Here's the Scoop...

My vacation might be over, but I still feel like I'm on vacation time. So much has been going that I need to play "catch up". So, please enjoy today's issue and I'll be back tomorrow bright-eyed and bushy-tailed...I hope.

Be Well,
Steve

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Miranda Lambert weeps as she sings former Blake Shelton duet at concert
Miranda Lambert's eyes welled up and her voice cracked when the country music superstar performed "Over You" during an Illinois concert this weekend.

Entertainment Tonight said Lambert became emotional Friday when she sang the 2012 duet she co-wrote with her ex-husband, Blake Shelton.

Audience members, some of whom were also weeping, assisted by singing along.

People magazine reported the singer told fans she was feeling hormonal and had been suffering from cramps.

Drying her eyes, she said, "I told you I was a mess."

Lambert and Shelton were married 2011-15. Since the split, Lambert has been dating recording artist Anderson East and Shelton has been romantically involved with his fellow The Voice coach Gwen Stefani.


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"He's a wonderful father. He knows the value of things. He was an addict for many, many years and he pulled himself out of it, and he's been sober for 11, 12 years now. ... And he knows how many times he's messed up and how many times he's been really close to losing everything."
--Kristen Bell, on husband Dax Shepard, to CBS's Sunday Morning


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Which multiple Oscar winning actress is in talks for Disney's 'Mary Poppins' sequel?



'Avengers: Infinity War' drops 'Part 1' title, now a standalone film
Marvel's upcoming Avengers sequel Infinity War will no longer be split up into two parts.

According to Variety, Infinity War's title has changed, dropping the Part 1 subtitle as it now becomes a standalone film.

The previously announced and dated Avengers: Infinity War Part 2 has now been listed as "Untitled Avengers" project.

Both films will still retain their original release dates however with Infinity War landing in theaters May 4, 2018 and the followup releasing on May 3, 2019.

Recently, directors Joe and Anthony Russo explained to Uproxx that the third and fourth entries in the series would be re-titled in order to reflect the differences between the two films and how the story of Infinity War is not being split into two parts.

The superhero epic will see Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlet Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and more take on the all-powerful Thanos.

Back in January, the Russo's noted how Infinity War would "unite" the Marvel cinematic universe and feature 67 characters.

"The concept of Infinity War is that the Marvel universe unites to battle the greatest threat to the world and universe that you've ever seen, and we're going to honor that concept," they said at the time. "People will not be disappointed in the amount of characters."


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Which multiple Oscar winning actress is in talks for Disney's 'Mary Poppins' sequel?

Meryl Streep is being linked to Disney's Mary Poppins Returns.

The 67-year-old actress is in talks to join The Devil Wears Prada co-star Emily Blunt in the Mary Poppins sequel, news outlets reported Thursday.

Streep would play Topsy, the cousin of Poppins, who will be played by Blunt. Topsy, didn't appear in the beloved 1964 film starring Julie Andrews. The part would require the actress to sing, according to Variety.

Mary Poppins Returns is directed by Into the Woods helmer Rob Marshall. The movie will see Poppins, a magical nanny, reunite with a grown-up Jane and Michael Banks in Depression-era London.

"The iconic original film means so much to me personally, and I look forward to creating an original movie musical," Marshall said in a press release in May.

Mary Poppins and its sequel are based on the P.L. Travers book series of the same name. Blunt is succeeding Julie Andrews as Poppins, while Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda will play a character similar to Dick Van Dyke's Bert.

Streep starred and sang as the witch in Into the Woods, earning a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 2015 Academy Awards. The actress will next appear in a Florence Foster Jenkins biopic.