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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline Hollywood reports: While HBO Max pulled Gone With the Wind –temporarily — from its streaming offering on Tuesday, Amazon has reaped the rewards of the controversy that ensued. The 1939 classic shot to the top of Amazon’s movies and TV bestseller list overnight and on Wednesday occupied the number 1 slot, the number 8 slot and the number 9 …

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Variety reports: Patti LuPone blames one figure for the rising death rates from COVID-19 and the chaotic governmental response to the disease: Donald Trump. The president has been a frequent target of criticism for the Broadway star, who, appearing in “War Paint” in 2017, said she’d refuse to perform if he came to see her. The remarks went viral. Her …

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Playbill reports: Former Glee star Alex Newell, seen on Broadway in the Tony-winning revival of Once On This Island, has delivers a roof-raising version of the Hairspray anthem “I Know Where I’ve Been” in the video below. Newell was scheduled to be part of the June 7 AIDS Walk New York, Live at Home, which was postponed in response to …

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Deadline Hollywood reports: Elmer J. Fudd will have to find another way to bag that wascally wabbit, Bugs Bunny, during hunting season. Because in the updated Looney Tunes cartoons streaming on HBO Max, he won’t be allowed to have a rifle, according to a report. In the new versions of the classic cartoons, Fudd will still be hunting, but will …

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Entertainment Weekly reports: Abby Lee Miller’s reality show on Lifetime isn’t moving forward. The cable network has canceled its plans to air Abby’s Virtual Dance Off in wake of the reality TV star being accused of racism by a former Dance Moms contestant Adriana Smith, EW has confirmed. Billed as a 12-episode pandemic-friendly Dance Moms spin-off where the professional choreographer …

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Playbill reports: Tony and Emmy winner Billy Porter has a message for America: It is time for permanent change. In a nearly 17-minute long video posted to Instagram June 4, the star called out various communities for their past transgressions and listed the actions needed to fix America’s ills, including listening to Black voices and voting in November. “We as …

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Deadline Hollywood reports: As he began to speak about reforming the LAPD during his Wednesday evening press conference, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti called this an “urgent moment” for the city, “an inflection point.” He said he is “committed to making this moment not just a moment.” The mayor proceeded to announce $250 million in cuts to the proposed budget …

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Deadline Hollywood reports: The Walt Disney Co. has pledged $5 million in support of nonprofit organizations that advance social justice, beginning with a $2 million donation to the NAACP, amid ongoing protests of the death of George Floyd. The company said its goal is to “further their longstanding work promoting social justice by eliminating disparities and racial discrimination through their …

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Deadline Hollywood reports: Zoom Video Communication continued its narrative as one of a few companies fortunate enough to thrive during COVID-19, reporting total revenue of $328.2 million Tuesday, a gain of 169% over the prior-year period. The company’s shares have been rising steadily as the earnings release has approached. They closed Tuesday at $208.08 after setting an all-time high during …

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Playbill reports: Grammy nominee Deborah Cox, seen on Broadway in Jekyll & Hyde and Aida and in the national tour of The Bodyguard, will play Eve/Mama in the summer 2021 production of Children of Eden. The musical, originally scheduled for this August, has been pushed back until next year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Cox will join the previously …

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Variety reports: The internet was abuzz late Saturday night with speculation that Anonymous — the decentralized hacker collective — had successfully disabled the Minneapolis Police Department website, in retaliation for the murder of George Floyd. The Minneapolis PD site, as well as the parent City of Minneapolis site, became inaccessible late Saturday, according to multiple user reports. By mid-afternoon Sunday, …

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Deadline Hollywood reports: Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue was somber and serious tonight, as the late-night host shared his thoughts on the George Floyd death in Minneapolis and its aftermath. Kimmel ran down the facts of the case as he saw them, and lamented “the senseless acts of violence that were brought on by a senseless act of violence,” and “the loop …

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Billboard Magazine reports: Lady Gaga, whose highly-anticipated Chromatica album arrived on Friday (May 29), was scheduled to host a listening session for her Little Monsters. However, as the tragic death of George Floyd has led to protests for justice across the nation, the pop star has postponed the event. The police-related death of George Floyd sparked outrage after a video …

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Billboard Magazine reports: Elton John has remembered his friend Larry Kramer, the late gay rights and AIDS activist, screenwriter, and author, as “a warrior” for his cause and a “giant of a man.” Kramer, who penned the Tony Award-winning play The Normal Heart and earned an Oscar nomination for his screenplay to Women in Love, died Wednesday (May 27) after …

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Rolling Stone reports: Should you be one of the many who’ve signed up for HBO Max, you’ll have access to a deep bench of popular TV dramas and sitcoms, plenty of HBO’s greatest hits (Game of Thrones, The Sopranos), some only-available-here original programming, the bulk of Studio Ghibli’s animated work, and a good deal of blockbusters (the D.C. Universe movies, …

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New from our pal Matt Baume: One freezing night in 1967, drag performers from across the country gathered in a cramped theater for a pageant that would forever change the face of drag. And by a stroke of luck — as well as some clever marketing — a documentary crew happened to be there, and managed to capture a moment …

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Rolling Stone reports: Cody Simpson has collaborated on a new music video with his partner Miley Cyrus while the pair are stuck in their Los Angeles home for quarantine. The song, “Captain’s Dance With the Devil,” uses a sailor metaphor to tell the story of a teenage heroin addict. In the visual, Simpson dresses up in a designer sailor’s costume …

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BGR reports: Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Jay Leno were seen driving a Cybertruck in downtown Los Angeles. As you might have guessed, the pair were recording a segment for an episode of Jay Leno’s Garage. The episode in question is set to air this Wednesday, and CNBC earlier today posted an interesting preview of the episode. When Leno asked …

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Billboard Magazine reports: “This is an emergency,” singer/actor Tituss Burgess declares in a sultry voice at the outset of his brand new single. “Put down your phone, 911 will be of no use. It’s a matter of the utmost importance — listen close while I talk to you.” The emergency, it turns out, is that the world is in need …

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The Hollywood Reporter reports: John Krasinski’s Some Good News is on the move. Following a massive bidding war, the feel-good web series has been licensed to ViacomCBS in a rich deal. CBS All Access, which will be rebranded this summer and bolstered with more originals from across the ViacomCBS portfolio, will have the first window for the new episodes before …

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