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by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
MOVIES - From Deadline: Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette have joined Clint Eastwood's next film, "Juror #2."
STREAMING - From Variety: HBO Max has officially announced it has officially ordered a "Harry Potter" television series. The cast will be entirely new.
From Deadline: There is more information on HBO Max's recently announced "Harry Potter" TV series, including that its debut is set for 2025-26.
From Variety: Chuck Lorre is developing a second spinoff of his former CBS hit TV series, "The Big Bang Theory" for HBO Max (soon to be known simply as "Max"). The first spinoff, "Young Sheldon," is currenly airing on CBS.
CELEBRITY - From Variety: Jamie Foxx has been hospitalized in Atlanta following a “medical complication” his family revealed late Wednesday evening.
From CNN: Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx remains hospitalized in Atlanta (possibly due to a stroke), while his current film, "Back in Action," is expected to wrap production within the week.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Emmy Award-winning actress. Julie Bowen, ("Modern Family") will star in Peacock’s "satanic panic," coming-of-age thriller, "Hysteria!"
NETFLIX/ANIMATION - From Deadline: Netflix has approved an animated series set in the world of its hit series, "Stranger Things." The series currently does not have a title.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 4/7 to 4/9/2023 Easter weekend box office is Universal/Illumination Entertainment's "Super Mario Bros. Movie" with an estimated take of 146.3 million dollars.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Director James Mangold says that Timothée Chalamet, the star of his upcoming biopic of the legendary singer-songwriter, Bob Dylan, will be doing his own singing.
OBITS:
From Deadline: The actress Elizabeth Hubbard has died at the age of 89, Saturday, April 8, 2023. She was best known for her roles in two daytime soap opera television series. She was "Dr. Althea Davis" in former NBC series, "The Doctors," and also "Lucinda Walsh" in the former CBS series, "As the World Turns." She won a Daytime Emmy Award for "The Doctors." From 1986-1999, she was nominated for lead actress Daytime Emmy eight times for "As the World Turns." She won an additional Daytime Emmy in 1976 for her role in the daytime TV movie, "First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson." Her final Daytime Emmy nomination was for her role in the YouTube daytime soap opera, "Anacostia."
From Variety: The film and television actor, Michael Lerner, has died at the age of 81, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Lerner appeared in numerous films, including "Eight Men Out" (1988), "Elf" (2003), and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014). He received a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar nomination for his role in the Coen Bros.'s 1991 film, "Barton Fink." Lerner was also a recurring character on the former NBC drama, "Hill Street Blues" and the former ABC/UPN sitcom, "Clueless," to name a few.
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
You can support Leroy via Paypal or on Patreon:
ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
TELEVISION/STREAMING - From Deadline: Layoffs are underway at CBS Studios and at Paramount TV Studios.
AWARDS - From Deadline: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" wins the "Best Feature" award at the 2022 / 32nd Annual Gotham Awards, one of two wins for the film.
From IndieWire: The nominations for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced. "Everything Everywhere All at Once" leads with eight nominations. The winners will be announced March 4th, 2023.
From Variety: The nominations for the 2022 / 32nd Annual Gotham Awards were announced a month ago. Todd Field's "Tar" leads with five nominations. The winners will be announced Monday, November 28th.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 11/25 to 11/27/2022 Thanksgiving weekend box office is Disney/Marvel Studios' "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" with an estimated take of 45.9 million dollars.
From Here: Leroy Douresseaux's review of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."
MOVIES - From Deadline: Antonio Banderas, who has played the character, "Zorro," in two films, says that if there is a reboot he would like to see "Spider-Man" actor, Tom Holland, take the role.
SPORTS - From Deadline: Thursday's (11/24/2022) Thanksgiving Day game between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys, who won 28-20, is the most watched regular season NFL game ever. 42 million viewers apparently tuned into the game broadcast on FOX.
HISTORY - From Deadline: Friday, November 25, 2022 marked the 75th anniversary of the birth of the "Hollywood Blacklist," which began with the "Waldorf Declaration" on November 25, 1947.
MOVIES - From Variety: Ice Cube lost a $9 million dollar payday because he didn't want to get the required COVID vaccination for the film, "Oh Hell No."
