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BOX OFFICE - From TheWrap: Disney's "Frozen II" is reviving the box office with a 42 million dollar opening Friday.
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MOVIES - From THR: Director Tim Miller talks about his film, "Terminator: Dark Fate," its box office failure, clashes with James Cameron, and not having final control of the film.
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MOVIES - From THR: With the opening of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," it is time to take a look back at the early work of the film's star, Tom Hanks. Do you know his early film, "He Knows You're Alone"? Do you remember his star turn in the notorious 1982 TV movies, "Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters"? [I remember the latter, dear readers. - Leroy]
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MOVIES - From ShadowandAct: Lena Waithe talks about sharing a "story by" credit with controversial author, James Frey ("A Million Little Pieces"), on the upcoming film, "Queen & Slim."
From ShadowandAct: I did not know that there was tension over Black British actors playing African-American chacters, but there is. So "Queen & Slim" stars, Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith, talk about it.
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CULTURE - From TheGuardian: At the Anti-Defamation League's "Never is Now" summit on antisemitism and hate, actor Sacha Baron Cohen called tech giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube the greatest propaganda machine in history. Cohen, in a wide-ranging speech, said that Facebook, if it had existed at the time, would have let Adolf Hitler buy ads for the "final solution" to Germany's "Jewish problem."
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MOVIES-MUSIC - From Deadline: "Bohemian Rhapsody" producer, Graham King, has secured rights from the Michael Jackson estate to make a film about the "King of Pop's" life. King will have access to all of Jackson's music.
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Apple is delaying the release of director George Nolfi's "The Banker," starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie. The film is based on a true story about Bernard Garrett, Sr., and some troubling allegations have been levied against Bernard Jr., a consultant on the film who has also been involving in its promotion.
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TELEVISION - From TheDailyBeast: Legends John Cleese and Eric Idle talk about 50 years of "Monty Python's Flying Circus," President Trump, and "Brexit."
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BROADWAY - From THR: The planned Michael Jackson Broadway musical, "MJ the Musical," has found its Michael, Tony nominee, Ephraim Sykes.
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BLM - From THR: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wonders if films about American slavery are good for African-Americans.
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AWARDS - From Variety: The 2020 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination have been announced. The winners will be revealed Sat., Feb. 8, 2020, one day before the Academy Awards.
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MOVIES - From GQ: A look at the 50-year friendship of Oscar winners, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, the stars of Martin Scorsese's film, "The Irishman."
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MOVIES - From THR: "Robocop Returns" a direct sequel to the original "Robocop" film (1987), has a new director, Abe Forsythe, who has been getting buzz for his zombie comedy, "Little Monsters," starring Lupita N'yongo. Forsythe replaces Neill Blomkamp.
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SCANDAL-MUSIC - From YahooCelebrity: Actor and Grammy-winning recording artist, Harry Connick, Jr., claims that in the early 1990s, legendary actor and singer, the late Frank Sinatra, acted “completely inappropriate” with Connick’s then-girlfriend and now-wife, model Jill Goodacre.
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COMICS-FILM - From Deadline: The news of a sequel to Todd Phillips' "Joker" and new films featuring origin stories of other DC Comics' characters may not be correct... yet.
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BOX OFFICE - From DigitalSpy: Writer-director Elizabeth Banks acknowledges that her just-released reboot of "Charlie's Angels" is a flop, but is still proud of the film.
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STAR TREK - From THR: Noah Fawley, creator of the "Fargo" TV series for FX, will reportedly direct the fourth film in the "Star Trek" reboot series. Chris Pine will reportedly return as Captain Kirk. This film is separate from Quentin Tarantino's long-developing "Star Trek" project.
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MOVIES - From TheHollywoodReporter: Screenwriter Gregory Allen says that once upon a time a Hollywood executive suggested that Oscar-winning actress, Julia Roberts, play Harriet Tubman, a real-life Black American historical figure. The exec said that Tubman lived so long ago that no one would remember that she was Black.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Actress Pom Klementieff ("Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2") has been cast in "Mission: Impossibe 7," which is due July 2021.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Netflix has hired legendary screenwriter Robert Towne and acclaimed director David Fincher to pen a TV pilot script that will act as a prequel to the classic 1974 film, "Chinatown." Towne won an Oscar for writing "Chinatown."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 11/15 to 11/17/2019 weekend box office is "Ford v Ferrari" with an estimated gross of 31 million dollars.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: President Donald Trump names his first "National Medal of Arts" recipients.
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STREAMING - From FlickeringMyth: Bill Murray will reunite with Peter and Bobby Farrelly on the Quibi comedy, "The Now," in a recurring role. Murray appeared in the brothers 1996 film, "Kingpin."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: John Woo comments on the reboot of his 1990s hit film, "Face/Off," and adds his comments to the Scorsese vs. Marvel Studios comic book movies debate. He also mentions that Oscar-winner Lupita N'yongo has left the remake of his 1989 film, "The Killers."
OBITS:
From Variety: The actor, Michael J. Pollard, has died at the age of 80, Wednesday, November 20, 2019. He earned an best supporting actor, Oscar nomination for his appearance in the film, "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967). He also appeared in Rob Zombie's gruesome cult classic, "House of 1000 Corpses" (2003).
From YahooSports: Former National Football League player, Fred Cox, has died at the age of 80, Wednesday, November 20, 2019. Cox was a "kicker" for the Minnesota Vikings for 15 years and played in all four of the Vikings "Super Bowl" appearances. However, Cox may be best remembered for inventing the soft football that would become the "Nerf" football.
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