Brad Pitt Joins Jen Aniston for Fast Times Charity Reading

Good News Notes: “Normally we’d say more than one celebrity couple reunion per year is overkill, but 2020 isn’t your normal year, and ‘overkill’ seems to be the watch word for Dane Cook’s upcoming star-studded charity live reading of Fast Times at Ridgemont High. According to Deadline, Brad Pitt and Jimmy Kimmel are just the latest celebs to sign on…

Venice Film Festival to Return With Masks and Without Blockbusters

Good News Notes: “The Venice Film Festival announced the lineup on Tuesday for its 77th edition, setting out precautions including temperature checks and new outdoor screening sites for what will be one of the first large international festivals held since the coronavirus pandemic began. This year’s festival will run from Sept. 2 to Sept 12,…

Shia LaBeouf says a costar with Down syndrome saved him after problems with alcohol resulted in his arrest

Good News Notes: “In an interview with the UK’s Channel 4 on Friday, Shia LaBeouf told the presenter Cathy Newman that his latest film, “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” saved him after a string of embarrassing incidents that culminated in his arrest in July 2017.” “LaBeouf said it was Gottsagen’s brutal honesty that brought him back from what he has described as…