Saturday, July 23, 2016

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 17th to 23rd, 2016 - Update #65

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POLITICS - From YahooNews:  Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has picked Senator Tim Kaine - Democratic Senator from Virginia as her running mate.  He is also the former governor of that state.

BLACK LIVES MATTER - From DailyMail:  Black cops warn that white cops are looking for a reason to kill a black man.

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2016 San Diego Comic-Con International - #SDCC2016:

COMICS - From BleedingCool:  "Black Panther: World of Wakanda" will be Marvel Comics' lead LGBTQ title.

STAR TREK - From Variety:  CBS's new "Star Trek" series, "Star Trek Discovery" (which will be part of the network's digital service "All Access") will unfold like a novel according to a Comic-Con panel.

Star Trek - From Variety:  A teaser trailer for "Star Trek Discovery."

COMICS - From YahooMovies:  The Wonder Woman Comic-Con trailer - the first full trailer for the film which arrives in 2017.

MOVIES - From BleedingCool:  At a Comic-Con panel, Adam Wingard's film, "The Woods" (which arrives in September), was revealed to be a sequel to "The Blair Witch Project" (1999).

COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Your 2016 Eisner Award winners.

COMICS - From YahooTV:  "Luke Cage" showrunner says that the world is ready for a bullet-proof black man" at Comic-Con panel.

COMICS - From BleedingCool: "Do I have to choke you," at the "Black Panel."

TELEVISION - From Variety:  At "The Walking Dead" Comic-Con panel, the Season 7 trailer debuted and a first look at new character King Ezekiel.

TELEVISION - From Variety:  In "Bates Motel," the television series based on Alfred Hitchcock's film, "Psycho," new cast member, Rihanna, will play "Marion Crane."  In the film, the late Janet Leigh played Crane who is stabbed to death in the film's iconic shower scene.

COMICS - From ComicBookMovie:  The first action-packed for the upcoming animated "Justice League Action" debuts. The show arrives on Cartoon Network in the Fall.

MOVIES - From CBR:  Luc Besson drops juicy details on his upcoming film, "Valerian."

MOVIES - From EntertainmentWeekly: "Valerian" footage gets standing ovation.

COMICS - From YahooNews:  At a SDCC panel, Marvel introduces a trailer for Netflix's "Luke Cage" and a teaser for Netflix's 2017, "Defenders."

COMICS - From CinemaBlend:  Marvel and Netflix drop first "Iron Fist" trailer.  It intrigues...

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STAR TREK - From YahooMovies:  Sulu's "gay kiss" was cut from "Star Trek Beyond."

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MOVIES - From ThrillList:  This article is an opinion piece about the 21 best horror films since "The Blair Witch Project."  It is a good read, although I think that except for the riveting final 10 minutes; "The Blair Witch Project" is not scary, but is rather awful.

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STAR TREK - From YahooNews:  At a special White House screening of "Star Trek Beyond," First Lady Michelle Obama notices handsome guests, Karl Urban, Chris Pine, and Simon Pegg.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews:  After one white cop violently throws a female African-American teacher to the ground, his partner says that black people have "violent tendencies."

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SPORTS-OBITS: - From ESPN:  Former NFL head football coach, Dennis Green, has died at the age of 67, Friday, July 22, 2016.  He coached the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals over 13 seasons.  Green had the second highest win total for an African-American NFL head coach.

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POLITICS - From YahooNews:  Donald Trump gave his acceptance speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.  He is now the Republican nominee for President of the United States, and he says, "Everything is terrible, and I alone can fix it."

From YahooNews:  Trump's acceptance speech anchored by debunked claims and outright lies.

From HuffingtonPost:  "Former" Ku Klux Klansman David Duke running for a U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana.

From YouTube:  Here is David Duke's YouTube video announcement.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Margot Robbie continues to line up the projects, including a film based on Matt Ruff's novel, "Bad Monkeys."

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews:  His hands were really up!  Unarmed man shot by cop in North Miami, Florida.

From YahooNews:  He meant to hit the autistic man with a toy truck.

From CNN:  The doofus cop has been identified.

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STAR TREK - From People:  J.J. Abrams says he will not recast the role of Pavel Chekov in Star Trek.  The actor Anton Yelchin has played the role in three Star Trek films, beginning in 2009, but he was recently killed in a freak accident.

