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MOVIES - From THR: See 12 stars from Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman," the characters they play, and the real life inspirations behind those characters.
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ECO - From YahooEntertainment: "Young Sheldon" star, Iain Armitage, joined Jane Fonda's #FireDrillFridays climate change protest in Washington D.C.
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MOVIES - From TheGuardian: Black directors are making zombie movies that are taking zombies back to their African and Caribbean roots.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: Controversial and Oscar-winning director, Roman Polanski, cancelled a lecture in Poland at his alma mater, the Polish film school in Lodz, after protests from students and faculty. Polanski pleaded to statutory rape in 1978 and was recently accused of raping an actress in 1975.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: "Saturday Night Live" performer, Pete Davidson, required attendees at one of his recent comedy shows to sign a "non-disclosure agreement" (NDA) regarding phones and smart watches.
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SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: Saturday morning "Ugh!" Part 2 - Kid Rock - yes, Virginia, he is a racist.
From YahooSports: Saturday morning "Ugh!" Part 1 - Margaret Court, tennis legend.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: In the wake of Gabrielle Union being fired from the "talent" reality show, "America's Got Talent" (NBC), women's advocacy group, "Time's Up," and Hollywood women are throwing their support behind Union. It seems Union may have angered the show's power brokers after she complained about racist or racial incidents occurring behind the scenes.
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CELEBRITY - From THR: Angelina Jolie may be currently filming Marvel Studios' "Eternals," but she still has time to change talent agencies. She moves from UTA to WME.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: "A Holiday Reunion," a short film reuniting the creature from "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" and Henry Thomas, who played Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, premiered Thurs., Nov. 28th on NBC (broadcast network), Syfy (cable network), and on the website of Comcast Xfinity.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Word is that Christopher Nolan's next film, "Tenet," will be previewed before IMAX showings of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
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SCANDAL - From THR: A New York judge denied Harvey Weinstein's motion to dismiss the sex crimes charges (two counts of "Predatory Sexual Assault") against him.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: In the wake of Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough getting fired from "America's Got Talent," we learn that some people working on the show thought Union's hairstyles were "too black" for AGT's audience.
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MOVIES - From EW: Elizabeth Banks will follow-up her reboot of "Charlie's Angels" with the horror movie, "The Invisible Woman," for Universal, which she will direct and star in. It will not be connected to next year's "The Invisible Man," (also from Universal), nor does it have anything to do with Marvel Comics' "Invisible Woman" superhero character. It is not connected to the 1940-released "The Invisible Woman," which was a spin-off of Universal Studios' classic 1933 horror film, "The Invisible Man."
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: Talk show host Wendy Williams says that it is unbelievable that Taylor Swift is the American Music Awards' "Artist of the Decade." [Well, it certainly says something or even a lot about the state of poular music... - Leroy]
POLITICS - From TheRoot: That's why I don't trust Pete Buttigieg. Everything about him is undercover... except that he is gay... which is unusual. He is Lindsay Graham, except Pete doesn't hide in the closet... at least about being gay.
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SCANDAL - From People: British royal, Prince William (37), has been involved in the decision-making to remove his uncle, Prince Andrew (59), from royal duties. This comes in the wake of Andrew's disastrous Nov. 16th interview with the BBC about his connections and relationship with the late convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
From People: A royal historian says that Prince Andrew's "entire public existence" has been wiped out because of his connection to the late Jeffrey Epstein.
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BLM - From YahooNYT: Black police officers put their lives in their own hands or in the hands of their incompetent and/or racist white colleagues.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 11/22 to 11/24/2019 weekend box office is "Frozen II" with an estimated take of 127 million dollars.
From THR: "Frozen II's" weekend debut ($127 million) set a few records, including being the largest opening for an animated film outside of the summer release corridor and being the largest opening for an animated film in the month of November.
From Variety: "Frozen II" makes a 223 million dollar debut in international markets. It's 350 million dollar global debut is a record an animated film.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actress Julia Ormond joins the cast of "The Walking Dead: World Beyond," which will debut Spring 2020. It is the third "Walking Dead" television series.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Here is a full list of the winners at the 2019 American Music Awards (AMA). Taylor Swift led the night with six wins, giving her a total of 29 AMA wins, the most ever.
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MOVIES - From TheUndefeated: Former NFL cornerback, Nnamdi Asomugha, is making a name for himself as a producer with films such as "Harriet" and Apple+'s "The Banker."
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Tyler Perry announced that his next film, "A Fall From Grace," will bow on Netflix January 17, 2020. The cast includes Cicely Tyson, Phylicia Rashad, and Perry, to name a few.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Chadwick Boseman talks about his new films, "21 Bridges," and the Oscar chances of "Avengers: Endgame."
TRAILER:
From Deadline: Here is the first full trailer for the Vietnam War film, "The Last Full Measure," which is due Jan. 24th, 2020.
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