by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
DISNEY - From Deadline: Tim Federle will direct and Madhuri Shekar will write "Sister Act 3" for Disney+. Whoopi Goldberg will reprise her role as "Deloris," the nightclub singer turned nun. Goldberg will also produce the film along with Tyler Perry and Tom Leonardis.
SCANDAL - From VanityFair: Film, TV, and Broadway titan, Aaron Sorkin, says that scandal-ridden bully and super-producer (and Sorkin's collaborator), Scott Rudin, got what he deserved.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has signed a deal for a 20-episode third season of "All Rise," the legal drama that CBS cancelled in this past May. The Warner Bros TV-produced series will air on OWN beginning in 2022. Star Simone Missick and most of the cast will return.
TELEVISION - From EOnline: Ellen Pompeo remembers that time she called Denzel Washington a "m*therf*cker."
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Eleven years after dumping it, NBC is reviving its beloved crime drama, "Law & Order," for a 21st season. No premiere date has yet been announced.
TELEVISION - From Variety: J. Michael Straczynski is set to write and executive a reboot of his 1990s science fiction syndicated TV series, "Babylon 5," for The CW. The series ran for fives seasons (1994-99), including a pilot film (1993) and five other television movies. The pilot TV movie and the series' first four seasons were syndicated via the "Prime Time Entertainment Network." Season 5 aired on cable network TNT.
SCANDAL - From Deadline: Grammy-winning recording artist, R. Kelly, has been found guilty on all nine counts in his federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial in Brooklyn. Sentencing is set for May 4th, 2022.
CELEBRITY - From GQ: Oscar-nominated, box office champion, Will Smith, is the cover feature in November 2021 issue of "GQ." "Introducing the Real Will Smith" is the title of the article.
TELEVISION - From TheHill: "Saturday Night Live" is adding a comedian, James Austin Johnson, to its cast who's been dubbed the world's greatest impersonator of former President Trump.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 9/25 to 9/27/2021 weekend box office is "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" with an estimated 13.3 million dollars.
From Negromancer: My review of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings."
CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Former child star, Dante Baco (who played "Rufio" in Steven Spielberg's 1991 film, "Hook") talks about his career and transition from child to adult actor.
MARVEL - From THR: On Friday, Sept. 24, Marvel Entertainement filed a series of lawsuits against the estates of a group of comic book creators who created many of their most popular characters. Those creators, all deceased, include Stan Lee, Gene Colan, and Steve Ditko. The dispute is over something called "copyright termination," but you can read more at the article.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Director Joel Coen and actor Frances McDormand answer questions about their new film, "The Tragedy of Macbeth," which also stars Denzel Washington and opened the 2021 New York Film Festival.
POLITICS - From YahooNews: Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks qne Julian Assange.
OBITS:
From THR: Actor and former Disney child star, Tommy Kirk, has died at the age of 79, found dead on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Kirk was best known for the films he made for Walt Disney Studios from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s. These include "Old Yeller" (1957), "The Shaggy Dog" (1959), "Swiss Family Robinson" (1960), and "Son of Flubber" (1963), to name a few. He also played boy detective, "Joe Hardy," of "The Hardy Boys" on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in 1956. The late Walt Disney reportedly personally fired Kirk from the studio in 1963 when he learned that the 21-year-old was involved in a gay relationship. Kirk was elected as a "Disney Legend" in 2006.
From Deadline: British film editor, Jon Gregory, has died at the age of 77, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Gregory was nominated for a "Best Film Editing" Oscar nomination for his work on "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" (2017). He was a four-time BAFTA nominee, including for his work on films like "Four Wedding and a Funeral" (1994) and "In Bruges" (2008). Gregory is also known for his work with director Mike Leigh, including on films "Naked" (1993) and "Secrets & Lies" (1996).
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