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The Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Feud Shines a Light on the Ongoing Abuse of... the Coveted P.G.A. Mark
Plus, a follow-up to Puck's report about Lionsgate's Michael Jackson movie, and the crew's nickname for its director, Antoine Fuqua.

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Happy Tuesday, folks!
On Friday night, I attended the American Cinematheque’s Tribute to the Crafts — a lovely event produced by Madelyn Hammond and Javier Infante that has quickly become a staple of awards season.
PGA co-president Stephanie Allain and veteran producer Paula Wagner hosted the show, which honored a range of below-the-line efforts, from the stunts in The Fall Guy to Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor’s score for Challengers, which was snubbed by the Academy last week. There was a strong turnout at the Egyptian theater, where the crowd noshed on Pink’s Hot Dogs and Trejo’s Donuts.
On Saturday night, I saw the Sony comedy One of Them Days starring Keke Palmer and SZA, and I thought it was pretty funny. Clearly, Palmer is a much better actress than SZA, but the two of them have good chemistry together, and the film is populated by a fun supporting cast including Katt Williams, Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Aziza Scott, and Maude Apatow as the film’s token white girl. I’d be all for Another One of Them Days if Sony’s got the stomach for it.
I also watched new episodes of Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Dexter: Original Sin, The Agency, Beast Games, and Saturday Night Live, where Timothee Chalamet put on a show as both host and musical guest.
I spent Sunday watching the NFL Conference Championship games, so congrats to the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles on their upcoming Super Bowl rematch. Go, Chiefs!
And on Sunday night, I rewatched Beth de Araújo’s Soft & Quiet, which is exactly the kind of gritty, low-budget indie that Blumhouse should be making more of these days, as it’s genuinely disturbing.
Sundance has been underway for the last few days, but you’d barely know it given how quiet it has been on the deal front. On the talent side, only Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You), Josh O’Connor (Rebuilding), and Jennifer Lopez (Kiss of the Spider Woman) have made enough waves for the ripple to reach Los Angeles, though I’m expecting a big sale for the Dave Franco-Alison Brie body horror movie Together. If A24 or Neon don’t snap that one up, watch Netflix pay big bucks for it a la last year’s big festival sale It’s What’s Inside, which was a total bust, IMO.
Last night, I saw the cute animated movie Dog Man — big thanks to Universal for the invite — and then went home to watch three more episodes of Jon Hamm’s new Apple TV+ series Your Friends and Neighbors, though both projects remain under embargo.
I still haven’t seen Mel Gibson’s aerial thriller Flight Risk yet, but I haven’t heard very good things about it. I’m sure I’ll catch up with the film using my new AMC A-List membership before the end of its theatrical run, as I need to see Bald Mark Wahlberg on the big screen. But props to Lionsgate on its second #1 opening of the year following Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.
Tonight’s newsletter takes a look at the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni feud from a unique angle, as Baldoni alleges that Lively extorted her p.g.a. mark as a producer — something that should send a chill down the spine of career producers everywhere.
Plus, I weigh in with what I’m hearing about Lionsgate’s big-budget Michael Jackson movie, and there are items about Jeremy Allen White’s new bisexual film role, Jennifer Garner’s new Peacock series, Roseanne Barr’s TV comeback, another new movie for Brandon Sklenar, the Jonas Brothers’ return to Disney, the latest addition to Scream 7, and the trailer for Dennis Quaid’s serial killer series Happy Face.
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