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SCANDAL - From THR: A Massachusetts judge order today (Monday, Dec. 31st) that Kevin Spacey must appear for his arraignment in a case of an alleged sexual assault made against him.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/28 to 12/30/2018 weekend box office is "Aquaman" with an estimated take of $51.55 million.
From THR: "Aquaman" looks to cross $900 million+.
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LGBTQ - From Truthout: Eight LGBTQ-Led Social Justice Struggles the Corporate Media Missed in 2018.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: 52 directors name their favorite movies of 2018.
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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: Michael Palin becomes the first member of the British comedy troupe, Monty Python, to receive the honor of (substantive rather than honorary) Knighthood from Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which will occur during the New Years Honors investitures.
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MOVIES-TV - From ShadowandAct: Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions has apparently sent out an open call for scripts.
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AWARDS - From QZ: You can watch some of the films shortlisted for nominations in the Academy Award category of "Best Animated Short Film" (not the official title) online - for free.
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CULTURE - From Truthout: Renew the Resistance! The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa Light the Way.
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BLM - From TheOregonian: In the latest example of "Black-people-as-perceived-threat," meet Jermaine Massey vs. #HotelEarl.
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COMICS TO FILM - From YahooEntertainment: Stage and screen legend, Dame Julie Andrews, had to choose between a cameo in "Aquaman" and one in "Mary Poppins Returns." Andrews starred in Disney's original "Mary Poppins."
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COMICS-FILM - From Newsarama: Marvel Studios boss, Kevin Feige, has not started thinking about merging the X-Men and Fantastic Four into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooNews: In a rare photographic image, Eddie Murphy poses with all 10 of his children.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Black Film Critics Circle name "Black Panther" the "Best Picture" of 2018.
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MOVIES - From THR: Universal has releases the first trailer for Jordan Peele's upcoming horror film, "Us," which is due March 15, 2019.
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BOX OFFICE - From THR: "Aquaman" crosses the $500 million mark in global box office.
From Collider: With a week to go, the domestic box office has set a record with $11.383 billion in tickets sales, beating the 2016 total of $11.382 billion.
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Yikes! Kevin Spacey is facing a felony charge (indecent assault and battery) in Nantucket over an alleged attack on an 18-year-old in 2016.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Kill-my-husband prison bitch mad at Ben Stiller over "Escape from Dannemora."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/21 to 12/23/2018 weekend box office is "Aquaman" with an estimated take of $67.4 million.
From Variety: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" opens at $26 million in China, the largest opening for a foreign animated film in China this year.
From TheWrap: Universal's "Welcome to Marwen," directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Steve Carell, has a $2.4 million opening weekend. That ties it with Paramount's "Action Point" as having the lowest opening weekend in 2018 for a film from a major studio. It is also a career low for Zemeckis and Carell.
From Variety: "Welcome to Marwen" to lose $50 million for Universal.
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SPORTS-CULTURE - From RSN: NBA star LeBron James says, "NFL Owners Are "Old White Men" With "Slave Mentality" Toward Players
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TELEVISION - From THR: Syfy has cancelled the zombie action-drama series, "Z Nation," with the current fifth season. The December 28th, 2018 season ending episode will now be the series finale.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Filmmaker Chad Stahelski still really, really wants to remake the film "Highlander" (1985).
OBITS:
From CNN: Richard Overson, the oldest living American World War II veteran and the oldest man living in the United States, died at the age of 112, Thursday, December 27, 2018. Overton volunteered for the Army starting in 1942 and served with the 188th Aviation Engineer Battalion, an all-black unit that served on various islands in the Pacific.
From TheWrap: Hong Kong film director, Ringo Lam, has died at the age of 63, Saturday, December 29, 2018. Lam's best known work is "City of Fire," which apparently "inspired" Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs." He also made three films starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.
From Variety: The actor Frank Adonis has died at the age of 83, Wednesday, December 26, 2018. Adonis is probably best known for his appearances in the Martin Scorsese films, "Goodfellas," "Raging Bull," and "Casino."
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