Saturday, January 23, 2016

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from January 17th to 23rd, 2016 - Update #57

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POLITICS:  From RSN:  Michael Moore - Flint water poisoning is a "racial crime."

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MOVIES:  From Variety:  Sony rebooting Jim Henson's "Labyrinth."

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COMICS - From CBR:  Kevin Smith says that DC Entertainment higher-ups are considering a DC Movie/TV crossover for sometime in the future.

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POLITICS - From YahooNews:  GOP presidential candidates have been quiet about Flint Michigan water crisis.  So has Faux News.

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AWARDS - From BlackReelAwards: 16th annual Black Reel Awards nominations.

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COMICS - From CinemaBlend:  Deadpool movie looking at a big opening weekend.

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OSCARS - From ATTN:  New York Post has fun with the blizzard and #OscarsSoWhite.

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RACE - From ThinkProgress:  Once upon a time, armed black people bucked the government, and they were killed - unlike the White militia at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

Speaking of - From ThinkProgress: Ursula K. Le Guin sacks Ammon Bundy and his Klan-lings and the newspaper that parrots their nonsense.

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POLITICS - From RSN:  Oliver Stone speaks of war-mongering on the part of both Republicans and Democrats.

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CULTURE - From USMagazine:  "Actress" Stacey Dash hits back at BET.

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CRIME - From YahooNews:  Ex-Oklahoma City police officer, Daniel Holtzclaw, preyed on women in poor neighborhoods and raped at least 13.  He was recently sentenced to 263 years in prison.

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CULTURE:  From TheVox:  Netflix's "Making a Murderer" reveals the systematic problems of the American justice system.

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MOVIES -  From EcoWatch:  Leonardo DiCaprio says that film "The Revenant" drove home the need to take action on climate change.

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COMICS:  From BusinessInsider:  Warner Bros. is planning 11 superhero movies through 2020, and most look horrible.

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MUSIC:  From TheVillageVoice:  The 2015 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll and the Year in Music.

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TRAILER - From Vulture:  The red band trailer for Key & Peele's upcoming film, Keanu, has been released.

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OSCARS - From Vulture:  Oscar nominee, this year, Mark Ruffalo, is weighing skipping the Oscar ceremony.

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OSCARS - From YahooTV:  Will Smith will not attend this year's Oscar ceremony, as his wife is skipping the ceremony also.

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COMICS - From ComicBookBin:  Herve St. Louis, the owner of the Bin and the creator of the webcomic strip, "Johnny Bullet," talks about the difficulties of reader surveys.

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COMICS - From BleedingCool:  The best work I've ever done says Hellboy creator, Mike Mignola.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Nate Turner talks about his hot Sundance film, "Birth of a Nation."

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MOVIES - From THR:  Paramount has taken "Terminator 2" off its release schedule and replaced it with the "Baywatch" movie - which I did not know was going to happen.

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OSCARS - From THR:  Academy members defend votes - "to imply we are racists is extremely offensive."

Also From THR:  Scott Feinberg, awards analyst, on Oscar omissions.

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STAR WARS - From YahooMovies:  Star Wars Episode 8 has a new release date moving from May 2017 to December 15, 2017.

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MOVIES - From TheGuardian:  Jamie Foxx with the help of an as-yet unnamed paramedic pulled a young man from a burning car.

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COMICS - From YahooMovies:  See the "Wonder Woman" clip that played on The CW.  The movie resembles "Captain America: The First Avenger." I am not crazy about Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.

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MOVIES - From ComicBook:  DC Films releases logos from upcoming movies, including Flash and Cyborg.

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  Jennifer Lawrence to play Fidel Castro's lover in a film written by "American Hustle" scribe, Eric Warren Singer.

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COMICS - From YahooMovies:  See the first "Suicide Squad" trailer.

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OSCAR - From YahooMovies:  David Oyelowo speaks on #OscarsSoWhite.

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COMICS - From CBR:  Steve Rogers to return as Captain America.

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POLITICS - From RSN:  Michael Moore calls for President Obama to go to Flint, Michigan in the middle of water crisis.

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AWARDS - From Variety:  "Carol" dominates Dorian Awards.

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COMICS - From YahooTV:  See the first official picture of the entire Justice League team of DC Films.

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COMICS - From CBB:  My review of Vol. 10 of the manga, Terra Formars.

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OSCARS - From YahooTV:  I am a fan of Whoopi Goldberg, but she made an ass of herself in this #OscarsSoWhite debate on "The View."

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OSCARS - From Variety:  George Clooney says we're moving in the wrong direction, concerning #OscarsSoWhite.

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MOVIES - From BleedingCool:  Vin Diesel posts "Fast 8" poster on Instagram.

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TV - From Vulture:  Cuba Gooding, Jr. talks about playing O.J. Simpson in FX's upcoming, "The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story."

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RACE - From HuffingtonPost:  Back in December, a Black woman died after being forcibly removed from hospital.

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OBIT - From YahooMusic:  The singer-songwriter and musician Glenn Frey has died at the age of 67 (Monday, January 18, 2016).  He was a founding member of The Eagles, one of the most popular recording acts in the history of music.  I still really love his solo hit song, "The Heat is On," the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack.

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CULTURE - From YahooCelebrity:  Hannibal Buress still dealing with the aftermath of his Bill Cosby rape joke that started the legendary comedians downfall.

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POLITICS - From RSN:  Bernie Sanders healthcare plan would cover everyone (not Hillary's) and it would be administered by the federal government and not by the states... according to RSN.

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OSCARS - From Variety:  Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith call for boycott of 88th Oscars.

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SPORTS - From NBCSports:  Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin sheds tears in the locker room after his team's painful loss to the Denver Broncos.  It is not his fault that the NFL is in the tank for another Brady-Manning matchup.

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CULTURE - From TheVox:  Her husband was a rapist, yet the wife also had to answer for his crimes, although she had committed no crime.

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AWARDS - From Variety:  2016 Critics Choice Awards winners.

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COMICS - From CBB:  New episode of Johnny Bullet (#57) in English
COMICS - From CBB:  New episode of Johnny Bullet (#57) in French
COMICS - From CBB:  New episode of Constant (#23 - Chapter Two, Page 1)

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CULTURE - From NRM:  Go to the Norman Rockwell Museum to see his classic Civil Rights painting, "The Problem We All Live With."

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MOVIES:  From BoxOfficeMojo:  "Ride Along 2" wins the 01/15 to 01/17/2016 weekend box office with an estimated take of $34 million.  Monday will also be part of the Martin Luther King holiday weekend.

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NEWS - From YahooNews:  This is the 30th anniversary of MLK Day, and in South Carolina, the celebration is even bigger now that the Confederate flag over the capitol building was taken down.

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MOVIES -  From SlashFilm:  Tyler Perry on why he joined TMNT 2 and on Oscars and how to fix lack of diversity.

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COMIC BOOKS - From YahooMovies:  The new posters for the "Suicide Squad" film debut.

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NEWS - From ThinkProgess:   Another video that Chicago is forced to release shows a police officer shooting an unarmed black teenager.

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CULTURE - From ThinkProgess:  The phony debate about political correctness. " It's a get out of jail free card for bigotry, sexism, and lying."

NEWS - From TheIntercept: What is the real story about the U.S. Navy boats that "drifted" into Iranian waters.

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From RSN:  A doctor who treats concussions and is an NFL fans says the league is unethical.

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COMICS - From WarrenEllis:  Warren Ellis updates his readers and shares 3 questions he asked author Joe Hill (Stephen King's son who is also an author).

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NEWS - From RSN:  Flint lives in fear of lead from the drinking water, and the citizens fear that they may already have lead poisoning.

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POLITICS:  From YahooNews:  Did you know that three Southern states honor Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day?  Mississippi (of course), Alabama (no doubt), and Arkansas (typical).  Well, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson want to change that.

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OSCARS - From GuardianUS:  White Hollywood parents of black children should speak about diversity for awards.

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POLITICS -  From USUncut:  5 things to know about the Oregon militia movement.

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WORLD NEWS - From LATimes:  The U.S. and Iran swap prisoners.

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COMICS -  From CBR:  Jim Johnson reviews the relaunch of the Uncanny X-Men comic book.

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COMICS FILM - From CBR:  There is a petition for a PG-13 cut of the upcoming "Deadpool" film, which is being released with an "R" rating.

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COMICS TV - From CBR:  FX's X-Men-related series, "Legion" will take place in an "alternate universe" not connected to the X-Men film series.

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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist:  15 great and unique directors who have never received a best director Oscar nomination.

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TV - From ThePlaylist:  Netflix is developing a "Punisher" series.

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OSCARS - From BoxOfficeMojo:  A look at the 2016 best picture Oscar nominees and their grosses.

OSCARS:  From TheDailyBeast:  The Oscars are racist...

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From YouTube:  "13 Hours" featurettes - Tig & Dominic; Tanto & Pablo; “Oz & Max” Featurette - https://youtu.be/mSdYKWjoHeg


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