by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
STAR TREK - From Deadline: Paramount Pictures new film chief, Emma Watts, is trying to figure out the direction of the "Star Trek" film franchise.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Lionsgate has announced a fifth installment of the "John Wick" film franchise. It will be shot back-to-back with the previously announced "John Wick 4."
MOVIES - From Deadline: A federal judge has given the U.S. Justice Department permission to terminate the "Paramount Consent Decrees." This will allow movie studios once again to take significant ownership stakes in movie theater chains for the first time since the late 1940s.
ANIMATION - From BleedingCool: Hulu's revival of the animated series, "Animaniacs," debuts November 20th.
SCANDAL-MUSIC - From YahooEntertainment: Grammy-winning music producer and songwriter, "Detail" (Noel Fisher), has been charged will multiple accounts of rape by the L.A. County District Attorney's Office. In 2015, he shared a Grammy Award win for "Best R&B Song" ("Drunk in Love" by Beyonce featuring Jay-Z) with seven other artists.
ANIMATION - From EW: The Disney+ reboot of the Disney Channel animated TV series, "The Proud Family" (2001-2005) will feature Keke Palmer who will play a new character.
SPORTS - From NFL: University of Maryland head football coach, Michael Locksley, has formed a nonprofit support group for minority college and NFL head coaches, including future coaches of color. It is called "the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches."
ANIMATION - From THR: The beloved 1990s Nickelodeon animated series, "Ren & Stimpy," is being rebooted for Comedy Central. The new show will have a new creative team and series creator, John Kricfalusi, will apparently not be invovled.
TELEVISION - From LATimes: TV networks pledged to improve diversity in 1999. Will this time be any different?
POLITICS - From Salon: If Trump Wins, It Is the End of Democracy
DISNEY - From Variety: Disney will finally forego a theatrical release for its event-film, "Mulan," a live-action remake of its classic 1990s animated film. "Mulan" has seen its released delayed by COVID-19, and the film will instead debut on Disney+ on Sept. 4th, 2020.
MUSIC-POLITICS - From THR: Legendary rock musician, Neil Young, is suing the campaign of President Trump for copyright infringement. This involves the campaign playing Young's songs at campaign rallies.
NETFLIX - From CBR: Netflix is apparently looking for their own "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter" type franchises.
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: Director Dave Franco's "The Rental" is the top movie at the 7/31 to 8/2/2020 weekend office. It repeats as the top movie at the box office having won its debut weekend.
SPORTS - From Variety: Dwayne Johnson and his business partner, Dany Garcia, have teamed up with RedBird Capital to buy the failed sports league, the XFL.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Courteney Cox will reprise her role as "Gale Weathers" in the new "Scream" film from Paramount and Spyglass.
DISNEY - From Deadline: Rhode Island Residents Receive State Checks Signed By "Mickey Mouse" And "Walt Disney."
AWARDS - From Deadline: The 2020 BAFTA TV Awards were announced Fri., July 31st. Surprise winners include "Stath Lets Flats" and "The End of the F***ing World."
CULTURE - From YahooNews: The racist origins of some commonly used terms.
MOVIES-CULTURE - From IndieWire: Idris Elba Says Racist Films and TV Shouldn’t Be Censored: Add Warning Labels Instead.
JOHN LEWIS:
From RSN: Civil rights legend Congressman John Lewis' final message to us.
From IReadsYou: A review of "March: Book One," the first volume of Congressman John Lewis' graphic novel trilogy about his life and work.
OBITS:
From Variety: Canadian stage, screen and television actor, Brent Carver, has died at the age of 68, Tuesday, August 4, 2020. Carver won a Tony Award in 1993 for his performance in the 1993 Broadway musical, "Kiss of the Spider Woman."
From Deadline: American film producer and studio executive, Tom Pollock, has died at the age of 77, Saturday, August 1, 2020. He was the chairman of Universal Pictures from 1986 to 1995. During his tenure, Universal released numerous box office hits and Academy Award winning and nominated films including "Jurassic Park" (1993) and "Schindler's List" (1993). Pollock was also an entertainment lawyer and he negotiated the deal that gave George Lucas sequel and merchandising rights to Lucas' film, "Star Wars" (1977), rights that normally remained with the movie studio, in this case 20th Century Fox.
From Deadline: The actor and television advertising pitchman, Wilford Brimley, has died at the age of 85, Saturday, August 1, 2020. Brimley is best known for appearing in such film, as "The China Syndrome" (1979), "The Thing" (1982), "Tender Mercies" (1983), and "The Natural" (1984), and "The Firm" (1993). He was also the longtime face of television ads the Quaker Oats Company. He promoted diabetes education and appeared in diabetes related ads for the medical home-delivery service Liberty Mutual.
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEWS:
From CDC: The Centers for Disease Control has a "COVID Data Tracker."
From YahooNews: Why does COVID-19 kill some people and hardly affects others?
From YahooNews: Yahoo has a dedicated page of links updating news about COVID-19.
From Deadline: The news site "Deadline" has a dedicated page for news about coronavirus and the film, TV, and entertainment industries.
From TheNewYorker: The venerable magazine has a dedicate COVID-19 page free to all readers.
From YahooNews: Re: the federal government's response to COVID-19: What if the most important election of our lifetime was the last one - 2016?
From YahooLife: What is "happy hypoxia?" And do you have this COVID-19 symptom?
From JuanCole: Remeber when President Donald went crazy and suggested that we ingest household cleaning supplies and UV light to fight COVID-19. Here is the video and commentary from Juan Cole.
From TheIntercept: The federal government has ramped up security and police-related spending in response to the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, including issuing contracts for riot gear, disclosures show. The purchase orders include requests for disposable cuffs, gas masks, ballistic helmets, and riot gloves...
From TheAtlantic: The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying. The pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract, which deems certain lives of greater value than others.
From ProPublica: Hospital's Secret COVID-19 Policy Separated Native American Mothers From Their Newborns
From TheGuardian: More than 20 million Americans could have contracted COVID-19, experts say.
From RSN/WashPost: The COVID-19 mutation that has taken over the world.
7/13 - From YahooSports: Maybe a pandemic means that there will not be college football this fall.
7/13- From YahooNews: The CDC adds four new symptoms (including nausea and purple or blue lesions on feet and toes) to the list of COVID-19 symptoms.
7/19 - From YahooFinance: Harvard Public Health professor Dr. Howard Koh says the U.S. "needs to regroup" to find COVID-19.
7/22 - From YahooNews: A public health employee predicted Florida's coronavirus catastrophe — then she was fired.
7/22 - From YahooLifestyle: Florida mom loses son, 20, to coronavirus, and then days later, her daughter.
7/23 - From TheWrap: The site has a list of movie and TV stars, entertainment and sports figures who have tested positive for COVID-19
From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-winning filmmaker Mel Gibson reveals that he was hospitalized with COVID-19 for a week in April.
From Bloomberg: Will the COVID-19 pandemic turn Millennials into socialists?
7/27 - From CNN: Chief of critical care at Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Costa, passes away due to Covid-19 complications... after treating the hospital's sickest COVID-19 patients. He was 56 and leaves behind family, including a husband of 28 years.
7/29 - From YahooPolitico: Rep. Louie Gohmert, the defiant Texas Republican U.S. congressman who refused to wear a mask, has tested positive for COVID-19.
7/30 - From Deadline: Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") reveals that he had a bout with COVID-19.
7/31 - From YahooEntertainment: Writer and actress, Lena Dunham, creator of HBO's "Girls, reveals that she contracted COVID-19 and the symptoms she experiences and still experience.
7/30 - From YahooGMA: In their bid to crackdown on illegal gatherings amid COVID-19, New York authorities break up an alleged sex party.
7/31 - From Slate: COVID-19 is airborne - for reals!
8/2 - From TheDailyBeast: In Mississippi, COVID-19 has coroners terrified.
8/6 - From CNN: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (Republican) has tested positive for COVID19.
8/6 - From YahooNews: Testing everyone constantly could stop the spread of COVID-19... according to this article.
8/8 - From YahooNYT: The coronavirus is new, but your immune system might recognize it.
8/8 - From YahooNBC: They thought COVID-19 was a hoax, and they almost died from it or are watching family and loved ones suffer with it or die from it.
BLACK LIVES MATTER:
From RSN: Judge's Blistering Opinion Says Courts Have Placed Police Beyond Accountability
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Friday, July 31, 2020
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 26th to 31st, 2020 - Update #27
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
STREAMING - From Variety: Streaming service, CBS All Access, adds 70 TV series from across ViacomCBS's cable networks, including form BET, Comedy Central, and MTV.
DISNEY-STREAMING - From Variety: What does Beyonce's "Black is King" mean for Disney+?
PIXAR - From Variety: Pixar reveals details about its next original film, "Luca," a coming of age tale set in Italy. It is due in theaters June 18, 2021.
STREAMING - From Variety: The venerable Hollywood news source goes inside Netflix's plans for global dominance.
MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Dwayne Johnson says that Tim Burton once considered him for the role of "Willy Wonka" in Burton's 2005 reboot "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
From YahooEntertainment: Kevin Costner's starred in the troubled blockbuster film, "Waterworld," in 1995. 25 years later, Costner and director Kevin Reynolds talk about their disastrous choice to ignore Steven Spielberg's advice.
STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Netflix has acquired the streaming rights to seven Iconic African-American/Black sitcoms of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including "Moesha," "Girlfriends," and "Sister, Sister."
POLITICS - From MondoWeiss: In an interview with the site, actor Seth Rogen says that the nation of Israel is ridiculous, antiquated and based on ethnic cleansing,
EMMYS - From THR: If you care... here are the 2020 / 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations.
MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Larry Clark and Harmony Korine's shocking indie film, "Kids," is 25-years-old.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Amazon has required a "package" for a film biography of country singer, the late Merle Haggard. Sam Rockwell wants to play Haggard and do his own singing of Haggards songs from the 1960s, which is when the film would be set.
STAR TREK - From Deadline: The third season of "Star Trek: Discovery" will debut on CBS All Access October 15th.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Warner Bros. will apparently open Tenet in 70 international markets starting Wed., Aug. 26th, and in Canada on Thurs., Aug. 27th. The U.S. opening will begin in select cities Thurs., Sept 3rd.
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: Director Dave Franco's indie film, "The Rental," is the top film of the 7/24 to 7/26/2020 weekend box office with an estimate take of $421,000.
COMICS/AWARDS - From TheBeat: The winners at the "Will Eisner Awards Comic Industry Awards 2020" were announced Friday night, July 24th.
From THR: The British-American actress, Olivia de Havilland, has died at the age of 104, Saturday, July 25, 2020. She was one of the last living stars of Hollywood's "Golden Age," and she was the last living star of the film, "Gone with the Wind" (1939), in which she played what is perhaps her best known role, that of "Melanie Hamilton." She was nominated for an Academy Award five times and won the Oscar twice, for "To Each His Own" (1946) and "The Heiress" (1949)
From RollingStone: English blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, Peter Green, has died at the age of 73, Saturday, July 25, 2020. He was considered one of the greatest guitarist of all time and was also considered a major figure of the 1960s British blues movement. He was best known for co-founding the seminal rock band, Fleetwood Mac, with Mick Fleetwood and Jimmy Spencer. He left the band in 1970. In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac.
From Variety: American TV personality and game show and talk show host, Regis Philbin, has died at the age of 88, Friday, July 24, 2020. Philbin is best known for hosting the New York-based syndicated TV series, "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee," beginning in 1988. The show became "Live! with Regis and Kelly," until Philbin departed in 2011. Philbin won three Daytime Emmy Awards for his work.
BLACK LIVES MATTER NEWS:
From RSN: The four corners of police violence
From TheIntercept: Black Lives Matter Wants to End Police Brutality. History Suggests It Will Go Much Further.
