by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Orlando Jones says that he was fired from Starz's "American Gods" for having "the wrong message for black America." Gabrielle Union, fired from NBC's "America's Got Talent" for her being a "difficult" black woman shouts out to him.
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STREAMING - From THR: Amazon has paid 25 million dollars for a Peter Berg-directed music documentary starring Rihanna.
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STREAMING - From YahooEntertainment: Netflix is running a Christmas comedy special from Brazil, entitled "The First Temptation of Christ," which apparently implies that Jesus Christ was gay. More than a million angry viewers have signed a petition demanding that Netflix remove it its service.
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STREAMING - From IndieWire: Here is a detailed article about what is known about Amazon's secretive "The Lord of the Rings" TV series. By the way, it is a prequel set thousands of years before the events depicted in the original "The Lord of the Rings" novels and films.
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GOLDEN GLOBES - From IndieWire: "Queen & Slim" director Melina Matsoukas says "Golden Globe" voters refused to watch her film prior to voting for the awards. Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who vote for the Globes, were offered three screening, which hardly any members attended, according to the direction and the film's distributor, Universal Pictures.
From Patreon: Here is my review of "Queen and Slim."
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: The proposed settlement between Harvey Weinstein, his former company, and the women accusing him of sexual misconduct is causing controversy. It seems Weinstein's legal fees would be paid and he would not have to admit guilt.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The nominations for the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced January 19, 2020 live on TBS and TNT cable networks.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: The U.S. Library of Congress has added 25 films to the "National Film Registry," and that includes Prince's musical semi-autobiographical film, "Purple Rain" (1984). A record seven films directed by women were added, including Kimberly Pierce's "Boy's Don't Cry" (1999) and Elaine May's "A New Leaf" (1971), the first film from a major American studio in which a woman was the star, writer, and director.
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MARVEL TV - From Deadline: Marvel Television, which produces live-action and animated TV series based on Marvel Comics titles is being shut down.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" is being developed as a miniseries for Showtime. It will be written and executive produced by Chabon and Ayelet Waldman.
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ANIMATION - From THR: Vin Diesel debuts "Fast & Furious: Spy Racers," a Netflix original series based on the "Fast & Furious" film franchise. Produced by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures, the series features Diesel's daughter, Similce, as a voice performer.
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TRAILER - From YouTube: See first official trailer for "Ghostbusters: Afterlife."
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COMICS-TRAILER - From YouTube: Here is the first official trailer for "Wonder Woman 1984."
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The nominations for the 2020 / 77th Golden Globe Awards have been announced.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/6 to 12/8/2019 weekend box office is "Frozen II" with an estimated take of 34.7 million dollars. This is the third straight weekend at #1 for the Walt Disney Animation Studios sequel.
From THR: "Harriet," the biographical drama about abolitionist Harriet Tubman, has grossed more than 40 million dollars at the domestic box office. That makes it one of the most successful biographical dramas for Focus Features, a specialty film label.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooCBS: For "CBS Sunday Morning" (Sun., Dec. 8th) Turner Classic Movies' host Bill Mankiewicz interviewed Mel Brools on comedy, on love (his late wife, Anne Bancroft), and on his films (especially "Blazing Saddles").
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The Los Angeles Film Critics Association name "Parasite" the "Best Picture of 2019," with the film's director, Bong Joon Ho, "Best Director."
From Deadline: The nominations for the 25th Critics Choice Awards (formerly known as the "Broadcast Film Critics Association") in both film and TV categories have been announced. Netflix and its film, "The Irishman" lead the nominations.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: The firing of actress Gabrielle Union from the reality-competition TV series, "America's Got Talent" (NBC) continues to be a firestorm. Now, the show's executive producer and main judge, Simon Cowell, has hired an attorney as investigations, both internal and external, continue into the show's off-camera culture.
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MOVIES - From LATimes: Veteran (and some times reviled) film critic, Kenneth Turan, names his ten best films of 2019.
OBITS:
From THR: The actor Danny Aiello has died at the age of 86, Thursday, December 12, 2019. He is best known as Cher's lovelorn suitor in "Moonstruck" (1987) and as "Sal" the pizza joint owner in Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" (1989), for which he earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination. Aiello won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1981 for his appearance on the "ABC Afterschool Special" in 1980.
From CNN: Swedish pop singer, songwriter, and recording artist, Marie Fredriksson, has died at the age of 61, Monday, December 9, 2019. She was best known as a member of the Swedish pop music duo, "Roxette," which has a string of hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "The Look" and "It Must Have Been Love." She also recorded as a solo artist from 1984 to 2018.
From Deadline: The actor Rene Auberjonois has died at the age of 79, Sunday, December 8, 2019. Auberjonois is best known for two roles. He was Clayton Endicott III on ABC's sitcom, "Benson" (1979-1986). He was "Odo" on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993-1999). He was also a prolific voice actor in animated TV series and films ("The Little Mermaid."
From Deadline: The actor Ron Leibman has died at the age of 82, Friday, December 6, 2019. He won a Tony Award for playing infamous attorney, Roy Cohn, in the play, "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches." He won an Emmy Award for his starring role in the short-lived CBS crime drama, "Kaz" (1978-79).
TRAILERS:
From EW: Marvel Studios releases the first official teaser trailer and a poster for its next feature film, "Black Widow," which is set for release, May 1, 2020.
From THR: The first official trailer for the next James Bond movie, "No Time to Die," makes it debut.
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