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AWARDS - From TheWrap: The 2018 European Film Awards named director Pawel Pawlikowski's "Cold War" the "Best European Film" of 2018.
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SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: Jennifer Lawrence denies claims made in a lawsuit that she had a sexual relationship with disgraced movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Disney has fired actor Stoney Westmoreland from its Disney Channel TV series, "Andi Mack." Westmoreland was arrested in Utah after he used an online dating app to attempt a sexual liason with a 13-year-old.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Apple TV lands rights to produced new content based on the classic comic strip, "Peanuts."
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: CBS secretly settled a sexual harassment claim by Eliza Dushku for $9.5 million. The claim concerned Dushku's appearance on the current CBS TV series, "Bull," and its star, Michael Weatherly.
From YahooTV: Cybill Shepherd says that CBS' now-disgraced for chairman, Les Moonves, cancelled her 1990s CBS comedy series, "Cybill," because she would not have sexual relations with him.
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MUSIC - From BleedingCool: The 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee class will include Janet Jackson, Radiohead, The Cure, Stevie Nicks, Roxy Music, Def Leppard, and The Zombies. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled to take place on March 29th 2019 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with a tv broadcast scheduled to air on HBO at a later date.
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STREAMING - From Collider: Steven Yeun, best known for playing Glenn Rhee on "The Walking Dead," will star in an episode of Jordan Peele's "The Twilight Zone" for CBS All Access.
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PIXAR - From Deadline: Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Octavia Butler, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus lead the voice cast of Pixar's film, "Onward," which is being directed by Dan Scanlon and is due March 2020.
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AWARDS - From TheWrap: The 2019 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations have been announced.
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STREAMING - From TVLine: Netflix has greenlit a biographical series based on the life of slain Tejano music singer, the late Selena Quintanilla-Perez a.k.a. "Selena."
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CULTURE - From TIME: "Time Magazines'" has named is "Person of the Year" for 2018, and it is "The Guardians and the War on Truth," with an emphasis on murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.
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COMICS - From THR: There is a new comic book publisher, TKO Studios, that wants to change the way readers buy comic books.
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MOVIES - From TheDailyBeast: Director Adam McKay, who is seeing the release of his Dick Cheney film, "Vice," talks about the time he was forced to film a Donald Trump cameo for his film, "The Other Guys." Apparently, if you want to film on a Trump property, you have to film a cameo of Trump for your film.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Starz's hit series, "Power," has shut down production of its sixth season after a production assistant was killed in an on-set accident.
From Deadline: NBC is developing "Conway," a detective series from Vin Diesel and his One Race TV company and also Universal Television.
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STREAMING - From THR: Netflix has ordered its first "African original" series, "Queen Sono."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/7to 12/9/2018 weekend box office is "Ralph Breaks the Internet" with an estimated take of $16.1 million. This is the film's third week in the top spot.
From TheWrap: Warner Bros. opened its upcoming DC Comics' superhero flick, "Aquaman," in China, two weeks before its U.S. debut. The result is a $93 million opening weekend in China.
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AWARDS - From TheWrap: Los Angeles Film Critics Association name Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" the best film of 2018.
From THR: The New York Film Critics Online also name "Roma" best film of 2018.
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ECO - From RSN: How the Iconic 1968 Earthrise Photo Changed Our Relationship to the Planet
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STREAMING - From SlashFilm: "Sister Act 3" is being produced for the streaming service, Disney+. Whoopi Goldberg, who starred in the first two films, will not be involved with the new film... reportedly.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: "Minding the Gap" takes the top prize at the 2018 IDA Documentary Awards.
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SPORTS - From ESPN: University of Oklahoma junior quarterback, Kyler Murray, is the winner of the 2018 Heisman Trophy, as the top player in college football. Murray is the second consecutive Sooner to win the trophy following the 2017 winner, Baker Mayfield, who is currently a quarterback for the NFL's Cleveland Brown.
OBITS:
From Variety: One of the most revered jazz singers of the 20th century, Nancy Wilson, has died at the age of 81, Thursday, December 13, 2018. Wilson, who won three Grammys and recorded more than 70 albums, also had a 1974-75 NBC variety series, "The Nancy Wilson Show." She was also a frequent guests on variety shows hosted by Carol Burnett, Andy Williams, and Flip Wilson.
From Variety: The actress Sondra Locke died at the age of 74, November 3, 2018. She received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her first movie role in the film, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter." She is probably best known for her association with Clint Eastwood. She appeared in several of his films, including as a murderous, vengeful rape victim in "Sudden Impact." Locke also had a romantic relationship with Eastwood that was quite contentious.
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