{"id":35396,"date":"2025-08-08T10:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/?p=35396"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:19:13","slug":"celebrity-status-freakier-friday-weapons-and-no-more-goosebumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/blogs\/mornings\/2025\/08\/celebrity-status-freakier-friday-weapons-and-no-more-goosebumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Status: Freakier Friday, Weapons, And No More Goosebumps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New movies this weekend:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Freakier Friday:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">22 years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might strike twice. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, and Lindsay Lohan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Weapons:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Alden Ehrenreich.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>My Mother&#8217;s Wedding:<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests. Starring Scarlett Johansson and Sienna Miller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">========<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disney+ is no longer feeling <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Goosebumps<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The streamer has cancelled its <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Goosebumps<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> series, based on the enduringly popular books by R.L. Stine, after two seasons. The most recent season, subtitled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Vanishing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, premiered in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">=========<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kelly Clarkson\u2018s ex-husband and former manager, Brandon Blackstock, has died at the age of 48.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,\u201d a representative for the family told<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People. \u201cBrandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years. He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by family. We thank you for your thoughts and prayers and ask everyone to respect the family\u2019s privacy during this very difficult time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">========<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dave Bautista is in final negotiations to play the villain in Amazon MGM\u2019s remake of the 1980s cult classic <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Highlander<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The actor will join Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe in the action fantasy, which hails from Amazon MGM\u2019s United Artists banner and is slated to get a theatrical release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chad Stahelski is directing the feature that is due to begin principal photography at the end of the September and shoot in locales in the UK as well as Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The original <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Highlander<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, released in 1986, starred Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod, a Medieval Scottish Highlander who discovers he is an immortal warrior. With the help of a swordsman named Ramirez, played by Sean Connery, the titular Highlander battles other immortals across the centuries, culminating in a modern battle in which, like the classic line of dialogue goes, \u201cthere can be only one.\u201d The movie went back and forth from various time\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the remake, Cavill is playing MacLeod while Crowe is Ramirez. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Industry<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> actress Marisa Abela also has a leading part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bautista will have the plum role of the immortal barbarian known as The Kurgen, who has been killing other immortals across the centuries in order to absorb their essence. Clancy Brown memorably played the character in the original movie.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New movies this weekend: Freakier Friday: 22 years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might strike twice. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, and Lindsay Lohan. 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