Bill Paxton, Gloria Stuart, and Suzy Amis in ‘Titanic’ from Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox.
Gloria Stuart is best known for her role as Old Rose in the James Cameron spectacular, Titanic (1997), in which she played the older version of Kate Winslet’s romantic character, the girl in love with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack.
She was born in Santa Monica on July 4, 1910 as Gloria Stewart. While attending Santa Monica High School, she became interested in theater, poetry, and writing. After graduating, she attended the University of California at Berkeley to study drama. She also worked on the campus newspaper, “The Daily Californian,” and contributed articles. She changed the spelling of her last name to “Stuart.”
While in her junior year in 1930, she met and married a young sculptor named Blair Gordon Newell. They moved to the artists’ colony of Carmel, where they mingled with intriguing artists such as photographer Ansel Adams and writers Robinson Jeffers and Lincoln Steffens. These associations led to her later interests in activism.
While appearing in a play at the Carmel theater, she was invited to appear in Chekhov’s drama The Seagull at the Playbox in Pasadena. Talent scouts from Paramount Studios and Universal Pictures were in the audience, and both offered her a screen test. Because she and her husband were flat broke, she signed with Universal in 1932 because they offered her slightly more money than Paramount.
Miss Stuart was one of the original members of the Screen Actors Guild, beginning in 1933 and subsequently serving on its National Board. She was a member for more than 70 years.
Being a gorgeous blond with a lovely figure, Universal cast her in famed director James Whale’s horror film, The Old Dark House (1932) with Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, and Melvyn Douglas. She was also the leading lady in Claude Rains’ first film, The Invisible Man (1933). She made a slew of films at Universal, but Gloria said what they put her into “wasn’t garbage, but it wasn’t first-rate, second-rate, third-rate. Maybe fourth-rate.”
Universal loaned Stuart out to Warner Bros. to appear in the James Cagney sailor epic, Here Comes the Navy in 1934. She stayed on the Warner lot for the musical Gold Diggers of 1935 with crooner Dick Powell. She and her husband divorced about this time. While on the set of the Eddie Cantor comedy Roman Scandals (1933), she met screenwriter Arthur Sheekman who wrote all the Marx Brothers comedies. They fell in love and got married in August 1934 and produced daughter Sylvia in June of 1935.
She left her Universal contract and moved over to 20th Century Fox. On the Fox lot, she starred with the box office dynamo moppet Shirley Temple in Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) and again in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), also with Randolph Scott and Jack Haley. Studio mogul Darryl F. Zanuck thrust her into a variety of “B” pictures. She even co-starred with child star Jane Withers in Keep Smiling (1938), yet another potboiler. Zanuck kept casting her in such films as Time Out for Murder, Winner Take All, It Could Happen to You, and The Three Musketeers with Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers. Nobody noticed.
After making 46 films, she found herself in less demand and retired from the screen in 1946 at age 36 to pursue her artistic endeavors. Zanuck had not renewed her contract. She became a well-known artist and book designer. She did appear in many summer stock stage plays during the mid and late 1940s. With a 30-year absence from the screen, she returned to acting on many episodic television shows in 1975. She made a cameo appearance dancing with Peter O’Toole in My Favorite Year in 1982 and appeared in several more films and television movies.
In 1997 she was “rediscovered” by director James Cameron for the part of Old Rose in Titanic. It became the highest-grossing film ever produced (until Cameron’s Avatar). For her part in Titanic, Stuart received the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award® nominations.
Gloria Stuart is now known to a whole new era of movie fans. She attributed her long life to love. “If you’re full of love, admiration, appreciation of the beautiful things there are in this life, you have it made, really. And I have it made,” she once said.
Ms. Stuart lived until September 26, 2010, still beautiful at 100 years.
Amazon Studios has given the go-ahead to a dramatic miniseries based on the life of Hernan Cortes. Amazon announced Javier Bardem, Oscar winner for his role in No Country for Old Men, will star as explorer Hernan Cortes in the four-hour miniseries, Cortes.
Three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List) and Amblin Television are backing the project, with Spielberg executive producing along with series creator Steven Zaillian. Zaillian, the Oscar-winning writer of Schindler’s List, is writing the miniseries which is based on the screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. Cortes star Javier Bardem is also executive producing along with Emmy winner Darryl Frank (The Americans) and Emmy nominee Justin Falvey (The Americans).
