Vol. 32
No. 26
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Five years post Jurassic World: Dominion, an expedition braves isolated
equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a
groundbreaking medical breakthrough. Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson)
leads a team of skilled operatives to the most dangerous place on Earth, an
island research facility for the original Jurassic Park. Their mission is to
secure genetic material from dinosaurs whose DNA can provide life saving
benefits to mankind. As the top secret expedition becomes more and more risky,
they soon make a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world
for decades.
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Smoke (AppleTV+)
As the title suggests, Smoke shifts Lehane's focus to
the world of arson, spinning a nine-episode yarn about
an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) and
a police detective (Jurnee Smollett) who
pair up to catch a couple of firebugs in the Pacific
Northwest. Taron Egerton give an amazingly layered
performance. Easily the most nuanced character I've seen
him play thus far. But to me the true stand out was
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine he was
utterly terrifying at times. His work should land him
high on all lists come awards season.
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Countdown (Prime Video)
Just released on Prime Video, Countdown is a new crime
drama series that follows an elite, multi agency task
force, led by FBI Special Agent Nathan Blythe (Eric
Dane) and LAPD Detective Mark Meachum (Jensen
Ackles), as they hunt down the murderer of a
Department of Homeland Security officer, only to uncover
a vast, global conspiracy. The series, created by Derek
Haas, explores a high stakes investigation that expands
into a race against time to prevent a catastrophic
event.
The Buzz...
Fast & Furious franchise star Vin Diesel
has announced his long running movie series will cross
the finish line in April 2027 with the help of the late
Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner character.
Nintendo Co. pulled its products from Amazon.com
Inc.’s U.S. site after a disagreement over unauthorized
sales, meaning the e-commerce company missed out on the
recent debut of Nintendo’s Switch 2, the biggest
game console launch of all time.
Eva Longoria was one of the famous friends
that unfortunately wasn’t able to attend Lauren
Sanchez‘s wedding. While many celebrities were in
attendance, Eva, 50, was noticeably absent from the
festivities. Eva had to skip the wedding because she’s
busy filming the new season of her CNN series
Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain.
Post Malone and Christy Lee
are reportedly going their separate ways. The two were
first linked back at the beginning of the year. Christy
works as a stylist, and has done work for Bella
Thorne and Charlotte McKinney.
The Bachelor, ABC’s smash hit
reality dating competition TV show, has officially been
renewed by the network…but a change is coming. Season 29
showrunners Claire Freeland and Bennett
Graebner are being replaced after toxic workplace
allegations surfaced.
Aziza Scott is the latest actor to join
Italianna, Universal Pictures and
Will Packer Productions’ upcoming
romantic comedy starring Halle Bailey and
Regé-Jean Page.
Hilary Swank refused to take a bite out of
Cobra Kai. The Oscar winning
actress opted to not entertain the idea of returning to
her roots with a cameo in the Netflix series.
Swank previously starred in 1994’s The Next
Karate Kid in the lead role.
Apple was certainly celebratory over the weekend,
as the big budget F1 delivered the studio its
first box office hit. The film, starring Brad
Pitt as a has-been Formula One driver who gets
coerced out of retirement, generated $57 million
domestically and $146.3 million in its opening weekend.
Academy Award nominee Cynthia
Erivo is next set to produce an adaptation of author
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s sci-fi action
thriller Saturation Point at Universal.
Project Angel Food’s Lead with
Love: LA Strong telethon Saturday raised nearly $722,000
for the meal delivery organization.
Eva Larue, who joined General
Hospital in February 2024 as Natalia Rogers-Ramirez,
will wrap up her run on the soap this week. Her exit
storyline kicked into high gear on the June 30 episode,
in which she shared emotional scenes with Maurice Benard
(Sonny Corinthos).