From YahooNews: "The Confederacy of California": life in the valley where Robert Fuller was found hanged
From CNN: Colorado police officers involved in the death of Elijah McClain reassigned for safety reasons.
From Truthout: " Three North Carolina Police Fired for Racist Rants, Threats to Kill Black People" - and what they said is crazy and scary
From Truthout: Bryant Gumbel Gives Powerful Commentary on the 'Black Tax,' the 'Added Burden' of Being Black
From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-nominated songwriter and Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Ray Parker, Jr., may be best known for writing the theme to the film, "Ghostbusters," but when he was a teenager, Parker was beaten by Detroit police officers.
From RSNewYorker: Jelani Cobb: An American Spring of Reckoning.
From NBCNews: Baton Rouge, LA activist, Gary Chambers, makes an impassioned speech about changing the name of Robert E. Lee High School in Baton Rouge.
From YahooNews: Racial violence and a pandemic: How the Red Summer of 1919 relates to 2020
From NBCNews: NYPD is disbanding a unit that is the 'last chapter' of stop-and-frisk
From YahooLifestyle: A history of the "Karen."
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEWS:
From CDC: The Centers for Disease Control has a "COVID Data Tracker."
From YahooNews: Why does COVID-19 kill some people and hardly affects others?
From YahooNews: Yahoo has a dedicated page of links updating news about COVID-19.
From Deadline: The news site "Deadline" has a dedicated page for news about coronavirus and the film, TV, and entertainment industries.
From TheNewYorker: The venerable magazine has a dedicate COVID-19 page free to all readers.
From YahooNews: Re: the federal government's response to COVID-19: What if the most important election of our lifetime was the last one - 2016?
From YahooLife: What is "happy hypoxia?" And do you have this COVID-19 symptom?
From JuanCole: Remeber when President Donald went crazy and suggested that we ingest household cleaning supplies and UV light to fight COVID-19. Here is the video and commentary from Juan Cole.
From TheIntercept: The federal government has ramped up security and police-related spending in response to the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, including issuing contracts for riot gear, disclosures show. The purchase orders include requests for disposable cuffs, gas masks, ballistic helmets, and riot gloves...
From TheAtlantic: The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying. The pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract, which deems certain lives of greater value than others.
From ProPublica: Hospital's Secret COVID-19 Policy Separated Native American Mothers From Their Newborns
From TheGuardian: More than 20 million Americans could have contracted COVID-19, experts say.
From RSN/WashPost: The COVID-19 mutation that has taken over the world.
7/13 - From YahooSports: Maybe a pandemic means that there will not be college football this fall.
7/13- From YahooNews: The CDC adds four new symptoms (including nausea and purple or blue lesions on feet and toes) to the list of COVID-19 symptoms.
7/19 - From YahooFinance: Harvard Public Health professor Dr. Howard Koh says the U.S. "needs to regroup" to find COVID-19.
7/22 - From YahooNews: A public health employee predicted Florida's coronavirus catastrophe — then she was fired.
7/22 - From YahooLifestyle: Florida mom loses son, 20, to coronavirus, and then days later, her daughter.
7/23 - From TheWrap: The site has a list of movie and TV stars, entertainment and sports figures who have tested positive for COVID-19
From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-winning filmmaker Mel Gibson reveals that he was hospitalized with COVID-19 for a week in April.
From Bloomberg: Will the COVID-19 pandemic turn Millennials into socialists?
7/27 - From CNN: Chief of critical care at Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Costa, passes away due to Covid-19 complications... after treating the hospital's sickest COVID-19 patients. He was 56 and leaves behind family, including a husband of 28 years.
7/29 - From YahooPolitico: Rep. Louie Gohmert, the defiant Texas Republican U.S. congressman who refused to wear a mask, has tested positive for COVID-19.
7/30 - From Deadline: Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") reveals that he had a bout with COVID-19.
7/31 - From YahooEntertainment: Writer and actress, Lena Dunham, creator of HBO's "Girls, reveals that she contracted COVID-19 and the symptoms she experiences and still experience.
Support Leroy on Patreon:
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
STREAMING - From Variety: Streaming service, CBS All Access, adds 70 TV series from across ViacomCBS's cable networks, including form BET, Comedy Central, and MTV.
DISNEY-STREAMING - From Variety: What does Beyonce's "Black is King" mean for Disney+?
PIXAR - From Variety: Pixar reveals details about its next original film, "Luca," a coming of age tale set in Italy. It is due in theaters June 18, 2021.
STREAMING - From Variety: The venerable Hollywood news source goes inside Netflix's plans for global dominance.
MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Dwayne Johnson says that Tim Burton once considered him for the role of "Willy Wonka" in Burton's 2005 reboot "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
From YahooEntertainment: Kevin Costner's starred in the troubled blockbuster film, "Waterworld," in 1995. 25 years later, Costner and director Kevin Reynolds talk about their disastrous choice to ignore Steven Spielberg's advice.
STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Netflix has acquired the streaming rights to seven Iconic African-American/Black sitcoms of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including "Moesha," "Girlfriends," and "Sister, Sister."
POLITICS - From MondoWeiss: In an interview with the site, actor Seth Rogen says that the nation of Israel is ridiculous, antiquated and based on ethnic cleansing,
EMMYS - From THR: If you care... here are the 2020 / 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations.
MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Larry Clark and Harmony Korine's shocking indie film, "Kids," is 25-years-old.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Amazon has required a "package" for a film biography of country singer, the late Merle Haggard. Sam Rockwell wants to play Haggard and do his own singing of Haggards songs from the 1960s, which is when the film would be set.
STAR TREK - From Deadline: The third season of "Star Trek: Discovery" will debut on CBS All Access October 15th.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Warner Bros. will apparently open Tenet in 70 international markets starting Wed., Aug. 26th, and in Canada on Thurs., Aug. 27th. The U.S. opening will begin in select cities Thurs., Sept 3rd.
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: Director Dave Franco's indie film, "The Rental," is the top film of the 7/24 to 7/26/2020 weekend box office with an estimate take of $421,000.
COMICS/AWARDS - From TheBeat: The winners at the "Will Eisner Awards Comic Industry Awards 2020" were announced Friday night, July 24th.
OBITS:
From Deadline: The British film director, Alan Parker, has died at the age of 76, Friday, July 31, 2020. He was twice-nominated for the "Best Director" Oscar, for "Midnight Express" (1978) and "Mississippi Burning" (1988). Parker directed films in a number of genres: musicals ("Fame" in 1980), horror movies ("Angel Heart" in 1987), and true-story dramas ("Angela's Ashes" in 1999).
From YahooNews: Former U.S. Presidential candidate and businessman, Herman Cain, has died at the age of 74, Thursday, July 30, 2020, of complications of COVID-19. Cain was a 2012 GOP presidential candidate, and he was a serious contender for much of 2011. Cain was the CEO of "Godfather's Pizza" (1986-96) and was an executive at both Burger King and Pillsbury Company.
From RollingStone: American rapper, singer, and recording artist, Malik B., has died at the age of 47, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Malik was a founding member of American hip hop band, "The Roots." He left the group after its first four albums, but returned as a featured artist for some later albums.
From Deadline: The British film director, Alan Parker, has died at the age of 76, Friday, July 31, 2020. He was twice-nominated for the "Best Director" Oscar, for "Midnight Express" (1978) and "Mississippi Burning" (1988). Parker directed films in a number of genres: musicals ("Fame" in 1980), horror movies ("Angel Heart" in 1987), and true-story dramas ("Angela's Ashes" in 1999).
From YahooNews: Former U.S. Presidential candidate and businessman, Herman Cain, has died at the age of 74, Thursday, July 30, 2020, of complications of COVID-19. Cain was a 2012 GOP presidential candidate, and he was a serious contender for much of 2011. Cain was the CEO of "Godfather's Pizza" (1986-96) and was an executive at both Burger King and Pillsbury Company.
From RollingStone: American rapper, singer, and recording artist, Malik B., has died at the age of 47, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Malik was a founding member of American hip hop band, "The Roots." He left the group after its first four albums, but returned as a featured artist for some later albums.
From SouthBendTribune: Vietnam prisoner of war (P.O.W.) and Indiana state politician, Joe Kernan, has died at the age of 74, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Kernan served as the 48th Governor of Indiana from 2003 to 2005. He was the mayor of South Bend, Indiana from 1988 to 1997. Kernan, a U.S. Navy pilot, was shot down in 1972 over North Vietnam and was held as a POW for 11 months in the notorious Hoa Lo Prison, also known as the "Hanoi Hilton."
From THR: The British-American actress, Olivia de Havilland, has died at the age of 104, Saturday, July 25, 2020. She was one of the last living stars of Hollywood's "Golden Age," and she was the last living star of the film, "Gone with the Wind" (1939), in which she played what is perhaps her best known role, that of "Melanie Hamilton." She was nominated for an Academy Award five times and won the Oscar twice, for "To Each His Own" (1946) and "The Heiress" (1949)
From RollingStone: English blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, Peter Green, has died at the age of 73, Saturday, July 25, 2020. He was considered one of the greatest guitarist of all time and was also considered a major figure of the 1960s British blues movement. He was best known for co-founding the seminal rock band, Fleetwood Mac, with Mick Fleetwood and Jimmy Spencer. He left the band in 1970. In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac.
From Variety: American TV personality and game show and talk show host, Regis Philbin, has died at the age of 88, Friday, July 24, 2020. Philbin is best known for hosting the New York-based syndicated TV series, "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee," beginning in 1988. The show became "Live! with Regis and Kelly," until Philbin departed in 2011. Philbin won three Daytime Emmy Awards for his work.
BLACK LIVES MATTER NEWS:
From RSN: The four corners of police violence
From TheIntercept: Black Lives Matter Wants to End Police Brutality. History Suggests It Will Go Much Further.
From YahooNews: "The Confederacy of California": life in the valley where Robert Fuller was found hanged
From CNN: Colorado police officers involved in the death of Elijah McClain reassigned for safety reasons.
From Truthout: " Three North Carolina Police Fired for Racist Rants, Threats to Kill Black People" - and what they said is crazy and scary
From Truthout: Bryant Gumbel Gives Powerful Commentary on the 'Black Tax,' the 'Added Burden' of Being Black
From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-nominated songwriter and Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Ray Parker, Jr., may be best known for writing the theme to the film, "Ghostbusters," but when he was a teenager, Parker was beaten by Detroit police officers.
From RSNewYorker: Jelani Cobb: An American Spring of Reckoning.
From NBCNews: Baton Rouge, LA activist, Gary Chambers, makes an impassioned speech about changing the name of Robert E. Lee High School in Baton Rouge.
From YahooNews: Racial violence and a pandemic: How the Red Summer of 1919 relates to 2020
From NBCNews: NYPD is disbanding a unit that is the 'last chapter' of stop-and-frisk
From YahooLifestyle: A history of the "Karen."
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEWS:
From CDC: The Centers for Disease Control has a "COVID Data Tracker."
From YahooNews: Why does COVID-19 kill some people and hardly affects others?
From YahooNews: Yahoo has a dedicated page of links updating news about COVID-19.
From Deadline: The news site "Deadline" has a dedicated page for news about coronavirus and the film, TV, and entertainment industries.
From TheNewYorker: The venerable magazine has a dedicate COVID-19 page free to all readers.
From YahooNews: Re: the federal government's response to COVID-19: What if the most important election of our lifetime was the last one - 2016?
From YahooLife: What is "happy hypoxia?" And do you have this COVID-19 symptom?
From JuanCole: Remeber when President Donald went crazy and suggested that we ingest household cleaning supplies and UV light to fight COVID-19. Here is the video and commentary from Juan Cole.
From TheIntercept: The federal government has ramped up security and police-related spending in response to the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, including issuing contracts for riot gear, disclosures show. The purchase orders include requests for disposable cuffs, gas masks, ballistic helmets, and riot gloves...
