Normal Stuff you may have missed this week

There is a ton of stuff that comes across the TN editor’s desk (why yes, that IS a cardboard cut out of Edward Cullen balanced on two large stacks of mediocre YA book arcs that found a useful purpose since they’ll never be read) in any given week and we’re not able to cover it all.  We thought we’d compile the news items from time to time and share them with you all at the end of each week. So welcome to your very first:

Normal Stuff You May Have Missed this Week

Movie News

Apparently Christmas is almost here, because there have been Christmas movie releases flooding our inbox and some Christmas-themed movies.

Joy

A story of a family across four generations, centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Facing betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, Joy becomes a true boss of family and enterprise in a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy’s inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces.

Stars Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, and more in this latest film by David O. Russell’s!

Out Christmas Day

Daddy’s Home

Starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, Daddy’s Home follows a mild-mannered radio exective (Will Ferrell) competing for the affection of his stepchildren when their freewheeling and freeloading father (Mark Wahlberg) shows up.

Out Christmas Day!

The Young Messiah

It’s not a Christmas movie, but JESUS!

Out March, 2016.

Things that are Normal

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Lionel Richie is Coming out with a HOME Collection guys. And there’s an Instagram Account and everything. Way to capitalize on the Adele attention this week, Lionel.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens this Spring at Universal Studios Hollywood and there is a new interactive website to celebrate. Check it out

2nd-Hand Embarrassment

Film and television star John Krasinski, who stars as a former Navy SEAL in the upcoming, real-life motion picture thriller 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, has been named the Grand Marshal for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, Nov. 8, at Texas Motor Speedway.