Taylor Swift. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Richard Roundtree. Jimmy Fallon. Meghan Markle.

WEBVTT

1
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.360
Hi, and welcome to Entertainment Daily, a short roundup of the top entertainment

2
00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:16.480
stories in today's news. Taylor Swift's
latest milestone feels like a complete fever dream.

3
00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:21.359
Cruel Summer, a track of her
twenty nineteen Lover album, hit number

4
00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:25.359
one on Billboard's Hot one hundred chart
this week. This per CNN, the

5
00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:31.399
feat was cause for celebration given Taylor's
self professed favorite song was initially released more

6
00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:35.719
than four years ago and only officially
became a single in June. We just

7
00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:39.399
wanted to say thank you so much
for making Cruel Summer a Hot one hundred

8
00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:44.119
number one, she gushed in a
video posted to her Instagram, adding it's

9
00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:47.079
not even summer anymore. Steve Fall, I'm wearing a sweater. We love

10
00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:51.920
you guys. Jack Antonoff, a
frequent collaborator and co writer on the song,

11
00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:55.719
appeared in the video with Taylor and
said they felt that Cruel Summer was

12
00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:58.880
the best song on the album.
But we thought, well, you know

13
00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.000
what, this is our secret best
song. That's what we thought, he

14
00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.799
said, adding it really means the
world. Taylor opens her forty four song

15
00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:10.519
Eras to a set List with Cool
Summer, which has increased the pop anthem's

16
00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:14.400
popularity since she kicked off the tour
in March. That song was my pride

17
00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:17.799
and Joy, she told a Pittsburgh
audience in June, going on to say

18
00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:21.840
that her label decided to make it
my next single at the time because so

19
00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:26.599
many people had been streaming it in
another not so cruel milestone. Billboard also

20
00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:30.799
reported on Monday that Taylor has now
ranked tenth on an elite list of artists

21
00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:36.519
with ten or more number one songs
on the Hot one hundred chart. Arnold

22
00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:42.519
Schwarzenegger agrees today's leading candidates for US
president are too old. The seventy six

23
00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:47.159
year old Action icon and former California
governor was asked about the upcoming twenty twenty

24
00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:51.719
four election during an interview with the
BBC. I just hope that America finds

25
00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:53.439
some really young blood, he said, because to me, it is a

26
00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:57.599
little bit odd that we are having
a battle between people today in her late

27
00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.359
seventies and early eighties rather than people
in therefore he's in fifties or maybe even

28
00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:04.480
younger, and have them have a
chance at this great, great job.

29
00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.800
This is, of course, hardly
a controversial take. Polls have clearly shown

30
00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:13.680
that voters would prefer different options than
the two expected candidates, eighty year old

31
00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:17.319
President Biden in seventy seven year old
former President Trump, with voters citing Biden's

32
00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:22.479
age as a particular concern. Yet
neither party seems willing to ditch their front

33
00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:25.680
runner for one of the many younger
options waiting in the wings. The Terminator

34
00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:30.639
actor is himself disqualified for running for
US president, given he was born in

35
00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:34.280
Austria, yet he was asked whether
he wishes he could run. This is

36
00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:37.400
something the actor has been asked many
times over the years, and his answer

37
00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:39.680
is always similar but worth repeating.
I feel like I would make a great

38
00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:45.080
president, Schwarzenegger said, But I
feel that at the same time, everything

39
00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:47.759
I've accomplished was because of America.
America gave me so opportunities, and the

40
00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:52.960
American people were so imbrasive, and
they just received me with open arms.

41
00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:55.599
There was no one that stopped me
from my success. So the only thing

42
00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:59.639
I can't do, which is run
for president. I'm not going to complain

43
00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:04.280
about them that. A close friend
of Queen Elizabeth, Lady Glee Connor,

44
00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.879
spoke about Meghan while attending the Barnes
BookFest the ninety one year old said,

45
00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:12.039
I think the thing about Meghan was
she has no idea what was expected of

46
00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:15.039
her. Really. I think Meghan
just thought it was sort of like being

47
00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.719
another actress, you know, writing
around in a golden coach and everything like

48
00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:22.599
that, and actually being a member
of the royal family. I followed Princess

49
00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.520
Margaret for thirty four years. A
lot of it is extremely boring, dedicating

50
00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:29.439
stuff, meeting hundreds of thousands of
people you're never going to meet again,

51
00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:32.319
always trying to say something interesting and
nice. I think it is very sad,

52
00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:37.840
and I feel very sad for Harry. Lady Glicanor also told an anecdote

53
00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:40.479
which involved John Kerry. The lady
was seated next to Kerry at the Queen's

54
00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:45.280
funeral and asked Harry what Americans thought
of Harry and Meghan. According to Lady

55
00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:47.879
Glee Connor, Kerry said, we
all feel very, very sorry for Harry.

56
00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:53.000
I think I could just leave it
at that. More entertainment Daily In

57
00:03:53.039 --> 00:04:00.319
Just a Moment. The Tonight Show
starring Jimmy Fallon is bringing in a but

58
00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:03.479
familiar head writer Ad Miles, who
previously worked on both The Tonight Show and

59
00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:08.840
during Fallon's stint as host of Late
Night, is rejoining Tonight. Myles will

60
00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:12.560
take over as head writer from Mason
Steinberg, who is departing after a year

61
00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.879
and change in the role. Miles
was the head writer on Late Night from

62
00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:18.879
twenty nine to fourteen, and moved
to The Tonight Show with Fallon when the

63
00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:24.040
host took over the franchise from Jay
Leno. He remained headwriter on Tonight until

64
00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:28.920
twenty seventeen before departing to work on
other projects, including ABC's Gong Show and

65
00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:33.319
the final season of Arrested Development at
Netflix. Richard Rowntree, the stage and

66
00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:38.519
screen actor best known for his performance
as a tough talking private I nineteen seventy

67
00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:42.839
months Shaft, has died. According
to multiple reports, he was eighty one.

68
00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.600
The news was confirmed by Roundtree's manager
Patrick mckinn in a statement to Variety.

69
00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.519
Mckinn told the outlet that the actor
died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle

70
00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:56.079
with pancreatic cancer. Richard's work and
career served as a turning point for African

71
00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:59.519
American leading men in film. Mckinn
said the impact he has had on the

72
00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:03.759
industry not be overstated. Rowntree has
the distinction of being among a handful of

73
00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:09.000
actors who enjoyed top billing. With
his first ever screen credit, Until then

74
00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:13.120
a theater actor, his starring role
in the nineteen seventy one blacks ploitation epic

75
00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:17.680
Shaft propelled him into the cultural limelight, launching a franchise that would see sequels,

76
00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:21.680
a TV series, and a twenty
nineteen reboot starring Samuel L. Jackson.

77
00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:26.160
The actor would go on to enjoy
a career spanning fifty years with over

78
00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:30.279
one hundred and fifty screen credits.
Notable television credits include Roots, Desperate Housewives,

79
00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:34.199
and The Fresh Prince of bel Air. Roundtree also co starred in films

80
00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:40.199
such as Seven Speed Racer and Brick
and There you have It. Please follow

81
00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:42.759
us on Spotify, iTunes, and
Google Podcasts, or your favorite app of

82
00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:46.079
choice. I'm my Francis My Thanks
to John McDermott. This is Entertainment Daily.