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Happy Saturday, folks!

On Thursday night, I watched the new Netflix documentary Chaos: The Manson Murders from director Errol Morris and found it just interesting enough to have been worth the brief 93-minute time investment. In fact, that’s the whole reason I watched the latest piece of Charles Manson “content” — because it was a relatively short film, as opposed to a docuseries drawn out over three or four episodes.

Some of Netflix’s true-crime stories — the latest is The Octopus Murders — would be much better served by a 90-minute or two-hour movie as opposed to a four-hour docuseries. Of course, I understand why Netflix so often chooses the latter route — it’s obviously better for viewing engagement numbers.

And speaking of murderous psychopaths, I watched the indie movie McVeigh as well, though the best thing I can say about that one is that I really enjoyed Anthony Carrigan’s performance, as the Barry actor shows off a very different side of himself, at least one I hadn’t seen before onscreen.

Finally, the details surrounding Gene Hackman’s death are just too awful to fathom. I feel terrible that he spent his final days confused and alone, as that’s no way for a Hollywood legend to go out, though I’m somewhat relieved he’s now at peace.

Tonight, in this special Saturday edition of the newsletter, you’ll read about the latest studio exec gossip that everyone has been chatting about in WhatsApp threads across Hollywood for the past week.

There are also items about Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie, Zach Cregger’s next film, Jon Favreau’s latest Disney+ project, and a look at a new buddy comedy starring Michael Cera and Michael Angarano.

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