Sunday, January 31, 2016

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from January 24th to 31st, 2016 - Update #47

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MOVIES - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 1/29 to 1/31/2016 weekend box office is "Kung Fu Panda 3" with an estimated take of $41 million.

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From Variety:  The actor, Frank Finlay, died Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the age of 89.  He earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his role in "Othello" (1965).  Many may remember him as 'Porthos' in the 1973 version of "The Three Musketeers," with Oliver Reed, Michael York, and Richard Chamberlain.

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MOVIES - From Complex:  Manohla Dargis coins the term, "DuVernay Test" in honor of Ava DuVerany.

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MOVIES - From TOH:  ACE Awards for film and TV editors winners announced.

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SPORTS - From YahooSports:  I'm not a robot, Serena Williams says.

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SPORTS -  From YahooSports:  There are five high school players named after Kobe Bryant who are hot college basketball prospects.

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STAR WARS - From YahooMovies:  Details about Forest Whitaker's character in "Star Wars: Rogue One."

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NEWS - From RSN:  A scary article about the Zika virus.

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TELEVISION - From EOnline:  "X-Files" creator, Chris Carter, talks about the future of the show.

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TELEVISION:  From TheWrap:  Jade Pinkett-Smith returning to FOX's "Gotham" for multiple episodes as "Fish Mooney."

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: "Gilmore Girls" revival is at Netflix, but I'm not interested.

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NEWS -  From BuzzFlash:  Erin Brockovich says that the Flint, Michigan water crisis is just the tip of the iceberg, in terms of other areas facing lead poisoning.

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CRIME - From Truthout:  Supreme Court, Montgomery v. Louisiana, may allow juveniles sentenced to life without parole a chance to be retroactively re-sentenced.

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MUSIC - From YahooMusic:  See the Coldplay-Beyonce video, "Hymn for the Weekend."

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COMICS - From WashPost:  What Star Wars and Marvel can learn from British cult comic, Judge Dredd.

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CRIME - From YahooNews:  The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, is not living a lonely life in prison.

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HISTORY - From MintPressNews:  Famous whistler blower, Daniel Ellsberg (The Pentagon Papers) says top military brass knew in advance that Vietnam War would fail.

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POLITICS - From RollingStone:  The mag says that Donald Trump skilled the 1/28/2016 GOP debate because he hates women.

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TRAILERS - From DreamWorks:  A new trailer for the CG-animated, Trolls.

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OSCARS - From Vulture:  I'm surprised by this.  I thought because it was controversially left off the best picture Oscar list, at least one of the producers of the film would be invited to the Oscars ceremony.  No, only the four nominated writers have been attended.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer talk "Top Gun" sequel.

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OSCARS - From RSN:  Spike Lee's Facebook post on his decision to boycott the 2016 Oscars.

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HISTORY - From CounterPunch:  Mumia Abu-Jamal on Huey P. Newton.

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POLITICS - From DemocracyNow:  The father of David and Charles Koch, Fred Kock, collaborated with the Nazis.

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OSCARS - From teleSUR:  Hollywood stars - Steven Soderbergh, Mark Ruffalo, Dustin Hoffman, Viola Davis and others - say Oscars and all of America is rife with racism.

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HISTORY - From Gawker:  Woody Guthrie hated his landlord, Donald Trump's father, Fred Trump.

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POLITICS - From TheHill:  Hacktivist group, Anonymous, wants Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in jail over Flint, Michigan water crisis.

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COMICS - From DenofGeek: DC Comics teases something called "Rebirth."

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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool:  Corey Hawkins of Straight Outta Compton will take the lead in FOX's revival of the TV series, "24," which is being called "24: Legacy."

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GRAMMYS - From YahooMusic:  Will Smith once boycotted the Grammys.

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OBIT - From YahooTV:  The actor, Abe Vigoda, died today (January 26, 2016).  He was 94.  Vigoda is best remembered for his role as "Detective Fish" on the television series, "Barney Miller."  He also had a pivotal role in "The Godfather," as the mobster, Sal Tessio.

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POLITICS - From YahooNews:  How Bernie Sanders will get anything done.

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POLITICS - From YahooPolitics:  Ben and Jerry of Ben & Jerry have created a limited edition Bernie Sanders ice cream, "Bernie's Yearning."

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NEWS - From Reuters:  McDonald's sales soar, thanks in large part to all-day breakfast menu.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  DreamWorks live-action adaptation of the manga, "Ghost in the Shell" (starring Scarlett Johansson) has moved from Disney to Paramount.

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MOVIES/TV - From Vulture:  Directors Guild president, Paris Barclay (an African American), says that more than just the Academy's changes are need to address diversity in Hollywood.

TELEVISION - From IndieWire:  Woody Allen is reportedly going to star in his Amazon series... with Miley Cyrus.

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MUSIC - From BET:  Kanye West reveals track listing for his upcoming solo LP, "SWISH."

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MOVIES - From BET:  Nick Cannon, who had a song that was eligible for the Oscars, has written an #OscarsSoWhite poem.

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SPORTS - From YahooSports:  5 early Super Bowl storylines.

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WEBCOMICS - From ComicBookBin:  New Constant Chp. 2 Pg. 2

From ComicBookBin:  New episode of Johnny Bullet - #58 - in English
From ComicBookBin:  New episode in French

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MOVIES - From Vulture:  Daniel Radcliffe explains his erection in "Swiss Army Man."

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TELEVISION - From Vulture:  Here is a recap from "The X-Files" Episode 1 of the six-issue miniseries.

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POLITICS - From TheAtlantic:  Now, that ugly puppy dog is no longer governor, Louisiana embraces Obamacare, thanks to new Gov. John Bel Edwards.

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AWARDS - From Vulture:  "I completely deserve this!" Shonda Rhimes says during her acceptance speech at the 2016 Producers Guild Awards.

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OSCARS - From Vulture:  Another white actor has to backtrack on diversity in Oscars/Hollywood comments.  This time it is the fine Julie Delpy.  And... she's not entirely wrong.

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MOVIES - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 2/22 to 2/24/2016 box office weekend is Oscar-favorite, "The Revenant" with an estimated take of $16 million.

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From YahooGames:  See the new "Batman vs. Superman" spot that aired during the NFC Championships Game.

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COMICS - From Patreon:   My review of "Obi-Wan and Anakin #1."

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COMICS - From ComicBookBin:  My review of "Kimi Ni Todoke Vol. 23."

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POLITICS - From RT:  Trump says he could shoot someone and still not lose his loyal supporters.

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RACE - From RSN:  “The laws are recast and enforced in order to suppress any type of minority movement.”

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OSCARS - From Variety:  Chris Rock will remain as host, and will address #OscarsSoWhite during his monologue.  He and his writing staff are rewriting their work for the show.

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  Gillian Anderson was offered half the salary of what David Duchovny recieved to return to X-Files.  Apparently, the show often treated her like a sidekick.

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OSCARS -
Deadline: Academy unveils major rules changes to diversify Oscars.

Deadline:  Historic changes met with praise and outrage.

TheGuardian:  Current Oscar-nominee Charlotte Rampling finds #OscarsSoWhite so racist to white people.

From Deadline:  Then, Ms. Rampling has to check herself.

From Deadline:  On diversity - Oscars at the end of the food chain says Oscar winner and favorite, Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu.

From Deadline:  Danny DeVito - We're all racists.

From Deadline:  Oscar-winning director, Jonathan Demme, suggests re-calibrating this year's Oscar nominations.

COMICS - From TheWrap:  "Thor: Ragnarok" director, Taiki Waititi, talks about about making the film funnier.

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