Hollywood Stars Share Their Abortion Stories 

►"It is a hard, awful decision that people make." Whoopi Goldberg, Chelsea Handler, Hilarie Burton, Laura Prepon and Jameela Jamil are among those in Hollywood who have opened up about their experiences since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe first leaked in May 2022. The story. 

—Finally, some good news from the Supreme Court. Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice and she took the place Thursday of Stephen Breyer, the justice she once worked for. The story. 

—"Record-breaking." NBCUniversal says its 2022 upfront was the “highest grossing upfront since Comcast’s acquisition of NBCUniversal” over a decade ago, though it remained mum on its total haul. In 2021, the company saw upfront ad commitments of more than $7 billion, suggesting that this year’s results are higher than that. The story. 

—Saved! NBC has closed a deal to pick up Magnum P.I., rescuing the action-drama series that CBS canceled in May after four seasons. NBC has ordered two more seasons of the reboot, with each season containing 10 episodes. The story. 

—Stranger things like time travel. THR's Rebecca Sun has the scoop on Shawn Levy's 21 Laps and Netflix winning the race to option The Moon Represents My Heart, the forthcoming debut novel from Pim Wangtechawat. The companies are looking to develop the book as a limited series. Gemma Chan is attached to star and also produce the story about a British-Chinese family with the secret ability to time travel. The story. 

—Maybe she's born with it. Kim Cattrall will star in a Netflix drama set in the cosmetics industry. The five-time Emmy nominee will play a makeup mogul in Glamorous, a drama centered on a young gender-nonconforming man (actor, singer-songwriter and YouTuber Miss Benny) whose life is stuck in place until he lands a job working for Cattrall’s character. The story.

—Not long now. JB Smoove and Melissa Fumero have been tapped to announce the nominations for this year’s Emmy Awards on July 12. The announcement will be presented in a virtual ceremony taking place at 8:30 a.m. PT. The story. 

Tim Allen Addresses 'Lightyear' Debate

►"It has no relationship to Buzz. It’s just no connection." Tim Allen is finally weighing in on the discussion surrounding Pixar’s Lightyear, which has underwhelmed at the box office. In a recent interview, Allen, who voiced the toy version of Buzz Lightyear in the four Toy Story films, said that the new film has "a whole new team that really have nothing to do with the first movies." The story.

—Running it back. Michael Bay has resurrected his Platinum Dunes banner and found a new home for the storied production company. The director has reunited with Brad Fuller, his former producing partner, in bringing Dunes back. The company has signed a first-look deal with Universal, the studio behind his most recent action movie, Ambulance. The story.

—New streamer about to drop. TelevisaUnivision says that it will launch its Spanish-language streaming service ViX+ on July 21, initially in the U.S., Mexico and Latin America. The service will cost $6.99 per month in the U.S. and MX$119 in Mexico. The SVOD launch is the culmination of the $4.8 billion merger between Televisa and Univision, which closed earlier this year. The story.

—The spice must flow. Legendary and Warner Bros. announced new theatrical release plans for two of their high-profile films. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is being pushed back less than a month from Oct. 20, 2023, to Nov. 17, 2023, giving the sequel the advantage of playing over the Thanksgiving holiday. Adam Wingard’s next installment in the Godzilla-Kong franchise will hit theaters March 15, 2024. The story. 

—More monsters. Staying with the Godzilla-Kong franchise, Apple TV+ and Legendary Television’s Godzilla and Titans series has begun assembling its human cast. Pachinko star Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski have joined the drama from Legendary, which is expanding the franchise to TV. WandaVision’s Matt Shakman will direct the first two episodes and serve as an executive producer. The cast. 

'Surviving R. Kelly' Producer Talks Sentencing, #MeToo Blowback

►"I think this is an incredibly broken justice system." In the wake of R. Kelly's sentencing to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse against several women, THR's Etan Vlessing spoke to Dream Hampton, executive producer of the explosive Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly. Dismayed by the disgraced singer's lack of remorse, Hampton says that she's "hoping, for the survivors, that this feels a little bit like justice." The interview.  

—Limited action. The calls for bans that erupted when Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the western Rust have quieted and legislation remains stalled. In the eight months since the incident, THR's Gary Baum and Carolyn Giardina write that armorers point to a drop in work and the continued adoption of safer Airsoft replicas — if only for big projects. The story.