From TheAtlantic: The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying. The pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract, which deems certain lives of greater value than others.
From ProPublica: Hospital's Secret COVID-19 Policy Separated Native American Mothers From Their Newborns
From TheGuardian: More than 20 million Americans could have contracted COVID-19, experts say.
From RSN/WashPost: The COVID-19 mutation that has taken over the world.
7/13 - From YahooSports: Maybe a pandemic means that there will not be college football this fall.
7/13- From YahooNews: The CDC adds four new symptoms (including nausea and purple or blue lesions on feet and toes) to the list of COVID-19 symptoms.
7/19 - From YahooFinance: Harvard Public Health professor Dr. Howard Koh says the U.S. "needs to regroup" to find COVID-19.
7/22 - From YahooNews: A public health employee predicted Florida's coronavirus catastrophe — then she was fired.
7/22 - From YahooLifestyle: Florida mom loses son, 20, to coronavirus, and then days later, her daughter.
7/23 - From TheWrap: The site has a list of movie and TV stars, entertainment and sports figures who have tested positive for COVID-19
From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-winning filmmaker Mel Gibson reveals that he was hospitalized with COVID-19 for a week in April.
From Bloomberg: Will the COVID-19 pandemic turn Millennials into socialists?
7/27 - From CNN: Chief of critical care at Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Costa, passes away due to Covid-19 complications... after treating the hospital's sickest COVID-19 patients. He was 56 and leaves behind family, including a husband of 28 years.
7/29 - From YahooPolitico: Rep. Louie Gohmert, the defiant Texas Republican U.S. congressman who refused to wear a mask, has tested positive for COVID-19.
7/30 - From Deadline: Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") reveals that he had a bout with COVID-19.
7/31 - From YahooEntertainment: Writer and actress, Lena Dunham, creator of HBO's "Girls, reveals that she contracted COVID-19 and the symptoms she experiences and still experience.
Saturday, April 18, 2020
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 12th to 18th, 2020 - Update #24
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEWS - Hollywood and Beyond:
From YahooNews: Why does COVID-19 kill some people and hardly affects others?
From YahooNews: Yahoo has a dedicated page of links updating news about COVID-19.
From Deadline: The news site "Deadline" has a dedicated page for news about coronavirus and the film, TV, and entertainment industries.
From TheNewYorker: The venerable magazine has a dedicate COVID-19 page free to all readers.
From YahooNews: Re: the federal government's response to COVID-19: What if the most important election of our lifetime was the last one - 2016?
From YahooSports: Brian Allen, the starting center for the Los Angeles Rams, announced that he has twice tested positive for COVID-19. He is the first known NFL player to test positive for the virus.
From NBCSports: Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller of the Denver Broncos has tested positive for COVID-19.
From Deadline: "Saturday Night Live" performer, Michael Che, is paying one month's rent for residents of the New York house complex where his late grandmother lived. Che's grandmother, Martha, recently died of complications of COVID-19.
From NJHerald: An investigation has been launched into an elder care facility after 17 bodies are found piled into a small morgue at the facility.
From Variety: Thanks to a COVID-19 surge in orders, shares of Amazon's stock hits an all-time high. The company is currently valued at 1.1 trillion dollars.
From CNN: Actress and film producer, Rita Wilson (and wife of Tom Hanks), describes her experience with COVID-19 in her first interview
From YahooNews: President Donald once wanted to let COVID-19 "wash over the country."
From Deadline: Disney World to furlough 43,000 due to COVID-19 disruptions.
COVID-19 STIMULUS CHECK NEWS:
From YahooNews: Deceased people are getting stimulus check... and the heirs and spouses may be able to keep them.
From YahooNews: This article updates information on COVID-19 stimulus checks, including the introduction of a web tool that will let people track their checks.
According to the Washington Post, here is the timetable for when the IRS will start issuing checks to those who will receive their checks by mail:
Taxpayers with income up to $10,000: April 24
Taxpayers with income up to $20,000: May 1
Taxpayers with income up to $40,000: May 15.
The article has information about mailing dates after May 15th,
COVID-19 OBIT:
From Deadline: The legendary celebrity, film and TV hairstylist, Charles Gregory Ross, died Wednesday, April 8, 2020 due to complications of COVID-19. He worked on numerous film and TV productions over a nearly 30-year career. Ross worked on many Tyler Perry productions and he received a 2005 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on the 2005 HBO movie, "Lackawanna Blues."
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REGULAR ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
MOVIES - From BET: Halle Berry debuts her chiseled abs and hard new body as she preps for the martial arts drama, "Bruised," which she is directing.
TRAILER - From Variety: Actor Tom Hardy and director Josh Trank's Al Capone biopic, "Capone," will hit video-on-demand (VOD) on May 12th.
MOVIES-CHARITY - From Deadline: Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro offer a chance to win a walk-on role in Martin Scorsese's film, "Killers of the Flower Moon."
TELEVISION - From THR: The site offers a review of "The Last Dance," ESPN's 10-part documentary TV series about Michael Jordan and the NBA's Chicago Bulls.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: CBS has cancelled its Sunday night TV series, "God Friended Me" after two seasons. The two-hour series finale will be broadcast Sunday, April 26th.
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: Universal Pictures is still collecting data, but it expects a record-setting digital rental weekend for "Trolls: World Tour." The DreamWorks Animation film was #1 on all on-demand platforms.
MOVIES - From VanityFair: The magazine has a first look at Oscar-nominated actor Timothee Chalamet as "Paul Atreides" in director Denis Villeneuve's upcoming "Dune."
DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney is in early development of a live-action/CG-hybrid of its animated film, "Robin Hood" (1973). Carlos Lopez Estrada ("Blindspotting") will direct.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Dwayne Johnson talks about a "Hobbs & Shaw" sequel and about losing out of "Jack Reacher" to Tom Cruise.
OBITS:
From Deadline: Award-winning film, television, and stage actor, Brian Dennehy, has died at the age of 81, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, of cardiac arrest. Dennehy is best known for his appearances in such films as "First Blood" (1982) and "Tommy Boy" (1995). He won the Tony Award for "Best Actor in a Play," including for 1999 revival of the play, "Death of a Salesman."
From Heavy: Prolific Japanese voice actor Keiji Fujiwara has died at the age of 55, Sunday, April 12, 2020 of cancer. Fujiwara was a voice actor in numerous Japanese anime film ("Crayon Shin-chan" franchise) and television series ("Fullmetal Alchemist," "Kingdom Hearts") and video games ("Final Fantasy" franchise). He also provided the Japanese dub for numerous English-language live-action movies. He was most notably the Japanese voice dub for actor Robert Downey, Jr., providing the Japanese voice for Downey's "Tony Stark/Iron Man" and "Sherlock Holmes."
From CNN: American actor and animation voice actor, Danny Goldman, has died at the age of 80, Monday, April 12, 2020, has died from complications of two strokes he suffered earlier this year. Goldman is best known for being the voice of "Brainy Smurf" on NBC's Saturday morning animation series, "The Smurfs" (1981 to 1989). His most memorable scene in a movie was as an annoying medical student vexing Gene Wilder in Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" (1974).
From BleacherReport: Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died at the age of 36, Sunday, April 12, 2020 in a single-car crash. Jackson played in the NFL from 2006 to 2015. It was during his second stint with the Seattle Seahawks (2013-2015) that he was a member of the Seahawks' Super Bowl XLVIII (#48 held on Feb. 2nd, 2014) championship team. Since 2019, he had been a quarterbacks coach with Tennessee State University.
From CNN: American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman, philanthropist, and advocate of African-American businesses, Earl G. Graves, Sr., has died at the age of 85, Monday, April 6, 2020 of complications from Alzheimer's disease. Graves was best known for founding "Black Enterprise" magazine, which was founded to focus on Black entrepreneurs and Black businesses.
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CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEWS - Hollywood and Beyond:
From YahooNews: Why does COVID-19 kill some people and hardly affects others?
From YahooNews: Yahoo has a dedicated page of links updating news about COVID-19.
From Deadline: The news site "Deadline" has a dedicated page for news about coronavirus and the film, TV, and entertainment industries.
From TheNewYorker: The venerable magazine has a dedicate COVID-19 page free to all readers.
From YahooNews: Re: the federal government's response to COVID-19: What if the most important election of our lifetime was the last one - 2016?
From YahooSports: Brian Allen, the starting center for the Los Angeles Rams, announced that he has twice tested positive for COVID-19. He is the first known NFL player to test positive for the virus.
From NBCSports: Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller of the Denver Broncos has tested positive for COVID-19.
From Deadline: "Saturday Night Live" performer, Michael Che, is paying one month's rent for residents of the New York house complex where his late grandmother lived. Che's grandmother, Martha, recently died of complications of COVID-19.
From NJHerald: An investigation has been launched into an elder care facility after 17 bodies are found piled into a small morgue at the facility.
From Variety: Thanks to a COVID-19 surge in orders, shares of Amazon's stock hits an all-time high. The company is currently valued at 1.1 trillion dollars.
From CNN: Actress and film producer, Rita Wilson (and wife of Tom Hanks), describes her experience with COVID-19 in her first interview
From YahooNews: President Donald once wanted to let COVID-19 "wash over the country."
From Deadline: Disney World to furlough 43,000 due to COVID-19 disruptions.
COVID-19 STIMULUS CHECK NEWS:
From YahooNews: Deceased people are getting stimulus check... and the heirs and spouses may be able to keep them.
From YahooNews: This article updates information on COVID-19 stimulus checks, including the introduction of a web tool that will let people track their checks.
According to the Washington Post, here is the timetable for when the IRS will start issuing checks to those who will receive their checks by mail:
Taxpayers with income up to $10,000: April 24
Taxpayers with income up to $20,000: May 1
Taxpayers with income up to $40,000: May 15.
The article has information about mailing dates after May 15th,
COVID-19 OBIT:
From Deadline: The legendary celebrity, film and TV hairstylist, Charles Gregory Ross, died Wednesday, April 8, 2020 due to complications of COVID-19. He worked on numerous film and TV productions over a nearly 30-year career. Ross worked on many Tyler Perry productions and he received a 2005 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on the 2005 HBO movie, "Lackawanna Blues."
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REGULAR ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
MOVIES - From BET: Halle Berry debuts her chiseled abs and hard new body as she preps for the martial arts drama, "Bruised," which she is directing.
TRAILER - From Variety: Actor Tom Hardy and director Josh Trank's Al Capone biopic, "Capone," will hit video-on-demand (VOD) on May 12th.
MOVIES-CHARITY - From Deadline: Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro offer a chance to win a walk-on role in Martin Scorsese's film, "Killers of the Flower Moon."
TELEVISION - From THR: The site offers a review of "The Last Dance," ESPN's 10-part documentary TV series about Michael Jordan and the NBA's Chicago Bulls.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: CBS has cancelled its Sunday night TV series, "God Friended Me" after two seasons. The two-hour series finale will be broadcast Sunday, April 26th.
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: Universal Pictures is still collecting data, but it expects a record-setting digital rental weekend for "Trolls: World Tour." The DreamWorks Animation film was #1 on all on-demand platforms.
MOVIES - From VanityFair: The magazine has a first look at Oscar-nominated actor Timothee Chalamet as "Paul Atreides" in director Denis Villeneuve's upcoming "Dune."
DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney is in early development of a live-action/CG-hybrid of its animated film, "Robin Hood" (1973). Carlos Lopez Estrada ("Blindspotting") will direct.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Dwayne Johnson talks about a "Hobbs & Shaw" sequel and about losing out of "Jack Reacher" to Tom Cruise.
OBITS:
From Deadline: Award-winning film, television, and stage actor, Brian Dennehy, has died at the age of 81, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, of cardiac arrest. Dennehy is best known for his appearances in such films as "First Blood" (1982) and "Tommy Boy" (1995). He won the Tony Award for "Best Actor in a Play," including for 1999 revival of the play, "Death of a Salesman."
