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Year-End Round-Up: The Award Goes To…

December 26, 2018 by Rueben

Every year there are lots of awards shows, some important, some just fun and numerous just plain silly or nonsensical, but the following list is just some of the top winners over the course of the year:

GOLDEN GLOBES (January)

Best Drama Picture – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor Drama Picture – Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Comedy TV Series – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Allison Janney in I, Tonya
Best Animated Film – Coco
Best Original Song – This Is Me from The Greatest Showman
Best Drama TV Series – The Handmaid’s Tale
Best Actor Drama TV Series – Sterling K. Brown in This Is Us
Best Actress Drama TV Series – Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid’s Tale
Best Actress Comedy Series in a TV Series – Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Best Actress Limited TV Series – Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies
Cecil B. DeMille Award – Oprah Winfrey

CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS (January)

Motion Pictures:

Best Picture – The Shape of Water
Best Actress – Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Young Actor/Actress – Brooklynn Prince in The Florida Project
Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins for Blade Runner 2049
Best Costume Design – Mark Bridges for Phantom Thread
Best Action Movie – Wonder Woman
Best Actress in a Comedy – Margot Robbie in I, Tonya

Television:

Best Supporting Actor in TV Drama – David Harbour in Stranger Things
Best Actor in a TV Comedy – Ted Danson in The Good Place
Best Limited TV Series – Big Little Lies

NAACP IMAGE AWARDS (January)

Entertainer of the Year – Ava DuVernay
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture – Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture – Octavia Spencer in Gifted
Outstanding Actress in a TV Comedy – Tracee Ellis Ross in black-ish
Outstanding Actress in a TV Drama – Taraji P. Henson in Empire
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a TV Drama – Joe Morton in Scandal
Outstanding Male Artist – Bruno Mars
Outstanding Female Artist – Mary J. Blige

SAG AWARDS (January)

Actress TV Drama – Clarie Foy in The Crown
Actor in Limited TV Series – Alexander Skarsgard in Big Little Lies
Ensemble in a Motion Picture – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

GRAMMY AWARDS (January)

Album of the Year – 24K Magic by Bruno Mars
Top Country Album – From a Room, Vol. 1 by Chris Stapleton
New Artist – Alessia Cara
Pop Duo/Group Performance – Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man
Top Rock Song – Run by Foo Fighters
Song Written for Visual Media – How Far I’ll Go from Moana by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – La La Land
Musical Theater Album – Dear Evan Hansen

RAZZIE AWARDS (March)

Worst Picture – The Emoji Movie
Worst Actor – Tom Cruise in The Mummy
Worst Supporting Actress – Kim Basinger in Fifty Shades Darker
Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel – Fifty Shades Darker

OSCARS (March)

Best Picture – The Shape of Water
Original Screenplay – Get Out by Jordan Peele
Film Editing – Lee Smith for Dunkirk
Best Supporting Actor – Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS (May)

Top Male Artist – Ed Sheeran
Top Female Artist – Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group – Imagine Dragons
Top Country Female Artist – Maren Morris
Top Soundtrack – Moana
Top Dance/Electronic Song – Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers & Coldplay

TONY AWARDS (June)

Best Play – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
Best Musical – The Band’s Visit
Best Revival of a Play – Angels in America
Best Actor in Leading Role in a Play – Andrew Garfield in Angels in America
Best Actress in Leading Role in a Play – Glenda Jackson in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play – Nathan Lane in Angels in America

MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS (June)

Best Movie – Black Panther
Bet Performance in a Show Female – Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things
Best Hero – Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther) in Black Panther
Best Villain – Michael B. Jordan (N’Jadaka/Erik Killmonger) in Black Panther
Scene Stealer – Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom) in Riverdale
Best Fight – Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) vs. German Soldiers in Wonder Woman

BET AWARDS (June)

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist – Bruno Mars
Video Director of the Year – Ava Duvernay
Best Actress – Tiffany Haddish
Young Stars Award – Yara Shahidi

SATURN AWARDS (June)

