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TELEVISION - From Deadline: ABC's sitcom, "Fresh Off the Boat," will end Friday, February 21, 2020, the completion of its sixth and final season.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: "Scream 5" is in early development at Spyglass Media Group. It would be the fifth film in the franchise begun by writer Kevin Williamson and the late director, Wes Craven.
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MUSIC - From YahooEntertainment: Robyn Crawford was Whitney Houston's best friend, and the two always denied that they were lovers. Now, Robyn is talking in her new book, "A Song for You: My Life With Whitney Houston.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Actor Richard Gere may be 70-years-old, but that did not stop him from impregnating his 36-year-old wife, Alejandra, with their second child.
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MOVIES - From THR: Legendary Hollywood star and icon James Dean died in a car accident in 1955. Now, Dean has been posthumously cast in the film, "Finding Jack." Dean will be reconstructed via "full body" CGI that will use actual (archival) footage and photos of Dean. The CGI will probably be posted on a body double actor, and another actor will provide Dean's voice. Dean's family has apparently approved of this.
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MOVIES - From CinemaBlend: Denis Villeneuve is working on "Dune 2" even as he is still compiling his "Dune" reboot.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actor Lucas Black has left the CBS series, "NCIS: New Orleans," after six seasons of playing the character, "Special Agent Christopher LaSalle." Black was an original cast member.
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CELEBRITY - From Variety: Jamie Lee Curtis talks about her addiction, even freebasing once with her late father, legendary Hollywood star, Tony Curtis.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: ABC's next "Live In Front Of A Studio Audience" will feature recreations of classic episodes of "All in the Family" and "Good Times" and will debut December 18, 2019. "ABC’s "Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’" was nominated for three Emmy Awards, and took home the prize for "Outstanding Variety Special (Live)" and premiered on May 22, 2019.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: In spite of recent controversy, the cable TV series, "Mayans M.C.," gets a third season from FX.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: CBS has given a pilot production commitment to a reboot of its 1980s TV series, "The Equalizer" (starring the late, great Edward Woodward). This time Oscar-nominated actress, Queen Latifah, will play the lead role and executive produce.
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BOX OFFICE - From Patreon: My review of "Terminator: Dark Fate"
From THR: With an estimated debut of 29 million dollars in the U.S., "Terminator: Dark Fate" is looking like a box office bomb, especially with its production cost of 185 million dollars, which does not include marketing costs.
From Variety: The newest release in the "Terminator" film franchise, "Terminator: Dark Fate," seems fated for a lackluster box office debut weekend.
From TheWrap: "6 Major Ideas ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Copied From Previous ‘Terminator’ Movies"
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ECO - From TheGuardian: Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio praises child climate change activist, Greta Thunberg.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Director Rian Johnson says angry tweets about his film, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" inspired his new film, "Knives Out."
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Francis Lawrence has confirmed that he is talks to direct a "Hunger Games" prequel film.
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STEAMING - From ThePlaylist: Al Pacino is joining producer Jordan Peele on a new Amazon series about Nazi hunters.
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OSCARS - From IndieWire: There have been some changes to the Academy Award category, "Best International Feature Film" (formerly "Best Foreign Language Film"), including that voting members of the Academy (AMPAS) will be able to view the film onlin.
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MOVIES-MUSIC - From Deadline: "Bohemian Rhapsody" producer Graham King is one of the parties behind a biopic about the Bee Gees, the brotherly singing trio. They wrote songs for the 1977 film, "Saturday Night Fever," which yielded several hit songs and made the film's soundtrack, "Saturday Night Fever," one of the biggest selling albums of all time.
OBITS:
From NBCNews: The acclaimed Louisiana-based novelist, Ernest J.Gaines, has died at the age of 86, Tuesday, November 5, 2019. He was best known for his 1971 novel, "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman." The novel became a 1974 CBS television movie starring Cicely Tyson, which went on to win nine Emmy Awards, including one for Tyson. Gaines 1983 novel, "A Gathering of Old Men," and his 1993 novel, "A Lesson Before Dying" were also made into TV movies.
From Variety: British music and film producer, Nik Powell, has died at the age of 69, Thursday, November 9, 2019. Powell was one of the co-founders of Virgin Records and of the film production company, Palace Productions. Among the films he produced were "Mona Lisa" (1986) and "The Crying Game" (1986).
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: First trailer for Universal/Blumhouse's "Invisible Man" starring Elizabeth Moss. The film debuts Feb. 28th, 2020.
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Friday, November 8, 2019
Friday, October 25, 2019
"Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" is Re-Released With New Footage
Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood” To Be Reissued Nationwide With Never-Before-Seen Footage
Four additional scenes will bookend the critically-acclaimed ode to Hollywood
CULVER CITY, CA – Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood from director Quentin Tarantino will be re-released with never-before-seen footage bookending the motion picture. The reissue with over 10 minutes of four additional scenes will hit 1,000+ locations in the U.S. and Canada starting Friday, October 25, 2019.
“Audiences have shown tremendous support for this movie, and we look forward to offering them another opportunity to see the film as it’s meant to be seen – in theaters on the big screen – with more sights and sounds of the sixties from Quentin Tarantino as an added treat,” said Adrian Smith, President of Domestic Distribution, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group.
Following its triumphant world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood has shown incredible staying power at the U.S. and Canadian box office. The film opened in North America to a $41.075 million weekend – a win for originality and a record opening weekend for Tarantino. It crossed $100 million domestically August 11 becoming the only original film this summer to do so. The film is Tarantino’s second-highest-grossing film worldwide.
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age. Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino. Georgia Kacandes, YU Dong and Jeffrey Chan serve as executive producers. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Al Pacino.
ABOUT SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. SPE’s Motion Picture Group production organizations include Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Stage 6 Films, AFFIRM Films, and Sony Pictures Classics. For additional information, visit http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/divisions.html.
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Four additional scenes will bookend the critically-acclaimed ode to Hollywood
CULVER CITY, CA – Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood from director Quentin Tarantino will be re-released with never-before-seen footage bookending the motion picture. The reissue with over 10 minutes of four additional scenes will hit 1,000+ locations in the U.S. and Canada starting Friday, October 25, 2019.
“Audiences have shown tremendous support for this movie, and we look forward to offering them another opportunity to see the film as it’s meant to be seen – in theaters on the big screen – with more sights and sounds of the sixties from Quentin Tarantino as an added treat,” said Adrian Smith, President of Domestic Distribution, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group.
Following its triumphant world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood has shown incredible staying power at the U.S. and Canadian box office. The film opened in North America to a $41.075 million weekend – a win for originality and a record opening weekend for Tarantino. It crossed $100 million domestically August 11 becoming the only original film this summer to do so. The film is Tarantino’s second-highest-grossing film worldwide.
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age. Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino. Georgia Kacandes, YU Dong and Jeffrey Chan serve as executive producers. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Al Pacino.
ABOUT SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. SPE’s Motion Picture Group production organizations include Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Stage 6 Films, AFFIRM Films, and Sony Pictures Classics. For additional information, visit http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/divisions.html.
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Saturday, July 13, 2019
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 7th to 13th, 2019 - Update #25
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POLITICS - From ProPublica: ProPublica wants to know if you are in a secret Facebook hate group.
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: John Carpenter is writing a "Joker" comic book. He will be joined by his writing partner, Anthony Burch, and and artist Phillip Tan.
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CULTURE/MUSIC - From YahooEntertainment: July 12, 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the mini-Ku Klux Klan rally known as "Disco Demolition Night," which occured July 12, 1979 in Chicago's Comiskey Park during a Chicago White Sox double-header.
From NPR: "July 12, 1979: The Night Disco Died' — Or Didn't"
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MOVIES - From THR: Since Guy Ritchie is not returning, the third film in the Robert Downey, Jr./Jude Law "Sherlock Holmes" movies needs a new director. Enter Dexter Fletcher, fresh of "Rocketman" and finishing "Bohemian Rhapsody" after original director Bryan Singer was kicked off.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Super-producer Ryan Murphy has revealed the cast of "American Horror Story: 1984" (Season 9), which is set to premiere September 18, 2019 on FX.
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ANIMATION - From Variety: Warner Bros. Animation will produce a new "Flintstones" animated television series. It will be overseen by actress Elizabeth Banks and her Brownstone Productions.
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STREAMING - From Variety: David Fincher and Gary Oldman are teaming up for a Netflix biopic revolving around Herman Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of Citizen Kane (with Orson Welles), with Oldman playing Mankiewicz.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Three young actors: Alexa Mansour, Nicolas Cantu, and Hal Cumpston have been named as stars of AMC's announced third "The Walking Dead" TV series.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: WarnerMedia's streaming service has a name - "HBO Max." It will be the new streaming home of the TV series, "Friends."
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DISNEY - From YahooNews: Abigail Disney is the daughter of the late Roy E. Disney, the son of Roy O. Disney, who co-founded the Walt Disney Company with his brother, Walt Disney. In this interview, she talks about the violence she experienced as a child.
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SPORTS - From BET: "Black Girl Magic": meet the Black women representing on the 2019 World Cup winning United States Women's Soccer Team.
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MOVIES - From BloodyDisgusting: Samuel L. Jackson is reportedly joining Chris Rock in Rock's reboot of the "Saw" horror movie franchise.
From BloodyDisgusting: Celeste O'Connor and Logan Kim have reportedly joined Jason Reitman's "Ghostbusters" film.
From BloodyDisgusting: Megan Navarro names her best horror movies of the first half of 2019, plus one released in the second half of 2019.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 7/5 to 7/719 weekend box office is "Spider-Man: Far From Home" with an estimated take of 93.6 million dollars.
From Deadline: "Spider-Man: Far From Home" grossed $185 million over the six-day haul since its Tuesday, July 2nd debut. That is a record for a six-day Independence Day launch.
From Patreon: My review of "Spider-Man: Far From Home."
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ECO - From APNews: Leonardo DiCaprio is joining with billionaire investors and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create, "Earth Alliance," a new nonprofit environmental organization charged with tackling climate change and the loss of biodiversity.
CELEBRITY - From IndieWire: Bill Murray explains why he created a 1-800 number for people to reach him about roles.
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From Variety: Noted horror director John Carpenter looks back on his legacy and career.
OBITS:
From ABC: The actor Cameron Boyce has died at the age of 20, Saturday, July 6, 2019. Boyce, as a child actor, was known for his "Luke Ross" on the Disney Channel TV series, "Jessie" (2011-2015). He had also starred as "Carlos" in the Disney TV musical film series, "Descendants," including "Descendants 3," which is due to debut on Disney Channel, Aug. 2nd, 2019.
From Deadline: Hollywood figures and former co-stars pay tribute to actor Cameron Boyce, star of Disney Channel's "Jessie" and Adam Sandler's son in the "Grown Ups" films, who died this past weekend.
From TeenVogue: Tributes continue for Cameron Boyce, including from First Lady Michelle Obama and his costar, Dove Cameron ("Descendants").
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From Variety: Actress Stephanie Neznik died at the age of 52, June 23, 2019. She was best known for her role as "Nina Feeney" on the TV series, "Everwood" (2002-2006). She also appeared in the film, "Star Trek: Insurrection" (1998) and in the "Star Trek: Enterprise" episode, "Rogue Planet."