From Heavy: Prolific Japanese voice actor Keiji Fujiwara has died at the age of 55, Sunday, April 12, 2020 of cancer. Fujiwara was a voice actor in numerous Japanese anime film ("Crayon Shin-chan" franchise) and television series ("Fullmetal Alchemist," "Kingdom Hearts") and video games ("Final Fantasy" franchise). He also provided the Japanese dub for numerous English-language live-action movies. He was most notably the Japanese voice dub for actor Robert Downey, Jr., providing the Japanese voice for Downey's "Tony Stark/Iron Man" and "Sherlock Holmes."
From CNN: American actor and animation voice actor, Danny Goldman, has died at the age of 80, Monday, April 12, 2020, has died from complications of two strokes he suffered earlier this year. Goldman is best known for being the voice of "Brainy Smurf" on NBC's Saturday morning animation series, "The Smurfs" (1981 to 1989). His most memorable scene in a movie was as an annoying medical student vexing Gene Wilder in Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" (1974).
From BleacherReport: Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died at the age of 36, Sunday, April 12, 2020 in a single-car crash. Jackson played in the NFL from 2006 to 2015. It was during his second stint with the Seattle Seahawks (2013-2015) that he was a member of the Seahawks' Super Bowl XLVIII (#48 held on Feb. 2nd, 2014) championship team. Since 2019, he had been a quarterbacks coach with Tennessee State University.
From CNN: American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman, philanthropist, and advocate of African-American businesses, Earl G. Graves, Sr., has died at the age of 85, Monday, April 6, 2020 of complications from Alzheimer's disease. Graves was best known for founding "Black Enterprise" magazine, which was founded to focus on Black entrepreneurs and Black businesses.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Movie Review: "Hobbs & Shaw" a Good Start for a Spin-Off Series
TRASH IN MY EYE No. 15 (of 2019) by Leroy Douresseaux
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Running time: 135 minutes; MPAA – PG-13 for prolonged sequences of action and violence, suggestive material and some strong language
DIRECTOR: David Leitch
WRITERS: Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce; based on Chris Morgan (based on the characters created by Gary Scott Thompson)
PRODUCERS: Hiram Garcia, Dwayne Johnson, Chris Morgan, and Jason Statham
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jonathan Sela
EDITORS: Christopher Rouse
COMPOSER: Tyler Bates
ACTION
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Helen Mirren, Eiza Gonzalez, Eddie Marsan, Eliana Su'a, Cliff Curtis, Rob Delaney, and Lori Pelenise Tuisano, with (no screen credit) Kevin Hart and Ryan Reynolds
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is a 2019 action movie from director David Leitch. It is a spin-off from The Fast and the Furious movie franchise. Hobbs & Shaw focuses on a federal agent and a mercenary who are forced to work together to keep a super-human villain from obtaining a deadly virus that could lead to human extinction.
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw opens in London where Hattie Shaw (Vanessa Kirby) and her team of MI6 agents attempt to retrieve a virus, known as “Snowflake.” This virus can be programmed to decimate millions of people, and the mysterious terrorist and tech organization, “Eteon,” wants it. Brixton Lore (Idris Elba) is an Eteon operative with advanced cybernetic implants inside his body that allow him to perform superhuman feats. Eteon has assigned Lore to obtain Snowflake, but before he can do so, Agent Shaw escapes with the virus. So Lore uses Eteon's media sources to brand Shaw a traitor who killed her team.
Lawman Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) is a federal agent working for the DSS (Diplomatic Security Service). Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) is a former British Special Forces assassin-turned-mercenary. Hobbs and Shaw are both informed of the missing Snowflake virus and are assigned to work together to find it and Hattie Shaw, who is Deckard's estranged sister. Hobbs and Shaw have a troubled history together and refuse to team-up. However, Brixton Lore's advanced cybernetic implants give him strength and speed far beyond that of normal humans. He is practically a “Black Superman,” and if Hobbs and Shaw want to stop him, they will have to stop him together.
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is not a great movie, but it is an entertaining action movie. If you, dear reader, like the crazy car chases offered by The Fast and Furious franchise, Hobbs & Shaw offers wreck-filled automobile chase scenes that recall the great Mad Max: Fury Road. Luxury sports cars, souped-up trucks, military vehicles, motorcycles, drones, and more tear across roads, onto walls, and over buildings. This is a non-stop thrill-machine of car chases, crashes, and wrecks.
I do have to be honest. I think Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham's screen chemistry seems forced. It will probably get better in potential sequels. Personally, I am not crazy about actress Vanessa Kirby; she just doesn't work for me. Idris Elba delivers a good performance, but he could have made Brixton Lore a remarkable villain is this film's screenwriting were better.
Hobbs & Shaw also offers some surprise appearances by actors who are not featured or emphasized in any of the film's trailers and previews: Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Hart, and Helen Mirren. Reynolds and Hart are actually quite good in their supporting roles; Mirren's role (as Magdalene Shaw, Deckard and Hattie's mother) feels contrived and forced. If there is a sequel to this film, Reynolds and Hart must return in bigger roles.
I do think that Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw runs too long by about 15 or 20 minutes. The last act is mixed – exciting action set pieces, but the family reunion melodrama is forced. Maybe the thing that keeps Hobbs & Shaw from being as good as the best Fast & Furious films is that too much of it feels forced. The filmmakers want this movie to be “2 fast, 2 furious,” but the movie often feels too forced and too contrived. They need 2 relax.
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw has the ingredients to start a quality action movie franchise. Warts and all, this first movie is a good start.
6 out of 10
B
Saturday, August 3, 2019
The text is copyright © 2019 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog or site for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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Friday, November 30, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from November 25th to 30th, 2018 - Update #18
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ECONOMY - From Bloomberg: "American is poorer than it thinks."
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PIXAR - From SlashFilm: Domee Shi became the first woman to direct a animated short for Pixar when her wonderful and poignant short, "Bao," debuted at the head of "Incredibles 2." In an interview, Shi revealed that she is working on a 90-minute film.
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STREAMING - From TheWrap: Netflix has cancelled its Marvel TV series, "Daredevil," after three seasons. This follows the cancellations of "Luke Cage" and "Iron Fist" by Netflix.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Eiza Gonzalez is joining Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in the "Fast and Furious" spinoff, "Hobbs and Shaw."
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ANIMATION - From BleedingCool: There will be an anime based on the film, "Blade Runner 2049," which will appear on Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" block and on Crunchyroll.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Rita Moreno will play in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" in a new role. Moreno appeared in the original 1961 film version of the 1957 Broadway play and won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role as Anita.
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AWARDS - From IndieWire: The National Board of Review 2018 awards have been announced. "Green Book" named "Best Film of 2018."
From IndieWire: The Gotham Awards 2018 name "The Rider" the "Best Film of 2018."
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DISNEY - From Variety: Amy Sedaris joins Disney's live-action, "The Lion King," in an original voice role that was not in the 1994 animated original.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 11/23 to 11/25/2018 weekend box office is "Ralph Breaks the Internet" with an estimated take of $55.7 million. It's five-day Thanksgiving holiday box office total is an estimated $84.5, the second largest for that five-day period.
From Variety: "The Favourite" leads the indie box office with a per-screen average of $105,200.
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From Forbes: The $55 million debut of "Creed II" is the largest debut for a live-action film during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday period. It is also the seventh largest overall for the period.
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TECH - From FastCompany: The untold and true story of Ed Smith, the African-American video game pioneer.
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STREAMING - From TVSeriesFinale: Hulu is developing a TV series follow-up to the beloved 1994 film, "Four Weddings and a Funeral." Andie MacDowell, who starred in the film, will return for the TV series.
OBITS:
From Variety: Famed Hollywood screenwriter and script doctor, Gloria Katz, died at the age of 76, Sunday, November 25, 2018. She and her husband, Willard Huyck, wrote the film "American Graffiti" with George Lucas, which earned the three an Academy Award nomination. Katz and Huyck were secretly script doctors on the original "Star Wars" film for Lucas, who was friends with the couple.
From Variety: Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of "SpongeBob SquarePants," has died at the age of 57, Monday, November 26, 2018. A cartoonist and illustrator, Hillenburg was also a marine biologist. Hillenburg died of ALS, after announcing in March of 2017 that he had the disease.
From Variety: Italian filmmaker, Bernardo Bertolucci, has died at the age of 77, Monday, November 26, 2018. Bertolucci won an Oscar for directing 1987's "The Last Emperor," one of the film's nine Oscar wins. Bertolucci's influenced generations of filmmakers with his politically charged film, "The Conformist," and his sexually charged and controversial film, "Last Tango in Paris."
From THR: The film director, Nicolas Roeg, has died at the age of 90, Friday, November 23, 2018. Roeg was probably best known for directing David Bowie in the film, "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976). He also directed Mick Jagger in "Performance" (1970), and he directed the influential horror film, "Don't Look Now" (1973).
From Variety: Master magician and actor, Ricky Jay, has died at the age of 72, Saturday, November 24, 2018. A profile of him by the "The New Yorker" called him the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive. Jay appeared in such films as "Boogie Nights" and "Tomorrow Never Dies and in the TV series, "Deadwood."
ECONOMY - From Bloomberg: "American is poorer than it thinks."
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PIXAR - From SlashFilm: Domee Shi became the first woman to direct a animated short for Pixar when her wonderful and poignant short, "Bao," debuted at the head of "Incredibles 2." In an interview, Shi revealed that she is working on a 90-minute film.
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STREAMING - From TheWrap: Netflix has cancelled its Marvel TV series, "Daredevil," after three seasons. This follows the cancellations of "Luke Cage" and "Iron Fist" by Netflix.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Eiza Gonzalez is joining Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in the "Fast and Furious" spinoff, "Hobbs and Shaw."
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ANIMATION - From BleedingCool: There will be an anime based on the film, "Blade Runner 2049," which will appear on Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" block and on Crunchyroll.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Rita Moreno will play in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" in a new role. Moreno appeared in the original 1961 film version of the 1957 Broadway play and won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role as Anita.
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AWARDS - From IndieWire: The National Board of Review 2018 awards have been announced. "Green Book" named "Best Film of 2018."
From IndieWire: The Gotham Awards 2018 name "The Rider" the "Best Film of 2018."
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DISNEY - From Variety: Amy Sedaris joins Disney's live-action, "The Lion King," in an original voice role that was not in the 1994 animated original.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 11/23 to 11/25/2018 weekend box office is "Ralph Breaks the Internet" with an estimated take of $55.7 million. It's five-day Thanksgiving holiday box office total is an estimated $84.5, the second largest for that five-day period.
From Variety: "The Favourite" leads the indie box office with a per-screen average of $105,200.
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From Forbes: The $55 million debut of "Creed II" is the largest debut for a live-action film during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday period. It is also the seventh largest overall for the period.
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TECH - From FastCompany: The untold and true story of Ed Smith, the African-American video game pioneer.
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STREAMING - From TVSeriesFinale: Hulu is developing a TV series follow-up to the beloved 1994 film, "Four Weddings and a Funeral." Andie MacDowell, who starred in the film, will return for the TV series.
OBITS:
From Variety: Famed Hollywood screenwriter and script doctor, Gloria Katz, died at the age of 76, Sunday, November 25, 2018. She and her husband, Willard Huyck, wrote the film "American Graffiti" with George Lucas, which earned the three an Academy Award nomination. Katz and Huyck were secretly script doctors on the original "Star Wars" film for Lucas, who was friends with the couple.
From Variety: Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of "SpongeBob SquarePants," has died at the age of 57, Monday, November 26, 2018. A cartoonist and illustrator, Hillenburg was also a marine biologist. Hillenburg died of ALS, after announcing in March of 2017 that he had the disease.