MOVIES - From Deadline: Director James Mangold says that actor Harrison Ford was "de-aged" for "Indiana Jones 5" so that he could look like he did in the first three films from the 1980s.
MARVEL STUDIOS - From Variety: Quentin Tarantino says that actors in Marvel Studios are not movie stars and that, for instance, Captain America is the star.
DISNEY - From Variety: Bob Chapek is out as CEO of The Walt Disney Company. After three years of retirement, Bob Iger, has been reinstated as CEO of Disney.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 11/18 to 11/20/2022 weekend box office is Disney/Marvel Studios' "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" with an estimated take of 67.3 million dollars.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Actor John Leguizamo said that he based his character, "George Diaz," from the new film, "The Menu," on action movie star Steven Seagal, says "He's kind of a horrible human."
WALKING DEAD - From Deadline: The lawsuit over profits from "The Walking Dead" television series that pit the series' network, AMC, against the series' original showrunner, Frank Darabont, and his talent agency, CAA, has come to an end. According to Deadline: “The Settlement Agreement provides for a cash payment of $200 million (the “Settlement Payment”) to the plaintiffs and future revenue sharing related to certain future streaming exhibition of The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead...”
RUST - From Deadline: The police report produced by the Sante Fe County Sheriff's Office on its investigation into the shooting on the New Mexico set of the Western, "Rust," has been made public. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed after being shot by an accidental discharge from a pistol held by actor Alec Baldwin.
OBITS:
From Variety: English musician and singer-songwriter, Christine McVie, has died at the age of 79, Wednesday, November 30, 2022. She was best known for her association with the British-American rock band, Fleetwood Mac, and was a member during the band's greatest success and greatest sales. As a member of the band, she shared the 1978 Grammy Award for "Album of the Year" for the album, "Rumors" (1977). McVie also released four solo albums.
From Deadline: Film and television actor and theater professor, Clarence Gilyard, Jr., has died at the age of 66, Monday, November 28, 2022. Gilyard was best known for playing the role of "Conrad McMasters" on NBC's former mystery legal drama, "Matlock" (1989-93) and for the role of "Ranger James Trivette" on CBS' former action-crime drama, "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993-2001). His best known film roles were playing Tom Cruise's co-pilot in "Top Gun" (1986) and playing "Theo" a terrorist computer expert in "Die Hard" (1988).
From THR: Hawaiian-born, American film director, Albert Pyun, has died at the age of 69, Saturday, November 26, 2022. He was known for directing, low-budget, high-concept films that became cult classics, such as the sword and sorcery film, "The Sword and the Sorcerer" (1982). His best known film may be the 1989 Jean-Claude van Damme martial arts/sci-fi film, "Cyborg." He is also known for directing the low-budget 1990 film, "Captain America," based on the Marvel Comics character.
From Variety: Actress, singer, and songwriter, Irene Cara, has died at the age of 63, Friday, November 25, 2022. Cara appeared in the 1980 film, "Fame," and sang the title song, "Fame," which won the "Best Song" Oscar for its songwriters. Later, Cara would win an Oscar for co-writing the song, "Flashdance... What a Feeling" from the film, "Flashdance" (1983). She also won two Grammys for her work on "Flashdance... What a Feeling."
From Deadline: Former child actor, Mickey Kuhn, has died at the age of 90, Sunday, November 20, 2022. Kuhn was the last surviving credited-cast member of the legendary film, "Gone with the Wind." Kuhn worked in the film industry from 1934 to 1956 before leaving for good.
From Deadline: The actor Jason David Frank has died at the age of 49, Saturday, November 19, 2022. Frank was best known for playing the role of Tommy Oliver" the "Green Ranger"/"White Ranger" on the the TV series, "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" (1993-96). He also appeared in several other TV series in the "Power Rangers" franchise.
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BRITTNEY GRINER:
From NBCNews: Brittney Griner will enter a system of isolation, grueling labor and psychological torment when she is transferred to a penal colony, the successor to the infamous Russian gulag, to fulfill a nine-year sentence handed down Tuesday in Moscow, former prisoners and advocates said.
