The List for Thursday, March 9th 2023

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Tom Cruise might still realize his dream of shooting a movie in outer space . . . but he won’t be the first person to do it.  The Russians beat him to it.  A Russian company shot a movie on the International Space Station.  It’s called “The Challenge”, and it’s about a surgeon who has to perform heart surgery on a cosmonaut in space.  The actress and her director underwent rigorous training before blasting off.  It took them about 12 days to shoot, and they wrapped just a few months before Russia invaded Ukraine. It’s due out in April.

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Some of us have been pronouncing the 10th “Fast & Furious” title wrong this entire time.  “Fast X” is pronounced “Fast Ten” . . . NOT “Fast Ex”.And it’s actually meant to be a PUN.  Director Louis Leterrier said in an “Empire” interview that it’s “Fast Ten” as in, quote, “fast ten your seatbelts. ““Fast X” hits theaters May 19th.

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The “2023 CMT Music Awards” nominees were announced yesterday, and Lainey Wilson leads the pack with four nominations.  Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, and Kane Brown each have three.  Voting is open now at vote.cmt.com. The show airs April 2nd.

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Yesterday we reported that two women got into a boxing match after watching a screening of Creed III in Paris…well…..Screen Rant now reports some independent movie theaters in France are refusing to show ”Creed III” because audiences were fighting during the film over last weekend. One theatre had to deal with a mass brawl. Fights are also breaking out in German movie theaters.  So, now…they’re pulling the movie…

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The NY Post says Chris Rock was open to calling a truce with Will Smith. A source tells the newspaper that Rock didn’t because Will never personally apologized to him for slapping him at the Oscars.. Will’s two public apologies were all about saving his own reputation. Will has not apologized to Chris Rock in person — and Chris isn’t expecting it.”

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It hasn’t even been a week and Morgan Wallen is breaking all sorts of records.  Billboard‘s Artist 100 list. Fresh off the release of his new mega album One Thing at a Time, the “You Proof” singer has reclaimed the No. 1 position, moving up from No. 3…No other country act has done this is quite some time. The only two other artists that have come close are Luke Combs and Jason Aldean who each spent three weeks on top.

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