—"The last time I covered a Rupert Murdoch divorce." As Fox mogul Rupert Murdoch splits with fourth wife Jerry Hall, THR's editor at large Kim Masters recalls the frenzy of media speculation that surrounded the billionaire's fraught 14-year relationship with Wendi Deng. The story. 

—Dumpsville. Fox has canceled the animated series Duncanville after three seasons. The show aired what will be its final episode on June 26. Amy Poehler voiced a 15-year-old boy given to flights of fantasy (and his mother) in the series, which she created with Simpsons alumni Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully. Duncanville was the least watched of Fox’s animated series in the 2021-22 season. The story. 

—The cuts keep coming. The CW has pulled the plug on its Nancy Drew spinoff Tom Swift after a single season. The CBS Studios series, which premiered on May 31, will play out the remainder of its order but won’t return to the broadcast network. Tom Swift is the 11th series The CW has canceled in the 2021-22 season, the most it has cut in a decade. The story. 

—Back to the dugout. THR mondain Ryan Gajewski reports that a series adaptation of Field of Dreams has struck out at Peacock. The Mike Schur-created drama based on the 1989 Kevin Costner-starring baseball-focused film was picked up straight to series in August 2021 but will not stream on the platform. Universal Television, where Schur’s Fremulon shingle holds an overall deal, is in the process of talking to interested buyers. The story. 

Film Review: 'The Princess'

►"More conventional than it appears." THR critic Lovia Gyarkye reviews Le-Van Kiet's The Princess. A young royal must escape from her power-hungry betrothed and save her family and kingdom in this Hulu film starring Joey King. The review. 

—"Not a return to glory." THR film critic Frank Scheck reviews Louis C.K.’s Fourth of July. The controversial comedian returns to the big screen with this new film, which he directed, co-wrote and appears in. The review. 

Thank Pod It's Friday

► All the latest content from THR's podcast studio.

—Awards Chatter. Awards analyst Scott Feinberg talks to the great and the good of Hollywood. In this episode, Scott speaks to Ronan Farrow. One of the most consequential investigative journalists of our time reflects on his complicated childhood, his reporting on Harvey Weinstein and how he and the guys behind RuPaul's Drag Race turned his podcast into the Emmy-contending docuseries Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes. Listen here.

—Behind the Screen. Tech editor Carolyn Giardina's podcast focuses on the filmmaking crafts. In this episode, Carolyn speaks to Oscar-nominated editor Tatiana S. Riegel about her work on Hulu's Pam & Tommy. Listen here.

In other news...

—Hocus Pocus 2 trailer conjures up big numbers for Disney+

—"Born in the U.S.A.": 17 of America’s most patriotic (and un-patriotic) musical offerings

—Twitter taps NBCUniversal’s Maggie McLean Suniewick as vp partnerships

—Big Ten votes to add USC, UCLA as members starting in 2024

—Bret Michaels hospitalized, leading Poison to pull out of Nashville show

—Amazon buys U.K. Champions League soccer rights in groundbreaking deal

—Cinépolis to open dine-in Imax at Hollywood Park in Inglewood

What else we're reading...

—Spencer Bokat-Lindell (great name) asks whether the Supreme Court is facing a legitimacy crisis [NYT]

—Phil Hoad has a great interview with the always interesting Caleb Landry Jones [Guardian]

—Sarah Bahr's interview with Welsh star Taron Egerton about his intriguing new Apple show Black Bird [NYT]

—The real life NYPD unit that inspired Law & Order: SVU is under investigation over its treatment of sexual assault victims [AFP]

—Here's your Friday list: "Every Netflix game, ranked" [Gizmodo]

Today...  

...in 1998, Buena Vista’s star-studded sci-fi actioner Armageddon opened in theaters, going on to gross $553m globally over the summer. The original review.

Today's birthdays: Debbie Harry (77), Léa Seydoux (35), Pamela Anderson (55), Liv Tyler (45), Jared Keeso (38), Hilarie Burton (40), Julianne Nicholson (51), Alan Ruck (66), Sonoya Mizuno (36), Melissa Peterman (51), Dan Aykroyd (70), Andre Braugher (60), Hannah Murray (33), Storm Reid (19), Jordi Mollà (54), Caitlin Thompson (35), Chloe Bailey (24), Fortune Feimster (40), Amanda Seales (41)