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Dec
16
2021
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By Troy Warren
Sam Waterston Officially Returning for ‘Law & Order’ Revival at NBC

Sam Waterston Officially Returning for ‘Law & Order’ Revival at NBC

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BY LESLEY GOLDBERG | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment He’ll reprise his role as Jack McCoy for what will be his 17th season with the procedural.  Jack McCoy is officially returning to Law & Order.  Following prolonged negotiations, Sam Waterston has closed a deal to return for NBC’s Law & Order revival. The casting means Waterston will appear in 17 of the show’s 21 seasons, as the revival is being billed as a continuation of the series that launched a multibillion-dollar franchise. Waterston first joined L&O in season five and remained through season 20, when NBC unceremoniously canceled the drama before it could snap Gunsmoke’s record for the…
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Dec
15
2021
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Studios Eye 2022 Theatrical Slates: “Windowing Is Getting Very Tricky”

Studios Eye 2022 Theatrical Slates: “Windowing Is Getting Very Tricky”

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BY PAMELA MCCLINTOCK | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment  #EditorsPicks Amid a growing gulf between haves (anything Marvel) and have-nots ('West Side Story'), distribution chiefs are making difficult calls on which titles to send to streaming as early as 45 days after a theatrical run begins. When Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story opened to a dismal $10.6 million at the domestic box office over the Dec. 10-12 weekend, Hollywood was despondent. The next question: How quickly will the musical go to streaming if it doesn’t rebound in theaters? West Side Story is hardly the only film caught in the crosshairs of a dramatically altered landscape…
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Dec
14
2021
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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: Film Review

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: Film Review

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BY JOHN DEFORE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment Tom Holland’s webslinger fights a bunch of familiar faces in Jon Watts’ third outing as Spider-director. The heroes who went clobberin’ through the pages of Marvel Comics in the 1980s were still relative kids when the mythology over at rival publisher DC started creaking under its own weight. Superman and Batman had started fighting crime in the late ’30s, for Pete’s sake, and the many iterations of their stories, not to mention those of less revered characters, had piled up in confusing or contradictory ways. The solution was a series called Crisis…
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Dec
12
2021
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Seth MacFarlane Explains Why So Many Hollywood Stars Hate Trump

Seth MacFarlane Explains Why So Many Hollywood Stars Hate Trump

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BY RYAN PARKER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment  #EditorsPicks "His tactics are those employed by the shiftiest of agents, lawyers and publicists," the 'Family Guy' creator wrote. Seth MacFarlane on Friday attempted to explain why so many celebrities have such disdain for Donald Trump.  The Family Guy creator and star posted a lengthy message to social media explaining that the president-elect represented the downside of fame to people who have tasted success.  “His tactics are those employed by the shiftiest of agents, lawyers and publicists,” MacFarlane wrote. “We’ve learned to recognize the blustery showmanship of a lying con man because we encounter it everyday in our business.”  MacFarlane, who hosted…
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Dec
11
2021
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Michael Nesmith, the Monkee for all seasons, dies at 78

Michael Nesmith, the Monkee for all seasons, dies at 78

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By JOHN ROGERS and BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks  #Entertainment Michael Nesmith, the wool-hatted, guitar-strumming member of the 1960s, made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died at 78 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and entrepreneur who will likely be best remembered as the wool-hatted, guitar-strumming member of the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died at 78. Nesmith, who had undergone quadruple bypass surgery in 2018, died of natural causes at his Carmel Valley home near California's Central Coast, his family said in a statement. Nesmith was a struggling singer-songwriter in September…
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Dec
10
2021
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‘Matrix Resurrections’: New Teaser Clip Features Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus

‘Matrix Resurrections’: New Teaser Clip Features Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus

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BY ABID RAHMAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment The latest sneak peek at the fourth film in the franchise dropped during The Game Awards. The latest teaser clip of the hotly anticipated The Matrix Resurrections has a double dose of Morpheus as Laurence Fishburne’s portrayal of the character makes an appearance and his notable absence in the latest film is sort of explained. The roughly one minute of new footage dropped during The Game Awards on Thursday night. In the clip, Keanu Reeves’ Neo is told by Bugs (Jessica Henwick) that to enter and exit the Matrix there is no need for landlines any…
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Dec
09
2021
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‘Hawkeye’ Prepares For a Long-Awaited Showdown

‘Hawkeye’ Prepares For a Long-Awaited Showdown

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BY RICHARD NEWBY | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment Episode four of the Disney+ series brings in a character audiences have been awaiting for months. [This story contains spoilers for Hawkeye episode four.] “I was a weapon. I was aimed by the right people at the right targets.” The fourth episode of Hawkeye slows things down for some Christmas cheer, at least for a little while. Just as it seems Clint (Jeremy Renner) and Kate (Hailee Steinfeld) are finally on the same page and being afforded the chance to catch their breaths, the sins of Ronin’s past rear their heads again. Not only is…
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Dec
08
2021
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Kirk Douglas Estate, Listed for $7.5M, Includes Personal Walk of Fame (Exclusive)

Kirk Douglas Estate, Listed for $7.5M, Includes Personal Walk of Fame (Exclusive)

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BY DEGEN PENER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment  #RealEstate  #EditorsPicks The Beverly Hills home where the late actor and his wife Ann lived includes a garden path featuring stones autographed by everyone from Lucille Ball and Dean Martin to Ronald Reagan. The Beverly Hills home owned by iconic actor Kirk Douglas and his wife Ann — who passed away within months of each other in 2020 and 2021, each in their 100s — has hit the market. Listed with Rochelle Atlas Maize of Nourmand & Associates for $7.495 million, the four-bedroom, 4,648-square-foot residence includes a one-of-a-kind feature: a sort of personal Hollywood Walk of Fame…
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Dec
07
2021
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Sylvester Stallone to Star in Taylor Sheridan-Terence Winter Mob Drama for Paramount+

Sylvester Stallone to Star in Taylor Sheridan-Terence Winter Mob Drama for Paramount+

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BY RICK PORTER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment The 'Rocky' star will play a gangster in the streamer's 'Kansas City.' Sylvester Stallone is going to Kansas City — by way of Paramount+. The three-time Oscar nominee and Rocky star will play the lead role in a Paramount+ mob drama from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan and The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire veteran Terence Winter. The part will mark the first regular series role for Stallone in his 50-plus-year career. Kansas City follows Sal (Stallone), a New York mobster who’s forced to relocate to present-day Kansas City, Missouri, and is faced with the task of re-establishing his Italian Mafia family in the Midwestern city. Sal encounters…
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Dec
05
2021
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‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Unveils First-Look Footage

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Unveils First-Look Footage

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BY AARON COUCH | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse fans’ spidey senses were tingling on Saturday when Sony unveiled the title to the sequel as well as the first footage at Brazil Comic Con. The sequel will be called Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One), with the title revealing this film will be a chapter in a two-part story. The sequel once again centers on Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), who is transported to another universe, where he comes in contact with Miguel O’hara, AKA Spider-Man 2099. O’hara voiced by Oscar Isaac and was teased in the post-credits scene of the first film. Miles…
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