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NEWS:
OSCARS - From Deadline: In an exclusive story, "Deadline" has reported that Oscar-winner, Pavel Talankin’s Oscar for the documentary feature film, "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," has disappeared. This happened after TSA officials at JFK Airport in New York refused to let Talankin board a flight with the statuette, declaring it could be used as a weapon. Talakin shared a win at the recent 98th Academy Awards for "Best Feature Documentary" with U.S. documentary filmmaker, David Borenstein, Halle Faber, and Alzbeta Karaskova. Two airline employees boxed the item and gave Talankin a ticket for the package, but when he arrived at his destination, the box could not be found...
MOVIES - From WorldofReel: Sony Pictures is developing a film that will bring the worlds of Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning "Django Unchained" (2012) and the Oscar-nominated "The Mask of Zorro" (1998) together. The film will be written by Oscar-winner Brian Helgeland ("L.A. Confidential") and will be based on the 2015 crossover comic book miniseries, "Django/Zorro" (Dynamite Entertainment), which acted as a sequel to Django Unchained. [Here is my review of "Django/Zorro #1.]
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 4/24 to 4/26/2026 weekend box office is Lionsgate's "Michael" with an estimated 97 million dollars.
OBITS:
From Variety: The American toy designer, businessman, and inventor, Roger Sweet, has died at the age of 91, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Sweet is best known for his work as a lead designer at toy manufacturer, Mattel. Sweet was as the lead designer of the team that created the superhero, "He-Man," and the "Masters of the Universe" toy line.
From Deadline: Film writer and television writer and producer, Gerry Conway, has died at the age of 73. Conway wrote the screenplays for two films, the animated "Fire and Ice" (1983) and "Conan the Destroyer" (1984). He was a writer-producer for NBC's "Law & Order" (1999-2006). He wrote episodes of such animated TV series as "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero," "The Transformers," and "My Little Pony," to name a few. Conway was also a legendary comic book writer and editor. He co-created "The Punisher" for Marvel and is considered to be one of the authors who expanded and deepened what came to be known as the "Marvel Universe."
