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MOVIES - From Variety: At the Toronto International Film Festival, "Birth of a Nation" debuts with a standing ovation, in spite of the ongoing controversy about its director. Cause it's time to move on.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Natalie Portman as First Lady Jackie Kennedy is all the buzz at Toronto.
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GREED - From Money: 5300 Wells Fargo employees fired in massive fake account scam against customers.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Vin Diesel developing a "first responders" drama for NBC.
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MOVIES - From TheVillageVoice: Charles Burnett's "To Sleep with Anger" reawakens.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Meryl Streep and J.J. Abrams come together for the TV project, "The Nix."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Universal and Focus Features wins the rights to Paul Thomas Anderson's next film, which will reunite him with Daniel Day-Lewis.
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ECO - From EcoWatch: Leonardo DiCaprio and three stars from the "Justice League" movie, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Ray Fisher, join the protest against the "Dakota Access" pipeline.
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OBIT - From Variety: The drag icon, "The Lady Chablis" has died Thursday, September 8, 2016. She appeared in John Berendt's bestselling novel, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" and also in Clint Eastwood's 1997 film adaptation of the novel. Her age is unknown.
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MOVIES - From HitFix: Apparently, "The Crow" reboot is moving forward, maybe with Jason Momoa in the lead. I think the whole thing is a bad idea.
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MOVIES - From THR: Johnny Depp to headline a thriller about the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling in talks to join "A Wrinkle in Time," to be directed by Ava DuVernay.
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TELEVISION - From RSN: Fox News has settled with Gretchen Carlson in her sexual harassment suit against super-predator Roger Ailes.
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OBIT - From Variety: The prolific TV director, Leslie H. Martinson, has died at the age of 101, Saturday, September 3, 2016. He directed over 100 episodes of various TV series, but he is best known for directing the 1966 film, "Batman: The Movie."
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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: Set photos from "Spider-Man: Homecoming" may reveal the villain, "The Shocker."
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COMICS-FILM - From ETCanada: Chadwick Boseman says "Black Panther" to be grittier than other Marvel movies.
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OBIT - From Variety: The actor Hugh O'Brian has died at the age of 91, Monday, September 5, 2016. He was best known for playing the lead in the popular ABC Western television series, "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1955-61).
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CULTURE - From TheDailyBeast: Nativists/racists attack Chobani for hiring Muslim refugees.
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DA LORD - From NPR: Mother Teresa is now a saint.
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TELEVISION - From HitFix: A look at the Ava DuVernay-created, Oprah Winfrey produced family drama, "Queen Sugar."
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JAMES BOND - From Indiewire: Sony reportedly throws big money at Daniel Craig to return as James Bond for two more films, while the studio and Bond bosses prepare a transition for a younger, longer term successor.
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TELEVISION - From EW: Get a first look at "Ghost Rider" from "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
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OBIT - From YahooMusic: Jerry Heller once managed seminal rap group, N.W.A. He died at the age of 75 on Friday, September 2, 2016. Heller's attorney says the N.W.A. biopic, "Straight Outta Compton," caused Heller's death.
From Uproxx: Jerry Heller, of Ruthless Records and N.W.A., has died.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the three-day Labor Day 2016 weekend (9/2 to 9/4/2016) is "Don't Breathe" with an estimated take of $15.7 million. The four-day weekend result will be released tomorrow.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Clint Eastwood's biopic, "Sully," gets a standing ovation at the Telluride Film Festival. Eastwood had a relatively tough time getting it made.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson gives first look at his "Jumanji" character, "The Smoldering Dr. Bravestone."
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MOVIES - From YahooCelebrity: Gabby Sidibe's has lot a LOT of weight.
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: Why didn't the "Saints Row" film happen?
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CULTURE - From TheGuardian: Comedian and actor Leslie Jones continues to face intense racism.
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OBIT - From TheAVClub: The actor Jon Polito has died at the age of 65, Thursday, September 1, 2016. He had a long and prolific career. He played cops and was a favorite of the Coen Brothers, appearing in "Miller's Crossing" and "The Big Lebowski" to name a few.
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SPORTS - From RSN: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on those who insult Colin Kaepernick.
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SPORTS - From YahooNews: When college football player, Travis Rudolph, sat at a lunchroom table with a lonely autistic boy named Bo Paske, it started a sensation.
From YahooSports: Bo said it was like sitting on rainbows.
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MOVIES - From YahooNews: For its DVD release, Paul Feig's all-female Ghostbusters reboot gets a new title, "Ghostbusters: Answer the Call."
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MEDIA - From YahooFinance: Disney is a diversified media empire and is more than just Mickey Mouse, of course.
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: DC Comics is currently producing four comic books that re-imagine various characters from classic Hanna-Barbera animated television series. "The Jetsons" will be getting the re-imagination treatment.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Fox Searchlight and Nate Parker will hold a press conference at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival for "The Birth of a Nation." Parker continues to deal with the controversy concerning a rape allegation from 17 (!) years ago.
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SPORTS - From YahooTV: NFL executives and front office people boldly proclaim how much the hate Colin Kaepernick, quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, for not standing for the National Anthem. But they do so by keeping their names off the record. Both the NFL officials and the reporter and his media outlet are cowards.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: First trailer for "Underworld: Blood Wars." 'Bout time.
From YouTube: "Morgan" opens today. See her go from beautiful child to killer.
From YouTube: "Kubo and the Two Strings" offers a time-lapse clip from the making of the film.
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