“It is a privilege to tell this epic story — one that is full of drama and conflict within this huge, historical spectacle where two distant civilizations clash at the height of their reign,” said Javier Bardem. “The best and worst of human nature came to life in all its light and darkness. As an actor, there is no better challenge than to serve such a unique project that I have been passionate about for years, and I am thrilled to be working with this dream team of Steven Spielberg, Steven Zaillian and Amazon.”
“Cortes’ epic discoveries shaped the world as we know it today, and through the minds of Amblin, Steven Spielberg, Steve Zaillian and Javier Bardem, we will bring Prime Video members on an exhilarating journey,” stated Sharon Yguado, Head of Scripted Series, Amazon Studios. “There are few moments in history that shape an entire culture such as Cortes’ story, and this series will be one filled with drama and adventure.”
“We are so pleased that Amazon has given us the opportunity to bring this exciting 500-year-old story to Prime Video members worldwide. It is a part of history that had such a significant impact and largely influenced modern day civilizations. With Javier as Cortes, we have the perfect star for this role, and we can’t wait to get started,” said Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey, co-heads of Amblin Television.
The Plot:Cortes reveals the legendary conqueror, Hernan Cortes, who led a rebellious expedition to the heart of King Montezuma II’s Aztec empire, connecting two civilizations for the first time and changing the course of history.
Steven Soderbergh attends the AFI FEST Presented By Audi secret screening Of ‘Haywire’ (Photo by Jason Merritt / Getty Images for Relativity Media)
Starz is teaming up with Gregg Araki, director of Kaboom and Mysterious Skin, on a new half-hour series titled Now Apocalypse. The comedy series was created by Araki and will be executive produced by Araki, Steven Soderbergh, and Gregory Jacobs (Magic Mike XXL, Red Oaks).
Per Starz’ official announcement, the first season will consist of 10 episodes.
Now Apocalypse is described as a “sexy, vibrant and fast-moving series.” Starz’ press release also drops in a mention of aliens. Araki is set to co-write and direct season one, with Karley Sciortino co-writing. He’s currently busy in the casting process, and Starz has not yet announced a targeted premiere date.
“Gregg brings an incredibly unique and adventurous story to the Starz brand and we cannot wait for the world to meet the bold, sexy and fun characters of Now Apocalypse,” stated Carmi Zlotnik, President of Programming for Starz. “It’s exciting to bring diverse and compelling storytelling to the screen as part of Starz’s ongoing programming strategy to provide premium content to reach underserved audiences.”
“If this isn’t the craziest thing I’ve ever read, it’s tied for first,” said Oscar and Emmy Award-winning executive producer Steven Soderbergh (Logan Lucky, The Girlfriend Experience). “We will not be responsible for people’s heads splitting in half when they see it.”
The Plot: This surreal, coming-of-age comedy series follows Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame. Now Apocalypse explores identity, sexuality and artistry, while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder – is some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy going on, or is he just smoking too much weed?
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, and Tan France star in ‘Queer Eye’ (Photo by Gavin Bond / Netflix)
Netflix has announced a slew of season two renewal orders for their unscripted programming slate. Netflix has given Dope, Drug Lords, Nailed It!, Queer Eye, and The Toys That Made Us second season orders, as just announced by Vice President of Content Bela Bajaria.
“These series are indicative of what we’re trying to accomplish for Netflix unscripted: working with world-class producers to create the best unscripted shows on television,” said Bajaria. “These series elevate the genre with innovative takes on familiar formats. They deliver immersive and nuanced stories. They elicit so many emotions from viewers, from tears of laughter to tears of joy – and that’s just Queer Eye.”
Queer Eye is produced by Scout Productions and ITV Entertainment, with David Collins, Rob Eric, Michael Williams, Jen Lane, David George, David Eilenberg, Adam Sher, and Jordana Hochman executive producing.
Per Netflix, the “new Fab Five forges relationships with men and women from a wide array of backgrounds and beliefs often contrary to their own, touching on everything from LGBTQ rights and social commentary to how to make the best farm-to-table guacamole and more. The new Fab Five returns for season two: Antoni Porowski (Food & Wine), Bobby Berk (Interior Design), Karamo Brown (Culture), Jonathan Van Ness (Grooming) and Tan France (Fashion).”
