Friday, March 15, 2019

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from March 10th to 16th, 2019 - Update #22

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COMICS-FILM - From Newsarama:  James Gunn makes a public statement in the wake of Disney rehiring him to direct Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy 3," after firing him last year over bullshit.

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  HBO announces the release dates and episode lengths of the final six episodes of its Emmy-winning, "Game of Thrones."

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SCANDAL - From USAToday:  In the wake of her involvement in the "college admissions scandal," Lori Loughlin finds herself fired by Hallmark's parent company, Crown Media.  So she is gone from her TV series, "When Calls the Heart," and the Hallmark Mystery and Movies series, "Garage Sale Mysteries."

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BLM - From TheVerge:  Ramsey Orta, who filmed the police killing of his friend, Eric Garner, fears for his life in prison.

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SCANDAL - From YahooPeople:  Chicago police rushed R. Kelly's Trump Tower condo in Chicago for fear that his girlfriends were engaged in a suicide pact.  Kelly is facing 10 criminal counts related to sexual abuse.

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DISNEY - From YahooEntertainment:  Will Smith wins new "Aladdin" trailer, the first full-length trailer for the upcoming live-action version of the classic Disney animated film.

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CRIME-CELEBRITY:  From CNN:  Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman and actress Lori Loughlin are among about 50 people caught in an FBI sting, "Operation Varsity Blues," concerning college admissions fraud by wealthy and famous people.

From Variety:  Award-winning playwright and filmmaker, David Mamet, pens an open letter of sympathy for his friends Felicity Huffman and her husband, William H. Macy.

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CULTURE - From Newsweek:  President Donald Trump appeals to men with fragile masculinity, two researchers from New York University wrote in analysis...

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DISNEY - From Deadline:  Disney has set March 20, 2019 as the closing date for its acquisition of 21st Century Fox.

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DISNEY - From YahooEntertainment:  The live-action remake of "Dumbo" may be the ultimate Tim Burton movie.

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MOVIES - From BleedingCool:  Their is a trailer for Universal's reboot of its "Doom" film franchise, a straight-to-video film entitled "Doom: Annihilation."  Universal's previous attempt at turning the venerable video game into a film franchise was the 2005 film, "Doom."

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Tom Holland ("Spider-Man: Homecoming") is in talks to star in Joe and Anthony Russo's film, "Cherry."

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  Lucy Hale to star in the pilot for The CW's "Riverdale" spinoff, "Katy Keene."

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STREAMING - From Deadline:  Taika Waititi ("Thor: Ragnarok") is working on Apple's pilot for a TV series based on Terry Gilliam's 1981 film, "Time Bandits."

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 3/8 to 3/10/2019 weekend box office is Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel" with an estimated total of 153 million dollars.

From YahooEntertainment:  "Captain Marvel" has an international box office debut of 302 million dollars.

From Deadline:  "Captain Marvel" is pounding the Internet trolls who attempted a boycott of the film by telling moviegoers to see "Alita: Battle Angel" instead.  The film's weekend box office debut is trending towards $155 to 160 million domestically.

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SPORTS - From Bloomberg:  Rapper-actor-businessman Ice Cube is seeking to buy the regional sports networks that the Walt Disney Company is selling.

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POLITICS-SCANDAL - From NYDailyNews:  Fox News harpy/personality, Jeanine Piro, apparently had a murder investigation between her legs.

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POLITICS-SCANDAL - From USAToday:  Chinese-American ho-house queen, "Cindy" Li Yang, offers access to President Trump and his family at Mar-A-Lago.

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POLITICS - From RSN:  In addition to plagiarism, Joe Biden has a history of making racist, anti-Black statements.

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SCANDAL - From THR:  A grand jury brings 16 felony counts against actor Jussie Smollet ("Empire") who faked a hate crime.


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