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POLITICS - From YahooLifestyle: "You wouldn't know a joke if one raised you," Senator Kamala Harris tells Donald Trump, Jr. a.k.a. "Dumb, Jr."
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: Tina Turn called Elton John "fat."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Bob Weinstein is trying to recover from the crap storm that is his brother, Harvey Weinstein, and all his sexual abuse allegations. Bob has launched a boutique production label, "Watch This Entertainment." First project is the animated film, "Endangered," which Bob is producing with actress Tea Leoni.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Gal Gadot ("Wonder Woman") and her husband, Jason Varsano, have formed a production company, Pilot Wave. Their first film project will be the fact-based historical thriller, "Irene Sendler."
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TELEVISION - From Variety: A judge has rejected AMC's claim that it is not responsible for the death of stuntman John Bernecker on the set of "The Walking Dead" in 2017. Bernecker's family filed suit in 2018, and a trial is scheduled to begin December 9th, 2019. AMC has made several claims of immunity from the lawsuit and about not being responsible for the accident that took Bernecker's life.
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DISNEY - From Variety: Emmy-winner Billy Porter will play the "fairy godmother" in a re-imagined musical version of "Cinderella" that Sony is producing.
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TELEVISION - From TVLine: Actress Drew Barrymore's syndicated daytime talk show gets a green light from CBS Television Distribution. A pilot for the show has already been shot.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Kerry Washington is join super-producer Ryan Murphy's "The Prom," which already includes actors like Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.
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SPORTS-POLITICS - From CNN: Here is a timeline of the ongoing controversy involving the National Basketball Association, China, the Hong Kong protests, the NBA's Houston Rockets, and a tweet.
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MOVIES - From ScreenDaily: Will Smith, "Gemini Man," Ang Lee and the viability of high fps (frames-per-second) film - also known as HFR (high frame rate) films. 24 fps is the usual rate.
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MOVIES-STREAMING - From Movieweb: The new "Masters of the Universe" movie is due to hit theaters in March 2021. However, Sony may sell the expensive project to Netflix reportedly to minimize financial risk.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has landed one of the lead roles in "The Matrix 4," which is being directed by one of the franchise's creators, Lana Wachowski.
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TELEVISION-AWARDS - From Deadline: Actress, writer, and producer, Mindy Kaling, talks about the Emmy vetting process done by the Television Academy, which led to her being "singled out," as she describes it.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: Ronan Farrow, whose work revealed Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual abuse, makes a shocking allegation in his new book, "Catch and Kill. Farrow alleges that former NBC "Today" co-anchor, Matt Lauer, raped a colleague.
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DISNEY - From Variety: Daveed Diggs, who won both a Tony Award and a Grammy for his work on the Broadway musical, "Hamilton," will play "Sebastian the Jamaican crab" in Disney's live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Len Wiseman ("Underworld") is set to direct "Ballerina," a female-centric spinoff of the "John Wick" film franchise."
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: "Prodigal Son" becomes the first series of the new Fall TV season to get a full-season pickup from Fox. Fox had ordered 13 episodes of the the serial killer/family drama, and has upped that to a full 22-episode season.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 10/5 to 10/7/2019 weekend box office is "Joker" with an estimated take of 93.5 million dollars.
From Variety: "Joker" is the biggest October launch in domestic box office history. It's 93.5 million dollars surpasses the previous record holder, "Venom" which made 80 million dollars in its October 2018 opening weekend.
From Variety: "Joker" dominates international box office with 140.5 million in overseas box office.
From Variety: Todd Phillips' "Joker," starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, sets an October opening day record with an estimated 39.9 million dollar opening on Friday, October 5, 2019
From Patreon: A review of "Joker."
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CELEBRITY - From ABCNews: Tyler Perry christened his new 250 million dollar movie studio Sat., Oct, 5th with a star-studded opening gala, complete with red carpet. The property has once served as a Confederate army base.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Taika Waititi talks about playing Adolf Hitler in his film, "Jojo Rabbit."
OBITS:
From Variety: The actor Robert Forster has died at the age of 78, Friday, October 11, 2019. Forster was a prolific character actor who had almost 200 acting credits. He received a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his role of "Max Cherry" in Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown." He appeared in TV series such as "Last Man Standing" and "Twin Peaks," and he died the same day as the debut of one of his last projects, "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie."
From Deadline: The actor and comedian, Rip Taylor, has died at the age of 84, Sunday, October 6, 2019. Taylor was known for his exuberant and flamboyant personality and for showering himself and others in confetti. He was an a voice actor on animated series, including voicing "Uncle Fester" on the 1992 "Addams Family" animated series. Taylor appeared on talk and variety shows and was a panelist on several game shows, including Hollywood squares.
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