From Variety: Italian filmmaker, Bernardo Bertolucci, has died at the age of 77, Monday, November 26, 2018. Bertolucci won an Oscar for directing 1987's "The Last Emperor," one of the film's nine Oscar wins. Bertolucci's influenced generations of filmmakers with his politically charged film, "The Conformist," and his sexually charged and controversial film, "Last Tango in Paris."
From THR: The film director, Nicolas Roeg, has died at the age of 90, Friday, November 23, 2018. Roeg was probably best known for directing David Bowie in the film, "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976). He also directed Mick Jagger in "Performance" (1970), and he directed the influential horror film, "Don't Look Now" (1973).
From Variety: Master magician and actor, Ricky Jay, has died at the age of 72, Saturday, November 24, 2018. A profile of him by the "The New Yorker" called him the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive. Jay appeared in such films as "Boogie Nights" and "Tomorrow Never Dies and in the TV series, "Deadwood."
Friday, August 31, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from August 26th to 31st, 2018 - Update #17
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Actress Vanessa Marquez, age 49, was shot to death by a South Pasadena, CA police officer on Thursday, August 30, 2018, during a welfare check, after she pulled a BB gun, which reportedly looked like a real fire arm. Marquez had appeared on NBC's medical drama, "ER," from 1994 to 1997. She claimed that she was blacklisted from the show after making accusations of sexual and racial harassment.
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MOVIES - From Polygon: There is a lesbian slasher film, "What Keeps You Alive."
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: ABC's "Roseanne" spinoff, "The Conners" starts production. Deadline has a first-look photo.
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MOVIES - From PageSix: Turner Classic Movies has partnered with the African American Film Critics Association to bring “The Black Experience on Film” to the network for the month of September.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Damon Herriman will portray Charles Manson for both Quentin Tarantino ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood") and David Fincher (the Netflix series, "Mindhunter").
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STREAMING - From Engadget: The DC Comics streaming service goes live September 15th, 2018 - Batman Day.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Orson Welles' uncompleted final film, "The Other Side of the Wind," has been completed. It will appear on Netflix in November after debuting at this week's Venice International Film Festival.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: For the first time in decades, Woody Allen is not officially working on a film project. Allen usually has one filmed released annually, but there are number of complications that have arisen. Some are related to profitability of his films and others to the #MeToo movement.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's long-planned "Big Trouble in Little China" remake is not actually a remake. It is a sequel... of sorts...
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COMICS-FILM - From Variety: Alec Baldwin has signed on to appear in the Todd Phillips/Joaquin Phoenix "Joker" film as Batman's father, Thomas Wayne.
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RELIGION - From BuzzFeed: "We Saw Nuns Kill Children." This is not a joke!
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TELEVISION - From IndieWire: John Goodman confirms Roseanne's fate in "The Conners," the spinoff of the "Roseanne" show.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Guillermo del Toro sets the cast for "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," which he is co-writing and co-producing.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/24 to 8/26/2018 weekend box office is "Crazy Rich Asians" with an estimated take of $25 million. The film is a repeat winner, as it won last week's race.
From Variety: Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp" leads the global box office with $71 million in grossed in 28 markets, via its $68 million dollar debut in China.
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JAMES BOND - From TheGuardian: Speculation and rumor suggest that Yann Demange, director of "'71," will take over as director of Bond 25, in the wake of Danny Boyle's departure from the production.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Jemele Hill Expected to Part Ways With ESPN, via a buyout by September 1st.
OBIT:
From Variety: The legendary playwright, Neil Simon, has died at the age of 91, Sunday, August 26, 2018. Called the "King of Comedy Playwrights," Simon won Tony Awards for "The Odd Couple," "Lost in Yonkers," and "Biloxi Blues," all which were adapted into films via screenplays he wrote. Simon also won the "Pulitzer Prize for Drama" for "Lost in Yonkers."
TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Actress Vanessa Marquez, age 49, was shot to death by a South Pasadena, CA police officer on Thursday, August 30, 2018, during a welfare check, after she pulled a BB gun, which reportedly looked like a real fire arm. Marquez had appeared on NBC's medical drama, "ER," from 1994 to 1997. She claimed that she was blacklisted from the show after making accusations of sexual and racial harassment.
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MOVIES - From Polygon: There is a lesbian slasher film, "What Keeps You Alive."
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: ABC's "Roseanne" spinoff, "The Conners" starts production. Deadline has a first-look photo.
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MOVIES - From PageSix: Turner Classic Movies has partnered with the African American Film Critics Association to bring “The Black Experience on Film” to the network for the month of September.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Damon Herriman will portray Charles Manson for both Quentin Tarantino ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood") and David Fincher (the Netflix series, "Mindhunter").
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STREAMING - From Engadget: The DC Comics streaming service goes live September 15th, 2018 - Batman Day.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Orson Welles' uncompleted final film, "The Other Side of the Wind," has been completed. It will appear on Netflix in November after debuting at this week's Venice International Film Festival.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: For the first time in decades, Woody Allen is not officially working on a film project. Allen usually has one filmed released annually, but there are number of complications that have arisen. Some are related to profitability of his films and others to the #MeToo movement.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's long-planned "Big Trouble in Little China" remake is not actually a remake. It is a sequel... of sorts...
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COMICS-FILM - From Variety: Alec Baldwin has signed on to appear in the Todd Phillips/Joaquin Phoenix "Joker" film as Batman's father, Thomas Wayne.
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RELIGION - From BuzzFeed: "We Saw Nuns Kill Children." This is not a joke!
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TELEVISION - From IndieWire: John Goodman confirms Roseanne's fate in "The Conners," the spinoff of the "Roseanne" show.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Guillermo del Toro sets the cast for "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," which he is co-writing and co-producing.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/24 to 8/26/2018 weekend box office is "Crazy Rich Asians" with an estimated take of $25 million. The film is a repeat winner, as it won last week's race.
From Variety: Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp" leads the global box office with $71 million in grossed in 28 markets, via its $68 million dollar debut in China.
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JAMES BOND - From TheGuardian: Speculation and rumor suggest that Yann Demange, director of "'71," will take over as director of Bond 25, in the wake of Danny Boyle's departure from the production.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Jemele Hill Expected to Part Ways With ESPN, via a buyout by September 1st.
OBIT:
From Variety: The legendary playwright, Neil Simon, has died at the age of 91, Sunday, August 26, 2018. Called the "King of Comedy Playwrights," Simon won Tony Awards for "The Odd Couple," "Lost in Yonkers," and "Biloxi Blues," all which were adapted into films via screenplays he wrote. Simon also won the "Pulitzer Prize for Drama" for "Lost in Yonkers."
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 15th to 21st, 2018 - Update #26
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COMIC-CON - TELEVISION - From Deadline: Joss Whedon and Monica Owusu-Breen to shepherd a reboot of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but with a Black female lead.
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COMIC-CON - TELEVISION - From Deadline: Andrew Lincoln, who plays "Rick Grimes," the lead character on AMC's hit, "The Walking Dead," confirms that he is leaving the series during the upcoming season.
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SCANDAL - From CBR: Old social media posts get James Gunn ("Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise) fired by Disney.
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SCANDAL - From TheWrap: Lionsgate's legal affairs department is hit with sexual misconduct accusations.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Their will be a movie musical based on the legendary musical, "Cats." Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellan, James Corden, and Taylor Swift will be among the cast.
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COMICS-FILM - From ShadowandAct: Zazie Beetz (FX's "Atlanta") in talks to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Warner/DC Comics' standalone film, "The Joker."
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COMIC-CON - From BleedingCool: New Line announces a third film in its "Annabelle" horror movie franchise.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Sony Pictures moves Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" to August 9, 2019.
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooTheTelegraph: Once upon a time, online morons/trolls were totally against Chris Nolan casting the late Heath Ledger as "The Joker" in "The Dark Knight."
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STREAMING - From YahooEntertainment: Chris Rock joins Eddie Murphy in Murphy's Rudy Ray Moore biopic, "Dolemite is My Name," which will be exclusive to Netflix in 2019.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooSports: An article about former NBA legend Kobe Bryant's upcoming projects.
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COMICS-FILM - From DenofGeek: Everything you need to know about Warner Bros./DC Comics' "Shazam" movie, which is due April 5, 2019.
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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: Black Canary, Huntress, Cassandra Cain, and Renee Montoya will join Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn in the "Birds of Prey" film.
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TELEVISION - From CBR: Their may be a TV series based on the "Aliens" film franchise.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Harrison Ford is considering starring in a big-budget adaptation of the Jack London's 1903 novel, "Call of the Wild." Previous film versions of the classic novel about the Klondike gold rush have starred Clark Gable and Charlton Heston.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Keanu Reeves cast doubt on "Bill & Ted 3" because the project is still facing challenges.
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CULTURE - From NYTimes: "When Black actors use their "White voice."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 7/13 to 7/15/2018 weekend box office is "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" with an estimated take of $44.1 million.
From Variety: "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" also passes new release "Skyscraper" at the international box office.
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EMMYS- From Variety: Here is a complete list of the 70th/ 2018 Emmy Award nominations.
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MOVIES - From TheGuardian: A lost screenplay, "entitled Burning Secret," written by the late Stanley Kubrick ("Full Metal Jacket") has been found.
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MOVIES - From RollingStone: The original director, writers, and actors will return for a sequel to the hit 2009 film, "Zombieland."
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MOVIES - From PopSugar: Dwayne Johnson is not sure if he is going to be in "Fast & Furious 9"
OBIT:
From PittPostGazette: Former NFL player, Gabe Rivera, has died at the age of 57, Monday, July 16, 2018. Rivera was the Steelers first round pick in 1983 out of Texas Tech. Six games into his rookie season, his career ended when he was injured in a car accident and paralyzed from the waist down. Rivera was notoriously chosen ahead of hometown boy Dan Marino who was picked later in the first round by the Miami Dolphins where he went on to have a legendary and record-setting, NFL Hall of Fame career.
VIDEOS:
From YouTube: The first official trailer for "Glass," the sequel to M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable" and "Split."
From YouTube: Second official trailer for "The Predator."
From YouTube: First trailer for Warner Bros./New Line/DC Comics' "Shazam" (due Spring 2019).
From YouTube: First full(?) "Aquaman" trailer.
COMIC-CON - TELEVISION - From Deadline: Joss Whedon and Monica Owusu-Breen to shepherd a reboot of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but with a Black female lead.
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COMIC-CON - TELEVISION - From Deadline: Andrew Lincoln, who plays "Rick Grimes," the lead character on AMC's hit, "The Walking Dead," confirms that he is leaving the series during the upcoming season.
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SCANDAL - From CBR: Old social media posts get James Gunn ("Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise) fired by Disney.
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SCANDAL - From TheWrap: Lionsgate's legal affairs department is hit with sexual misconduct accusations.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Their will be a movie musical based on the legendary musical, "Cats." Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellan, James Corden, and Taylor Swift will be among the cast.
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COMICS-FILM - From ShadowandAct: Zazie Beetz (FX's "Atlanta") in talks to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Warner/DC Comics' standalone film, "The Joker."
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COMIC-CON - From BleedingCool: New Line announces a third film in its "Annabelle" horror movie franchise.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Sony Pictures moves Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" to August 9, 2019.
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooTheTelegraph: Once upon a time, online morons/trolls were totally against Chris Nolan casting the late Heath Ledger as "The Joker" in "The Dark Knight."
----------
STREAMING - From YahooEntertainment: Chris Rock joins Eddie Murphy in Murphy's Rudy Ray Moore biopic, "Dolemite is My Name," which will be exclusive to Netflix in 2019.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooSports: An article about former NBA legend Kobe Bryant's upcoming projects.
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COMICS-FILM - From DenofGeek: Everything you need to know about Warner Bros./DC Comics' "Shazam" movie, which is due April 5, 2019.
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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: Black Canary, Huntress, Cassandra Cain, and Renee Montoya will join Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn in the "Birds of Prey" film.
