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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
SCANDAL - From Deadline: A New Mexico judge refused to resurrect the state's case against Alec Baldwin for the 2021 accidental shooting death of cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, on the set of the Western film, "Rust."
MOVIES - From Variety: A nice story recently making the rounds is that actress-producer Eva Longoria saved the original "John Wick" (2014) film with six million dollars in funding 24 hours before the project was scheduled to shutdown for lack of money.
SCANDAL - From Deadline: Disgraced and imprisoned former studio boss and Oscar-winning film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has been diagnosed with bone marrow cancer.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Rising "Scream Queen," Lauren Lavera ("Terrifier") will star next to two-time Oscar-nominee, Djimon Hounsou, in the horror film, "The Monster." The film will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman of the "Saw" franchise.
MOVIES - From Variety: 85-year-old actor and former U.S. Marine, Scott Glenn, talks about being in the new thriller, "Eugene the Marine."
MOVIES - From Deadline: Colman Domingo will make his directorial debut with "Scandalous," a drama from Miramax. The film will focus on the real-life clandestine love affair between film star, Kim Novak, and singer/dancer and film star, Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957. Sydney Sweeney will play Novak, and David Jonsson will play Davis.
MOVIES - From THR: Tom Holland (Sony/Marvel's "Spider-Man" films) has reportedly been cast in Christopher Nolan's next film project, which remains top secret and is scheduled for 2026 release.
From Variety: Tom Holland says getting the call that he'd been cast in Christopher Nolan's next film was the "phone call of a lifetime" and compared it to landing the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Sony/Marvel series a decade ago.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 10/18 to 10/20/2024 weekend box is Paramount Pictures' "Smile 2" with an estimated take of 23 million dollars.
From SilverScreenBlog: "Silver Screen Blog" reviews "Smile 2."
From ReviewsonReels: "Reviews on Reels" reviews "Smile 2."
STAR TREK - From Deadline: "Star Trek: Section 31" will debut on Paramount+ January 24, 2025. It is the "Star Trek" movie starring Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh in a reprisal of her "Star Trek: Discovery" role as "Emperor Philippa Georgiou."
MOVIES - From Deadline: Director Denis Villeneuve says he'll start on a third "Dune" film probably "sooner than he thinks."
OBITS:
From Deadline: British cinematographer, Dick Pope, has died at the age of 77, Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Pope was best known for his association with English writer-director, Mike Leigh, beginning with the 1990 film, "Life Sweet," and continuing through Leigh's recent "Hard Truths." Pope was twice nominated for an Oscar in the category of "Best Cinematography," for the films, "The Illusionist" (2006) and Mike Leigh's "Mr. Turner" (2014).
From Deadline: Actor Ron Ely has died at the age of 86, Tuesday, September 29, 2024. His daughter did not announced his death until today (Wed., Oct. 23rd). Ely is best known for starring as "Tarzan" in the former NBC television series, "Tarzan," which ran for two seasons from 1966 to 1968. He also starred in the title role in the 1975 film, "Doc Savage: Man of Bronze."
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