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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDisney has announced a new Frozen animated short that will delve into the origins of the beloved summer-loving snowman Olaf.The short, Once Upon A Snowman, will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on October 23. Once Upon A Snowman explores — What happened to Olaf within the moments after Elsa created him as she was “letting it go” and building her ice palace, and when Anna and Kristoff first meet him in the forest? And how did Olaf learn to love Summer? The film follows Olaf’s first steps as he comes to life and searches for his identity in the snowy mountains outside Arendelle.Josh Gad, who voiced Olaf in 2013’s Frozen and 2019’s Frozen 2, is returning to voice Olaf for the animated short.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsSanta Fe Author Forrest Fenn, most known for his 2010 book Thrill of the Chase which inspired a popular treasure hunt in the Rocky Mountains, died on Monday. He was 90.Fenn passed of natural causes in his Santa Fe home.The writer and former U.S.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: In November 2018, John Allen Chau, an American adventure blogger and beef jerky marketer, was killed by an isolated tribe on an island in the Indian ocean that he was trying to convert to Christianity.This story is now being developed as a limited TV series by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Happy! and Dr. Death showrunner Patrick Macmanus.The studio won the rights, in a competitive situation, to option the rights to J.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAmber Heard really isn’t buying Johnny Depp’s line that he is too busy making Fantastic Beasts 3 to show up for the start of the $50 million defamation trial that he instigated.“Plaintiff should not be permitted to delay the trial and continue causing this damage simply because there is a scheduled movie shoot conflicting with trial and for which he has made no effort to schedule around his deposition and this trial,” says the Aquaman star’s lawyers in an opposition filing made in Virginia court on September 4 (READ IT HERE). “This case needs to end, and end soon,” Heard’s Old Dominion attorneys add of the big swing Depp first made against his ex-wife back in the spring of 2019.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe View was back for Season 24 today, and co-host Meghan McCain wasted no time stirring up the Hot Topics table. While saying she believes the incendiary charges made against Donald Trump in Jeffrey Goldberg’s Atlantic piece last week, she’d have liked a “heads up” from the publication about insults Trump was said to have made about her father, the late Sen.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Robert De Niro, Colson ‘Machine Gun Kelly’ Baker, and John Malkovich are set to star in Wash Me In The River, a drama that will mark the second directorial outing of Randall Emmett. Emmett, who just re-started production on Midnight in the Switchgrass after halting five days in because of the pandemic last March, has a week left to go.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorPresident Donald Trump spent much of his Labor Day tweeting about an article in The Atlantic that painted him as dismissive of American soldiers who died in battle and unwilling to visit their graves. The most explosive claim in the piece is that Trump called fallen soldiers “suckers” and “losers,” something that he denies.It’s not a surprise, then, that he seemed piqued when asked about the article in a news conference on Monday.As Reuters’ White House reporter Jeff Mason, who was wearing a mask, began to ask his question, Trump interrupted.“You’re going to have to take that off.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsKevin Dobson, most known for his work on TV dramas Knots Landing, Days of Our Lives and Kojak, has died. He was 77.The United Veterans Council of San Joaquin County announced the actor’s death on Facebook.

Peter White Television EditorOzzy Osbourne has had much of his life captured on film, whether it was early shows from Black Sabbath, the pioneering heavy metal band formed in the late 1960s, or MTV’s reality series The Osbournes.His story, from biting the head off a bat at a show in Iowa to urinating on the Alamo, has also been told numerous times in Behind The Music-style tales. However, in The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne, the musician opens up his life growing up in Birmingham, England as well as his march into madness, becoming the Prince of Darkness and an elder statesmen of the rock n roll world.Director R.