Best Action/Adventure Film – The Greatest Showman
Best Independent Film – Wonder
Best Actor in a Film – Mark Hamill in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Actress in a Film – Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman
Best Supporting Actor in a Film – Patrick Stewart in Logan
Best Supporting Actress in a Film – Danai Gurira in Black Panther
Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film – Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming
Best Fantasy TV Series – Outlander
Best Superhero Adaptation TV Series – The Flash
Best New Media TV Series: – Star Trek: Discovery
Best New Media Superhero Series – Marvel’s The Punisher
Best Actress on TV: Sonequa Martin-Green in Star Trek: Discovery

TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS (August)

Achievement in Drama – Keri Russell in The Americans
Achievement in Comedy – Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Outstanding New Program – Killing Eve
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy – The Good Place
Lifetime Achievement – Rita Moreno
Heritage Award – Friends

TEEN CHOICE AWARDS (August)

Choice Action Movie- Avengers: Infinity War
Choice Sci-Fi Movie – Black Panther
Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor – Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Ragnarok
Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress – Letitia Wright in Black Panther
Choice Fantasy Movie Actress – Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Choice Comedy Movie – Love, Simon
Choice Comedy Movie Actor – Dwayne Johnson in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Choice Summer Movie Actor – Chris Pratt in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Choice Drama TV Show – Riverdale
Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show – Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments
Choice Action TV Actor – Grant Gustin in The Flash
Choice Action TV Actress – Melissa Benoist in Supergirl
Choice Comedy TV Actor – Jaime Camil in Jane the Virgin
Choice Comedy TV Actress – Gina Rodriguez in Jane the Virgin
Choice Summer TV Star – Olivia Holt in Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger
Choice Breakout TV Star – Vanessa Morgan in Riverdale
Choice Female Artist – Camila Cabello
Choice Country Artist – Carrie Underwood
Choice Collaboration – Rewrite the Stars by Zac Efron & Zendaya from The Greatest Showman soundtrack
Choice Summer Male Artist – Shawn Mendes

MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS (August)

Artist of the Year – Camila Cabello
Best Pop – No Tears Left to Cry by Ariana Grande
Best Rock – Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons

EMMY AWARDS (September)

Drama Series – Game of Thrones
Lead Actress in a Drama Series – Claire Foy in The Crown
Lead Actor in a Drama Series – Matthew Rhys in The Americans
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Thandie Newton in Westworld
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones
Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie – Darren Criss in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie – Merritt Wever in Godless
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Alex Borstein in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Henry Winkler in Barry

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (October)

Favorite Female Artist Country – Carrie Underwood
Favorite Artist Alternative Rock – Panic! At The Disco
Favorite Soundtrack – The Album, Music From And Inspired By Black Panther

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS (November)

Movie of 2018 – Avengers: Infinity War
Comedy Movie – The Spy Who Dumped Me
Family Movie – Incredibles 2
Action Movie Star – Danai Gurira in Black Panther
Show of 2018 – Shadowhunters
Drama Show – Riverdale
Male TV Star – Harry Shum Jr. in Shadowhunters
Female TV Star – Katherine McNamara in Shadowhunters
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show – Wynonna Earp
Male Artist – Shawn Mendes
Country Artist – Blake Shelton

GOTHAM AWARDS (November)

Best Feature – The Rider
Best Actor – Ethan Hawke in First Reformed
Best Actress – Toni Collette in Hereditary
Breakthrough Actor – Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade
Breakthrough Series, Long Form – Killing Eve
Jury Award for Ensemble Performance – Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman and Emma Stone in The Favourite
Audience Award – Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Congratulations to all of the above winners (and the countless others who won awards) this year. Are any of the above your favorites? Do you think there was an actor or actress who was overlooked this year? Please share your thoughts.

TOMORROW: In Memorium

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TV Recommendations: Wednesday, December 26

December 26, 2018 by Rueben

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

NOTE: There will be a marathon of Doctor Who episodes on BBC America today.

