HomebusinessBox Office: Magic Mike Slow Dances After Valentine’s Day Bump From Adding…
“Magic Mike” is having a slow dance in its first week of release.
After a desultory opening over the weekend, “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” starring Channing Tatum got a bump on Tuesday. For Valentine’s Day, Warner Bros. added over 600 theaters. The result was a jump of 137% in ticket sales. Cool.
But on Wednesday, Mike got spiked. Sales fell 57%, basically back to where they were on Monday, but now stretched over those extra locations.
The word is, “Magic Mike” will dance on over to video on demand in the next couple of weeks and theaters will decrease in numbers.
Meantime, Marvel’s “Ant Man” part 3 starts in previews tonight. The Paul Rudd led film has terrible reviews — 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, which always loves Marvel movies. All eyes will be on tonight’s take.
HomeCelebrityBruce Willis’s Family Says He’s Been Diagnosed with Dementia, But That Was…
Bruce Willis clearly had dementia several years ago. Either his family was in denial or they didn’t want to announce it. Today they did, and I suspect that’s because some tabloid was on the verge of exposing it.
Poor Bruce. The family allowed him to make dozens of terrible D movies and wrecked his legacy. A decade ago, Bruce was let go from a Woody Allen film because he couldn’t remember his lines. There was incident after incident after that. At least now they’re owning up to his condition which was obvious years ago.
Here’s the family’s statement:
Our family wanted to start by expressing our deepest gratitude for the incredible outpouring of love, support and wonderful stories we have all received since sharing Bruce’s original diagnosis. In the spirit of that, we wanted to give you an update about our beloved husband, father and friend since we now have a deeper understanding of what he is experiencing.
Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD). Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces. While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.
To read our full statement and learn more about this disease please go to the link in our bio.
In Love & Gratitude
Ladies of Willis/Moore
HomeMusicRihanna Wins the Super Bowl, Scores on iTunes Charts with Takeover of…
Who won last night’s Super Bowl? Why, Rihanna, of course.
The singer who performed the half time show without any special guests scored the equivalent of 5 touchdowns.
A whopping total of 27 Rihanna hits are now lodged on the iTunes top 100 singles. On the album chart, Rihanna has placed 7 titles.
The sales will mirror Lady Gaga’s when she performed in 2016. Suddenly, Rihanna is everywhere.
No, the star acts aren’t paid for the Super Bowl show. This is their reward. Concert ticket sales would also be booming, but Rihanna revealed last night that she is pregnant. It looks like she as a July delivery date. So no touring for now.
HomeMusicRogers Waters Living on the Dark Side of the Loon, Drawing Line…
Roger Waters is determined to destroy any legacy he had with Pink Floyd.
Yesterday he was allowed to address the UN, and declared that the war in Ukraine started by Russia — with staggering destruction and death — wasn’t unprovoked.
A long time proud anti-Semite and foe of Israel, Waters has recently been denounced on social media by his former bandmates and one of their wives, Polly Samson. (She’s been married to David Gilmour since 1994 and is a respected writer and lyricist.)
She wrote on Twitter:
“Sadly @rogerwaters you are antisemitic to your rotten core. Also a Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac. Enough of your nonsense.”
Waters told an interviewer recently that he’s re-recorded the Floyd album “Dark Side of the Moon” by himself and intends to release it — even though he needs David Gilmour and Nick Mason’s permission. It’s unlikely they’ll allow it.
The best song on “Dark Side of the Moon” may have been prescient — it’s called “Brain Damage.” Waters’ complete mental deterioration may call for a new look at the famed album, and all his work. Waters is on the verge of being cancelled, and if so, it should have come a long time ago.
HomeCelebrityBurt Bacharach Won 2 Oscars for Best Song, But No Grammy Song…
Burt Bacharach won only one Grammy Award for Song of the Year. That was “That’s What Friends Are For,” in 1987. And that’s based a lot on the deep sentiment over the AIDS crisis.
But for everyone who complains about the Grammys now, think of this: Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote dozens of hits, all classics we hear on the radio day and night, and never got a Grammy.
“Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” and “Arthur’s Theme” each on Oscars, but no Grammys. Ditto everything from “I Say a Little Prayer” to “Close to You” to “Walk on By,” “Always Something There to Remind Me,” “What the World Needs Now,” “A House is Not a Home,” “This Guy’s in Love with You,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” and so on.
How is that possible?
In 2008, after having lived through this embarrassment, Burt was awarded “Greatest Living Composer” by the Grammys, which couldn’t have been so nice for Stephen Sondheim, Paul McCartney, or a dozen other people. But it was a sop to Burt who was already in his 80s.
As for his personal life, Bacharach had four wives including actress Angie Dickinson and famed songwriter Carole Bayer Sager. He has two living children with his fourth wife, Jane. An older daughter, who was autistic, committed suicide.
But what amazing life. There was never a decade when he wasn’t popular, and his music will last well beyond the half century or more when it originated.
HomebusinessTouchdown! “80 for Brady” Number 1 for Third Day in a Row,…
!Yes, for the third day in a row, “80 for Brady” was number 1 yesterday.
The combo all star ladies film and football anthem made $1.3 million. Total is now $17.7 million since last Friday.
Jane Fonda et al could throw a couple of touchdowns this weekend with the Super Bowl coming on Sunday afternoon (west coast) and night (east). Timed perfectly to the mega sports weekend, the film is likely to pull in big numbers with wives and girlfriends trading off dates to “80” for losing much of Sunday.
It could even be counter programming for Sunday for people who don’t watch the Super Bowl and are waiting for HBO’s “The Last of Us” at 9pm.
Mostly what this says is audiences want stars and some feel good movies. They also went for George Clooney and Julia Roberts in “Ticket to Paradise” and “A Man Called Otto” with Tom Hanks. These three movies also have very specific log lines that easily marketable. Watch for more of that in 2024 releases as studios may retreat to formulas that worked well in the past.
All of this, PS, is good news for Roadhouse Attractions. They’re releasing the Jane Fonda-Lily Tomlin comedy “Moving On” in March. It’s a little gem of a film. Let’s hope Roadhouse doesn’t live up to my old name for them!
HomeMusicHere are 6 Great Burt Bacharach Songs Not Sung by Dionne Warwick,…
There are plenty of great hits written by Burt Bacharach not sung by Dionne Warwick, Jackie DeShannon, or Dusty Springfield. Here are six, and I’m not even including “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” by BJ Thomas or “They Long to Be Close to You” by the Carpenters.
These were all hits, and I guarantee you will start humming them all the time. There’s nothing like Marilyn McCoo singing “One Less Bell.” Nothing.
