Forget witches and goblins. Beware. Take care. It’s Justin and Selena again.
They’re every place together. Back like the old days. Maybe her recent hospitalization re-cemented them, who knows? Maybe that made her need him or him miss her. Whatever . . . Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have reconnected.
I knew you’d want to know. I mean, in a world of ISIS and Syria and Puerto Rico and Russia and Iraq and North Korea and Brexit and Catalonia and Robert Mueller, what else would anyone want to hear about, right?
Her family is decidedly disthrilled. Considering they think Justin not worthy, they remain at war with him.
Nonetheless, at least for the next 20 minutes, the beauties reconnected.
They’re closer than ham and eggs. And Selena’s no longer dating The Weeknd.
Switching gears, I see the plot
A movie called “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower.” Not overly bright, I ask what’s Richard Gere play in it. Very bright, Richard says quietly: “I’m not in it. It’s a documentary. A David and Goliath story, it’ll be up for an Academy Award.
“This is about a boy, 13, born in free, open Hong Kong. Then, in comes Mainland China. Taking over, it imposes rules in the schools. Repressive laws mushroom. This is a normal kid who just woke up. On a Messianic voyage, he speaks out against this monster and for human rights.
“Nobody knew where he emanated from. Begun in a Hong Kong park, his talks became hugely crowded and evolved into a gigantic movement.
“Joshua Wong has been in jail. Kept tired. Many rules. Hair cut. Just now out for a period and on bail and he Skyped from Hong Kong. He says nothing’s changed. He’ll probably have to go back and be retried. He says: ‘They can lock up my body, but they can’t lock up my mind.’
“This is original footage. Filmed in real time. The documentarians followed his story from the beginning.”
So why’s Gere speaking for this film?
“I’m involved in human rights. I’m banned from China.
“See this film. One person can change the world.”
Bits & pieces
Ohio’s Gov. John Kasich, who geared up to run for president, is gearing up to run for president again . . .
And Keanu Reeves is back in his same lane. Another sci-fi thriller shtick. In “Replicas,” he re-juices folk who come back to life. Whether they, too, run for president, this I don’t know. Sandra Bullock, who once co-starred with Keanu says: “He’s scruffy but he has a sexy smell.”
Odds & ends
Halloween. Don’t like this next item, you’ll have a bone to pick with me. David Rockwell — restaurant architect/scenic designer, etc. — dresses up Tuesday with dogs. Real ones. Not pests who pay late. An animal lover, he lets employees bring their pets — poodle Ziggy, Corgi mix Toast, Monkey the Brussels Griffon, Chibi the Yorkipoo, English bulldog Frankie, something named Sylvia — to work.
Any peeing or pooping on his designs? He says: “Listen, they behave better than people.”
The holiday competition is in costumes. Labradoodle Maisy, who won last year as a bumblebee, got treats and a dog bed. Now a celebitch who just got groomed, she’ll sport a pumpkin outfit.
A boxer who jumped on furniture was banned. “He didn’t play nice,” says Rockwell, who even supplied a last-minute puppy for “Annie’s” Jane Krakowski.
The shepherd didn’t resemble Annie’s dog, but they dressed it in a Sandyish outfit.
The food bowl for humans? Sandwiches and snacks.
In today’s heightened climate, do not anymore say a female is horny. Now, instead, the phrase should be used, “She is sexually interested.”
Only in New York, kids, only in New York.