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It could just be that Miguel and Shelly divorced and their kids took Mom's side, so there is no relationship with him or their stepsiblings as a result.

Oscar campaigning has come a long way since the early 90s. Awards blogging is a cottage industry where people make a living, and studios bring in consultants for the season to handle all aspects of PR for specific movies. There were always publicists but I think the way that the awards show subculture/industry has evolved is part of why category placements have become so strategic. Studios want to maximize the nomination count for advertising purposes and to improve the odds to win. I really doubt that if Thelma & Louise were released today, both actresses would be campaigned in the lead category. Maybe the studio would float out the idea of pushing Geena and Susan for Best Actress in the summer to see how it would go over in the larger Oscar watching bubble, but ultimately they'd submit one as supporting and one as lead, with some justification that Thelma is the real lead because her character drives the narrative and compels Louise into life-changing actions and her name comes first in the title. Some awards groups would resist, but unless AMPAS voters were feeling especially rebellious, IMO they'd go along. Apparently, it's impossible now for an Oscar movie to have two leads of the same gender, when it never seemed to be a problem from the 1930s to the 1990s. I honestly don't see how Jack Twist is any less of a lead in Brokeback Mountain than Jack Dawson was in Titanic. If you look back at any number of romantic dramas in cinematic history, it could be said one person in the couple has more screentime than the other, or one character has more of a journey while the other is more "static" and inspires the less experienced/mature character to evolve. Still, to my mind, that doesn't make one half of the pair secondary and no one really thinks of it that way with an opposite sex couple. In the past no one would have said, "Well, you know, Gone with the Wind is more Scarlett's story, with Rhett going in and out of her life, Leslie Howard is kind of terrible here, and Best Actor is so competitive, so maybe there's a case for Clark Gable in supporting?" It would be ridiculous but this sort of logic is routine when used to explain why these two men or these two women can't both possibly be leads in a prestige film. It's not just with same-sex romances but awards bait about friendships or rivalries, like Rush. Non-Oscar movies are largely immune to this phenomenon, though. Did anyone debate whether Anne Hathaway or Kate Hudson was the true lead of Bride Wars? People also seem perfectly accepting of the idea of two male or two female leads when it comes to buddy cop movies. Yet with Oscar hopefuls, there can only be one.

Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher...it would be a different story with a Mission: Impossible movie. Still, he should do something besides action for a while. Worldwide Totals: FINDING DORY: $532.2M Overseas | $1.017B Global Total THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS: $497.6M Overseas | $863.8M Global Total MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN: $150.04M Overseas | $224.4M Global Total BRIDGET JONES’S BABY: $156.3M Overseas | $180.2M Global Total THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: $66.5M Overseas | $155.5M Global Total STORKS: $83.1M Overseas | $147.8M Global Total THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN: $45.1M Overseas | $104M Global Total INFERNO: $94.8M Global Total THE ACCOUNTANT: $10.2M Overseas | $58.1M Global Total JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK: $31M Overseas | $54M Global Total OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL: $7.9M Overseas | $21.96M Global Total TROLLS: $21.1M Global Total A MONSTER CALLS: $17.2M Global Total

I hear the other main contenders in Supporting Actress have much less screentime in comparison, which will probably work in Viola's favor. Still, every once in a while voters will reject a studio's supporting placement and nominate a person as a lead anyway—Winslet in The Reader, Castle-Hughes for Whale Rider—though they usually play along. I wonder if there will be a sort of backlash if Viola is in her movie for more than an hour, while everyone else tops out at 15-20 minutes. Last year, you had multiple category frauds and IMO each one helped justified the other.

