| | | | | | | | | | | | "What's the point of doing something good if nobody's watching."
-Nicole Kidman
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-Nicole Kidman
To sign up for this newsletter click here. | | | | | | | | | Superheros for One Weekend | With the success of superhero movies, Hollywood studios have been desperate to start shared cinematic universes in other go-to blockbuster genres. Warner Bros., then, must be very pleased with the box office take of Kong: Skull Island this weekend. With a star-studded ensemble cast headed up by Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson, the movie did serious monkey business to the tune of $61 million. It’s the second entry in WB’s Monsterverse after 2014’s similarly successful Godzilla reboot. Next up? A Godzilla sequel and the inevitable Godzilla vs. King Kong flick. So far, there’s no plans to give other monsters their own films, but if audiences keep lining up it’s probably in the future. Not that the superhero genre has much to worry about. Wolverine-flick Logan held on strong to the No. 2 spot with $37.85 and should become 2017’s biggest movie so far sometime later this week. When it does, it will overtake The LEGO Batman movie for the spot. | | Female-fronted Prestige Sunday Night TV | | |  | | Sunday nights have long been the unofficially designated night for the most prestigious of prestige television, though more often than not it was dominated by mad men, mobsters, teachers-turned-meth dealers and what not. Now, between FX’s Feud: Bette vs Joan, HBO’s Big Little Lies, and CBS All-Access’ The Good Fight, Sunday nights suddenly seem very lady-led. Results vary, however. Our recapper says that while Feud tackles the topic of sexism in Hollywood, it occasionally perpetuates it as well. Meanwhile, Big Little Lies, as Vulture points out, is increasingly making the case that it’s more than a soapy guilty pleasure. In any event, Feud’s Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon and Lies’ Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman (unless the latter is shuffled into the supporting race) are all making their case for what should be the most heavily packed Emmys race for Best Actress in a Limited Series of TV Movie of all time. All four actresses have an Oscar, but only one can take home the Emmy next year. | | |  | | For over a decade Tyra Banks was a near constant presence on television, between America’s Next Top Model and her talk show, but it seemed lately like the new mother had opted to concentrate on her personal life and her role behind the camera. Apparently, though, you can’t keep a former model behind the camera for too long. Banks will now take the hosting reins of your aunt’s favorite summer show, America’s Got Talent. She’ll replace Nick Cannon in the role after he abruptly parted ways with the show after taking shots at NBC during a Showtime comedy special. Notably, though, it means Banks will be reunited with her former Victoria’s Secret co-Angel Heidi Klum; the blonde serves as one of the show’s judges. The pair’s careers have sometimes mirrored each others, so it only makes sense they’d end up in the same place. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Illustrator and cartoonist Max Wittert offers his take on Gucci’s latest. | | | | | | | | | | Pierre Niney, 28 (Played One of the Yves Saint Laurents) Common, 45 (Just All Around Good Dude, Which is Quite Uncommon) William H. Macy, 67 (Cinema’s Everyman) Charo, 76 (And a “Coochie, Coochie” to You Too) | | | | | | | | |
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