Saturday, January 7, 2017

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from January 1st to 7th, 2017 - Update #37

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ECO - From YahooNews:  A zombie apocalypse would wipe out humanity in 100 days.

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TELEVISION - From YahooTV:  Comedy duo, Key and Peele, bring back one of their most popular routines, the "Obama anger translator," for one last hurrah.

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LGBT - From Variety:  Sony Pictures Classics buys hot gay love story, "Call Me by Your Name," before it makes its Sundance 2017 debut.

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CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity:  After battling a mysterious illness, Val Kilmer makes his first red carpet appearance in over a year.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Ralph Fiennes and Hugh Laurie are joining Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly's "Holmes and Watson."

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Keegan-Michael Key joins the cast of "The Predator" (the reboot of the Predator film franchise).  The film is due February 2018.

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  Kirsten Dunst will star and executive produce with George Clooney a dark comedy for AMC, entitled "On Becoming a God in Central Florida."

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OBIT - From Variety:  The actress Francine York has died at the age of 80, Friday, January 6, 2017.  She has more than 150 film and TV credits.  That includes an appearance in the cult film, "The Doll Squad" and playing Lydia Limpet, the hench-woman of the Bookworm on the 1960s "Batman" TV series.

From Variety:  Veteran Indian actor, Om Puri, has died at the age of 66, Friday, January 6, 2017.  You might recognize a younger him in the Oscar-winning "Gandhi."

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POLITICS - From NYDailyNews:  Ann Coulter hits rock bottom, but at least we learn that she is a Nazi-Bitch.

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CELEBRITY-STAR WARS - From YahooCelebrity:  "People" offers details into the memorial for Carrie Fisher held, Thursday, January 5, 2016.

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COMICS-FILM - From THR:  In "Thor: Ragnarok," Thor and Hulk will fight in the gladiator ring.

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COMICS-FILM - From THR:  Sterling K. Brown, who had a star-making turn in FX's "The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story," has joined the cast of Marvel Studios' "Black Panther."

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  The team behind the TV series, "Jane the Virgin," is working on a reboot of "Charmed," The WB TV series that ran from 1998 to 2006.

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CELEBRITY - From People:  Jessica Biel and husband Justin Timberlake's antics at a recent Los Angeles Lakers game cause a stir.

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AWARDS - From TheWrap:  Writers Guild of America has announced its WGA nominees for 2016.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Rachel McAdams and Jason Batemon are teaming for the comedy, "Game Night."

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MOVIES - From TheWrap:  Sylvester Stallone and Adam Driver (Kylo Ren in "The Force Awakens") are teaming for the film project, "Tough as They Come."

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OBIT - From Variety:  George Kosana has died at the age of 81, Monday, January 2, 2017.  Kosana's most famous role was as "Sheriff McClelland" in "Night of the Living Dead."  He was also one of 10 investors originally involved in the film.

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CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity:  Although Angelina Jolie has agreed to Brad Pitt's request to keep divorce documents concerning child custody sealed, she says that he is terrified that the truth will come out.  What truth, girl?

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CELEBRITY - From YahooNews:  There was apparently a fight at the funeral of comedian Ricky Harris on Tuesday, January 3, 2017.  Comedian/actress Sherri Shepherd filmed the bout.  Harris, known for his recurring role on "Everybody Hates Chris," died Monday, December 26, 2016.

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CELEBRITY - From CNN:  50-year-old Janet Jackson has given birth to a baby boy.

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LGBT - From YahooNews:  Anti-gay bigot, Kim Burrell, will not appear on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" as scheduled.

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NEWS - From YahooNews:  FOX News hosts Megyn Kelly is moving to NBC.

From YahooNews:  Is Kelly's departure a catastrophe for Fox?

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STAR WARS - From YahooNews:  Actress Joely Fisher, sister of Carrie Fisher, says "We lost our hero."

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  "Rogue One" won the three-day New Year's weekend box office, 12/30/2016 to 1/1/2017, with an estimated take of $49.5 million.  Over the four-day New Year's holiday weekend, which includes Monday, 1/2/2017, "Rogue One" took in $64.3 million.

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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool:  Leslie Jones, of "Saturday Night Live" and the recent "Ghostbusters" reboot, is campaigning to be Ryan Reynolds sidekick in "Deadpool" sequel.

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COMICS-ANIMATION - From BleedingCool:  Miles Morales (the "Black" Spider-Man) and Spider-Gwen are featured prominently in merchandising for upcoming Spider-Man Disney XD animated series.

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  Ben Affleck seems ambivalent about directing his superhero movie, "The Batman," according to some.

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COMICS-FILM - From SlashFilm:  Just two months off his big screen debut, Marvel's Doctor Strange has been confirmed to appear in Marvel Studios' "Thor: Ragnarok."

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MOVIES - ThePlaylist:  Ridley Scott worries about the future of cinema. Says that he has been asked several times to direct superhero movies.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Don Cheadle talks about his 10-year quest to bring the life of Miles Davis to the big screen.

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CELEBRITY - From Deadline:  A photo gallery of film, TV, and media people who died during 2016.

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BOX OFFICE - From Variety:  "Rogue One" ($50 million) and "Sing" ($41.4) are topping the New Year's Day holiday weekend so far.

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OBITUARY - From Variety:  The actor William Christopher has died at the age of 84, Saturday, December 31, 2016.  He was best known for playing "Father John Mulcahy" on the long-running TV series, "M*A*S*H."

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DISNEY - From BleedingCool:  Tyrus Wong, an acclaimed Disney artist, has died at the age of 106, Friday, December 30, 2016.  Named a "Disney Legend" in 2001, Wong's paintings were the inspiration for Walt Disney's animated feature film, "Bambi."

TRAILERS AND VIDEOS:

From YouTube: The video for "In My Foreign," the lead single from the "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage" soundtrack.

From YouTube:  Just cause I like it, here is another chance to see A.O.A.'s "Afraid of Americans," a remake of a 1990s David Bowie song.


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