#Warren Jacobson

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Just Finished: Before We were Us by Denise Hunter

This new release was my 10th Denise Hunter book of the year. The story follows Lauren after a traumatic brain injury steals the memories of her summer at the resort she manages- the summer in which she fell in love with the resort, and more importantly fell in love with the owner's son, Jonah.

The only thing she can recall was that the position was temporary and that her dream job awaited her in Boston at the end of the year. Oh, and that she couldn't stand the owner's son.

The story alternates between Lauren and Jonah's point of view with flashbacks to the summer, giving glimpses into the things Lauren herself can't even recall.

Overall, this book was an easy read but lacked the depth and drama that I hoped for from the publisher's blurb. However, Hunter also has a book called The Goodbye Bride with the memory loss trope where the main character, Lucy, doesn't remember leaving her fiancé and then getting engaged to another man. I have added it to my TBR along with adding its Hallmark movie adaptation, Christmas on My Mind, to my winter watch-list.

Now Reading: No Matter the Cost by Susan May Warren (The Epic Story of RJ and York #3) (Libby audiobook - Hoopla audiobook)

I have been steadily working my way through Susan May Warren's books, and I am addicted. After reading the Minnesota Marshalls series, I went back and read the Montana Marshalls series which follows the characters' cousins.

I do have to say, the Montana Marshalls series contained more brutality which I believe truly fleshed out the characters. The Montana Marshalls series technically ends with Ruby Jane but with many loose ends. That's where the series The Epic Story of RJ and York comes into play. No Matter the Cost is the third and final book of the series. The ending of the second book was heart-wrenching, and I am excited to see what Warren reveals in the conclusion.

Up Next: The Fall Back Plan by Melanie Jacobson (Sweater Weather #2)

This romantic comedy is from an interconnected stand-alone series called Sweater Weather. In a town called Harvest Hollow, the former bad boy has become the Sheriff and the golden girl has become the prime suspect in a crime.

With a mixture of enemies-to-lovers, single dads, and nosy neighbors, I have a feeling this one will be high on my list of fun and enjoyable reads.

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(Editor's note: We only have the audiobook version of some of these titles. If you'd like a print version, just submit a purchase request!)

[misterdtour]

Casper #170, “The Littlest Trick-or-Treater”

In honor of Halloween, a fifty-year look back at Casper #170, “The Littlest Trick-or-Treater”

Looking for something Halloween themed while also looking to branch out into fresh genres and publishers, I figured there would be a ton of Halloween stories of Casper the Friendly Ghost out there, right? Continue reading Untitled

[isittruecrime]

Eddie Smith

This is a well known photo of alleged Jeff Dahmer victim ''Eddie Smith". Jeff Dahmer supposedly murdered him in July 1990:

Alleged Jeff Dahmer victim, Eddie Smith

Here's a photo of Ernest Richard Smith, taken in 1975, when he was 16:

Ernest Richard Smith

Ernest Richard Smith (middle) and two photos of alleged victim "Eddie Smith":

Alleged Jeff Dahmer victim "Eddie Smith"(left), Ernest Richard Smith (middle), and ''Eddie Smith" (right)

Ernest Richard Smith was Theresa Smith's younger brother. They went to the same high school at one point. Theresa Smith appeared on various talk shows and news segments talking about her brother “Eddie Smith”:

There's plenty of information in Ancestry.com about Ernest Richard Smith and the entire Smith family. Most of the men, including Ernest, served in the US military and are buried in national cemeteries:

Ernest Richard Smith's grave

More photos of Ernest Richard Smith and alleged Dahmer victim ''Eddie Smith'':

Ernest Richard Smith in 1976 high school yearbook

Ernest Richard Smith in index of 1976 high school yearbook

Here’s a comparison of alleged Jeff Dahmer victim “Eddie Smith” and the high school yearbook photo of Ernest Richard Smith:

Alleged Jeff Dahmer victim "Eddie Smith" (left) and Ernest Richard Smith in his high school yearbook photo (right)

People familiar with this case know about "Carolyn Smith", someone who was seated in the courtroom during the "trial" and who appeared on various talk shows claiming to be ''Eddie" Smith's sister:

"Carolyn Smith" claimed to be the sister of "Eddie Smith"

The photo below shows “Carolyn” Smith and Theresa Smith seated in the courtroom. For information on the man seated on Theresa Smith’s left, see Other Theories About Jeff Dahmer.

"Carolyn Smith" in the courtroom with Theresa Smith

Ernest Richard Smith was murdered in 1999 when he sexually assaulted a man named Roy Barnes. Barnes woke up and found ''Smith performing a sex act on him".

Note the name in this story: "Carolyn Contessa Smith". There is no information about any "Carolyn Smith" in Ancestry.com that matches this person.

Ernest Richard Smith's father was Walter Smith and his mother was Josephine Helen Smith. Their children are listed here, including Ernest himself. Note there's no child by the name of ''Edward Warren Smith'' or "Carolyn Smith" listed. Also note that the family is Catholic, which is unusual for African-Americans. (For more information about the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the "Jeff Dahmer serial killer" story, see What Role Did The Archdiocese of Milwaukee Play In The "Jeff Dahmer, Serial Killer" Show?)

We couldn't find any official records for an ''Edward Warren Smith'' that matches the description of the "victim''. He's also not listed in the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). However, Ernest Richard Smith is in the SSDI:

12 days before Jeff Dahmer's "trial", a class E felony charge against Ernest Richard Smith was dropped:

"Eddie Smith" (Ernest Richard Smith) class E felony charge (robbery)

"Ernest Ricardo Smith is presumed innocent of the dismissed charges."

Ernest Richard Smith was facing a lengthy prison sentence:

As we've pointed out before, many of these people have convictions. Preston Davis, Rita Isbell, Nicole Childress, Billy Capshaw, Reynaldo Guerrero, James Edward Doxtator etc. Even Thomas Jacobson, the attorney who was trying to help the “victims” get money for what Jeff Dahmer supposedly did, declared bankruptcy.

Thomas Jacobson sitting with his clients, Reynaldo Guerrero, "Caroline Smith", and Rita Isbell.

Here's Jeff Dahmer's confession about alleged victim ''Edward Warren Smith":

Jeff Dahmer confession about "Eddie Smith"

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

New photos for Entertainment Weekly preview article.

