Hey All,
First of all, congrats to the winners of the SAG Awards last night, including Uzo Aduba, William H. Macy, Mark Ruffalo, Frances McDormand, Kevin Spacey, Viola Davis, Orange Is the New Black, Downton Abbey, Patricia Arquette, J.K. Simmons, Eddie Redmayne, Julianne Moore and the film Birdman.
Here are the news items for today:
TELEVISION
British actress-model Millie Brady (the upcoming Pride And Prejudice And Zombies) has been cast in the lead role in the Lifetime drama pilot The Clan Of The Cave Bear based on the Jean M. Auel book of the same name. The story takes place at a time in prehistory more than 25,000 years ago when Neanderthals shared the planet with the first early modern humans. A band of cave dwellers adopts blond and blue-eyed Ayla (Brady), a child of the “Others.” As Ayla matures into a young woman of spirit and courage, she must fight for survival against the jealous bigotry of Broud, who one day will be clan leader. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Actor Colm Feore (The Borgias) will appear on Gotham, playing Dr. Francis Dulmacher (aka The Dollmaker), the figure behind the mass kidnappings of Gotham’s street children. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)
Broadway star Kyle Dean Massey (Pippin) will play Kevin Bicks, an openly gay country artist, on Nashville. Kevin is a successful country artist who happens to like guys and his very existence deflates Will’s (series regular Chris Carmack) theory that the genre will never accept a gay superstar. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line and Deadline)
ONLINE SERIES
Actor David Tennant (Broadchurch and Doctor Who) has been cast as the villain known as Kilgrave in the upcoming Netflix series AKA Jessica Jones that will star Krysten Ritter (Veronica Mars) and Mike Colter (The Good Wife and Ringer). This online series is set to air sometime in 2015. (Chris Harnick at E! Online)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actress Emma Watson (Harry Potter franchise) will appear as Belle in the upcoming live-action film Beauty and the Beast. (E! Online)
Here are the top 10 box office films for this past weekend courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. American Sniper – 64 million
2. The Boy Next Door – 15 million
3. Paddington – 12.3 million
4. The Wedding Ringer – 11.6 million
5. Taken 3 – 7.6 million
6. The Imitation Game – 7.1 million
7. Strange Magic – 5.53 million
8. Selma – 5.5 million
9. Mortdecai – 4.1 million
10. Into the Woods – 3.8 million
That’s it. Enjoy!
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