Vol. 29
No. 51
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Discovered by record executive Clive Davis, Whitney
Houston (Naomi Ackie) rose to international fame in the 1980s
to become one of the greatest singers of her generation. A joyous, emotional,
heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the
greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from
obscurity to musical superstardom.
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Willow (Disney+)
The movie from the 1980s, a sort of fantasy-set version
of Star Wars right out of Lucasfilm,
is now back as a series, complete with original star
Warwick Davis. An unlikely group of heroes
set off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their
home, where they must face their inner demons and come
together to save their world.
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Three Pines (Prime Video)
A man (Alfred Molina) investigates murders
in Three Pines; he sees things that others do not: the
light between the cracks, the mythic in the mundane, and
discovers long buried secrets and faces a few of his own
ghosts. You have to be able to separate the books (they
are the greatest mystery books ever written) to the TV
series. If you can, I think you will love it. I think
the characters portrayed their rolls perfectly
especially Gamache, Yvette, Jean-Guy
and Ruth to name a few.
The Buzz...
Harrison Ford hadn't even seen a script for 1923, the
newest instalment of the Taylor Sheridan Yellowstone
universe, but just hearing the pitch from the Oscar nominated creator was
enough to get him to sign on for the prequel series, debuting on Paramount+.
Rihanna has made her debut on TikTok by sharing a behind the
scenes video of her baby boy. The 34 year old singer and A$AP Rocky
welcomed their son, whose name has not yet been revealed, in May, and she’s now
shared a video of him on the social media platform. In the video, Rihanna's baby
boy is heard cooing, and she asks him: “You tryna get mommy's phone?”
Brittany Murphy's brother is convinced she was murdered. Tony
Bertolotti, 74, has spoken out approaching the 13th anniversary of the
death of the Clueless actress, found dead aged 32 in the bathroom of her
Hollywood Hills home on December 20, 2009.
Margot Robbie feared filmmakers wouldn't get away with an orgy
scene in her new film Babylon. The Wolf of Wall Street
actress, 32, who plays self-destructive silent film star Nellie
LaRoy in the film, said she started to wonder if certain images could be
shown on screen, and whether she could carry off her part, when she read the
script.
Henry Cavill's odds of being named the next James Bond
have soared after he was fired from his lead role in the Superman film
franchise. The new Superman film, written by James Gunn, is to
take the character in a different direction and focus on his younger years.
Cecily Strong is leaving Global's Saturday Night
Live, and the show made sure to send her off with the spectacle she
deserves.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show producer shared an Instagram
post in memory of the late DJ known as tWitch, who died by suicide last
week at age 40.
A third Mamma Mia! movie is a very real possibility. In an
interview with Screen Rant, director Ol Parker, who
helmed the 2018 sequel Here We Go Again, teased the
likelihood of the series becoming a trilogy.
As Showtime's new limited series George and Tammy
lays out, George Jones and Tammy Wynette may have
had a messy personal life, but they made beautiful music together. Michael
Shannon and Jessica Chastain play George and Tammy,
respectively, in a musical drama that's filled with, surprisingly, a lot of
facts.
With awards season in full swing, studios are rolling out long-awaited prestige
projects and stuffing audiences stockings with previews of next year's shiniest
offerings. Lo and behold, we've finally been gifted a full trailer for
Oppenheimer, the highly anticipated opus from acclaimed writer director
Christopher Nolan.