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POLITICS - From CNNPolitics:  It's tragically official.  Donald Trump is the official Republican presidential nominee.

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OBITS - From Variety:  Garry Marshall, the prolific filmmaker and television creator, has died at the age of 81, Tuesday, July 19, 2016.  He directed the smash hit, 1990 film, "Pretty Woman."  His TV work included iconic series like "Happy Days," "Laverne and Shirley," and "The Odd Couple," among many.

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POLITICS - From YahooNews:   There was a charity concert during the Republican National Convention at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  1990s hit makers, Third Eye Blind, gave the largely Republican audience more than they expected.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From Jacobin:  How not to talk about race.  It is time to stop fooling ourselves with the racecraft of “because of the color of their skin” and acknowledge the emotional instability, poor judgment, inadequate training, and ill-considered policies that turn human beings, not the victims’ skin color, into killers.

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CULTURE - From RSN:  The trojan drone.

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POLITICS - From TheNewYorker:  The guy who actually wrote "The Art of the Deal," Trump's ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, tells all.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From RSN:  Remembering the 12-Gauge Police Eviction of a 67-Year-Old Grandmother in the South Bronx

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MUSIC - From YahooMusic:  Prince quietly bought the house used as his home in the film, "Purple Rain."

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MOVIES - From Indiewire:  Nate Parker's follow-up to his upcoming "Birth of a Nation" has been acquired Legendary.

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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist:  There will be a "Ghostbusters" sequel... says Sony.

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TELEVISION - From IndieWire:  "Degrassi" reunion at Netflix.  Drake?

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MOVIES - From THR:  Amazon may fully finance Woody Allen's next film, starring Kate Winslet and Jim Belushi, for $25 million.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Ava DuVernay's documentary about mass incarceration and the prison industry "The 13th," will open at the New York Film Festival.

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CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity:  Actor/comic Leslie Jones ("Ghostbusters") shares the horrible, racists tweets she gets.

From YahooNews:  Twitter announces crackdown in wake of Jones' controversy.  Some Twitter accounts were permanently suspended.

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POLITICS - From YahooNews:  #BlackWordsMatter - Melania Trump, wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech from 2008 while giving her opening remarks at the 2016 Republican National Convention.

From TheIntercept:  It was more than a portion, boo.

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POLITICS - From YahooTV:  Stephen Colbert of the "Late Show" crashes the Republican National Convention.

From Politico:  Stephen Colbert says that Donald Trump is beyond satire.

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MUSIC - From YahooMusic:  The latest in the saga of Kanye West and Taylor Swift.  Yes, there is a latest.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:   The winner of the7/15 to 7/17/2016 weekend box office is "The Secret Life of Pets" with an estimated take of $50.5 million.

From YahooMovies:   "Ghostbusters" finishes second for this box office weekend with a total of $46 million.

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COMICS - From BleedingCool:  How to draw Batman in 3 minutes.

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TELEVISION - From YahooTV:  Norman Reedus ("The Walking Dead") geeks out of guest start, Peter Fonda.

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TELEVISION - From Vulture:  Walter Goggins on 25 years of playing that guy.

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STAR WARS - From BleedingCool:   "Star Wars Rebel" Season 3 trailer teases returns and debuts.

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MOVIES - From BleedingCool:  Alden Ehrenreich official as "young" Han Solo.

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The Killing of #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastille and Police Officers:

From NPR:  Cops taught to pull the trigger too quickly - surprised when people pull the trigger to quickly on them.

From YahooNews:  Three officers were killed this morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

From ABC:   The killer of three officers in Baton Rouge, LA has been identified as Gavin Long of Kansas City, Missouri.

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TRAILERS - VIDEOS:

From Facebook:  "Star Trek Beyond" the final trailer.

From YouTube:  Star Trek Beyond "Jaylah Featurette" - including statements from J.J. Abrams, Simon Pegg, and Sofia Boutella ("Jaylah")

From YouTube:   Star Trek Beyond "Justin Lin" featurette, featuring lots of quotes.

From YouTube:  Star Trek Beyond clip: "Scotty Meets Jaylah" clip.

From YouTube:  "Star Trek Beyond" the final countdown.


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