From RollingStone: Stage, TV, and film actor, Rip Torn, has died at the age of 88, Tuesday, July 9, 2019. He won an Emmy Award for playing "Artie," a supporting role in the TV series, "The Larry Sanders Show" (1992-98). Many will also remember as "Zed" in "Men in Black" and "Men in Black II." He earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his role in the film "Cross Creek" (1983).
From DallasMorningNews: Self-made billionaire businessman and philanthropist, H. (Henry) Ross Perot, has died at the age of 89, Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Many best remember Perot for his 1992 run as a U.S. presidential candidate. He also ran in 1996.
POLITICS - From ProPublica: ProPublica wants to know if you are in a secret Facebook hate group.
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: John Carpenter is writing a "Joker" comic book. He will be joined by his writing partner, Anthony Burch, and and artist Phillip Tan.
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CULTURE/MUSIC - From YahooEntertainment: July 12, 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the mini-Ku Klux Klan rally known as "Disco Demolition Night," which occured July 12, 1979 in Chicago's Comiskey Park during a Chicago White Sox double-header.
From NPR: "July 12, 1979: The Night Disco Died' — Or Didn't"
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MOVIES - From THR: Since Guy Ritchie is not returning, the third film in the Robert Downey, Jr./Jude Law "Sherlock Holmes" movies needs a new director. Enter Dexter Fletcher, fresh of "Rocketman" and finishing "Bohemian Rhapsody" after original director Bryan Singer was kicked off.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Super-producer Ryan Murphy has revealed the cast of "American Horror Story: 1984" (Season 9), which is set to premiere September 18, 2019 on FX.
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ANIMATION - From Variety: Warner Bros. Animation will produce a new "Flintstones" animated television series. It will be overseen by actress Elizabeth Banks and her Brownstone Productions.
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STREAMING - From Variety: David Fincher and Gary Oldman are teaming up for a Netflix biopic revolving around Herman Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of Citizen Kane (with Orson Welles), with Oldman playing Mankiewicz.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Three young actors: Alexa Mansour, Nicolas Cantu, and Hal Cumpston have been named as stars of AMC's announced third "The Walking Dead" TV series.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: WarnerMedia's streaming service has a name - "HBO Max." It will be the new streaming home of the TV series, "Friends."
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DISNEY - From YahooNews: Abigail Disney is the daughter of the late Roy E. Disney, the son of Roy O. Disney, who co-founded the Walt Disney Company with his brother, Walt Disney. In this interview, she talks about the violence she experienced as a child.
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SPORTS - From BET: "Black Girl Magic": meet the Black women representing on the 2019 World Cup winning United States Women's Soccer Team.
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MOVIES - From BloodyDisgusting: Samuel L. Jackson is reportedly joining Chris Rock in Rock's reboot of the "Saw" horror movie franchise.
From BloodyDisgusting: Celeste O'Connor and Logan Kim have reportedly joined Jason Reitman's "Ghostbusters" film.
From BloodyDisgusting: Megan Navarro names her best horror movies of the first half of 2019, plus one released in the second half of 2019.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 7/5 to 7/719 weekend box office is "Spider-Man: Far From Home" with an estimated take of 93.6 million dollars.
From Deadline: "Spider-Man: Far From Home" grossed $185 million over the six-day haul since its Tuesday, July 2nd debut. That is a record for a six-day Independence Day launch.
From Patreon: My review of "Spider-Man: Far From Home."
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ECO - From APNews: Leonardo DiCaprio is joining with billionaire investors and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create, "Earth Alliance," a new nonprofit environmental organization charged with tackling climate change and the loss of biodiversity.
CELEBRITY - From IndieWire: Bill Murray explains why he created a 1-800 number for people to reach him about roles.
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From Variety: Noted horror director John Carpenter looks back on his legacy and career.
OBITS:
From ABC: The actor Cameron Boyce has died at the age of 20, Saturday, July 6, 2019. Boyce, as a child actor, was known for his "Luke Ross" on the Disney Channel TV series, "Jessie" (2011-2015). He had also starred as "Carlos" in the Disney TV musical film series, "Descendants," including "Descendants 3," which is due to debut on Disney Channel, Aug. 2nd, 2019.
From Deadline: Hollywood figures and former co-stars pay tribute to actor Cameron Boyce, star of Disney Channel's "Jessie" and Adam Sandler's son in the "Grown Ups" films, who died this past weekend.
From TeenVogue: Tributes continue for Cameron Boyce, including from First Lady Michelle Obama and his costar, Dove Cameron ("Descendants").
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From Variety: Actress Stephanie Neznik died at the age of 52, June 23, 2019. She was best known for her role as "Nina Feeney" on the TV series, "Everwood" (2002-2006). She also appeared in the film, "Star Trek: Insurrection" (1998) and in the "Star Trek: Enterprise" episode, "Rogue Planet."
From RollingStone: Stage, TV, and film actor, Rip Torn, has died at the age of 88, Tuesday, July 9, 2019. He won an Emmy Award for playing "Artie," a supporting role in the TV series, "The Larry Sanders Show" (1992-98). Many will also remember as "Zed" in "Men in Black" and "Men in Black II." He earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his role in the film "Cross Creek" (1983).
From DallasMorningNews: Self-made billionaire businessman and philanthropist, H. (Henry) Ross Perot, has died at the age of 89, Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Many best remember Perot for his 1992 run as a U.S. presidential candidate. He also ran in 1996.
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Patrick J. Adams to Play John Glenn in "The Right Stuff" TV Series
National Geographic Taps Patrick J. Adams as Maj. John Glenn in Global Scripted Series The Right Stuff, Based on Tom Wolfe’s Best-Seller
Adaptation of Wolfe’s Best-Seller Recounts Pioneering Chapter of Historic U.S. Space Race
Appian Way and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, Appian Way’s Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Are Executive Producers; Mark Lafferty (“Castle Rock,” “Halt and Catch Fire”) Tapped as Executive Producer and Showrunner; David Nutter (“Game of Thrones,” “Band of Brothers”) Will Direct Premiere Episode
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Geographic, with Appian Way and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, announced today that Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”) will star in THE RIGHT STUFF as Maj. John Glenn. This marks the network’s next global scripted series, which is based on Tom Wolfe’s iconic best-selling nonfiction book. The series takes a clear-eyed look at what would become America’s first “reality show,” as ambitious astronauts and their families become instant celebrities in a competition that will either kill them or make them immortal in the quest to be a part of Project Mercury. Production will begin this fall in Cocoa Beach, Fla., and will premiere globally on National Geographic in 2020.
Glenn is a revered test pilot and committed family man with unwavering principles. He is the only astronaut to have experienced fame before Project Mercury, and he immediately locks horns with Alan Shepard in an unrelenting fight to be the first man in space.
The first season of THE RIGHT STUFF, which uses Wolfe’s book as its starting point, starts at the height of the Cold War. To combat a national sentiment of fear and decline, the U.S. government conceives of NASA’s Project Mercury, igniting a space race with the Soviets and making instant celebrities of a handful of the military’s adrenaline-fueled test pilots. These individuals, who come to be known as the Mercury Seven, are forged into heroes long before they have achieved a single heroic act. At the heart of a historic drama populated by deeply human characters, two archrivals — Glenn and Shepard — jockey to be the first man in space.
Subsequent seasons of THE RIGHT STUFF will carry through to the epochal Apollo Space Program, where humankind saw one of its greatest achievements — man setting foot on the moon — and missions beyond.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson are executive producers, along with Mark Lafferty (“Castle Rock,” “Halt and Catch Fire”), who has signed on as showrunner. David Nutter (“Game of Thrones,” “Band of Brothers”) is set to direct and executive produce the series’ premiere episode. Will Staples (“Animals,” “Shooter”) is also an executive producer. Michael Hampton shepherded this project on behalf of Appian Way.
Adams is represented by ICM Partners, Andy Corren Management and attorney Lev Ginsburg.
For more information, visit www.natgeotv.com, or follow us on Twitter using @NatGeoPR.
National Geographic Partners LLC
National Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between Disney and the National Geographic Society, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets. NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic’s media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children’s media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses. Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 131 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers … and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it. NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education. For more information visit natgeotv.com or nationalgeographic.com, or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
About Appian Way Productions
Appian Way is a film and television production company founded by Leonardo DiCaprio. Jennifer Davisson serves as president of production. Since its launch, Appian Way has released a diverse slate of films, including Alejandro Iñárritu’s three-time Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner “The Revenant,” Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award®- and Golden Globe®- nominated “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Academy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe®-winning “The Aviator,” along with “Shutter Island,” Scott Cooper’s “Out of the Furnace,” George Clooney’s Golden Globe®-nominated “The Ides of March,” the psychological thriller “Orphan” and an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s critically acclaimed novel “Live by Night” with Ben Affleck, among others.
The company has put forth strong efforts to gain headway in the documentary world, especially as it pertains to progressive environmental change. Appian Way worked in partnership with National Geographic to produce “Before the Flood,” a documentary that sheds light on climate change. It also worked with Netflix to produce the Academy Award®-nominated “Virunga,” directed by Orlando von Einsiedel. Appian is in partnership with Netflix on several additional documentaries, including the critically acclaimed “Struggle”, “The Ivory Game,” “How to Change the World” “Catching the Sun,” and the documentary series “Fire Chasers”. Last year Appian also produced the critically acclaimed documentary series “Frontiersmen” as a sequel to the “Men Who Built America” for the History Channel, “Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle” for AMC/Sundance and currently is in production on a multi-part documentary series about Ulysses S. Grant, also for History Channel.
The following projects are currently in priority development at Appian: a feature adaptation of the Japanese manga “Akira” directed by Taiki Waititi, a “Grant” feature based on Ron Chernow’s book to which DiCaprio is attached to star and Steven Spielberg is attached to direct; “Da Vinci” based on the bestselling book by Walter Isaacson, “Sam Phillips” based on the bestselling book by Peter Guralnick, also with DiCaprio attached to star, “The Ballad of Richard Jewell,” starring Jonah Hill; as well as “The Twilight Zone.”
Appian’s animated children’s series “Pete the Cat,” based on the famed books by James Dean just received a 2nd and 3rd season pickup by Amazon and Alcon. The company also has multiple television projects in the works with Sony, Warner Bros, NBCUniversal, Fox 21 and MRC.
About Warner Horizon Scripted Television
A division of the Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Horizon Scripted Television was founded in 2006 and is one of the entertainment industry’s leading producers of dramatic and comedic programming for the cable and subscription/on-demand marketplace. Series produced by Warner Horizon Scripted Television include “Animal Kingdom” and “Claws” for TNT; “Cherish the Day,” “David Makes Man” and “Queen Sugar” for OWN; “Fuller House,” “Medical Police” and “You” for Netflix; “Krypton” for SYFY; “Pennyworth” for EPIX; “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists” for Freeform; and “The Right Stuff” for National Geographic.