5 PM:
Love Actually movie on TNT

5:10 PM:
Ready Player One movie on HBO

5:30 PM:
Now You See Me movie on FX
Me Before You movie on Lifetime

6 PM:
Christmas Getaway movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

6:38 PM:
Game of Thrones on HBO2 (Reair)

7 PM:

Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
The Lion King (animated) movie on Freeform
Driving Miss Daisy movie on POP
NCIS: Los Angeles on Oxygen

7:01 PM:
The Saint movie on Encore

7:30 PM:
Legally Blonde movie on CMT

7:37 PM:
Game of Thrones on HBO2 (Reair)

8 PM:
Vikings on History Channel (Encore)
The Christmas Cottage movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Now You See Me 2 movie on FX
NCIS: Los Angeles on Oxygen

8:34 PM:
Game of Thrones on HBO2 (Reair)

9 PM:
Vikings on History Channel (NEW)
Christmas Bells Are Ringing movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
Juno movie on Encore
Wreck-It Ralph (animated) movie on Freeform
Columbiana movie on Syfy
NCIS: Los Angeles on Oxygen

10 PM:
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
The Hitman’s Bodyguard movie on Cinemax
Legally Blonde movie on CMT
NCIS: Los Angeles on Oxygen

Enjoy!

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Year-End Round-Up: The Hits and Misses on the Big Screen 2018

December 25, 2018 by Rueben

In years past, I would attempt to see about 25 movies in the theatres every year, but this year has been drastically different with my only seeing about a dozen movies in the theatre this time around. The movies I enjoyed the most include: Mary Poppins Returns, The Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody and Avengers: Infinity War.

But I know readers don’t care about what movies I saw throughout the year or which ones I liked best. So it’s time to look at the top 30 biggest box office winners from this year (up through Sunday, December 23):

1. Black Panther – 700 million
2. Avengers: Infinity War – 679 million
3. Incredibles 2 – 609 million
4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – 417 million
5. Deadpool 2 – 318 million
6. Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch – 253 million
7. Mission: Impossible – Fallout – 220 million
8. Ant-Man and the Wasp – 217 million
9. Solo: A Star Wars Story – 214 million
10. Venom – 213 million
11. A Star is Born – 200 million
12. A Quiet Place – 188 million
13. Bohemian Rhapsody – 185 million
14. Crazy Rich Asians – 174 million
15. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation – 168 million
16. Ralph Breaks the Internet – 162 million
17. Halloween (2018) – 159 million
18. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – 154 million
19. The Meg – 145 million
20. Ocean’s 8 – 140 million
21. Ready Player One -138 million
22. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again – 121 million
23. The Nun – 118 million
24. Peter Rabbit – 115 million
25. Creed II – 109 million
26. The Equalizer 2 – 102 million
27. Rampage (2018) – 101 million
28. A Wrinkle in Time – 100.5 million
29. Fifty Shades Freed – 100.4 million
30. Disney’s Christopher Robin – 99 million

NOTE: Please keep in mind that the box office results for movies released during the week before Christmas won’t be tallied until later this week.

On the other spectrum are the movies that were either a disappointment in the box office due to poor ticket sales or, more importantly, had a horrible trailer that made me completely uninterested in seeing them.

They appear in alphabetical order below:

Acrimony
Bad Samaritan
Blockers
Game Night
Gotti
Gringo
Holmes & Watson
I Feel Pretty
Insidious: The Last Key
Life of the Party
Night School
Nobody’s Fool
Overboard
Overlord
Slender Man
Super Troopers 2
Tag
The First Purge
The Happytime Murders
The Meg
The Nun
The Spy Who Dumped Me
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Truth or Dare
Uncle Drew
Venom
White Boy Rick

What movies did you most enjoy seeing this year? Which movies were disappointments to you? Please share your thoughts and comments.

TOMORROW: The Award Goes To…

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: A Midnight Kiss

December 25, 2018 by Rueben

On December 29, the Hallmark Channel holiday movie A Midnight Kiss will debut at 8 PM.

With only one week to prepare, Lisa Patterson and her family of party planners are given the biggest job in their company’s history: a New Year’s Eve party for tech entrepreneur Megan Clark. But when her brother breaks his leg and her parents head off on a planned vacation, Lisa must reluctantly enlist the help of her brother’s visiting college buddy, David Campos, to help her pull off the event which just so happens to fall on her favorite day of the year. But what Lisa didn’t plan on was falling in love in the process.