October 21–23, 2016 Estimates: 1 (N) Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween $28,501,448 | 2,260 Theaters | $12,611 Avg. | $20M Budget | $28,501,448 2 (N) Jack Reacher: Never Go Back $23,000,000 | 3,780 Theaters | $6,085 Avg. | $60M Budget | $23,000,000 3 (N) Ouija: Origin of Evil $14,057,130 | 3,167 Theaters | $4,439 Avg. | $9M Budget | $14,057,130 4 (1) The Accountant $14,025,000 | 3,332 Theaters | $4,209 Avg. | $44M Budget | $47,920,381 5 (2) The Girl on the Train $7,269,155 | 3,091 Theaters | $2,352 Avg. | $45M Budget | $58,901,485 6 (4) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children $6,000,000 | 3,133 Theaters | $1,915 Avg. | $110M Budget | $74,431,835 7 (N) Keeping Up with the Joneses $5,600,000 | 3,022 Theaters | $1,853 Avg. | $40M Budget | $5,600,000 8 (3) Kevin Hart: What Now? $4,113,635 | 2,567 Theaters | $1,603 Avg. | $9.9M Budget | $18,945,280 9 (6) Storks $4,085,000 | 2,145 Theaters | $1,904 Avg. | $70M Budget | $64,714,528 10 (5) Deepwater Horizon $3,625,000 | 2,828 Theaters | $1,282 Avg. | $110M Budget | $55,270,671 11 (7) The Magnificent Seven $2,350,000 | 1,979 Theaters | $1,187 Avg. | $90M Budget | $89,093,367 12 (8) Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life $2,265,000 | 1,772 Theaters | $1,278 Avg. | $8.5M Budget | $16,974,927 13 (9) Sully $1,600,000 | 1,172 Theaters | $1,365 Avg. | $60M Budget | $120,963,890 14 (20) Denial $972,940 | 648 Theaters | $1,501 Avg. | $1,990,251 15 (N) I'm Not Ashamed $927,161 | 505 Theaters | $1,836 Avg. | $1.5M Budget | $927,161 The Birth of a Nation $907,974 | 633 Theaters | $1,434 Avg. | $8.5M Budget | $14,173,155 Max Steel $659,126 | 2,034 Theaters | $324 Avg. | $3,410,183 Desierto $474,000 | 168 Theaters | $2,821 Avg. | $3M Budget | $1,119,340 Moonlight $414,740 | 4 Theaters | $103,685 Avg. | <$5M Budget | $414,740 Certain Women $157,850 | 41 Theaters | $3,850 Avg. | $2M Budget | $243,850 American Pastoral $151,000 | 50 Theaters | $3,020 Avg. | $151,000 Pete's Dragon $119,000 | 134 Theaters | $888 Avg. | $65M Budget | $75,345,871 The Handmaiden $91,600 | 5 Theaters | $18,320 Avg. | $8.8M Budget | $91,600 Michael Moore in TrumpLand $50,200 | 2 Theaters | $25,100 Avg. | $64,247 In a Valley of Violence $30,000 | 33 Theaters | $909 Avg. | $30,000

Critics got their first look at Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk...47% Rotten with 17 reviews. There will be more added when it's released in theaters to boost it a bit, but so much for the Best Picture hopes. Fences is a Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by August Wilson. It debuted in the 1980s and had a 2010 revival on Broadway, in which Denzel and Viola starred. They both won Tonys, as did the actors who played the roles in 1987 (James Earl Jones and Mary Alice). Mary Alice won for Featured Actress while Viola won Best Actress in a Play, so there's precedent, either way the studio decides to campaign Davis. I haven't seen the play but people have compared it to her role in The Help in terms of bordering between lead and supporting. The awards bloggers/reporters hint at behind the scenes...discussions, about the studio wanting Viola to go supporting, while she is firm about being in lead. If she does make the cut in the latter category, she'd be the first black woman to earn multiple Best Actress nominations.