Nailed It! is hosted by Nicole Byer and Jacques Torres and produced by the Magical Elves. Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Kip Madsen, and Gayle Gawlowski are the series’ executive producers. Nailed It! is a half-hour competition series in which amateur bakers square off against professional bakers “to see if they can recreate beautiful baked goods with no experience.”
The docu-series Dope will kick off its second season on April 20, 2018. Wall to Wall Media Ltd. produces and Jeremy Dear and Chris Lent are on board as executive producers. The official synopsis: Dope is a “docu-series filmed from the perspective of dealers, users and the police, this vivid series features a bracing look at the war on drugs.”
Drug Lords comes from executive producers Michael Welsh and Jim Lindsay, producer Chris Boulding, head of production Elaine Morris, and head of international programs Ian Russell. Drug Lords focuses on “history’s most notorious kingpins, their terrifying enforcers, and the men and women who’ve sworn to bring them down.”
The Toys That Made Us will return for season two with Brian Volk-Weiss, Tom Stern, Cisco Henson, Anne Carkeet, and Edwin Zane as executive producers. The series’ plot: “The minds behind history’s most-iconic toy franchises discuss the rise – and sometimes fall – of their billion dollar creations. Season one followed Barbie, G.I. Joe and other franchises.”
Brie Larson gets hands-on help from Brigadier General Jeannie Leavitt, 57th Wing Commander (right), on a recent trip to Nellis Air Force Base to research her character, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel, for Marvel Studios’ ‘Captain Marvel.’
Production on Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel is officially underway in Los Angeles. The comic book-inspired superhero film stars Brie Larson in the titular role and is written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson, Mississippi Grind). Meg LeFauve (Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur), Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy), Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Tomb Raider, Sherlock Holmes 3), Liz Flahive (Glow) and Carly Mensch (Glow) also wrote the screenplay.
In addition to Brie Larson (Room, Kong: Skull Island), the Captain Marvel cast includes Samuel L. Jackson (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Ready Player One), Djimon Hounsou (Guardians of the Galaxy), Lee Pace (The Book of Henry, Guardians of the Galaxy), Lashana Lynch (Brotherhood, Fast Girls), Gemma Chan (Humans, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Algenis Perez Soto (Sambá, Sugar), Rune Temte (Eddie The Eagle, The Last Kingdom), McKenna Grace (I, Tonya, Gifted), Clark Gregg (Live by Night, The Avengers), and Jude Law (Spy, The Grand Budapest Hotel).
Filming’s expected to take place in LA, Fresno, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge. Marvel and Disney are targeting a March 8, 2019 theatrical release.
Kevin Feige produces and Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Jonathan Schwartz, Patty Whitcher and Stan Lee serve as executive producers. The behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Ben Davis (Doctor Strange), production designer Andy Nicholson (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), costume designer Sanja Hays (The Fate of the Furious), editors Elliot Graham (Molly’s Game) and Debbie Berman (Black Panther), visual effects supervisor Christopher Townsend (Avengers: Age of Ultron), stunt coordinator Jim Churchman (Doctor Strange, Ant-Man) and special effects supervisor Dan Sudick (Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther).
The Plot: The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead season four just released a lengthy trailer which introduces the season’s key new characters. It also brings Morgan (played by Lennie James) from The Walking Dead into the fold, with the new trailer showing Morgan knocking Nick off his feet as he shows off his wooden staff skills.
The new season leaps forward in time and the trailer reveals Madison and her family have settled down in a stadium. Perhaps the most surprising development unveiled in the trailer is that Nick actually looks happy.
New characters introduced in the trailer include Jenna Elfman as Naomi, Garret Dillahunt as John, and Maggie Grace as Althea. Returning series stars include Kim Dickens as Madison Clark, Frank Dillane as Nick Clark, Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark, Colman Domingo as Victor Strand, and Danay Garcia as Luciana Galvez.
Fear the Walking Dead is executive produced by Scott M. Gimple, Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Gale Anne Hurd, and Greg Nicotero. Showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg also executive produce the zombie apocalypse series.
