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A futuristic look into the past
New sci-fi film “Marjorie Prime” is “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” meets “Black Mirror” https://t.co/ygwM14pWQ5
— Quartz (@qz) August 18, 2017
Marjorie Prime premieres Aug. 18 in select markets (though not yet in Dallas), and promises a multi-layered examination of grief and artificial intelligence with a Jon Hamm hologram. Hamm's character is a younger version of the titular Marjorie's dead husband -- expect to be thinking long after you leave the theater.
A new number one?
#FRIENDS out now. https://t.co/oeLF25VGyo pic.twitter.com/SMxtOSpg0i
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) August 17, 2017
Justin Bieber dropped a brand-new single on Aug. 17, which USA TODAY is calling his best song in ages. Others wonder if he'll bump his collaboration "Despacito" from the top of the charts with "Friends," thus breaking his own number one streak. Meta.
Speaking out against sexual assault
Taylor Swift courtroom sketch artist defends his work, says she's hard to draw because she's so pretty https://t.co/a0qs6GWcix pic.twitter.com/KI3lTiM1Z8
— billboard (@billboard) August 15, 2017
Taylor Swift won her sexual assault lawsuit on Aug. 14, and she has since begun donating to organizations battling sexual assault. In the B plot, Swifties have complained that the courtroom sketches didn't do her justice. The artist's defense? She's too pretty to draw well.
The force is strong with this one
🚨AN OBI-WAN KENOBI MOVIE IS IN THE WORKS🚨
— Complex Pop Culture (@ComplexPop) August 17, 2017
[via @THR] pic.twitter.com/LINFmUscgI
Star Wars fans (so, everyone, right?) rejoice! A standalone film on Obi-Wan Kenobi is now in the works. No date announced yet for when we'll see the Jedi Master on the silver screen, but Oscar-nominated director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot) is said to be in early talks with Disney to helm the project.
Is the world ready to GTL again?
The "Jersey Shore" cast is officially reuniting for a single, magical episode https://t.co/OOhWmVMZ66 pic.twitter.com/1NjW2V9Kfu
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) August 13, 2017
It's confirmed: the gang's coming back to the shore. For just one reunion episode, the uber-tan reality TV show Jersey Shore crew is together again. We assume they're not bringing the kids most of them have had since the show went off the air, but who knows, really?
Royal intrigue returns
New trailer: Your first look at season 2 of #TheCrown is here https://t.co/ZTWk4KAG1w pic.twitter.com/ZgaLryauKH
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 10, 2017
Spoiler alert (can you spoil a historical series?): life is about to get even more complicated for Queen Elizabeth in season 2 of Netflix's The Crown, and you can get a taste for what's to come in the trailer released Aug. 10. The season will stream on Dec. 8, and will be the last with these actors -- for the third season, the roles will be recast with older actors.
