[BC-MCT-ENTERTAINMENT-BJT] | Entertainment News

Tribune News Service

Entertainment Budget for Friday, October 18, 2019

Updated at noon ET (1600 UTC).

^TOP STORIES

^Newbie? Obsessive? Zack Snyder fiend? Our guide to HBO's 'Watchmen' has you covered

^TV-WATCHMEN-GUIDE:LA—

Instead, the showrunner has described his HBO series, which premieres Sunday, as more of a "remix," albeit one that treats the 12-issue comic as canon: The new series does not alter any of the events that happen in its source material.

The series does not require any previous knowledge of the "Watchmen" comics, though having some familiarity will definitely help.

800 by Tracy Brown. MOVED

^'Parasite' director Bong Joon Ho on his Cannes winner, a thriller rooted in class conflict

^MOVIE-PARASITE-BONG:LA—

"HE CONFESSED," said director Bong, wide-eyed with astonishment.

Weeks earlier, Korean authorities had announced the identification of a suspect in the infamous Hwaseong serial killings that inspired Bong's second film, "Memories of Murder," the searing 2003 true-crime drama he directed at age 34. The slayings had shocked and terrified the country three decades ago, the trail long gone cold.

On this morning in 2019, Korean media were reporting that the suspect had confessed. Bong, now 50, with seven feature films and the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for "Parasite" under his belt, was floored by the news.

2050 by Jen Yamato in Los Angeles. MOVED

^Nashville 'wild card' Miranda Lambert brings an all-women lineup on tour

^MUS-LAMBERT:MS—

"I've been doing this for a living for 17 years, and I've gone with my gut, not with what was popular or what would make the most money," said the soft-spoken Lambert, 35. "And it's worked."

This time her gut told her to enlist only women as openers on her current Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour, which features bluesy rocker Elle King, acclaimed country newcomer Ashley McBryde and Lambert's own side project Pistol Annies.

"It's really cool to have a bunch of girls out here that all offer something totally different artistically but have the same goal," she said. "I love seeing the newer artists and helping them if they need it and being inspired by their energy."

1350 by Jon Bream. MOVED

^Quibi has partnered with T-Mobile as it prepares for April launch

^STREAMING-QUIBI-TMOBILE:LA—

Under the arrangement, Quibi's upcoming streaming service will be part of a T-Mobile offering, giving it a broad distribution platform as it prepares to launch in April. T-Mobile, the third-largest mobile phone network with 83.1 million customers, plans to merge with Sprint, the largest wireless merger in the industry's history.

750 by Wendy Lee. (Moved as a business story.) MOVED

^Upcoming movie about Nicole Brown Simpson's murder based on controversial theory about her killer

^MOVIE-SIMPSON:NY—

The trailer, which dropped Wednesday, points the finger at serial killer Glen Rogers (Nick Stahl), rather than Brown Simpson's ex-husband and football star O.J. Simpson, who was found not guilty in her and Ron Goldman's 1994 murders.

400 by Jami Ganz. MOVED

^Review: 'On the President's Orders' zeroes in on the Philippines' deadly war on drugs

^PRESIDENTS-ORDERS-MOVIE-REVIEW:LA—

300 by Carlos Aguilar. MOVED

^Antonio Banderas stars in Spanish director's brilliant return to form

^PAIN-GLORY-MOVIE-REVIEW:MS—

600 by Chris Hewitt. MOVED

^'Parasite' review: The South Korean class warfare thriller is already a massive hit. No disagreement here.

^PARASITE-MOVIE-REVIEW:TB—

850 by Michael Phillips. MOVED

^Lady Gaga says she's fine after she and fan fall off stage in Vegas

^MUS-LADYGAGA:LA—

Several attendees caught the incident on video, which sees Gaga wrapping her legs around a concertgoer she had invited up on the stage, hopping up and down repeatedly before he loses his balance and takes a tumble, bringing Gaga down with him.

300 by Christi Carras. MOVED

^Demi Lovato victim of cyber-hacking, alleged nude photos posted on her Snapchat

^MUS-LOVATO:NY—

The disturbing attack offered a link to an account named for the "Chuckling Squad," the Daily Beast reported.

That's the same hacking group reportedly promoted during recent hacks of actress Chlo Grace Moretz and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

300 by Nancy Dillon. MOVED

^Scarypoolparty's world has blown up since 'American Idol'

^MUS-SCARYPOOLPARTY:TB—

The singer-songwriter, 25, was one of the only "Idol" finalists to ever perform songs he'd written himself, which may be part of the reason he only came in second, and the judges were fulsome in their praise. "I just feel like I'm in the presence of greatness," said Luke Bryan. Katy Perry asked if she could roadie for Aranda on his almost-instantly-sold-out first headlining tour. Stevie Nicks said he made her cry (she wasn't actually a judge, but still).

800 by Allison Stewart. MOVED

^MUS-BLUEGRASS:OW—

300 by Keith Lawrence. MOVED

^TV, DVD, STREAMING

^You could get paid $1,000 to watch 30 Disney movies, shows in 30 days

VID-DISNEY-PAIDTOWATCH:OS — An online review company is looking to stoke up excitement about Disney's new streaming service debuting next month by recruiting someone to watch 30 Disney movies or shows in 30 days while earning $1,000.

Such a tough job.

150 by Richard Tribou in Orlando, Fla. MOVED

^TV-QUESTIONS:MCT—

650 by Rich Heldenfels. MOVED

^VID-NEWONDVD:MCT—

700 by Rick Bentley. MOVED

^TV-REMOTE-ADV20:CC—

550 by Chuck Barney. MOVED

^TCA VIDEO NETWORK

Tribune News Service distributes video of news, entertainment, business and sports stories. For help with a video, please contact our newsroom at 312-222-4196 or email tcavideo@tribpub.com.

^RECEIVE THIS BUDGET VIA EMAIL

You can have the Tribune News Service entertainment budget emailed to you each day. Send an email request to Katie Foran-McHale, kforanmchale@tribpub.com. If you want to add other recipients, or need a user ID and password for our website, please let us know. To unsubscribe from this group and to stop receiving emails from it, send an email to: tns-entertainmentbjt-unsubscribe@tribpub.com

Tribune News Service is available on our website, www.TribuneNewsService.com. Subscribers can access 30 days' worth of budgets with clickable links to stories and art; stories searchable by subject and category with links to images; and an easy-to-search archive of more than 1 million items — stories, photos, graphics, illustrations, paginated pages and caricatures.

Subscribers who now receive the News Service via AP DataFeature can also have access to these internet features. To obtain a user ID and password, please call Rick DeChantal at Tribune Content Agency, 1-866-280-5210, Ext. 4544 or e-mail rdechantal@tribune.com.

2019, Tribune Content Agency