Negromancer News Bits and Bites for the Week of January 11th to 17, 2015 - Updated #24

NEWS:

From YahooMovies:  Cheryl Boone Isaacs address #OscarsSoWhite and diversity in this AP exclusive.

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From YahooMovies:  Spike Lee talks movies, Eric Garner, Oscars, distribution, etc.

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From Hitfix:  On #OscarsSoWhite with a clip of Jessica Chastain's 2015 Critics' Choice Awards speech.

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From Vulture:  Where did Selma's Oscar campaign go wrong.

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From People:  On #OscarsSoWhite, Selma, and other Black actors from 2014 who were little talked about.

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From Vulture:  Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs downplays #OscarsSoWhite furor.

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From YahooFinance:  Al Sharpton enters the all-white Oscar nominees fray.

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From TheHollywoodReporter:  More on the all-white Oscar nominees.

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From BusinessInsider:  Funny #OscarsSoWhite tweets.

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From YahooFinance:  James Gunn slams Oscar snubs, including those of his own film, Guardians of the Galaxy.

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From TheOscars:  87th (2015) Oscar nominations page with all the nominees and credits.

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From HitFix:  Louis Vertel ranks the 9 actors who are double Oscar winners in the "Best Actor" category.

From HitFix:  Vertel did the same for the 13 women who are double winners in the "Best Actress" category.

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From HitFix:  "Twin Peaks" is coming back... on Showtime

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From AnneThompson:  Her final Oscar nomination predictions.

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From YahooMovies:  Meryl Streep was too ugly for King Kong - according to producer Dino DeLaurentiis.

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From Variety:  6 lessons from the 2015 Golden Globes.

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From Variety:  Did not know this:  "Transparent (available online through Amazon Prime) is the first online series to win a "best series" award at the Golden Globes.

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From TheWrap:  The winner of the January 9th to 11th, 2015 weekend box office is Taken 3 with an estimated take of $40.4 million.


COMIC BOOKS:

From LatinoReview:  Spider-Man in Marvel Studios movies and more news/rumors.

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From YahooFinance:  The art of Chris Voss influenced the look of Guardians of the Galaxy, according to director James Gunn.

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From TheVox:  Second Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer.

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From EW:  CBS reveals new details about its "Supergirl," which does not have a release date.

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From YahooTV:  "Flash" and "Arrow" have helped The CW network experience a ratings recovery.

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From TheBeat:  Marvel Comics has a ton of book collections due in the May to August 2015 period.


STAR WARS:

From Wochit:  George Lucas reveals that he was finally able to do the the one thing about Star Wars that he had never been able to do - watch it as a fan.  Also, he had plans to direct Episode 7 before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney.

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From YahooMovies:  7 things about the new Star Wars comic book from Marvel Comics.


MISC:

From YahooNews:  A cool story about a 12-year-old and the NFL's Carolina Panthers.

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From YahooSports:  The Steelers "Coach Dad," Dick LeBeau, has suddenly resigned.

From YahooNews:  Kevin Butler replaces LeBeau.

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From YahooSports:  Keith Olbermann says close the Baseball Hall of Fame and start over.

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From YahooHealth:  Another loose-that-belly-diet.


PREVIEWS:

From 20thCenturyFox:  The new film from director Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy is a spy-comedy called, "Spy."