February 8th, 2010 — 04:53 am
Paul McCartney watched the rehearsals for the Beatles’ “Love” show from Cirque du Soleil and this is one thing he had to say: “We were a great f-ing band.”
This moment is captured in the documentary “All Together Now,” which seems like it was supposed to have come out last fall, did or didn’t, and is [...]
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February 8th, 2010 — 04:36 am
“I never thought I’d live this long,” Natalie Cole told the sold-out-to-the-rafters crowd Saturday night at New York’s City Winery. “I thought I’d be dead by 30.”
Instead, she’s lived twice as long, and celebrated her 60th birthday on Saturday night with style, grace, and her amazing voice.
The Saturday-night show was the second in a row, [...]
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February 8th, 2010 — 04:24 am
It may have been said before, but The Who got famous singing, “Hope I die before I get old.” That was 45 years ago.
Well, it didn’t happen (except to Keith Moon, who took the line literally). Roger Daltrey (age 65) and Pete Townshend (age 64) are still around, and they absolutely killed as the Super [...]
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February 8th, 2010 — 04:13 am
2:20am Saturday, Feb 6, 2010
Range Rover plows into Gray’s Papaya, corner of 8th St. and Sixth Avenue. The staff kept serving, which was nice.
Gray’s always has funny sayings posted in the window. Of course, there is no window now. But when it’s fixed, curious to see what they’ll say. Maybe “Mayor Bloomberg. Get rid of [...]
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February 5th, 2010 — 02:32 pm
TMZ’s long week of predicting, nay, demanding, the arrest and arraignment of Dr. Conrad Murray has come to an end.
Despite the Web site’s wacky hourly announcements about Dr. Murray’s legal situation, Michael Jackson’s alleged killer will actually be formally charged on Monday in Los Angeles.
How do we know? Because the LAPD and District Attorney have [...]
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February 5th, 2010 — 02:25 pm
Meryl Streep vs. Sandra Bullock: It’s the only real race in the Oscars besides best picture.
Should we vote for Meryl, who is perfection in “Julie & Julia” as Julia Child? She hasn’t won an Oscar since 1982. She’s the best actress in the world. And she’s won a lot of awards this year.
Or Sandra Bullock: [...]
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February 5th, 2010 — 04:49 am
I gotta feeling: The gorgeous and full-throated Fergie — Stacy Ferguson — of the Black Eyed Peas has joined the cast of Quincy Jones’s “We Are the World 25.” The powerhouse song and video for Haiti relief debuting next Friday, February 12th during the Olympics.
Fergie did not make the recording session this past Monday, but [...]
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February 5th, 2010 — 04:31 am
Hilary Swank — a two-time Oscar winner — will try again next fall to score big at the boxoffice and with critics.
Swank’s latest film, “Betty Anne Waters,” has been sold to Fox Searchlight. Directed by Tony Goldwyn, “Betty Anne Waters” concerns a sister who puts herself through college and law school to defend her brother [...]
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February 5th, 2010 — 04:24 am
Mel Gibson’s new film, “Edge of Darkness,” cost at least $80 million. Add in another $15 million, let’s say, for marketing, and you’ve got nearly a $100 million movie.
As of Wednesday, “Edge” had $21 million in its till. But it also had a unique problem. From Tuesday to Wednesday, it had the largest drop-off of [...]
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February 4th, 2010 — 07:27 am
“Hurt Locker” star Jeremy Renner hit New York this week with a thunderclap. On Tuesday morning he and co-star Anthony Mackie were on the “Today” show when word came that Renner was nominated for an Academy Award — best actor. He and Mackie embraced. Back in September 2008, when “The Hurt Locker” debuted at the [...]
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