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NEWS:
CANNES 2025 (May 13th to the 24th, 2025):
From Variety: Kristen Stewart gets a standing ovation after the screening of her directorial debut, "The Chronology of Water, " starring Imogen Poots.
From Variety: Oscar-winner, Halle Berry, a member of the Cannes 2025 jury spoke at the jury press conference. She addressed James Bond and her character, "Jinx," from the 2002 Bond film, "Die Another Day." Berry said a spinoff movie featuring Jinx should have happened already.
From Variety: Tom Cruise is telling the story of how his sister, Cass, forced him to meet actor Dustin Hoffman, which led to the two stars making the 1988 Oscar-winning film, "Rain Man." Cruise's latest film, "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" will debut at Cannes 2025.
From Variety: Director Eli Roth's upcoming film, "Ice Cream Man," which he calls his "most terrifying and insane" film yet, is now fully financed. The film will be looking for buyers at Cannes 2025.
TELEVISION - From Variety: NBC has given a series order to "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins," starring Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe. Some of Morgan's "30 Rock" alum are also involved in the series.
TELEVISION/SPORTS - From YahooSports: Michael Jordan, a six-time NBA champion and a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, will join NBC Sports’ coverage of the NBA as a special contributor in October 2025, when the NBA returns to NBC and makes its Peacock debut. Jordan won his six titles with the Chicago Bulls.
STREAMING - From Variety: Peacock has just released a first look image at his upcoming Fall 2025 series, "The Paper," a spinoff of NBC's former sitcom, "The Office." The mockumentary sitcom and workplace comedy takes a look at a dying Midwestern newspaper and its staff of volunteer reporters.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 5/9 to 5/11/2025 weekend box office is Disney/Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts with an estimated take of 33.1 million dollars.
MOVIES - From Variety: Oscar-winner Mikey Madison ("Anora") will co-star with Kirsten Dunst in “Reptilia.” The thriller tells the story of a dental hygienist who is seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the dark and wet underworld of Florida’s exotic animal trade. Alejandro Landes Echavarria will direct from a script he co-wrote.
OBITS:
From Deadline: American actor, Jon Don Baker, has died at the age of 89, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Baker was known as "tough guy" character actor. His most famous role was that of real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 film, "Walking Tall." Baker also appeared in three James Bond films, "The Living Daylights" (1987), "Goldeneye" (1995), and "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1999).
From Deadline: American screenwriter and director, Robert Benton, has died at the age of 92, Sunday, May 11, 2025. Benton won the "Best Director" and "Best Adapted Screenplay" Oscars for his work on the 1979 divorce/child custody drama, "Kramer vs. Kramer." He would later win another Academy Award, this time for "Best Original Screenplay" for his film, "Places in the Heart" (1984). He also received four other Oscar nominations.
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