The film stars Carlos PenaVega and Adelaide Kane.

Here is a trailer for A Midnight Kiss.

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TV Recommendations: Tuesday, December 25

December 25, 2018 by Rueben

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

NOTE: There will be a marathon of Doctor Who episodes on BBC America today.

6 PM:
Country Christmas Album movie on ION (Encore)
Dear Santa movie on Lifetime (Reair)
The Secret Life of Pets (animated) movie on FX
The Mountain Between Us movie on HBO
Knight and Day movie on HBO2
What a Girl Wants movie on POP
Braveheart movie on TMC

6:41 PM:
Outlander on Starz (Encore)

7 PM:
Hope at Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)

8 PM:
When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT)
Every Day Is Christmas movie on Lifetime (Encore)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)

8:55 PM:
The Lion King movie on Freeform

9 PM:
Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2018 on PBS (DEBUT)
A Veteran’s Christmas movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
The Secret Life of Pets (animated) movie on FX
God Friended Me on CBS (Reair)

9:28 PM:
Outlander on Starz (Encore)

9:30 PM:
Christmas at the Palace movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
A Royal Christmas Ball movie on ION (Reair)
Love, Simon movie on HBO
A Dog’s Purpose movie on Showtime 2
Love Actually movie on TNT

9:45 PM:
The Polar Express (animated) movie on AMC

10 PM:
The Bourne Ultimatum movie on TMC

10:03 PM:
Jingle Belle movie on Lifetime (Encore)

Enjoy!

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MESSAGE: Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2018 by Rueben

Merry Christmas 2018!!!

I want to to wish everyone who has visited this site for the nearly 8 years a very blessed and wonderful Christmas Day!

Regardless of how you celebrate this most precious of holidays, I hope it is a truly terrific day spent with your families and friends.

Be well, drive safely and have a spectacular Christmas!!

Thank you SO VERY MUCH for visiting Rueben’s Ramblings and I hope you will continue to visit as often as you can!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Year-End Round-Up: Music Moments in 2018

December 24, 2018 by Rueben

I don’t know about the rest of you, but in my world I couldn’t live without music.

As I’ve shared for years now, I wake up to music every single day rather than an alarm. Every night I go to bed with music playing. The first thing I do after I start my car is turn on the radio. Whenever I leave my house, my music is playing as I don’t like to have a quiet house – even when I’m not around.

Music may not be for everyone, but I couldn’t function without it.

Since music plays a crucial role in my life, I wanted – like for so many years – to take the time to highlight just some of the songs, performers and video moments from this past year:

Top Female Singer of the Year – Camila Cabello

Here is the video to her number one hit single “Havana”:

Top Male Singer of the Year – Shawn Mendes

Here is the video for his hit single “In My Blood”:

Top Band of the Year – Panic! At The Disco

Here is the video for their hit song “Say Amen (Saturday Night)”:

Man This Guy Can Sing – Brendon Urie from Panic! At The Disco

Here is a video of Brendon and the band performing “Bohemian Rhapsody” live from Sydney for the American Music Awards:

Best New Band – lovelytheband

Here is the video for their song “Broken”:

Like Father, Like Son – Andrea Bocelli and Matteo Bocelli

Here is the video for their single “Fall On Me”:

Top Song From a Box Office Movie – “Shallow” from A Star Is Born (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)

Here is the video for the single:

What An Incredible Recreation – Rami Malek performing as Freddie Mercury in the box office Bohemian Rhapsody

Check this link that features the side-by-side video.

Top Pop Song of the Year – “The Middle” by country music singer Maren Morris, record producer Zedd and musical duo Grey

Here is the video:

Top Country Singer – Kacey Musgraves

Here is the video for the title song from her latest album “Golden Hour,” which has been getting critical buzz and winning the talented singer awards:

Let’s Run Off to the Circus – “The Greatest Showman – Reimagined”

Here are some of the official lyric videos for some of the reimagined songs:

Kelly Clarkson “Never Enough”

Pink “A Million Dreams”

The reimagined album also includes Panic! At The Disco, Sara Bareilles, Zac Brown Band, Pentatonix and Kesha [among others].

