Saturday, September 16, 2017

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from September 10th to 16th, 2017 - Update #43

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MOVIES - From GlobalNews:  Are real-life clowns losing work because of "IT's" Pennywise the Clown?

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MOVIES - From Vox:  The site explains why Hollywood keeps making the same kinds of movies.

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JAMES BOND - From Fortune:  Apple and Amazon are among the players that will bid for the rights to distribute the 27th James Bond film, which is due in 2019.

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MOVIES - From Vulture:  The site lists 17 horror movies remake it thinks you should actually watch.

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BLM - From YahooNews:  The AP takes a look at high-profile killings of African-American men by law enforcement.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Joel McHale joins Melissa McCarthy's puppet comedy, "The Happytime Murders."

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HISTORY - From StillCrew:  The story of how the late Dick Gregory forced the FBI to find the bodies of three slain Civil Rights workers in Mississippi.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Jamie Lee Curtis reportedly returning to the Halloween film franchise for the 2018-scheduled reboot, remake, re-whatever.

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  Jack Whitehall, Miranda Richardson, and Michael McKean have joined Neil Gaiman's TV series, "Good Omens."

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  Apparently Oscar-winner and multiple Oscar-nominee, Jennifer Lawrence, once auditioned to play "Serena" on The WB's late "Gossip Girl."  The role eventually went to Blake Lively.

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TELEVISION - From TVLine: Adria Arjona joins Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens" TV series, based on the novel he wrote with the late Terry Pratchett.

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OSCARS - From BleedingCool:  The film to send out movie screeners to Oscar voters is "Logan."  [At least, they're trying, bless their hearts. - Ed.]

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TELEVISION - From Collider:  HBO will shot multiple endings for the "Game of Thrones" finale.

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COMICS-FILM - From YahooEntertainment:  Here is the first photo of David Harbour ("Stranger Things") as Hellboy in the "Hellboy" reboot film.  [Honestly, I think he resembles Ron Perlman, the previous Hellboy actor. - Ed.]

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TELEVISION - From YahooEntertainment:  "South Park" opens its 21st season poking fun at white supremacists and the white working class.

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POLITICS - From YahooEntertainment:  Some actors, entertainers, and performers have decided to be blunt about what they think about President Trump even his supporters are fans of theirs..

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Kiki Layne has won the lead in Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins' ("Moonlight") next film, "If Beale Street Could Talk."

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STAR WARS - From TheWrap:  J.J. Abrams is now the director of Star Wars Episode 9, after the first announced director, Colin Trevorrow, was fired.  Abrams directed "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (Episode 7).  Abrams will co-write the film's script with Oscar-winner Chris Terrio ("Argo").

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LGBTQ - From YahooEntertaiment:  Armie Hammer shuts James Woods down after Wood tweets some silliness about Hammer's gay-themed film, Call Me By Your Name.

From YahooEntertaiment:  Amber Tamblyn weighs in on James Woods' "decency."

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COMICS-FILM - From THR:  Daniel Dae-Kim is in talks to play Major Ben Daimio in the "Hellboy" reboot.  Actor Ed Skrien, who is white, had been hired to play the character who is Japanese-American in the comic book, but Skrien stepped down after social media protests and complaints of "whitewashing."

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COMICS-FILM - From SlashFilm:  "Maze Runner" director Wes Ball to direct a film based on the really cool comic book, "Mouse Guard."

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  Patty Jenkins closes deal to direct "Wonder Woman" sequel. [D'uh. - Ed.]

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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertaiment:  The wife of Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Mara Lane, reveals that the actor has had a substance abuse relapse after she suffered a miscarriage.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 9/8 to 9/10/2017 weekend box office is "It," with an estimated take of $117 million.  Among the records that opening sets is the largest opening for any horror movie of any MPAA rating.

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CELEBRITY - From BET:  There is something going on between Tyrese Gibson and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

From BET:  Tyrese continues begging for The Rock's attention, now moving to Instagram.

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BLM - From RawStory:  Claremont, New Hampshire police chief Mark Chase is trying to protect white teenagers who lynched a biracial child after taunting him with racial epithets.  Luckily, the child survived.

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POLITICS - From RawStory:  Incompetent CIA director Mike Pompeo trying to turn the CIA into an evangelical dumpster.

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EMMYS - From Deadline:  Night 1 2017 Creative Arts Emmy winners announced.  RuPaul, Leah Remini, Meryl Streep, and Ava DuVernay among winners.

From Variety:  Here is a winners list from Night 2 of the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.

From Vulture:  Complete winners list from 2017 Creative Arts Emmy winners.

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FILM FESTIVALS - From Deadline:  Guillermo del Toro's period fantasy film, "The Shape of Water," wins the "Golden Lion" at the 2017 Venice Film Festival.

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STREAMING - From YahooFinance:  Maybe Disney should just buy Netflix.

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FILM FESTIVALS - From YahooEntertainment:  At Toronto International Film Festival, Margot Robbie earning good reviews for her starring role in the Tonya Harding fake documentary/biopic, "I, Tonya."

OBITS:

From Variety:  The actor Harry Dean Stanton has died at the age of 91, Friday, September 15, 2017.  He had a decades-long career, but his breakthrough roles came in the mid-1980s when he was 58, in Alex Cox's "Repo Man" and Wim Wenders "Paris, Texas."  He also appeared in the TV series, "Twin Peaks," during its original run.

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From VarietyGrant Hart, the drummer for the influential punk band Hüsker Dü, has died at the age of 56, Thursday, September 14, 2017.  Hart had been battling cancer.

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From THR:  The actor Frank Vincent has died at the age of 78, Wednesday, September 13, 2017.  He played the vicious mob boss, Phil Leotardo, on "The Sopranos."  He also played tough guys in three Martin Scorsese films: "Raging Bull" (1980), "Goodfellas," (1990), and "Casino" (1995).  He also had a role in Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" (1989).

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From TheWrapEdith Windsor, LGBTQ activist, has died at the age of 88, Tuesday, September 12, 2017.  Windsor was the lead plaintiff in the pivotal Supreme Court case, "United States vs. Windsor" that took down the ridiculous federal law, the "Defense of Marriage Act."  Her victory paved the way towards the recognition of the rights of gay people to marry.

From VarietyX Atencio, Disney animation and Imagineer, has died at the age of 98, Sunday, September 10, 2017. Atencio worked on the Disney animated features, "Pinocchio" and "Fantasia."  He worked on the Disneyland attractions, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion

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From JewishChronicleLen Wein, the comic book writer and editor who co-created the characters Wolverine and Swamp Thing," died at the age of 69, Sunday, September 10, 2017.

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From RollingStoneTroy Gentry, one half of the popular country music duo, Montgomery Gentry, died at the age of 50, Friday, September 8, 2017.  Gentry was killed in a helicopter accident.

From YahooEntertainment:  Federal investigators release details about helicopter flight and crash that killed country music star, Troy Gentry.

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From TheWrap:  The actor Mike Hodge has died at the age of 70, Saturday, September 9, 2017.  Hodge had recurring roles on "Law & Order" and "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit."

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From TheWrap:  Influential television executive Don Ohlmeyer died at the age of 72, September 10, 2017.  A 16-time Emmy winner, Ohlmeyer worked on "Monday Night Football" and coined the phrase, "Must See TV," for NBC.


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