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| Famous birthdays for Dec. 8: Dwight Howard, Utkarsh Ambudkar | Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include: -- Mary Queen of Scots in 1542 -- Filmmaker Georges Melies in 1861 -- Musician Jean Sibelius in 1865 -- Artist Diego Rivera in 1886 -- Musician/actor Sammy Davis Jr. |
| Samba Schutte's Diabate makes the best of the apocalypse in 'Pluribus' | Our Flag Means Death alum Samba Schutte says his Pluribus character Koumba Diabate is just a guy trying to live his best life in a post-apocalyptic world. "What I love about him is that, 'yes,' at first sight, you think he's a hedonist, but when you take a closer look at him, he's actually very rational," Schutte, 42, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "He's got these beautiful counter-arguments that make sense, right? He tells Carol (Rhea Seehorn) on Air Force One: 'Listen, this is the world we all wanted. At the end of the day, there's no crime, there's no judgment, there's no racism. This is what we want. It's peace on Earth. Isn't this what we always wanted?' And in Vegas, too, he's very rational. |
| 'School Spirits' Season 3 to premiere Jan. 28 | Season 3 of the supernatural drama, School Spirits, is to premiere on Paramount+ Jan. 28. The show follows a group of students trying to rescue Maddie (Peyton List), a teen who seems to be caught between the worlds of the living and dead in their high school. The cast includes Kristian Ventura, Milo Manheim, Spencer MacPherson, Kiara Pichardo, Sarah Yarkin, Nick Pugliese and Rainbow Wedell. Chucky icon Jennifer Tilly joins the ensemble for Season 3. |
| 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' tops North American box office with $63M | Horror sequel, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, is the No. 1 movie in North America this weekend with $53 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday. Coming in at No. 2 is Zootopia 2 with $43 million, followed by Wicked: For Good at No. 3 with $16.8 million, Jujutsu Kaisen at No. 4 with $10.2 million and Now You See Me: Now You Don't at No. 5 with $3.5 million. Rounding out the top tier are Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair at No. 6 with $3.3 million, Eternity at No. 7 with $2.7 million, Hamnet at No. 8 with $2.3 million, Dhurandhar at No. 9 with $2 million and Predator: Badlands at No. 10 with $1.9 million. |
| Melissa McCarthy hosts 'SNL' for the 6th time | Melissa McCarthy hosted Saturday Night Live for the sixth time this weekend. She helped the cast celebrate the holidays, then appeared in numerous sketches where she played everything from a disgruntled UPS driver, to a lonely shopper who is overly grateful to get a free sample at the grocery, to a woman whose husband creates an awkward situation when he tried to get his friend group to commit to having supper together every Sunday. The Bridesmaids, Gilmore Girls and Mike & Molly alum, 55, won an Emmy Award for the last time she guest hosted SNL in 2017. She will soon be seen playing Patsy Ramsey in the true-crime story, Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey. |