by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
POLITICS-HALLELUJAH - From CNN: Joseph R. "Joe" Biden has been elected the 46th President of the United States. Inauguration Day is Wednesday, January 20, 2021.
From CNN: The Moment When Networks Called The Presidential Race For Joe Biden
MOVIES - From Deadline: After 18 months and 40,000 COVID-19 tests, "Jurassic World: Dominion" has finished shooting.
From CNN: Kamala Harris, who on Saturday became America's first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect, represents a new face of political power after an election all about who wields power and how they use it.
MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Vince Vaughn talks about a sequel to his 2004 hit, "Wedding Crashers." [When your career is in decline, make a sequel to your biggest hit ... ]
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Donald Glover speaks excitedly about Seasons 3 and 4 of his FX television series, "Atlanta."
CRIME - From TMZ: Rapper King Von is dead after a violent confrontation outside an Atlanta nightclub that ended in gunfire
AWARDS - From Deadline: The nation of Guatemala has made the horror film, "La Llorona," its selection to compete in the race for an Oscar nomination in the category, "Best International Feature Film" (which has previously been known as "Best Foreign Language Film").
MOVIES - From Variety: Johnny Depp says Warner Bros. asked him to resign in his "Fantastic Beasts" role of Gellert Grindelwald, and he says that he has agreed.
HOME RELEASE - From Deadline: Warner Bros. has announced a December 15, 2020 Blu-ray and DVD release date for his much talked about hit film, "Tenet."
SCANDAL - From Variety: A murder suspect has been arrested in the Sunday, November 1st shooting death of actor Eddie Hassell in Grand Prairie, Texas.
POLITICS-MOVIES - From InformedComment: Top Five Horror films on Halloween that remind us of Trump’s Presidency
DISNEY - From Deadline: It is a day of layoffs from Disney units, ESPN and Searchlight. This is related to the COVID-19 fallout.
CELEBRITY - From YahooGMA: Emmy-winning actor, Michael J. Fox, who is suffering from Parkinson's disease, reveals that he is losing his ability to act.
SPORTS - From NBA: The best player from the last 20 NBA drafts, according to NBA.com.
POLITICS-CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Duchess Meghan of Sussex has another first to add to her resume: She's the first member of the British royal family to vote for president in an American election.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Warner Bros. and director Robert Zemeckis' remake, "The Witches," is getting backlash from disability community.
STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx will star in and executive produce "Dad Stop Embarrassing Me" for Netflix. It is based on his relationship with his daughter, Corinne Foxx.
STREAMING - From Variety: Oscar-winning actor, Jeremy Irons ("Reversal of Fortune"), will headline Netflix's adaptation of Robert Harris' 2017 bestselling novel, "Munich."
TELEVISION - From CinemaBlend: Actress Hilarie Burton ("One Tree Hill") has been cast as "Lucille," the wive of Neegan in AMC's "The Walking Dead."
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actress/recording artist, Eve, is leaving the CBS afternoon talk show, "The Talk," after four seasons.
POLITICS - From BET: U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) criticizes Black supporters of President Donald.
CELEBRITY - From THR: Oscar-nominated actor, Johnny Depp, has lost his defamation lawsuit in the United Kingdom. Depp has brought an action against News Group Newspapers over "The Sun's" 2018 article, "Wife Beater," about Depps contentious marriage to and divorce from actress Amber Heard.
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: The winner of the 10/30 to 11/1/2020 weekend box office is "Come Play" with an estimated take of 3.15 million dollars.
COMICS - From GamesRadar: George C. Romero is partnering with publishing company, Heavy Metal, to produce a comic book prequel to his late father, George A. Romero's seminal zombie film, "Night of the Living Dead" (1968).
MOVIES - From NewYorkTimes: "The Purge" film franchise reveals the ugly truth about America.
