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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: Director Matt Reeves confirms that Jeffrey Wright will play "Commissioner James 'Jim' Gordon" in his upcoming film, "The Batman."
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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Family and friends remember actor and comedian, John Witherspoon ("Friday," "The Wayan Bros.," and "The Boondocks"), who died Tuesday, October 29, 2019.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: HBO is not going forward with the "Game of Thrones" prequel pilot starring Naomi Watts.
From THR: However, HBO has ordered a "Game of Thrones" prequel series, "House of the Dragon" that is set 300 years before "Game of Thrones." It is created by George R.R. Martin, the author of the "Game of Thrones" novels, and Ryan Condal
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BOX OFFICE - From THR: It turns out the ACTUAL winner of the 10/25 to 10/27/2019 weekend box office is "Malificent: Mistress of Evil" with a final take of 19.4 million dollars. "Joker," the previously announced winner had a final box office take of 19.2 million dollars instead of 18.9 million.
From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 10/25 to 10/27/2019 weekend box office is "Joker" with an estimated take of 18.9 million dollars.
From Patreon: My review of "Joker."
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SCANDAL - From TheWrap: Actor Jared Padalecki, who plays "Sam Winchester" on The CW's "Supernatural," has apparently been arrested for assaulting employees at his bar, "Stereotype," in Austin, Texas.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Australian director Baz Luhrmann has chosen Australian actress Olivia DeJonge to play Priscilla Presley in his Elvis Presley biopic for Warner Bros.
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DISNEY - From Vulture: Now, that it complete only 20th Century Fox, Disney is reportedly placing classic Fox movies in the "Disney vault," which is causing problems for repertory movie theaters.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Crispin Glover admits that he only took the job acting in "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" (the fourth film) for the paycheck.
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JAMES BOND - From Deadline: The 25th James Bond film, "No Time to Die," has wrapped up shooting. The film will open in the U.S. on April 8th, 2020.
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DISNEY - From THR: "Chernobyl" creator, Craig Mazin, has been hired to reboot Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" film franchise alongside veteran "Pirates" writer, Ted Elliot.
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ECO - From Variety: Actors Jane Fonda and Ted Danson were arrested during a climate change protest in Washington D.C. For Fonda, it is second recent climate protest arrest.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Grammy-winning recording artist, Adele, shows off a slimmer look at Grammy-winner Drake's birthday party.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The nominations for the 29th / 2019 Gotham Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced Monday, Dec. 2nd.
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MOVIES - From RollingStone: Vin Diesel reveals that Grammy-winning singer Cardi B will appear in the 9th installment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Recording artist and choreographer, Paula Abdul, talks about choreographing the African dance scene during the aborted wedding that takes place early in the Eddie Murphy classic, "Coming to America."
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MOVIES - From ShadowandAct: Andre Holland ("Moonlight") joins Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson in the film adaptation of Nella Larsen's 1939 novel, "Passing."
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Lori Loughlin facing an additional 10 years in jail because of an additional charge in the "college admissions scandal" (the FBI's "Operation Varsity Blues).
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OSCARS - From Deadline: The stars of "Ford v. Ferrari," actors Matt Damon and Christian Bale, will go head to head in the best actor Oscar race.
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CELEBRITY - From BET: Celebrated and reviled rap music impresario, Suge Knight, is serving 28 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter. It has been reported that he has sold the rights to his life story to recording artist, actor, and TV personality, Ray J.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 10/18 to 10/20/2019 weekend box office is "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" with an estimated take of 36 million dollars.
From THR: The Ang Lee-directed, Will Smith-headling "Gemini Man" could lose 75 million dollars for companies behind it.
From Deadline: "Joker" looks like it is headed to 900 million dollars in worldwide gross. That would make it the highest grossing R-rated film ahead of current record holder, "Deadpool," which grossed 783 million dollars.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Tom Hanks will recevie the "Cecil B. DeMille Award" from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the 77th Annual Golden Globes Awards on Jan. 5th, 2020.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence married Cooke Maroney Sat., Oct. 18th.
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POLITICS-BDS - From Truthout: Actor David Clennon wonders if he will be blacklisted because of his support of the Boycott Divest Sanction movement against Israel.
OBITS:
From Deadline: The actor and comedian, John Witherspoon, has died at the age of 77, October 29, 2019. His 42-year film and TV career began with a two appearances on "The Richard Pryor Show" (1977). His longest running TV gig was playing "John 'Pop' Williams" on "The Wayans Bros" (1995-99), and he also provided the voice of "Robert 'Grandad' Freeman" for the animated series, "The Boondocks" (2005-2014). His best known film role was as "Willie Jones" in Ice Cube's "Friday" film series.
From Deadline: Legendary Hollywood film producer, Robert Evans, has died at the age of 89, Saturday, October 26, 2019. He was best known as the producer of many films, including 1974's "Chinatown," for which he received an Academy Award nomination, his only Oscar nod. He also, notoriously, produced 1984's "The Cotton Club," a production that became entangled in a murder trial. Evans was also the head of production at Paramount Pictures from 1967 to 1974.
From NPR: Former congressman, U.S. Representative John Conyers, Democrat-Michigan, has died at the age of 90, Sunday, October 27, 2019. Conyers was the longest serving African-American member of Congress, 1965 to 2017.
From NFL and TheMercuryNews: Former NFL player, coach and executive,Willie Brown, has died at the age of 78, Monday, October 21, 2019, according sources with the Oakland Raiders, the team with which he is most associated. Brown played cornerback for the Denver Broncos (1963 to 1966) and the Oakland Raiders (1967 to 1978). Brown won three Super Bowl titles (XI, XV, and XVIII) with the Raiders, one as a player and two as a coach.
From THR: Television writer and producer, James Schmerer, died at the age of 81, Friday, October 4, 2019. Schmerer was known for writing episodes of TV series such as "Mannix," "CHiPs," "MacGuyver," and "The High Chaparral" (for which he was also a producer).
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