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53, and Larry Miller, 65. The fi lm was
directed by Peter Segal (Anger Manage-
ment, 50 First Dates), 56.
RORY LEWIS
AT THE MOVIES
KENNEDY CENTER HONORS
Mary Poppins Returns opened on
The annual Kennedy Center Honors cere-
Wednesday, Dec. 19. Almost everyone
mony for excellence in the arts took place
has seen the classic 1964
on Sunday, Dec. 2. CBS will
Mary Poppins fi lm featuring
broadcast the ceremony on
a great performance by
Dec. 26 at 8 p.m. Honorees
Julie Andrews and a super
this year include avant-
musical score by Robert
garde composer Philip
Sherman (1925-2012) and
Glass, 81. Pop singer Adam
his brother Richard, now 90.
Lambert, 36, took the stage
Critics say that Emily Blunt,
to honor Cher, another
in the title role, is almost as
Center honoree and he was
delightful as Andrews and
reportedly “terrifi c.”
the score, by Marc Shaiman
(Hairspray), 59, is very good. David Warner
JAKE KVELLS ABOUT
DAUGHTER AND MORE
Shaiman’s score has brief
CNN anchor Jake Tapper,
musical references to the
49, was recently a guest
Sherman brothers’ score
on Late Night with Seth
and Richard was a fi lm
Meyers. First, he and Mey-
consultant. British Jewish
ers discussed a movie now
actor David Warner, 77, has
being shot that’s based on
a memorable supporting role
Tapper’s book, The Outpost:
in Returns as Admiral Boom.
An Untold Story of American
Bumblebee is the sixth
Valor (2013). This critically
entry in the Transformers
acclaimed bestseller tells
series of fi lms and advance
the story of a horrendous
reviews say it is the best
Hailee Steinfeld
attack on an American base
fi lm in the series. The year is
in Afghanistan. Tapper noted
1987 and the title character
that it is being directed by
is a “good” transformer
Rod Lurie, 56. Lurie, who
scout on the run from bad
was born in Israel, is a West
guys from another plan-
Point graduate and a former
et. The scout transforms
U.S. Army offi cer.
himself into a yellow VW Bug
Then they talked about
and hides in a scrap yard.
Tapper’s daughter, Alice
There he is found by Charlie,
Paul Tapper, 11. Next
a teen girl (Hailee Steinfeld),
March, Alice has her fi rst
who “adopts” him, gives him
book coming out! It’s a
the name “Bumblebee” and
Adam Lambert
picture book for children
helps him as he battles the
titled Raise Your Hand. Jake
bad guys. Pamela Adlon,
explained that his daughter
52, and Jason Drucker, 13,
noticed that boys raise their
have big supporting roles
hand in class much more
as, respectively, Charlie’s
than girls, even if they don’t
mother and Charlie’s brother.
know the answer. Last year,
(Opens Dec. 21.)
Tapper tweeted about how
Also opening on the 21st
Alice had created a new Girl
is Second Act, a comedy
Scout badge, “Raise Your
starring Jennifer Lopez as
Hand,” to encourage class
Maya, a 40-year-old woman
participation. NY Times
who feels stymied by unful-
Alice Paul Tapper
editor Bari Weiss saw the
fi lled dreams and low-pay
tweet and asked Alice to
jobs. Things turn around
write a Times op-ed on the
when Maya is mistaken for
subject, which she did. That article led to
a top consultant and is given a chance
the book. (The profi ts will go to the Girl
to make a major business deal. The sup-
Scouts.) ■
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