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TELEVISION - From CBR: Their may be a TV series based on the "Aliens" film franchise.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Harrison Ford is considering starring in a big-budget adaptation of the Jack London's 1903 novel, "Call of the Wild." Previous film versions of the classic novel about the Klondike gold rush have starred Clark Gable and Charlton Heston.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Keanu Reeves cast doubt on "Bill & Ted 3" because the project is still facing challenges.
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CULTURE - From NYTimes: "When Black actors use their "White voice."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 7/13 to 7/15/2018 weekend box office is "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" with an estimated take of $44.1 million.
From Variety: "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" also passes new release "Skyscraper" at the international box office.
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EMMYS- From Variety: Here is a complete list of the 70th/ 2018 Emmy Award nominations.
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MOVIES - From TheGuardian: A lost screenplay, "entitled Burning Secret," written by the late Stanley Kubrick ("Full Metal Jacket") has been found.
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MOVIES - From RollingStone: The original director, writers, and actors will return for a sequel to the hit 2009 film, "Zombieland."
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MOVIES - From PopSugar: Dwayne Johnson is not sure if he is going to be in "Fast & Furious 9"
OBIT:
From PittPostGazette: Former NFL player, Gabe Rivera, has died at the age of 57, Monday, July 16, 2018. Rivera was the Steelers first round pick in 1983 out of Texas Tech. Six games into his rookie season, his career ended when he was injured in a car accident and paralyzed from the waist down. Rivera was notoriously chosen ahead of hometown boy Dan Marino who was picked later in the first round by the Miami Dolphins where he went on to have a legendary and record-setting, NFL Hall of Fame career.
VIDEOS:
From YouTube: The first official trailer for "Glass," the sequel to M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable" and "Split."
From YouTube: Second official trailer for "The Predator."
From YouTube: First trailer for Warner Bros./New Line/DC Comics' "Shazam" (due Spring 2019).
From YouTube: First full(?) "Aquaman" trailer.
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 1st to 7th, 2018- Update #15
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MOVIES - From THR: James Cameron's "Terminator" reboot (which is being directed by Tim Miller) has been moved from a July 2019 release date to a November 2019 release date.
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CULTURE - From TheNewYorker: Classic 1980s actress Molly Ringwald revisits the films of her youth, including a film in which she starred, John Hughes' "The Breakfast Club," in the context of the #MeToo movement.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Dwayne Johnson talks about his "Fast and Furious" feud with Vin Diesel.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: FX has ordered a pilot based on the acclaimed comic book, "Y: The Last Man."
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MOVIES - From THR: Steven Spielberg is open to making "Indiana Jones" a woman.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Screenwriter Zak Penn insists that he is not rebooting "The Matrix."
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COMICS-FILM - From CBR: "Wonder Woman" was Warner Bros. most profitable film of 2017, with estimates saying perhaps over $250 million in profits.
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DISNEY - From 24/7WallSt: So far, 31 percent of domestic movie ticket sales belong to the Walt Disney Company. Sony/Columbia have 14 percent and Fox has 13 percent.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooLifestyle: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson reveals his battle with depression.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 3/30 to 4/1/2018 Easter weekend box office is "Ready Player One" with an estimated take of $41.2 million.
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POLITICS - From Slate: A "Happy Unhinged Easter" from President Trump.
From LukovichBlog: Why Evangelicals admire President Trump.
OBITS:
From Variety: The actor Soon-Tek Oh died at the age of 85, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Soon-Tek was Korean-American and was a pioneering figure in Asian-American, being the founder of the "East West Theater," one of the first Asian-American theater companies. Many may know him as the voice of "Fa-Zhou," the father of Mulan in two of Disney's "Mulan" films. He appeared in numerous television series beginning in the 1960s. He also appeared in numerous films, including the James Bond film, "Man with the Golden Gun."
From Variety: Actress Susan Anspach has died at the age of 75, Monday, April 2, 2018. Anspach was best known for her appearances in 1970s film, "Five Easy Pieces" and Woody Allen's "Play It Again, Sam."
From TheWrap: Prolific television writer and producer Steven Bochco has died at the age of 74, Sunday, April 1, 2018. The prolific producer revolutionized TV dramas in the 1980s and dramas with such series as "Hill Street Blues," L.A. Law," and "NYPD Blue." He won 10 Emmy Awards and 4 Peabody Awards. He won the "Humanitas Prize" twice and was inducted into the "Television Hall of Fame" in 1996.
From YahooNews: Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died at the age of 81, Monday, April 2, 2018. She was the ex-wife of South African freedom fighter and eventual president, Winnie Mandela.
MOVIES - From THR: James Cameron's "Terminator" reboot (which is being directed by Tim Miller) has been moved from a July 2019 release date to a November 2019 release date.
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CULTURE - From TheNewYorker: Classic 1980s actress Molly Ringwald revisits the films of her youth, including a film in which she starred, John Hughes' "The Breakfast Club," in the context of the #MeToo movement.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Dwayne Johnson talks about his "Fast and Furious" feud with Vin Diesel.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: FX has ordered a pilot based on the acclaimed comic book, "Y: The Last Man."
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MOVIES - From THR: Steven Spielberg is open to making "Indiana Jones" a woman.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Screenwriter Zak Penn insists that he is not rebooting "The Matrix."
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COMICS-FILM - From CBR: "Wonder Woman" was Warner Bros. most profitable film of 2017, with estimates saying perhaps over $250 million in profits.
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DISNEY - From 24/7WallSt: So far, 31 percent of domestic movie ticket sales belong to the Walt Disney Company. Sony/Columbia have 14 percent and Fox has 13 percent.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooLifestyle: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson reveals his battle with depression.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 3/30 to 4/1/2018 Easter weekend box office is "Ready Player One" with an estimated take of $41.2 million.
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POLITICS - From Slate: A "Happy Unhinged Easter" from President Trump.
From LukovichBlog: Why Evangelicals admire President Trump.
OBITS:
From Variety: The actor Soon-Tek Oh died at the age of 85, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Soon-Tek was Korean-American and was a pioneering figure in Asian-American, being the founder of the "East West Theater," one of the first Asian-American theater companies. Many may know him as the voice of "Fa-Zhou," the father of Mulan in two of Disney's "Mulan" films. He appeared in numerous television series beginning in the 1960s. He also appeared in numerous films, including the James Bond film, "Man with the Golden Gun."
From Variety: Actress Susan Anspach has died at the age of 75, Monday, April 2, 2018. Anspach was best known for her appearances in 1970s film, "Five Easy Pieces" and Woody Allen's "Play It Again, Sam."
From TheWrap: Prolific television writer and producer Steven Bochco has died at the age of 74, Sunday, April 1, 2018. The prolific producer revolutionized TV dramas in the 1980s and dramas with such series as "Hill Street Blues," L.A. Law," and "NYPD Blue." He won 10 Emmy Awards and 4 Peabody Awards. He won the "Humanitas Prize" twice and was inducted into the "Television Hall of Fame" in 1996.
From YahooNews: Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died at the age of 81, Monday, April 2, 2018. She was the ex-wife of South African freedom fighter and eventual president, Winnie Mandela.
Friday, April 6, 2018
2018 Kids' Choice Awards Announced - Complete Winners List
Dwayne Johnson, Demi Lovato, Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Zendaya, Shawn Mendes, Millie Bobby Brown, Fifth Harmony, Stranger Things, Coco and More Win Big at Nickelodeon's 2018 Kids' Choice Awards
KCA Host John Cena, Shawn Mendes, Heidi Klum, Mel B, Laurie Hernandez, JoJo Siwa and Liza Koshy Among Celebs Doused with Iconic Slime
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dwayne Johnson, Demi Lovato, Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Zendaya, Shawn Mendes, Millie Bobby Brown, Fifth Harmony, Stranger Things, Coco and more were among those who won coveted orange blimps at Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday, March 24, 2018 8-9:30 p.m. (ET/tape delayed for West Coast). Hosted by WWE Superstar John Cena, the unpredictable mess-fest was broadcast live from the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., where kids celebrated the best of everything they love in pop culture.
This year's festivities included Cena running through the “Upslime Down Room,” “Black Panther’s” dressing room and the wrestling ring, before slamming onto the KCA stage. Cena then performed the hottest dances--the Swish Swish; The Rolex and Mic Drop--with social media star Backpack Kid and kid dancers.
During the show, chart-topping band N.E.R.D. performed their smash hit, “Lemon,” with a crew of kid dancers on top of a cafeteria table. Nickelodeon star and social media sensation JoJo Siwa also took the stage with a medley of her hits “Kid in a Candy Store,” “Hold the Drama” and “Boomerang,” before getting doused with green slime.
The 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards proved to be a mega slime-fest: from Heidi Klum and Mel B getting slime-soaked on a swing set while presenting an award; to Favorite Funny YouTube Creator winner Liza Koshy getting a surprise double sliming at the podium and backstage; to Henry Danger star Jace Norman pranking Shawn Mendes with buckets of green goo after winning Favorite Male Artist; and Cena closing the show with an epic finale sliming of the audience after receiving the ultimate dousing himself.
This year’s show put the power of choice in the hands of kids at home with an interactive digital experience. Kids had the opportunity to choose what happens live during the show by casting votes to determine the outcome of multiple stunts including: Black-ish star Marsai Martin wearing “Guac Socks” in a game of “Eat It or Wear It,” and social media stars Alex Wassabi and LaurDIY taking on the “Fear Box” challenge.
Additional celebrities in attendance include: Kristen Bell, Josh Brener, Nick Cannon, Echosmith, Kat Graham, Grant Gustin, Laurie Hernandez, Jiffpom, Chloe Kim, Darci Lynne & Petunia, Omar Miller, Ne-Yo, Storm Reid, Ben Schwartz, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Yara Shahidi, Brandon Mychal Smith, Jaden Smith, Hailee Steinfeld, Channing Tatum and Zendaya.
In addition to the live votes, Nick's digital platforms offered a second screen experience that included real-time play-alongs, interactive polls that paid off within the show and exclusive real-time updates with photos and videos from the orange carpet and backstage. From Facebook to Snapchat and everything in between, Nickelodeon's social channels captured all of the best snaps, memes, GIFs, videos and pics from the night. Fans can go to Nick.com or the Nick App to relive all of their favorite show moments by watching video highlights from the live show and flipping through live event pictures.
Kids and families casted votes in 19 categories, including four new ones, Favorite Funny YouTube Creator, Favorite Musical YouTube Creator, Favorite Dance Trend and Favorite Instagram Pet. Fans were able to vote for their top picks across all of Nickelodeon’s digital platforms including Nick.com and the Nick app and on iPad, iPhone, Kindle, and select Android devices; along with Twitter using #KCA.
Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards will encore tonight at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) and Sunday, March 25, at 5:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. Replays of the awards will also air on TeenNick Monday March 26, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT), and on Nicktoons Wednesday, March 28, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The show will also be available on Nickelodeon On Demand beginning Sunday, March 25.
Following are Nickelodeon's 2018 Kids' Choice Awards winners:
FILM:
Favorite Movie
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Favorite Movie Actor
Dwayne Johnson (Dr. Smolder Bravestone, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle)
Favorite Movie Actress
Zendaya (Anne Wheeler, The Greatest Showman & Michelle “MJ” Jones, Spider-Man: Homecoming)
Favorite Animated Movie
Coco
MUSIC:
Favorite Music Group
Fifth Harmony
Favorite Male Artist
Shawn Mendes
Favorite Female Artist
Demi Lovato
Favorite Song
“Shape Of You” (Ed Sheeran)
Favorite Breakout Artist
Camila Cabello
Favorite Global Music Star
ASIA: BTS
TELEVISION:
Favorite TV Show
Stranger Things
Favorite Cartoon
SpongeBob SquarePants
Favorite TV Actor
Jace Norman (Henry Hart, Henry Danger)
Favorite TV Actress
Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven, Stranger Things)
OTHER CATEGORIES:
Favorite Funny YouTube Creator
Liza Koshy
Favorite Musical YouTube Creator
JoJo Siwa
Favorite Instagram Pet
Jiffpom
Favorite Dance Trend
Backpack Kid
Favorite Video Game
Just Dance 2018
Sponsors of Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards include Barbie®, Cinnamon Toast Crunch ™, Lysol®, Nintendo of America, Swiffer®, Toyota and Walmart. The presenting international sponsor for the 2018 Nickelodeon’s Kids' Choice Awards is Heelys.
Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards is produced by Nickelodeon Productions. Elizabeth Kelly, Michael Dempsey, Shelly Sumpter Gillyard and Jay Schmalholz are executive producers.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 37th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 90 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 20 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).
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KCA Host John Cena, Shawn Mendes, Heidi Klum, Mel B, Laurie Hernandez, JoJo Siwa and Liza Koshy Among Celebs Doused with Iconic Slime
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dwayne Johnson, Demi Lovato, Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Zendaya, Shawn Mendes, Millie Bobby Brown, Fifth Harmony, Stranger Things, Coco and more were among those who won coveted orange blimps at Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday, March 24, 2018 8-9:30 p.m. (ET/tape delayed for West Coast). Hosted by WWE Superstar John Cena, the unpredictable mess-fest was broadcast live from the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., where kids celebrated the best of everything they love in pop culture.
This year's festivities included Cena running through the “Upslime Down Room,” “Black Panther’s” dressing room and the wrestling ring, before slamming onto the KCA stage. Cena then performed the hottest dances--the Swish Swish; The Rolex and Mic Drop--with social media star Backpack Kid and kid dancers.
During the show, chart-topping band N.E.R.D. performed their smash hit, “Lemon,” with a crew of kid dancers on top of a cafeteria table. Nickelodeon star and social media sensation JoJo Siwa also took the stage with a medley of her hits “Kid in a Candy Store,” “Hold the Drama” and “Boomerang,” before getting doused with green slime.
The 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards proved to be a mega slime-fest: from Heidi Klum and Mel B getting slime-soaked on a swing set while presenting an award; to Favorite Funny YouTube Creator winner Liza Koshy getting a surprise double sliming at the podium and backstage; to Henry Danger star Jace Norman pranking Shawn Mendes with buckets of green goo after winning Favorite Male Artist; and Cena closing the show with an epic finale sliming of the audience after receiving the ultimate dousing himself.
This year’s show put the power of choice in the hands of kids at home with an interactive digital experience. Kids had the opportunity to choose what happens live during the show by casting votes to determine the outcome of multiple stunts including: Black-ish star Marsai Martin wearing “Guac Socks” in a game of “Eat It or Wear It,” and social media stars Alex Wassabi and LaurDIY taking on the “Fear Box” challenge.
Additional celebrities in attendance include: Kristen Bell, Josh Brener, Nick Cannon, Echosmith, Kat Graham, Grant Gustin, Laurie Hernandez, Jiffpom, Chloe Kim, Darci Lynne & Petunia, Omar Miller, Ne-Yo, Storm Reid, Ben Schwartz, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Yara Shahidi, Brandon Mychal Smith, Jaden Smith, Hailee Steinfeld, Channing Tatum and Zendaya.
In addition to the live votes, Nick's digital platforms offered a second screen experience that included real-time play-alongs, interactive polls that paid off within the show and exclusive real-time updates with photos and videos from the orange carpet and backstage. From Facebook to Snapchat and everything in between, Nickelodeon's social channels captured all of the best snaps, memes, GIFs, videos and pics from the night. Fans can go to Nick.com or the Nick App to relive all of their favorite show moments by watching video highlights from the live show and flipping through live event pictures.
Kids and families casted votes in 19 categories, including four new ones, Favorite Funny YouTube Creator, Favorite Musical YouTube Creator, Favorite Dance Trend and Favorite Instagram Pet. Fans were able to vote for their top picks across all of Nickelodeon’s digital platforms including Nick.com and the Nick app and on iPad, iPhone, Kindle, and select Android devices; along with Twitter using #KCA.
Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards will encore tonight at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) and Sunday, March 25, at 5:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. Replays of the awards will also air on TeenNick Monday March 26, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT), and on Nicktoons Wednesday, March 28, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The show will also be available on Nickelodeon On Demand beginning Sunday, March 25.
Following are Nickelodeon's 2018 Kids' Choice Awards winners:
FILM:
Favorite Movie
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Favorite Movie Actor
Dwayne Johnson (Dr. Smolder Bravestone, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle)
Favorite Movie Actress
Zendaya (Anne Wheeler, The Greatest Showman & Michelle “MJ” Jones, Spider-Man: Homecoming)
Favorite Animated Movie
Coco
MUSIC:
Favorite Music Group
Fifth Harmony
Favorite Male Artist
Shawn Mendes
Favorite Female Artist
Demi Lovato
Favorite Song
“Shape Of You” (Ed Sheeran)
Favorite Breakout Artist
Camila Cabello
Favorite Global Music Star
ASIA: BTS
TELEVISION:
Favorite TV Show
Stranger Things
Favorite Cartoon
SpongeBob SquarePants
Favorite TV Actor
Jace Norman (Henry Hart, Henry Danger)
Favorite TV Actress
Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven, Stranger Things)
OTHER CATEGORIES:
Favorite Funny YouTube Creator
Liza Koshy
Favorite Musical YouTube Creator
JoJo Siwa
Favorite Instagram Pet
Jiffpom
Favorite Dance Trend
Backpack Kid
Favorite Video Game
Just Dance 2018
Sponsors of Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards include Barbie®, Cinnamon Toast Crunch ™, Lysol®, Nintendo of America, Swiffer®, Toyota and Walmart. The presenting international sponsor for the 2018 Nickelodeon’s Kids' Choice Awards is Heelys.
Nickelodeon’s 2018 Kids’ Choice Awards is produced by Nickelodeon Productions. Elizabeth Kelly, Michael Dempsey, Shelly Sumpter Gillyard and Jay Schmalholz are executive producers.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 37th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 90 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 20 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).
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Saturday, February 17, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from February 11th to 17th - Update #17
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#PARKLANDSHOOTING - From RSN/NPR: 17 People Died in the Parkland Shooting. Here Are Their Names
From TheDailyBeast: White Supremacists Claim Nikolas Cruz Trained With Them; Students Say He Wore Trump Hat in School
From Yahoo: Neil deGrasse Tyson Drops Science on ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Crowd After Florida School Shooting
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Humanitas Prize 2018 winners include "Mudbound," "The Post," and "Lady Bird."
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BDS - From RSN: Actors Rosario Dawson and Danny Glover, novelist Alice Walker, and activist Angela Davis Among 27 U.S. Figures Calling for Release of Jailed Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi
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OSCARS - From THR: Viola Davis, Margot Robbie, and Mahershala Ali among first presents at Oscars 2018.
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STREAMING - From Variety: "Jeffrey Tambor officially leaves Amazon's "Transparent" in the wake of misconduct allegations against him.
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DISNEY - From BleedingCool: "The Lion King" live-action reboot could have a new song by Elton John and Beyonce.
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TELEVISION - From TVLine: "It's possible," Jerry Seinfeld says a revival of his beloved former NBC series, "Seinfeld."
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MOVIES - From THR: Fox changes release dates for some of its upcoming films, including its "Murder on the Orient Express."
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CRIME - From RSN: Does Your State Allow Police to Have Sex With People They Arrest?
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CULTURE - From LATimes: Do some Disneyland super-fans act like gangsters. A lawsuit says so.
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ANIMATION - From BleedingCool: Super Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto explains why he went with Illumination to make the recently announced "Super Mario Bros." animated film.
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COMICS-FILM - From Deadline: Fox has put director Tim Miller and writer Brian Michael Bendis together for an X-Men film project. Miller directed the first "Deadpool" movie, and Bendis is a longtime and popular comic book writer, best known (so far) for his work at Marvel Comics. Bendis recently began an exclusive arrangement with DC Comics.
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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Oscar-nominee Mary J. Blige joins Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 2/9 to 2/11/2018 weekend box office is "Fifty Shades Freed" with an estimated take of $38.8 million.
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MOVIES - From Forbes: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is a $20 million per picture action star.
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FESTIVALS - From Junkee: Coming out of Sundance 2018, the new horror movie, "Heriditary," is being called "the scariest movie ever."
OBIT:
From TheGuardian: The Icelandic musician, producer, and film composer, Johann Johannsson, died at the age of 48, Friday, February 9, 2018. Johannsson earned Academy Award nominations for his film scores on the movies, "The Theory of Everything" and "Sicario." He won the Golden Globe Award for "The Theory of Everything."
#PARKLANDSHOOTING - From RSN/NPR: 17 People Died in the Parkland Shooting. Here Are Their Names
From TheDailyBeast: White Supremacists Claim Nikolas Cruz Trained With Them; Students Say He Wore Trump Hat in School
From Yahoo: Neil deGrasse Tyson Drops Science on ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Crowd After Florida School Shooting
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Humanitas Prize 2018 winners include "Mudbound," "The Post," and "Lady Bird."
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BDS - From RSN: Actors Rosario Dawson and Danny Glover, novelist Alice Walker, and activist Angela Davis Among 27 U.S. Figures Calling for Release of Jailed Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi
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OSCARS - From THR: Viola Davis, Margot Robbie, and Mahershala Ali among first presents at Oscars 2018.
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STREAMING - From Variety: "Jeffrey Tambor officially leaves Amazon's "Transparent" in the wake of misconduct allegations against him.
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DISNEY - From BleedingCool: "The Lion King" live-action reboot could have a new song by Elton John and Beyonce.
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TELEVISION - From TVLine: "It's possible," Jerry Seinfeld says a revival of his beloved former NBC series, "Seinfeld."
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MOVIES - From THR: Fox changes release dates for some of its upcoming films, including its "Murder on the Orient Express."
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CRIME - From RSN: Does Your State Allow Police to Have Sex With People They Arrest?
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CULTURE - From LATimes: Do some Disneyland super-fans act like gangsters. A lawsuit says so.
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ANIMATION - From BleedingCool: Super Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto explains why he went with Illumination to make the recently announced "Super Mario Bros." animated film.
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COMICS-FILM - From Deadline: Fox has put director Tim Miller and writer Brian Michael Bendis together for an X-Men film project. Miller directed the first "Deadpool" movie, and Bendis is a longtime and popular comic book writer, best known (so far) for his work at Marvel Comics. Bendis recently began an exclusive arrangement with DC Comics.
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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Oscar-nominee Mary J. Blige joins Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 2/9 to 2/11/2018 weekend box office is "Fifty Shades Freed" with an estimated take of $38.8 million.
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MOVIES - From Forbes: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is a $20 million per picture action star.
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FESTIVALS - From Junkee: Coming out of Sundance 2018, the new horror movie, "Heriditary," is being called "the scariest movie ever."
OBIT:
From TheGuardian: The Icelandic musician, producer, and film composer, Johann Johannsson, died at the age of 48, Friday, February 9, 2018. Johannsson earned Academy Award nominations for his film scores on the movies, "The Theory of Everything" and "Sicario." He won the Golden Globe Award for "The Theory of Everything."
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from October 8th to 14th, 2017 - Update #40
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MOVIES - From THR: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which bestows the Academy Awards (Oscars), has expelled Harvey Weinstein in the wake of sexual harassment and sexual assault charges.
From THR: Harvey's brother, Bob Weinstein, who cofounded The Weinstein Company with Harvey, gives an interview to "The Hollywood Reporter."
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CULTURE - From BoingBoing: A white guy tries to blow up a plane and hardly anyone noticed... this is not a joke.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Amazon severs ties with The Weinstein Company and that means that it cancels its involvement with David O. Russell and his TV series to star Robert DeNiro and Julianne Moore.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: The title of the Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis film is "Phantom Thread."
