Predictions op GoldDerby picks front-runners for delayed 2021 Oscars

The Oscars are coming up. No more February. Now almost May. But so what and who cares and why? Nobody’s seen nothing no place. They’re coming up for what? The last flick anybody saw in a movie theater starred Shirley Temple.

Some predictions op called GoldDerby — about which who knows or cares or who even heard — picked a dozen front-runners. How this is possible no one knows. Probably they don’t even know.

“Hillbilly Elegy” is about Appalachia. Amy Adams and Glenn Close are set for it. Anthony Hopkins is “The Father.” Olivia Colman’s in that. Another, which rhymes with rank and stank, is the drama “Mank.” There’s “News of the World” with Tom Hanks reading headlines. Bradley Cooper is going down something called “Nightmare Alley.” Guillermo del Toro’s directing him. And with nobody knowing nothing about nada, we may all follow him down said alley.

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan are in love in 1840s England. That’s called “Ammonite.” Isn’t that also a high-blood-pressure medicine? Ask your doctor.

In “Stillwater,” Matt Damon goes to France. His daughter, played by Abigail Breslin, is accused of murder. Meryl Streep is going to “The Prom.” Maybe as a chaperone? Joaquin Phoenix is an artist with a nephew in “C’mon, C’mon.” That’s a title? C’mon. Michelle Pfeiffer’s taking the “French Exit.” Evan Rachel Wood plays someone rich in “Kajillionaire.” Sandra Bullock is “Unforgiven.” For what, who-thehell knows. Maybe stealing Clint Eastwood’s title. Sophia Loren’s looking to “The Life Ahead.” Sophia Loren???

Bill Murray is “On the Rocks.” Jennifer Lawrence is treading “Red, White and Water.” Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey’s voices have “Soul.”

I wish us all lotsa luck. I don’t know these films. I don’t know what GoldDerby is. I don’t know why my dog just peed in my living room.

Our hotels are in trouble

Jonathan Tisch. Loews Hotels CEO, US Travel Association chairman emeritus: “The hospitality industry’s hit hard. Restaurants, hotels, Broadway, car rentals, US Open, UN week, cultural exhibits, tourists. The challenge is overwhelming. No business travel. No spectators. No international tourism. No group meetings. Everyone comes here to experience the greatest city in the world. Nobody’s in cars touring resort destinations, so collateral business is suffering in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.

“Nobody comes to New York City to stay in quarantine … Madison Avenue’s empty. Barneys is shut. If Broadway is closed, then New York City is closed. Travel and tourism is a large industry. And the international tourist stays the longest. Guided by NYC restrictions, we’re very focused. We’re watching our protocols. We’re turning certain lights on at night. Primary aim is to keep guests safe. Who knows what it will finally be? … It’s no indoor dining. Our cafes closed. We’re temporarily closed. Open is our second-floor hair salon. It’s not just our Regency here. In the US and globally, we have 27 hotels. The levels will not reach what they were before. We’re a vital part of New York City — and we’re suffering.”

We can be our own tourists

CBS Travel editor Peter Greenberg: “Sunday was my first transcontinental flight. JFK to LAX. I fly 420,000 miles a year, several times a month on transcons plus overseas. I was the first passenger on the Concorde to London after its crash grounded the rest of the SST fleet. Anything to help tourism.

“This week NYC museums, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island opened. So if you’re not a flyer on a plane — at least be a tourist in your town.

“We all need New York. And right now New York needs us.”

Me, I’m not saying anything against Biden any longer. Not again. Not one more nasty thing. No more. Done. Finished. Just: If his teeth could talk, they would scream!”

Only in New York, kids, Only in New York.