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TELEVISION - From Variety: One of the pilots that NBC has ordered is a comedy, "Saving Kenan," starring "Saturday Night Live" veteran, Kenan Thompson."
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PIXAR - From Deadline: Two-time Oscar-winner, Lee Unkrich ("Toy Story 3," "Coco") is leaving Pixar.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Netflix and Shawn Levy are rebooting the true crime/paranormal TV series, "Unsolved Mysteries." The original series ran for 14 seasons between 1987 and 2010, and the late Robert Stack is the host most associated with the series.
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CELEBRITY - From HuffPost: Arnold Schwarzenegger's bodybuilding son, Joseph Baena, recreates his father's iconic 1976 bodybuilding pose.
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BOX OFFICE - Newsarama: The winner of the Wednesday, January 16, 2019 daily box office is "Dragon Ball Super: Broly" with an take of just over $7 million.
From BoxOfficeMojo: The box office chart for Wednesday, January 16, 2019, the day "Dragon Ball Super: Broly."
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COMICS-FILM - From Newsarama: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson challenges Chris Hemsworth to a Marvel Studios/"Fast & Furious" crossover film.
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MUSIC - From Variety: Sony Music has parted ways with controversial R&B recording artist, R. Kelly, who has been dogged by sexual misconduct allegations for the past two decades plus. Kelly's catalog/back list will remain with Sony/RCA.
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OSCARS - From Variety: Kristopher Tapley offers his final Oscar nominations predictions ahead of the Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 announced of the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: The J.R.R. Tolkien biographical film, "Tolkien," is set for release May 10, 2019. Nicholas Hoult will play Tolkien, the creator of "The Lord of the Rings."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Lionsgate and Hasbro's film based on the game, "Monopoly," will star Kevin Hart and be directed by Tim Story, who directed Hart in the "Ride Along" films.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: The race to win J.J. Abrams and his "Bad Robot" company may be close to an end.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Jason Reitman reportedly will direct the next installment of the "Ghostbusters" franchise, this one set in the "original universe" of the 1983 and 1989 films.
From Newsarama: Jason Reitman's "secret Ghostbusters" project already has a teaser trailer. Reitman's father, Ivan Reitman, who directed the original 1980s "Ghostbusters" films, will produce the new film (which is set for 2020), which is apparently set in the "original universe" of films.
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AWARDS - From Variety: 2019 USC Libraries Scripter Award nominations have been announced. "Black Panther" is one of the nominees.
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TECH - From Wired: MacKenzie Bezos and the Myth of the Lone Genius Founder
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MOVIES - From THR: Jon Bernthal ("The Punisher") and Vera Farmiga ("The Conjuring") joins "The Sopranos" prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark."
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Director David Cronenberg is prepping a sequel to his most excellent 2007 film, "Eastern Promises," with star Viggo Mortensen returning.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: HBO is rebooting the classic TV series, "Perry Mason," and have tapped Matthew Rhys ("The Americans") to play Mason.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Liza Minnelli giver a rare endorsement of the biographical musical about her mother, Judy Garland, entitled "Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz." Of course you know that Garland was Minnelli's mother.
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STAR TREK - From Deadline: "Star Trek: Discovery's" Philippa Georgiou (played by actor Michelle Yeoh) is getting her own "Star Trek" TV spin-off.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/11 to 1/13/2019 weekend box office is "The Upside" with an estimated box office haul of $19.59 million.
From Variety: "Bumblebee" leads the international box office with a $35.6 million.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: HBO announces that April 14, 2019 will be the premiere date for first episode of the eighth and final season of "Game of Thrones."
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AWARDS - From Variety: The winners of the 24th annual Critics Choice Awards have been announced. "Roma" wins "best picture" and "best director" awards.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Craig Brewer ("Hustle & Flow") is set to direct Eddie Murphy in "Coming to America 2," Brewer just completed "Dolemite is My Name," which also stars Murphy.
OBITS:
From Variety: Tony Mendez, the CIA officer portrayed by Ben Affleck in the Oscar-winning best picture, "Argo," has died at the age of 78, Saturday, January 19, 2019.
From People: Iconic Broadway star, Carol Channing, has died at the age of 97, Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Channing is known for her role in iconic Broadway musicals, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Hello, Dolly!" (for which she won a Tony Award). She received an Oscar nomination for her role in the film, "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
From Variety: Filmmaker and choreographer, Jo Andres, died at the age of 64, Monday, January 7, 2019. Andres, who was married to acclaimed actor Steve Buscemi for 31 years, choreographed actor Stanley Tucci's directorial effort, "The Imposters" (1998) and directed the film, "Black Kites" (1996).
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