Peter White Television EditorDoc Martin, the grumpy British doctor played by Martin Clunes, is to hang up his stethoscope next year with the tenth and final season of the UK drama.ITV has renewed the series, which airs on Acorn TV in the U.S. for a final run with production set to start in 2021.The show follows Clunes’ Dr.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Epic Chinese war drama The Eight Hundred has been acquired for UK theatrical after mining box office gold in its native China.The film became the first blockbuster-level hit in the pandemic era when it released in China on August 21, grossing $336M in the territory to date, which places it at no.2 on the global box office chart for this year behind only Bad Boys For Life.Now, Trinity Cine Asia has moved to acquire UK and Ireland rights and has set a September 16 release in both 2D and IMAX.Directed by Guan Hu (Mr. Six), the pic is set during the Battle of Shanghai and stars Zhang Yi, Wang Qianyuan, Jiang Wu and Li Chen.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterCzech director Jiri Menzel, who helmed the Oscar-winning feature Closely Watched Trains, died on Saturday after a long battle with an undisclosed illness. He was 82.His wife, Olga confirmed his death on Instagram and Facebook.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterDuring the fourth round of the U.S. Open in New York, Novak Djokovic hit the ball in reaction to losing a point to Pablo Carreno Busta.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorRefresh for updates: Warner Bros. long-awaited Christopher Nolan movie Tenet finally opened in the U.S., and together with its Canadian run, which began last weekend rang up $20.2M.Since movie theaters closed down nationwide due to the pandemic, in particular, the top 3 big circuits, Tenet has long been heralded as the comeback of theaters, the tentpole that will get exhibition back on its feet.There is no context for these numbers, as it’s not your typical Labor Day weekend release.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerActor Michael Rooker is recovering from COVID-19, saying overcoming the disease was “quite a battle.”The Guardians of the Galaxy and The Walking Dead star posted on his Facebook account on Friday about his struggle, sharing a picture of his certification as having been cleared of the coronavirus.“If ya’ll aint figured out by now why I’ve been isolating in this crazy awesome Airstream of mine, let me help y’all out by saying I’ve been fighting off COVID-19,” he wrote. “I have to let y’all know it has been quite a battle.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerBurning Man lives for a few thousand of the faithful. Despite the cancellation of the annual alternative event by the pandemic, some die-hard “Burners” are camping out on the Black Rock Desert playa.The Bureau of Land Management officials are monitoring the attendees, who are prohibited from building a fire to “burn” the man, as tradition dictates.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerGirls Trip actress Tiffany Haddish spoke to Dr. Anthony Fauci in a video posted on her YouTube page this week, revealing that she tested positive for COVID-19.“I was working on a movie and someone in the movie contracted coronavirus,” Haddish told Fauci.

Nancy Tartaglione, Anthony D'Alessandro Christopher Nolan’s Tenet launched in the Middle Kingdom on Friday grossing RMB 62.3M, which included previews, translating into a $9.2M take. Pic’s day, at $8.6M, bested local epic The Eight Hundred which is estimated to have grossed $8.2M for a running total of $323.9M.It’s not certain yet if Tenet will best Eight Hundred for the top spot at China’s weekend box office.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorCBS’ Big Brother remained the big show in primetime Thursday, topping the night with a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.06 million viewers. It teamed with a two-hour Love Island (0.4, 1.55M) to give the network a No.

Alexander Payne In a recent social media post, Rose McGowan wrote that filmmaker Alexander Payne engaged in a sexual act with her while she was 15 year old. Payne today responds with a firm denial in this guest column.

Ted Johnson Sara Haines will return to ABC’s The View as a permanent co-host as the show returns next week for its 24th season, when a focus of the show will be on the final months of the 2020 presidential campaign.Haines was previously on The View from 2016 to 2018, and departed to join the network’s GMA 3: Strahan, Sara and Keke. After the show was canceled earlier this year, Haines has filled in from time to time following the departure of Abby Huntsman.In an interview, senior executive producer Hilary Estey McLoughlin said that Haines “is great in either place, which is rare to have somebody who is able to deal with such complex topics that we talk about on The View, and give a perspective that is smart.