LINK

Hallmark Channel - Countdown to Christmas

1 - Where Are You, Christmas? (Michael Rad & Lyndsy Fonseca) 2 - Christmas Island (Rachel Skarsten & Andrew Walker) 3 - Holiday Hotline (Emily Tennant & Niall Matter) 4 - Catch Me If You Claus (Luke Macfarlane & Italia Ricci) 5 - Holiday Road (Princess Davis, Enid-Raye Adams, Warren Christie, Brittany Willacy, Sara Canning, Kiefer O’Reilly, Sharon Crandall, Ryan Mah, & Trevor Lerner) 6 - Our Christmas Mural (Dan Jeannotte & Alex Paxton-Beesley) 7 - My Norwegian Holiday (David Elsendoorn & Rhiannon Fish) 8 - A Not So Royal Christmas (Brooke D'Orsay & Will Kemp) 9 - Christmas With a Kiss (Jamie M. Callica & Mishael Morgan) 10 - Magic in Mistletoe (Lyndie Greenwood & Paul Campbell) 11 - Round and Round (Bryan Greenberg & Vic Michaelis) 12 - The Secret Gift of Christmas (Mehghan Try & Christopher Russell) 13/14/15 - Christmas on Cherry Lane (Vincent Rodriquez III, Jonathan Bebbett, John Brotherton, Erin Cahill, Catherine Bell & James Denton) 16 - Sealed With a Lis (Katie Findlay & Evan Roderick) 17 - Friends & Family Christmas (Humbly Gonzalez & Ali Liebert)

Hallmark Movies Now

18 - Rescuing Christmas (Rachel Leigh Cook & Sam Page)

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

19 - Mystery on Mistletoe Lane (Victor Webster & Erica Cerra) 20 - To All a Good Night (Kimberly Sustad & Mark Ghanimé) 21 - A Season For Family (Laura Soltis, Cameron Bancroft , Brendan Penny, Stacey Faber, Azriel Dalman, and Benjamin Jacobson) 22 - Miracle in Bethlehem, PA (Laura Vandervoort & Benjamin Ayres)

[freezegirl]

👫 for kie and zoe!!

headcanon time // @goldshadows' zoe nunez

1: kie's parents actually wanted to send her to xavier's but she made a case for sky high and sky u instead. the price to pay for that was increased appearances in the fabulous lives of superhero wives (which can be found on all the streaming services). kie is glad for it even though she's got to deal with the fact that there are snippets all over youtube, tiktok, insta and twitter. if she hadn't made a case for sky high and sky u, she never would have met zoe. and that would have been a tragedy.

2: zoe, much like layla, should be in the hero track. but because of her abilities, she's labeled a 'sidekick' or 'hero support'. down the line, geo-gal and freeze girl (who changes her name to frostbite) make quite the duo (even if the media labels them 'girl squad' as a joke - kie would have preferred geo-freeze but that's neither here nor there). she never sees zoe as her sidekick or her hero support; she just sees zoe as she is. a beloved friend. a good partner and a great hero in her own right.

3: zoe and kie go out sometimes. there's a supers-only club nestled within maxville but the definition of 'super' can be stretched as people see fit. often kie spots a pretty blonde girl whose name starts with a d - she seems to know the bouncer. and harley does mad science and if doing mad science makes mr medulla a super, then it makes harley a super, too.

4: zoe and kie both survive m-day. they're at sky u when it happens, getting ready for a guest lecture from luke jacobson. karol topolski is screaming her head off about how she can't shift into inanimate objects anymore. someone else is yelling about how they can't access their shadow form anymore. other people are crying. yet some people are relieved too. the cacophony is too loud and the stress is too much so kie goes subzero and spends most of that day in her ice form in order to protect herself. after principal powers - who has since taken on the job as sky u's principal after the old one literally melted down due to a melting ray mishap - confirms that a) this is happening all around the globe and b) it seems to be over for now, zoe has to drag kie to warren - after checking up on the rest of the group - because kie straight up refuses to thaw.

5: when warren can't get kie to thaw either, jill harris - the faith healer from creede, colorado - gets brought in. it is jill who finally gets kie to thaw and return back to herself.

[zablife]

I Have OCs???

Feeling jealous of my lovely moots for having such amazing OCs when my dumbass just realized I've created EIGHT!!!

❧Talia Solomons-Alfie's wife from the one shot Crossing the Line

❧Evelyn "Evie" Tolbert-Arthur's love interest in the series Dark Games

❧Mary Roberts-Finn's wife from the one shot Welcome to the Family

❧Scarlett Shelby-Tommy's sister and Jack's love interest in the series Little Harlot

❧Louise "Lou" Frasier-Jack's mistress in the series White Picket Chemtrails

❧Elizabeth Nelson-Jack's wife in the series White Picket Chemtrails

❧Emma Jacobson-John's love interest and Tommy's wife in the one shot The Reunion

❧Martha Warren-John's fiance in the one shot My Martha

[dailyrugbytoday]

Chiefs Super Rugby Pacific delay for preseason game

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The Daily Rugby

https://thedailyrugby.com/chiefs-super-rugby-pacific-delay-for-preseason-game/

Chiefs Super Rugby Pacific delay for preseason game

Chiefs train Clayton McMillan is hoping a choice to delay the start to their preseason will assist them in next year’s Super Rugby Pacific opposition, however admits it may all pass spectacularly incorrect.

While most groups have a month earlier than Christmas to get most of the people of their squad on top of things, McMillan decided to take things smooth. We had the capacity to assemble the players for a four week period prior to Christmas, but we elected to only bring them in for multiple weeks.

With All Blacks and All Black XV gamers unavailable that was one of the determining elements. Here’s every squad and all the major changes from an eventful off-season.

Chiefs Super Rugby Pacific 2023 Game

The Gallagher Chiefs fixtures for the upcoming Super Rugby Pacific competition have been confirmed. The opening round kicks off on the 24th of February with Gallagher Chiefs vs Crusaders at Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch with Super Round Melbourne the following weekend.

McMillan is getting into his 0.33 season in rate of the Chiefs… His first two each being tormented by international issues. The different cause is to try to freshen players up because it’s been a protracted couple of seasons

“With Covid round it looks like lots of returned-to-lower back campaigns so I felt that giving the boys more than one extra weeks (off) this side of Christmas will pay dividends later on next 12 months.”

McMillan has been very happy with those that have been concerned. The boys have are available and labored extraordinarily tough. Like all and sundry we’re looking for an area and produce something different to the desk in phrases of the way we need to play the game.

“We’ve been doing a number of basis paintings, taking pictures numerous (video) photos, seeing how matters work.

“Then while we come returned inside the New Year with some of the All Black and All Black XV gamers returning we’ll be ready to make the most of that month earlier than we begin gambling preseason games.

McMillan is involved with the aid of the amount of rugby a number of his players were concerned in with many having long past from a Super Rugby season to international fixtures then NPC accompanied via All Blacks or Black Blacks XV and now returned into pre-season.

The Chiefs to watch in Super Rugby Pacific 2023 | https://t.co/hM13SLgypn | #SuperRugbyPacific pic.twitter.com/0zXmBTtphh

— SENZ (@SENZ_Radio) January 5, 2023

That’s all good and well and the players love to be here but when you get to May-June next year we’re better off to have given our guys a little bit of an extended break at this end of the year rather than wishing we had done it when we get tired bodies at the back end of the season.

It could go spectacularly wrong, I could be making a poor decision, but I guess time will tell.

The Chiefs will return to training on January 9th with their All Blacks joining up in late January.

The Chiefs signed Irish prop John Ryan this week to replace the injured Angus Ta’avao.