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Adaptation of Wolfe’s Best-Seller Recounts Pioneering Chapter of Historic U.S. Space Race
Appian Way and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, Appian Way’s Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Are Executive Producers; Mark Lafferty (“Castle Rock,” “Halt and Catch Fire”) Tapped as Executive Producer and Showrunner; David Nutter (“Game of Thrones,” “Band of Brothers”) Will Direct Premiere Episode
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Geographic, with Appian Way and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, announced today that Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”) will star in THE RIGHT STUFF as Maj. John Glenn. This marks the network’s next global scripted series, which is based on Tom Wolfe’s iconic best-selling nonfiction book. The series takes a clear-eyed look at what would become America’s first “reality show,” as ambitious astronauts and their families become instant celebrities in a competition that will either kill them or make them immortal in the quest to be a part of Project Mercury. Production will begin this fall in Cocoa Beach, Fla., and will premiere globally on National Geographic in 2020.
Glenn is a revered test pilot and committed family man with unwavering principles. He is the only astronaut to have experienced fame before Project Mercury, and he immediately locks horns with Alan Shepard in an unrelenting fight to be the first man in space.
The first season of THE RIGHT STUFF, which uses Wolfe’s book as its starting point, starts at the height of the Cold War. To combat a national sentiment of fear and decline, the U.S. government conceives of NASA’s Project Mercury, igniting a space race with the Soviets and making instant celebrities of a handful of the military’s adrenaline-fueled test pilots. These individuals, who come to be known as the Mercury Seven, are forged into heroes long before they have achieved a single heroic act. At the heart of a historic drama populated by deeply human characters, two archrivals — Glenn and Shepard — jockey to be the first man in space.
Subsequent seasons of THE RIGHT STUFF will carry through to the epochal Apollo Space Program, where humankind saw one of its greatest achievements — man setting foot on the moon — and missions beyond.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson are executive producers, along with Mark Lafferty (“Castle Rock,” “Halt and Catch Fire”), who has signed on as showrunner. David Nutter (“Game of Thrones,” “Band of Brothers”) is set to direct and executive produce the series’ premiere episode. Will Staples (“Animals,” “Shooter”) is also an executive producer. Michael Hampton shepherded this project on behalf of Appian Way.
Adams is represented by ICM Partners, Andy Corren Management and attorney Lev Ginsburg.
For more information, visit www.natgeotv.com, or follow us on Twitter using @NatGeoPR.
National Geographic Partners LLC
National Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between Disney and the National Geographic Society, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets. NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic’s media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children’s media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses. Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 131 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers … and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it. NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education. For more information visit natgeotv.com or nationalgeographic.com, or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
About Appian Way Productions
Appian Way is a film and television production company founded by Leonardo DiCaprio. Jennifer Davisson serves as president of production. Since its launch, Appian Way has released a diverse slate of films, including Alejandro Iñárritu’s three-time Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner “The Revenant,” Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award®- and Golden Globe®- nominated “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Academy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe®-winning “The Aviator,” along with “Shutter Island,” Scott Cooper’s “Out of the Furnace,” George Clooney’s Golden Globe®-nominated “The Ides of March,” the psychological thriller “Orphan” and an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s critically acclaimed novel “Live by Night” with Ben Affleck, among others.
The company has put forth strong efforts to gain headway in the documentary world, especially as it pertains to progressive environmental change. Appian Way worked in partnership with National Geographic to produce “Before the Flood,” a documentary that sheds light on climate change. It also worked with Netflix to produce the Academy Award®-nominated “Virunga,” directed by Orlando von Einsiedel. Appian is in partnership with Netflix on several additional documentaries, including the critically acclaimed “Struggle”, “The Ivory Game,” “How to Change the World” “Catching the Sun,” and the documentary series “Fire Chasers”. Last year Appian also produced the critically acclaimed documentary series “Frontiersmen” as a sequel to the “Men Who Built America” for the History Channel, “Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle” for AMC/Sundance and currently is in production on a multi-part documentary series about Ulysses S. Grant, also for History Channel.
The following projects are currently in priority development at Appian: a feature adaptation of the Japanese manga “Akira” directed by Taiki Waititi, a “Grant” feature based on Ron Chernow’s book to which DiCaprio is attached to star and Steven Spielberg is attached to direct; “Da Vinci” based on the bestselling book by Walter Isaacson, “Sam Phillips” based on the bestselling book by Peter Guralnick, also with DiCaprio attached to star, “The Ballad of Richard Jewell,” starring Jonah Hill; as well as “The Twilight Zone.”
Appian’s animated children’s series “Pete the Cat,” based on the famed books by James Dean just received a 2nd and 3rd season pickup by Amazon and Alcon. The company also has multiple television projects in the works with Sony, Warner Bros, NBCUniversal, Fox 21 and MRC.
About Warner Horizon Scripted Television
A division of the Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Horizon Scripted Television was founded in 2006 and is one of the entertainment industry’s leading producers of dramatic and comedic programming for the cable and subscription/on-demand marketplace. Series produced by Warner Horizon Scripted Television include “Animal Kingdom” and “Claws” for TNT; “Cherish the Day,” “David Makes Man” and “Queen Sugar” for OWN; “Fuller House,” “Medical Police” and “You” for Netflix; “Krypton” for SYFY; “Pennyworth” for EPIX; “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists” for Freeform; and “The Right Stuff” for National Geographic.
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Saturday, May 25, 2019
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from May 19th to 25th, 2019 - Update #17
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BOX OFFICE - From TheWrap: Disney's "Aladdin" looks to finish better at the 2019 Memorial Day box office than "Solo: A Star Wars Story" did at the 2018 Memorial Day box office.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Warner Bros. gets Clint Eastwood's "The Ballad of Richard Jewell" from Disney/Fox.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Christopher Nolan's next film has a title, "Tenet," and the cast is finalized with Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh among the new additions. Warner Bros. is set to release the "international espionage" film July 17, 2019.
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JAMES BOND - From IndieWire: After begin hurt on the set of BOND 25, Daniel Craig will undergo ankle surgery.
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STREAMING - From THR: Greg Kinnear joins Lisa Kudrow in the pilot for the Amazon comedy, "Good People," from Lee Daniel and Whitney Cummings.
From TheWrap: Martin Short has also been added to "Good People."
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CANNES - From Deadline: Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" screens at Cannes 2019, and gets a seven-minute standing ovation.
From YahooEntertainment: On the set of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio thought of the late Luke Perry as an icon of cool.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Fox Searchlights wins an intense bidding war for director Terrence Malick's much-talked about film, " A Hidden Life," which some consider a "return to form" and his best film since 2011's "The Tree of Life." It is in competition at Cannes 2019.
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BOX OFFICE - From Variety: The winner of the 5/17 to 5/19/2019 weekend box office is "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" with an estimate take of 57 million dollars.
From Variety: "Pokemon: Detective Pikachu" leads the international box office.
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CELEBRITY - From Deadline: Arnold Schwarzenegger said that he will not press charges against the man who attacked him on Saturday, May 18th in South Africa at a children's sports event.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Just out is a new "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" faux movie poster featuring Leo DeCaprio as "Rick Dalton."
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Showtime has won the rights to the feature-length documentary, "Hitsville: The Making of Motown."
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: The worldwide rights to the Chris Hemworth-Tiffany Haddish buddy cop comedy, "Down Under Cover," have been picked up by Paramount Pictures.
TRAILERS AND VIDEO:
From YouTube: First teaser for CBS All Access' "Star Trek: Picard" (May 23, 2019)
From YouTube: First official teaser for "Terminator: Dark Fate" (May 23, 2019), which is set for a November 1, 2019.
From YouTube: First official trailer (May 21, 2019) for Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood."
BOX OFFICE - From TheWrap: Disney's "Aladdin" looks to finish better at the 2019 Memorial Day box office than "Solo: A Star Wars Story" did at the 2018 Memorial Day box office.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Warner Bros. gets Clint Eastwood's "The Ballad of Richard Jewell" from Disney/Fox.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Christopher Nolan's next film has a title, "Tenet," and the cast is finalized with Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh among the new additions. Warner Bros. is set to release the "international espionage" film July 17, 2019.
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JAMES BOND - From IndieWire: After begin hurt on the set of BOND 25, Daniel Craig will undergo ankle surgery.
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STREAMING - From THR: Greg Kinnear joins Lisa Kudrow in the pilot for the Amazon comedy, "Good People," from Lee Daniel and Whitney Cummings.
From TheWrap: Martin Short has also been added to "Good People."
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CANNES - From Deadline: Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" screens at Cannes 2019, and gets a seven-minute standing ovation.
From YahooEntertainment: On the set of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio thought of the late Luke Perry as an icon of cool.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Fox Searchlights wins an intense bidding war for director Terrence Malick's much-talked about film, " A Hidden Life," which some consider a "return to form" and his best film since 2011's "The Tree of Life." It is in competition at Cannes 2019.
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BOX OFFICE - From Variety: The winner of the 5/17 to 5/19/2019 weekend box office is "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" with an estimate take of 57 million dollars.
From Variety: "Pokemon: Detective Pikachu" leads the international box office.
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CELEBRITY - From Deadline: Arnold Schwarzenegger said that he will not press charges against the man who attacked him on Saturday, May 18th in South Africa at a children's sports event.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Just out is a new "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" faux movie poster featuring Leo DeCaprio as "Rick Dalton."
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Showtime has won the rights to the feature-length documentary, "Hitsville: The Making of Motown."
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: The worldwide rights to the Chris Hemworth-Tiffany Haddish buddy cop comedy, "Down Under Cover," have been picked up by Paramount Pictures.
TRAILERS AND VIDEO:
From YouTube: First teaser for CBS All Access' "Star Trek: Picard" (May 23, 2019)
From YouTube: First official teaser for "Terminator: Dark Fate" (May 23, 2019), which is set for a November 1, 2019.
From YouTube: First official trailer (May 21, 2019) for Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood."
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 21st to 30th, 2019 - Update #29
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BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: The final total on the opening weekend for "Avengers: Endgame" is 357.1 million dollars in domestic box office. Of course, the film was the #1 at the 4/26 to 4/28/2019 weekend box office.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: CBS is renewing classic game show, "The Price is Right" for the 2019-20 season. It is also renewing the entirety of its daytime lineup for next season. 2019-20 will also be "The Price is Right's" 48th season, and the show will hit 9000 episodes in October 2019.
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MOVIES/OBIT - From Variety: The film writer-director-producer John Singleton has died at the age of 51, Monday, April 29, 2019. In 1992, Singleton became the first African-American nominated for a best director Oscar for his 1991 film, "Boyz n the Hood," one of two nominations he received for the film. He also directed films such as "Poetic Justice," "Shaft" (2000), and the second film in the "Fast & Furious" franchise, "2 Fast 2 Furious." He had been hospitalized when he suffered a stroke on April 17th, from which he never recovered.
From Variety: Word is that director John Singleton ("Boyz n the Hood"), who suffered a stroke just short of two weeks ago, will be taken off life support, today, Monday, April 29, 2019.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 4/26 to 4/28/19 weekend box office is "Avengers: Endgame" with an estimated take of 350 million dollars. The film's global box office take is an estimated 1.2 billion dollars.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Guillermo del Toro says a director should always try to exceed the film's production budget.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Friday, April 26th, 2019 marks the 40th anniversary release of Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning film, "Alien," which birth a film franchise. James Cameron, the director of the beloved and Oscar-winning sequel, "Aliens," talks about where the franchise sent wrong.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Fox has settled a lawsuit that was brought by the family of Joi Harris, a stuntwoman who was killed will committing a stunt on the set of "Deadpool 2."
