Saturday, January 12, 2019

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from January 6th to 12th, 2019 - Update #25

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MUSIC - From YahooEntertainment:  Led Zeppelin apparently is not going to reunite, even for the 50th anniversary of the release of their first LP.

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POLITICS - From Vox:  Tucker Carlson of FOX News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" caused some turmoil on the political right with his populist opening monologue on Wed., Jan. 9, 2019 episode.

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MOVIES - From Variety: Two of the "Saw" screenwriters are writing a sixth installment of the "Final Destination" film franchise.

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MOVIES - From Newsarama:  The writers behind "Men in Black: International" will work on Sony's "Masters of the Universe" reboot.

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  CBS's scripted drama, "Criminal Minds," will end after fifteen seasons.  That last season, 2019-2020, will run for ten episodes.  This current season, the series' fourteenth, will run for fifteen episodes.

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STREAMING - From THR:  Al Pacino set to join Jordan Peele's Nazi hunter drama from Amazon, "The Hunt."

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STREAMING - From Variety:  Netflix will have Martin Scorsese and Bob Dylan's "Rolling Thunder Revue" documentary this year.

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MOVIES - From AwardsWatch:  The controversy surrounding "Green Book" continues.  An anti-Muslim tweet from co-writer Nick Vallelonga has been discovered.  "Green Book" is based upon a real-life story concerning Nick's father.

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AWARDS - From Variety:  The nominations for the 2019 British Academy Awards, the BAFTAs, (for 2018 achievement in film, have been announced.

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OSCARS - From Variety:  Kevin Hart says he is over the idea of hosting the 2019 Oscars ceremony.

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  HBO adds a director and eight new cast members to Jane Goodman and George R.R. Martin's "Game of Thrones" prequel.

From TheWrap:  Bill Brochtrup and Kim Delaney, are two original stars added to a "NYPD Blue" sequel pilot that ABC is currently developing.

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STAR TREK - From Newsarama:  "Stat Trek 4," the follow up to "Star Trek Beyond" has been cancelled.

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  Rumor suggests that there will be a sequel to Sony's hit, "Venom," with Venom (Tom Hardy) facing his spawn, Carnage (Woody Harrelson)>

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TELEVISION - From RollingStone:  ‘The Sopranos Sessions’ Goes Inside Groundbreaking HBO Show.

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BLM-CULTURE - From EI:  Angela Davis is the latest African-American target of the Israel lobby.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 1/4 to 1/6/2019 weekend box office is "Aquaman" with an estimated take of $30.7 million.  This is the film's third straight weekend at the top of the box office.

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GOLDEN GLOBES:  From Variety:  A complete list of winners at the 2019 / 76th Golden Globes.

From EW:  Christian Bale wins "best actor in a comedy or musical film" at the Golden Globes and thanks Satan for the inspiration in playing former Vice-President Dick Cheney.

From NBCNews:  "Roma" wins "best foreign-language film" at "Golden Globes.

From EW:  Regina King ("If Beale Street Could Talk") wins Golden Globe for "best supporting actress in a motion picture."  In her speech, she promises to produce gender-equal projects.

From People:  Mahershala Ali ("Green Book") wins the Golden Globe for "best supporting actor in a motion picture.

From THR:   FX's "The Americans" wins the Golden Globe for "best television series, drama."

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MOVIES-CULTURE - From CNBC:  Record number of black directors among 2018's top films, earning $1.6 billion at the box office

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MOVIES - From DenofGeek:  2019 movie trends and highlights: what to expect this year

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MUSIC-MOVIES - From Variety:  The top two best-selling albums of 2018 are soundtrack albums, "The Greatest Showman" and "A Star is Born."

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STREAMING - From NBCNews:  With the success of "Bird Box" and "Bandersnatch," Netflix is flexing its movie muscles.


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