October 14–16, 2016 Estimates: 1 (N) The Accountant $24,710,000 | 3,332 Theaters | $7,416 Avg. | $44M Budget | $24,710,000 2 (N) Kevin Hart: What Now? $11,984,245 | 2,567 Theaters | $4,669 Avg. | $9.9M Budget | $11,984,245 3 (1) The Girl on the Train $11,974,915 | 3,241 Theaters | $3,695 Avg. | $45M Budget | $46,558,510 4 (2) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children $8,900,000 | 3,835 Theaters | $2,321 Avg. | $110M Budget | $65,832,789 5 (3) Deepwater Horizon $6,350,000 | 3,403 Theaters | $1,866 Avg. | $110M Budget | $49,335,332 6 (5) Storks $5,600,000 | 3,066 Theaters | $1,826 Avg. | $70M Budget | $59,144,046 7 (4) The Magnificent Seven $5,200,000 | 3,210 Theaters | $1,620 Avg. | $90M Budget | $84,827,562 8 (7) Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life $4,250,000 | 2,822 Theaters | $1,506 Avg. | $8.5M Budget | $13,760,795 9 (8) Sully $2,960,000 | 2,211 Theaters | $1,339 Avg. | $60M Budget | $118,371,637 10 (6) The Birth of a Nation $2,715,000 | 2,105 Theaters | $1,290 Avg. | $8.5M Budget | $12,243,134 11 (N) Max Steel $2,163,720 | 2,034 Theaters | $1,064 Avg. | $2,163,720 12 (9) Masterminds $1,700,000 | 2,027 Theaters | $839 Avg. | $25M Budget | $16,211,406 13 (10) The Queen of Katwe $855,000 | 1,062 Theaters | $805 Avg. | $15M Budget | $7,009,424 14 (12) Suicide Squad $720,000 | 630 Theaters | $1,143 Avg. | $175M Budget | $323,680,679 15 (N) Priceless $703,200 | 303 Theaters | $2,321 Avg. | $703,200 Desierto $450,000 | 73 Theaters | $6,164 Avg. | $3M Budget | $450,000 Denial $398,241 | 96 Theaters | $4,148 Avg. | $839,749 Certain Women $65,230 | 5 Theaters | $13,046 Avg. | $2M Budget | $65,230 Miss Hokusai $25,042 | 2 Theaters | $12,521 Avg. | $25,042 Christine $14,046 | 1 Theater | $14,046 Avg. | $14,046

Here's what Melanianade was parodying, "Sorry" from Beyonce's Lemonade album (somewhat NSFW lyrics): Oh, and in case anyone cares, #thatguywiththeweirdhair has shared some thoughts about the show and Alec Baldwin's portrayal of him, via Twitter.

Yes, Rebecca referred to William as "Afro-American", which was definitely in the mainstream by 1980 (1979?) though before it totally fell out of favor.

Page Six: Billy Bush bragged about Trump tape in Rio

Global Box Office: FINDING DORY: $516.7M Overseas | $1.001B Global Total THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS: $482.8M Overseas | $848.2M Global Total JASON BOURNE: $243M Overseas | $404.9M Global Total BAD MOMS: $62.5M Overseas | $170.8M Total SULLY: $53.7M Overseas | $167.1M Global Total BRIDGET JONES’S BABY: $124.5M Overseas | $147.3M Global Total DON’T BREATHE: $53.9M Overseas | $140.8M Global Total THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: $58.7M Overseas | $134.6M Global Total SAUSAGE PARTY: $31.9M Overseas | $129.2M Global Total THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR: $38.7M Overseas | $117.7M Global Total STORKS: $56M Overseas | $106.1M Global Total MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN: $42.46M Overseas | $94M Global Total WAR DOGS: $40M | $82.8M Global Total DEEPWATER HORIZON: $27.8M Overseas | $66.3M Global Total L.O.R.D: LEGEND OF RAVAGING DYNASTIES: $53.8M Overseas/Global Total THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN: $16.5M Overseas | $41.1M Global Total M.S. DHONI: THE UNTOLD STORY: $22.15M Overseas | $23.7M Global Total A MONSTER CALLS: $3.9M Overseas/Global Total

That, and his cackling as Trump degraded Billy's colleague...every woman who works with him at Today is wondering if he's making/laughing at disgusting remarks like that about them when they're out of earshot.

