‘The House With A Clock In Its Walls’ Waking Up To $24M+ Alarm; Counterprogramming Hits Snooze – Friday PM Update
Posted on Saturday September 22, 2018

3RD UPDATE, WRITETHRU FRIDAY PM: Spooky kids movies still work at the box office with Amblin Entertainment/Universal’s The House With a Clock in its Walls looking at an estimated $7.7M Friday and $24.9M opening weekend. Not bad for a pic which cost $40M, 63% cheaper than Tim Burton’s $110M Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, another haunted kids book feature adaptation from two autumns ago. Meanwhile, the weekend’s fresh counterprogramming –Michael Moore’s Fahrenh…

Michael Moore Asks Bill Maher Where He Got $1M To Donate To Dem PAC In These “Trumpian Times�
Posted on Saturday September 22, 2018

UPDATED with video: Michael Moore wants people who see his new documentary film Fahrenheit 11/9 to come away understanding why this country is “not a democracy if you’re sitting on the bench.” “Everybody has to participate,” he told HBO’s Last Week Tonight host Bill Maher on Friday. “What this movie shows is why sometimes people stay on the bench,” Moore explained as Maher’s opening guest. The film, Moore acknowledged, is “a bit of a balancing act” because it’s listed as…

Deadline Passes, Senate Awaits Word On Christine Blasey Ford Testimony
Posted on Saturday September 22, 2018

A Friday night deadline has passed with no word on whether the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct will testify on Monday against him. Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford asked the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday night for an additional day to make her decision to testify. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley extended the deadline for a definitive response to 10 PM. If there’s no response or a rejection of…

‘Rifiki’ Ban Temporarily Lifted By Kenyan Government; Film Held Out Of Cannes Now Eligible As Oscar Submission
Posted on Saturday September 22, 2018

Kenya’s High Court has temporarily lifted the ban of Wanuri Kahiu's celebrated film Rafiki for a period of seven days, beginning Sunday, September 23rd. The film explores LGBTQ issues in a country where such activity is illegal. In her ruling, High Court Judge Wilfrida Okwany said, ''I am not convinced that Kenya is such a weak society that its moral foundation will be shaken by seeing such a film.'' Earlier this year, Rafiki was banned in Kenya a few days before its…

President Trump Missouri Rally: Says “Lingering Stench� At FBI Will Be Cleared
Posted on Saturday September 22, 2018

They call Missouri the “Show Me” state, but President Donald Trump decided to make it the “Tell Me” state on Friday at a rally in Springfield, Mo at JQH Arena. The President, holding his second consecutive rally after appearing in Las Vegas on Thursday, largely stuck to a laundry list of his accomplishments and hopes for the future. Trump also stumped for Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley, Missouri’s attorney general. Media observers were looking for some comment on…