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For Monday, January 17th:
‘Betty White: A Celebration’, originally titled ‘Betty White: 100 Years Young’, will celebrate what would have been the star’s 100th birthday today. The documentary is set for a theatrical release today for one day only. It will include interviews from some of Betty White’s most notable colleagues and Hollywood friends, including: Ryan Reynolds, Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford, Tina Fey, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Carol Burnett and many others.
At the Box Office: ‘Scream’ debuted to a bloody impressive $30.6 million, scaring away most of the competition. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was forced to surrender its box office crown for the first time since it opened in December, but still managed to swing $26 million. ‘Sing 2’ was a distant third.
Pete Davidson won’t be hosting the Oscars, mostly because he’s too tied to NBC and the show airs on ABC. So I guess he/we dodged a bullet there!
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has resumed filming after Letitia Wright was injured in a stunt almost five months ago.
In other headlines, Tiffany Haddish was arrested on Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence.
…and Tom Holland is the face of Prada’s new menswear campaign