There was one in 2014, Citizenfour, and it won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Man on Wire also won that award for 2008 and was dramatized in The Walk, which also wasn't much of a box office success. If you're turning an award winning documentary into a dramatic movie, maybe don't cast Joseph Gordon-Levitt. October 7–9, 2016 Weekend Estimates: 1 (N) The Girl on the Train $24,663,095 | 3,144 Theaters | $7,844 Avg. | $45M Budget | $24,663,095 2 (1) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children $15,000,000 | 3,705 Theaters | $4,049 Avg. | $110M Budget | $51,053,483 3 (2) Deepwater Horizon $11,750,000 | 3,259 Theaters | $3,605 Avg. | $110M Budget | $38,518,388 4 (3) The Magnificent Seven $9,150,000 | 3,696 Theaters | $2,476 Avg. | $90M Budget | $75,915,393 5 (4) Storks $8,450,000 | 3,608 Theaters | $2,342 Avg. | $70M Budget | $50,118,494 6 (N) The Birth of a Nation $7,100,000 | 2,105 Theaters | $3,373 Avg. | $10M Budget | $7,100,000 7 (N) Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life $6,900,000 | 2,822 Theaters | $2,445 Avg. | $8.5M Budget | $6,900,000 8 (5) Sully $5,270,000 | 3,058 Theaters | $1,723 Avg. | $60M Budget | $113,485,432 9 (6) Masterminds $4,100,000 | 3,042 Theaters | $1,348 Avg. | $25M Budget | $12,788,325 10 (7) The Queen of Katwe $1,618,000 | 1,259 Theaters | $1,285 Avg. | $15M Budget | $5,384,636 11 (8) Don’t Breathe $1,350,000 | 1,066 Theaters | $1,266 Avg. | $9.9M Budget | $86,921,625 12 (11) Suicide Squad $1,110,000 | 972 Theaters | $1,142 Avg. | $175M Budget | $322,533,924 13 (9) Bridget Jones’s Baby $825,885 | 915 Theaters | $903 Avg. | $35M Budget | $22,786,580 14 (10) Snowden $756,628 | 787 Theaters | $961 Avg. | $40M Budget | $20,219,706 15 (12) Blair Witch $500,000 | 668 Theaters | $749 Avg. | $5M Budget | $20,179,309 16 (26) Sausage Party $471,424 | 1,071 Theaters | $440 Avg. | $19M Budget | $97,325,575 17 (13) When the Bough Breaks $443,687 | 460 Theaters | $965 Avg. | $10M Budget | $29,309,567 18 (18) The Secret Life of Pets $340,695 | 339 Theaters | $1,005 Avg. | $75M Budget | $365,389,630 19 (27) Finding Dory $327,182 | 207 Theaters | $1,581 Avg. | $200M Budget | $484,761,750 20 (14) M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story $290,000 | 233 Theaters | $1,245 Avg. | $15.6M Budget | $1,625,317

The Fifth Estate, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Like with most adult dramas, there were Oscar hopes to start, quickly dashed after hitting the film festival circuit. It only made $3,255,008 at the domestic box office, not its opening weekend but the grand total. Snowden is practically Star Wars in comparison!

Interesting to see so many male stars go out at the start of the season, a change from some of the earlier seasons that tended to favor them. I really thought Marilu would be better, but the people who predicted her memory would be a hindrance called it. My other predictions for the finals (Laurie and Calvin) are living up to my expectations. I was talking with my mom about last night's show and it turns out that all this time, she's actually believed the stars who appear on DWTS were donating their pay for the show to charity! Mom: "It's famous people on a sort of game show...I thought it was like Celebrity Family Feud or Jeopardy!" Me (after I stopped laughing): "You know they get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars..didn't you ever wonder why there are always so many has beens?" Bless...