Fear the Walking Dead season four will premiere on AMC on Sunday, April 15, 2018.
The Season 4 Plot: In Season 4 of Fear the Walking Dead we will see the world of Madison Clark (Kim Dickens) and her family through new eyes – the eyes of Morgan Jones (Lennie James), who is joining the story from the world of The Walking Dead. The characters’ immediate pasts mix with an uncertain present of struggle and discovery as they meet new friends, foes and threats. They fight for each other, against each other and against a legion of the dead to somehow build an existence against the crushing pressure of lives coming apart. There will be darkness and light; terror and grace; and the heroic, mercenary and craven, all crashing together toward a new reality for Fear the Walking Dead.
Poster for season four of AMC’s ‘Fear the Walking Dead’
Harris Dickinson as J. Paul Getty III and Donald Sutherland as J. Paul Getty, Sr. (Photo by Oliver Upton / FX)
FX’s new dramatic series Trust is inspired by true events and focuses on the Getty family, in particular the events surrounding the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III. Episode one airing March 25, 2018 and titled “The House of Getty” begins with John Paul Getty III (Harris Dickinson) racing through a field of flowers. He’s obviously running from someone, but his pursuer remains unseen.
The scene switches to a wild Hollywood party. It’s 1973 and beautiful people are mingling at a pool party outside a mansion, drinking, and listening to a live band.
A woman screams for George to open the garage door while inside George (Filippo Valle) is freaking out. More women arrive to pound on the garage’s glass windows as George picks up a large two-pronged barbecue fork and stabs himself in the chest.
The location switches to Sutton Place, home of one of the richest men in the world: J. Paul Getty. The Getty patriarch (Donald Sutherland) wakes and his butler, Bullimore (Silas Carson), prepares his morning drink containing a raw egg while he lays in bed. Bullimore then dresses his boss and brushes his teeth while James Fletcher Chace (Brendan Fraser) reveals the results of George’s autopsy. George was high when he stabbed himself, and J. Paul Getty is indignant that the report lists George’s death as a suicide. James promises to take care of it.
J. Paul Getty’s mistresses assemble for breakfast and he asks which one of them loves him best. After that bit of teasing, he expresses outrage over the tiny rise in the price of the newspaper, and then wonders who among his mistresses he’ll leave his fortune to. He then warns them a new woman, Teresa, will soon be added to his collection.
That afternoon, J. Paul Sr speaks at his son’s funeral, calling him the son upon whom the future of Getty Oil rested. He thinks fate robbed George of his destiny.
After the funeral service, the senior Getty’s sons – Ronald, John Paul Getty Jr, and Gordon – hide in the restroom and smoke pot, joking about who will fill George’s role in the Getty Oil business. Ronald’s a movie producer, Gordon’s writing a symphony, and Paul is a drug addict. It appears no one wants the job except Paul whose current relationship with his father is non-existent.
J. Paul Sr rants about his feckless heirs and expresses jealousy over his peers’ families, including the Kennedys.
John Paul Getty III arrives late to the funeral, making quite an impression in long hair, casual shirt, and bell-bottom jeans. His arrival interrupts his father’s talk with J. Paul Sr. Just as Paul confirms he wants back in the oil business, John Paul Getty III (who also goes by Paul) causes a stir with his disheveled appearance. He heads straight to the food as all conversations come to a halt.
J. Paul Sr introduces his grandson to the funeral attendees and they applaud.
Minutes later, J. Paul Jr speaks to his son outside and demands to know why he decided to attend the funeral. J. Paul Jr believes it’s because his son needs cash and doesn’t listen to his response, driving away before John Paul Getty III can explain.
Funeral over and his father gone, the soaking wet Paul is told by Bullimore to ask the lady of the house if he can stay. The women are immediately infatuated with this good-looking young hippie.
The cook has Paul strip out of his wet clothes and dries him with a towel. She’s kind to him and seems happy to see him in her kitchen.
Later, the women and J. Paul Sr. are relaxing as Paul looks around the room. He finds a statuette he assumes is expensive and asks about it. J. Paul Sr leaves the room with one of his girlfriends without discussing the piece.
