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Vol. 26
No. 36
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Hustlers
Inspired by a New York Magazine
article by Jessica Pressler that went
viral, former strip club employees band together to turn
the tables on their Wall Street clients. The story
centers around a group of strippers in New York City,
led by an aging and ambitious single mother, as they
lie, steal, and hustle dozens of wealthy men when the
sex industry bottoms out during the late 2000s financial
crisis. A journalist covering the story for a magazine
interviews one of the ringleaders and tries to figure
out where it all went wrong. The film stars Constance
Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia
Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili
Reinhart, Lizzo, and Cardi B.
On DVD
Men In Black International
The Men in Black have expanded to cover the globe but so have the villains of
the universe. To keep everyone safe, decorated Agent H (Chris
Hemsworth) and determined rookie M (Tessa Thompson) join
forces, an unlikely pairing that just might work. When aliens that can take the
form of any human arrive on Earth, H and M embark on a globe-trotting adventure
to save the agency, and ultimately the world, from their mischievous plans.
Hemsworth and Thompson are best know as Thor and Valkyrie in the Avengers
saga so this is an interesting but familiar team up with proven chemistry.
The Buzz...
Kevin Hart was hospitalized after his vehicle crashed into the
hills just south of Calabasas. According to ABC7, the crash occurred
around 12:45 a.m. near Mulholland Highway and Cold Canyon Road after Hart’s
classic 1970 Plymouth Barracuda swerved off the road and rolled down the
embankment. Hart was one of two passengers in the car when the driver lost
control.
More than two years after Billy McFarland and Ja Rule
promised to redefine the music festival experience with Fyre Festival,
the fallout continues. According to court documents obtained by E! News,
Kendall Jenner, Emily Ratajkowski and more stars are
officially being sued to recover money allegedly paid to them for their role in
promoting the infamous event. Migos, Blink-182, Lil
Yachty and Pusha T were also hit with complaints, which were
filed this week in New York's U.S. Bankruptcy Court by the event's trustee,
Gregory Messer.
This weekend sees the 2019 summer movie season come to a close with the second
worst weekend of the year so far, in which the top twelve generated a combined
$69.5 million. The summer performance currently ranks as the eighth largest
summer of all-time, in which the domestic box office generated $4.22 billion,
down 4% compared to last year's summer total which actually saw the box office
rise considerably compared to the dismal 2017 summer season.
Gordon Bressack, a prolific Emmy winning writer of animated
television series, has died. He was 68. Bressacks’s filmmaker son James
Cullen Bressack confirmed the death in an Instagram post. He
wrote, “Words can’t begin to describe how I am feeling right now. You were my
mentor, my writing partner, my hero, my best friend, but most of all you were my
Dad.”
Another key actor from Halloween is coming back for Halloween
Kills: Kyle Richards. Richards' casting follows closely on the
heels of news Anthony Michael Hall will appear in the
upcoming movie as Tommy Doyle. Richards would return as Lindsey Wallace for the
upcoming Halloween installment. Richards originated the role of Lindsey in the
1978 horror movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis and directed by
John Carpenter.
Keith Urban is apparently a Taylor Swift fan. During
the singer’s performance at the Washington State Fair he
took the opportunity to unveil an impassioned cover of Swift’s Lover, off
her recent album of the same name.
Universal’s Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw continued to
flex its muscles at the top of the international box office this weekend,
smack-talking its way to another $39.1M in 69 markets. The overseas cume topped
$500M in the session, hitting $525.3M as it approaches $700M global.
Kanye West's Sunday Service is becoming the celebrity hot-spot, so
much so that a very special and unexpected guest joined in on the fun this
morning: Brad Pitt. The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star
was spotted at the 42 year old rapper's weekly worship on Sunday, September 1.
Lady Gaga and boyfriend Dan Horton put on a little
show themselves while at the Pasadena Daydream Music
Festival Saturday night. While The Cure performed onstage at
the event, fans couldn't help but be distracted by the A-lister and her rumored
new love rocking out in the audience. |