Merry Christmas to One and All – “Christmas Party” by The Monkees

Their first EVER Christmas album two years after their 50th Anniversary album came out.

The Monkees – “Unwrap You At Christmas” (Official Lyric Video)

Which artists stood out for you over this past year? What was your favorite song? Which songs did you get sick of hearing on the radio? What song could you listen to over and over again? What was the top album in your opinion? Please share your thoughts on the music of 2018 below.

TOMORROW: Movies

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Winter TV Reminder: What’s on TV This Week

December 24, 2018 by Rueben

Here is the short list of the programming options to expect on TV this holiday week:

On Christmas Day, the Call the Midway Holiday Special will air on PBS at 9 PM. Sister Mildred (Miriam Margoyles) arrives unexpectedly at Nonnatus House with her hands full with four Chinese orphans. Having fled China, the child refugees were found abandoned in Hong Kong and are being adopted in the U.K. as part of the World Refugee Project. With Christmas preparations in full flow and the midwives busy caring for the expectant mothers of Poplar, these unexpected visitors cause joy and chaos in equal measure. The special also sees Trixie return to Poplar in time to cover for the Sisters as they leave for the Mother House. The Order’s Mother Superior has taken ill, and a new spiritual leader needs to be elected. It soon becomes clear, much to Sister Julienne’s horror, that she is the favored candidate.

Also on Christmas Day, the Hallmark Channel will debut the When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing movie at 9 PM. When a group of orphans become stranded in Hope Valley for Christmas, their caretakers — sisters who have a mysterious backstory — lead Bill (Jack Wagner) to investigate the circumstances of their arrival. He discovers the sisters and their orphanage are in jeopardy, so Abigail (Lori Loughlin) and the other residents rally to make it a Christmas to remember for the orphans. Elizabeth (Erin Krakow), who is preparing for the birth of her child, organizes her students to engage in selfless gift-giving. That, along with a Christmas miracle, help bring wonder, hope, joy, and love to all this Christmas season. Other regular cast members who will appear in the special include Pascale Hutton, Kavan Smith and Paul Greene [among others].

The Hallmark Channel holiday movie A Midnight Kiss will debut on December 29 at 8 PM. With only one week to prepare, Lisa Patterson and her family of party planners are given the biggest job in their company’s history: a New Year’s Eve party for tech entrepreneur Megan Clark. But when her brother breaks his leg and her parents head off on a planned vacation, Lisa must reluctantly enlist the help of her brother’s visiting college buddy, David Campos, to help her pull off the event which just so happens to fall on her favorite day of the year. But what Lisa didn’t plan on was falling in love in the process. The film stars Carlos PenaVega and Adelaide Kane.

Lastly on December 30, the season premiere of the second season of The Orville will air on FOX at 8 PM.

Mark your calendars!

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TV Recommendations: Monday, December 24

December 24, 2018 by Rueben

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

NOTE: There will be a marathon of Doctor Who episodes on BBC America today.

6 PM:
With Love, Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Christmas in the Bayou movie on Lifetime (Reair)

6:30 PM:
Mystic Pizza movie on POP

6:45 PM:
The Wizard of Oz (classic) movie on TNT

7 PM:
Christmas Belle movie on Lifetime (Reair)
The Secret Life of Pets (animated) movie on FX
White Christmas (classic) movie on Sundance TV
Quantum of Solace movie on Showtime

7:03 PM
Outlander on Starz (Encore)

8 PM:
Berlin Station on EPIX (Encore)
Arrow on The CW (Reair)
A Shoe Addict’s Christmas movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
A Christmas in Tennessee movie on Lifetime (Encore)
It’s a Wonderful Life movie on NBC
Ready Player One movie on HBO2

9 PM:
God Friended Me on CBS (Reair)
A Cinderella Christmas movie on ION (Reair)
Despicable Me 2 (animated) movie on FX

9:35 PM:
The Greatest Showman movie on HBO

9:45 PM:
White Christmas (classic) movie on Sundance TV

10 PM:
Christmas at Pemberley Manor movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)

10:03 PM:
The Christmas Contract movie on Lifetime (Encore)
The Light Between Oceans movie on TMC

10:35 PM:
Outlander on Starz (Encore)

Enjoy!

