PARIS IN SPRINGTIME
Just call him Kiefer Southern. “24” star (above) starred in the role of country music star at the Stagecoach music festival in Indio, Calif., where he played tunes off his album “Down in a Hole.” Sutherland will bring his guitar and gravelly voice to Asbury Park, N.J., on May 27.
Mless Filmmaker is taking his antiTrump message to Broadway. The “Roger & Me” director (photo) held a Monday afternoon press conference to announce he’s making his theatrical debut in “The Terms of My Surrender” at the Belasco Theatre. The show’s tagline asks: “Can a Broadway show take down a sitting President?” While the premise seems unlikely, keep in mind that Moore predicted Trump’s unlikely victory months before it happened. And by the sound of it, Moore’s show is meant to get through to New Yorkers as much as anyone. “I tried to break through the Brooklyn bubble of the campaign,” he told us after announcing the play. “I tried to tell them, ‘Please come to Michigan, please come to Wisconsin.’ ” According to Moore, campaign preached to people who already supported her, while Trump’s shtick targeted the states that were in play. “To not go to Wisconsin for seven months? Trump, he’s in these states every other week and near the end he was there all the time,” Moore declared. The Michigan native said that Election Eve best summed up the two campaigns.
“He’s in Grand Rapids, Mich., at 1 in the morning,” Moore recalled. “The other campaign was in Philly with some of my favorite people,
and According to Moore, dumping Trump starts with the Democrats winning back Congress in the next midterm election, then getting the votes for impeachment.
“Guess what? There’s an election coming up next year,” he said. Moore’s hoping his new show, which opens its 12-week engagement on Aug. 10, can indeed unseat the President, as its promotional material states.
“Why not aim for that?” he wondered aloud. “I think humor is one of the great medicines and satire is one of the great nonviolent weapons against those in power — and I plan to employ those each night and twice on Wednesday and Saturday.” was spotted dancing the night away at a V Magazine party in SoHo — but don’t tell Paris Jackson. When the Daily News’ approached the King of Pop’s 19-year-old daughter (inset) over the weekend, Jackson said, “Wait, who do you think I am?” When told that Settembre “thought” she was Paris Jackson — a fact that was confirmed by event organizers — Jackson replied, “Oh, my God, no! But that’s the best thing I’ve heard all night.” Ditto.