ABC Loses Shonda Rhimes To Netflix-
Netflix just poached the best thing ABC has had in years.
Shonda Rhimes has inked a multi-year deal with with the streaming company, effectively ending the 15 year relationship between ABC and the “Grey’s Anatomy” creator. The with Rhimes to bring her Shondaland productions to Netflix shows that service’s commitment to bringing more original programming to customers.
In a statement, Rhimes shared, "Shondaland's move to Netflix is the result of a shared plan Ted Sarandos and I built based on my vision for myself as a storyteller and for the evolution of my company. Ted provides a clear, fearless space for creators at Netflix."
Source: NBC News
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*Leonardo DiCaprio's production company just bought the rights to a biography of Leonardo da Vinci, which will be made into a film starring the quirky superstar.
*Brooke Shields will join the cast of Law and Order: SVU for the series' 19th season. Her character is supposed to be a woman who "shakes up the world" of Mariska Hargitay's character.
*Daphne Oz is leaving The View after six years on the ABC show's panel. She won't get a chance to say goodbye -- the next season will kick off without her on September 5th.
*Former Bachelor star Lauren Bushnell has made her relationship with new man Devin Antin "Instagram Official" -- three months after splitting from love-of-her-life Ben Higgins.
*Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder took to social media on Friday to announce that she had been dumped by boyfriend Patrick Meagher -- on their fourth anniversary!
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- Annabelle: Creation: $35 million
- Dunkirk: $11.4 million
- The Nut Job 2: $8.9 million.
- The Dark Tower: $7.9 million
- Girls' Trip: $6.5 million
The folks behind the Conjuring franchise scared up another huge hit this week with Annabelle: Creation. It took the top spot at the box office on ticket sales of $35 million.
That's a bit less than the $40.4 million total for last summer's Conjuring 2, but still enough to outpace the epic Dunkirk, which added another $11.4 million to a four-week total that now stands at $150 million.
The animated sequel The Nut Job 2 debuted at number-three with $8.9 million in first-week ticket sales, slightly ahead of the flop Stephen King adaptation The Dark Tower, which fell from the top spot in its second week with $7.9 million.
Girls' Trip rounds out the Top 5tafter raking in another $6.5 million, giving the comedy a whopping $97.2 million in sales so far.
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*Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom broke up about 6 months ago, well they were spotted together at an Ed Sheeran concert this weekend in L.A. People tweeted they were seen holding hands and kissing!
*In Vogue next month you can read a story about Jennifer Lawrence who talks about this house she bought, she said there were all of these crystals all over the place she says she told someone "Please get rid of these; I don’t want people to come over here and think I’m a crystal person.’ . Crystals are said to have special powers they can heal, protect, do all sorts of things. Well she decided to get rid of the rocks herself — against the better judgment of the crystal people....she said people told her "You can’t do that. You can’t move them. You have to have the crystal lady who put them in move them,” Well after she just got rid of them her house flooded! Now she says she hates crystals!
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