Chiefs director of rugby Warren Gatland has returned to Wales to coach their national side again.

The Chiefs won back to back titles in 2012-13 and made the semi-finals of Super Rugby Pacific last season.

Chiefs squad:

Hookers: Samisoni Taukei’aho, Bradley Slater, Tyrone Thompson

Props: Aidan Ross, Atunaisa Moli, John Ryan, Ollie Norris, George Dyer*, Jared Proffit*.

Locks: Tupou Vaa’i, Brodie Retallick, Laghlan McWhannell, Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Josh Lord, Manaaki Selby-Rickit

Loose forwards: Sam Cane, Luke Jacobson, Simon Parker, Pita Gus Sowakula, Kaylum Boshier, Samipeni Finau.

Halfbacks: Brad Weber, Xavier Roe, Cortez Ratima

First five-eighths: Bryn Gatland, Damian McKenzie, Josh Ioane.

Midfielders: Alex Nankivell, Quinn Tupaea, Anton Lienert-Brown, Rameka Poihipi, Gideon Wrampling, Ngatungane Punivai.

Outside backs: Emoni Narawa, Etene Nanai-Seturo, Shaun Stevenson, Rivez Reihana, Peniasi Malimali*.

Key Gains: Damian McKenzie (Japan); Manaaki Selby-Rickit (Highlanders), Ngatungane Punivai (Highlanders), John Ryan (Ireland).

On the move: Kaleb Trask (Japan), Jonah Lowe (Highlanders), Chase Tiatia (Western Force).

Harlequins and England prop Joe Marler defeat by Bristol on December 27

by debrambuhl on January 3, 2023 at 5:06 pm

Joe Marler has had a lucky escape and his Six Nations hopes are still alive after his latest brush with controversy saw him banned for an initial period of just two weeks. Harlequins and England prop Marler started a fracas in his team’s defeat by Bristol on December 27 when he insulted the mother of Bears forward

ACT Brumbies set to play the first ever Super W game face to Fijiana Drua.

by Brenda Reed on January 3, 2023 at 12:47 pm

ACT Brumbies vs Fijiana Drua Rugby: The Buildcorp Super W competition returns for 2023 with the new season kicking off on Friday 24 March, the ACT Brumbies set to play the first ever Super W game in Fiji against the defending champion Fijiana Drua. Scott Fava’s side will then play their first of two home

Where to Watch Super Rugby Aupiki 2023: Time & Schedule, How to watch in Australia and New Zealand

by Roger Brown on January 1, 2023 at 8:57 am

Super Rugby Aupiki is a professional women’s rugby union national club competition in New Zealand. Its inaugural season commenced in March 2023. It is a steppingstone between the Farah Palmer Cup and the Black Ferns. Women’s rugby in New Zealand will open a new chapter on March 5 when the first-ever Super Rugby Aupiki match takes place at

How to watch World Rugby Hamilton Sevens 2023 When does it start, Live streams and schedule

by Roger Brown on December 31, 2022 at 7:27 pm

You are currently looking HSBC World Rugby Sevens live stream 2023 Hamilton Sevens online in HD. It is possible to watch NZ Rugby 7s games online or on TV without an expensive Cable TV package.  US rugby fans can stream every moment live with a Peacock 7-day free trial. Here are some of the best streaming

Ulster V Munster Rugby is this Sunday on New Year’s Day

by Brenda Reed on December 31, 2022 at 5:30 pm

Ulster V Munster will see both Irish sides get their 2023 underway in what’s set to be a thrilling fixture at Kingspan. Between provincial derbies and the Champions Cup, it has been a mixed few weeks for both Ulster and Munster. For Ulster, they will be aiming to show why they looked so impressive at

[marquis1305]

New Oc List

So, with my having been gone so long, I get to update all the stuff I have worked out for my OC’s! Yay! I still have my main characters, though some of them have been tweaked a little more thoroughly and might end up being changed as we go. But for now, here are the newest of Oc’s:

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Name: Moriphean  

Race: Dalish Elf 

Hometown: Clan Tillahnnen 

Age: 24 

 Class: Mage 

Specialization: Force Mage 

Family: Triallith (Father), Williana (Mother), Ellathin (Uncle, Keeper) 

Sexuality: Homosexual 

Height: 5’9 

Body Type: slim  

Nickname: Mori  

Alignment:  TN 

Face Claim: thomas beaudoin 

Appearance: Grey blue eyes, and deep, long black hair that he keeps held back with braids, occasionally weaving in feathers or fur. Wears the Vallaslin of Sylaise over his left eye, colored in a royal blue. Tends to wear simple robes over a plain shirt. The only indicator of his status is the pendant made of fire amber at the hollow of his throat, and his staff.  

History:  

Mori is the first of clan Tillahnnen, named so at the age of 18, after passing the tests. He had manifested his magic near age seven, much to the delight of his Keeper and Uncle, who was eager to start training him to become Keeper. Mori’s parents were both hunters for the Clan, but proud of their son’s abilities.

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Name:  Warren Jacobson

Race:  Human

Hometown:  Highever

Age:  52

 Class:  Mage

Specialization:  Spirit Healer, Blood Mage

Family: Kira (wife, deceased), Kiana (Daughter, estranged), Andrew (Grandson, estranged)

Sexuality:  Bisexual

Height:  5'7

Body Type: Slim, with a small layer of muscle  

Nickname:  Cranky

Alignment:   NG

Face Claim:  Jim Beaver

Appearance: His torso is covered in scars from the various battles he has been part of. Specifically a sunken wound on the right side of his chest from what may have been a spear, and a large slash diagonally down his torso from left to right from a blade; he also has a smattering of what look like dagger scars along his shoulders and forearms, which he refuses to talk about. His hair is kept cropped short, with a beard to match, both a dark color with a heavy dose of grey. Eyes are hazel.

History: Warren had been based in the Kinloch Circle of Magi for the majority of his life. However that doesn’t include the brief stint where he assisted the Arl of Highever during the Fereldan Rebellion, earning him a place as the court mage of Highever for a decade. During this time, he met and married an elf from the alienage, Kira, in secret. Upon the discovery of her pregnancy, he assisted in smuggling her out of Highever, sending her to Redcliff where he hoped that she would find peace. Returning to the Circle some four years later. 

Warren was placed along with Wynne, a good friend, at Ostagar, and managed to survive after the battle there. He also attended Denerim along with the rest of the surviving Circle Mages, to assist in the battle against the Arch Demon. 

Warren is a grumpy old Veteran field healer, who has no time for the crap he deals with. But those who he allows close, specifically if they are among his adopted “children” from the circle, tend to see a much softer side, if still gruff.

