Saturday, November 16, 2019

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from November 10th to 16th, 2019 - Update #25

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  Oscar-nominated actor Clive Owen ("Closer") will play President Bill Clinton in "Impreachment: American Crime Story," which will be the third entry in the "American Crime Story" series.

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MOVIES - From RollingStone:   This is the story of how Oscar-winning actress Mary Steenburgen ("Melvin and Howard") had surgery and then became a songwriter.

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DISNEY - From Variety:  Disney has greenlit Ridley Scott's period drama, "The Last Duel" with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Adam Driver.

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BLM - From BET:  At a Tennessee Popeye's, a white customer called the employees "niggers," and one of them body-slammed her in the parking lot.  See the hilarious video.

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  Last night (Wed., Nov. 13th), the fantastic ninth season of "American Horror Story," entitled "AHS 1984," came to an end.  Series co-creator, super-producer Ryan Murphy, talks about this season and the future of "American Horror Story."

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Netflix and Paramount Pictures have reportedly struck a deal so that Netflix could make a fourth installment of the "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise with star Eddie Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

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BUSINESS - From Variety:  Emotions run high as the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Byron Allen vs. Comcast.

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COMICS-FILM - From YahooMusic:  Danny Elfman scored the 1989 Tim Burton film, "Batman," but once upon a time producer Jon Peters wanted Elfman to compose the film's score with the late Prince, who did provides songs for the film.  Elfman refused and now, talks about how he thought that he was risking his career at the time.

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TELEVISION - From YahooTV:  Jodi Serling is the daughter of the late Rod Serling, who created the landmark and legendary television series, "The Twilight Zone."  Ms. Serling shares some secrets and stories about her father and the series on the 60th anniversary of "The Twilight Zone."

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DISNEY - From Variety:  Newcomer Jonah Hauer-King will play "Prince Eric" in Disney's live-action remake of its classic animated film, "The Littler Mermaid."

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STREAMING - From Variety:  A reunion special for the beloved NBC TV series, "Friends," is in the early planning stages.  The UNSCRIPTED special would appear in WarnerMedia's streaming service, "HBO Max."

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TELEVISION - From ShadowandAct:  We get a first look at HBO's "Lovecraft Country," from Jordan Peele, Misha Green, and J.J. Abrams and is based on the most excellent novel by Matt Ruff.

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AWARDS - From Deadline:  Ricky Gervais is returning to host the 77th Golden Globes Awards, Jan. 5th, 2020 on NBC.  It will be his fifth time hosting the awards ceremony, and he says it will be his last.

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STREAMING-DISNEY - From Deadline:  This is the launch day (Nov. 12th) of Disney's new streaming service, Disney+.  And, of course, there are a few tech issues.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Paramount Pictures has landed the worldwide distribution rights to Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle's next film, "Babylon," which is due for a limited release December 25, 2021.

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SPORTS-LGBTQ - From YahooFinance:  Former Major League Baseball player, Billy Bean, is now an LGBTQ advocate, but talks about his time "living a secret life."

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AWARDS - From Deadline:  The 2019 People's Choice Awards were announced Sunday night, Nov. 10th.  "Avengers: Endgame" and Netflix's "Stranger Things" were the big winners.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 11/8 to 11/10/2019 weekend box office is "Midway" with an estimated take of 17.5 million dollars.

From Deadline:  Warner Bros. is looking at about a $20 million dollar loss on its Stephen King adaptation, "Doctor Sleep," which has a soft debut weekend.

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MOVIES - From YahooPeople:  Dan Aykroyd said during a radio interview that Bill Murray will appear in "Ghostbusters 2020."

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GUILD NEWS - From Variety:  The Writers Guild of America have named more than two dozen of its members to be on a negotiating committee as threat of a Hollywood writers' strike looms for next year.

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AWARDS - From Variety:  The nominations for the 2019 / 32nd European Film Awards have been announced.  Winners will be announced Dec. 7th in Berlin.

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STREAMING - From Deadline:  The Oscar-winning writer-director Woody Allen has settled his 68 million dollar lawsuit against Amazon.  Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

TRAILER:

From YouTube:  Here is the first official for the upcoming animated Scooby-Doo film, "Scoob," which is due May 15, 2020.

OBITS:

From LATimes:  The American scholar and historian, Noel Ignatiev, died at the age of 78, Saturday, November 9, 2019.  Ignatiev was best known for his efforts to abolish the concept of "whiteness" and to end white racial privilege.  His first book, "How the Irish Became White" (1995), was a sensation.

From Variety:  Holocaust survivor and Academy Award-winning film producer, Branko Lustig, has died at the age of 87, Wednesday, November 14, 2019.  Lustig won two Oscars, one for producing "Schindler's List" (1993) and one for producing "Gladiator" (2000).  During World War II, Lustig was imprisoned in the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps.


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