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COMICS - From Newsarama: Apparently (X-Men:) "Dark Phoenix" was being rewritten daily during its production.
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MOVIES - From MovieWeb: Sigourney Weaver says that she will appear in Jason Reitman's upcoming "Ghostbusters 3" film.
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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" apparently does not have a post-credits scene. When the credits role, the movie is over.
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MOVIES - From Collider: Producer Jason Blum and actress Jamie Lee Curtis tease a sequel to last year's hit, "Halloween" (2018).
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: NBC is developing a TV series based on Dan Brown's novel, "The Last Symbol." Entitled "Langdon," the series will focus on Robert Langdon, the character best known as the lead in Brown's worldwide bestselling novel, "The Da Vinci Code."
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MOVIES - From THR: Brigette Lundy-Paine and Samara Weaving will play the onscreen children of Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, respectively.
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TERMINATOR - From CBR: James Cameron said that he would return to the "Terminator" franchise (for "Terminator: Dark Fate") on one condition. Arnold Schwarzenegger had to also return.
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BLM/STREAMING - From YahooNews: Regarding the Central Park Five and Netflix's "When They See Us," former prosecutor Linda Fairstein is discovering that God don't sleep.
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SPORTS - From NFL: NFL announces new social grants recipients.
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TELEVISION - From YahooEntertainment: Mindy Kaling says she was a diversity hire at "The Office."
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MOVIES - From Variety: Woody Allen will begin shooting his 51st film this summer in Spain. Amazson shelved Allen's last film, "A Rainy Day in New York," and ended its deal with im.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: There was word that writers for Fox's TV series, "Empire," were working on ideas to bring disgraced actor, Jussie Smollett, back to the series. However, series co-creator Lee Daniels says Smollett will not return.
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SCIENCE - From ScienceMag: What cats do with their time.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Joe and Anthony Russo ("Avengers: Infinity War" and "Endgame") will executive produce an animated series based on the tabletop trading card game, "Magic: The Gathering" for Netflix.
From ShadowsandAct: Octavia Spencer credits NBA superstar LeBron James with making sure she got paid right for her Netflix limited series about Madam C.J. Walker.
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OSCARS - From Deadline: Actor Wes Studi and directors David Lynch and Lina Wertmuller will receive Honorary Oscars and actress Geena Davis (The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award). They are the winners of the 11th Annual Governors Awards as voted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Board of Governors.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Barry Jenkins ("Moonlight") is in talks to direct a biopic about Alvin Ailey, one of the most important and influential choreographers of the 20th century.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 5/31 to 6/2/2019 weekend box office is "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" with an estimated take of 49 million dollars.
From Deadline: "Godzilla: King of Monsters" trending lower than expected, here and abroad.
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ANIMATION - From THR: Japan's Studio Ghibli ("Princess Mononoke," "My Neighbor Totoro") announces plans to open in theme park in 2022.
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TECH - From TechRader: 5G and film: how will the tech change how we consume movies?
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MOVIES - From WMagazine: Summer Movies: An Official Guide to the Non-Blockbusters, From Plus One to Ready or Not
OBITS:
From Deadline: New Orleans singer, songwriter, and pianist, Dr. John, has died at the age of 71, Thursday, June 6, 2019. A six-time Grammy Award winner, Dr. John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. His best known single was the 1973 hit, "Right Place, Wrong Time."
From NOLA: Celebrated chef and civil rights activist, Leah Chase, has died at the age of 96, Saturday, June 1, 2019. Known as the queen or matriarch of New Orleans Creole cuisine, Chase career spanned seven decades, she fed everyone from ordinary people to the famous, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Baldwin.
From RollingStone: Former Harlem drug kingpin, Frank Lucas, has died at the age of 88, Thursday, May 30, 2019. Lucas was immortalized in Ridley Scott's 2007 crime film, "American Gangster," with Denzel Washington playing Lucas. Lucas claimed he imported heroin from Southeast Asia in the coffins of U.S. soldiers killed in Vietnam in the 1970s, a gambit known as the "Golden Triangle."
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