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For the second time in three days, an event for Tom Cruise’s “Jack Reacher” movie has been cancelled. Word just went out that Film Society of Lincoln Center has scrapped tonight’s screening and Q&A out of deference to the memory of the Connecticut victims. It’s starting to sound problematic for “Jack Reacher” since it involves — at its start– a sniper picking off victims. Right now “Jack Reacher” has a respectable 77% on rottentomatoes.com. But how will David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon show clips this week from that film? Cruise will appear on David Letterman tonight as planned.

Dear Friends,

Out of respect for the families who lost loved ones in Newtown, Connecticut, we are postponing tonight’s fundraising event with Tom Cruise to benefit the 50th anniversary fund which supports K-12 education and new artist programs. We extend our love and condolences to our neighbors. Our community grieves with yours.

-The Film Society

Roger Friedman

Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News. Friedman previously wrote the Intelligencer column at New York Magazine, He writes for Parade magazine and has written for Details, Vogue, the New York Times, Post, and Daily News and many other publications. He is the writer and co-producer of a film about R&B Music called “Only the Strong Survive,” which was released by Miramax in 2003 and was a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals.