Saturday, December 10, 2016

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from December 1st to 10th, 2016 - Update #37

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POLITICS - From RSN:   Oliver Stone speaks on the passing of Fidel Castro.

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MOVIES - From CNN:  Legendary actor Kirk Douglas is 100 years old today, Friday, December 9, 2016.  CNN offers a life in pictures.

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  The eighth entry in "The Fast and the Furious" franchise has a title, "The Fate of the Furious."  Trailer due soon.

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ECO - From EcoWatch:  Leonardo DiCaprio and Terry Tamminen (the CEO of Leo's foundation) meet Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka about green jobs.

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OBIT - From TheWrap:  John Glenn, former NASA astronaut and U.S. Senator, has died at the age of 95, Thursday, December 8, 2016.  In 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, and he is the last of the "Mercury 7" astronauts.

From YahooMusic:  Musician and guitarist, Greg Lake, has died at the age of 69, Wednesday, December 7, 2016.  Lake was a pioneer of the ambitious rock genre known as prog-rock (progressive rock).  He co-founded the band, King Crimson and and later Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (or ELP) with Carl Palmer and the late Keith Emerson.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Poland's Supreme Court rejects bid to extradite Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski to the United States to face "justice" for having sex with a 13-year-old girl... in the 1970s.  So now Polanski can live and work freely in Poland.

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BOOKS - From Mashable:   George R.R. Martin says that "The Winds of Winter," the next installment of his book series, "A Song of Fire and Ice" (the inspiration for the TV series, "Game of Thrones") will not be a happy book.

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GRAMMYS - From YahooMusic:  A list of 2016/17 Grammy snubs, according to Yahoo Music.

From YahooMusic:   Kip Winger (yes, that Winger) has scored a Grammy nomination in a classical category.

From YahooMusic:  Five musical acts got their first Grammy nominations this year.  I was surprised that Blink-182 (which surprises me quite a bit) and Demi Lovato, who is really coming on strong as a singer.

From YahooMusic:  Beyonce, the queen of all Grammy genres.

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OSCARS - From Deadline:  Jimmy Kimmel will hosts 89th Academy Awards.

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ECO - From NPR:  Standing Rock / #NoDAPL win major victory as the Army Corps of Engineers looks for an alternate path for the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Bernardo Bertolucci trying to clear up the "rape" backlash regarding his controversial and (in)famous 1972 film, "Last Tango in Paris."

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OBITS - From Variety:  The actor Van Williams has died at the age of 82, Monday, November 28, 2016.  Van was best known as the star of the 1966 TV series, "The Green Hornet," in which he played the titular role and the alter ego, Britt Reid.

From YahooMovies:  The actress Margaret Whitton has died at the age of 67, Sunday, December 4, 2016.  She was best known for her role in the 1989 film, "Major League," in which she played the Las Vegas showgirl turned owner of the Cleveland Indians.

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  Universal debuts first full trailer for its reboot of "The Mummy" starring Tom Cruise.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 12/2 to 12/4/2016 weekend box office is Disney's "Moana" with an estimated take of $28.37 million.

From Deadline:  "Doctor Strange" ($419.6) has surpassed the international box office earned by "Deadpool" ($419.5) and "Iron Man 2" ($311.5).  "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Moana" lead the international box office.

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  Netflix renews Marvel "Luke Cage" for a second season.

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OBIT - From THR:  The film and TV character actress, Alice Drummond, has died at the age of 88, Wednesday, November 30, 2016.  I remember her as a frightened library in the original "Ghostbusters."

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  So it was actually rape in "Last Tango."

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BOOKS - From YahooNews:  "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" still being challenged in public schools.

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COMICS-FILM - From Deadline:  Warner Bros.' future flop, "Aquaman," is due October 2018.

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POLITICS - From YahooCelebrity:  Seth McFarlane on why Hollywood does not like Trump.

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  Johnny Depp and Sam Raimi are among a group of Hollywood filmmakers and actors who help a 16-year-old cancer patient finish his short film.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Oscar hopeful Mahershala Ali ("Moonlight") hits The Hollywood Reporter's Oscar roundtable.

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OBITS - From Variety:  The actor Andrew Sachs has died at the age of 86, Wednesday, November 23, 2016.  Sachs was best known for playing the Spanish waiter, Manuel, on the classic British sitcom, "Fawlty Towers."

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MOVIES - From Variety:  John Goodman to star in Rupert Wyatt's sci-fi "Captive State."

TRAILERS:

From YahooMovies:  This is the first official trailer for next summer's "Spider-Man: Homecoming."

From YouTube:  Official trailer for "War of the Planet of the Apes," which is due July 14, 2017.

From YouTube:  It's opens today, so here is a new trailer for "Office Christmas Party."

From YouTube:  This is the new teaser trailer for "Baywatch."  To me, it is too long and detailed to be a teaser trailer, although it offers a lot of teasing...

From YouTube:  The oh-so-serious teaser trailer for "Transformers: The Last Knight."

From YouTube:  The first trailer for Martin Scorsese's "Silence."

From YouTube:  The second trailer for Denzel's Washington's "Fences."

From YouTube:  First teaser trailer for "The Mummy" reboot with Tom Cruise.


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