by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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REVIEW - From Patreon: My "Birds of Prey" review.
AWARDS - From Deadline: The winners at the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced. "The Farewell" was named "Best Feature" of 2019.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Former talk show host, David Letterman, says that Quentin Tarantino once threatened to kill him.
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TELEVISION - From THR: The recently completed seventh season of "Ray Donovan" is the last for the series. Showtime has cancelled the crime drama, which stars Liev Schreiber.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: "The Matrix 4" begins filming. This article has photos from the set, and Keanu's "Neo" seems different from the Neo of the original trilogy.
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DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney has signed a deal with Grammy-winning recording artist, Bruno Mars, in which Mars would produce and star in a music-driven film.
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TRAILER - From Variety: The first trailer for the upcoming "Saw" reboot film, "Spiral," debuts. The film, which stars Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, is due May 15, 2020.
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ANIMATION - From Deadline: Warner Bros. Animation commits to its first major producer deal. The signee is "Family Guy" writer-producer, Wellesley Wild.
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MOVIES - From Newsarama: Actor Henry Golding has posted a photo from his upcoming film, "Snake Eyes" (G.I. Joe Origins), which is due Oct. 23rd.
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CELEBRITY - From Deadline: Actress Shannen Doherty (Beverly Hills 90210," "Charmed") revealed that she has received a Stage 4 diagnosis after her breast cancer had been in remission.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Tyler Perry has confirmed that he is reviving his former TBS TV series, "House of Payne" (2007-2012) for BET with the original cast. Perry also has a greenlight from BET for a new series, "Tyler Perry's Assisted Living."
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Director Antoine Fuqua and actor Chris Pratt, who worked together on the remake of "The Magnificent Seven," to develop a TV series, "The Terminal List."
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Tyler Perry revealed that 26 million people watched the first weekend of his Netflix film, "A Fall from Grace." Netflix later confirmed the numbers for the thriller which stars Crystal Fox and Mehcad Brooks.
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DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney's streaming service, Disney+, apparently has 26.5 million subscribers.
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DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney apparently paid $75 million for the global movie rights to the Tony Award-winning musical, "Hamilton." The film is apparently due Fall 2021.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/31 to 2/2/2020 weekend box office is "Bad Boys for Life" with an estimated take of 17.7 million dollars. This is the film's third straight weekend atop the box office.
From PasteMagazine: The box office for the opening weekend of the thriller, "The Rhythm Section," is an estimated 2.8 million dollars. That is the worst debut ever for a film that opens on 3,000 or more screens.
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TELEVISION - From YahooEntertainment: The third season of Fox's "The Masked Singer" opens with a shocker.
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SUPER BOWL - From YahooSports: The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 to win Super Bowl LIV. Patrick Mahomes named the MVP of the game.
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BRITISH ACADEMY - From Deadline: "1917" won the "Best Film" award at the 2020 BAFTA Film Awards, one of the seven awards it won to lead the night, which included a "Best Director" for Sam Mendes. Joaquin Phoenix won the "Best Actor" award, one of three awards for "Joker."
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AWARDS - From Deadline: "Parasite" and "JoJo Rabbit" lead the 2020 / 72nd Writers Guild Awards.
From Deadline: "Parasite," "Once Upon a Time... in America," and "Avengers: Endgame" top the the Art Directors Guild's 2020 / 24th annual ADG Awards.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: Lamar Jackson, the quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens, is the 2019 NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP). He is the second unanimous winner in NFL history, following Tom Brady's unanimous winner in 2010.
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DISNEY - From THR: 100 years ago, the late great Walt Disney got his first animation job.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Oscar-winner Spike Lee will direct a film version of Oscar-winner David Byrne's "American Utopia" stage show.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Adam Sandler re-signs with Netflix for four more films. In the first deal, Sandler starred in five films and in his first stand-up comedy special in 22 years. He also produced two films for the streamer.
OBITS:
From THR: An icon of Hollywood's "Golden Age" and giant of American cinema, Kirk Douglas, has died at the age of 103, Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Douglas appeared in numerous great films: "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954), "Paths of Glory" (1957), and "Spartacus" (1960), to name a few. He received best actor Oscar nominations for "Champion" (1949), "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1951), and "Lust for Life" (1956). Kirk Douglas was the father of Oscar-winning actor, Michael Douglas.
From THR: The actor Robert Conrad has died at the age of 84, Saturday, February 8, 2020. Conrad was best known for the numerous television series in which he starred. His most beloved TV series may be "The Wild Wild West" (CBS, 1965-69), but others may prefer "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (NBC, 1976-78).
From THR: The actor, Orson Bean, has died at the age of 91, Friday, February 7, 2020. He made over 200 appearances on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson and appeared on many game shows from the 1960s to the 1980s. He voiced "Bilbo Baggins" in the 1977 animated film version of "The Hobbit." Many will remember Bean as the story owner, "Loren Bray," on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman."
From Variety: Television writer, director, and producer, Gene Reynolds, has died at the age of 96, Monday, February 3, 2020. Reynolds co-created the "MASH" TV series (CBS, 1972-73) with Larry Gelbart, and he was one of the creators of the "Lou Grant" TV series (CBS, 1977-82). He was a six-time Emmy Award winner.
From CNN: American author and novelist, Mary Higgins Clark, has died at the age of 92, January 31, 2020. Called the "Queen of Suspense," Clark wrote over 50 books and each was a bestseller. Her 1977 novel, "A Stranger is Watching," was adapted into a 1982 film. Her 1980 novel, "The Cradle Will Fall," was the first of many of her novels that were adapted for television.
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