In Julianne's first year as a pro, she and Apolo Ohno did a dance to "Push It" that Len really disliked for being too raunchy or whatever, I doubt he was body shaming anyone. Of course, Amber isn't going to remember or care about all of the criticisms in the history of DWTS, just what was being said about her right now. Either way, I'm sure the producers loved having new drama to milk.

TPTB often have very different ideas of what's important about the story, to adapt. They're adding in military sequences and I think we're going to be getting a big dose of ships, and I never really cared so much about that stuff in Voyager, though every fan is different. Also, maybe they took one look at Sam's dye job and figured no one would ever believe he'd need a Dunbonnet to hide that. :)

Couldn't they just have the older actor play out that sequence? Wouldn't Fergus have been at least 17-18 when it happened anyway: Claire and Jamie meet Fergus when he was 10, time passes before Culloden, and it's toward the end of the 7 years when the Redcoats attack him.

With the staff there's an interesting mix of life experiences and intelligence levels that you wouldn't get at every work place. One time, there was somehow a discussion of hoochie mamas vs. gold diggers that was typical lowbrow TMZ, but Van mentioned Venn diagrams to counter Harvey's stance that the two were interchangeable. Found it: Even the ones who tend to seem stupid most of the time can make me laugh on occasion: The voiceover guy isn't technically on-air staff but he really makes the show:

I doubt the studio expects Passengers to beat Rogue One but it can still make a lot of money nonetheless. They are both set in space but not very much alike in tone really. The studio showed footage of Passengers at an industry convention in the spring to a very enthusiastic reception, before the lawsuit drama caused the trailer delays. The holiday season is a pretty generous time at the box office, all but the absolute turkeys manage to make many times their opening weekends. People have time off to see more than one thing. Once upon a time Titanic was supposed to wilt from the pressure of being released on the same weekend as a Bond movie. Tomorrow Never Dies was a hit and the other one did even better. .

September 30–October 2, 2016 Estimates: 1 (N) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children $28,500,000 | 3,522 Theaters | $8,092 Avg. | $110M Budget | $28,500,000 2 (N) Deepwater Horizon $20,600,000 | 3,259 Theaters | $6,321 Avg. | $110M Budget ($156M before tax breaks) | $20,600,000 3 (1) The Magnificent Seven $15,700,000 | 3,674 Theaters | $4,273 Avg. | $90M Budget | $61,605,901 4 (2) Storks $13,800,000 | 3,922 Theaters | $3,519 Avg. | $70M Budget | $38,811,274 5 (3) Sully $8,400,000 | 3,717 Theaters | $2,260 Avg. | $60M Budget | $105,387,463 6 (N) Masterminds $6,600,000 | 3,042 Theaters | $2,170 Avg. | $6,600,000 7 (22) The Queen of Katwe $2,608,000 | 1,242 Theaters | $2,100 Avg. | $15M Budget | $3,011,009 8 (7) Don’t Breathe $2,375,000 | 1,653 Theaters | $1,437 Avg. | $9.9M Budget | $84,734,937 9 (4) Bridget Jones’s Baby $2,326,775 | 2,055 Theaters | $1,132 Avg. | $35M Budget | $20,978,510 10 (5) Snowden $2,029,390 | 1,821 Theaters | $1,114 Avg. | $40M Budget | $18,729,637 11 (8) Suicide Squad $1,900,000 | 1,638 Theaters | $1,160 Avg. | $175M Budget | $320,840,629 12 (6) Blair Witch $1,570,000 | 1,828 Theaters | $859 Avg. | $5M Budget | $19,127,088 13 (9) When the Bough Breaks $1,200,000 | 901 Theaters | $1,332 Avg. | $10M Budget | $28,513,916 14 (N) M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story $1,108,650 | 256 Theaters | $4,331 Avg. | $15.6M Budget | $1,108,650 15 (11) Hell or High Water $525,000 | 520 Theaters | $1,010 Avg. | $12M Budget | $25,787,126 16 (12) Bad Moms $470,000 | 559 Theaters | $841 Avg. | $20M Budget | $112,509,460 17 (10) Kubo and the Two Strings $450,000 | 526 Theaters | $856 Avg. | $60M Budget | $46,723,776 18 (15) The Secret Life of Pets $445,160 | 462 Theaters | $964 Avg. | $75M Budget | $364,931,360 19 (14) No Manches Frida $380,000 | 256 Theaters | $1,484 Avg. | $10,900,772 20 (28) The Dressmaker $357,705 | 159 Theaters | $2,250 Avg. | $11.9M Budget | $622,296 Denial $102,101 | 5 Theaters | $20,420 Avg. | $102,101 American Honey $75,370 | 4 Theaters | $18,843 Avg. | $3.5M Budget | $75,370 A Man Called Ove $61,000 | 9 Theaters | $6,778 Avg. | $61,000 Harry & Snowman $55,000 | 18 Theaters | $3,056 Avg. | $55,000 Hunt for the Wilderpeople $46,713 | 53 Theaters | $881 Avg. | $5,086,251 Global Totals: FINDING DORY: $500.8M Overseas | $985.2M Global Total SULLY: $46.3M Overseas | $151.6M Global Total BRIDGET JONES’S BABY: $99.9M Overseas | $120.9M Global Total THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: $46.5M Overseas | $108.1M Global Total STORKS: $38.8M Overseas | $77.6M Global Total MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN: $36.5M Overseas | $65M Global Total DEEPWATER HORIZON: $12.4M Overseas | $33M Global Total M.S. DHONI: THE UNTOLD STORY: $14.5M Overseas | $15.7M Global Total

