by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
AWARDS - From Deadline: The American Cinema Editors have announced the winners at the 2021 / 71st ACE Eddie Awards. Aaron Sorkin's film, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" (Netflix), won the marquee "Eddie," which is "Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)."
SCANDAL - From Deadline: In the wake of an explosive allegations about his abusive behavior that stretches back years, Oscar-winning film producer, Scott Rudin, says that he will "step back" from active involvement in his Broadway productions.
ANIMATION-STREAMING - From Deadline: The upcoming fourth season of Netflix's animated series, "Castlevania," will be its last. Netflix is reportedly considering a new series set in the universe of Castlevania with an entirely different cast of characters.
DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney claps back at screenwriting brothers, James and John Thomas, who are trying to reclaim the rights to their 1984 spec script that became the 1987 20th Century Fox film, "Predator." Disney owns the property as a result of buying 20th Century Fox.
DISNEY - From BleedingCool: Actor Mads Mikkelsen has joined the cast of "Indiana Jones 5" in an unknown role. The film is being directed by James Mangold
MOVIES - From ShadowandAct: The site looks at five underrated Black actresses who deserve more roles: CCH Pounder, Debbi Morgan, Tamara Tunie, Lisa Gay Hamilton, and Lorraine Toussaint.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Two-time Oscar-winner Renee Zellewegger in the golf comedy, "The Back Nine," the will be directed of Michael Patrick King of "Sex and the City."
BLM - From YahooNYT: In 2006, an African-American female Buffalo police officer, Cariol Horne, stopped a fellow officer from choking a handcuffed man. She was eventually fired for this. Now, a New York state court has vindicated Horne by restoring her back pay and pension.
CULTURE - From HuffPost: Back in 2015, Dan Price, the CEO of "Gravity Payments" (a credit card processing company), slashed his $1.1 million a year salary to $70,000 per year so that he could pay all his employees $70,000 per year. Fox News and Fox Business called him a "socialist" and said that his employees would end up on "bread lines." Six years later, his number of employees has doubled and the payments the company processed has gone from 3.8 billion to 10.2 billion.
MUSIC - From HuffPost: Mick Jagger of "The Rolling Stones" and Dave Grohl of "Foo Fighters (and formally of "Nirvana") have come together for a new single, "Eazy Sleazy," that takes on conspiracy theories and anti-vaxxers.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Universal Pictures is making a film that is based on one of the characters from the original "Dracula" novel, "R.M. Renfield," Dracula's henchman. Chris McKay is in talks to direct and produce. The film will be produced by Skybound Entertainment, the company belonging to Robert Kirkman, the creator of "The Walking Dead" comic book.
STREAMING-BLM - From Deadline: The state of Georgia recently passed a slate of Jim Crow laws to keep African-Americans from voting. Some business have decided not to do business with the state, and that includes Apple's filmmaking division. It's film, the runaway slave thriller, "Emancipation," will not film in Georgia and may film in Louisiana, where the actual events upon which this film is based, took place. Antoine Fuqua is directing and Will Smith stars.
STREAMING - From YahooEntertainment: Superstar actress Melissa McCarthy and her husband, writer-director Ben Falcone wanted to work with Oscar-winning actress, Octavia Spencer. They created that chance in the Netflix superhero comedy, "Thunder Force," about ordinary women with regular body types as superheroes.
POLICE/SCANDAL - From TheHill: There is a report that Boston Police kept child sexual abuse allegations against now-former union president, Patrick Rose, Sr., secret.
From NBCBoston10: This article includes a photo of Patrick Rose, Sr., former Boston police patrolman and Boston Police Union head, who is facing multiple charges of child sexual abuse.
BOX OFFICE - From Variety: The winner of the 4/9 to 4/11/2021 weekend box office is "Godzilla vs. Kong" with an estimated take of 13.4 million dollars.
CELEBRITY - From THR: Carrie-Anne Moss is returning to "The Matrix" film franchise for next year's "The Matrix 4." In a recent interview, Moss says she was offered a "grandmother role" the day after she turned 40 years old.
STREAMING - From YahooSports: Actor Kevin James will play Super Bowl-winning New Orleans Saints coach, Sean Payton, in Netflix's film, "Home Team." The film will recount the year Payton coached his son's sixth-grade football team.
MOVIES - From YahooAVClub: Paramount Pictures and Hasbro are moving up the release date for for "Sanke Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins" from October 22nd to July 23rd, 2021.
TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: This is an update on the USA network and SyFy's "Chuck" series, an reboot/revival of the "Child's Play" film series.
AWARDS - From Deadline: At the 2021 BAFTAs (British Academy Awards), "Nomadland" wins 4 awards, including "Best Film," "Best Director" (Chloe Zhao) and "Best Actress" (Frances McDormand).
From Deadline: At the 2021 / 73rd Directors Guild Awards, Chloe Zhao won the top prize for her film, "Nomadland." She is only the second woman to win the award for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film." Kathryn Bigelow was the first when she won for her film, "The Hurt Locker." This article also includes a complete list of winners.
From Variety: Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods," Christopher Nolan's "Tenet," and David Fincher's "Mank" top the 2021 Art Directors Guild Awards.
MARVEL - From THR: Marvel Entertainment's new comic book distribution deal - with Penguin Random House Publisher Services - has some comic book stores worried about the future of the market.
OBITS:
From Deadline: English actress, Helen McCrory, has died at the age of 52, Friday, April 16, 2021, after a battle with cancer. McCrory is known for appearing in the James Bond film, "Skyfall" (2012), and in the last three "Harry Potter" films. McCrory may be best remembered for being a member of the main cast of the British period crime drama TV series, "Peaky Blinders." McCrory had been married to English actor, Damian Lewis, since 2007 and was the mother of two children.
From Variety: The former actor and stuntman, Felix Silla, has died at the age of 84, Friday, April 16, 2021. Silla wore the costume to play "Cousin Itt" in the former ABC television series, "The Addams Family" (1964-66). [The late actor Anthony Magro provided Itt's voice.] Although two other actors provided the voice, Silla also provided the physical performance (wearing the costume) for "Twiki" in the former NBC TV series, "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979-81).
From APNews: American investment advisor and convicted fraudster, Bernie Madoff, has died at the age of 82, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in prison at the Federal Medical Center at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina. Madoff is best known for operating the largest "Ponzi scheme" in world history, which allowed him to steal from the rich and the poor, the famous and the ordinary. In June 2009, he was sentenced to 150 years in prison.
From IndyStar: Former professional basketball player and coach, Bobby "Slick" Leonard," has died at the age of 88, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. He played college basketball for the Indiana University Hossiers and was a member of the 1953 NCAA Tournament championship team. His seven-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) included stints with the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs. In 1968, Leonard began coaching the Indiana Pacers of the ABA (American Basketball Association), where he coached the team to three ABA titles, 1970, 1972, and 1973. He continued to coach the Pacers when they joined the NBA in 1976 and remained coach until 1980.