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Actress Amber Tamblyn releases a statement for her friend, Quentin Tarantino, about his friend, Harvey Weinstein.
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COMICS-FILM - From Collider: "X-Men" spinoff "Gambit," with Channing Tatum, is back on and has a Feb. 2019 release date. Gore Verbinski is supposed to direct the film.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Even if its changes its name, The Weinstein Company may not be able to survive the still-growing Harvey Weinstein scandal.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: "Beetlejuice 2" is apparently really happening, and has a new writer.
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COMICS-FILM - From JoBlo: The first teaser for Fox's "X-Men" spinoff, "New Mutants," arrives some time after midnight, Fri., Oct. 13th.
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COMICS-FILM - From DenofGeek: Marvel Studios will publish an official time line of the Marvel Cinematic Universe so that viewers can figure out what happened and when it happened.
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CULTURE - From TheNewYorker: From a story by Ronan Farrow, Harvey Weinstein's victims tell their stories.
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MOVIES: From THR: Gal Gadot ("Wonder Woman") is in talks to star in the Nazi revenge thriller, "Ruin." Gadot is a citizen of Israel.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Fox has cast "Ralphie" in its live musical version of "A Christmas Story." He is 11-year-old Alex Walken.
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ANIMATION - From Variety: Walt Disney Animation Studios has stopped development on "Gigantic," its adaptation of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk."
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POLITICS - From YahooAOL: LeBron James and Colin Kaepernick have perfect reactions to Eminem's freestyle diss of President Trump during Tuesday night's BET Hip Hop Awards.
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MOVIES - From YahooUKMovies: - A film fan "mansplains" Indiana Jones' costume to the woman who designed it, Deborah Landis.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Ben Affleck expressed disgust at the sexual harassment behavior of movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, but actress Rose McGowan says Affleck knew years ago about Harvey's behavior... because she told him about it!
From YahooUKMovies: Plus, former MTV host, Hilarie Burton, says Ben Affleck once groped her when she "was a kid."
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RELIEF - From Remezcla: Here is how you can keep helping Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Apple is nearing a deal with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and NBCUnivesal to revive the 1980s anthology series, "Amazing Stories."
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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: When Harvey Weinstein allegedly sexually harassed Gwyneth Paltrow, she was dating Brad Pitt. Pitt reportedly threatened to beat up Weinstein over the incident with Paltrow.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooNews: Actor and celebrity host Terry Crews recounts a recent experience with sexual harassment, which sounds more like sexual assault.
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MOVIES - From CinemaBlend: Dwayne Johnson says that he wants to use his "Hobbs" "Fast & Furious" spinoff to expand the franchise.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Sylvester Stallone wants to produce and direct "Creed 2," the sequel to "Creed," which was directed by Ryan Coogler.
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SPORTS - From TheNation: In light of former NFL player and coach, Mike Ditka's latest racist rants, here is another classic from sports writer, Dave Zirin, "The Unbearable Bigotry of Mike Ditka."
From TheChicagoTribune: And if Mike Ditka can't see oppression during the last 100 years [Didn't know he was that old! - Ed.], medicines like Viagra (for which he once famously shilled) may cause injury to one's eyesight.
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EMMY - From Emmys: This Microsoft Word PDF is a detailed list of the winners of the 38th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: The late actor, Anton Yelchin (who died in June 2016) is honored in an emotional celebration of life.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 10/6 to 10/8/2017 box office weekend is "Blade Runner 2049."
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HUMAN RIGHTS - From Truthout: This Holocaust survivor is more afraid of Neo-Nazi than Antifa activists.
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CELEBRITY - From THR: And The Weinstein Company terminates Harvey Weinstein.
From RSN: Harvey Weinstein losing supporters, including his advisor Lisa Bloom, as controversy around sexual harassment allegations mounts.
From HuffPost: And Harvey ejaculated into a potted plant.
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HARRY POTTER - From Variety: Jessica Williams, formerly a correspondent on "The Daily Show," are among the new announced cast members of the "Fantastic Beasts" sequel.
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MOVIES - From BusinessInsider: Jennifer Lawrence wants to explain her film, "mother," to you.
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CELEBRITY - From TheGuardian: How weird does a movie star have to be before we stop watching their films.
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MOVIES - From NPR: National Public Radio offers 16 Fall movies they think we should pay attention to.
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MOVIES - From Variety: There is a fight over who will have the final cut on the film, "The Professor and the Madman," starring Mel Gibson.
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FILM FESTIVALS - From Wired: The best films from the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival to look forward to.
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MOVIES - From Variety: 14-year-old Jaeden Lieberher talks about his hit movie, "IT."
TRAILERS:
From YahooEntertaiment: Here is the first trailer for Fox's "X-Men," spinoff, "The New Mutants."
From YouTube: The second official trailer for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."
From Kottke: Here is the trailer for the documentary, "Score: A Film Music Documentary."
OBITS:
From TheNewYorkTimes: Basketball Hall of Fame member, Connie "The Hawk" Hawkins, has died at the age of 75, Friday, October 6, 2017. Hawkins played seven seasons in the NBA. As a freshman, Hawkins was expelled from Iowa and later barred for awhile from the NBA because his name was connected via unsubstantiated rumors that he was involved in a New York City point shaving scandal.
From ESPN: Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, Y.A. Tittle, has died at the age of 90, Sunday, October 8, 2017. He was on the 1963 MVP. He played his college football at Louisiana State University, which he led to the 1947 Cotton Bowl, known as the "Ice Bowl." He played most of his career for the San Francisco 49ers, but had his greatest success at the end of his career with the New York Giants.
MOVIES - From THR: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which bestows the Academy Awards (Oscars), has expelled Harvey Weinstein in the wake of sexual harassment and sexual assault charges.
From THR: Harvey's brother, Bob Weinstein, who cofounded The Weinstein Company with Harvey, gives an interview to "The Hollywood Reporter."
----------
CULTURE - From BoingBoing: A white guy tries to blow up a plane and hardly anyone noticed... this is not a joke.
----------
MOVIES - From TheWrap: Amazon severs ties with The Weinstein Company and that means that it cancels its involvement with David O. Russell and his TV series to star Robert DeNiro and Julianne Moore.
----------
MOVIES - From IndieWire: The title of the Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis film is "Phantom Thread."
----------
MOVIES - From TheWrap: Actress Amber Tamblyn releases a statement for her friend, Quentin Tarantino, about his friend, Harvey Weinstein.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From Collider: "X-Men" spinoff "Gambit," with Channing Tatum, is back on and has a Feb. 2019 release date. Gore Verbinski is supposed to direct the film.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Even if its changes its name, The Weinstein Company may not be able to survive the still-growing Harvey Weinstein scandal.
---------
MOVIES - From Deadline: "Beetlejuice 2" is apparently really happening, and has a new writer.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From JoBlo: The first teaser for Fox's "X-Men" spinoff, "New Mutants," arrives some time after midnight, Fri., Oct. 13th.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From DenofGeek: Marvel Studios will publish an official time line of the Marvel Cinematic Universe so that viewers can figure out what happened and when it happened.
----------
CULTURE - From TheNewYorker: From a story by Ronan Farrow, Harvey Weinstein's victims tell their stories.
----------
MOVIES: From THR: Gal Gadot ("Wonder Woman") is in talks to star in the Nazi revenge thriller, "Ruin." Gadot is a citizen of Israel.
----------
TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Fox has cast "Ralphie" in its live musical version of "A Christmas Story." He is 11-year-old Alex Walken.
----------
ANIMATION - From Variety: Walt Disney Animation Studios has stopped development on "Gigantic," its adaptation of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk."
----------
POLITICS - From YahooAOL: LeBron James and Colin Kaepernick have perfect reactions to Eminem's freestyle diss of President Trump during Tuesday night's BET Hip Hop Awards.
----------
MOVIES - From YahooUKMovies: - A film fan "mansplains" Indiana Jones' costume to the woman who designed it, Deborah Landis.
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Ben Affleck expressed disgust at the sexual harassment behavior of movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, but actress Rose McGowan says Affleck knew years ago about Harvey's behavior... because she told him about it!
From YahooUKMovies: Plus, former MTV host, Hilarie Burton, says Ben Affleck once groped her when she "was a kid."
----------
RELIEF - From Remezcla: Here is how you can keep helping Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria.
----------
TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Apple is nearing a deal with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and NBCUnivesal to revive the 1980s anthology series, "Amazing Stories."
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: When Harvey Weinstein allegedly sexually harassed Gwyneth Paltrow, she was dating Brad Pitt. Pitt reportedly threatened to beat up Weinstein over the incident with Paltrow.
---------
CELEBRITY - From YahooNews: Actor and celebrity host Terry Crews recounts a recent experience with sexual harassment, which sounds more like sexual assault.
----------
MOVIES - From CinemaBlend: Dwayne Johnson says that he wants to use his "Hobbs" "Fast & Furious" spinoff to expand the franchise.
----------
MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Sylvester Stallone wants to produce and direct "Creed 2," the sequel to "Creed," which was directed by Ryan Coogler.
----------
SPORTS - From TheNation: In light of former NFL player and coach, Mike Ditka's latest racist rants, here is another classic from sports writer, Dave Zirin, "The Unbearable Bigotry of Mike Ditka."
From TheChicagoTribune: And if Mike Ditka can't see oppression during the last 100 years [Didn't know he was that old! - Ed.], medicines like Viagra (for which he once famously shilled) may cause injury to one's eyesight.
----------
EMMY - From Emmys: This Microsoft Word PDF is a detailed list of the winners of the 38th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: The late actor, Anton Yelchin (who died in June 2016) is honored in an emotional celebration of life.
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 10/6 to 10/8/2017 box office weekend is "Blade Runner 2049."
----------
HUMAN RIGHTS - From Truthout: This Holocaust survivor is more afraid of Neo-Nazi than Antifa activists.
----------
CELEBRITY - From THR: And The Weinstein Company terminates Harvey Weinstein.
From RSN: Harvey Weinstein losing supporters, including his advisor Lisa Bloom, as controversy around sexual harassment allegations mounts.
From HuffPost: And Harvey ejaculated into a potted plant.
----------
HARRY POTTER - From Variety: Jessica Williams, formerly a correspondent on "The Daily Show," are among the new announced cast members of the "Fantastic Beasts" sequel.
----------
MOVIES - From BusinessInsider: Jennifer Lawrence wants to explain her film, "mother," to you.
----------
CELEBRITY - From TheGuardian: How weird does a movie star have to be before we stop watching their films.
----------
MOVIES - From NPR: National Public Radio offers 16 Fall movies they think we should pay attention to.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: There is a fight over who will have the final cut on the film, "The Professor and the Madman," starring Mel Gibson.
----------
FILM FESTIVALS - From Wired: The best films from the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival to look forward to.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: 14-year-old Jaeden Lieberher talks about his hit movie, "IT."
TRAILERS:
From YahooEntertaiment: Here is the first trailer for Fox's "X-Men," spinoff, "The New Mutants."
From YouTube: The second official trailer for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."
From Kottke: Here is the trailer for the documentary, "Score: A Film Music Documentary."
OBITS:
From TheNewYorkTimes: Basketball Hall of Fame member, Connie "The Hawk" Hawkins, has died at the age of 75, Friday, October 6, 2017. Hawkins played seven seasons in the NBA. As a freshman, Hawkins was expelled from Iowa and later barred for awhile from the NBA because his name was connected via unsubstantiated rumors that he was involved in a New York City point shaving scandal.
From ESPN: Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, Y.A. Tittle, has died at the age of 90, Sunday, October 8, 2017. He was on the 1963 MVP. He played his college football at Louisiana State University, which he led to the 1947 Cotton Bowl, known as the "Ice Bowl." He played most of his career for the San Francisco 49ers, but had his greatest success at the end of his career with the New York Giants.
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