Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from February 19th to 28th, 2017 - Update #47

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MOVIES - From Variety:  "Moonlight" to expand to 1500 theaters after its "Best Picture" win at Sunday's 89th Academy Awards.

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STAR TREK - From THR:  CBS CEO Les Moonves says that "Star Trek Discovery" will debut late summer or early fall.

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OBIT - From YahooMovies: The 7-foot-7 actor Neil Fingleton has died at the age of 36.  Great Britain's tallest man, he was best known for playing "Mag the Mighty" on "Game of Thrones."

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MOVIES - From BleedingCool:  "Bright" is Will Smith's new film, and it has a trailer.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 2/24 to 2/26/2017 weekend box office is "Get Out" with an estimated total of $30.5 million.

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OSCAR:

From THR:  A closer look at the 89th Oscar that were overshadowed by the Best Picture fiasco.

From YahooMovies:  And the winner isn't... "La La Land"  "Moonlight" correctly announced as "Best Picture" Oscar winner after a historic gaffe.

From YahooCelebrity:  This picture is worth a thousand words... the look on their faces over the "Best Picture" Oscar fiasco.

From YahooMovies:  No, "Moonlight" won.

From YahooMovies:  Warren Beatty explains his part in the "Best Picture" Oscar fiasco.

From Polygon:  Yeah, "Suicide Squad" has an Oscar.

From Variety:  Stars make political statements on the Oscar red carpet, including support for the ACLU and in remembrance of Trayvon Martin.

From YahooNews:  "Good Morning America" offers an extended video interview with Viola Davis.

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OBIT - From Variety:  The actor Bill Paxton has died at the age of 61, Saturday, February 25, 2017.  Paxton's long career included appearing in several James Cameron films, including "Aliens" and "Titanic."  He was one of my favorites; I send my prayers to his family.

From THR:  Hollywood mourns acclaimed film and television actor, Bill Paxton.

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OBIT - From TheWrap:  Judge Joseph Wapner has died at the age of 97, Sunday, February 26, 2017.  Wapner was the original judge on the long-running, syndicated courtroom series, "The People's Court."

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POLITICS - From YahooNews:  President Trump skipping annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner on April 29th.  Heat-kitchen, man.

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BLM - From YahooCelebrity:  Muhammad Ali's son, 44-year-old Muhammad Ali, Jr. was detained at at a Florida airport for several hours... because of his Arabic-sounding name.

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AWARDS - From Variety:  The winners of the Frances's 2017 Cesar Awards announced.

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ANIME - From CBR:  Hayao Miyazaki comes out of retirment... again.  He is apparently directing a film entitled "Boro the Caterpillar."

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COMICS-FILM - From ComicsAlliance:  X-Men writer-producer Simon Kinberg says that "Gambit" moving could begin filming in 2018.

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COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Batman will meet "Rorschach" of "The Watchmen."

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  Freddie Highmore ("Bates Motel") to star in ABC pilot, "The Good Doctor."

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  Starz TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's seminal novel, "American Gods," is set for April 30th, 2017.

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COMICS-FILM - From YahooMovies:  After various swings of fortune, Matt Reeves has signed a deal to direct "The Batman" movie starring Ben Affleck.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Angelina Jolie is still hot, landing acting and directing gigs.  Her latest directorial endeavor, "First They Killed My Father," has had its premiere.

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OBIT - From THR:  Leah, the mother director Steven Spielberg, has died at the age of 97, Tuesday, February 21, 2017.

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COMICS-FILM - From Deadline:  Jamie Chung has been cast as "Blink" in Fox/Marvel's X-Men themed pilot.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Another "Game of Thrones" star has a new job.  Alfie Allen is part of "The Predator" reboot.

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  "Game of Thrones"star Iwan Rheon has been cast as the lead in ABC/Marvel's "Inhumans."

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TELEVISION - From YahooTV:  Demi Moore will have a recurring role in Season 4 of FOX's "Empire."

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  While filming in Europe, Jamie Foxx is apparently the target of racial slurs at a restaurant.

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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool:  A dinner and hints at shooting a new X-Men flop starting Summer 2017.

From Movieweb:  Will Simon Kinberg make his directorial debut with this next X-Men movie a.k.a. "X-Men 7?"

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OBIT - From THR:  Cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld died at the age of 95, Monday, February 13, 2017.  Hirschfeld may be best known for his beautiful black and white photography on Sidney Lumet's "Fail-Safe" and Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein."

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HISTORY - From DemocracyNow:  George Takei speaks on the 75th anniversary of the order to place Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II.  Takei, then 5 years-old, was placed in a camp with his parents and siblings.

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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist:  Shane Black reveals the cast to his film, "The Predator," which is some kind of reboot of / not-a-sequel-to 1987's "Predator."  It looks like Arnold Shwarzenegger will not be part of the film...

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 2/17 to 2/19/2017 weekend box office is "The LEGO Batman Movie" with an estimated take of $34.2 million.

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AWARDS - From Variety:  Cinema Audio Society Awards announced with "La La Land" and "Game of Thrones" leading wins.

From Variety:  "Golden Reel Sound Editing Awards" winners announced

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MUSIC - From Vulture:  Drake does not want his two weird "Grammy" wins from the 2017 Grammys a week ago.

From Vulture:  Black artists don't win Grammy "Album of the Year," not often - been 10 years.

From Vulture:  And Neil Portnow loves his head in the sand.  Grammys are overrated anyway.

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COMICS - From Vulture:  Warren Ellis talks about the rebirth of Jim Lee's WildStorm as "The Wild Storm."

From Patreon:  Here is my review of "The Wild Storm #1."

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COMICS - From THR:  Trailblazing editor Karen Berger, who brought Neil Gaiman (The Sandman) to DC Comics, has signed a deal with Dark Horse Comics, trailblazing independent comics publisher.

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  So maybe Matt Reeves won't direct Ben Affleck-Batman movie.

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MOVIES - From TheWrap:  He's playing young Lando and now, Donald Glover will play "Simba" in a live-action version of "The Lion King."

TRAILERS:

From YouTube:   "Prologue: Last Supper"  from "Alien: Covenant," which is due May 19, 2017.




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