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MOVIES - From THR: Disney studio chief Alan Horn is scrapping many film projects that were in development at Fox before the Disney/Fox merger was complete.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Oscar nominated writer-director John Singleton ("Boyz n the Hood") suffered a stroke last week (April 17th). Apparently, he is worse off than initially reported. Singleton “is currently hospitalized in a coma and is unable to provide for his personal needs” after suffering a "major stroke."
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BOND - From Variety: Recent Oscar-winner, Rami Malek ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), will be the villain in the still untitled 25th James Bond film, referred to as "Bond 25."
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MOVIES - From EOnline: Oscar-nominated actor, Demian Bichir ("A Better Life"), has announced that his wife, Canadian actress and model, Stefanie Sherk, has died at the age of 37.
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BLM - From YahooNews: On June 7, 1998, three white supremacists in Texas beat a 49-year-old black man, James Byrd Jr., chained him to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged him for three miles, tearing his body apart. On Wednesday, April 24th, 2019, Texas executed 44-year-old John William King for that crime. He is the second to be executed for killing Byrd; ringleader Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed in 2011. A third man received life in prison.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Come May 2019, there will be no cancellations at the The CW. All of the series' scripted dramas are returning for the 2019-20 broadcast season.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Leonardo DiCaprio is in talks to star in Guillermo del Toro's next film, "Nightmare Alley." This new film will reportedly be closer to the 1946 novel than its 1947 film adaptation.
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MOVIES - From THR: James Wan and Gary Dauberman, the masterminds behind "The Conjuring" universe of films, are bringing Stephen King's 1975 novel, "Salem's Lot," to the big screen. The book has previously been adapted for television via a 1979 miniseries for CBS and a 2004 miniseries for TNT.
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CELEBRITY - From ComicBook: Writer-director, Kevin Smith ("Clerks"), responds to a fan's accusation that he is "kissing Disney's ass."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The number win film at the 4/19 to 4/21/2019 weekend box office is "The Curse of La Llorona" with an estimate take of 26.5 million dollars.
From YahooEntertainment: A man has seen Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel" a record 116 times.
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MOVIES - From Variety: David Leitch, director of "Deadpool 2" and "Hobbs & Shaw," has signed a first-look deal with Universal. His wife and longtime producing partner, Kelly McCormick, is a partner in the deal.
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BROADWAY - From THR: Phylicia Rashad won a Tony Award for "Best Actress in a Play," for her performance in the revival of "A Raisin in the Sun." Now, the veteran actress will make a Broadway directing debut in Spring 2020 by directing the play "Blue."
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Jimmy Kimmel will present a live 90-minute prime time event on ABC that will pay tribute to Norman Lear’s groundbreaking comedy series, "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (both of which originally aired on CBS). An original episode from each iconic Lear comedy will be re-created. "Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All In The Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’" will air Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 8-9:30 PM ET. Woody Harrelson will play Archie Bunker, with Marisa Tomei as wife Edith in the recreation of All In The Family. Jamie Foxx and Wanda Sykes take the roles of George and Louise Jefferson in the All in the Family spinoff, The Jeffersons. James Burrows will direct the special.
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MUSIC - From RollingStone: Rapper-turned-actor, Will Smith, joined his son Jaden Smith, who dabbles in both, onstage at Coachella.
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COMICS-FILM - From Newsarama: "Avengers: Endgame" directors, Joe and Anthony Russo, are working on a documentary about Marvel Comics' legend, Stan Lee.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: This is the first official trailer for the Will Smith film, "Gemini Man." Directed by Ang Lee, the film debuts October 11, 2019.
OBITS:
From MeTV: The actor Richard Erdman died at the age of 93, Saturday, March 16, 2019. Erdman appeared in over 160 film and TV roles. He had a memorable role in an episode of "The Twilight Zone" ("A Kind of Stopwatch"), and his career ran for 1944 to 2017. In recent years, he had a regular role in the NBC comedy, "Community." I wanted to mention Erdman's passing, which I missed, because I was a fan. My favorite role of his is probably the 1951 Film-Noir movie, "Cry Danger," which starred the great Dick Powell. - Leroy Douresseaux
From THR: The actor, Larry "Flash" Jenkins, has died at the age of 63, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Jenkins was best known for his appearances in the films, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Edtv."
From Variety: The actor, Ken Kercheval, has died at the age of 83. Kercheval was best known for his portrayal of "Cliff Barnes" on CBS' long-running evening soap, "Dallas." Kercheval and Dallas' star, the late Larry Hagman," were the only actors to appear in all 14 seasons of Dallas (1978-1991), although Kercheval's Barnes was a recurring character.
From THR: Film producer, Steve Golin, has died at the age of 64, Sunday, April 21, 2019. At the 88th Academy Awards, Golin won an Oscar for producing "Spotlight" (2015), one of four producers on the film who received a statuette. Golin was actually competing against himself that night, as another film he produced, "The Revenant," was also up for the best picture Oscar.
From Deadline: Noted paranormal investigator and author, Lorraine Warren, has died at the age of 92, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Warren and her late husband, Ed Warren (who died in 2006), are known to film audiences because of they are the subjects of the films, "The Conjuring" and "The Conjuring 2," which were based on real-life events in the lives of Lorraine and Ed.
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: The final total on the opening weekend for "Avengers: Endgame" is 357.1 million dollars in domestic box office. Of course, the film was the #1 at the 4/26 to 4/28/2019 weekend box office.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: CBS is renewing classic game show, "The Price is Right" for the 2019-20 season. It is also renewing the entirety of its daytime lineup for next season. 2019-20 will also be "The Price is Right's" 48th season, and the show will hit 9000 episodes in October 2019.
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MOVIES/OBIT - From Variety: The film writer-director-producer John Singleton has died at the age of 51, Monday, April 29, 2019. In 1992, Singleton became the first African-American nominated for a best director Oscar for his 1991 film, "Boyz n the Hood," one of two nominations he received for the film. He also directed films such as "Poetic Justice," "Shaft" (2000), and the second film in the "Fast & Furious" franchise, "2 Fast 2 Furious." He had been hospitalized when he suffered a stroke on April 17th, from which he never recovered.
From Variety: Word is that director John Singleton ("Boyz n the Hood"), who suffered a stroke just short of two weeks ago, will be taken off life support, today, Monday, April 29, 2019.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 4/26 to 4/28/19 weekend box office is "Avengers: Endgame" with an estimated take of 350 million dollars. The film's global box office take is an estimated 1.2 billion dollars.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Guillermo del Toro says a director should always try to exceed the film's production budget.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Friday, April 26th, 2019 marks the 40th anniversary release of Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning film, "Alien," which birth a film franchise. James Cameron, the director of the beloved and Oscar-winning sequel, "Aliens," talks about where the franchise sent wrong.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Fox has settled a lawsuit that was brought by the family of Joi Harris, a stuntwoman who was killed will committing a stunt on the set of "Deadpool 2."
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MOVIES - From THR: Disney studio chief Alan Horn is scrapping many film projects that were in development at Fox before the Disney/Fox merger was complete.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Oscar nominated writer-director John Singleton ("Boyz n the Hood") suffered a stroke last week (April 17th). Apparently, he is worse off than initially reported. Singleton “is currently hospitalized in a coma and is unable to provide for his personal needs” after suffering a "major stroke."
----------
BOND - From Variety: Recent Oscar-winner, Rami Malek ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), will be the villain in the still untitled 25th James Bond film, referred to as "Bond 25."
----------
MOVIES - From EOnline: Oscar-nominated actor, Demian Bichir ("A Better Life"), has announced that his wife, Canadian actress and model, Stefanie Sherk, has died at the age of 37.
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BLM - From YahooNews: On June 7, 1998, three white supremacists in Texas beat a 49-year-old black man, James Byrd Jr., chained him to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged him for three miles, tearing his body apart. On Wednesday, April 24th, 2019, Texas executed 44-year-old John William King for that crime. He is the second to be executed for killing Byrd; ringleader Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed in 2011. A third man received life in prison.
----------
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Come May 2019, there will be no cancellations at the The CW. All of the series' scripted dramas are returning for the 2019-20 broadcast season.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Leonardo DiCaprio is in talks to star in Guillermo del Toro's next film, "Nightmare Alley." This new film will reportedly be closer to the 1946 novel than its 1947 film adaptation.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: James Wan and Gary Dauberman, the masterminds behind "The Conjuring" universe of films, are bringing Stephen King's 1975 novel, "Salem's Lot," to the big screen. The book has previously been adapted for television via a 1979 miniseries for CBS and a 2004 miniseries for TNT.
----------
CELEBRITY - From ComicBook: Writer-director, Kevin Smith ("Clerks"), responds to a fan's accusation that he is "kissing Disney's ass."
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The number win film at the 4/19 to 4/21/2019 weekend box office is "The Curse of La Llorona" with an estimate take of 26.5 million dollars.
From YahooEntertainment: A man has seen Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel" a record 116 times.
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MOVIES - From Variety: David Leitch, director of "Deadpool 2" and "Hobbs & Shaw," has signed a first-look deal with Universal. His wife and longtime producing partner, Kelly McCormick, is a partner in the deal.
----------
BROADWAY - From THR: Phylicia Rashad won a Tony Award for "Best Actress in a Play," for her performance in the revival of "A Raisin in the Sun." Now, the veteran actress will make a Broadway directing debut in Spring 2020 by directing the play "Blue."
----------
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Jimmy Kimmel will present a live 90-minute prime time event on ABC that will pay tribute to Norman Lear’s groundbreaking comedy series, "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (both of which originally aired on CBS). An original episode from each iconic Lear comedy will be re-created. "Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All In The Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’" will air Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 8-9:30 PM ET. Woody Harrelson will play Archie Bunker, with Marisa Tomei as wife Edith in the recreation of All In The Family. Jamie Foxx and Wanda Sykes take the roles of George and Louise Jefferson in the All in the Family spinoff, The Jeffersons. James Burrows will direct the special.
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MUSIC - From RollingStone: Rapper-turned-actor, Will Smith, joined his son Jaden Smith, who dabbles in both, onstage at Coachella.
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COMICS-FILM - From Newsarama: "Avengers: Endgame" directors, Joe and Anthony Russo, are working on a documentary about Marvel Comics' legend, Stan Lee.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: This is the first official trailer for the Will Smith film, "Gemini Man." Directed by Ang Lee, the film debuts October 11, 2019.
OBITS:
From MeTV: The actor Richard Erdman died at the age of 93, Saturday, March 16, 2019. Erdman appeared in over 160 film and TV roles. He had a memorable role in an episode of "The Twilight Zone" ("A Kind of Stopwatch"), and his career ran for 1944 to 2017. In recent years, he had a regular role in the NBC comedy, "Community." I wanted to mention Erdman's passing, which I missed, because I was a fan. My favorite role of his is probably the 1951 Film-Noir movie, "Cry Danger," which starred the great Dick Powell. - Leroy Douresseaux
From THR: The actor, Larry "Flash" Jenkins, has died at the age of 63, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Jenkins was best known for his appearances in the films, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Edtv."