OBITS:
From BBC: The English actor, Geoffrey Palmer, has died at the age of 93, Thursday, November 5, 2020. Palmer was best known for his roles on British television sitcoms like "As Time Goes By" (1992-2005). He also had memorable roles in films such "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988) and "The Madness of King George" (1994).
From Variety: Actress Carol Arthur has died at the age of 85, Sunday, November 1, 2020. Arthur was best known for her appearances in several Mel Brooks films, including "Blazing Saddles" (1974). Arthur was married to the late actor Dom DeLuise from 1965 to his death in 2009. The couple had three sons, actor Peter, Michael, and David DeLuise.
From Variety: Actor Eddie Hassell has died at the age of 30, Sunday, November 1, 2020, apparently shot to death. Hassell is best known for his roles in the 2010 Oscar-nominated film, "The Kids Are All Right" and on the NBC television series, "Surface."
From BBC: The Scottish actor and film producer, Sean Connery, has died at the age of 90, Saturday, October 31, 2020. Connery was best known for playing seminal secret agent and spy, James Bond, Agent 007, in seven films over a 21 year period, beginning with "Dr. No." in 1962 and ending with "Never Say Never Again" in 1983. Connery also won a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar for his role in the 1987 film, "The Untouchables."
From Deadline: Tributes for the late Sean Connery flood in...
From
YahooEntertainment: President Donald pays tribute to Sean Connery... by lying about him.
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COVID-19:
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: Remember 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
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.
7/31 - From
Slate: COVID-19 is airborne - for reals!
8/9 - From
YahooAFP: According to the real-time tally kept by John Hopkins University, the United States has hit 5 million cases of COVID-19.
8/16 - From
Truthout: COVID Deaths Continue to Surge in Countries Led by Far Right Authoritarians
9/19 - From
WashPost: U.S. coronavirus death toll reaches 200,000
9/23 - From CNBC: Mark Cuban, who owns the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and star of ABC's "Shark Tank," suggests that every household in American get a $1000 check every two weeks for the next two months.
9/28 - From Deadline: John Hopkins University's coronavirus tracker reports that over 1 million people have died of COVID-19 worldwide.
10/2 - From YahooNews: President Donald and the First Lady have tested positive for COVID-19.
10/26 - From YahooFinance: Walmart CEO detects a new wave a panic buying as consumers stock up for another surge in coronavirus cases.
11/5 - From CNN: The US set a grim new Covid-19 record Thursday -- following a week marked by high case numbers -- surpassing 120,000 infections in a single day.
11/7 - From YahooNews: "It's a slaughter," doctors say of new coronavirus wave.
BLACK LIVES MATTER:
From RSN: Judge's Blistering Opinion Says Courts Have Placed Police Beyond Accountability
From TheGuardian: Yusef Salaam, one of the "Central Park Five," says in an interview, "Trump would have had me hanging from a tree in Central Park."
From NPR: Prosecutors' plea deal required drug suspect to name Breonna Taylor a "co-defendant."
From ChicagoSunTimes: Rev. Jesse Jackson: America has millions of people in poverty because Americans choose not to demand the policies that would lift them out of poverty.
From APNews: No one will be held accountable for the killing of Louisville African-American resident, Breonna Taylor.
From Channel4: Revealed: Trump campaign strategy to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016
From GuardianUK: California is going to consider paying reparations to the descendants of African slaves after adopting a landmark law to study and to develop proposals around the issue.
From TheRoot: What to Do When Your Country Turns Into a Dumpster Fire
From Vox: It's True: 1 in 1,000 Black Americans Have Died in the Covid-19 Pandemic
From CBS: Breonna Taylor's boyfriend certain cops didn't identify themselves
From
DonaldTrump: Well, because it has been in the news a lot lately (via Ice Cube and Li'l Wayne), here is "
The Platinum Plan." It is impressive, but no Republican Congress would go along with even 10 percent of this plan which is basically a long list of promises to the Black Americans - individually and as a group.
