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NEWS:
MOVIES - From THR: Oscar-winning director, Danny Boyle, gives a career spanning interview about his career and about his new film, "28 Years Later."
CELEBRITY - From Deadline: A collection of memorabilia from the late director, David Lynch, earns 4.25 million dollars at auction.
TELEVISION - From Variety: Fine-ass actor Jason Isaacs talks about pay equity on the HBO series, "The White Lotus." Each actor makes $40000 per episode.
NETFLIX - From Variety: Oscar-winner Katherine Bigelow has a new film, "A House of Dynamite." It will have a brief theatrical run before streaming exclusively globally on Netflix Oct. 24th, 2025.
OSCARS - From THR: The board of governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced that Tom Cruise will received an "Honorary Oscar." The other recipients of that honor this year are actress/producer/choreographer Debbie Allen and production designer Wynn Thomas. Dolly Parton will receive the "Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award." These honors will be bestowed at the 16th annual "Governors Awards.
BUSINESS - From Variety: Warner Bros. Discover boss, David Zaslav will see his pay decrease (such as it is) in the wake of the proposed split of WBD into two separate companies. Zaslav will see a significant reduction in his target annual compensation, including lowered his annual cash compensation opportunity, and reorientation of the total pay mix toward long-term incentives.
CELEBRITY - From Deadline: Veteran actor Al Pacino met the newly elected pontiff, Leo XIV, at the Vatican on Monday (June 16th). Pacino met the Pope alongside Andrea Iervolino, the Italian producer behind "Maserati: The Brothers," a biopic about Italy’s legendary Maserati family that stars Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, and Andy Garcia.
OSCARS - From Variety: Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm, wants the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to present Disney CEO Bob Iger with an "Honorary Oscar." Not everyone is enamored with that idea.
NETFLIX - From Deadline: Carla Gugino is the latest to join Brad Pitt in Netflix's "The Adventures of Cliff Booth." The film will be directed by David Fincher and it is written by Quentin Tarantino as a follow-up to his Oscar-winning film, "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood." Cliff Booth, the sidekick of Leonardo DiCaprio's "Rick Dalton" in the 2019 film, is now a Hollywood fixer in the Netflix film.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 6/13 to 6/15/2025 weekend box office is Universal Studios/DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon" with an estimated take of 83.7 million dollars.
MOVIES - From Variety: Famed director Steven Spielberg has filmed a new, special introduction to his landmark 1975 film “Jaws,” which will air over three hours on Friday, June 20th, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC — the exact 50th anniversary date of when it was released. The NBC screening and Spielberg’s introduction are just some of the plans NBCUniversal has to mark the anniversary.
OBITS:
From THR: American film, television, and stage actress, Lynn Hamilton, has died at the age of 95, Thursday, June 19, 2025. Hamilton was best known for the recurring role of "Donna Harris," the girlfriend and later fiance of "Fred G. Sanford" on the former NBC sitcom, "Sandford and Son" (1972-77). From 1973 to 1981, she also had the recurring role of "Verdie Foster" on the CBS drama, "The Waltons." Hamilton also had main roles on two early 1990s soap opera series, "Dangerous Women" and "Generations." Her film roles included appearances in such noted Black films as "Buck and the Preacher" (1972) and "Lady Sings the Blues" (1972).
From Variety: American chef and television personality, Anne Burrell, has died at the age of 55, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Burrell was best known for her association with the "Food Network" cable network. She debuted on the network by serving as the sous chef of Mario Batali during his six-season run on "Iron Chef America: The Series" Burrell's first Food Network series was "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef" (2008-12) as its "presenter." She cohosted on "Worst Cooks in America" from 2010-2024. She also cohosted "Chefs Wanted with Anne Burrell" (2012-13). In 2011, Burrell received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of "Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host" for her work on "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef."
From Deadline: Television screenwriter and producer, Terry Louise Fisher, has died at the age of 79, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Fisher was a producer and writer on the former CBS crime drama, "Cagney & Lacey." Her best known work as the former NBC legal drama, "L.A. Law" (1986-94), that she co-created with super-producer, Steven Bochco." Fisher and Bochco also co-created the former ABC drama-comedy, "Hooperman" (1987-89), which starred the late John Ritter. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award seven times and won three: "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series" once (for "L.A. Law") and "Outstanding Drama Series" twice (once each for "Cagney & Lacey" and "L.A. Law").
From Deadline: Film, television, and stage actor, Harris Yulin, has died at the age of 87, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. In film, he was best known for roles in such films as "Scarface" (1983), "Clear and Present Danger" (1994), and "Training Day." He played the obstinate "Judge Stephen Wexler" who has to be rescued by the Ghostbusters in "Ghostbusters II" (1989). He was a recurring or guest star in such series as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "24," and "Ozark," to name a few. He received an "Outstanding Guest Actor in Comedy Series" Primetime Emmy nomination for his role in a 1996 episode of the former NBC sitcom, "Frasier."
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