Let's hear it for the 'Girls'
The screwball '00s TV classic "Gilmore Girls" has found a new following on Netflix, so how about a new season? The streaming service hopes to bring back creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel for four 90-minute installments. The biggest breakout star from the show, Melissa McCarthy, is not expected to reprise her supporting role as Sookie the chef.
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Oct. 21 was "Back to the Future Day," i.e. the day Marty McFly time-traveled to in the classic sequel. All three movies in the trilogy were screened nationwide, taking in $1.65 million at the box office. … To celebrate the day, Chistopher Lloyd appeared in character as Emmett "Doc" Brown to hang out with presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Sanders tweeted a reference to the original movie's script: "Tell me, future boy, who's president of the United States in 2017?" He might need 1.21 jigawatts to win the Democratic nomination. … Also in commemoration, Michael J. Fox received the first pair of Nike power-lace shoes as depicted in "Part II." Whatever — we're still waiting for the flying cars.
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Chris Rock will host the "new and improved" 88th Oscars. … Simon Cowell will replace Howard Stern as a judge on "America's Got Talent" next year. … Jon Hamm will play a cop killer in the crime thriller "Baby Driver" (with "Shaun of the Dead" director Edgar Wright). … "Orange Is the New Black" star Laverne Cox will play gender-bending Frank-N-Furter in Fox's TV movie remake of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." … NBC alum Vincent D'Onofrio is off to be the Wizard in the network's 10-episode "Emerald City."
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