Blaze Entertainment Roundup Covers LA Mayor Vote and New Rockford Files

In an entertainment column for TheBlaze, Christian Toto rounds up Hollywood news, from a small protest at a London Harry Potter store to Los Angeles choosing Nithya Raman as its next mayor.

Key points

• Rowling protest: Toto reports that just 16 trans activists turned out Wednesday to protest author J.K. Rowling outside the launch of the new Harry Potter flagship shop in London, and the line of shoppers mostly ignored them.
• Old stories, new versions: Sydney Sweeney will play Katrina Van Tassel in "Hollow," a Sleepy Hollow retelling based on an upcoming novel by Lindsey Anderson Beer, who also directs. NBC's new "Rockford Files," starring David Boreanaz with the blessing of the late James Garner's daughter, premieres Jan. 2.
• Stallone film: "I Play Rocky," directed by Peter Farrelly, tells how Sylvester Stallone refused to sell his script unless he got the lead. It opens nationwide Nov. 20. Stallone had no production role but gave his permission, and Toto reports that he and his wife, Jennifer Flavin, watched it at home and loved it.
• Los Angeles mayor: Voters picked democratic socialist Nithya Raman over Mayor Karen Bass in the recent race. Toto says Raman has no executive experience and notes that director Nicholas Stoller, Tina Fey, Colin Jost and Mindy Kaling backed her campaign.

Quick take

Toto is critical of Hollywood's reliance on reboots and of the mayoral result, joking that a remake of "Escape from L.A." might end up as a documentary.

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