Mornin! or Afternoon! if you’re here with me in NYC. This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on TUESDAY January 3, 2023.

Where as you’ve already heard, and possibly saw for yourself last night - it was an unprecedented game in the modern era of the NFL… where 24 year-old BUFFALO BILLS safety Damar Hamlin’s heart stopped after a blunt collision in the first quarter of the BILLS / BENGALS game last night, requiring on-field CPR from the health experts of the standby ambulance team at the stadium to re-start his heart, and get him to the hospital which was thankfully about 2 miles away.

He was actually the 2nd NFL player in league history to collapse of a heart attack on the field - DETROIT LIONS player Chuck Hughes died of a heart attack at 28 years-old on the field against the BEARS in 1971, after a hit apparently caused a blood clot to become loose and impede an already clogged artery, with Hughes collapsing a few plays after the hit, and medical personnel not able to revive him.

He had also unfortunately suffered an undiagnosed heart attack a few months earlier when he collapsed on the field in the pre-season, which was obviously also a large factor in his death as well.

For anyone curious, Dr. David Agus had a good medical analysis on CBS Mornings on how a blunt chest trauma can cause cardiac arrest.

If you weren’t watchging the game, I break down how it played out live on TV last night, and the wisely cautious approach taken by ABC / ESPN below.

ALSO: Jeremy Renner is still in intensive care after undergoing orthopedic chest surgery in Reno, NV, following his snow plowing-related accident this weekend.

AND ON A HAPPIER NOTE: Robin Roberts is going to marry her partner Amber Laign this year, and Sara Bareilles is now engaged to her longtime boyfriend, actor Joe Tippett.

IN TODAY’S EDITION:

• “Avatar” keeps meeting (exceeding?) expectations… so add those extra “Avatar 3” edit bays fellas. “Babylon” looks officially done for, “The Whale” holds strong and more in the Box Office breakdown.

• NETFLIX launches NIKE Fitness hub branded partnership, in bid to find new way to instill a daily app usage habit. Now if they can only get the NETFLIX Ad Tier to work with APPLE TV devices…

• College playoff games deliver for ESPN, and more.

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