After everyone goes to bed, Paul explores the house and hears his grandfather having sex. He heads back to the room, silently grabs the statuette, and returns to his bedroom where he packs it away in his belongings.
The miserly J. Paul Sr rinses his socks and hangs them on a line in his bathroom to dry.
The next morning, Paul realizes his grandfather’s butler has unpacked his bags and folded and put away his clothes. Paul begs Bullimore not to tell his grandfather he was stealing the statuette, and Bullimore explains that his grandfather’s attitude is that property is tax-deductible. However, he won’t tell J. Paul Sr because he doesn’t want him to be disappointed in his grandchildren.
J. Paul and his grandson bond over their appreciation of art. The senior Getty is impressed his grandson is well versed in works of art, including the Elgin Marbles the senior Getty’s attempting to procure from the British Museum. While they discuss art, Paul says he wants to go to Morocco and tells his grandfather there are Carthaginian and Rome artifacts just lying about in the desert waiting to be discovered. J. Paul’s impressed and a bit shocked he didn’t know about that.
Surprisingly, the two seem to actually enjoy each other’s company.
J. Paul takes his grandson on a tour of three oil rigs out in the ocean. They discuss the history of oil and the approach to drilling taken by other nations. “Oil is everything. Everything!” says J. Paul, describing shampoos, clothing, shoes, and even toothbrushes as being made of oil. He assures Paul that everything is dependent on oil.
The discussion turns to money and J. Paul draws a diagram of how his money goes from the Sarah Getty Trust to oil fields to shipping to refineries to gas stations to hotels – all under Getty Oil’s control. Paul’s a quick learner and knows just what to say to keep his grandfather talking. The way it’s set up, J. Paul has the business registering a loss because the profits are poured back into the business. That way he doesn’t pay taxes until the money’s drawn out of the trust, which he never does.
J. Paul realizes his grandson needs cash, and Paul admits he ran up debts that he needs paid off…$6,000 to be exact. He claims it’s due to his drinking and going out too much and lies when J. Paul asks if he does drugs. J. Paul’s fine with the fact chasing women caused the debt, but not drugs. J. Paul reveals every woman he has sex with has to sign a contract first renouncing all rights, and Paul jokes it’s a “financial condom.”
Next, J. Paul gets his daily briefing on telexs and mail, learning about a letter from a woman who claimed to know him intimately. He’s told Teresa will be arriving tomorrow.
Amanda Drew as Belinda, Anna Chancellor as Penelope, Veronica Echegui as Luciana, and Sophie Winkleman as Margot in ‘Trust’ (Photo by Oliver Upton / FX)
Back at the estate, J. Paul’s mistresses watch Paul swim and fantasize about the handsome young stud. Then, one of the women reveals Paul has a spread in the current edition of Playmen Magazine. The women giggle.
J. Paul arrives and proposes a deal. He’ll give Paul $6,000 if he does six months on an oil rig. He can quit after six months, but J. Paul assures him that in two years of working for him “he won’t just visit Morocco, he’ll own Morocco.”
That night, Paul uses the pay phone inside the Getty Estate to inform Martine Zacher (Laura Bellini) and Jutta Winklemann (Sarah Bellini) that he hasn’t received any money yet. They tell him the man he owes is watching their house and they’re scared. Paul tells Martine not to worry, he loves her and will take care of everything.
John Paul Getty Jr and his girlfriend Victoria (Hannah New) receive an invitation back to Sutton Place. He doesn’t want to go, but Victoria thinks it means the job is his for the asking.
The party is to celebrate the arrival of Teresa, and the staff works double-time to prepare for the formal event.
John Paul Getty Jr and Victoria do attend, and J. Paul Sr appears to be happy to see his son. He then asks his women, including Penelope (she’s the leader of the group and the one he considers his girlfriend), to follow him into the hall to meet Teresa. J. Paul calls out to her and the women scream in fright and flee back to the party when they discover Teresa is a lion.
John Paul Jr sits near his father at the dining table during the party, assuring his father he’s completely ready to take on the job at Getty Oil. J. Paul Sr compliments him, but then swiftly tells him it’s his son who’ll be taking on George’s role in the company. J. Paul Sr is bypassing the father to give the coveted position to his grandson, asking his guests to raise their glasses and toast John Paul Getty III.