From Variety: The actor, Ken Kercheval, has died at the age of 83. Kercheval was best known for his portrayal of "Cliff Barnes" on CBS' long-running evening soap, "Dallas." Kercheval and Dallas' star, the late Larry Hagman," were the only actors to appear in all 14 seasons of Dallas (1978-1991), although Kercheval's Barnes was a recurring character.
From THR: Film producer, Steve Golin, has died at the age of 64, Sunday, April 21, 2019. At the 88th Academy Awards, Golin won an Oscar for producing "Spotlight" (2015), one of four producers on the film who received a statuette. Golin was actually competing against himself that night, as another film he produced, "The Revenant," was also up for the best picture Oscar.
From Deadline: Noted paranormal investigator and author, Lorraine Warren, has died at the age of 92, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Warren and her late husband, Ed Warren (who died in 2006), are known to film audiences because of they are the subjects of the films, "The Conjuring" and "The Conjuring 2," which were based on real-life events in the lives of Lorraine and Ed.
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from May 13th to 19th, 2018 - Update #17
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SCANDAL - From Variety: A young actress is accusing famed French film director, Luc Besson, of rape.
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CULTURE - From StamfordAdvocate: If that is your thing - the best royal wedding photos from today's marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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BOX OFFICE - From YahooEntertainment: "Deadpool 2" sets opening day box office record for an R-rated film.
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MOVIES - From GeekTyrant: Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio will reunite for a film about Civil War General and President Ulysses S. Grant. The two last worked on 2002's "Catch Me If You Can."
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CANNES - From Deadline: Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ Dances Off With Directors’ Fortnight Top Prize – Cannes
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MOVIES - From Nerdist: The site reviews "Deadpool 2."
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STREAMING - From DeadlineTV: Amazon picks up Jordan Peele's Nazi hunters drama with a series order.
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STREAMING - From GeekTyrant: Daredevil's arch-nemesis, Bullseye, will appear in Season 3 of Marvel/Netflix's "Daredevil." The actor Wilson Bethel will play Bullseye.
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SCANDAL - From THR: Her Darkest Role: Actress Allison Mack's Descent From 'Smallville' to Sex Cult.
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CANNES - From TheWrap: Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman" gets a standing ovation at Cannes 2018 film festival.
From YahooNews: In Cannes, Spike Lee lambasts Trump over white supremacists
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SCIENCE - From TheAtlantic: The Jaguar Is Made for the Age of Humans
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 5/11 to 5/13/2018 Mother's Day weekend box office is "Avengers: Infinity War" with an estimated take of $61.8 million.
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MOVIES - From FlickeringMyth: Timothy Olyphant joins Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," his "Manson murders" film which is due August 2019.
From USAToday: Margot Robbie joins Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" as Sharon Tate.
OBITS:
From Deadline: Writer, novelist, and journalist, Tom Wolfe, has died at the age of 87, Monday, May 14, 2018. Wolfe was a pioneer of "New Journalism." Among his best known novels include "The Right Stuff" and "Bonfire of the Vanities," both of which were adapted into film.
From DeadlineTV: The actress Margot Kidder has died at the age of 69, Sunday, May 13, 2018. Kidder was best known for playing reporter "Lois Lane" opposite Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent in the 1970s and 1980s "Superman" films. The Canadian-born actress also appeared in such classic horror films as "Black Christmas" (1974) and "The Amityville Horror" (1979). R.I.P. Ms. Kidder.
From YahooSports: Former National Football League (NFL) coach, Chuck Knox, died at the age of 86, Saturday, May 12, 2018. Knox coached the NFL's Seattle Seahawks from 1983 to 1991 and compiled a record of 80 wins and 69 losses. He guided the team to the 1984 AFC Championship Game (1983 season). Knox also coached the Buffalo Bills (1978-1982) and coached the Los Angeles Rams for two separate tenures.
SCANDAL - From Variety: A young actress is accusing famed French film director, Luc Besson, of rape.
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CULTURE - From StamfordAdvocate: If that is your thing - the best royal wedding photos from today's marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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BOX OFFICE - From YahooEntertainment: "Deadpool 2" sets opening day box office record for an R-rated film.
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MOVIES - From GeekTyrant: Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio will reunite for a film about Civil War General and President Ulysses S. Grant. The two last worked on 2002's "Catch Me If You Can."
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CANNES - From Deadline: Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ Dances Off With Directors’ Fortnight Top Prize – Cannes
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MOVIES - From Nerdist: The site reviews "Deadpool 2."
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STREAMING - From DeadlineTV: Amazon picks up Jordan Peele's Nazi hunters drama with a series order.
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STREAMING - From GeekTyrant: Daredevil's arch-nemesis, Bullseye, will appear in Season 3 of Marvel/Netflix's "Daredevil." The actor Wilson Bethel will play Bullseye.
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SCANDAL - From THR: Her Darkest Role: Actress Allison Mack's Descent From 'Smallville' to Sex Cult.
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CANNES - From TheWrap: Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman" gets a standing ovation at Cannes 2018 film festival.
From YahooNews: In Cannes, Spike Lee lambasts Trump over white supremacists
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SCIENCE - From TheAtlantic: The Jaguar Is Made for the Age of Humans
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 5/11 to 5/13/2018 Mother's Day weekend box office is "Avengers: Infinity War" with an estimated take of $61.8 million.
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MOVIES - From FlickeringMyth: Timothy Olyphant joins Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," his "Manson murders" film which is due August 2019.
From USAToday: Margot Robbie joins Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" as Sharon Tate.
OBITS:
From Deadline: Writer, novelist, and journalist, Tom Wolfe, has died at the age of 87, Monday, May 14, 2018. Wolfe was a pioneer of "New Journalism." Among his best known novels include "The Right Stuff" and "Bonfire of the Vanities," both of which were adapted into film.
From DeadlineTV: The actress Margot Kidder has died at the age of 69, Sunday, May 13, 2018. Kidder was best known for playing reporter "Lois Lane" opposite Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent in the 1970s and 1980s "Superman" films. The Canadian-born actress also appeared in such classic horror films as "Black Christmas" (1974) and "The Amityville Horror" (1979). R.I.P. Ms. Kidder.
From YahooSports: Former National Football League (NFL) coach, Chuck Knox, died at the age of 86, Saturday, May 12, 2018. Knox coached the NFL's Seattle Seahawks from 1983 to 1991 and compiled a record of 80 wins and 69 losses. He guided the team to the 1984 AFC Championship Game (1983 season). Knox also coached the Buffalo Bills (1978-1982) and coached the Los Angeles Rams for two separate tenures.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 22nd to 30th, 2018 - Update #22
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MOVIES - From Deadline: John Woo and Universal Pictures are looking to remake Woo's 1989 Hong Kong crime classic, "The Killer." Lupita Nyong'o is targets as the film's star.
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BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: "Avengers: Infinity War" has an even bigger opening weekend than first thought. As of Monday tallies, it is slightly over $258 instead of Sunday's estimate of $250 million.
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EMMYS - From Variety: The 2018 Daytime Emmys - Winners list.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 4/27 to 4/29/2018 is "Avengers: Infinity War" with an estimated $250 million. That is a record for an opening weekend at the domestic box office; the previous record holder was "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" which had an opening box office weekend of $247.9.
From Deadline: "Avenger: Infinity War's" international box office debut, $630 million, is also a record.
From Deadline: With a $179 million in international box office, "Avengers: Infinity War" is looking at a record global bow.
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MOVIES - From THR: Oscar-winning filmmaker, Bernardo Bertolucci criticizes Ridley Scott for removing Kevin Spacey from "All the Money in the World" and replacing his with Christopher Plummer.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Actor John David Washington talks about the best advice he got from his father, famed Oscar-winning actor, Denzel Washington.
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SCANDAL - From NBCNews: Famed comedian, actor, and author Bill Cosby has been found guilty of three counts of "indecent sexual assault." Cosby could face 10 years in prison on each count.
From YahooEntertainment: You can say that this bit in a Hannibal Buress standup started the downfall of Bill Cosby.
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ANIMATION - From TheWrap: Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, and Zach Galifianakis to Star in Laika’s New Animated Feature for Annapurna.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Topher Grace is playing David Duke in Spike Lee's "BlackKkKlansman," which will apparently be "in contention" at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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ANIMATION - From IndieWire: Revered Japanese animation studio, Studio Ghibli, will have a theme park based on its films, which included "Princess Monoke" and the Oscar-winning, "Spirited Away." Concept art for the park, which will open in 2020, has been revealed.
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COMICS-FILM - From JoBlo: Antoine Fuqua talks about directing a film starring two Marvel characters, "Morbius, the Living Vampire" and "Blade."
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MUSIC - From SeattleTimes: Rapper Meek Mill freed after several months in prison over a parole violation of decade-old gun and drug charges.
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MOVIES - From THR: Quentin Tarantino and Leonard DiCapri tease their "Manson murders" movie, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," which is due August 2019. Tarantino compared it to his Oscar-winning film, "Pulp Fiction."
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ANIMATION-STREAMING - From BleedingCool: DreamWorks Animation Television and Netflix are working on an animated version of the "Fast & Furious" franchise.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 4/20 to 4/22/2018 weekend box office is "A Quiet Place" with an estimated take of $22 million.
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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Casting begins for Ava DuVernay's "Central Park Five" project for Netflix.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: James Cameron hopes for "Avengers fatigue," as there are other sci-fi stories to tell. [Is there "Terminator" fatigue, this editor asks?]
OBITS:
From THR: The British film director, Michael Anderson, died at the age of 98, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Anderson received a best director Oscar nomination for directing the 1956 version of "Around the World in 80 Days." He is also known for working in the sci-fi genre, particularly for "Logan's Run" (1976). Anderson worked with some of the most famous British leading men, including Michael Redgrave and Alec Guinness.
From TheWrap: Jazz musician Bob Dorough has died at the age of 94, Monday, April 23, 2018. Dorough was instrumental in the 1970s educational cartoon series, "Schoolhouse Rock!" (ABC). He wrote and performed iconic Schoolhouse Rock songs, "My Hero, Zero" and "Three is a Magic Number."
From Variety: The film producer, Philip D'Antoni, died at the age of 89, Sunday, April 15, 2018. In 1972, D'Antoni won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for producing 1971 best picture Academy Award winner, "The French Connection." D'Antoni also produced the Steve McQueen classic, "Bullitt," the first film he produced.
MOVIES - From Deadline: John Woo and Universal Pictures are looking to remake Woo's 1989 Hong Kong crime classic, "The Killer." Lupita Nyong'o is targets as the film's star.
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BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: "Avengers: Infinity War" has an even bigger opening weekend than first thought. As of Monday tallies, it is slightly over $258 instead of Sunday's estimate of $250 million.
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EMMYS - From Variety: The 2018 Daytime Emmys - Winners list.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 4/27 to 4/29/2018 is "Avengers: Infinity War" with an estimated $250 million. That is a record for an opening weekend at the domestic box office; the previous record holder was "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" which had an opening box office weekend of $247.9.
From Deadline: "Avenger: Infinity War's" international box office debut, $630 million, is also a record.
From Deadline: With a $179 million in international box office, "Avengers: Infinity War" is looking at a record global bow.