From NBCNews: A Russian court has rejected Brittney Griner's appeal of her nine-year prison sentence on (fake) drug charges.
From Reuters: Russia says that it is ready to talk prisoner swamp for Brittney Griner and U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan, but also scolds the U.S. Embassy.
From TheDailyBeast: Legendary NBA bad boy and champion (Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls), Dennis Rodman claims that he has been given permission to go to Russia and help free imprisoned hostage, WNBA star, Brittney Griner.
From Vox: Vox's Jonathan Guyer talks the Brittney Griner case with Danielle Gilbert, a Dartmouth professor who is writing a book about states and rogue actors that take hostages.
From ESPN: A Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison Thursday, Aug. 4th. Griner was arrested Feb. 17 for bringing cannabis into the country and pleaded guilty July 7, though the case continued under Russian law.
From ESPN: The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.
From RSN: "Will Support From LeBron James, Joe Rogan, Kim Kardashian, and Other Celebrities Help Free Brittney Griner From a Russian Prison?" by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar via Substack
From ESPN: Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty on Thursday to bringing hashish oil into Russia, telling a judge that she had done so "inadvertently" while asking the court for mercy.
From CBSSports: The Brittney Griner situation explained.
From RSN: According to The Washington Post Editorial Board: "Brittney Griner is a hostage, plain and simple."
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
AWARDS - From Deadline: The winners at the 2022 / 28th annual SAG Awards. "CODA" wins the top prize, "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture."
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 2/25 to 2/27/2022 weekend box office is Sony Pictures' "Uncharted" with an estimated take of $23.25 million.
NAACP - From Variety: Here is a complete list of winners at 2022 / 53rd NAACP Image Awards in the film, television and music categories. Jennifer Hudson was named "Entertainer of the Year."
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Quentin Tarantino is in early talks to direct one or two episodes of "Justified: City Primeval," the FX limited series that brings Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens from FX's long-running series, "Justified" (2010-15).
MOVIES/NETFLIX - From BET: Tyler Perry talks to BET about his new Madea movie, "A Madea Homecoming," which is streaming on Netflix.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Steven Spielberg is attached to direct a new original story based on "Lt. Frank Bullitt," the character the late Steve McQueen played in the 1968 film, "Bullitt."
AWARDS - From Deadline: "Lost Illusions" and "Annette" top the 2022 Cesar Awards in France.
DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney has set the release date for its film, "Haunted Mansion," for March 10, 2023. Justin Simien is directing stars Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, and LaKeith Stanfield.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Universal Pictures will release its monster movie, "Renfield" on April 14, 2023. The films focuses on Count Dracula's lackey/aide, Renfield, played by Nicholas Hoult with Nicolas Cage playing Dracula.
NEWS - From Variety: Oscar-winning actor, Sean Penn, is in Ukraine filming a documentary about the Russia's invasion of the country.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Sacha Baron Cohen has joined the cast of director Alfonso Cuaron's film, "Disclaimer," for Apple TV+.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Paramount Pictures has acquired "80 For Brady." NFL legend and Super Bowl champion, Tom Brady, will produce and star in the film with Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Director James Mangold and 20th Century Studios are developing a biopic of Hollywood legend and icon, the comedian and filmmaker, Buster Keaton.
STREAMING - From Deadline: The site has a first look at actor Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird" Al Yankovic in the biopic, "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story."
OSCARS - From THR: During this year's Oscar telecast, for the 94th Academy Awards, eight categories that are usually presented live during the ceremony will not be this year. The categories of "documentary short," "film editing," "makeup/hairstyling," "original score," "production design," "animated short," "live action short," and "sound" will take place inside the Dolby Theatre an hour before the live telecast commences, will be recorded, and will then be edited into the subsequent live broadcast.
From Deadline: The changes to this year's Oscar telecast for the 94th Academy Awards have created a backlash.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: "The Wendy Williams Show" is ending for now, and will be replaced by a daytime syndicated talk show headline by Sherri Shepherd, a former co-host on "The View," slated to debut Fall 2022.
