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Ex con and con man Billy McFarland says he’s selling the Fyre brand after screwing up his second festival. What else is there to do? Why would anyone believe anything this guy says? Here’s his latest piece of fiction:When my team and I launched FYRE Festival 2, it was about two things: finishing what I started and making things right. Over the past two years, we’ve poured everything into bringing FYRE back with honesty, transparency, relentless effort, and creativity.
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The Cannes film festival just added some major star power for next month. Now in the fest are new films from Ethan Coen and Lynne Ramsey. The latter is “Die My Love” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, each set to walk the red carpet. Described as a horror film, “Die My Love” also stars Oscar winner Sissy Spacek and Oscar nominee Nick Nolte. Ramsay is a long time Cannes favorite.
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showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman
“60 Minutes” is in the news right now. The six decades old revered news program lost its editor in chief yesterday. Bill Owens sent out a memo and made no secret that he felt he’d lost control of the show over the ever increasing anti-Trump tilt of stories. I’m told he was fired by CBS owner Shari Redstone. “He did not quit,” says a source who claims that aside from the politics, Owens was not liked by the staff.
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What a night in the theater, and all by accident. I finally got into Helen Hayes Theater — the smallest house on Broadway– to see Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose,” directed by Phylicia Rashad. “Purpose” has stars LaTanya Richardson and Harry Lennix ripping the roof off the theater as characters inspired by Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline, from real life.
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