by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
CANNES - From Variety: At the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, the "Palme d'Or" goes to director Julia Ducournau's horror film, "Titane."
BOX OFFICE - From Variety: The animated/live-action hybrid film, "Space Jam: A New Legacy," which stars NBA mega-star, LeBron James, is set to win the weekend box office over Disney's "Black Widow."
TELEVISION - From Deadline: The long-running lawsuit between AMC and Frank Darabont, the original showrunner of "The Walking Dead," and his agency, CAA, has been settled with AMC giving Darabont and CAA 200 million dollars.
CANNES - From Deadline: Kira Kovalenko’s Russian drama, "Unclenching The Fists," won the Grand Prize in Cannes Film Festival’s "Un Certain Regard" sidebar this year.
DISNEY - From Deadline: Oscar-nominee Antonio Banderas is joining fellow Oscar-nominee Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones 5." James Mangold is directing the film.
TELEVISION - From TheWrap: The site published excerpts from 360 pages of complaints that supporters of former President Trump made to the FCC about "Saturday Night Live" and its comedy skits about Trump.
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: "Black Widow" has the best non-holiday Monday at the pandemic box office (7.16 million dollars) and now has the best pandemic box office Tuesday (7.6 million dollars).
STAR TREK - From Deadline: Director Matt Shakman guided Disney+/Marvel's "WandaVision" to 23 Emmy nominations, including one for himself. Now, his next project is Paramount's next "Star Trek" movie, which is being fast-tracked to begin production next spring.
PIXAR-TRAILER - From CBC: Pixar has released a teaser trailer for its film, "Turning Red" (Spring 2022), and Toronto residents are happy to see that their city is the backdrop for the film.
EMMYS - From Variety: The nominations for the 2021 / 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. The article includes a complete list of nominees. The winners will be announced on September 19th in a ceremony broadcast on CBS and streamed on Paramount Plus and hosted by Cedric the Entertainer.
From Variety: Cedric the Entertainer has been named host for the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony.
LGBTQ-EMMYS - From Variety: Mj Rodriguez has become the first transgender performer to pick up an Emmy nomination in a major acting category. The category is "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" for FX's "Pose."
THE RACISTS - From SkyNews: One of the three Black English football players receiving racist abuse from English football fans speaks out. Tyrone Mings rightly calls out Home Secretary "Pissy" Priti Patel for her hypocrisy.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 7/9 -7/11/2021 weekend box office is Disney/Marvel's "Black Widow" with an estimated take of 80 million dollars.
From Negromancer: A review of "Black Widow" by yours truly.
From Deadline: "Black Widow" leads the international box office with its 78.8 million dollar debut.
From Deadline: The concert documentary, "Summer of Soul (...Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)" leads the specialty box office with a 1.4 million dollars. The film is distributed by Searchlight Pictures and also streams on Hulu.
CANNES - From Variety: Director Wes Anderson's long-awaited film, "The French Dispatch" dazzles the crowd at the 2021 edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
SPORTS/AWARDS - From Deadline: If you care, here is the full list of winners at the 2021 ESPY Awards, the awards given out by cable network, ESPN.
OBITS:
From Deadline: Rapper, singer, DJ, and actor, Biz Markie, has died at the age of 57, Friday, July 16, 2021. Biz was best known for the hit song, "Just a Friend" (1989), which was a top ten hit on the "Billboard Hot 100" music chart was certified platinum.
From Deadline: Rock guitarist, Jeff LaBar, has died at the age of 58, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. LaBar was best known as a guitarist for the 1980s hair/glam metal band, "Cinderella," which he joined in 1985, replacing an original member, Michael Schermick. LaBar played on all four of Cinderella's four studio albums and was a fixture with the band during its heyday from the mid-1980s to the 1990.
From Variety: Veteran television and film actor, Charlie Robinson, has died at the age of 75, Monday, July 12, 2021. Wilson was best known for his role as clerk court, "Mac Robinson," in the former NBC sitcom, "Night Court" (1984-92), beginning in the series second season. Wilson was a series regular or had a recurring role in a number of other sitcoms, including "Buffalo Bill," "Love & War," "Home Improvement," and "Mom," to name a few.
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