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MOVIES - From THR: Oscar-winning filmmaker, Bernardo Bertolucci criticizes Ridley Scott for removing Kevin Spacey from "All the Money in the World" and replacing his with Christopher Plummer.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Actor John David Washington talks about the best advice he got from his father, famed Oscar-winning actor, Denzel Washington.
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SCANDAL - From NBCNews: Famed comedian, actor, and author Bill Cosby has been found guilty of three counts of "indecent sexual assault." Cosby could face 10 years in prison on each count.
From YahooEntertainment: You can say that this bit in a Hannibal Buress standup started the downfall of Bill Cosby.
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ANIMATION - From TheWrap: Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, and Zach Galifianakis to Star in Laika’s New Animated Feature for Annapurna.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Topher Grace is playing David Duke in Spike Lee's "BlackKkKlansman," which will apparently be "in contention" at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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ANIMATION - From IndieWire: Revered Japanese animation studio, Studio Ghibli, will have a theme park based on its films, which included "Princess Monoke" and the Oscar-winning, "Spirited Away." Concept art for the park, which will open in 2020, has been revealed.
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COMICS-FILM - From JoBlo: Antoine Fuqua talks about directing a film starring two Marvel characters, "Morbius, the Living Vampire" and "Blade."
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MUSIC - From SeattleTimes: Rapper Meek Mill freed after several months in prison over a parole violation of decade-old gun and drug charges.
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MOVIES - From THR: Quentin Tarantino and Leonard DiCapri tease their "Manson murders" movie, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," which is due August 2019. Tarantino compared it to his Oscar-winning film, "Pulp Fiction."
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ANIMATION-STREAMING - From BleedingCool: DreamWorks Animation Television and Netflix are working on an animated version of the "Fast & Furious" franchise.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 4/20 to 4/22/2018 weekend box office is "A Quiet Place" with an estimated take of $22 million.
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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Casting begins for Ava DuVernay's "Central Park Five" project for Netflix.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: James Cameron hopes for "Avengers fatigue," as there are other sci-fi stories to tell. [Is there "Terminator" fatigue, this editor asks?]
OBITS:
From THR: The British film director, Michael Anderson, died at the age of 98, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Anderson received a best director Oscar nomination for directing the 1956 version of "Around the World in 80 Days." He is also known for working in the sci-fi genre, particularly for "Logan's Run" (1976). Anderson worked with some of the most famous British leading men, including Michael Redgrave and Alec Guinness.
From TheWrap: Jazz musician Bob Dorough has died at the age of 94, Monday, April 23, 2018. Dorough was instrumental in the 1970s educational cartoon series, "Schoolhouse Rock!" (ABC). He wrote and performed iconic Schoolhouse Rock songs, "My Hero, Zero" and "Three is a Magic Number."
From Variety: The film producer, Philip D'Antoni, died at the age of 89, Sunday, April 15, 2018. In 1972, D'Antoni won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for producing 1971 best picture Academy Award winner, "The French Connection." D'Antoni also produced the Steve McQueen classic, "Bullitt," the first film he produced.
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from January 7th to 13th, 2018 - Update #28
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Blumhouse's "Halloween" sequel began shooting today (Jan. 13th, 2018). David Gordon Green is directing with original director John Carpenter co-producing and scoring the film. Jamie Lee Curtis, the original film's star, returns, as does original Michael Myers, Nick Castle.
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CELEBRITY - From BET: Paris Jackson, daughter of the late, great Michael Jackson, tried to help some bums and they stole from her.
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MOVIES - From THR: Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) and Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) are joining for "Expatriate," a 1970s set international thriller.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Leonardo DiCaprio will star in Quentin Tarantino's ninth feature length film, which is set during the summer of 1969 around the time of the Charles Manson murders. DiCaprio appeared in Tarantino's 2012 film, "Django Unchained."
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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: Gareth Edwards' ("Rogue One") film, Monster, is being adapted as a TV series. The film was originally released in the U.S. in 2010.
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COMICS-FILM - From Collider: "Deadpool 2" will now open May 18, 2018, instead of June 1st. Fox also moves "The New Mutants" from April 13, 2018 to February 22, 2019.
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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: ABC is developing a reboot of its 1980s series, "The Greatest American Hero," and a live-action version of "The Jetsons."
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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: Channing Tatum's X-Men spinoff film, "Gambit," has lost another director, Gore Verbinski.
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CULTURE - From TheNewYorker: Legendary French actress, Catherine Deneuve, and other prominent French women denounce the #MeToo and #BalanceTonPorc (the French #MeToo) movements.
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COMICS - From TheWrap: Marvel Studios is moving forward with a "Black Widow" stand alone movie. Jac Schaeffer, who made her debut with the film "TiMER," will write the film.
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MOVIE - From ShadowandAct: There is a biopic of African-American actress Hattie McDaniel in the works. McDaniel was the first African-American to receive an Oscar nomination for acting and the first to win an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress, "Gone with the Wind").
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MOVIE AWARDS - From HuffPost: While introducing Meryl Streep at the "National Board of Review Annual" awards, Robert DeNiro called President Donald Trump a "fucking idiot" and a "fucking fool."
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CELEBRITY - From ComicBook: The photography of the late actor Anton Yelchin will be at the De Buck Gallery in New York City through January 20th, 2018.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Mark Wahlberg paid way more money than Michelle Williams for the "All the Money in the World" reshoots.
From YahooNews: The Mark Wahlberg-Michelle pay gap on the reshoots for Ridley Scott's "All the Money in the World," is sparking growing outrage.
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ANIMATION/SCANDAL - From Variety: TBS has ended its involvement in the animated comedy, "The Cops," co-created by and set to star Louis CK, the comedian accused of having a history of misconduct.
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OPRAH - From CNN: The transcript to Oprah Winfrey's rousing and acclaimed Golden Globes speech after receiving the "Cecil B. DeMille Award" for lifetime achievement - the first black woman to receive the award.
From YouTube: See Oprah's speech at the 75th Golden Globes Awards.
From RSN: Actresses protest at 75th Golden Globes Awards.
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AWARDS - From TheWrap: The 2018 / 75th Golden Globe Awards - the complete winners list.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/5 to 1/7/2018 weekend box office is "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," with an estimated take of $36 million. This is its first time winning the weekend box office, although this is also its third weekend in release.
From Variety: "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" stumbles in its Chinese box office debut, but still moves up to $1.2 billion in worldwide box office.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Ridley Scott, who directed the original "Blade Runner," is already planning a sequel to the recent "Blade Runner 2048," which he did not direct.
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MOVIE AWARDS - From GoldenGlobes: The nominees for the 2018/ 75th Golden Globe Awards, which are tonight.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: David Letterman's six-episode Netflix show will be entitled "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman." It starts streaming Jan. 12th, 2018, and President Barack Obama will be Letterman's first guest.
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POLITICS: From ThinkProgress: Companies that announced big bonuses after GOP tax cut are now laying off their workers
TRAILER:
From YahooEntertainment: See the teaser trailer for Marvel's "Black Panther" shown during Mon., Jan. 8th's college football National Championship Game.
OBITS:
From ESPN: Legendary sports broadcaster Keith Jackson has died at the age of 89, Friday, January 12, 2018. He was a play-by-play announcer for a number of sports, but is best known for his work on college football games. He was known for his folksy manner, down-to-earth manner and for his colorful expressions like "Who, Nellie!" and "Big Uglies." He is also credited for dubbing college football's "Rose Bowl" game as "The Granddaddy of Them All."
From TheWrap: The Canadian actor, Donnelly Rhodes, has died at the age of 80, Monday, January 8, 2018. He is best known for his work on the late ABC series, "Soap" (1977-1981), the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot (2004 to 2009), and the Canadian police drama, "Da Vinci's Inquest" (1998 to 2005).
From THR: The actress Greta Thyssen has died at the age of 90, Saturday, January 6, 2018. Born in Denmark, Thyssen was a "blonde bombshell" of the 1950s and 1960s. She doubled for Marilyn Monroe in the film "Bus Stop" and appeared in 3 "Three Stooges" films, including the final Stooges short film, "Sappy Bull Fighters" (1959).
MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Blumhouse's "Halloween" sequel began shooting today (Jan. 13th, 2018). David Gordon Green is directing with original director John Carpenter co-producing and scoring the film. Jamie Lee Curtis, the original film's star, returns, as does original Michael Myers, Nick Castle.
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CELEBRITY - From BET: Paris Jackson, daughter of the late, great Michael Jackson, tried to help some bums and they stole from her.
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MOVIES - From THR: Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) and Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) are joining for "Expatriate," a 1970s set international thriller.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Leonardo DiCaprio will star in Quentin Tarantino's ninth feature length film, which is set during the summer of 1969 around the time of the Charles Manson murders. DiCaprio appeared in Tarantino's 2012 film, "Django Unchained."
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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: Gareth Edwards' ("Rogue One") film, Monster, is being adapted as a TV series. The film was originally released in the U.S. in 2010.
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COMICS-FILM - From Collider: "Deadpool 2" will now open May 18, 2018, instead of June 1st. Fox also moves "The New Mutants" from April 13, 2018 to February 22, 2019.
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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: ABC is developing a reboot of its 1980s series, "The Greatest American Hero," and a live-action version of "The Jetsons."
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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: Channing Tatum's X-Men spinoff film, "Gambit," has lost another director, Gore Verbinski.
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CULTURE - From TheNewYorker: Legendary French actress, Catherine Deneuve, and other prominent French women denounce the #MeToo and #BalanceTonPorc (the French #MeToo) movements.
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COMICS - From TheWrap: Marvel Studios is moving forward with a "Black Widow" stand alone movie. Jac Schaeffer, who made her debut with the film "TiMER," will write the film.
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MOVIE - From ShadowandAct: There is a biopic of African-American actress Hattie McDaniel in the works. McDaniel was the first African-American to receive an Oscar nomination for acting and the first to win an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress, "Gone with the Wind").
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MOVIE AWARDS - From HuffPost: While introducing Meryl Streep at the "National Board of Review Annual" awards, Robert DeNiro called President Donald Trump a "fucking idiot" and a "fucking fool."
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CELEBRITY - From ComicBook: The photography of the late actor Anton Yelchin will be at the De Buck Gallery in New York City through January 20th, 2018.
----------
MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Mark Wahlberg paid way more money than Michelle Williams for the "All the Money in the World" reshoots.
From YahooNews: The Mark Wahlberg-Michelle pay gap on the reshoots for Ridley Scott's "All the Money in the World," is sparking growing outrage.
----------
ANIMATION/SCANDAL - From Variety: TBS has ended its involvement in the animated comedy, "The Cops," co-created by and set to star Louis CK, the comedian accused of having a history of misconduct.
----------
OPRAH - From CNN: The transcript to Oprah Winfrey's rousing and acclaimed Golden Globes speech after receiving the "Cecil B. DeMille Award" for lifetime achievement - the first black woman to receive the award.
From YouTube: See Oprah's speech at the 75th Golden Globes Awards.
From RSN: Actresses protest at 75th Golden Globes Awards.
----------
AWARDS - From TheWrap: The 2018 / 75th Golden Globe Awards - the complete winners list.
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/5 to 1/7/2018 weekend box office is "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," with an estimated take of $36 million. This is its first time winning the weekend box office, although this is also its third weekend in release.
