Trapped Inside Shanghai Disneyland
►Surreal. THR's Asia bureau chief Patrick Brzeski reports that more than 30,000 visitors to Shanghai Disneyland were forced to stay within the park on Sunday and required to take a COVID-19 test to gain their liberty from the Magic Kingdom after a single guest tested positive for COVID-19.
The draconian response is a vivid illustration of China’s ongoing “COVID zero” approach to the pandemic, a policy that has sparked growing unrest in the country as the more transmissible Delta variant makes total containment more challenging.
The story. —Backlash "muddied my joy." Ed Sheeran appearing in a small cameo on
Game of Thrones was meant to be a surprise for dear friend Maisie Williams. It ended with him getting mercilessly roasted by fans and souring the experience somewhat.
The story. —
Casting news. Burn Notice alum Jeffrey Donovan has become the first to be cast on NBC’s
Law & Order revival in what is being billed as the 21st season of the flagship procedural. Donovan will play a NYPD detective in the series that is expected to feature some former stars of the original.
The story. In other news... —Netflix: Movies and TV shows
leaving in November —
Netflix’s new releases coming in November 2021
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The Book of Boba Fett drops first trailer for
Star Wars gangster series —How an assistant created a hot list of comedy talent and
got a studio deal —
Jorge Lendeborg Jr. on Night Teeth and the future of his
Spider-Man character
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Robert Durst indicted in 1982 murder of wife Kathie Durst
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Bachelor,
Black-ish final season
book January debuts on ABC —Tokyo: French icon Isabelle Huppert on the
mysteries of natural acting —Tokyo: Festival programmer on
revamping event during pandemic —Tokyo Festival honors
Japan’s pioneering 1950s female filmmaker Kinuyo Tanaka What else we're reading... —"Tom Cruise Was An Intense Kid": How Francis Ford Coppola Made
The Outsiders [
The Guardian]
—Is the Metaverse Really Going to Happen? Nvidia Is Betting Yes [
Bloomberg]
—Where Maid Misses the Mark [
Slate]
—How Film-School Reject Khadar Ahmed Is Winning Prizes And Hearts [
BBC]
—Fox News Would Like To Make It Clear That Tucker Carlson’s Deranged January 6 Show Is Not On Fox News [
Vanity Fair]
Today... Today's birthdays: Naomi Ackie (29), David Schwimmer (55), Peter Mullan (62),
Shah Rukh Khan (56), Katharine Isabelle (40), Marisol Nichols (48), Luna Lauren Velez (57), Stefanie Powers (79), Sean Kanan (55), Jon M. Chu (42), Chris Williams (54), Nelly (47)
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