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The earthquakes delayed the shows shooting schedule, image via Marvel
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'Falcon and Winter Soldier' shooting delayed due to Puerto Rico disaster

Disney has announced that production on its 'Falcon and Winter Soldier' show has been delayed due to the earthquakes that have hit Puerto Rico. The show was supposed to shoot some scenes in the territory for many weeks. The show is still set to be finished by its announced release date so fans will not experience any delays.

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Tue Jan 14 - Variety
The creator behind the movie and show are the same, image via Neon
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'Parasite' HBO show to include ideas that could not fit into the film

'Parasite', an oscar-nominated Korean movie, is being turned into a show by HBO. According to Bong Joon-ho, the director of the film and also the person behind the new show, has said that the show will include a large number of ideas that he initially wanted to put in the film but was unable to.

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Tue Jan 14 - ThePlaylist
The show will be a female-led sitcom, image via Adult Swim
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CBS orders brand new Brad Neely Animated comedy show, 'The Harper House'

CBS All Access is increasing the number of animated shows it currently has available, ordering a brand new sitcom made by 'China' and 'IL' creator Brad Neely. The show will follow a woman and her oddball family as they struggle to regain their status after being forced to move into the historic Harper House.

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Mon Jan 13 - Deadline
The reboot is still under consideration, image via NBC
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Quantum Leap may come back as brand new show under NBC

NBC is still deciding all the different shows and movies that they plan to host on their new Peacock streaming service. According to some insider information, Quantum Leap is one of the shows they are considering bringing back. The show follows a scientist who invents time travel and visits different time periods to fix a wrong that occurred in history.

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Mon Jan 13 - SlashFilm
Sam Mendes' WWI movie 1917 overtakes Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to take the box office number one spot. Image via CNN.
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"1917" ends "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" number one run at box office

After four consecutive weeks at the number one spot, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been overtaken at the US box office by Sam Mendes' World War I movie 1917, which made 37 million USD compared to Star Wars' 15.1 million. Mendes' direction seems to be the movie's main pull, as the critically acclaimed director won five Oscars in 1999 for his film American Beauty.

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Mon Jan 13 - Gamespot
Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle seems to have closed a voice-over deal with Disney. Image via WireImage.
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Meghan Markle allegedly closes deal with Disney

British royal couple Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle, former Hollywood actress, recently announced their split with the royal family to seek financial independence. Markle has now reportedly signed an agreement with Disney for performing voice-over work, in return for which Disney will make a sizable contribution to Elephants Without Borders, a wildlife conservation charity.

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Sun Jan 12 - MSN
The show is a kind of crafts competition, image via NBC
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Amy Poehler's 'Making It' has been renewed for a third season

NBC has announced that 'Making It' will be getting a third season due to its consistently solid ratings. The show is hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman and involves a competition between eight people who make DIY crafts. The show brought in 2.6 million viewers overall last year alone.

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Sun Jan 12 - Deadline
The pair previously hosted the globes in 2015, image via Getty Images
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the 2021 Golden Globes

Famous comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are going to team up once again to host the 2021 Golden Globes. They last hosted the show in 2015 and at the time said that they would never host it again. The show was last hosted by Ricky Gervais who has also claimed that he will not return to host again.

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Sun Jan 12 - Variety
Iconic rock band Rush's drummer and sognwriter Neil Peart passes away at 67 due to brain cancer. Image via AP.
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Rush drummer Neil Peart passes away at 67

Neil Peart, legendary drummer and songwriter for the iconic rock band Rush, has passed away at the age of 67 due to brain cancer. Peart was widely considered one of rock's greatest and most innovative drummers, with influences ranging from Metallica to the Beach Boys, to Black Sabbath and Questlove. Peart was renowned for his lengthy and stylized drum solos which continue to inspire drummers today.

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Sat Jan 11 - Cnet
Justin Bieber's Instagram posted instructions for fans for cheating streaming services to make his new song top the charts. Image via Instagram.
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Justin Bieber deletes post asking fans to cheat streaming services

While it is not clear if the post in question was made by the Canadian pop star himself or a member of his promotional team, Justin Bieber's account on Instagram recently posted a number of guides instructing fans how to game streaming services such as iTunes and Spotify to make his new single "Yummy" reach the top of the charts. The post has since been deleted.

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Sat Jan 11 - TheVerge
Seth has been working for Fox for 20 years, image via Getty Images
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Seth Macfarlane said to be leaving Fox after signing giant deal with NBC Universal

Seth Macfarlane, the creator shows such as Family Guy and American Dad, is said to be leaving Fox after having worked for them for the last 20 years. According to some insider information, he has signed a $200 million five year deal with NBC Universal. Under the deal, he will create shows for NBC as well as their new streaming service Peacock.

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Sat Jan 11 - Deadline
147 people were arrested at the protest, image via Getty Images
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Famous hollywood actors arrested at Washington climate change protest

Hollywood stars, Joaquin Phoenix and Martin Sheen were arrested at the recent climate change protest in Washington DC. The protestors were occupying the steps of the capitol building and were calling for the government to take serious action in order to tackle climate change. Those who were arrested were later released after being charged with some minor crimes.

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Sat Jan 11 - Deadline
This delay is due to Glover's busy schedule, image via FX
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Donald Glover's 'Atlanta' will not return until 2021

Atlanta, a fan favorite comedy written by and starring Donald Glover, will not release its third season until 2021. The show has already been renewed for a fourth season with season 3 and 4 being labeled part 1 and 2, implying that both will follow the same overarching storyline. The third season will consist of eight episodes.

