Low Key Awesome Pitch
►Wow. Loki director Kate Herron reveals how it took the most detailed pitch she's ever given to an actor, ever, to convince Owen Wilson to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the upcoming Disney+ series.
The interview. —"
Raised lettering. Pale nimbus. White." Fresh off its season two renewal,
The Mosquito Coast star Justin Theroux talks to
THR about the Apple TV+ series, which is based on his uncle Paul Theroux’s novel of the same name. The actor also discusses
The Leftovers finale, the nonsensical
Joker 2 rumors, the inspiration behind his
Star Wars: The Last Jedi character and that famous business card scene in
American Psycho. The interview. In other news... —
Jeff Bezos will travel to space next month, just a few weeks after he steps down as CEO of Amazon.
—Sex Education star
Asa Butterfield is set to appear in the horror thriller
Curs>r. —Danny Elfman wild tale about how he
composed his iconic score to 1989’s Batman.
—Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, violinist Midori and Dick Van Dyke were lauded Sunday night at the
43rd Kennedy Center Honors.
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Gérard Depardieu film to open Cannes Critics’ Week.
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Google has settled a French advertising antitrust case for $268 million.
—Sinéad O’Connor stated that
she is retiring from her career in touring and recording music.
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Richard Robinson, the longtime head of Scholastic who presided over bestsellers such as the
Harry Potter and
The Hunger Games series, has died. He was 84.
What else we're reading... —"How Alamo Drafthouse Battled Back From Bankruptcy" [
Vulture]
—"
Hacks Pits Zoomer Against Boomer" [
New Yorker]
—"Anthony Weiner’s Not Coming Back. But He Has Nowhere to Go" [
New York Times]
—""Nostalgia Is A Hell Of A Drug”: Will Gawker’s Swashbuckling Style Survive Upcoming Relaunch?" [
Vanity Fair]
—"Godless Grifters: How the New Atheists Merged With the Far Right" [
Salon]
Today... ... in 1991, Columbia Pictures unveiled buddy comedy
City Slickers in theaters nationwide, where it would go on to become a summer hit and an enduring classic.
THR's original review. Today's birthdays:
Liam Neeson (69), Emily Ratajkowski (30), Karl Urban (49), Michael Cera (33), Bear Grylls (47), Mike Pence (62), Iggy Azalea (31)
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