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Name: Everett Murdock 

Race: Human 

Hometown: Edgehall 

Age: 18 

 Class: Warrior 

Specialization: N/A 

Family: Allison Murdock (mother)…. Marcus Exieron (father) 

Height: 6'

Body Type: Built like a blacksmith should be. Broad, muscular (similar to his father) 

Nickname: Ev 

Alignment:  NG 

Face Claim: Colton Haynes (Teen Wolf Series)

Appearance:

History:

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Name: Sari Exieron 

Race: Human 

Hometown: Honnleath

Age: 26 

 Class: Rogue 

Specialization: Ranger/Duel Wield

Family: Bruce (Father, 72), Karina (Mother, 67 ), Broxe (Brother, 47), Lauren (Sister, 43), Carrie (Sister, 41), Drayden (Brother, 40), Marcus (Brother, 36)

Sexuality: Bisexual 

Height: 5’7 

Body Type: Athletic 

Nickname: Venom, Spinner 

Alignment: CN 

Face Claim: Diana Agron

Appearance: The same curly blonde hair and warm green eyes as her brother, Sari looks like she could have been Marcus’ twin, were it not for the age difference. Taller than her female siblings and their mother, she also inherited the Exieron more muscular build. Though Sari is more toned overall. She often has tan lines, and a small smattering of freckles on her chest and shoulders from sun exposure.

History: She was five when Marcus first left, and had never understood why he wasn’t around anymore. Life seemed to continue on as normal, except for the fact that no one spoke his name anymore, and that Mama looked scared all the time. It was when she was fifteen that Marcus came back, and Sari met him with a slap. They immediately resumed their relationship as the closest of the Exerion siblings afterwards. With Sari pushing and bother Marcus to teach her fighting as well.

 The Blight hit when she was 16, she had been herded with the other children, despite all protests, into the basement of the old mage. She did what she could to stand her ground, ready to fight and protect the others if the darkspawn broke through.

After that, Marcus no longer refused to teach her. While she would never be as strong as Marcus, Sari found her own strength, and ended up bribing one of the woodsman into training her to be a woods woman and ranger (The bribe was several of their mother’s apple pies on a daily basis). While she became decent with a bow, she always excelled with a bastard sword and a dagger.

When it came time to find an animal to bond with, she ran immediately for the caves, giving Marcus a panic attack for the three days that she disappeared. And then even more of one when she returned with a Giant Spider trailing along beside her. Named ‘Cookie’.

[deesdiaries]

Neon is reteaming with filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg on the sci-fi thriller Infinity Pool which will star Big Little Lies and Godzilla vs. Kong star Alexander Skarsgård. Neon previously acquired Cronenberg’s 2020 sci-fi psychological horror feature Possessor out of Sundance. Neon is co-financing and executive producing Cronenberg’s latest with Topic Studios. Neon will release Infinity Pool in the U.S. while Elevation Pictures will handle Canada.

Infinity Pool follows James and Em, who are young, rich, in love, and on vacation. Their all-inclusive resort boasts island tours and gleaming beaches. But outside of the hotel gates waits something much more dangerous and seductive, beyond the edge of paradise. Cameras will roll on Sept. 6.

Skarsgård will serve as EP. Telefilm Canada and the Croatian Film Fund will also co-finance the production. Karen Harnisch and Andrew Cividino of Film Forge, Noah Segal and Christina Piovesan of Elevation Pictures, and Rob Cotterill are producing, with Daniel Kresmery and Jonathan Halperyn co-producing for Hero Squared and Anita Juka for 4 Film. Tom Quinn, Jeff Deutchman, and Emily Thomas will serve as EPs for Neon, Michael Bloom, Maria Zuckerman and Ryan Heller for Topic Studios, and Hengameh Panahi and Charlotte Mickie for Celluloid Dreams.

Skarsgård earned Emmy, Golden Globe, Critics Choice and SAG awards for his performance in HBO’s Big Little Lies. Other credits include AMC’s Little Drummer Girl, HBO’s True Blood and Robert Eggers’ upcoming The Northman opposite Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy and Willem Dafoe, which he also executive produced. He’ll also star in the third upcoming season of HBO’s Succession.

Skarsgård is repped by CAA and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller.

Neon and Topic previously collaborated on Pablo Larrain’s Spencer starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana.

Hengameh Panahi of Celluloid Dreams brokered the deal between NEON and the producers.

[justintimberlakeperu]

EXCLUSIVE: Eager to bring Justin Timberlake back into the Apple TV + fold after the strong results of the Fisher Stevens-directed dramatic film Palmer in January, Apple won an auction and acquired the script to develop an hour-long drama series that will have Timberlake playing Gong Show host Chuck Barris. The untitled series will be based on Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, a 1984 memoir in which Barris made suspect claims that being the zany Gong Show host and creator of game shows like The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game was cover for his real job: CIA assassin who took out enemies of the state in the 1960s and 1970s. The book was turned into a film that George Clooney directed with Sam Rockwell playing Barris.

The show is a co-production between Miramax (which released the 2002 film) and Paramount Television Studios. Ray Donovan EP David Hollander will be Executive Producer and showrunner, alongside Jon Worley, who wrote the pilot script. Worley’s credits include Justified, SEAL Team, and Iron Fist. Hollander has an overall deal with Miramax and Paramount Television Studios. They’ll run the show together.

Worley is repped by Capital Creations and attorney Steve Warren at Hansen Jacobson; Hollander by CAA and Hansen Jacobson; Timberlake is repped by WME, LBI and Ziffren Brittenham.

(xx)

[laird-brochtuarach]

EXCLUSIVE: Cast has rounded out on Mr Malcolm’s List, with Crazy Rich Asians and Hustlers star Constance Wu and Outlander actor Sam Heughan joining Freida Pinto and Sope Dirisu in the period romantic comedy.

The former Black List script is based on Suzanne Allain’s novel of the same name, which is set to be published globally on July 28. Emma Holly Jones is on directing duties; she previously helmed a short film adaptation starring Pinto and Gemma Chan which has garnered more than one million views on Youtube.

Dirisu is returning for the feature as the titular Mr Malcolm, London’s most eligible bachelor. When Julia (Constance Wu) is jilted by him after she failed to meet one of the items on his list of requirements for a bride, she enlists her friend Selina (Pinto) to help her take revenge. Oliver Jackson-Cohen is also in the cast.

Untitled Entertainment’s Laura Rister and Rebelle Media’s Laura Lewis are producing with Blinder Films’ Katie Holly and Emma Holly Jones. Wu has also been attached as an executive producer, alongside Pinto and Refinery 29.

WestEnd Films is handling international rights and will be holding a presentation to buyers during the upcoming Cannes virtual market next week. The producers are handling the U.S. sale.

“I am so incredibly excited and honoured to have Constance and Sam join this cast. Their talents know no bounds and I cannot wait to show the world our take on a Regency era romantic comedy” said director Emma Holly Jones.

Wu is repped by UTA, Principal Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman & Warren; Heughan is repped by United Agents, United Talent Agency, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman & Warren and Viewpoint. Pinto is repped by CAA and Principal Entertainment, Dirisu is repped by Markham Froggatt Irwin and Jackson-Cohen is represented by United Agents and Management 360. Jones is repped by Verve, Management 360 and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis. Allain is represented by Verve and Bellevue Productions.

