Month: September 2020

‘Tenet’ Gets a B CinemaScore, Christopher Nolan’s Lowest Since ‘The Prestige’ – IndieWire
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‘Tenet’ Gets a B CinemaScore, Christopher Nolan’s Lowest Since ‘The Prestige’ – IndieWire

The audience approval measure arrives as the movie slowly starts to open up across U.S. markets. Audience word-of-mouth is in on Christopher Nolan’s time-bending return to screens “Tenet.” According to CinemaScore, which polls audiences to grade films on a scale from F to A+, “Tenet” has received a B rating. That’s not a death knell, but it’s likely below expectations for audience-beloved Nolan and “Tenet” distributor Warner Bros., already fielding mixed reviews for the movie starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson (including from IndieWire). It’s Nolan’s lowest since “The Prestige,” one of the filmmaker’s more modest-grossing, and also more modestly budgeted, efforts. Past Nolan CinemaScores are as follows: “Insomnia” (2002): B; “Batman Begins” (2005): A; “The Prestig...
Anna Faris Is Leaving “Mom” After Seven Seasons – BuzzFeed
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Anna Faris Is Leaving “Mom” After Seven Seasons – BuzzFeed

Celebrity ·Updated 52 minutes ago. Posted 1 hour ago After seven seasons, Anna Faris is leaving her starring role on Mom. Me, vehemently rejecting this news: The series follows Christy, a single mother who — after struggling with drug and alcohol addiction — moves to Napa for a fresh start at the same time her teenage daughter becomes pregnant, and her estranged mother, who is also in recovery (played by Allison Janney), comes back into her life. In a statement shared with Variety, the 43-year-old said, “The past seven years on Mom have been some of the most fulfilling and...
The MCU Needs More Avengers Team-Up Movies – Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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The MCU Needs More Avengers Team-Up Movies – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

As cohesive as The Avengers seemed in the pre and post-Civil War time of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it was clear they only worked together when they had to. While everyone knows some relationships within The Avengers were closer than others, they were truly all at their best working as a team. Even though Avengers: Endgame put an end to The Avengers as everyone knew them, fans are hoping they continue to team up in some way for future movies. Whether this is really going to happen is still unknown, if the comic books giving hints they will. On social media, fans are expressing their wish to see more Avengers working together because they want to rather than through happenstance. The evolution of The Avengers relationships The cast of ‘Avengers: Endgame’...
Utah adds 433 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths – Salt Lake Tribune
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Utah adds 433 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths – Salt Lake Tribune

Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. Utah added 433 new coronavirus cases and two new deaths Saturday, according the Utah Department of Utah. The number of added cases is down from 513 diagnosed on Friday and 504 on Thursday. Gov. Gary Herbert had said he wanted the state to get below 400 new cases per day by Sept. 1. Utahns met that goal weeks ago, but the weeklong average is now at 406 new cases per day, UDOH reported. The death toll from the coronavirus rose to 420 with two fatalities reported since Friday: A San Juan County man, ag...
COVID-19 cases will surge in the fall, peak after Election Day: experts | TheHill – The Hill
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COVID-19 cases will surge in the fall, peak after Election Day: experts | TheHill – The Hill

Experts say a second wave of COVID-19 cases will surge this fall, with the peak of the pandemic slated to hit after the Nov. 3 Election Day. Doctors at Johns Hopkins University are looking into what they call "Surge 2.0," where they envision a second major outbreak of the virus could potentially overwhelm medical facilities with COVID-19 patients, The Washington Post reported. Lisa Lockerd Maragakis, an associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases, said despite the nearly 190,000 U.S. fatalities caused by the virus so far, more lives could be at risk in the event of another significant nationwide spike. "Even though we have had so many cases and we have had so many tragic deaths, we have the vast majority of people who are not immune to this virus," Maragakis said. "...
Rihannas Bruised Face Caused By Nasty e-Scooter Accident – TMZ
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Rihannas Bruised Face Caused By Nasty e-Scooter Accident – TMZ

Exclusive Rihanna appeared bruised and battered as she made a quick pit stop in L.A. -- turns out she's the latest victim of the electric scooter. RiRi rolled up to Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica Friday night, where she was trying to lay low in her Escalade while some staffers brought out food and drinks to her curbside. At one point, she removed her sunglasses ... and paps captured her looking the worse for wear -- a black eye and some swelling in her face. Several media outlets posted the photos and suggested she'd been in some sort of physical altercation ... remembering the Chris Brown beating back in 2009. Not the case -- her rep ...
Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams Share Touching Tributes on Beyonces 39th Birthday – Billboard
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Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams Share Touching Tributes on Beyonces 39th Birthday – Billboard

Beyonce received lots of love from her friends, family and fellow musicians on her 39th birthday. Among those helping celebrate Queen Bey's special day on Friday (Sept. 4) were the "Crazy in Love" singer's former Destiny's Child groupmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, who each penned touching tributes on Instagram. "To my one who knows me, sometimes better than I know myself!" Rowland captioned a colorful photo of the two standing side-by-side in sparkling dresses. "YOU already know... Forever and ever babe! Happy Happy Birthday Love!" Williams, meanwhile, shared an encouraging message alongside a black-and-white photo from Beyonce's days as a student. "Bey always gets people with the baby pics or younger year type pics, so I thought I’d do the same," Williams wro...
The Princess Bride Star Cary Elwes Tells Fan Senator Ted Cruz to Leave the Fire Swamp – Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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The Princess Bride Star Cary Elwes Tells Fan Senator Ted Cruz to Leave the Fire Swamp – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

The Princess Bride is a beloved Hollywood classic. And now 33 years after it was first released, the star-studded cast of the film is reuniting for a virtual table read to benefit the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.  But when Texas Senator Ted Cruz slammed lead star Cary Elwes for politicizing the movie, the actor snapped back and told him to get out of the “fire swamp.” The Princess Bride | Fox‘The Princess Bride’ is a cult classic When The Princess Bride premiered in 1987, no one imagined it would become the cult classic that it is. The film was opened with moderate box office success, but its stellar cast performances and witty dialogues turned it into one of the most quoted and beloved films in Hollywood. In 2016, The Princess Bride was inducted into the Library o...
Study Warns: Vitamin D Deficiency May Raise Risk of Getting COVID-19 – SciTechDaily
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Study Warns: Vitamin D Deficiency May Raise Risk of Getting COVID-19 – SciTechDaily

Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin. In a retrospective study of patients tested for COVID-19, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found an association between vitamin D deficiency and the likelihood of becoming infected with the coronavirus. “Vitamin D is important to the function of the immune system and vitamin D supplements have previously been shown to lower the risk of viral respiratory tract infections,” said David Meltzer, MD, PhD, Chief of Hospital Medicine at UChicago Medicine and lead author of the study. “Our statistical analysis suggests this may be true for the COVID-19 infection.” The research team looked at 489 UChicago Medicine patients whose vitamin D level was measured within a year before being tested for COVID-19. Patients who ha...