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BOX OFFICE - From Variety: The winner of the 6/28 to 6/30/2018 weekend box office is "Toy Story 4" with an estimated take of 58 million dollars.
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BOND - From YahooEntertainment: Actor Idris Elba says he was "disheartened" by the reaction to him, a Black man, possibly playing James Bond.
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DISNEY - From Variety: Melissa McCarthy in talks to play "Ursula" in Disney's planned live-action remake of its 1989 film, "The Little Mermaid." Rob Marshall of "Mary Poppins Returns" is set to direct.
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SCANDAL - From PageSix: The website notes that Oscar-winning filmmaker, Paul Haggis ("Crash"), is still partying despite a rape allegation against him.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Paul Rudd ("Ant-Man" films) has joined Jason Reitman's "Ghostbusters classic" film.
From Variety: Mark Wahlberg is replacing Chris Evans in director Antoine Fuqua's upcoming film, "Infinite."
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BLM - From YahooFinance: Slavery reparations could carry a $17 trillion ($17,000,000,000,000) price tag.
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MOVIES - From EW: Jordan Brewster is returning to the "Fast & Furious" franchise. She will appear in the ninth film (currently filming in London), after sitting out the eighth installment, "The Fate of the Furious." She has played, Mia Toretto, the love interest of the late Paul Walker's character, Brian.
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STAR TREK - From Deadline: Pulitzer Prize winning author, Michael Chabon, has been named the showrunner of CBS All Access' "Star Trek: Picard."
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Mary J. Blige signs first-looks TV development deal with actress-singer, Mary J. Blige.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild said Wednesday that it will hold its 2020 awards ceremony on Saturday, January 11th, 2020.
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MUSIC - From YabooEntertainment: The biological father of Grammy-winning rapper and recording artist, Eminem, died earlier this week. Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr. was 67.
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JAMES BOND - From Variety: First behind-the-scenes footage from "BOND 25" has been released.
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STREAMING - From Variety: Amazon will carry "Small Axe" in the U.S. "Small Axe" is an anthology series from Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave").
From EOnline: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Ariana Grande join Ryan Murphy's adaptation of the Broadway hit, "The Prom," for Netflix.
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ANIMATION - From TVSeriesFinale: There is a new Scooby-Doo animated series coming to Boomerang, "Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?" Actor Jaleel White is reviving his Steve Urkel character, from the old ABC series, "Family Matters" (1989-1998), for an episode of "Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?"
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STREAMING - From Variety: Viacom partners with Tyler Perry for "BET Plus" streaming service.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 6/21 to 6/23/2019 weekend box office is "Toy Story 4" with an estimated take of 118 million dollars.
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MOVIES - From FlickeringMyth: "Hidden Figures" actor Aldis Hodge has joined the cast of Blumhouse's Universal Monsters remake of "The Invisible Man."
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ECO - From Deadline: Oscar-winning actor, Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies), has quit the Royal Shakespeare Company over the theaters sponsorship with oil company, BP.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Lena Waithe Criticizes Black Movie Stars For Not Financing Indies From Black Filmmakers
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STREAMING - From Deadline: James Marsden is vying for the role of Stu Redman in "The Stand," the CBS Studios/CBS All Access limited series adaptation of the classic Stephen King horror novel. This streaming series would be the second miniseries adaptation of King's novel, following ABC's 1994 miniseries.
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STREAMING-TELEVISION - From Vulture: "15 Fantasy Adaptations We’re Excited to See on TV Soon" by Devon Ivie
OBITS:
From EW: Actor Billy Drago died Monday, June 24, 2019 at the age of 73. Drago is best known for portraying real-life gangster, Frank Nitti, in Brian DePalma's film, "The Untouchables" (1987). He was also a recurring character in The WB's series, "Charmed" (1998-2006).
From Variety: The actor Max Wright has died at the age of 75, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Wright was best known for playing the role of Willie Tanner on the NBC TV series, "Alf" (1986 to 1990). Will Tanner was the head of the family that took in a back-talking alien, Alf. Wright appeared in numerous TV series, including "Friends" and "Murphy Brown." He received a 1998 Tony Awards nomination for his performance in "Ivanov."
From Deadline: The New Orleans musician, composer, arranger, and record producer, Dave Bartholomew, had died at the age of 100, Sunday, June 23, 2019. Bartholomew is best known for his partnership with pianist and singer-songwriter, Fats Domino. He co-wrote such Domino hits as "Ain't That a Shame" (1955) and "I'm Walkin'" (1957). He also wrote the song "Blue Monday" (1954) that was first recorded by guitarist, Smiley Lewis, and then, became a hit for Domino in 1956.
From Deadline: The bestselling author and journalist, Judith Krantz, has died at the age of 91, Saturday, June 22, 2019. Although she had a long career in magazine journalism, Krantz is best known for her career as an author of bestselling novels, including her debut, "Scruples" (1978). Many of her novels were adapted into television miniseries.
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