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POLITICS - From TPM: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announces Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate.
From RollingStone: Why Mike Pence is the absolute worse.
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TELEVISION - From MassLive: Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart reunite to cover the 2016 Republican National Convention.
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COMICS - From IGN: Do right by the X-Men comics franchise!
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COMICS - From YahooMovies: New photos of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman - one with Chris Pine.
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SPORTS - From NBA: Oh, no! Los Angeles Lakers young stallion, Larry Nance, Jr., suffers a probably hand fracture.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: New England Patriots Super Bowl champion quaterback, Tom Brady, gives up on his "Deflage-gate" lawsuit.
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MOVIES - From TheGuardian: Chiwetel Ejiofor in talks to join Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix in the film "Mary Magdalene." Ejiofor would play Peter the Apostle.
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RACE - From YahooTV: D.L. Hughley rips into FOX News' Megyn Kelly.
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EMMYS - From YahooTV: "Game of Thrones" leads the 2016 Emmy nominations with 23 nominations.
From YahooTV: A complete list of 2016 Emmy Award nominations.
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MOVIES - From EW: First look at Jude Law and Charlie Hunnam in Guy Ritchie's "King Arthur."
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MOVIES - From EW: See this first look at "Pennywise the Clown" as played by Bill Skarsgard in the latest adaptation of Stephen King's It - due in theaters Sept. 2017.
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RACE - From TheGuardian: Eve Ensler - It's time for white people to reckon with racism.
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COMICS - From GMAYahooNews: Marvel kills of Bruce Banner in comic book, "Civil War II #3."
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews: Even U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), an African-America, has felt the sting of the long arm of the law - both Capitol Police and law enforcement.
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MOVIES - From MovieWeb: "Saw 8" to beginning shooting in the Fall, likely in Canada.
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: See Keiynan Lonsdale as "Kid Flash," appearing in the upcoming season of "Flash."
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GAMES - From Deadline: Who is going to catch the rights to the hot franchise, "Pokemon."
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MOVIES - From EW: Sigourney Weaver talks about the fate of "Ellen Ripley" in the stalled "Alien" sequel.
HARRY POTTER - From Gamespot: J.K. Rowling reveals why Uncle Dursley hated Harry Potter.
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TELEVISION - From BuzzFlash: The time David Letterman called Donald Trump a racist.
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COMICS - From Variety: FOX, the broadcast network, is entering the Marvel Universe with an "X-Men" action-adventure television series. It co-produced with Marvel, and FOX is committed to a producing a pilot. Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, and Marvel's Jeph Loeb are among executive producers. Matt Nix is writing.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: The new all-girl "Ghostbusters" has a post-credit scene.
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SPORTS - From YahooStyle: Serena Williams breaks "tradition" and wears sandals to the Wimbledon champions dinner.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Oscar-winner Javier Bardem to pick up a paycheck from Universal by appearing in its "Frankenstein" reboot.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Ubisoft chief says the movie based on his company's game, "Assassin's Creed," will not make money.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: NBA legend, champion, and star, Tim Duncan, has announced his retirement. He won five championships with the San Antonio Spurs, the only team he played for.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: "The Secret Life of Pets" won the 7/8 to 7/10/2016 weekend box office with a $103.17 million estimated opening. This is the largest domestic opening weekend for an original animated property.
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OBITS - From the BBC: American journalist Sydney Schanberg has died at the age of 82, Saturday, July 9, 2016. His work in Cambodia inspired the Oscar-winning film, "The Killing Fields."
MOVIES - From Collider: First set photo images of Sofia Boutella as the titular monster in the upcoming Tom Cruise reboot of "The Mummy."
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From BleedingCool: "Child's Play" is returning to home video.
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From IndieWire: Goldie Hawn will return to movies for the first time since 2002 in an adventure movie with Amy Schumer.
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MUSIC - From IndieWire: Ray Parker, Jr., who wrote the song
"Ghostbusters" for the original film has mixed feelings about the new
"Ghostbusters" theme.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: Serena Williams wins the 2016 Wimbledon Women's Single title - her 7th Wimbledon singles' title. This is her 22nd Grand Slam singles championship, which ties her with Steffi Graf for the most in professional tennis' "Open era" (which began in 1968). The all-time women's Grand Slam singles champ is Margaret Court with 24.
From YahooSports: Later, Serena joined her sister Venus Williams to win the 2016 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Championship - their sixth.
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The Killing of #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastille and #Dallas:
From Newsone: The NRA will not defend Black and brown gun owners because they are not the organization's constituency.
From Truthout: The system that killed Alton Sterling and Philando Castille cannot be reformed.
From RSN: Beyonce says "respect our lives."
From YahooNews: Pa. police officer picks up tab of guy who refused to sit next to him and his fellow officers in a diner.
From Clevelanddotcom: NFL running back, Isaiah Crowell (Cleveland Browns), posted this horrible and violent image against police officers.
From YahooSports: Now, it will cost Crowell a game check.
From TheIntercept: Baton Rouge police reponse to #AltonSterling protests is complete militarization. The world is watching.
From ESPN: Four cops who were working a WNBA Minnesota Lynx game leave over T-shirts the players wore.
From YahooNews: This buzzed-about photo from the #AltonSterling protests in Baton Rouge is quite popular and maybe iconic and may one day be legendary.
From CSM: First use of a robot to kill a suspect in U.S. history.
From RSN: Marc Ash: I blame the police
From RiverFrontTimes: A young police officer ambushed during a traffic stop. There is a Go Fund Me page for him.
From Baton Rouge Advocate: Baton Rouge police say out-of-towners (i.e. outside-agitators) are making Alton Sterling demonstrations more violent.
From RSN: The President Is Wrong About Dallas, Wrong About Race
From TheGuardian: NRA afraid to support some Black gun owners?
From Metro: London stands with #BlackLivesMatter
From WashPost: New information on NYPD road-rage killing.
From WashPost: Let's agree that Rudy Giulani needs to shot dead.
From Truthout: The problem is over-policing.
From telSUR: Four Latinos killed by police this week, and America really didn't notice.
TRAILERS-VIDEOS:
From FoxMovies: The new trailer for Warren Beatty's film, "Rules Don't Apply."
From Facebook: Idris Elba adds a finishing touch to a "Star Trek Beyond" mural painted on the side of a building in London by artist Jim Vision.
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