February 04, 2019

Here's the Scoop...

Kind of a lame box office weekend, eh? I guess everyone was watching that super football bowl thing. I'm more of a table tennis guy. Glass is still the clear winner!

The Bruce Willis-Samuel L. Jackson thriller Glass is the No. 1 movie at the North American box office for a third weekend, earning an additional $9.5 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

Coming in at No. 2 is The Upside with $8.9 million, followed by Miss Bala at No. 3 with $6.7 million, Aquaman at No. 4 with $4.8 million and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse at No. 5 with $4.4 million.

Rounding out the top tier are Green Book at No. 6 with $4.3 million, The Kid Who Would Be King at No. 7 with $4.2 million, A Dog's Way Home at No. 8 with $3.5 million, Escape Room at No. 9 with $2.9 million and They Shall Not Grow Old at No. 10 with $2.4 million.

Did you watch the game? I completely forgot, but at least I can see the new movie trailers online. Did you see any good ones?

Be Well,
Steve

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Reports: All 5 Best Song nominees to be sung at the Oscars

All five Best Song nominees are scheduled to be sung at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, media reports said.

Shortlisted for the award are "All the Stars" from Black Panther; "I'll Fight" from RBG; "Shallow" from A Star is Born; "The Place Where Lost Things Go" from Mary Poppins Returns; and "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

"Things we'd like to announce today: 1. @IAMJHUD will perform the nominated song "I'll Fight" on the #Oscars! 2. This has been our favorite tweet of the day," the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences wrote in a Twitter post Thursday.

"Spoiler Alert: "The Place Where Lost Things Go" from "Mary Poppins Returns" will be performed on the #Oscars. BONUS SPOILER ALERT: It will be performed by a surprise special guest!" the academy tweeted.

Variety reported shortened versions of all the nominated songs are expected to be performed on the air in an effort to keep the program from running over its planned 3-hour length.

The New York Times said the academy initially intended to include only the hit songs "Shallow" and "All the Stars" in the Oscars broadcast, but later decided to expand the musical part of the program.

The awards ceremony, which will recognize excellence in cinema for 2018, does not have a host after comedian Kevin Hart dropped out due to criticism over his past homophobic remarks. He has since publicly apologized.

Tom Hanks celebrates 'Toy Story 4' production wrap

Tom Hanks celebrated on Instagram his final recording session as Woody in Disney and Pixar's upcoming animated sequel, Toy Story 4.

"Final line, final session as Woody of Toy Story 4. We rode like the wind, to infinity and beyond. Hanx," the actor said on Thursday alongside a photo of himself in the recording booth.

Toy Story 4 is set to arrive in theaters on June 21.

Hanks' co-star Tim Allen who voices Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story series, also posted about his final recording session on Twitter on Wednesday.

"Finished my Buzz for Toy Story 4 today and it got emotional. Wonderful full body story," Allen said. "You are all going to love the work this incredible team at Pixar created. We are all going to love this story....man its got everything."

Woody and Buzz first returned in a teaser trailer released in November that also featured Jessie, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex and Hamm alongside a new character named Forky that is being voiced by Tony Hale.

The film will also feature Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of Key & Peele fame voicing two new characters Ducky and Bunny respectively, along with the return of Bo Peep.

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"I like to think that people know where I stand as a human being after two decades doing this. I'm not a speaker. I'm not a public speaker. I do speak, but it's through the music ... I think we wanted to make sure we were able to speak once again through the music."
--Adam Levine, on the thought process behind his controversial decision to headline the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show with his band Maroon 5, to Entertainment Tonight

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Alfonso Cuaron wins Directors Guild Award for 'Roma'

Roma filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron won the Directors Guild of America Award for Best Feature Film at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Bo Burnham was honored with the DGA prize for Best First-Time Feature Film for Eighth Grade.

Adam McKay went home with the DGA statuette for Best Drama TV Series for Succession, while Bill Hader scored the Best Comedy TV Series for Barry and Ben Stiller earned the DGA accolade for Best TV Movie or Limited Series for Escape at Dannemora.

Roma is also nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture and a Best Director nod for Cuaron. Winners will be announced at a gala on Feb. 24.

'Gossip Girl' reboot is being discussed, The CW president says

Gossip Girl may be getting a TV reboot, according to the president of The CW.

Mark Pedowitz said Thursday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that there have been talks of reviving the series.

"There's been discussions, but I don't know if we're there yet," he said, according to Deadline.

Pedowitz said a lot would depend on Warner Bros. Television, which produced the show, and executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.

"I don't know what it would be. A lot is up to Warner Bros. and Josh and Steph, 'cause you don't want do anything without them," he explained, according to TVLine.

Gossip Girl is based on the Cecily von Ziegesar book series of the same name. The show starred Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick, and had a six-season run on The CW from 2007 to 2012.

Lively and Meester, who played Serena Van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl, said in an interview with Vanity Fair in August 2017 that they are open to a reunion.

"Of course [I'd be interested]," Lively said. "I imagine we all would [consider it]. I can't speak for everyone else, but we all owe so much to this show, and I think that it would be silly not to acknowledge that."

"I guess I hear [rumors] in fits and starts here and there, but it's hard to say," Meester added. "If everyone was into it and the timing was right, you know? I don't want to say, 'No, never...'"

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Which of Rose Leslie's former co-stars told her how 'Game of Thrones' ends?

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington says he told wife and former co-star Rose Leslie how the HBO series ends.

The 32-year-old British actor said on Friday's episode of the KISS Breakfast show that Leslie didn't speak to him for days after he spoiled the show's finale.

"I told my wife last year how it ended, and she wouldn't talk to me for about three days," he told hosts Tom Green and Daisy Maskell. "And she'd asked!"

Harington, who plays Jon Snow on Game of Thrones, said he's "satisfied" with how the series ends -- for now.

"I can't really answer whether I'm happy or not. I don't think it's about happy or sad, really," the star said. "I'm satisfied with what they did, but I don't know whether I'll be really satisfied until I see it."

"It's quite nice walking around, which will only happen for a few months before everyone's seen it, knowing," he added. "I know and no one else does. I know how it wraps up. I think it's gonna be groundbreaking."

Harington also used emojis to hint about the show's final season. He responded with a duck emoji when asked if Jon and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) will have a baby, and used a tooth emoji to answer if Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) is actually a Targaryen.

"Think of that what you will," the actor said.

Harington and Leslie married in June after meeting on the set of Game of Thrones. Leslie portrayed Ygritte, a wilding and love interest to Jon, in Seasons 2 through 4 of Game of Thrones.

Game of Thrones will return for an eighth and final season April 14. Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark, told Sky News in an interview published last week that she is "really proud" of the final season.