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In brief: ‘Masters of the Universe’ gets streaming date and more

Lewis Pullman is teaming up with Julia Garner. The actor is set to make his return to television by starring opposite Garner in the upcoming thriller-drama series Guilty Creatures for Apple TV. Craig Gillespie is directing the series from showrunner Stuart Zicherman. The series was adapted for the small screen by Sarah DeLappe. It’s based on Mikita Brottman‘s true-crime book Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida, and follows a romance and act of murder between two young, adulterous, God-fearing lovers …

Masters of the Universe has set its streaming debut. The Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel film will be available to stream on Prime Video starting on Wednesday. Travis Knight directed the movie that stars Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam. The film also features Camila Mendes, Jared Leto and Idris Elba …

We now know who will star alongside Dwayne Johnson in Lizard Music. Deadline reports that fourth grade newcomer Theo Clark Leber has landed the starring role in director Benny Safdie’s upcoming film adaptation of the 1976 novel by Daniel Pinkwater. The film will be made for Amazon MGM Studios. This live-action/CGI hybrid movie will mark 10-year-old Leber’s feature debut. It follows a boy (Leber) who stumbles across a late night broadcast of lizards playing music. This transports him through a hidden door into a new world where he meets The Chicken Man (Johnson). The duo set off on an adventure that becomes a voyage through invisible worlds …

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Tommy John, MLB All-Star pitcher who had a surgery named after him, dies at 83

▶ Watch Video: Tommy John, known in baseball as the "bionic man," dies at 83 Thomas "Tommy" John, a four-time MLB All-Star who won 288 career games over 26 years in professional baseball, has died, his agent confirmed to CBS News. He was 83.John died at his home in Florida on Saturday, surrounded by his wife, Cheryl, and other family members, his agent Mike Maguire said in a statement.His biggest legacy to the game came in 1974 when he suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament, which could have ended his career. Instead, John underwent an experimental elbow reconstruction procedure by Dr. Frank Jobe, which is now known as the "Tommy John surgery." The procedure has gone on to save the pitching arms of thousands of pitchers since it was first performed more than 50 years ago.After his surgery, John went on to win 164 more games, finishing his career with 288 victories, more than 2,200 strikeouts and a 3.34 ERA before retiring in 1989.Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, John signed with the Cleveland Indians, now the Cleveland Guardians, at the age of 18 after impressing the team with his curveball. After three seasons in the minor leagues, he was called up to the majors for the first time in 1963. From there, he went on to play for the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels (now the Los Angeles Angels), Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees.John was a four-time All-Star, earning selections in 1968, 1978, 1979 and 1989.Tommy John poses for a circa 1970s publicity photo for the Los Angeles Dodgers. MLB via Getty Images
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