Report for Thursday, Jan 26th

Movie News: That creepy but fabulous movie, M3GAN about the artificially intelligent female doll, that movie is so good there will have a sequel. And it is currently being mass produced as a Halloween mask. … Scoopage, last week the one on one meetings between Madonna and Universal Studio executives regarding her biopic went so bad with Madonna making so many demands, Universal pulled out immediately, just took a few days for lawyers to make it official. Total sheep dip, the cancellation was because of her announced world tour.

TV News: Remember Squid Game, the show from Korea that had contestants needing money playing the kids game, red light/green light? Win and you get money, fail and get murdered. Now in production, Squid Game: The Challenge, real contestants who play the same game for money but don’t get murdered if they lose. However, contestants face torture, freezing temperatures and misery to play. Coming to Netflix.

Odds and Ends: Big hearing in DC this week about Ticketmaster and Live Nation who blame bots for the Taylor Swift debacle. Now word the DOJ is looking into a Ticketmaster for monopoly violations, and accusing them of ripping off thousands of fans of thousands of dollars. … Ridiculous, when Britney Spears took down her Insatgram account and the nude the pictures stopped, fans called the police to go to her home and make sure she was okay. She was. And there’s a big push to get Britney to appear with Rhianna at Super Bowl halftime show, but there are two chances of that happening, slim and none. And you know the rest of that story. … Biggest self promoting celebrity is Paul McCartney! Paul says he has found hundreds of still photos and hours of 35MM film of himself and the Beatles from 1964, at the very beginning and will release them in a film and book to mark his 81st birthday. But wait, his birthday isn’t till June, but he’s already promoting it. … Do you have tattoos? I’m reminded another reason I never got a tattoo, the story that Pete Davidson has over 100 tattoos, but has had over a dozen removed. Ouch.


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