J. Paul Jr’s shocked and angrily races from the room, his plans destroyed by this new relationship between his father and his son. Angry and wanting to ruin this new arrangement, J. Paul Getty Jr returns and confronts his father. He shows him the spread in Playmen Magazine, catching J. Paul Sr by surprise. The senior Getty thumbs through the pages and it’s clear he disapproves.
Later that night after all his guests have left, J. Paul receives an injection into his penis so that he can have sex. He warns the doctor this injection better work. Before he has sex, he pens a letter and passes it to Bullimore to be given to Paul.
Bullimore delivers the letter which only includes the phone number to purchase an airline ticket to Rome. Paul is to leave immediately without the money he needs to pay off the criminals/mafia. Paul can’t believe his grandfather won’t give him any money and then Bullimore reveals J. Paul knows the debt came from purchasing champagne and cocaine. Paul says he never wanted to be a Getty and has been trying to hide from his family name all his life.
Paul, crying, asks Bullimore what to do, and Bullimore hugs him. “If you really don’t want to be a Getty, Paul, leave this place and never ever come back,” suggests Bullimore before wishing him luck.
Rome one week later: Paul runs wildly through the streets and into a club, obviously high and out of control. He buys a beautiful woman a drink in a club, ecstatic he’s just himself. He thinks he’s free now. Suddenly, his mood is ruined by the appearance of a man who’s after him to repay his debt.
Paul runs out of the club and into the street. He dunks his head in a fountain as a car races toward him. Men exit the car, give him a hood to place over his head, and toss him in their vehicle.
The final scene of Trust season one episode one is a repeat of the episode’s opening with Paul running through a field of flowers.
Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier and Khary Payton as Ezekiel in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 8, episode 13 (Photo by Gene Page / AMC)
AMC’s The Walking Dead season eight episode 12 ended with Jadis knocking out Negan as he’s seated in the front seat of her car. With their leader gone, Simon rallied the Saviors to continue on, reminding them who they are and what their mission should be: wipe out everyone associated with Rick and his group.
Season eight episode 13 begins with Morgan (Lennie James) having a vision of the dead Savior Gavin yelling at him. He’s brought back to reality in time to pass along the warning to the Hilltop that the Saviors are approaching. Horns sound throughout the surrounding area as a signal to get ready for the attack.
Inside the compound, Henry wants to help but Carol (Melissa McBride) and Ezekiel (Khary Payton) want him to remain inside.
The hospital’s ready for patients and Saddiq (Avi Nash) is quizzed about his medical skills. He admits he hasn’t got that much experience operating in these circumstances – he hasn’t operated while holding people down without anesthesia – but he’s ready to take on whatever comes his way.
Night falls and those inside the Hilltop’s walls are ready. As the Saviors pull up outside, Maggie (Lauren Cohan) quietly says, “Here we go.”
Simon (Steven Ogg) and the Saviors approach, ready for battle. The Hilltop has set up obstacles in the road and the Saviors stop to clear the path. Maggie radios the group and Simon informs her he’s speaking on behalf of Negan. Simon warns “the bill has come due” and now’s the time to pay. She reminds him she has 38 of his people and she will kill them if he doesn’t turn around. Simon responds by telling her she can go ahead and kill them. They are damaged goods.
Gregory (Xander Berkeley) tells Maggie he knew her plan wouldn’t work, but she still believes it will.
As Simon tells his people they need to get rid of all the Hilltoppers, Dwight (Austin Amelio) questions whether he’s worried about Negan. Negan wouldn’t want these people killed; he wanted them warned.
As they talk, Daryl (Norman Reedus) rides up and opens fire. They open the gate and let him in, and a Savior’s car follows. War begins as Maggie yells, “Now!” Shots are exchanged and the Saviors shoot infected arrows and use infected knives. (It should be noted that the Saviors are far more accurate with arrows than the Hilltoppers are with bullets.)
Carol rushes to Tobin after he’s injured while other Saviors pour into the compound to take on more Hilltoppers. Simon sneaks through the buildings. Tara is injured as the Hilltoppers are called back into the building by Maggie.
The Hilltoppers begin shooting again, hitting the headlights of cars which they’re aiming at to make it dark. (How is it possible they can hit a headlight but not a Savior?)
