Monday, June 4, 2018 at 11:00AM by Nathaniel R
The next Supporting Actress Smackdown arrives on Sunday June 24th. But before we get to that always pleasurable event, it's time to meet this month's panel. We'll skip my introduction (Nathaniel) as the host because (hopefully) you know me already but if you don't, here I am.
So without further ado, let's get to know the five of them after the jump...
Monday, June 4, 2018 at 9:00AM Happy June 4th, y'all. Here are several things that happened on this day in history that you can be celebrating or thinking about today as you go about your busy lives. Happy birthday if it's your special day you awesome Gemini, you!
1907 His Girl Friday herself Rosalind Russell born in Connecticut.
1913 Emily Davison, a suffragette, purposefully steps in front of a horse at King George V's Derby and is trampled to death. Though the recent film Suffragette (2015) was not a true story, many of its details were true including this turning point moment in the suffragette movement...
-EMILY!
-Never surrender. Never give up the fight!
Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 7:44PM by Lynn Lee
[Warning: Spoilers for the series finale of The Americans]
It ended not with a bang or with a whimper, but with the characteristic slow burn and emotional gravitas that’s been its hallmark all along. The series finale of The Americans may not have been what everyone expected or wanted, but it was a fitting conclusion to one of the best shows of the decade.
There’s been plenty of speculation over the years about the end game for FX’s critically acclaimed but ratings-challenged drama about Reagan-era Soviet spies posing as the perfectly all-American family next door. History foreordained that the Jenningses’ cause was doomed, and as their personal kill count and internal conflict mounted, a reckoning seemed inevitable...
Emmy, Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, TV, The Americans, thriller Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 4:37PM by Nathaniel R
| Weekend Box Office Estimates (June 1-3) |
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| W I D E 800+ screens |
L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide |
 Adrift |
 First Reformed |
| 1. Solo $29.2 (cum. $148.8) REVIEW, BEHIND THE SCENES |
1. 🔺 RBG $1.1 on 432 screens (cum. $7.8) REVIEW |
| 2. Deadpool 2 $23.3 (cum. $254.6) | 2. 🔺 First Reformed $455k on 91 screens (cum. $1) REVIEW |
| 3.🔺Adrift $11.5 *NEW* REVIEW |
3. 🔺 The Rider $243k on 224 screens (cum. $1.7) REVIEW |
| 4. Avengers: Infinity War $10.3 (cum. $642.8) REVIEW |
4. Disobedience $211k on 158 screens (cum. $3k) REVIEW |
| 5. Book Club $6.8 (cum. $47.3) REVIEW |
5. How Long Will I Love U $170k on 32 screens (cum. $501k) |
More bad news for Solo as it fell a terrible 65% in its second week and its also underperforming overseas where would be blockbuster "disappointments" often make up for their tepid reception at home. None of the new pictures got audiences revved up though Adrift did decent business and might eventually be profitable. But the studios were clearly scared of Solo's second weekend when they did their original summer scheduling. Little did they know!
The best hold in the top ten is Book Club which will hit $50 million domestic with ease...
Adrift, Book Club, First Reformed, RBG, Solo, box office Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 12:00PM Here's what happened on this day, June 3rd, in showbiz related history...
1910 Paulette Goddard born in Long Island. She becomes a star in the 1930s and 1940s making multiple films with Charlie Chaplin and Bob Hope among many others and is Oscar nominated for So Proudly We Hail (1943). Famously screen tests and is publicly considered as Scarlett O'Hara but loses the role to then unknown Vivien Leigh.
1918 BURLESQUE CENTENNIAL ~ Stripping star Lili St Cyr was born on this day. Her short lived film career kicked off with B movie Son of Sinbad (1955) but mostly she was famous for burlesque performances. She's name-checked in the famous 'Floor Show' number in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1976) with Susan Sarandon warbling "god bless Lili St Cyr 🎵"...
