in Social Media Rant About Judge’s Gag Order, Also Attacks E. Jean Carroll Again

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Donald Trump Compares Himself to Nelson Mandela in Social Media Rant About Judge’s Gag Order, Also Attacks E. Jean Carroll Again

Donald Trump has the audacity (well, we know he has plenty of that) to compare himself to Nelson Mandela in his latest online diatribe.

Trump posted a three part attack today on Judge Juan Merchan, who gagged him, and Judge Arthur Engoron.

Regarding Merchan and his gag order, Trump screeched: “If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the “clink” for speaking the open and obvious TRUTH, I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela – It will be my GREAT HONOR.”

Also, you’ll see in Part 1, Trump attacks E. Jean Carroll again. He’s already lost one defamation case with her. Where will this end?

Here’s the full screed and it’s long, so take a breath:

Crooked Judge Juan Merchan is not allowing me to talk, is taking away my First Amendment Rights, he’s got me GAGGED, because he doesn’t want the FACTS behind the Gag to come out. How many Corrupt, Biased, Crooked Joe Biden-“Protection Agency” New York Judges do I have to endure before somebody steps in? I had New York Federal Judge, Lewis Kaplan, with a woman who I never knew, and had nothing to do with, until she sued me for “defamation.” She did not know what day, month, or year the supposed “incident” took place – She knew nothing. Kaplan, a Hillary friend, wouldn’t even let my lawyers put on a proper case, made it two cases instead of one, took away my American Right to defend myself, and was a Crazed Bully as his wife and friends sat in the Courthouse, every day in their little roped off section, and prodded him on in awe. This mysterious lady, who said rape is sexy, got $91 Million Dollars.

Part 2:
“Then, of course, we have Arthur Engoron, a total lunatic, whack job, who ruled that I should pay an almost $500 Million Dollar “fine” for having done nothing wrong (No Victims, No Damages, Ironclad Disclaimer, ONLY SUCCESS!), in fact, he was the one who committed fraud when he purposely, at the direction of Racist, Corrupt A.G. Letitia James, undervalued Mar-a-Lago at $18 Million Dollars.”

Part 3:
“Now, we have Merchan, who is not allowing me to talk, thereby violating the Law and the Constitution, all at once. It is so bad what he is trying to get away with – How was he even chosen for this case??? I heard he fought like hell to get it, and all of the rest of them also! If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the “clink” for speaking the open and obvious TRUTH, I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela – It will be my GREAT HONOR. We have to Save our Country from these Political Operatives masquerading as Prosecutors and Judges, and I am willing to sacrifice my Freedom for that worthy cause. We are a Failing Nation, but on November 5th, we will become a Great Nation again. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

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