[thornedflowers]

test  muse  :  warren scenario  :  how to lose a guy in ten days: the bet, the article, both think they’re duping the other open  to  :  m/f/nb

When he’d discovered that his boss was going to give his pitch to some of his other colleagues, Warren decided he needed to do everything in his power to sway him otherwise. It was his idea, and he wanted to advance in his career, so he had invited himself to the business meeting between his boss and two coworkers, insisting that he would be a better candidate, and he’d even placed a wager on it to really seal the deal. This was going to be his pitch, he wouldn’t have it any other way. It was in his nature to never turn down a bet to begin with, but when getting something he desperately wanted was thrown into the mix, he was all the more determined, hence the reason he’d gotten himself into this situation. He allowed his colleagues to pick out the other from the crowd, too, feeling confident with who they had selected for him. His mission was easy, all he had to do was get the other to fall in love with him in ten days, and he’d get his pitch. As far as Warren was concerned, it’d be a walk in the park. He was a smooth talking guy, he had no reason to believe he couldn’t get them to fall for him. He observed the other for a few moments, composing himself before heading in their direction, shifting through the crowd of people to get to them. There was no grand gesture in mind, he was just going to slowly turn on his charm. “Hi,” he greeted as soon as he was right near them, flashing his signature grin.

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4200 words of headcanon for Strand and Charlie, because I am not a reasonable human being

Inspired by @coffeesuperhero's great post about Strand’s timeline and raising Charlie, I decided to post this. I wrote it as background for a huge AU I’ve been working on where The Black Tapes was cancelled after Season 2 because after Coralee’s return and Strand learning of all the ways he’d been manipulated, he decided he needed to concentrate on putting his life back together and just couldn’t do the show anymore. I have no idea if that story will ever see the light of day, but I’ve developed a LOT of headcanon in the process of kinda sorta writing it, so I might as well share some of it.  :)

Strand would have guessed that he'd feel relief when the podcast was over. And he did, in the sense that he would no longer be having details of his personal life put on the Internet for all to hear. He was dreading what would happen when this episode was done being edited and uploaded. He could imagine all of those paranormal charlatans getting a kick out of it; Richard Strand is so closed off to anything he doesn't understand, so arrogant to those who believe, that he drove his own wife away!

Fortunately, he'd had a great deal of practice not caring about what those people thought of him. Though he did cringe to imagine Tannis Braun making a great show of being caring and concerned. Oh, he would mean it in his way, but—well, that was his brand, wasn't it? People who are trying to sell something can easily cultivate an air of gentleness and empathy. After all, they never have to tell any hard truths.

But Tannis Braun didn't matter. None of them mattered. The only ones who mattered were Thomas Warren and the rest of his cult, who had sent him a spy as a wife and then taken her away. Who had been monitoring him his entire adult life, manipulating him into a marriage and jobs to do it.

He hadn’t intended to hurt Alex’s feelings, but yes, he was relieved to be finished with the podcast. But he had to admit that doing it had provided him with a certain structure, and, if he was very honest with himself, some forward momentum that he might have had trouble sustaining on his own. They’d learned more in the past two years than he had in the previous 15, and there was a reason for that.

He supposed he should have said something to her while she was here. Well. Perhaps they’d meet up for lunch sometime, as she’d mentioned. In his experience, these promises were typically hollow, but it was possible.

He took off his jacket and tie and cleared away their teacups. He considered having another cup but decided on a drink instead. After pouring himself a generous whiskey, he turned off the lights on the main floor and went down to the basement. He was going to have to provide all of the organization and momentum for his inquiries now, and he should get to it. And since Alex wasn't going to be coming by anymore, he had a few more items to put up on the wall.

Like the cases Coralee had brought to his attention after leading him to the Empress Hotel. The information on Thomas Warren's background, his family history tracing back to eastern Ohio. The history of the Howland family, also from eastern Ohio. The next thing he needed to do was talk to Cheryl, and he was grateful that he wouldn't have an audience for that. As it was, he was relying on Cheryl extending him some residual goodwill out of guilt for having once believed he might have killed Coralee, but that wouldn't last. He'd put out feelers with some of those genealogy services, inquiring into both sides of his own family and into Warren's, and the results were...well. He was glad he wouldn't have Alex jumping to conclusions about how just because their families founded towns 20 miles apart in the early 19th century, this must be the key to everything.

That willingness to follow what you claimed were meaningless coincidences is what got you here today, part of his brain argued, but he ignored it. He could be open to possibilities without being willing to accept anything and everything that seemed to offer an explanation.

He was also glad Alex wouldn't be around to air his eventual talk with Charlie.

He knew he needed to call her. But what could he say? "I didn't drive your mother away after all"? But in a real way, he had. "I'm sorry I wasted time with some stupid idea that I could find her with psychic abilities instead of doing something useful and taking care of you?" That might help. He had apologized, after he'd given up looking, after Charlie had left, but it was too late then; how could it matter now, 18 years later? But maybe. He could say it again, if she needed it. At least maybe she could understand a little better what had driven him.

He didn't know what time zone she was in right now, so no, he wouldn't call. Or text, even—he didn't want to wake her in the middle of the night; he didn't want to do anything to upset her at all. Email, then. She'd allowed June to give him the address and even answered as long as he didn't use it too often. He went back upstairs and opened up his laptop.

Charlie,

I didn't want to call or text because I don't know what time it is where you are, but I need to talk to you. I have news

.... what could he say? "I have news about your mother?" "about Coralee?" "Coralee's alive."

The podcast was going to air soon; there was no need to keep it a secret, even if his communications were being monitored (and Coralee was right, it was possible). The straightforward way, then. He deleted the last three words and went on:

I saw Coralee today.

She came to me. She said it was because I was in danger and she was trying to keep me safe. I don't know if you've ever listened to the Black Tapes, but this organization we've been investigating, this cult... she's part of it, or she was. She was part of it when she met me. Over time, she came to realize that they were doing things she couldn't support. So when we fought that day on the drive to Big Sur, when she walked off and we couldn't find each other, she took it as an opportunity to get away from them. To disappear. She thought she would be able to come back when she found the evidence she needed to stop them, but the more time passed, the harder it was to come back.

I know this all seems insane, and there's no particular reason you should believe me, except that you have to know I've never lied to you. Whatever my other failings as a parent were, I never lied to you, not once. And I'm not asking you for anything, but I thought you should know. She's alive, she left by her own choice, and she wanted to come back but she never felt that she could.

And she told me to tell you that she loved you. For what it's worth, I think that's true too.

Call me any time, if you'd like. I know this is a lot to take in. Believe me, I know. But at least we can stop wondering. That has to be worth something.

He struggled with signing it, as he always had. "Love," she didn't want. "Sincerely," though true, was something you'd say to a stranger. What was it that he really wanted to say to her? So many things, but this would do.

I hope you're well.