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Fri Jan 10 - Variety
It is unknown what character Hamill will play in the show, image via FX
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Mark Hamill to guest star in next season of 'What We Do In The Shadows'

Mark Hamill, the actor best known for playing Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, will be a guest star in the next season of 'What We Do In The Shadows'. The show is a comedy about vampires living in New Zealand and was created by famous director Taika Waititi. The producers of the show have not revealed what character Hamill will play.

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Fri Jan 10 - Deadline
Leonardo Di Caprio answered a distress call for a missing passenger, image via Getty Images
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Leonardo Di Caprio answers distress call and saves man who fell overboard in Caribbean

Hollywood superstar Leonardo Di Caprio helped save a man who had fallen off a yacht and was treading water for hours. Caprio was on his own luxury vessel in the area when he heard a panicked distress call from a nearby boat regarding a passenger that fell overboard. The man had been in the water for 11 hours when the actor found him.

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Fri Jan 10 - CBSNews
The Oscars are not going to have a host again this year, date set for February 9. Image via CTV News.
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Oscars to have no host this year, to be broadcast February 9

Following last year's landmark decision to present the Oscar's without a host, after comedian Kevin Hart left the role over a Twitter scandal, which was the first time the Oscars did not have a host since 1989, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the decision to proceed without a host this year too after last year's Oscars demonstrated a rating improvement of 12%.

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Thu Jan 09 - CNN
Justin Bieber opens up about struggle with Lyme disease. Image via Mega.
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Justin Bieber discloses he's suffering from Lyme disease

Canadian-born pop star Justin Bieber, 25 years old, recently revealed on his Instagram that he has been suffering from and being treated for Lyme disease for the past two years. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection most commonly carried by ticks, with 300,000 people in the US diagnosed with Lyme disease every year. Bieber just released his first song in nearly four years, titled "Yummy".

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Thu Jan 09 - CNN
Bollywood star Deepika Padukone joins JNU students in protests against BJP violence. Image via India Times.
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Bollywood star Deepika Padukone joins JNU university student protests

The 34-year-old Bollywood star Deepika Padukone, while in New Delhi promoting her new movie Chhapaak, joined the students of India's elite institution Jawaharlal Nehru University in protests against the suspected involvement of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in an attack on a recent student demonstration in JNU. Students and teachers were protesting against a hike in hostel charges when they were assaulted and broken up by masked armed men.

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Wed Jan 08 - AlJazeera
New Bond movie No Time to Die hires renowned composer Hans Zimmer at the eleventh hour. Image via TNG.
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Hans Zimmer hired in rush to score new Bond movie "No Time to Die"

With the departure of Dan Romer as composer from the new James Bond movie "No Time to Die" over creative disagreements, renowned Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer has been hired as a last-minute replacement, with the movie set to release in April 2020. Zimmer is widely known for putting iconic scores to movies such as Inception, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean and Gladiator, among many others.

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Wed Jan 08 - TheGuardian
Justin Roiland reveals new show called Gloop World for animated short streaming startup Quibi is in the works. Image via FilmMagic.
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Justin Roiland to create new series "Gloop World" for Quibi

The co-creator of cult-favorite animated TV series Rick and Morty Justin Roiland, has announced that he is working on creating a new clay animated show called Gloop World for a Hollywood streaming startup called Quibi, short for Quick Bites, which focuses on short animated content. Roiland revealed Gloop World had been a seven-year-long dream of his, and would feature two blob roommates living in the clay animated world.

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Tue Jan 07 - Gamespot
Christian Bale joins cast of Thor: Love and Thunder. Image via FilmMagic.
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Thor: Love and Thunder adds Christian Bale to cast

While it is not clear what role Hollywood star Christian Bale might be playing in the fourth addition to Marvel's Thor franchise, he has been reported to be on the roster of stars being cast in the film, alongside Chris Hemsworth, reprising his role as the Norse god of thunder Thor, Natalie Portman playing Jane Foster and Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi returning as the voice of Korg.

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Tue Jan 07 - Gamesradar
This will be Gods first appearance on the show, image via Reverie
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Lucifer casts Dennis Haysbert as God in new season

'Lucifer', a show that follows Satan and his various adventures on Earth, has cast Dennis Haysbert to play God in its fifth and final season. The show previously had Neil Gaiman voice God in season 3 but never gave him an onscreen appearance. The season will start with Lucifer having returned to Hell.

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Tue Jan 07 - Ew
Castlevania's first two seasons were met with critical and public acclaim, image via Netflix
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Powerhouse Animation teases Castlevania season 3 for 2020

Powerhouse Animation, the studio behind Netflix's critically acclaimed Castlevania series, has just made a few tweets teasing season 3 of the show. If the tweets are true then the third season will be released sometime this year, perhaps even within January. The show is considered to be the best video game adaptation of all time.

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Tue Jan 07 - BleedingCool
Australian actor Russell Crowe accepts Golden Globe in absentia, stays in Australia due to catastrophic fires. Image via ABC7.
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Russell Crowe accepts Golden Globe award in absentia due to Australian fires

Australian actor Russell Crowe won the Golden Globe award for 'Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television' for his role playing FOX News head Roger Ailes in The Loudest Voice, but the actor accepted the award in absentia, choosing to stay in Australia to protect his family and property from the catastrophic fires blazing across the country.

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Mon Jan 06 - Cnet
Russel Crowe received widespread praise for this speech, image via Getty Images
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Russle Crowe draws attention to Australia fires during Golden Globe speech

Famous Australian actor Russel Crowe has recently won a Golden Globe and instead of sending in a regular acceptance speech, he wrote a speech that discussed the current climate change crisis in Australia. He encouraged people to donate to help save Australia's wildlife and fight the fires. He was not present at the ceremony as he had to stay home to protect his family.

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Mon Jan 06 - BBC