U2: "Pride" and "MLK." Crushingly obvious. Have a dream. SPOON's Britt Daniel and Alex Fischel played the Turf Club in St. Paul. BLITZEN TRAPPER plays WFUV Live. ANDREW WK plays a solo piano Stereogum Session. DION: A vintage performance of "Abraham, Martin & John." THE GRUNGE GOLD RUSH: How Nirvana led to Hootie and the Blowfish. JOHNNY CASH: At Folsom Prison turns 50. THE POGUES: Shane MacGowan's songs will outlast us all. "FAST" EDDIE CLARKE, the guitarist for the original three-piece formation of Motörhead, died after a bout with pneumonia. He was 67.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle repeats atop the chart with 27MM on a leggy 27 percent drop; it's a massive worldwide smash with 666MM to date against a 90MM budget. The Post places with 18.6MM on its wide expansion, with big stars, a big director, and little competition for serious drama. The Commuter shows with13.5MM, better than Liam Neeson's last action outing but not a huge hit; will we see him next on a boat or a blimp? Insidious: The Last Key drops a hard 59 percent to the fourth slot with 12.1MM, as horror movies tend to do after making a lot of money. The Greatest Showman rounds out the Top Five with 11.8MM on a leggy 14 percent drop. Below the fold, it The Last Jedi in sixth place, which is terrible to those who think 600MM domestic by the time it leaves the big screen is a bad thing. Despite boffo reviews, Paddington 2 suffers in seventh, a Jumanji casualty. ELIZA DUSHKU has accused Blade Runner 2049 and The Conjuring 2 stunt coordinator Joel Kramer of assaulting her on the set of the 1994 film classic True Lies, when Dushku was 12 years old. MARK WAHLBERG will donate the 1.5MM he earned for reshoots for All the Money in the World to the sexual misconduct defense initiative Time's Up. (BTW, Wahlberg's contract didn't require reshoots.) REBECCA HALL will donate her salary from Woody Allen's A Rainy Day in New York to Time's Up. DAN HARMON: The Community showrunner admits sexually harassing a writer, during a seven-minute monologue. LIAM NEESON has described the recent surge of sexual misconduct allegations in the entertainment industry as “a bit of a witch-hunt”. LEONARDO DiCAPRIO has said yes to starring in Quentin Tarantino’s new movie,but will not be playing Charles Manson. DEADPOOL 2 moves up its release date, while The New Mutants gets pushed way back. STAR WARS: I told you last week that it's never been big in China. THE CONTINENTAL: John Wick's favorite hotel may be headed to Starz.
YOU'RE A GIANT SQUID: Can you fight and defeat a boat? A STRAY PUP loved being picked up by the cops. AN AUSSIE experienced the fright of his life recently after a venomous snake scaled his car window as he drove home from the mechanic. A TOURIST was blocked from using a public toilet by a hilarious sexy kangaroo striking a seductive “come hither” pose.
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