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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Actress Vanessa Marquez, age 49, was shot to death by a South Pasadena, CA police officer on Thursday, August 30, 2018, during a welfare check, after she pulled a BB gun, which reportedly looked like a real fire arm. Marquez had appeared on NBC's medical drama, "ER," from 1994 to 1997. She claimed that she was blacklisted from the show after making accusations of sexual and racial harassment.
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MOVIES - From Polygon: There is a lesbian slasher film, "What Keeps You Alive."
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: ABC's "Roseanne" spinoff, "The Conners" starts production. Deadline has a first-look photo.
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MOVIES - From PageSix: Turner Classic Movies has partnered with the African American Film Critics Association to bring “The Black Experience on Film” to the network for the month of September.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Damon Herriman will portray Charles Manson for both Quentin Tarantino ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood") and David Fincher (the Netflix series, "Mindhunter").
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STREAMING - From Engadget: The DC Comics streaming service goes live September 15th, 2018 - Batman Day.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Orson Welles' uncompleted final film, "The Other Side of the Wind," has been completed. It will appear on Netflix in November after debuting at this week's Venice International Film Festival.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: For the first time in decades, Woody Allen is not officially working on a film project. Allen usually has one filmed released annually, but there are number of complications that have arisen. Some are related to profitability of his films and others to the #MeToo movement.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's long-planned "Big Trouble in Little China" remake is not actually a remake. It is a sequel... of sorts...
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COMICS-FILM - From Variety: Alec Baldwin has signed on to appear in the Todd Phillips/Joaquin Phoenix "Joker" film as Batman's father, Thomas Wayne.
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RELIGION - From BuzzFeed: "We Saw Nuns Kill Children." This is not a joke!
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TELEVISION - From IndieWire: John Goodman confirms Roseanne's fate in "The Conners," the spinoff of the "Roseanne" show.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Guillermo del Toro sets the cast for "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," which he is co-writing and co-producing.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/24 to 8/26/2018 weekend box office is "Crazy Rich Asians" with an estimated take of $25 million. The film is a repeat winner, as it won last week's race.
From Variety: Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp" leads the global box office with $71 million in grossed in 28 markets, via its $68 million dollar debut in China.
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JAMES BOND - From TheGuardian: Speculation and rumor suggest that Yann Demange, director of "'71," will take over as director of Bond 25, in the wake of Danny Boyle's departure from the production.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Jemele Hill Expected to Part Ways With ESPN, via a buyout by September 1st.
OBIT:
From Variety: The legendary playwright, Neil Simon, has died at the age of 91, Sunday, August 26, 2018. Called the "King of Comedy Playwrights," Simon won Tony Awards for "The Odd Couple," "Lost in Yonkers," and "Biloxi Blues," all which were adapted into films via screenplays he wrote. Simon also won the "Pulitzer Prize for Drama" for "Lost in Yonkers."
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