Vol. 27
No. 22
Pick Hits
Binge This
Space Force
From the Office of Greg Daniels and
Steve Carell (with an all star cast featuring
John Malkovich), Space Force is a
workplace comedy series that centers on a group of
people tasked with establishing the sixth branch of the
United States Armed Forces, the United States Space
Force. Carell's character, Mark Naird, is
the general in charge of the effort and the series
follows his collaboration to get "boots on the moon" per
the orders of the President. Air Force Lieutenant
General Mark Naird is promoted to full four-star general
and is hoping to take over as the Chief of Staff of the
Air Force. However, he is appointed as the first Chief
of Operations of the newest United States military
branch: the United States Space Force. A fresh and
original premise based in reality. A great cast of
comedic talent, but doesn't lean on the fame of it's
lineup. Great writing, so you're not sitting through
predictable jokes and plot points.
Stream This
Survive The Night
An action thriller film directed by Matt Eskandari and starring
Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray, and Shea
Buckner. It follows a doctor
who
is taken hostage along with his family inside their homes after two injured
criminals break in. The film is well-paced and the camera work is slick. Bruce
has a surprising larger role then I expected as the grandfatherly patriarch and
he's effective enough to keep be engrossed. The rest of cast are admirable. With
the stand out being, Shae Buckner who plays a unhinged but sympathetic criminal
and does well to add layers to the role.
The Buzz...
David Guetta just brought New York City's largest dance party from
the Top of the Rock directly into fans' homes through his #UnitedAtHomeNYC
livestream. In an a collaborative effort with Mayor Bill de
Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray, the French DJ
spun from the top of 30 Rockefeller Center to help raise money for the
Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City and other Covid-19 relief charities.
Nina Dobrev has made her relationship with Shaun White
Instagram official, after sharing snaps of herself giving the Olympian a
lockdown haircut on her Instagram page. The 31 year old actress first sparked
romance rumours with the snowboarder back in March, when they were spotted on a
bike ride together. And it seems things are going from strength to strength for
the fledgling couple, with Shaun even trusting Nina to tame his famous red
locks.
Sonic the Hedgehog is to return for a sequel, after the
original smashed the U.S. record for the biggest video game movie opening of all
time. Paramount Pictures and Sega Sammy confirmed on
Thursday that they’ve started work on a follow-up film, which will bring back
Jeff Fowler as director and Pat Casey and Josh
Miller as scriptwriters. The first film starred James Marsden
and Jim Carrey and featured the voice of Ben Schwartz
as the world’s speediest hedgehog, but decisions have yet to be made on casting
for the next film.
The future for Latino voices in mainstream entertainment looks to be a little
brighter with the announcement that the Disney+ family series Diary of
a Future President has been greenlit for a second season. The series,
created by Ilana Peña, originally premiered in January of this
year and tells the story of Elena Cañero-Reed (played by newcomer Tess
Romero) as she deals with family drama and school, with the audience knowing
she will one day become President of the United States.
After being in development at Showtime for more than two years, the
Gal Gadot-led Hedy Lamarr has instead moved to Apple
TV+, with the tech giant giving the project an eight episode limited series
order. The show will be executive produced by Gadot (Wonder Woman)
who will also star, and Sarah Treem (House of
Cards). A release date has not been determined. Hailed as “the most
beautiful woman in the world,” Hedy Lamarr was first exalted and iconized, then
destroyed and eventually forgotten by American audiences, all the while keeping
her brilliant mind active through a series of inventions, one of which became
the basis for the spread spectrum technology we use today.
In an unusual move, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, HBO,
Starz and other major Hollywood players are using their corporate social
media accounts to take a stand and support the Black Lives Matter
movement amid the ongoing nationwide protests decrying the death of George
Floyd at the hands of police officers.
NBC News and ABC News broke into their networks’
Saturday-night schedules to cover protests breaking around the country in
reaction to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, while the
nation’s three main cable-news networks featured ongoing coverage of public
dissent instead of regularly scheduled programming.
Former star of The Bachelorette Hannah Brown is
speaking up after she said the N-word on Instagram Live while rapping
lyrics to a song. Brown went on Instagram Live on Saturday to formally address
her controversy when she said the N-word singing lyrics to DaBaby’s song
Rockstar two weeks ago.
Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez reportedly aren’t
giving up on their desire to purchase the New York Mets.
While the power couple’s first attempt at acquiring the team recently fell
apart, they are now working with JPMorgan Chase bankers to produce a
second bid.
Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich have separated after
almost three years of marriage. The dancer and actress and Laich, a former
hockey player, have been dogged by split rumours for weeks and now they have
confirmed they have fallen out of love while self isolating separately.
