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Cynthia Erivo (Broadway's The Color Purple) is having a pretty good start to her 2020: nominated for "Best Actress" and "Best Original Song" (a song she performed live) for Harriet at this year's Academy Awards, while HBO's hit Stephen King adaptation of The Outsider continues burning up Sunday nights The actress-singer's pop culture takeover continues[...]

As surprising as it may sound, studio executives suggested that actress Julia Roberts portray Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman. The report comes by way of a recent interview for Focus Features with screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard.  Howard's script was in development hell for the better part of almost three decades Howard studied the Freedom Fighter in[...]

Hopefully this one has a second life on streaming and can find it's audience there, it is a shame that it is going to come and go so fast. The Top 10 at the weekend box office for November 15: Ford V Ferrari– $31 million Midway– $8.7 million Charlie's Angels– $8.6 million Playing With Fire– $8.5 million Last Christmas– $6.7 million Doctor[...]