by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
CELEBRITY - From WeGotThisCovered: After securing his place as a box office star, actor Robert Downey, Jr. is reportedly now focused on winning an Oscar.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Netflix's password sharing crackdown may be beneficial to the company in the long term.
MOVIES - From THR: Warner Bros. has released a series of six posters for director Jon M. Chu's "In the Heights," the musical film adaptation of Lin Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Disney Channel has ordered "Descendants: The Royal Wedding," an animated special set to premiere this summer. The special will also pay memory to late cast member Cameron Boyce, who appeared as "Carlos." Boyce died in July 2019 of epilepsy at the age of 20.
MOVIES/COVID-19 - From Deadline: Los Angeles County officials say that movie theaters can reopen Monday (March 15th), because the county has met COVID requirements.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Netflix makes a worldwide rights deal for actor Dev Patel's directorial debut, "Monkey Man," which recently completed filming.
From Deadline: Netflix had a hit with the sci-fi/horror film, "Bird Box," starring Julia Roberts. The streamer is planning "local language" spinoffs of the film. The first will be a Spanish-language spinoff of Bird Box.
CULTURE - From Jacobin: Actor and activist Danny Glover talks about the struggle of workers in Alabama to organize a union at Amazon.
MUSIC - From RollingStone: Grammy-winning recording artist, The Weeknd, says he is finished with the Grammy Awards because of the awards' "secret committees" (expert committees).
CULTURE - From BuzzFeed: Actress Katie Leung, who played "Cho Chang" in the Harry Potter film series, says that she faced online racist attacks after her casting in the series was announced. Leung also says that the film's publicist told her to deny that she was experiencing racist attacks.
MOVIES - From RSNNewYorker: "The New Yorker's" Vinson Cunningham interviews Spike Lee.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Oscar winners, Natalie Portman and Lupita Nyong'o, are set to star in the television limited series, "Lady in the Lake," for Apple TV+
BLACK FILM - From Deadline: The African-American Film Critics Association has named "Judas and the Black Messiah" the best film of 2020.
BAFTA - From THR: The 2021 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) nominations have been announced, featuring a more diverse group of nominees since last year's #BAFTAsSoWhite controversy. The winners will be announced over two days April 10th and 11th.
AWARDS - From Variety: The nominees for the 2021 Directors Guild Awards have been announced with some history made. The winners will be announced Saturday, April 10th.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: The CW has found the leads for its live-action pilot, "The Powerpuff Girls." They are Chloe Bennet (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Dove Cameron (Descendants) and Yana Perrault (Jagged Little Pill).
MOVIE - From Deadline: Steven Spielberg is developing a film that is based on his boyhood. Multiple Oscar-nominee Michelle Williams will play a character based on Spielberg's mother.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Actor Josh Holloway has snagged the lead in LaToya Morgan and J.J. Abrams 1970s Southwest crime series, "Duster." This is reunion as Holloway was one of the leads in Abram's Emmy-winning his series, "Lost" (ABC).
HARRY & MEGHAN - From YahooLife: Meghan’s racism claims come as no surprise to Black Britons.
MEDIA - From FastCompany: The site and magazine offer a profile on NBA superstar LeBron James and super-agent Maverick Carter's media company, The SpringHill Company.
AWARDS - From Deadline: The nominees for the 2021 / 32nd annual Producers Guild Awards have been announced. Winners will be announced at a virtual show on March 24th.
From Variety: "Judas and the Black Messiah" becomes the first film with an all-black producing team (Shaka King, Ryan Coogler, and Charles D. King) to be nominated by the Producers Guild Awards.
From Deadline: The winners at the 2021 /26th annual Critics Choice Awards have been announced. "Nomadland" wins best picture, and "The Crown" wins best TV drama series.
From Deadline: The nominations for the 2021 48th annual Annie Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced at a virtual show on April 16, 2021.
HARRY & MEGHAN - From YahooEntertainment: 11 bombshells from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey.
From BET: 5 revelations you might have missed during Meghan Markle’s bombshell CBS interview with Oprah Winfrey
From BET: Tyler Perry played a part in helping Harry & Meghan escape the royal Red Lectroids.
BOX OFFICE - From Variety: The winner of the 3/5 to 3/7/2021 weekend box office is Disney's "Raya and the Last Dragon" with an estimated take of 8.6 million dollars.
From Deadline: Film industry worries about "Raya and the Last Dragon's" sluggish opening weekend at the North American box office.
OSCARS - From NoFilmSchool: Watch 10 Animated Short Films on the Shortlist for the 2021 Academy Awards.
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