Oscar Stuff
Predictions Friday: How the Oscars Can Avoid an Emmys-Style Ratings Wipe-out [awardsdaily]
Savannah Film Fest: ‘Docs to Watch’ Panel, New Doc Award, and Special Doc Screenings Announced (Exclusive)
The panel will feature the directors of 'All That Breathes,' 'Bad Axe,' 'Descendant,' 'Fire of Love,' 'Good Night Oppy,' 'Last Flight Home,' 'Moonage Daydream,' 'Navalny,' 'Retrograde' and 'The Return of Tanya Tucker.' [HR]
Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ Was the Best Film Nobody Saw at TIFF [World of Reel]
Trailer for documentary on Sinead O’Connor Nothing Compares:
'Greatest Beer Run Ever' takes Zac Efron 'outside of my comfort zone' and into Oscar territory [USA Today]
‘Theater Of Thought’ Trailer: A Tour Of Fascinating Research Into The Human Brain, From The Mind Of Werner Herzog [Deadline]
Movie Stuff
'The Woman King' Conquers $1.7M In Thursday Previews [Deadline]
Disney pulls Patty Jenkins’ Star Wars movie from the schedule [AV Club]
Trailer for Significant Other
Other Stuff
How to watch the Queen’s funeral [People]
Broadway's 'Phantom of the Opera' Rumored to Be Closing After Nearly 35 Years [JustJared]
Evan Peters is Jeffrey Dahmer
Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Defamation Trial Movie to Stream on Fox’s Tubi [Variety]
Novelist Gayl Jones is among National Book Award finalists [AP News]
Today in Apology Culture
TikTok Live Streamers Continue to Cause Outrage at Disney Parks [Inside the Magic]
Sorry, That's Not a Cute Cat You're Seeing in NASA Mars Rover Image [CNET]
Stone carving returned to artist with apology from Royal B.C. Museum; it was his work, not an Indigenous artifact [Vancouver Sun]
Joe Hart's bumbling apology to journalist he hit with ball - "that's why my career's gone"[Mirror]
Chinese opera star’s apology for remarks praising Queen Elizabeth sparks debate in Hong Kong
Law Kar-ying posted a selfie while queuing to pay respects to the late British monarch, setting off a storm of criticism in China for his praise of her reign. The opera star apologised online, as commentators expressed surprise he would speak out and wondered if Law’s colleagues treasured their MBE honours from UK [SCMP]
THE BBC has apologised after commentators laughed about Catholics being “cleared out of Scotland” by John Knox during coverage of the Queen’s coffin. [HeraldScotland]
“New York Times is forced into an embarrassing apology and correction over 'sneering attack' on Royal Family - after fudging inflation figures in 'woke' story claiming UK taxpayers will struggle to foot 'hefty price tag' for the Queen's funeral.” [Daily Mail]
Food, Medical Shortages in Locked Down Region Spur China Apology [Bloomberg]
U-Haul apologizes for mistake after family's belongings lost in moving truck mixup [ABC]