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STREAMING - From ScreenDaily: Kiernan Shipka will be the star of the untitled "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" series that is based on the horror comic book, "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina."
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SCANDAL - From THR: Four women accuse Oscar-winning filmmaker, Paul Haggis, of sexual misconduct, including two rapes.
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COMICS-FILM - From Local10: Black Panther movie causing excitement around the country.
From Comicsverse: This Is Everything You Need to Know About 2018 Comic Book Movies and TV Shows Coming Out in 2018.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Ridley Scott in talks to direct "Merlin Saga" for Disney. The movie would be based on the book series by T.A. Barron.
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CULTURE - From TheNewRepublic: "Water in the raw," the latest stripped-down lifestyle scam.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel" has cast DeWanda Wise (Netflix's "She Gotta Have It") in an unspecified supporting role. The film stars Oscar-winner Brie Larson and Oscar-nominee Jude Law and is directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. The movie is scheduled to open March 8, 2019.
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STREAMING - From TVLine: Hulu is reviving "Animaniacs." The animated TV series originally aired for 1993 to 1998, first on Fox Kid and Kids' WB, neither of which exist anymore. Steven Spielberg will return to executive produce.
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CANNES - From Variety: Cate Blanchett has been named Cannes Jury President for this year's film festival (the 71st edition of the festival), which begins May 8th and ends May 19th, 2018.
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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: The sequel to the Will Smith Netflix's film, "Bright," directed by David Ayer and co-starring Joel Edgerton, is official. Max Landis will not be returning as writer. [By the way, this film is not in theaters; viewers can stream it on Netflix.
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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Hulu developing a period comedy/drama about drag queen icon and celebrity, RuPaul, entitled "Queen." J.J. Abrams is producing.
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COMICS-FILM - From ShadowandAct: Grammy-winner Kendrick Lamar and TDE are producing the "Black Panther" soundtrack. The soundtrack album will contain music featured in the film and inspired by the film. This is the first time that Marvel Studios will integrate multiple original songs in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film.
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SPORTS - From ESPN: What does NBS star hope to find with the Boston Celtics?
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STREAMING - From Variety: Netflix's stock reaches an all-time high, $206.21 per share before closing at $205.05, coming off good news about the Will Smith-David Ayer film, Bright.
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MOVIE - From Variety: Will Smith and James Lassiter's production company, Overbrook Entertaiment, has decided not to re-up its first-look deal with Sony Pictures.
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STAR TREK - From Variety: It's the 25th anniversary of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."
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CULTURE - From Wired: Teens aren't partying anymore.
From TheNewYorker: What If Parents Loved Strangers’ Children As Much As Their Own?
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JAMES BOND - From BleedingCool: The next actor to play James Bond, after Daniel Craig, could be black or a woman, says Bond producer Barbara Broccoli.
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HEALTHCARE - From MotherJones: Go Fund Yourself - crowdfunding personal medical crisis.
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BOX OFFICE - From Variety: "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" wins the four-day New Year's Day weekend, 12/29/2017 to 1/1/2018 with an estimated take of $68.4 million.
From TheWrap: For the first time since 1959, the top three movies at the North American box office feature female leads - "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Wonder Woman."
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MUSIC - From Variety: Actor-recording artist Justin Timberlake announces a new music album to be released Feb. 2nd, 2018. Entitled "Man of the Woods," it is first studio LP since the two-set "The 20/20 Experience." The first single arrives Friday, Jan. 5th.
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MUSIC-CULTURE - From TheNewRepublic: Have the richie-poos taken over the British pop music scene.
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STREAMING - From BleedingCool: Stephen King says that he is in the dark about the development of "Castle Rock," the Stephen King-theme series on Hulu.
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TELEVISION - From ShadowandAct: 30 highly anticipated projects from featuring African-Americans in front of or behind the camera that were announced in 2017.
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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: "She's Gotta Have It" gets a second season from Netflix. The film is based on Spike Lee's 1986 film.
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POLITICS - From NYT: Nigerians live in huts. It can no longer be denied - President Trump is a racist and a bigot.
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POLITICS - From TIME: Robert Redford: The GOP 'Tax Scam' Is a 'Dirty Deal' for America.
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MOVIE - From TheWrap: Jodie Foster says big-budget, superhero blockbusters are ruining movie.
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BLM - From NewYorkMagazine: An interview with the late Erica Garner, the anti-police brutality activist and civil rights activist, who died recently. She was the daughter of Eric Garner, who died as the result of police brutality.
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CELEBRITY - From THR: Zac Efron shares the story of his phone call with the late Michael Jackson that had both of them in tears.
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VIDEO:
From BleedingCool: Shannon Tindle, the creator of "Kubo and the Two Strings" has been working on an animated series based on Disney's "The Haunted Mansion," to which Disney still has not committed. Tindle shared a 60-second animated teaser for the potential series.
From BET: The cast of "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" on the importance of diversity.
OBITS:
From TMZ: Actor and comedian, Jerry Van Dyke, has died at the age of 86, Friday, January 5, 2018. Jerry is best known for his supporting role in the former ABC series, "Coach" (1989 to 1997), alongside series star, Craig T. Nelson. Jerry is also the younger brother of legendary entertainer, Dick Van Dyke.
From Newsweek: Singer and child actor, Jon Paul Steuer, has died at the age of 33, Monday, January 1, 2018. Star Trek fans know Steuer as the first actor to play the child Klingon, Alexander, the son of Worf in "Star Trek: The Next Generations." He also appeared in the ABC comedy series, "Grace Under Fire."
From CBS: In a video, CBS Sunday Morning Says "Hail and Farewell" to those we lost in 2017.
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