{"id":90787,"date":"2022-10-02T17:31:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T00:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=90787"},"modified":"2022-10-02T17:31:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T00:31:26","slug":"lots-of-hocus-and-pocus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2022\/10\/02\/lots-of-hocus-and-pocus\/","title":{"rendered":"Lots of Hocus and Pocus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During promotions for her latest <em>Disney+ <\/em>venture (more below), <strong>Sarah Jessica Parker <\/strong>confirmed what we reported weeks ago \u2013 a Carrie\/Aiden reunion on <strong><em>And Just Like That\u2026<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; \u201cCould be, could be.&nbsp; Well, you know, I can\u2019t be like cryptic about it anymore\u201d.&nbsp; Not after <strong>Billy Masters <\/strong>reports it.&nbsp; Just stay away from all exercise equipment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You want a good time?&nbsp; I have three words for you \u2013 <strong><em>Hocus Pocus 2<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; Sure, there\u2019s nothing particularly new or fresh in this flick.&nbsp; But it made me laugh \u2013 especially when I noted it had the fakest sets since <strong><em>Gunsmoke<\/em><\/strong>!&nbsp; I even liked the younger cast members \u2013 very <strong><em>Charmed<\/em><\/strong> (the original, naturally).&nbsp; So, why stop with \u201c2\u201d?&nbsp; Why not another sequel?&nbsp; The girls are up for it.&nbsp; But, please, don\u2019t wait another 29 years.&nbsp; By that time, <strong>Bette Midler <\/strong>will be\u2026well, carry the 2, add in\u2026.she\u2019ll be dead!<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s even more <strong><em>Hocus Pocus<\/em><\/strong> news.&nbsp; <em>Disney <\/em>has gone from having no interest in the property to wanting to expand its audience.&nbsp; Why not <strong><em>Hocus Pocus: On Broadway<\/em><\/strong>??&nbsp; Why not, indeed.&nbsp; The musical will be based on the first movie and, while there are no plans for the original trio to star in it, there\u2019s nothing to say they couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of both \u201cHocus\u201d and \u201cPocus\u201d, our pal <strong>Jay Armstrong Johnson <\/strong>is reprising his wildly popular Halloween fundraiser <strong><em>I Put A Spell On You<\/em><\/strong> for <em>Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS<\/em>.&nbsp; While the last two years have been virtual, the show returns to the stage on October 23<sup>rd<\/sup>.&nbsp; NYC\u2019s <em>Sony Hall <\/em>will host the event, which will again find JAJ winched into Winifred garb alongside <strong>Allison Robinson <\/strong>and <strong>Amanda Williams Ware <\/strong>as his sisters.&nbsp; Among the special guests will be <strong>Gavin Creel <\/strong>and <strong>Krysta Rodriguez<\/strong>.&nbsp; Tix and deets can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BroadwayCares.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BroadwayCares.org<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During promotions for her latest Disney+ venture (more below), Sarah Jessica Parker confirmed what we reported weeks ago \u2013 a Carrie\/Aiden reunion on And Just Like That\u2026.&nbsp; \u201cCould be, could be.&nbsp; Well, you know, I can\u2019t be like cryptic about it anymore\u201d.&nbsp; Not after Billy Masters reports it.&nbsp; Just stay away from all exercise equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90788,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90787\/revisions\/90788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}