New GI Joe Script Makes No Sense, Rejected By Paramount

Controversial writer’s gritty reboot pitch for a beloved 80s action franchise gets rejected as studios look for a safer ...

Paramount Passes on ‘G.I. Joe’ Treatment from Max Landis (EXCLUSIVE)

Paramount Pictures is not moving forward with a "G.I. Joe" movie pitch from controversial screenwriter Max Landis.
The Providence Journal

Trader Joe’s releasing lavender large tote, gives pastel mini update

The specialty grocer just officially confirmed that it will release a new color for its large canvas tote bags. Trader Joe’s does not have an image available yet but it confirmed with the Reno Gazette ...
Houston Chronicle

Trader Joe’s to debut canvas tote in pink and lavender this month

A canvas tote of a new color scheme is coming to Trader Joe’s as the company confirmed the introduction of a new pink and lavender version, not long after the release of pastel mini totes last month.
Page Six

Woodstock legend Country Joe McDonald dead at 84

Country Joe McDonald, the lead singer of Country Joe and the Fish, has died. The iconic singer, who co-founded the band known for its psychedelic folk rock and legendary 1969 Woodstock performance, ...
USA Today

Country Joe McDonald, Woodstock legend with an anti-war hit, dies at 84

"Country Joe" McDonald, who became a Woodstock festival legend and fronted the band Country Joe and the Fish, has died at age 84. The singer, born Joseph Allen McDonald, died Saturday, March 7, in ...
TwinCities.com

Joe Soucheray: Will we ever get to the bottom of the Minnesota fraud?

Tim Walz, as governor, and Keith Ellison, as attorney general, took office Jan. 7, 2019. Walz had been a congressional representative from Minnesota’s 1st District, most of southern Minnesota. Ellison ...
Gizmodo

Paramount’s New ‘G.I. Joe’ Movie Plans Sound Dumb as Hell

Max Landis and Danny McBride (no, really) are apparently next in line to bring 'GI Joe' back to the big screen. Yay...? Reading time 1 minute Hot off getting a green light to acquire Warner Bros., ...
Variety

‘G.I. Joe’ Reboots in the Works at Paramount; Max Landis Pitching a Script Years After #MeToo Allegations Derailed Career

Danny McBride has also been tapped to pitch his take on the Hasbro toy franchise McBride built his reputation as the creator and star of comedies like “Eastbound & Down,” “Vice Principals,” and the ...
IndieWire

What Does Paramount Have Brewing? Max Landis — Who Was #MeToo’d — Is Writing a ‘G.I. Joe’ Treatment

Danny McBride is also in talks to write a separate treatment, both of which are in deep development and may never see the light of day. Landis, the son of “The Blues Brothers” director John Landis, is ...
nerdist

Paramount Developing 2 Different G.I. JOE Movie Scripts at Once

If you’re a big G.I. Joe fan there’s good news and bad news. And also some very weird news. The good: Paramount is reportedly developing not one but two movie scripts in hopes of bringing the popular ...