Take care,

Richard

He didn't give himself even a second to hesitate before hitting "Send" and pushing the laptop away. It was the right thing. Charlie deserved to know; she had every right to know. He was sure she'd have questions, and he doubted he'd have any satisfactory answers, but he was willing to try.

He refilled his whiskey. He wished he had someone to talk to about all this. He thought for a moment about calling Alex, but he'd been the one who ended that association. He'd just taken her show away from her. He could hardly expect to lean on her after that.

Maybe he just needed to take his mind off of everything for a while. He could watch a movie, read a book...nothing sounded satisfying, though. He thought about calling the Jacobsons, but no—they could find out from Charlie. He wasn't proud of himself--they were Coralee's parents, and they had a right to know their daughter was alive—but after all these years, when they'd never accepted him even before Coralee's disappearance, never treated him with more than a distant cordiality (and often with less), never considered him part of their family, he'd finally had enough. Their daughter was alive, they didn't need to look for her anymore, and with that, his last tie to them was gone. You'd have thought that finding her alive would make them more connected, not less, but missing her, wondering about her, had been the only thing they'd had in common. They still didn't have her, any of them. So there was nothing between them. They could find out from Charlie.

But that still left him with nothing to do. The research materials for his book were still stacked on his desk, but he could no more imagine going back to that book than he could becoming a monk. He needed to speak with Jenna about pushing the deadline back.

He also had to decide if he was going to stay in Seattle. The house still wasn't anywhere near ready to be sold, but given that he'd finished his lecturing position (it seemed only fair to the students, even if he'd never take a job there again now that he knew who was behind it) and ended the podcast, there didn't seem to be much reason to stay.

Except that it was still his father's house, and his father had worked at the university for two decades before he died, and he still had so many questions about his father's role in all of the cult nonsense that had taken over his life. He didn't like the coincidence of his family having connections to the Pacific Northwest and Alex happening, independently of that, to include him in her podcast, but as far as he could tell it had in fact been a coincidence. She'd explained how she'd ended up calling him, and they both agreed that they couldn't see any way for Warren or anyone else to have manipulated events toward that end. She and Nic had brainstormed professions one day, and Alex had been the one to bring up "ghost hunter" because she'd seen a show on TV a few nights before. And from there, it was logical that his name would come up, as he was roundly despised in the charlatan community.

No, it really had been a coincidence. He didn't actually like coincidences any more than anyone else; he was just able to accept, unlike most people, that in a world with so many possibilities, low-probability events will happen sometimes.

Of course, he'd thought meeting Coralee was a coincidence, or at least, happy chance. But he was damned if he was going to let this cult nonsense turn him into the kind of person who ascribed patterns and meanings and intent to everything he couldn't explain. That way lay madness and religion.

Still, if he meant to start his life over on his own terms, it might be best to leave this place he'd never really chosen. But not yet. There were more answers to be found here first. About his father, and about Thomas Warren.

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Charlie called him at 7 the next morning. She traveled a lot, so she always remembered to take time zones into account, but she clearly wasn't willing to wait one more second than necessary for her answers.

"Hello?"

"Yeah, It's Charlie."

There was a brief pause as neither one of them knew quite how to start before Charlie burst out, "Just.... what the hell?"

He sighed. "It's a lot to take in, I know."

"But she's really alive?"

"Yes."

"And she just...left?"

"It was more complicated than that, but, yes. Ultimately, she made the decision to remain missing."

"I don't... why? Why would she do that?" she sounded so young that he could almost imagine putting his arms around her and letting her cry into his shirt like she did when she was small. When he was still her dad. Before everything fell apart.

But he couldn't do that, so he gave her the only comfort he had to offer. He told her the truth, all of it, everything Coralee had told him, everything he had told Alex. When he finished, and she spoke again, it was with tears choking her voice. "So all of it, the marriage, her being my mom, it was all a lie."

"I don't know. I'm still trying to understand how much was the cult, and Coralee doing what she thought was her duty, and how much she genuinely felt." He almost said "I really do think she loved you" but stopped himself, because what kind of loving parent walks away from a child? But Marie had. She'd been ill, and she might well have made the right choice, but it was still a choice. And for that to have happened to Charlie not once, but twice, was so unfair that his chest burned with it. And if he was honest, it had really been three. He'd told himself that leaving had been Charlie's decision, and it had, but she'd been fifteen. He should have tried harder. He should have insisted. He should have shown her that she was wrong, that she did have a father. Instead, he'd proven her right.

"I don't know how much I really give a shit," Charlie said. She sounded drained.

"That's understandable," he agreed.

"So, what happens now? She left again? Is she coming back? Is she—are you still married?"

"Legally, yes, as far as I know we are. But I don't think she's coming back."

"Because she has to fight this cult. The one that thinks you have some kind of special gene that they need. Do I have it? I mean, whatever it is, are they going to be coming after me too? Or Aunt Cheryl?"

"Coralee didn't think so. She had some idea that it might be sex-linked in some way, but regardless, they don't seem to be after you."

"Great." She took a deep breath and sighed. "Well, I guess the good news is, this can't make the family reunions any more awkward."

He chuckled, despite everything. "How have you been?"

"I'm fine. You?"

"There's been a lot happening."

"Yeah, no shit. So is all this going to be on the podcast?"

"Yes. There's one more episode, and then it's done. I decided not to continue."

"Good. I hated that, having all those people in our business."

"I did, too. But without the podcast, I don't know if I ever would have heard from Coralee."

"I guess." She paused. "Look, I need to go. I've got a conference call in about five minutes. Maybe... I don't know. I'll try calling back later on, or emailing, or something."

"I understand," he said, because what else could he say?

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To his surprise—he hadn't let himself get his hopes up—she did email him a few days later. As with all of her emails to him, it bore no salutation. Perhaps she didn't know how to address him, or maybe it was just her style.

So I said I'd email, so here I am, but I'm not sure what else I really have to say. Thanks, I guess, for telling me personally. Finding out on Facebook or whatever would have been...well, I would have hated it. And I guess you're right, that knowing is better than not knowing.

If you're hoping that I'll stop being angry with you now that I know what really happened...I guess? It wasn't your fault, I get that. But I've been thinking about what might have been different if I had known then. And I think I still would have left. Because, I don't know, I didn't feel like we were really a family.

I don't have a lot of clear memories of back when it was just you and me. But when you met Coralee, I guess I expected us to be one of those happy TV families, you know? We'd play Monopoly and go to Disney World and whatever, I don't know. Go camping, make S'mores? Stuff families do together.

And you seemed so happy with her, but it felt like, once she was there, you kind of had permission to check out. To spend more time at work, less time talking with me or asking about what I was doing or playing silly games or any of it. You weren't bad, you made sure I had everything I needed and you met with my teachers and you did everything that was your duty, and I know that's more than a lot of people get. And I know it was hard to raise me on your own and maybe you'd just...had enough. But I felt more like your ward than your daughter. Like you loved me but in this abstract way, the way people love their country or something.