Simon leads more Saviors into the complex, but now they can’t see anything because it’s pitch-black. Despite the inability to see, Simon wants the place surrounded. He thinks the Hilltoppers have run away, but he wants his group to investigate the main building anyway.
He whistles as he approaches the building, even though he just told everyone else to be as quiet as possible. Just then lights come on and the Hilltoppers begin shooting once more. More headlights come on and it turns out the Saviors are now surrounded by a group led by Rick. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) almost attacks the doctor in all the chaos but stops at the last second.
Morgan has the same vision of Gavin while fighting.
Some Saviors make it back to their trucks and escape. (The Hilltop people can’t hit the broad side of a barn and seem to like wasting bullets.)
Lauren Cohan as Maggie Greene in ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 13 (Photo by Gene Page/AMC)
Rick confesses to Maggie he tried to kill Negan earlier but didn’t. She thanks him, unaware of how dumb his attack was and how useless it turned out to be.
The next day the Hilltoppers work on repairing their walls and preparing for more attacks. Daryl and Tara (Alanna Masterson) have a talk and he thinks she should rest since she was injured. She claims it’s not a bad wound and then they have a debate over Dwight. Daryl thinks Dwight tried to kill her, but Tara believes he’s still working with them and tried to help.
Rick takes down the wood from the windows while Michonne (Danai Gurira) offers him a turnip. He’s in a horrible mood as he explains he’s removing the boards, so the kids can get fresh air. Michonne wants to look at his cut but Rick refuses to let her. He needs to get the boards down. She gets busy helping him and he admits he had to try to take out Negan, but not the full circumstances of his attack which failed miserably.
The dead are buried and Maggie lets Alden (Callan McAuliffe) free to bury his people. He thanks her but says they’re not his people anymore.
Dianne (Kerry Cahill) tells Maggie she’s a good leader and saved them last night. She carried out her plan and saved the community. Maggie thinks she sacrificed her people, but she needs to keep the prisoners alive since Negan’s still in play. She wants her husband’s grave to be the last thing he sees.
Those who were injured by the Saviors are recuperating. Carol and an injured Tobin have a heart-to-heart, and it’s obvious he really cares about her. Carol’s not optimistic about the future.
Saddiq asks to treat Rick’s wound so it won’t get infected. Rick allows him but is still in angry/pouting mode. He doesn’t want to discuss Carl and leaves Saddiq before he can check out the wounds.
Night falls and everyone settles down in the hallways and bedrooms of the main house. Those who were injured seem to be feeling better.
Nope, they’re not better at all. In fact, they’re beginning to turn. Tobin takes a deep breath and closes his eyes. He dies at 2:13am and at 3:26am one of his fellow patients gets up to find the doctor. Tobin attacks him before he can leave the hospital. Tobin then kills the nurse as she comes to check on the patients.
Others who were infected turn and head into the building where everyone is asleep. One falls down the stairs, growling, and yet no one wakes up. (This is a frustrating episode to recap. How could someone fall down a long flight of stairs into an area where people are sleeping – people who should be sleeping lightly as they’re on alert because of a potential attack – and no one hears anything?)
The prisoners are sleeping in their pen when Henry wakes Gregory, telling him to be quiet. He asks which one killed his brother, but Gregory claims he doesn’t know his fellow prisoners. Gregory tries to get Henry to turn over his gun, apologizing for his dead brother. Henry believes killing the man who killed his brother will make him feel better. Alden wakes up and assures Henry that killing the murderer of his brother won’t make him feel any better. As they talk, screaming is heard from the main building.
All hell has broken loose as the newly turned walkers attack their former friends. More walkers are created as the Hilltoppers flee the building. One prisoner says this is all music to his ears and Henry asks if he’s the one who killed his brother. Henry, acting ridiculously stupid, unlocks the gate and enters with the gun pointed. He demands the person who did it step forward. He begins to count to 10 but before he gets there one of the prisoners turns into a walker and begins attacking. Henry’s disarmed and the prisoners escape. (I hate this episode.)
Maggie, Daryl, Rick, and others begin dispatching the undead inside the building. The Hilltoppers can’t figure out what happened and then realize these newly turned walkers are their own people.
