Jamie Lee Curtis wants to see more women ‘running the world’ — like in her new movie ‘Ella McCay’

Screen queen reigns again

The newest newie movie “Ella McCay” stars Jamie Lee Curtis playing the backbone who tells her brother’s wife to leave him. Real friends say that’s this Oscar winner in real life — protective, observant, a caretaker for everyone.

Not having seen one another in years, we first told the other how great we looked. That over, we discussed the film’s scenes of changing people’s lives. So how heavy was her own experience in telling her real parents Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis she wanted to be an actress?

“Please. I had no Hollywood-style growing up. I grew up in a normal way. I had a child’s normal life. I was raised on the same ground as the donkey. Tony lived an iffy lifestyle but my mother saw me grow up having a normal existence. Nothing fancy.”

1976 their friend, a Hollywood movie producer, was hunting a certain type actress he couldn’t find. “From life, from listening, from looking, learning, hearing, from being aware I got picked for the part and I became a 7-year wonder.”

Meanwhile, she has since learned fancy. Hair, silver. The brown pantsuit could’ve financed Ukraine for life. Oddly, its co-stars, actresses, each, all at this screening wore long pants. Skirts obviously went the way of Eleanor Roosevelt.

“Besides this movie I’m everywhere,” she said. “Like 6 million people on Instagram. I’m focused on being this government’s opposing voice. Also doing a TV series shooting in Nashville with co-star Nicole Kidman. I’ll be handling the rage at the world today. Guttural screams. I’m producing it. It’s about we women bettering ourselves. In this ‘Ella McCay’ movie it’s a woman who becomes governor.

“I don’t understand why more women aren’t running this world. It’s frustration. I make no apology for saying that. We’re its driving force. We run the family dynamics. This is a movie we’re making about women bettering themselves.”

And then she left me to hug someone else — either a live producer or screening organizer Andrew Saffir. Probably the producer.

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Know your lines

Comic: Hard to get good material these days. All the best jokes are in Congress.

Doctors: Very caring. Especially if you don’t pay your bill on time.

Nudist: Where’s he stick his keys after he locks the car?

Friend: Forget reach for the sky. Just reach for the check.

Immigrant: Looking for a store that sells used bullets.

Cheap? He’s waiting for the Bible to come out in paperback.

Even cheaper: At a Chinese restaurant, he wraps up the leftover fried rice.

Guest at the Last Supper? He asked for separate checks.

Born with a silver spoon? Every time he’s in a restaurant, he looks to complete the set.

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Scene & heard

NYC: Second Avenue restaurants are packed. Young people. Loud music. Louder chat. Tall drinks. Big money eaters go to Due, Third Avenue between 79th and 80th . . . More NYC info: Hookers right out front on the street. Homeless folks sleeping right on Park Avenue. Cops canceled because that could stop crimes. Forget bail. Let killers/murderers out. Make the former bartender NYC’s official greeter — or stirrer. Undo all official controls. Shove learning, schools, handwriting.

And tell me please why is it that it’s only in New York, kids, only in New York.