So I went to live with grandma and granddad, and at least they were happy to have me around, and having me around seemed to help them even though they were grieving too, you know? And I didn't feel that way with you. And after a while I just stayed. That was my home, I enrolled in school, and you hadn't exactly moved heaven and earth to get me back. I found out from Alex that granddad told you I'd asked to be emancipated. I didn't. I guess he figured he needed to keep me away from you because you were maybe a murderer (and definitely an atheist). But that was a shitty way to do it, and I've told him that.

Still...I listened to the last episode, and you told Alex that when Coralee disappeared, it threatened to take away everything that was good in your life. Like I didn't exist! Or just didn't really matter to your life, except that you'd gotten some woman pregnant and felt like you had to take responsibility for your mistake.

I don't know why I'm saying all this. I guess it's just that for all this time, I've let my anger over Coralee's disappearance be how I avoided thinking about the stuff I was unhappy about before then. And none of that's changed. But yeah, I can let go of being angry with you about what happened with her, about the fights and the days after she disappeared and all of that. I just don't know what that means about what comes next. If anything. I don't think you're a bad person. I really don't. I just wish things had been different when I was a kid. But I'm not 15 years old any more either, you know? So maybe I can work on it. Or we can go on the way we are. I'm fine. I'm happy. I have a good life.

Anyway. That's where I'm at. Just so you know, I'm going to be in Europe for most of the next three weeks, so there's an eight-hour time difference. Also it's a work trip, so I'm not sure how much time I'll have. I'm not bailing, just letting you know why I might not be all that communicative.

Charlie

He'd never thought that he could ever again cry as hard as he had when Coralee disappeared—or when she returned. He'd been wrong.

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Charlie,

I appreciate your honesty in your last email. I know it can't have been easy to write that. And I know that I have had my failings as a father. It's not an excuse, but I hope you'll allow me to explain some of why that is.

You mentioned that it must have been difficult raising you on my own. And it was, but not because I didn't love you. I just didn't know what I was doing, and I had very little guidance. My mother was dead, I still hated my father for not being there when she died, and certainly my friends had no more more idea than I had. Men weren't expected to be single parents then—I suppose it's unusual even now—so I never really felt comfortable with the mothers watching their children at the playground and that sort of thing. I didn't belong there. Marie's parents—well, let's just say they never softened toward you even after you were born. So it was just the two of us. And when all you needed were the basics of life, I could make that work. But as you got older and I realized I was going to have to not just keep you fed and dressed but navigate discipline, making friends, and basically raising a full-fledged human being, I didn't have confidence in my ability to do all that successfully. I loved my mother, and she was good to us, so I tried to follow her example. But so much of what she did was influenced by the times—and by my father, and he was someone I didn't want to emulate.

When I met Coralee, I was relieved because even though her own upbringing was obviously less than ideal, she was warm and patient and kind and seemed to know exactly the right thing to do or say when you had a problem. I think that even if I had felt less strongly about her, I might have considered marrying her just because you deserved to have a parent like that. And you adored her. It wasn't long before it felt like you were more her child than mine. She understood you better, she was more affectionate...and you were thriving. She was the one you turned to, more often than not, when you needed something or had something exciting to share.

When I write it out like that, it sounds as if I pulled away from you because I was jealous of your relationship with Coralee, but that wasn't it at all. I was thrilled for you. I think that I just didn't feel quite so necessary anymore. And nurturing isn't something that comes naturally to me. I took care of my mother when she was ill, and I always felt awkward and out of place and like I was doing something wrong. That ability to understand how someone is feeling, and to know what they need—I tried, I really did. And I tried with you too, but I got it wrong so often. So when you had a mother who could give you that, I reverted to doing the parts of parenting that I felt more capable of: I supported you, I helped you with school, I set rules. I though it was a partnership that worked. You seemed happy, in general.

I can't plead complete ignorance, though. I knew that you wanted more of my time (at least, until you didn't want any of it, which I thought was a normal teenage phase but perhaps not). I don't have a good excuse. I got caught up in my work. It was fascinating and I was committed to it, and in academia, devoting all your time to your work was how you showed you were committed to it. It still is. I'm sorry that I let my career get in the way of giving you what you needed. As I said, I don't have an excuse. It was wrong, and it wasn't fair to you.

I do want to clear one thing up. What I said to Alex about losing everything good in my life—I wasn't just talking about Coralee. I was talking about our family. I was afraid that without her, there would be no center. I didn't see how I could hold the two of us together. And part of it, yes, is that I felt I didn't really know you well enough anymore. I think to some extent that's a fairly common phenomenon among teenagers and parents, but certainly I contributed to it as well. It was never that you didn't matter to me, Charlie. That could never be true. I sit here trying to imagine it, and it's incomprehensible. You're my daughter. You will always matter. I'm sorry that I didn't try harder to keep you with me after Coralee left. I told myself that I was doing what you wanted, that you were happier with your grandparents. I thought maybe it was just as well that I was alone, because I'd driven away the most important people in my life. But if I let you think that I didn't want you to stay, I can only apologize, because nothing could be further from the truth. No matter what Lawrence told me, I should have tried harder to show you that.

I hope you have a safe trip. Call or email me if you'd like, but if it doesn't work out, I'll understand.

Yours, Richard

And in this way, they took the first tentative steps toward having a relationship again. Nothing could change the past 20 years, but they didn't have to be bound by them for the next 20, and remembering that allowed them to move forward.

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Press: Constance Wu & Sam Heughan Join Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu In Period Rom-Com 'Mr Malcolm’s List'

Cast has rounded out on Mr Malcolm’s List, with Crazy Rich Asians and Hustlers star Constance Wu and Outlander actor Sam Heughan joining Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu and Oliver Jackson-Cohen in the period romantic comedy.

The former Black List script is written by Suzanne Allain and based on her novel of the same name, which is set to be published globally on July 28. Emma Holly Jones is on directing duties; she previously helmed a short film adaptation starring Pinto and Gemma Chan which has garnered more than one million views on Youtube.

Sope Dirisu is returning for the feature as the titular Mr Malcolm, London’s most eligible bachelor. When Julia (Constance Wu) is jilted by him after she failed to meet one of the items on his list of requirements for a bride, she enlists her friend Selina (Pinto) to help her take revenge.

Untitled Entertainment’s Laura Rister and Rebelle Media’s Laura Lewis are producing with Blinder Films’ Katie Holly and Emma Holly Jones. Wu has also been attached as an executive producer, alongside Pinto and Refinery 29.

WestEnd Films is handling international rights and will be holding a presentation to buyers during the upcoming Cannes virtual market next week. The producers are handling the U.S. sale.

“I am so incredibly excited and honoured to have Constance and Sam join this cast. Their talents know no bounds and I cannot wait to show the world our take on a Regency era romantic comedy” said director Emma Holly Jones.