The Surgeon General's report on smoking was published in 1964 but ten years later, many an American high school still maintained designated student smoking areas. Not all, but it wasn't a rare thing. That's not actively shoving cigarettes into their hands but it didn't exactly discourage something known to be unhealthy at the time. Lots of significantly dysfunctional principals and school boards at the time, I guess. Miguel being Beth's dad seems a bit complicated but this show is rather soapy... I doubt it, but it could be an explanation of how Randall and Beth met.

Oooh, they've cast Wade Robson and Jenna Dewan...I guess they're really going to go there with Britney's alleged cheating and Justin's rebounding. Will Lifetime call up the guy who played Timbaland from the Aaliyah movie for the "Cry Me A River" recording session where the actual song never gets played? There must be matching denim, and a dance off, pretty please?

Whenever a show is set the past, there are "anachronism" watches on various fronts, including names. It's easy to go by the Social Security Administration data to see what names were most popular when the characters would have been born. When characters have names outside of the most common ones for their time, it's said by some to be a "mistake" on the writers' part or a subliminal attempt to make the character seem more modern and relatable, especially if the name became more popular a generation or two later. Rebecca, likely born in the late 1940s or early 1950s, is "supposed" to be named, Linda, or Mary, or Susan, I guess. Personally, as someone with a name that never got past the 200s in its peak yet has encountered several people in life with the same name, I realize that people with names beyond the Top 20 do, in fact, exist. So long as it's a name that was actually known to be in use at the time, it's hard to call this an "inaccuracy". I mean, we are not talking about Baby Boomer lovebirds Nevaeh and Maximus. There have always been people who had kids later in life, maybe not as many as now, but it's not like there was a time when all the eggs and sperm dried up at 25. Also, I wouldn't rule out fertility troubles for Jack and Rebecca. Ovary stimulating drugs were in use by the 1970s; multiples are a well known and not unheard of result.

It's not unheard of for multiples to tease each other about being "older" or "younger" and it's technically true, albeit by minutes rather than years. I've known a few sets of twins and it always came up at some point with each of them, who was older or younger.