Saturday, June 24, 2017

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from June 18th to 24th, 2017 - Update #23

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TELEVISION - From Grist:  As John Oliver predicted, a coal tycoon is suing him.

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  SPOILER - A familiar face from "Transformers" movies past makes a cameo in "Transformers: The Last Knight."

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BLM - From TIME:  Jay Z on How the bail system exploits black and brown people.

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SPORTS - From YahooSports:  The inside story of how Lonzo Ball became a Los Angeles Lakers.

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OBIT - From TheWrap:  As a baby, Henry J. Deutschendorf II along with his twin brother, William, played the role of "Baby Oscar" in "Ghostbusters II" (1989).  Last week, Henry took his own life.

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CELEBRITY - From YahooMovies:  In his new memoir, actor Curtis Armstrong ("Booger" from "Revenge of the Nerds") talks about his wild summer with Tom Cruise in 1982 while filming 1983's "Risky Business."

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CELEBRITY - From YahooNews:  2 holdouts on the jury prevented guilty verdicts for Bill Cosby.

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STAR WARS - From Variety:  Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were fired from "young Han Solo" film because they clashed with Lucasfilm boss, Kathleen Kennedy, among others.

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  One of the most famous American comic books of all time, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's "Watchmen," became one of the worst films ever based on a comic book.  Now, HBO wants to turn it into a TV series.

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OBIT - From YahooMusic:  Albert Johnson a.k.a. "Prodigy" of the beloved rap/Hip-Hop duo, Mobb Deep, has died at the age of 42, Tuesday, June 20, 2017.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Three-time Oscar winning actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, has announced through his spokeswoman that he is retiring from acting.  He has one film left to be released, a film by Paul Thomas Anderson, due for December 2017.

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BLM - From StLouisPostDispatch:  The family of Mike Brown, the unarmed Black teen killed by a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, are close to a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit their attorney filed against the city and elements within the police department.

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MUSIC - From BET:  Jay-Z may be changing his name again.

TELEVISION - From Variety:  The team behind the Emmy-winning BBC series, "Sherlock" (starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman) are developing a new take on "Dracula."

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CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity:  Leaked emails reveal Johnny Depp's dire financial situation.

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MOVIES - From Collider:  Synopsis and cast of "Godzilla 2" revealed, as filming begins in Atlanta.

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STAR WARS - From Popsugar:  Carrie Fisher, known to fans as "Leia Organa," had multiple drugs in her system when she died last December at the age of 60.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the Father's Day weekend (6/16 to 6/18/2017) box office is Pixar's "Cars 3" with an estimated take of $53.5 million.

From YahooMovies:  "Cars 3" knocks "Wonder Woman" out of first place at the weekend box office, and Tupac Shakur biopic has a strong start.

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COMICS-FILM - From ShadowandAct:  Reginald Hudlin has announced that he will direct and film adaptation of the Valiant Entertainment comic book, "Shadowman."

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CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity:  Leonardo DiCaprio surrendered a Picasso painting, a Basquiat collage, a Diane Arbus photograph, and the Oscar Marlon Brando won for his performance in “On the Waterfront," to the U.S. Justice Department as part of a Malaysian money laundering probe.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Ben Kingsley will play Nazi Adolf Eichmann and Oscar Isaac will play the man who eventually captured him, Peter Malkin, in the MGM film "Operation Finale," from director Chris Weitz.

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OBIT - From THR:  Actor Stephen Furst died at the age of 63, Friday, June 16, 2017.  His breakout film role was in the film, "Animal House" (1978), and he starred on the NBC medical drama, "St. Elsewhere" (1982-1988).

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CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity:  Apparently, Beyonce and Jay-Z have welcomed twins babies into the world.


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