Naomie Ackie as Whitney Houston (promo photo) Some news items you might have missed: • Out: The new Whitney Houston biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, is apparently getting not-so-great reviews from critics who have seen it. Some say the script “whizzes” past important plot points of the diva’s life (including her sexuality). In theaters December 21. https://youtu.be/WcBKfSOKYdc • AP News: On the first day of trial in her election challenge Wednesday, Kari Lake’s lawyers alleged small-bore problems that didn’t appear to show the widespread, intentional misconduct she would need to prove. • The Daily Beast: Airlines have canceled more than 5,000 flights for Thursday and preemptively nixed more than 3,200 for Friday as extreme winter weather sweeps the nation right before Christmas, spelling trouble for people trying to rush home for the holidays. https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1606044017967472641 • NBC News: The New York Attorney General’s Office said it is “looking into a number of issues” surrounding scandal-ridden Congressman-elect George Santos, who appears to have fabricated much of his campaign biography. • New York Times: Sean Hannity was asked in a deposition in Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News if he believed Donald Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ about widespread voter fraud: “I did not believe it for one second.” https://twitter.com/jwpetersNYT/status/1605684390796959751
