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| 1. | Movie-related headlines dominated the news this week. Seemingly out of nowhere, Daniel Day Lewis, pre-eminent actor of his generation announced he was retiring from acting. Of the below, which is not a film for which DDL won an acting Oscar? | ||
| Lincoln | |||
| There Will Be Blood | |||
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In the Name of the Father | ||
| My Left Foot | |||
| 2. | Also on the way out are Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who were fired from the Han Solo movie this week. Lord and Miller fans love the duo for their previous work at the helm of this animated favorite: | ||
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The Lego Movie | ||
| Frozen | |||
| Fung-Fu Panda | |||
| Wreck-It Ralph | |||
| 3. | With Disney still wanting to release Han Solo in less than a year, they quickly had to come up with a replacement for Lord and Miller. They settled on: | ||
| Robert Zemeckis | |||
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Ron Howard | ||
| James Gunn | |||
| Jon Favreau | |||
| 4. | And speaking of directors, RIP to John G. Avildsen, the man in charge of The Karate Kid and this under-rated 1970s Oscar winner: | ||
| Kramer vs. Kramer | |||
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Rocky | ||
| The Deer Hunter | |||
| The French Connection | |||
| 5. | Elsewhere in filmdom, the internet got worked up into a tizzy over a soon-to-be-disproven tweet that showed Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot was paid a fraction of this superhero movie actor's earnings for his initial big-screen appearance: | ||
| Ryan Reynolds | |||
| Chris Evans | |||
| Chris Hemsworth | |||
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Henry Cavill | ||
| 6. | Speaking of paydays, this rather famous actor hit the big time, as he sold his tequila business for a tidy $1 billion: | ||
| Ashton Kutcher | |||
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George Clooney | ||
| Matt Damon | |||
| Robert Downey, Jr. | |||
| 7. | Transitioning from movies to TV, Thursday night saw a Spike network adaptation of this Stephen King work that freaked out moviegoers: | ||
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The Mist | ||
| Salem's Lot | |||
| Christine | |||
| The Shining | |||
| 8. | Also new-in-an-old way on Thursday TV is the updated version of The Gong Show, starring this comic actor barely recognizable as host Tommy Maitland: | ||
| Chevy Chase | |||
| Dana Carvey | |||
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Mike Myers | ||
| Drew Carey | |||
| 9. | If you're a fan of this rock and roll legend, save up your money to catch the impresario during his planned Broadway residency coming soon: | ||
| Eddie Vedder | |||
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Bruce Springsteen | ||
| Bob Dylan | |||
| Keith Richards | |||
| 10. | And it wouldn't be a pop culture recap without a mention about a Shakespeare play. A protester rushed the stage during a Central Park performance of this play, styled so the main character had several Trump-like qualities: | ||
| King Lear | |||
| Macbeth | |||
| Hamlet | |||
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Julius Caesar | ||
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