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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jun 17, 2020
June 17, 2020
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Oughta be good: the Warner Music Group and Hyde Park Entertainment are making a biopic on the life of tennis great ARTHUR ASHE. Showbiz trades say the film will be written by KEVIN WILLMOTT, who picked up an Oscar for “BlacKkKlansman” and also is the writer of SPIKE LEE’s “Da 5 Bloods” as well.
Fun times: DC Comics has scheduled its own “virtual Comic-Con” in August, with 16 DC TV shows and a number of superhero movies as well for their August fan convention. Called the DC FanDome, it'll start Sat, Aug 22 at 10 am (Pacific) at DCFanDome.com and be accessible for 24 hours.
Lots of statues being torn down and one you might not have heard about was the trashing of Boy Scouts founder ROBERT BADEN-POWELL, whose statue in Dorset, southern England, was taken down last Thursday. Baden-Powell became a military hero in the South African War (1899-1902), and then founded the Boy Scouts in 1908 and Girl Guides with his sister Agnes two years later. But, as the BBC points out, "A quick look into his history shows that he was very open about his views against homosexuality and that he was a very open supporter of Hitler and of fascism and quite a strong, outspoken racist."
The coronavirus is not just closing businesses, on some airlines, it's also ending getting that alcoholic drink while you're flying. CNN reports airlines which have suspended all or part of their alcoholic drinks service include Easyjet and KLM in Europe, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines in the US, and Asia's Virgin Australia. Doing this protects the flight crew, and since you have to wear masks except during meal service, it kind of guarantees you won't be using the bathroom too much, either. If you didn't know --crew members manage those as well. Everybody gets bottled water.
Some long-haul international flights and folks in First Class get alcohol on some flights.
The folks who own Regal Cinemas say they'll begin reopening movie theaters next week --and open all its theaters by July 10, with screenings of "Mulan," "Wonder Woman 1984" and "Tenet" coming up. AMC also plans to reopen its theaters in July.
Note to readers: I will be on the road and in Chicago for my mother's 98th birthday next week, so there may be a few less columns... thanks!
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