by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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REVIEW - From Patreon: My review of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
DISNEY - From THR: Disney+ is seeking to remake "Space Camp," the 1986 adventure movie from 20th Century Fox.
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STAR TREK - From THR: Director Noah Hawley hints that his "Star Trek" movie might involve a new cast...
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Harvey Weinstein's defense team in his sexual assault trial in Manhattan want the media kept out of jury selection.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Director Bong Joon Ho and Oscar-winner Adam McKay are teaming up to bring Joon's acclaimed film, "Parasite," to HBO as a limited series.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Cable network, FX, has renewed "American Horror Story" for three more seasons, in addition to the already approved tenth season. The ninth season, "American Horror Story: 1984," finished November 2019.
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CELEBRITY - From THR: The British royals, Prince Harry and his wife Megan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have announced that they are stepping down as "senior royals." They are reducing their royal duties and may split time living in the United Kingdom and North America.
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MOVIES - From THR: Warner Bros. has signed a deal with Cinelytic to use its A.I. driven project management system.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Silvio Horta, the creator of ABC's "Ugly Betty," was found dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday, January 7, 2020.
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AWARDS - From Variety: The 2020 / 31st Producers Guild Awards nominations have been announced. The winners will be announced. Winners will be announced January 18, 2020.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The 2020 / 72 Annual Directors Guild Awards nominations have been announced. The winners will be announced January 25, 2020.
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AWARDS: From GoldDerby: The nominations for the 2020 / 73rd BAFTA Awards (the "British Academy Film Awards") have been announced. The winners will be announced Sunday, February 9, 2020.
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Harvey Weinstein's rape trial began today (Mon., Jan. 6th, 2020) in a Manhattan courtroom. Explosions begin...
From Deadline: The Los Angeles County District Attorney has charged Harvey Weinstein with four counts of sexual assault. Weinstein and his attorneys may try to get a delay in the Manhattan trial to deal with the L.A. developments.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: If you care (and I don't), the winners at the 2020 / 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced last night (Sun., Jan. 5th, 2020). The best picture winners were "1917" (drama) and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (comedy).
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/3 to 1/5/2020 weekend box office is "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" with an estimated take of 33.7 million dollars.
From Variety: "Frozen II" is now the highest-grossing animated film ever, grossing 1.325 billion in global box office receipts. The previous record holder was the original "Frozen" (2013) which grossed 1.281 billion. "Incredibles 2" (2018) sits at 1.243 billion.
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MOVIES - From EW: A new image from "Bill & Ted Face the Music" features the title characters with their daughters.
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MOVIES - From IndependentUK: Terry Gilliam finally finished his aborted film, "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote." Now, he has decided to finish his career with a rant-filled interview about wanting to be a "Black lesbian in transition" and being tired of white men being blamed for everything.
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POLITICS - From InformedConsent: "Trump, Troll-in-Chief, Wags the Impeachment Dog by Going to War With Iran" by Juan Cole.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Bong Joon Ho and Quentin Tarantino top 9th AACTA International Awards.
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STREAMING - From TVLine: Al Pacino's Nazi-hunting series, "Hunters," will arrive Feb. 21st on Amazon. The series is executive produced by Jordan Peele.
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SCANDAL - From CNN: Molly Fitzgerald, an actress who appeared in "Captain America: The First Avenger" has been charged with killing her mother, 68-year-old Patricia Fitzgerald, on December 20, 2019. The 38-year-old Fitzgerald played a "Stark girl" in the first "Captain America" film.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Actor Harry Hamlin says that he was close to winning the role of "Indiana Jones" in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." He said he lost the role because he dissed director Steven Spielberg. Hamlin did go on to star in the NBC TV series, "L.A. Law."
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: RuPaul Charles' talk show, entitled "RuPaul," will not continue past its three-week trial run which aired Summer 2019.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Apparently, nearly 23 years after its first release, "Men in Black," still has not made a profit and may be losing money...
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TRAILERS - From THR: The first trailer for "A Quiet Place II" arrives.
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DISNEY - From Quartz: 2019 was Disney's biggest year, but will 2020 be its most important?
OBITS:
From Deadline: The site offers a photo gallery of "Notable Hollywood & Entertainment Industry Deaths In 2019."
From RollingStone: Rock musician and drummer, Neil Peart, has died at the age of 67, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. Peart was best known as the acclaimed, accomplished and legendary drummer for the legendary rock band, "Rush."
From GuardianUK: Author and journalist Elizabeth Wurtzel has died at the age of 52, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. She is best known for the 1994 memoir, Prozac Nation. The film was adapted into a 2001 film starring Christina Ricci.
From Deadline: Director, screenwriter, and actor Buck Henry has died at the age of 89, Wednesday, January 8, 2020. As a screenwriter, Henry is best known for co-writing the film, "The Graduate" (1967), for which he received an Oscar nomination. As a director, he shared an Oscar nomination with Warren Beatty for directing "Heaven Can Wait" (1978), which he also co-wrote. He hosted "Saturday Night Live" 10 times during the series first five seasons, and with Mel Brooks, he co-created the TV series, "Get Smart" (1965-1970).
From WCPO: Former National Football League (NFL) coach, Sam Wyche, has died at the age of 74, Thursday, January 2, 2020. Wyche is best known for his tenure coaching the Cincinnati Bengals from 1984 to 1991. He took the Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers. However, he was an assistant coach on the 49ers' Super Bowl XVI championship team. As a NFL player, Wyche was a quarterback and played for the Bengals for three seasons.
From BuzzFeed: The rapper and recording artist, Lexii Alijai, has died at the age of 21, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. An up-and-coming recording artist, Lexii had released one full-length studio album, "Growing Pains," in September of 2019. Alijai was also the granddaughter of the late recording artist and producer, Roger Troutman, who founded the 1980s funk band, "Zapp."
From ESPN: Former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and pitcher, Don Larsen, has died at the age of 90, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Larsen was a member of two of the New York Yankees World Series champions (1956, 1958). Larsen was the first and remains the only player to pitch a perfect game in the World Series, Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.
From ESPN: Former National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner, David Stern, has died at the age of 77, January 1, 2020. Stern was the NBA commissioner from 1984 to 2014, replacing the late Larry O'Brien. He oversaw the NBA during the most successful period in its history, as the league expanded its international fan base, become a global brand.
From THR: Industrial designer and neo-futuristic and film concept artist, Syd Mead, has died at the age of 86, Monday, December 30, 2019. He was best known for his conceptual design for films like "Blade Runner" (1982) and "Tron" (1982) among many.
From NPR: The English songwriter, musician, writer, and comedian, Neil Innes, has died at the age of 75, Sunday, December 29, 2019. Innes was known for his collaborations with "Monty Python," writing songs for two "Monty Python" albums, and he wrote and performed both sketches and songs for the final season of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1974). He was also the co-founder (with Python's Eric Idle) of the rock band, "The Rutles," a parody of "The Beatles."
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