Saturday, September 17, 2016

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from September 11th to 17th, 2016 - Update #34

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BOX OFFICE - From Variety:  Looks like "Blair Witch" won't keep "Sully" from repeating as weekend box office champ.

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OBIT - From TheWrap:  The author, W.P. Kinsella, has died at the age of 81.  His 1982 novel, "Shoeless Joe," was the basis of director Phil Alden Robinson's 1989, Oscar-nominated film, "Field of Dreams," which starred Kevin Costner.

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OBIT-THEATER - From EW:  Legendary American playwright, Albert Albee, has died at the age of 88, Friday, September 16, 2016.  His best known play is "Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

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MOVIE - From GQ:  See Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe for the film, "McEnroe vs. Borg."

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MOVIE - From Variety:  Classic Western, "High Noon," is being remade, but that remake will be set in the present day.

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MOVIE - From THR:  After a dispute over Tom Cruise's money is resolved, "Mission: Impossible 6" resumes.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Newcomer Cailee Spaeny is the female lead in "Pacific Rim: Maelstrom."

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TELEVISION - From YahooTV:  Remembering NBC's groundbreaking TV movie, "An Early Frost."

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SPORTS - From YahooSports:  U.S. soccer National Team member, Megan Rapinoe, still taking a knee during the National Anthem.

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TELEVISION - From TVLine:  Spike Lee's TV version of his debut film, "She's Gotta Have It" gets a 10-episode order from Amazon.

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MOVIES - From BuzzFeed:  Leonardo DiCaprio has a new eco-movie, "Before the Flood."

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  Actress - pitch woman Sofia Vergara is getting paid, y'all.

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STAR TREK - From YahooNews:  CBS' upcoming series, "Star Trek Discovery" has been delayed from its announced January 2017 release to May 2017.  I thought this would happen, especially as no casting had been announced.

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COMICS-FILM - From ComicBookMovie:  "Harley Quinn" spin-off from "Suicide Squad" moves forward.

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  What the hell is "American Horror Story" Season 6 about?  Try The Wrap's live blog.

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MOVIES - From THR:  A young actress, Storm Reid (12 Years a Slave), is the lead in Ava DuVernay's adaptation of "A Wrinkle in Time."

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MOVIES - From ShadowandAct:  Jordan Peele (of Key & Peele) has finished his directorial debut, which is a straight (not comic) horror film.

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MOVIE - From Deadline:  Anne Hathaway has a sci-fi film, "Colossal," which has been bought by a mystery Chinese buyer.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Conrad Vernon, the co-director of the hit animated film, "Sausage Party," will helm a remake of "The Toxic Avenger."

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Fox Searchlight picks up the much talk-about "Jackie" with Natalie Portman.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Benicio del Toro in talks to star in "Predator" reboot.

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MOVIES - From ScreenRant:  Rock legend Steven Tyler wants to be in "Guardians of the Galaxy 3."

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CELEBRITY - From YahooNews:  "Sully" Sullenberg for president says Clint Eastwood.

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SPORTS - From YahooSports:  A player can be penalized for "sexually suggestive" celebrations. That is what happened to to Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers during a Monday Night Football game where the Steelers smashed the Washington Redskins.

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POLITICS - From TheIntercept:  U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee's "No" vote on Sept. 14, 2001 is timeless and remains powerful.

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EMMYS - From ShadowandAct:  RuPaul won his first Emmy Award for "Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program" for “RuPaul’s Drag Race" (Logo).  This was announced at Saturday's 2016 Creative Arts Emmys.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 9/9 to 9/11/2016 weekend box office is "Sully" with an estimated take of $35.5 million.

ECO - From DemocracyNow:  The state of North Dakota has issued a warrant for the arrest of journalist Amy Goodman, whose work revealed private security and their dogs attacking protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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COMICS-FILM - From Patreon:  I finally posted my review of "Batman v Superman."

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MUSIC - From YahooMusic:   Katy Perry wants Taylor Swift to apologize.

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OBIT - From Variety:  Transgender star, Alexis Arquette, has died at the age of 47, Sunday morning, September 11, 2016.  She was the sister of Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette and actor David Arquette.

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EMMYS - From Variety:  A complete list of winners at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys, which "Game of Thrones" led with 7 wins.

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FESTIVALS - From TheWrap:  At the 2016 / 73rd Venice Film Festival, the best picture prize goes to director Lav Diaz's "The Woman Who Left."

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MOVIES - From IndieWire:  Brad Pitt calls Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" a propaganda film.

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COMICS-FILM - From EW:  Voice actor, Ryan Potter (Big Hero 6) really wants to be Robin, so he made a video for Ben Affleck.

TRAILERS:

From YouTube:  Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams perform the song "I See a Victory" from the upcoming film, "Hidden Figures" live at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.


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