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MARVEL - From Deadline: "Avengers 4" has a trailer, a poster, and a title, "Avengers: Endgame."
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The 61 annual Grammy Awards nominations have been announced. Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar and the "Black Panther" movie soundtrack leads the nominations.
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OSCARS - From Deadline: Kevin Hart was named as host of the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony in Feb. 2019. He has now stepped down as host after anti-LGBTQ social media posts he made a decade ago came to light.
From Deadline: The LGBTQ advocacy organization, GLAAD, did not want Kevin Hart to step down as host of the 2019 Oscars ceremony. They wanted him to step up at the ceremony for a teachable moment.
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AWARDS - From Variety: The 76th Annual (2019) Golden Globe Awards nominations have been announced. This link leads to a complete list of nominees.
From YahooEntertaiment: Snubs and surprises in the 2019 Golden Globe nominations.
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MOVIES - From Collider: There will be a female-driven reboot of those "21 Jump Street" movies. Tiffany Haddish is in talks to star in the reboot.
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MOVIES - From Newsarama: The "Men in Black" sequel/reboot has a title, "Men in Black International," and a logo.
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STAGE - From Deadline: Tyler Perry is in trouble with the actors' unions, SAG-AFTRA, over casting non-union actor in his upcoming stage play, "Madea's Farewell Play Tour."
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OSCARS - From EOnline: Kevin Hart is hosting the 2019 Oscars. The 91st Academy Awards ceremony will air Sunday, February 24, 2019.
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HEALTH - From GetPocket: Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight, explained with 60+ studies
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MOVIES - From Variety: Universal Pictures is working on a film inspired by the music of the late singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Prince.
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MOVIE AWARDS - From THR: The New York Film Critics Circle announced their 2018 film awards. Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" was named "Roma" was named "Best Picture."
From AwardsWatch: 2018 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards announced. "Eighth Grade" named "Best Film."
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ANIMATION - From Variety: Nominations for the 46th Annie Awards have been announced. "Incredibles 2" and "Ralph Breaks the Internet" lead nominees.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Wes Anderson is adding cast members to his upcoming film, "The French Dispatch," which is a love letter to journalists and is apparently not the French musical people want it to be. Timothee Chalamet and Benecio del Toro are among new cast members.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 11/30 to 12/2/2018 weekend box office is "Ralph Breaks the Internet" with an estimated take of $25.75 million.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is getting a lot of buzz, and Sony Pictures Animation is already considering a sequel and also a spin-off featuring all the female heroes in the Spider-Man universe.
From Variety: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" team talks about diversity and also modern heroes for a modern world.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Blumhouse and Sony Pictures' "Fantasy Island" film is currently scheduled to be released on Feb. 28th, 2020. The film is based on the ABC TV series, which ran from 1977 to 1984.
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DISNEY - From Collider: Tom Hanks is being eyed to play Geppetto in Disney's live-action remake of its classic animated feature, Pinocchio, which "Paddington" director Paul King is scheduled to direct.
MOVIES - From Collider: 11 genre movies to watch for in 2019.
OBITS:
From THR: The actor Wright King died at the age of 95, Sunday, November 25, 2018. Movie fans may remember King for the kiss he received from Vivien Leigh's "Blanche DuBois" in Elia Kazan's film, "A Streetcar Named Desire." Classic TV fans will remember him as "Jason Nichols," the deputy sheriff turned sidekick of Steve McQueen's bounty hunter character, "Josh Randall" in 11 episodes of the CBS Western, "Wanted: Dead or Alive."
From THR: The actor, dancer, and singer, Ken Berry, has died at the age of 85, Saturday, December 1, 2018. Berry was a popular television actor from the 1960s to the 1980s and may be best known for his stint on the 1965-67 ABC series, "F Troop." Others may know him for his role as "Venton Harper" in the 1980s series, "Mama's Family." Of note, Leonard Nimoy of "Star Trek" helped start Berry's career in Hollywood.
From ABC: The 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, has died at the age of 94, Friday, November 30, 2018. Elected in 1988, Bush's term ran from 1989 to 1993. Bush also served two terms as the Vice-President to the 40th U.S. President, Ronald Reagan.
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