MOVIES - From Variety: Universal Pictures has released a moody first image of actor Cillian Murphy as "J. Robert Oppenheimer" in director Christopher Nolan's film, "Oppenheimer." The film has begun principal photography and is due July 2023.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 2/18 to 2/20/2022 weekend box office is Sony Pictures' "Uncharted" with an estimated take of 44.16 million dollars.
From Deadline: "Uncharted" scores 139 million dollars in global box office.
From BuzzFeed: Actor Tom Holland worked as a bartender while making "Uncharted."
MOVIES - From VogueUK: Here is the first look of actor Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in director Baz Luhrmann's biopic, "Elvis."
OBITS:
From Variety: Film and television actress, Sally Kellerman, has died at the age of 84, Thursday, Feruary 24, 2022. Kellerman was nominated for a "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar for her role as "Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan" in director Robert Altman's 1970 film, "MASH." From 2014 to 2015, she had a recurring guest role on the CBS soap opera, "The Young and the Restless," which earned her a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award nomination.
From Deadline: American singer-songwriter and rock musician, Mark Lanegan, has died at the age of 57, Tuesday, February 22, 2022. He was one of the leading figures in the development of "grunge music" as the vocalist for the band, "Screaming Tress," and recorded seven albums with them. He also released 12 solo studio albums. He was also a member of the rock band, "Queens of the Stone Age."
From Deadline: British music entrepreneur and YouTube star, Jamal Edwards, has died at the age of 31, Sunday, February 20, 2022. He was known for founding "SBTV," a YouTube music channel dedicated to breaking emerging music acts in the United Kingdom. Edwards helped launch the careers of artists such as Ed Sheeran and Jessie J, to name a few. Edwards and SBTV are also credited with helping to popularize "grime music" in the UK and beyond.
From Deadline: American film editor, David Brenner, has died at the age of 59, February 17, 2022. Brenner was known for editing blockbuster films of noted directors like Roland Emmerich, Oliver Stone, and Zach Snyder, to name a few. He won an Oscar with Joe Hutshing for editing Stone's 1989 film, "Born on the Forth of July." Brenner was the editor on the "Avatar" sequels.
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94TH ACADEMY AWARDS:From Deadline: With his "Best Actor" nomination for "The Tragedy of Macbeth," Denzel Washington is the most nominated Black actor is Oscar history. He has been nominated in two acting categories a total of 10 times with two wins total.
From Variety: With her "Best Director" Oscar nomination for "The Power of the Dog," Jane Campion becomes the first woman nominated twice in that category. She was previously nominated in that category for "The Piano" (1993).
From Variety: With his three nominations today, Kenneth Branagh of "Belfast" becomes the first person to have been nominated in seven individual categories over his career.
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MOVIE AWARDS:From Deadline: The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named the Japanese film, "Drive My Car," the "Best Picture" of 2021.
From Deadline: The 2022 / 37th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards have announced their nominations. "Zola" leads with six nominations. The winners will be announced Sun., March 6, 2022.
From THR: The 2022 / 79th Golden Globes Awards nominations have been announced. "Belfast" and "The Power of the Dog" lead with seven nominations each. Winners will be announced Jan. 9th, 2022.
From GoldDerby: The 2022 Critics Choice Awards nominations have been announced. "Belfast" and "West Side Story" leads with 11 nominations each. Winners will be announced Jan. 9th, 2022.
From Deadline: The American Film Institute announced the "2021 AFI Awards" Top 10 list, and the list includes "Dune," "The Tragedy of Macbeth," and "West Side Story."
From THR: Director Aleem Khan's "After Love" tops the 2021 British Independent Film Awards, winning six awards, including "Best Film of 2021."
From Variety: The New York Film Critics Circle has named the Japanese drama, "Drive My Car," as the "Best Film of 2021."
From Deadline: The National Board of Review hands director Paul Thomas Anderson's "Licorice Pizza" it "Best Film" and "Best Director" awards. Will Smith picks up the "Best Actor" award for "King Richard."
From THR: Netflix’s "The Lost Daughter," directed by actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, dominated the 2021 Gotham Awards in New York on Monday night (Nov. 29th). The film won in four of the five categories in which it was nominated, including "Best Feature."
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