Wu is repped by UTA, Principal Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman & Warren; Heughan is repped by United Agents, United Talent Agency, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman & Warren and Viewpoint. Pinto is repped by CAA and Principal Entertainment, Dirisu is repped by Markham Froggatt Irwin and Jackson-Cohen is represented by United Agents and Management 360. Jones is repped by Verve, Management 360 and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis. Allain is represented by Verve and Bellevue Productions. – Source

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Hollywood Reporter, November 13

I’m out of tabloids until Monday afternoon, but my OCD remains :)

Cover: Actress Roundtable -- Laura Dern, Lupita Nyong’o, Jennifer Lopez, Renee Zellweger, Awkawfina, Scarlett Johansson 

Page 4: Contents 

Page 6: Contents 

Page 13: The Report -- Streaming TV’s ‘Black Box’ and the coming Guild War 

Page 16: Disney’s ‘FX on Hulu’ Plan Snubs Pay TV to Boost Digital Battle, Viacom Makes ‘Agressive’ Play to Remake Its Leadership 

Page 18: Can NBC Halt Jimmy Fallon’s Long Ratings Tumble?, Amazon Takes Netflix’s Theater Playbook 

Page 20: Box Office, Broadcast TV, Cable TV, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200, Closer Look -- LGBTQ’s TV Visibility Grows 

Page 22: Awards Season -- Documentary Feature -- Apollo 11, Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz, David Crosby: Remember My Name, Best Actress -- Charlize Theron, International Feature Film -- The Traitor (Italy), Lionheart (Nigeria)/Joy (Austria), Makeup/Hairstyling -- Rocketman 

Page 24: 7 Days of Deals -- Chernin Readies ‘2.0′ Media Fund: $700M to Shower on ‘Quality’ Buys, At AFM There’s the Best and Then Not Much Else, Rights Available -- Dangerous Alliance by Jennieke Cohen, Girl Serpent Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust, Film -- Colin Farrell and Andy Serkis are in talks to join The Batman as the Penquin and Alfred Pennyworth, Adam McKay, Emma Stone and Brad Pitt, Vanessa Hudgens and Alexandra Shipp

Page 25: Tenoch Huerta, Sadie Sink, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, Television -- Kate McKinnon, Ava DuVernay, Mary-Louise Parker, Courtney B. Vance, Digital -- Zoe Saldana and Reese Witherspoon, Adam Scott and Ben Stiller, D’Arcy Carden and Abbi Jacobson, Kaitlyn Dever and Jonathan Tucker, Will Graham, Kristen Bell, Michelle Wolf, Real Estate -- Oprah Winfrey and Jeff Bridges, Rep Sheet -- Wesley Snipes, Hong Chau, Swizz Beatz, Chris Lowell, Adrien Brody, One to Watch -- Rachel Gao 

Page 27: About Town -- Jane Fonda and the ‘Ticking Existential Time Bomb’ in D.C. 

Page 28: ‘One of Michael Crichton’s Most Iconic Pieces of Work,’ THR Confidential -- Hollywood history questions answered -- Which Agent Shot Another Agent in the Groin? Walter Wanger, Joan Bennett and Jennings Lang 

Page 30: Yes I Did Say That! -- Reed Hastings, Katie McGrath, Kent Alterman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joy Behar, John Legend, Amy Robach, Chris Jack, Flashback -- Kelsey Grammer 

Page 32: Patron of the Artists Awards -- David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay, Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow, Courtney B. Vance and Norman Lear and Willem Dafoe, Cynthia Erivo, Olivia Wilde, Mark Ruffalo and Laurence Fishburne, Awkwafina and Constance Wu, Gabrielle Carteris, Greg Berlant and husband Robbie Rogers, JoBeth Williams and Paul Rudd, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chrissy Metz and Diane Warren, Esai Morales and David Harbour and Julia Garner 

Page 33: American Cinematheque Awards -- Charlize Theron and Seth MacFarlane, Kristen Stewart, Jason Reitman, Adam Aron and wife Abbe and son David and Les Coney, Donna Langley and Seth Rogen 

Page 34: Baby2Baby Gala -- Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba and Chrissy Teigen and Kelly Rowland and Katy Perry and Norah Weinstein, Kobe Bryant and wife Vanessa, Camilla Belle and Molly Sims and Monique Lhullier and Jordana Brewster, Nikki Reed and Gina Rodriguez, Frozen 2 -- Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, Bob Iger and Sterling K. Brown and wife Ryan Michelle Bathe, Jeremy Sisto and Jason Ritter, Jonathan Groff and Evan Rachel Wood and Josh Gad, Jennifer Lee and boyfriend Alfred Molina 

Page 36: Rambling Reporter -- Chuck Lorre’s ‘stupid’ Scientology phase, agent Nick LoPiccolo survives ‘horror film’ car crash by inches, Twinning with Christian Bale and Matt Damon, Power Dining -- David O. Russell, Indya Moore, Jeremy Zimmer and Rich Paul, Mariah Carey, Goldie Hawn, Tom Ford, Pete Davidson, Henry Winkler, John Lasseter, Bob Iger, Frank Marshall, Barry Josephson, Marvin Levy 

Page 38: Hitched, Hatched, Hired 

Page 40: The Business -- Howard Lee 

Page 42: Guest Column -- A ‘Disgrace’?! Netflix Should Avoid Wasting Money in Theaters 

Page 44: Digital -- Stars in Games: It’s More Than a Paycheck -- Keanu Reeves, Norman Reedus, Jeremy Davies, Angela Sarafyan 

Page 50: Behind the Screen -- Crafting a Scene-Stealing Cat in Captain Marvel 

Page 51: The Race -- Oscar Contenders Reckon with Fact Versus Fiction 

Page 56: Style -- Watches ‘to Impress and Express’ -- Niles Fitch, Aldis Hodge, Henry Golding, Chris Pratt 

Page 56: Marlon Brando’s Rolex Hits the Auction Block 

Page 58: Peak TV as Pop-Up Eateries: ‘It’s a Whole New Business Model’ 

Page 62: Cover Story -- The Actresses Roundtable 

Page 73: The Secret Past of a Hollywood Futurist -- Yves Bergquist, Alexis Debat 

Page 76: Awards Season -- Animated Feature -- Toothless, Elsa and Woody’s Three-Way Fight -- It’s a perfect storm with three giant franchises -- from Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks -- all competing against one another for the first time, and a slew of other films (including Netflix’s first original animated movie) aiming to earn a nomination slot 

Page 77: Animated Short 

Page 78: Makeup & Hairstyling -- crafting a ‘handmade’ joker, Production Design, Costume Design 

Page 80: Song & Score 

Page 82: The Making of Ford v Ferrari 

Page 87: Reviews -- Tina: The Tina Turner Musical 

Page 88: Dollface 

Page 90: Social Climbers -- Actors -- Kevin Hart, Marlon Wayans, Scripted TV -- Game of Thrones, TV Personalities -- Maria Celeste Arraras 

Page 92: Backlot -- ‘We’re Kicking Down the Doors’ -- Queen & Slim helmer Melina Matsoukas on pushing culture forward 

Page 96: 90 Years of THR -- High School Musical was an instant smash in 2006

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