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'The Marvels' Meltdown - A last minute publicity push by star Brie Larson after the actors strike did not move weekend grosses any higher for Marvel Studios‘ The Marvels. The film is posting a 3-day at the bottom of Saturday's estimates, with $47M. It's the lowest-ever for a title from Disney‘s Marvel Cinematic Universe. >>>What Went Wrong
AI Anchorman - An AI-produced newscast was introduced Friday by startup Channel 1, running on its own site, Channel1.ai, as well as Crackle, Redbox Free Streaming and X/Twitter. The startup has a distribution deal with Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, and the plans are to introduce a FAST channel in February or March followed by mobile and connected TV apps. >>>Much Cheaper Than Cable News
A Ho-Hum Holiday Release Calendar - Six months in, the strikes are over. Ten days out, the holidays begin. As for the movies — unfortunately, the most exciting part of the year is already behind us. It’s disconcerting to realize that there is no unavoidably dazzling, must-see, pop cultural event film on the schedule for the rest of 2023. >>>Michael Cieply's Column
TV's Top Episode Counts - With the SAG-AFTRA strike officially ending yesterday, the broadcast networks are firming up the sizes of the 2023-24 orders to their scripted series, whose production was delayed by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA work stoppages. >>>Specifics On Shows
The Film That Lit My Fuse: Francis Lawrence - Francis Lawrence directed three of the original installments of the blockbuster The Hunger Games series, and he returns to the dystopian survival saga, directing the prequel film The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes. after author Suzanne Collins returned to her novel series. How did Lawrence find his mojo? Watch this week’s edition of Miramax Presents The Film That Lit My Fuse for his fascinating tale. >>> Watch
In Brief - SNL alum and Bupkis star/creator Pete Davidson has signed with WME for representation in all areas…Daniel Tosh is launching a weekly podcast under a deal with iHeartPodcasts. |
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Elizabeth Debicki, who portrays Princess Diana in Seasons 5 and 6 of Netflix’s The Crown, was a nine-year-old girl in Australia when Diana died tragically in 1997 in a Paris car crash. She carried that childhood memory with her as she recreated the Princess’ final days on the Netflix drama.
“I remember my mother’s reaction very, very strongly; I remember sitting on the floor of our living room and my mother was watching the funeral procession and she was weeping,” Debicki told Deadline on the red carpet for the Season 6 premiere of The Crown.
The first four episodes of Season 6 chronicle the events leading to Diana’s death and its immediate aftermath, which includes visions of the late Princess engaging in conversations with the Queen and Prince Charles.
These scenes have gotten a lot of attention, getting referenced as featuring Diana’s “ghost.” Debicki calls them "beautiful." >>>Read The Interview |
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86% - Share of "yes" votes from SAG-AFTRA's National Board on the pending new contract with the AMPTP |
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More News
🎸 June, a feature documentary about country singer-songwriter June Carter Cash, will premiere January 16 in the U.S. and Canada on Paramount+. Other global territories will follow the next day. The film was directed by Kristen Vaurio, one of the producers of Alex Gibney's doc Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief.
💰 Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investor Services has estimated that new guild contracts with actors, writers and directors will cost Hollywood studios at the high end of $450 million to $600 million a year. ✊ The Palestine Film Institute is planning to hold a “Stand Up For Palestine” rally on Monday at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, the world’s biggest nonfiction film festival. |
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 The Beatles have made music history again with their new single "Now and Then." The song has topped the charts in the UK, making the band the act with the longest ever gap between their first and last number ones. Sixty years after their song "From Me to You" sat at number one, "Now and Then" has made it to the same position. Sir Paul McCartney told the BBC: “It’s blown my socks off!”
🔻 The Republican field is shrinking, as Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said Sunday evening that he is suspending his presidential campaign. Scott said on Fox News’ Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy that voters “who are the most remarkable people on the planet…they’re telling me, not now, Tim.” |
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Obituaries
🕯 Kevin Turen, producer of Euphoria and The Idol, died suddenly over the weekend at age 44. His cause of death is not known at this time. Turen first produced Larry Clark’s Wassup Rockers and later went on to work with Sam Levinson and produce Malcolm and Marie, Trey Shultz’s Waves, Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage, Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation, Kornel Mondruczo’s Pieces of a Woman, Ramin Bahrani’s 99 Homes and Ti West’s X trilogy. 🕯 Robert Butler, a television director for the pilot shows for Star Trek, Batman, Hill Street Blues and Moonlighting, has died. He was 95. Butler’s family announced that the Emmy award-winning director died on Nov. 3 in Los Angeles. His two Emmys were for The Blue Knight pilot in 1973 and for Hill Street Blues in 1981. 🕯 John Bailey, the cinematographer whose credits including Oscar Best Picture-winning Ordinary People and The Big Chill and who became president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 81. Bailey’s resume also included Silverado, The Accidental Tourist, Groundhog Day, In the Line of Fire, As Good as It Gets, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Must Love Dogs across a five-decade career. 🕯Janet Landgard, who played Paul Petersen’s love interest for three seasons on The Donna Reed Show and later co-starred with Burt Lancaster in film drama The Swimmer , died Nov. 6 at age 75 of brain cancer, according to several friends on social media. 🕯 Matan Meir, a reservist in Israel’s 551st Brigade’s 697th Battalion and a crew member on Netflix drama Fauda, was acknowledged to have been “killed in action” in Gaza on the show’s official X social media account. No details were provided. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths 2023, A Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar
Mon - Barbra Streisand on Colbert; Donald Trump's defense team presents its case
Tue - The Crown S6 debuts
Fri - Fox annual meeting
Sat - Deadline Contenders Film: Los Angeles
Sun - Billboard Music Awards |
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Crowning Achievement - Netflix held the premiere of the sixth and final season of its Emmy-winning royal drama, The Crown, in Los Angeles. |
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