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Entertainment Update for December 17 to December 23

December 23, 2018 by Rueben

Hey All,

Here are the news items for the past week:

CANCELLATIONS/RENEWALS

NBC has cancelled Midnight, Texas after two season. The final episode – which will now be the show’s series finale – will air this coming Friday, December 28. (Variety)

CBS All Access has renewed “Tell Me a Story” for a second season. (Variety)

Elementary is coming to an end on CBS. The procedural will wrap up following its upcoming seventh season on the broadcaster, which does not currently have a premiere date. (Variety)

OWN has canceled Love Is__ after one season. (Variety)

Z Nation has been cancelled by Syfy after five season. The December 28 episode will now serve as the show’s series finale. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Netflix has ordered two more seasons of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. The streamer has ordered another 16 episodes of the series, which will be split into two parts like Season 1 and 2. Season 3 and 4 will begin production in 2019. Season 2 is set to premiere April 5, 2019. (Variety)

Van Helsing has been given a fourth season renewal by Syfy. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Ray Donovan has been given a 7th season renewal by Showtime. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Netflix has given a sequel order to the very popular summer movie To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before with lead stars Lana Condor and Noah Centineo returning. (The Futon Critic)

CASTING NEWS

Star Trek alum George Takei will appear as a series regular (as well as a consultant) in the second season of the AMC anthology The Terror, which will take place during World War II and is set, in part, in a Japanese-American internment camp. He will play Yamato-san, a former fishing captain and community elder. (Variety)

Actor Connor Jessup (American Crime and Falling Skies) and actress Emilia Jones (Utopia) have been cast to star as Tyler and Kinsey Locke in the Netflix small screen adaptation of Locke & Key. The 10-episode horror, fantasy series revolves around the Locke siblings Kinsey, Tyler, and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) who, after the gruesome murder of their father, move to their ancestral home in Massachusetts only to find the house has magical keys that give them a vast array of powers and abilities. Little do they know a devious demon also wants the keys and will stop at nothing to attain them. (Deadline)

Actor Alexander Ludwig (Vikings) and actress Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) have joined the cast of the box office movie Bad Boys 4 Life, starring alongside Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. They will play a modern, highly specialized police unit that collides with the old school Bad Boys (Smith and Lawrence) when a new threat emerges in Miami. The film is slated for release on January 17, 2020. Additionally, Joe Pantoliano will return as Captain Howard. (Variety)

Actors Colin O’Donoghue (Once Upon a Time) and David Denman (13 Hours) and actresses Willa Fitzgerald (Scream: The TV Series) and Vanessa Rubio (Cobra Kai) will appear in an episode of the upcoming Netflix 8-episode anthology series Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings that showcases the stories, memories and inspirations behind Parton’s most beloved songs. They will appear in the JJ Sneed episode where O’Donoghue plays the title character while Fitzgerald plays Maddie, Denman plays Deke Fletcher and Rubio plays Cimmaron. This episode will be set in the 1880s, centering on a feisty young woman trapped in a mundane existence who dreams of more, until a seductive outlaw pulls her into the adventure of a lifetime. (Deadline)

Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of Virgin River, a contemporary romance based on the beloved Harlequin book series by author Robyn Carr. In this story Melinda Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge from This Is Us and The Walking Dead) answers an ad to work as a nurse practitioner in the remote California town of Virgin River thinking it will be the perfect place to start fresh and leave her painful memories behind. But she soon discovers that small-town living isn’t quite as simple as she expected and that she must learn to heal herself before she can truly make Virgin River her home. The ensemble cast will include Martin Henderson (Grey’s Anatomy), Tim Matheson (The West Wing), Annette O’Toole (Smallville), David Cubitt (Medium and Siren), Lexa Doig (Arrow and The Arrangement), Daniel Gillies (The Originals and Saving Hope), Ben Hollingsworth (Code Black), Colin Lawrence (Riverdale) and Ian Tracey (Bates Motel and Travelers). (The Futon Critic)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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