Gavel falls heavy in fall
November, after a quarter of a century on CBS, daytime’s No. 1 name — Judge Judy — will now bang her gavel on Amazon.
Judy: “25 sounds right. Not right is 17 ¹/₂ years. Right is to say ‘my silver anniversary.’ Time for change. And I’m not tired. I’ve worked 50ish years and my legs are too short to be a ballet dancer. I wouldn’t know what else to do with myself.
“Also the industry is changing. My children have no landline. They live with a thing in their palm. In the beginning, that to me was like living without pants. In three to five years all broadcasting will change. Now it’s streaming. I’m excited to be in this new venture. I’ve retired the lace collar. My robe is more chic. A different color.
Bonded out on Amazon’s dime
COVID TKO’d even James Bond. Last 007 release date got postponed more often than A-Rod and Affleck’s wedding vows to J.Lo. Definite maybe now is Oct. 8. Probably.
Daniel Craig: “Suddenly my world was upside down. I was overwhelmed. Thought I couldn’t know how to handle it anymore.”
In the beginning he was “Blonde Bond” who couldn’t shoot a gun or drive a stick shift. But shot up was Bond bucks — like worth maybe 20 billion at last count — and now (50 percent) owned by supervillain Amazon.
Met fête mess
After the tribe split the Met Gala there was so much partying. Like so much too much. Like latelatelatelate night. Like not contained and refined quiet-style partying. Like shove 6 feet distancing. Like shove masks. Like shove CV. Like stuff the no-no of who’s drinking straight out of who’s bottle. Result? Coming up are the Tonys. And going down is the idea of their after-party. Was thought to be at Tavern on the Green. The tony Tonys are now chickening out of any after-party.
Hodgepodge
it was said Cuomo picked local yokel Kathy Hochul as Lt. Gov because he wanted a nobody and not anybody who’d dare even think to become a big-time somebody . . . Meanwhile, Nicole Richie bought a five-bedroom Bev Hills house a few inches less than 7K square feet and a few bucks over $10 mil.
Tragic debut
New York Film Festival. Sept. 24, opening night, is “The Tragedy of Macbeth” with Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand. All five carpets will be inside. Press, guests, employees, everyone — talent included — must enter Alice Tully’s front entrance. Vaccination proof required for staff, audiences, filmmakers. Limited carpet press. Half the usual photogs, crews, columnists.
Everything this summer was drive-in. And at a drive-in, what did you see?
Sex, perversion, sodomy — and then you looked at the screen.
And not only in New York, kids, not only in New York.
