by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
STREAMING - From Deadline: Damson Idris, star of FX's "Snowfall," has been chosen to co-star with Brad Pitt in Apple Studios, Joseph Kosinki, and Jerry Bruckheimer's F1 racing movie.
STAR WARS - From THR: Disney announces new "Star Wars" films, including one starring Daisy Ridley and directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
MOVIES - From THR: The film critics at "The Hollywood Reporter" pick the "50 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far)."
SCANDAL - From Deadline: Irving Cartagena, the drug dealer who sold actor Michael K. Williams the drugs that killed him in 2021, has pleaded guilty to “one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl analogue, fentanyl, and heroin.” He will serve a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 40 years.
MOVIES - From Variety: Emmy-winner Donald Glover has revealed that Malia Obama, the elder daughter of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, is developing a short film via his production company, "Gilga."
DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney+ has unveiled "Pauline," a German original about a teenager who falls in love with the devil from the team behind Netflix’s "How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)."
TRUMP - From Truthout: Today, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, former President Donald Trump was formally arraigned by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office in New York City, making him the first former president to be indicted in United States history.
From ManhattanDA: Read the full indictment of Donald J. Trump in PDF form from the Manhanttan District Attorney's website.
From Truthout: Former President Donald Trump and his ratchet campaign are leveraging misinformation and anti-Jewish conspiracy theories to turn the media circus around his indictment in New York into a cash cow.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Warner Bros. has unleashed "Barbie" movie posters. The Greta Gerwig-directed film stars Margot Robbie as "Barbie" and Ryan Gosling as "Ken" and is due July 21, 2023.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Recent Oscar-nominee, Austin Butler ("Elvis"), will play crime boss, "Danny Ryan," in Sony 3000 Pictures' film adaptation of Don Winslow's 2022 novel, "City on Fire."
MOVIES - From Deadline: Director Michael Mann is considering "Heat 2," as his next film. It would be a sequel to his 1995 classic, "Heat." Mann is currently in post-production on his current film, "Ferrari," which stars Adam Driver, the possible lead in "Heat 2"
DISNEY - From Variety: Disney is set to make a live-action remake of its 2016 animated film, "Moana." Dwayne Johnson, who made the announcement and performed a voice role in the original, is set to return for the remake.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 3/31 to 4/2/2023 weekend box office is Paramount Pictures' "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" with an estimated gross of 38.5 million dollars.
From Variety: "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" opens with 33 millions dollars at the international box office.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: The BBC is cancelling its hit comedy, "Ghosts," after its upcoming fifth season. The series was remade as CBS' hit comedy, "Ghosts."
OBITS:
From Variety: Japanese composer and record producer, Ryuichi Sakamoto, has died at the age of 71, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. He won an Oscar with David Byrne and Cong Su for composing the music for the film, "The Last Emperor" (1987). His film music also won him a two Golden Globes, a BAFTA, and a Grammy Award. He also composed the music for such films as "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," "The Sheltering Sky" (1990), "Little Buddha" (1993), and "The Revenant" (2015). With his band, "Yellow Magic Orchestra," he was a pioneer in several electronic music genres.
From THR: Television producer, N'Neka Garland, has died at the age of 49, Monday, March 27, 2023. She was best known for her 22-year association with the daytime TV soap opera, "General Hospital." She began as an assistant to veteran producer, Jill Farren Phelps, but she eventually worked her way up to series producer. In 2021, she shared a Daytime Emmy award win for "Outstanding Drama Series," after being nominated in that category the previous two years. Garland was also the half-sister of the late hip-hop and rap legend, Tupac Shakur.
From THR: Animator and animation filmmaker, Leo D. Sullivan, has died at the age of 82, Saturday, March 25, 2023. Sullivan was a groundbreaking African-American animator and a pioneer in Black animation. Sullivan also was a writer, producer, director, layout artist and storyboard artist at studios including Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros., Filmation, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, DIC Entertainment and Marvel Productions. He worked on TV series featuring such characters as Scooby-Doo, Fat Albert, and the Animanicas, to name a few. Sullivan also helped animated the original locomotive and graphics for the syndicated music series, "Soul Train." Sullivan co-founded the first Black-owned animation production company, Vignette Films.
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