Saturday, January 18, 2020

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from January 12th to 18th, 2020 - Update #23

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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AWARDS - From Deadline:   Bong Joon-Ho's "Parasite" tops the 70th annual ACE Eddie Awards, which are awarded b the American Cinema Editors

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DISNEY - From Deadline:  Disney is dumping the word "Fox" from the names 20th Century Fox (which will become 20th Century Studios) and Fox Search Pictures (which will be Searchlight Pictures).

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  HBO's "Game of Thrones" prequel, "House of the Dragons," will likely premiere in 2022.

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STREAMING - From Deadline:  Netflix has been accused of funneling its international profits to tax havens while also seeking tax relief in the United Kingdom.

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STREAMING - From Deadline:   Amazon sets the regular cast for its "Lord of the Rings" TV series.

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JAMES BOND - From YahooMusic:  Grammy-nominated teen recording sensation, Billie Eilish, has recorded the movie theme for the next James Bond film, "No Time to Die."  At 18-years-old, she is the youngest ever to do so.  The previous record holder was then 22-year-old Sheena Easton who recorded the theme for 1981's "For Your Eyes Only."

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  The CW has given series pickups to two reboots of popular 1990s TV series, "Superman & Lois" and "Walker," a re-imagining of "Walker Texas Ranger" starring Jared Padalecki of "Supernatural."

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SPORTS - From ESPN:  The LSU Tigers won the2019 national college football championship Mon., Jan. 13th, 2020 by winning the "CFP National Championship " game 42-25 over the Clemson Tigers.

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OSCARS - From Variety:  The 2020 / 92nd Oscar nominations have been announced.  Winners will be announced Feb. 9, 2020.

From Deadline:  One of the "best documentary feature" nominees is "American Factory" which is presented by President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama.

From Variety:  Opinion: "5 Reasons Why Jennifer Lopez’s Oscar Snub Is Bad for the Academy Awards"

From YahooEntertainment:  A list of Oscar snubs (Lupita N'yongo for "Us") and surprises (Scarlett Johnasson becomes 12th actor nominated in both lead, for "Marriage Story," and supporting acting, for "JoJo Rabbit") categories.

From LATimes:  Tom Hanks earns his first Oscar nod since 2001 with his best supporting actor nomination for "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood."

From YahooEntertainment:  I was not one of those people who thought that Jennifer Lopez would really get an Oscar nomination for a role in the film, "Hustlers," which I have not yet seen.  I think Lopez herself had the feeling that it was not happening.

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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment:  In an Sunday night (Jan. 12th) on CBS' "60 Minutes," Joaquin Phoenix talks about the intrusion of the media when he was grieving for his brother, the late River Phoenix, who died of a drug overdose in 1993.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 1/10 to 1/12/2020 weekend box office is director Sam Mendes' "1917" with an estimated take 36.5 million dollars.

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  CBS has ordered a TV series that follows FBI agent, "Clarice Starling," after the events depicted in the film, "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).  Entitled, "Clarice," the series will open in 1993.

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AWARDS - From Variety:   The winners of the 25th Critics Choice Awards were announced Sun., Jan. 12, 2020.  "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" was named best picture of 2019.

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TELEVISION - From THR:  Syfy has picked up a TV series starring horror movie icon and doll, "Chucky," from the character's creator, Don Mancini.

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DISNEY - From THR:  Megan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and the wife of British royal, Prince Harry, has signed a voice-over deal with Disney for an unspecified project.

OBITS:

From TheMirror:  The British author, Christopher Tolkien, has died at the age of 95, Wednesday, January 15, 2020.  Tolkien was the third son of legendary author, J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."  Christopher completed and/or edited most of his father's posthumous work.

From WWE:  WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler, Rocky "Soul Man" Johnson, has died at the age of 75, Wednesday, January 15, 2020.  He wrestled for the "National Wrestling Alliance" and "World Wrestling Federation" from 1964 to 1985.  He is also known as the father of football player turned wrestler turned actor, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

From YahooEntertainment:  Actor, director, and acting coach, Stan Kirsch, died at the age of 51, Saturday, January 11, 2020.  He was best known for his role of the syndicated TV series, "Highlander."  The cause of Kirsch's death was suicide.

From Variety:  Noted British film ant TV producer, Tony Garnett, has died at the age of 83, Sunday, January 12, 2020.  He is best known for founding the production company, World Productions, and for his 13-year association with acclaimed filmmaker, Ken Loach.


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