From Variety: "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" stumbles in its Chinese box office debut, but still moves up to $1.2 billion in worldwide box office.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Ridley Scott, who directed the original "Blade Runner," is already planning a sequel to the recent "Blade Runner 2048," which he did not direct.
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MOVIE AWARDS - From GoldenGlobes: The nominees for the 2018/ 75th Golden Globe Awards, which are tonight.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: David Letterman's six-episode Netflix show will be entitled "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman." It starts streaming Jan. 12th, 2018, and President Barack Obama will be Letterman's first guest.
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POLITICS: From ThinkProgress: Companies that announced big bonuses after GOP tax cut are now laying off their workers
TRAILER:
From YahooEntertainment: See the teaser trailer for Marvel's "Black Panther" shown during Mon., Jan. 8th's college football National Championship Game.
OBITS:
From ESPN: Legendary sports broadcaster Keith Jackson has died at the age of 89, Friday, January 12, 2018. He was a play-by-play announcer for a number of sports, but is best known for his work on college football games. He was known for his folksy manner, down-to-earth manner and for his colorful expressions like "Who, Nellie!" and "Big Uglies." He is also credited for dubbing college football's "Rose Bowl" game as "The Granddaddy of Them All."
From TheWrap: The Canadian actor, Donnelly Rhodes, has died at the age of 80, Monday, January 8, 2018. He is best known for his work on the late ABC series, "Soap" (1977-1981), the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot (2004 to 2009), and the Canadian police drama, "Da Vinci's Inquest" (1998 to 2005).
From THR: The actress Greta Thyssen has died at the age of 90, Saturday, January 6, 2018. Born in Denmark, Thyssen was a "blonde bombshell" of the 1950s and 1960s. She doubled for Marilyn Monroe in the film "Bus Stop" and appeared in 3 "Three Stooges" films, including the final Stooges short film, "Sappy Bull Fighters" (1959).
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from September 24th to 30th, 2017 - Update #31
Support Leroy on Patreon.
LGBTQ - From Reuters: Egypt's government is hunting down gay men and performing forced anal exams, according to Amnesty International.
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CRIME - From YahooNews: O.J. Simpson is due to be released from a Nevada prison Sunday, Oct. 1st, and he is apparently moving to the state of Florida. But Florida's state attorney general does not want him.
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TELEVISION - From SlashFilm: The TV series based on David Cronenberg's infamous film "Scanners" (1981) is in development again.
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MOVIES - From SideshowToys: There is a new poster for "Pacific Rim Uprising" starring John Boyega ("Star Wars: The Force Awakens).
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MOVIES - From Variety: Early reviews on "Blade Runner 2049" are glowing.
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CELEBRITY - From CNN: Emmy-winning actress and producer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, reveals that she has breast cancer.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Cesar-winner Kristen Stewart and Oscar-winner are circling Sony's "Charlies Angels" reboot, which Elizabeth Banks will direct.
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BLM - From APNews: One of two lawsuits that Black Lives Matter and DeRay Mckesson are facing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been dismissed.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: The Disney Channel will produce a TV movie remake of Disney's popular 1993 film, "Hocus Pocus." The long-rumored "Hocus Pocus 2" is apparently not happening.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Spike is cancelling its TV series adaptation of the Stephen King novella, "The Mist," after one season. [I found the show unwatchable. - Ed.]
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TELEVISION - From EOnline: Meghan McCain, a TV political commentator, is reportedly joining the ABC morning talker, "The View." McCain is the daughter of United States Senator and former Vietnam prison of war, Sen. John McCain.
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SPORTS - From TVGuide: Justin Timberlake will reportedly headline the halftime show for Super Bowl 52.
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LGBTQ - From ViceNews: Trump's Department of Justice wants to make being gay a fireable offense.
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SPORTS - From Truthout: NFL quaterback Colin Kaepernick has won a "long victory."
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MOVIES - From ScreenRant: James Cameron says "Terminator 6" will be a direct sequel to 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."
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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Action movie star turned Vladimir Putin-toady, Steven Seagal, criticizes NFL players for "National Anthem" protests.
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MOVIES - From Variety: A sequel to the smash hit horror film, "IT," is scheduled to land in theaters September 2019.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: The super-team of Leo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese reunite for a film about Teddy Roosevelt.
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MOVIES: From ThePlaylist: "Avatar" sequels (#2 to #5) begin shooting with a $1 billion price tag.
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BLM - From YesMagazines: A black woman explains "white privilege" to a white friend.
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TELEVISION - From TVLine: Tyler Posey of "Teen Wolf" is joining Fox's "Scream" Season 3.
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STAR TREK - From TheWrap: Early episodes of "Star Trek: Discovery" answer questions.
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BLM - From teleSUR: Any white cop can kill a Black man at any time.
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BLM - From HuffingtonPost: Trump Voters think that Black people are less deserving than average-American (white people).
From NewYorkTimes: Charles M. Blow says that President Trump is a "race fiend"
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the the 9/22 to 9/24/2017 weekend box office is "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" with an estimated take of $39 million.
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MOVIES - From TheTrackingBoard: A screenplay about the young Oprah Winfrey is a hot read in Hollywood.
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SPORTS - From TheHill: LeBron James calls President Trump "a bum." "Going to the White House was a great honor until you [Trump] showed up!"
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MOVIES - From Deadline: The "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" sequel adds Danish-Japanese actor, David Sakurai, to the cast.
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ECO - From BusinessInsider: Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation awards $20 million dollars in eco-grants to more than 100 organizations from around the world.
OBITS:
From TheWrap: Monty Hall, game show host, has died at the age of 96, Saturday, September 30, 2017. He was the creator and the original host of "Let's Make a Deal."
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From TheNewYorkTimes: Hugh Hefner, the creator of "Playboy" Magazine, died at the age of 91, Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
LGBTQ - From Reuters: Egypt's government is hunting down gay men and performing forced anal exams, according to Amnesty International.
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CRIME - From YahooNews: O.J. Simpson is due to be released from a Nevada prison Sunday, Oct. 1st, and he is apparently moving to the state of Florida. But Florida's state attorney general does not want him.
----------
TELEVISION - From SlashFilm: The TV series based on David Cronenberg's infamous film "Scanners" (1981) is in development again.
----------
MOVIES - From SideshowToys: There is a new poster for "Pacific Rim Uprising" starring John Boyega ("Star Wars: The Force Awakens).
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Early reviews on "Blade Runner 2049" are glowing.
----------
CELEBRITY - From CNN: Emmy-winning actress and producer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, reveals that she has breast cancer.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Cesar-winner Kristen Stewart and Oscar-winner are circling Sony's "Charlies Angels" reboot, which Elizabeth Banks will direct.
----------
BLM - From APNews: One of two lawsuits that Black Lives Matter and DeRay Mckesson are facing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been dismissed.
----------
TELEVISION - From TheWrap: The Disney Channel will produce a TV movie remake of Disney's popular 1993 film, "Hocus Pocus." The long-rumored "Hocus Pocus 2" is apparently not happening.
----------
TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Spike is cancelling its TV series adaptation of the Stephen King novella, "The Mist," after one season. [I found the show unwatchable. - Ed.]
----------
TELEVISION - From EOnline: Meghan McCain, a TV political commentator, is reportedly joining the ABC morning talker, "The View." McCain is the daughter of United States Senator and former Vietnam prison of war, Sen. John McCain.
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SPORTS - From TVGuide: Justin Timberlake will reportedly headline the halftime show for Super Bowl 52.
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LGBTQ - From ViceNews: Trump's Department of Justice wants to make being gay a fireable offense.
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SPORTS - From Truthout: NFL quaterback Colin Kaepernick has won a "long victory."
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MOVIES - From ScreenRant: James Cameron says "Terminator 6" will be a direct sequel to 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."
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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Action movie star turned Vladimir Putin-toady, Steven Seagal, criticizes NFL players for "National Anthem" protests.
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MOVIES - From Variety: A sequel to the smash hit horror film, "IT," is scheduled to land in theaters September 2019.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: The super-team of Leo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese reunite for a film about Teddy Roosevelt.
----------
MOVIES: From ThePlaylist: "Avatar" sequels (#2 to #5) begin shooting with a $1 billion price tag.
----------
BLM - From YesMagazines: A black woman explains "white privilege" to a white friend.
----------
TELEVISION - From TVLine: Tyler Posey of "Teen Wolf" is joining Fox's "Scream" Season 3.
----------
STAR TREK - From TheWrap: Early episodes of "Star Trek: Discovery" answer questions.
----------
BLM - From teleSUR: Any white cop can kill a Black man at any time.
----------
BLM - From HuffingtonPost: Trump Voters think that Black people are less deserving than average-American (white people).
From NewYorkTimes: Charles M. Blow says that President Trump is a "race fiend"
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the the 9/22 to 9/24/2017 weekend box office is "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" with an estimated take of $39 million.
----------
MOVIES - From TheTrackingBoard: A screenplay about the young Oprah Winfrey is a hot read in Hollywood.
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SPORTS - From TheHill: LeBron James calls President Trump "a bum." "Going to the White House was a great honor until you [Trump] showed up!"
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MOVIES - From Deadline: The "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" sequel adds Danish-Japanese actor, David Sakurai, to the cast.
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ECO - From BusinessInsider: Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation awards $20 million dollars in eco-grants to more than 100 organizations from around the world.
OBITS:
From TheWrap: Monty Hall, game show host, has died at the age of 96, Saturday, September 30, 2017. He was the creator and the original host of "Let's Make a Deal."
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From TheNewYorkTimes: Hugh Hefner, the creator of "Playboy" Magazine, died at the age of 91, Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from September 1st to 9th, 2017 - Update #42
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SPORTS - From NYTimes: Sloane Stephens wins the women's tennis singles title at the 2017 U.S. Open Women.
From HuffPost: American tennis is alive because of Black women.
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STREAMING - From ArsTechnica: Disney is pulling its "Star Wars" and Marvel Studios films from Netflix, beginning in 2019.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Spike Lee and Jordan Peele ("Key & Peele") are uniting for the film, "Black Klansman," based on the true story of a Black man who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan.
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BOX OFFICE - From Variety: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" opens strong in China.
From Fortune: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" may be the highest grossing straight-reboot film at the worldwide box office.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Drew Goodard will write and direct "X-Force," a spin-off from Fox's awful X-Men film franchise.
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STREAMING - From TheWrap: Christina Ricci's Amazon series, "Z: The Beginning of Everything" has cancelled.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Armie Hammer joins Felicity Jones in the Ruth Bader Ginsburg (a current Supreme Court Justice) biopic, "On the Basis of Sex."
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: "Suicide Squad 2" finally has a director. Gavin O'Connor of "The Accountant" (with Ben Affleck) will write and direct the film.
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TELEVISION - Variety: CBS is developing a TV series based on James Ellroy's classic novel, L.A. Confidential. The book was previously developed into a critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning 1997 film writer-director Curtis Hanson.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Jude Law joins Elle Fanning and Selena Gomez in a Woody Allen film due next year.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: A rare photo of Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes, long rumored to be a couple, has surfaced.