Tobin’s about to kill someone else when Carol arrives. She pauses before killing Tobin as it dawns on her he wasn’t bit. After killing Tobin, Maggie, Rick, Carol, and Daryl figure out Negan had a plan. One of the still alive but injured Hilltoppers who’s in a nearby bed says this is the fever and anyone injured in the attack will turn.
Tara hasn’t turned – yet – and is with Rosita (Christian Serratos) and Enid (Katelyn Nacon) when Daryl and Rick enter the room. Daryl tells her the Saviors did something to the weapons and that everyone who got cut or shot got sick and turned. Daryl and Tara have another talk about Dwight, and Daryl feels guilty for not killing him before this attack.
Outside the building, Saddiq is attacked but Alden saves him. Maggie and the group realize some of the prisoners are trying to close the gate and help them out. A lot of the prisoners ran away, but the ones who stayed are helping the Hilltoppers.
Carol and Ezekiel go looking for Henry, but he’s gone. Enid informs Carol that Henry broke into the pen before the Saviors escaped.
Morgan has another vision of Gavin the dead Savior saying, “You know what it is!” over and over again.
Maggie and the group bury the newly dead, which turns out to be way fewer Hilltoppers than it looked like during the attack.
Marvel’s Black Panther has taken over the top spot as the highest grossing superhero film of all time. Black Panther nudged past The Avengers to earn the $1 spot on the domestic superhero film chart on the same weekend it finally gave up the top spot at the box office. After five weekends as the reigning box office champion, Black Panther slipped into second place over its sixth weekend in theaters. Pacific Rim Uprising was able to snag the #1 position with an domestic opening weekend gross of $28 million.
The original Pacific Rim starring Charlie Hunnam and directed by Guillermo del Toro opened in theaters on July 12, 2013. That film rang up $37 million over its opening weekend and went on to gross $411 million worldwide before exiting theaters. The sequel was directed by Steven S. DeKnight and stars John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Rinko Kikuchi, and Charlie Day.
The weekend’s other big new release, Sherlock Gnomes, failed to draw in family audiences. Gnomeo and Juliet opened to $25 million in 2011 while the 2018 sequel brought in just $10 million over its first three days in release.
The Pacific Rim Uprising Plot: The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines built to vanquish them was only a prelude to the all-out assault on humanity in Pacific Rim Uprising.
John Boyega stars as the rebellious Jake Pentecost, a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity’s victory against the monstrous “Kaiju.” Jake has since abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. But when an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through our cities and bring the world to its knees, he is given one last chance to live up to his father’s legacy by his estranged sister, Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi) — who is leading a brave new generation of pilots that have grown up in the shadow of war. As they seek justice for the fallen, their only hope is to unite together in a global uprising against the forces of extinction.
Jake is joined by gifted rival pilot Lambert (Fate of the Furious’ Scott Eastwood) and 15-year-old Jaeger hacker Amara (newcomer Cailee Spaeny), as the heroes of the PPDC become the only family he has left. Rising up to become the most powerful defense force to ever walk the earth, they will set course for a spectacular all-new adventure on a towering scale.
John Boyega and Scott Eastman in ‘Pacific Rim Uprising.’
Heidi Klum and Mel B onstage at Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Award (Photo by Neilson Barnard/KCA2018/Getty Images)
WWE superstar and actor John Cena handled hosting duties at Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards held on Saturday, March 24th. In addition to keeping the awards show moving, Cena was the recipient of a soaking in slime, continuing the kid-friendly show’s tradition of covering its hosts in sticky gooeyness. Other celebrities who endured being drenched in slime included Shawn Mendes, Laurie Hernandez, Liza Koshy, Heidi Klum, and Mel B.
The awards show included N.E.R.D. performing “Lemon” and JoJo Siwa singing a medley of her hits before being drenched in slime.
Additional celebrities who took part in this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards show included Kristen Bell, Echosmith, Kat Graham, Grant Gustin, Laurie Hernandez, Jiffpom, Chloe Kim, Ne-Yo, Storm Reid, Ben Schwartz, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Yara Shahidi, Brandon Mychal Smith, Hailee Steinfeld, Channing Tatum, and Zendaya.
Millie Bobby Brown honors the Parkland victims. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
