by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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SPECIAL - From YouTube: Happy Birthday, Sis!
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SCANDAL - From Variety: After a staff walkout, Hachette Book Group has decided not to publish Oscar-winning writer-director Woody Allen's memoir, "Apropos of Nothing."
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NEWS - From Variety: South by Southwest or SXSW 2020 has been cancelled due to fears of the coronavirus. The festival is held in Austin, Texas and there are currently 17 confirmed cased in the state.
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DISNEY - From Deadline: Due to the minor reference to a lesbian relationship, some countries of the Middle East are banning Pixar's new animated film, "Onward." However, some Middle East markets are showing the film.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Amazon will bring back new episodes of "The Kids in the Hall," its first "Canadian Amazon Original Series." The Kids in the Hall is a five-man Canadian sketch comedy troupe and is best known for the Canadian TV series, "The Kids in the Hall," which ran for six seasons from 1989 to 1995, including the 1988 pilot.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: On April 7th, Hachette Book Group will publish Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter, Woody Allen's memoir, "Apropos of Nothing." Today staffers at the publisher walked out in protest and in solidarity with victims.
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STREAMING - From BleedingCool: Matthew A. Cherry, who recently won an Academy Award for his animated short film, "Hair Love," will direct an episode of the "Saved by the Bell" sequel series for the "Peacock" streaming service.
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MOVIES - From THR: Director Scott Derrickson directed Marvel's "Doctor Strange" and then exited its sequel." His next project will pair him with one of Marvel's biggest stars, Chris Evans, in the Skydance thriller, "Bermuda."
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JAMES BOND - From Deadline: Because of coronavirus concerns, specifically COVID-19, the 25th James Bond film has had its release date changed from April 2nd/April 10th to Wed., Nov. 25th, the day before Thanksgiving.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Action star Jason Statham exits "The Man from Toronto," in which he was to star with Kevin Hart. Statham also leaves his agency, WME.
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CULTURE - From Medium: Was the executed serial killer, Ted Bundy, the first "incel?"
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STAR TREK - From Deadline: William Shatner says that he will not reprise his classic role of "Star Trek's" "Captain James T. Kirk" because the character is "played out."
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: MSNBC's Chris Matthews announced that he is retiring, effective immediately (Mon. March 2nd), and that his show, "Hardball with Chris Matthews," is ending.
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CELEBRITY - TheNewYorker: Michael Schulman offers this excellent interview of actress Pam Grier.
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BOOKS - From Deadline: Lionsgate has won an auction for the film rights to Judy Blume's classic novel, "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret."
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MUSIC - From Deadline: Chuck D and the seminal rap group, "Public Enemy," have parted ways with band mate, Flavor Flav, after he objected to the group's participation in a campaign event for Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for President.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 2/28 to 3/1/2020 weekend box office is "The Invisible Man" with an estimated take of 29 million dollars.
From Variety: The Harrison Ford adventure film, "Call of the Wild," is likely to lose 50 million dollars, the latest 20th Century Fox dud that Disney inherited when they bought 20th Century Fox.
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TELEVISION - From THR: The syndicated TV series, "Judge Judy," will end after the 2020-2021 season, which will be the series' 25th season. Host Judy Sheindlin will star in a new series, "Judy Justice," that is scheduled to begin sometime in 2022
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: CBS is ending its current iteration of "Hawaii Five-o" (a remake of the original series that ran from 1968 to 1980) after 10 seasons and 240 episodes. The two-hour series finale will air April 3rd, 2020.
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MOVIES - From CNBC: Director Rian Johnson ("Knives Out") says that Apple will permit film productions to use its products onscreen. BUT Apple does not want "bad characters" to have an iPhone on camera.
OBITS:
From Variety: Jazz piano legend, McCoy Tyner, has died at the age of 81, Friday, March 6, 2020. Tyner joined the "John Coltrane Quartet" in 1960 and his thunderous piano playing became a signature element in some of John Coltrane's greatest works, including "A Love Supreme" (1964). As a band leader, Tyner also produced a voluminous catalog of LPs, including his career defining "Sahara" (1972), "Enlightenment" (1973), and "Atlantis" (1974).
From Variety: Actor, TV host, and educator, James Lipton, has died at the age of 93, Monday, March 2, 2020. Lipton was best known as the creator, host, and executive producer of the Bravo TV series, "Inside the Actors Studio." Lipton was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award 20 times and won in 2013 for "Outstanding Informational Series or Special" (in a tie with "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown").
TRAILERS:
From THR: Jordan Peele debuts the first trailer for his new film, "Candyman," which he produced and Nia DaCosta. The film is due June 12, 2020.
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