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"Hamilton" is on fire. It's all because of Leslie Odom, Jr. The Tony winning star of "Hamilton" is back playing Aaron Burr for a limited run. Odom began on September 9th. Since then, the box office has risen 76% weekly for the last four weeks. The .. ...

I'm sure a lot of people were stunned this morning to see an obit for Susan Kendall Newman. The 72 year old daughter of Paul Newman, and stepdaughter of Joanne Woodward, is said to have died from "chronic health conditions." Susan's mother was Jackie ...

Taylor Swift really wants to break all time sales records this week. Her "Life of a Showgirl" is already predicted to knock off 3 million copies in a mix of streaming, CDs, LPs, cassettes, and anything else she can stuff that album into. But now ...

One of the great pleasures of the New York Film Festival is the annual surprise screening. It's supposed to be a well kept secret but by the time we got to Alice Tully Hall tonight even the hot dog vendors outside knew what was going on. The film was ...

The Boss is a mensch. He actually invited his original manager, Mike Appel, to a screening of "Deliver Me from Nowhere." Appel managed Bruce through "Born to Run." Then he caused so much trouble Bruce had to take a three year break before returning . ...

Oh, Taylor Swift. How much can we take of this? Anyway, it turns out her one weekend only infomercial made more than originally reported. Not $33.8 million. It was $34 million and change. Total worldwide: $47 million. And that's all she wrote for the ...

If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would imagine this set up: Trump tells buddy Larry Ellison and his son David, new owners of Paramount CBS, to destroy the news division. Devalue it instantly. Force all the hard line journalists out. So here we go. ...

The late Jane Goodall had unsparing last words for ELon Musk and Donald Trump before she died. Goodall gave an extraordinary interview to Netflix last March for a series called "Famous Last Words." It was done to be broadcast only after her death. .. ...

Taylor Swift has had quite a video weekend. She charged fans 12 bucks to see her new video in theaters. Now "The Fate of Ophelia" is free on YouTube. Already heading to 1 million views, certainly will five or six times that. She sold 3 million albums ...

If you have a calendar, call it up or get it out. Circle or mark this Friday, 5AM. That's when Nobel Awards will announce the winner of the Peace Prize. Donald Trump will be up all night, stewing and posting on social media, awaiting an award he won ...