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Vol. 27
No. 44
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Freaky
After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer, a
young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24
hours before the change becomes permanent. Kathryn
Newton (Millie) is no stranger to this genre as
she has been in 6 episodes of the television series
Supernatural where she played Claire Novak, Jimmy
Novak's daughter. Freaky is a brilliant movie to see in
cinemas. It nails the slasher genre and the comedy so
well. Horror comedy is hard genre to do but Freaky gets
it. Vince Vaughn also stars.
On DVD
Bill & Ted Face The Music
The ruler of the future tells best friends Bill (Alex
Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) they
must compose a new song to save life as we know it. But
instead of writing it, they decide to travel through
time to steal it from their older selves. Meanwhile,
their young daughters devise their own musical scheme to
help their fathers bring harmony to the universe. A
totally bodaicous sequel to the franchise that wraps up
thier adventures on a high note.
The Buzz...
The Mandalorian premiered its second season less than two weeks
ago, and it looks like production on season three could begin before the end of
the year or sometime in 2021. A possible Boba Fett mini-series
could film first.
Jeopardy! returned to TV on Nov. 9, after the game show revealed that its
widely adored host Alex Trebek died on Sunday at age 80. He had
been battling pancreatic cancer for a year. To pay tribute to the trivia whiz,
executive producer Mike Richards gave a special message ahead of
the show.
Larsa Pippen is speaking out about where she stands with the
Kardashians for the first time publicly. The 46 year old star shared her take on
why they drifted apart during the Nov. 9 episode of the Hollywood Raw
podcast. Earlier this year, fans noticed that Kim Kardashian,
Kourtney Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian had unfollowed
their longtime friend and that Larsa had unfollowed them as well.
CBS is taking some steps in a more diverse direction. The network
announced that all of its reality shows will feature a cast of at least 50
percent Black, Indigenous People of Color, starting with the 2021-2022 seasons
of programming. That would include Survivor, Big Brother, Love
Island and The Amazing Race. CBS also designated a
quarter of its annual unscripted budget for projects created by Bipoc producers.
It's the end of an era. After four seasons as a series regular, Broadway alum
Carly Hughes has left American Housewife over a "toxic
environment." "I was no longer able to work in the toxic environment that was
created on American Housewife," she said in a statement obtained by E! News.
"I made the decision to leave to protect myself from that type of
discrimination.
Tyler Hubbard is looking on the bright side amid a coronavirus
diagnosis. A famous half of the country duo Florida Georgia
Line, Tyler revealed to fans that he has coronavirus. The 33 year old dad of
three, who recently welcomed a baby boy with wife Hayley Hubbard,
also shared that he is asymptomatic.
A new movie set in the world of A Quiet Place is on the horizon. It looks
like the universe established in A Quiet Place will be expanding thanks to a
recently announced spinoff in the works to be helmed by director Jeff
Nichols and produced by John Krasinski.
Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac and Phil
Neilson will star in the upcoming war thriller Zeros and Ones, with
Abel Ferrara directing from his own script.
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is relieved to be
back up and working after the COVID-19 pandemic sent the group’s 25th
anniversary plans awry. The group debuted their new single, Shame
Shame, on this weekend’s installment of Saturday Night Live,
the first track to be lifted from their new album, Medicine to
Midnight, which is coming next year. |
