Month: November 2020

Kristen Stewart stars along with Mackenzie Davis in the first trailer for the romantic-comedy Happiest Season.

Happiest Season follows Abby (Stewart), who plans on proposing to Harper (Davis) at Harper’s family holiday party. But things change when Abby discovers that her girlfriend has yet to come out to her conservative family.  

Happiest Season also stars Dan Levy, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza and Holland. Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner produce with Jaclyn Huntling for Temple Hill. 

Stewart last starred in “Charlie’s Angels.” Davis played the titular role in “Tully” opposite Charlize Theron, and also appeared in the “Terminator” reboot with Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Happiest Season debuts Dec. 25 on Hulu, skipping a theatrical release in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Watch the trailer at the link: here.

Trailer drops for Kristen Stewart’s lesbian Christmas rom-com ‘Happiest Season’

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Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis bring holiday cheer in the first trailer for “Happiest…

11/10/2020 7:07 AM

 

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Netflix has officially renewed The Umbrella Academy for Season 3. Steve Blackman is set to return as showrunner, and The Umbrella Academy comic co-creators Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba will return as executive producers. 

Most of the cast will reprise their roles: Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, and Colm Feore. 

Like the first two seasons, Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy will consist of 10 episodes. Production is set to begin in Toronto this February.

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix

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The super-powered Hargreeves siblings are headed back to Netflix for another season. On Tuesday,…

11/10/2020 11:51 AM

 

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For the second time, Netflix has been forced to stop production on the second season of The Witcher due to positive COVID-19 tests, and as of press time there is no date for when production will resume.

Deadline reported that those diagnosed were not part of the show’s main cast and they have already been quarantined. Filming was taking place west of London, and the UK has seen a dramatic leap in coronavirus cases over the last several weeks. Only when filming is believed to be safe again will production restart. Showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich addressed the situation on Twitter, thanking fans for their support and saying that the staff seemed to be doing well. She added that the team would be back to production “soon.”

Starring Henry Cavill, The Witcher is based on the book series of the same now, and the video games associated with the series helped to turn the franchise into a global success. They feature many of the same characters, locations, and story elements.

The Witcher Season 2 Halts Production Again Due To Multiple COVID-19 Diagnosis

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11/08/2020 9:25 PM

 

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The Kevin Costner/Diane Lane drama Let Him Go is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $4.1 million in receipts.

“Let Him Go” stars Kevin Costner as a retired sheriff and Diane Lane as his wife. The couple leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from a dangerous family living in the Dakotas, which ends in violence. Lesley Manville, who scored an Oscar nomination for her work in another Focus release, 2017 “Phantom Thread,” co-stars. “Let Him Go” was written and directed by Thomas Bezucha, the filmmaker behind “The Family Stone.”

Coming in at No. 2 on the weekend roster was Come Play with $1.7 million, followed by The War with Grandpa at No. 3 with $1.5 million, Honest Thief at No. 4 with $1.1 million and Tenet at No. 5 with $905,000. Rounding out the top tier was the re-release of Toy Story at No. 6 with $505,000, The Empty Man at No. 7 with $277,000, Spell at No. 8 with $150,000, The New Mutants at No. 9 with $110,000 and Love and Monsters at No. 10 with $100,000.

Box office collection: Kevin Costner, Diane Lane thriller ”Let Him Go” tops election week collection

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Focus Features` “Let Him Go” provided a few sparks at an otherwise lifeless box office, opening…

11/09/2020 1:48 AM

 

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Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2020, the show announced on Twitter. “Jeopardy! Is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. Thank you, Alex,” the show tweeted. Trebek announced he was battling Stage 4 pancreatic cancer back in March 2019. 

Trebek began hosting game shows in his native country of Canada, moving to the United States in the ’70s to emcee The Wizard of Odds and High Rollers for NBC, as well as Double Dare and Pillsbury Bake-Off for CBS. He joined Jeopardy! in 1984, but emceed shows such as The National Geographic Bee from 1989-2013 and To Tell the Truth from 1990-91.

In 2011, Trebek earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daytime Emmys, and also won seven Emmys for Outstanding Game Show host. In 2014, Guinness World Records announced that Trebek had broken the record for the most game show episodes (6,829) hosted by the same person on the same program.  He served as host of “Jeopardy!” for nearly 40 years.

Trebek is survived by his wife Jean Currivan and their two children, Matthew and Emily as well as another daughter Nicky, who he adopted with his first wife Elaine.

Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy’ host, dead at 80

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11/08/2020 12:58 PM

 

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