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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: In terms of domestic box office, "Wonder Woman" is now one of the top five highest grossing superhero movies of all time.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Chris Pine to take the lead in Robert F. Kennedy project at Hulu.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Paramount has acquired rights to "authorized prequel" to Bram Stoker's "Dracula," entitled "Dracul."
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STAR WARS - From TheWrap: Colin Trevorrow "steps down" as the director of Star Wars Episode 9.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: "American Horror Story: Cult" - frenzied mess or metaphor for Trump-induced madness.
----------
MOVIES-FILM FESTIVALS - From Variety: Angelina Jolie gets a standing ovation at the Telluride Film Festival for her new film, "Cambodia."
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POLITICS - From NYDailyNews: The selfish reason Donald Trump has made several film cameos.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From CBR: 15 things wrong with the X-Men film franchise, according to Comic Book Resources. [Yeah, those movies are a stanky hot mess. - Ed.]
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Luc Besson's "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" was a big disappointment at the box office. That has cost the deputy CEO of Besson's EuropaCorp is job.
----------
WGA - From Variety: The incoming president of the Writers Guild of America, West says that Hollywood writers will have to make a 2020 strike threat to get a decent contract.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The number one film at the 9/1 to 9/3/2017 weekend box office is "The Hitman's Bodyguard" with an estimated total of $10.25 million. This is the film's third consecutive weekend at the top of the box office.
From Variety: "Dunkirk" wins the most recent international box office period.
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CELEBRITY - From BBC: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William of Great Britain and his wife, Kate) are expecting a third child.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: A slideshow of the 50 most anticipated films of Fall 2017.
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SPORTS - From BET: Tennis great Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From CBR: Spike Lee may be involved in a Sony Pictures film based on Marvel Comics character, Nightwatch," who is part of the "Spider-Man" line.
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COMICS-FILM - From ScreenRant: Cate Blanchett gives the three reasons she wanted to be in "Thor: Ragnarok."
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COMICS-FILM - From SideshowToy: A first look at Evangeline Lilly in costume as "The Wasp" during filming of Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp."
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COMICS-FILM - From Variety: Warner Bros. would love Leo DiCaprio to play the Joker in its "Joker" stand alone film to be directed by Todd Phillips.
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MOVIES - From THR: "The Crow" reboot, entitled "The Crow Reborn," is not at Sony Pictures.
----------
STREAMING - From Variety: Netflix teams up with Damien Chazelle ("Best Director Oscar" for "La La Land") for a Paris-set musical series, "The Eddy."
----------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Director Andy Muschietti says that the sequel to "It," the highly-anticipated adaptation of the Stephen King novel, will focus on the 1986 novel's "cosmic dimension."
From CinemaBlend: Muschietti would like to make a new film adaptation of King's 1983 novel "Pet Semetary," which was previously adapted by director Mary Lambert in 1989.
From TheWrap: Muschietti talks about the origin of Pennywise the Clown's distinctive look in the new "It."
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: Robert Pattison of "Twilight" fame once lived with Dustin Diamond a.k.a. "Screech" from "Saved by the Bell."
----------
TELEVISION - From Variety: HBO's limited series, "True Detective," will return for a third season, with Mahershala Ali as its star. Nic Pizzalatto and Jeremy Saulnier will direct. No air date announced as of yet.
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: Taylor Swift's friend, the dancer, Todrick Hall, getting trolled over his relationship with Swift and his appearance in her new video.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Sam Rockwell in final talks to play George W. Bush in Dick Cheney biopic from director, Adam McKay.
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MOVIES - From THR: Lily Collins joins Nicholas Hoult in Fox Searchlight and Chernin Entertainment's biopic about J.R.R. Tolkien, the creator of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
OBIT:
From TheWrap: Blake Heron, former child star, has died at the age of 35, Friday, September 8, 2017. He was best known for the 1996 film, "Shiloh."
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From TheWrap: Rock musician and recording artist, Walter Becker, has died at the age of 67, Sunday, September 3, 2017. Becker was the guitarist and co-founder of the rock-jazz fusion band, Steely Dan.
----------
From Variety: The actor and comedian Shelley Berman has died at the age of 92; Friday, September 1, 2017. The Grammy Award he won in 1959 for "Best Comedy Performance, Spoken Word," was the first given for a non-musical performance. In recent years, he played Larry David's father on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," which earned him a 2008 Emmy nomination.
SPORTS - From NYTimes: Sloane Stephens wins the women's tennis singles title at the 2017 U.S. Open Women.
From HuffPost: American tennis is alive because of Black women.
----------
STREAMING - From ArsTechnica: Disney is pulling its "Star Wars" and Marvel Studios films from Netflix, beginning in 2019.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Spike Lee and Jordan Peele ("Key & Peele") are uniting for the film, "Black Klansman," based on the true story of a Black man who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan.
----------
BOX OFFICE - From Variety: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" opens strong in China.
From Fortune: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" may be the highest grossing straight-reboot film at the worldwide box office.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From THR: Drew Goodard will write and direct "X-Force," a spin-off from Fox's awful X-Men film franchise.
----------
STREAMING - From TheWrap: Christina Ricci's Amazon series, "Z: The Beginning of Everything" has cancelled.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Armie Hammer joins Felicity Jones in the Ruth Bader Ginsburg (a current Supreme Court Justice) biopic, "On the Basis of Sex."
----------
COMICS-FILM - From THR: "Suicide Squad 2" finally has a director. Gavin O'Connor of "The Accountant" (with Ben Affleck) will write and direct the film.
----------
TELEVISION - Variety: CBS is developing a TV series based on James Ellroy's classic novel, L.A. Confidential. The book was previously developed into a critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning 1997 film writer-director Curtis Hanson.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Jude Law joins Elle Fanning and Selena Gomez in a Woody Allen film due next year.
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: A rare photo of Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes, long rumored to be a couple, has surfaced.
-----------
COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: In terms of domestic box office, "Wonder Woman" is now one of the top five highest grossing superhero movies of all time.
----------
STREAMING - From Deadline: Chris Pine to take the lead in Robert F. Kennedy project at Hulu.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Paramount has acquired rights to "authorized prequel" to Bram Stoker's "Dracula," entitled "Dracul."
----------
STAR WARS - From TheWrap: Colin Trevorrow "steps down" as the director of Star Wars Episode 9.
----------
TELEVISION - From TheWrap: "American Horror Story: Cult" - frenzied mess or metaphor for Trump-induced madness.
----------
MOVIES-FILM FESTIVALS - From Variety: Angelina Jolie gets a standing ovation at the Telluride Film Festival for her new film, "Cambodia."
----------
POLITICS - From NYDailyNews: The selfish reason Donald Trump has made several film cameos.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From CBR: 15 things wrong with the X-Men film franchise, according to Comic Book Resources. [Yeah, those movies are a stanky hot mess. - Ed.]
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Luc Besson's "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" was a big disappointment at the box office. That has cost the deputy CEO of Besson's EuropaCorp is job.
----------
WGA - From Variety: The incoming president of the Writers Guild of America, West says that Hollywood writers will have to make a 2020 strike threat to get a decent contract.
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The number one film at the 9/1 to 9/3/2017 weekend box office is "The Hitman's Bodyguard" with an estimated total of $10.25 million. This is the film's third consecutive weekend at the top of the box office.
From Variety: "Dunkirk" wins the most recent international box office period.
----------
CELEBRITY - From BBC: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William of Great Britain and his wife, Kate) are expecting a third child.
----------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: A slideshow of the 50 most anticipated films of Fall 2017.
----------
SPORTS - From BET: Tennis great Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From CBR: Spike Lee may be involved in a Sony Pictures film based on Marvel Comics character, Nightwatch," who is part of the "Spider-Man" line.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From ScreenRant: Cate Blanchett gives the three reasons she wanted to be in "Thor: Ragnarok."
----------
COMICS-FILM - From SideshowToy: A first look at Evangeline Lilly in costume as "The Wasp" during filming of Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp."
----------
COMICS-FILM - From Variety: Warner Bros. would love Leo DiCaprio to play the Joker in its "Joker" stand alone film to be directed by Todd Phillips.
-----------
MOVIES - From THR: "The Crow" reboot, entitled "The Crow Reborn," is not at Sony Pictures.
----------
STREAMING - From Variety: Netflix teams up with Damien Chazelle ("Best Director Oscar" for "La La Land") for a Paris-set musical series, "The Eddy."
----------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Director Andy Muschietti says that the sequel to "It," the highly-anticipated adaptation of the Stephen King novel, will focus on the 1986 novel's "cosmic dimension."
From CinemaBlend: Muschietti would like to make a new film adaptation of King's 1983 novel "Pet Semetary," which was previously adapted by director Mary Lambert in 1989.
From TheWrap: Muschietti talks about the origin of Pennywise the Clown's distinctive look in the new "It."
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: Robert Pattison of "Twilight" fame once lived with Dustin Diamond a.k.a. "Screech" from "Saved by the Bell."
----------
TELEVISION - From Variety: HBO's limited series, "True Detective," will return for a third season, with Mahershala Ali as its star. Nic Pizzalatto and Jeremy Saulnier will direct. No air date announced as of yet.
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: Taylor Swift's friend, the dancer, Todrick Hall, getting trolled over his relationship with Swift and his appearance in her new video.
----------
MOVIES - From TheWrap: Sam Rockwell in final talks to play George W. Bush in Dick Cheney biopic from director, Adam McKay.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Lily Collins joins Nicholas Hoult in Fox Searchlight and Chernin Entertainment's biopic about J.R.R. Tolkien, the creator of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
OBIT:
From TheWrap: Blake Heron, former child star, has died at the age of 35, Friday, September 8, 2017. He was best known for the 1996 film, "Shiloh."
----------
From TheWrap: Rock musician and recording artist, Walter Becker, has died at the age of 67, Sunday, September 3, 2017. Becker was the guitarist and co-founder of the rock-jazz fusion band, Steely Dan.
----------
From Variety: The actor and comedian Shelley Berman has died at the age of 92; Friday, September 1, 2017. The Grammy Award he won in 1959 for "Best Comedy Performance, Spoken Word," was the first given for a non-musical performance. In recent years, he played Larry David's father on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," which earned him a 2008 Emmy nomination.
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from August 13th to 19th, 2017 - Update #38
Support Leroy on Patreon.
MUSIC - From YahooNews: JAY-Z opens up about the Met Gala elevator whuppin' he got from his sister-in-law Solange, sister of his wife, Beyonce.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: "Super Troopers 2" set to be released April 20, 2017.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Billy Howle has joined "Outlaw King," the next film from director David Mackenzie of "Hell or High Water."
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CULTURE - From Splinter: Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, the young woman killed by a Trump voter in Charlottesville, Virginia, offers a defiant eulogy for her daughter.
CULTURE - From Salon: Judd Apatow ("Knocked Up," The 40-Year-Old Virgin") explains why conservatives make bad entertainment.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From FlickeringMyth: Director David F. Sandberg gives an update on his DC Extended Universe film, "Shazam."
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TELEVISION - From TVLine: ABC has given a "put-pilot" order (which means they are more than likely to broadcast it, I think) for a live-action reboot of classic 1960s animated TV series, "The Jetsons." Robert Zemeckis is executive producing.
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DISNEY - From Variety: Netflix in talks with the Walt Disney Company for streaming rights to Marvel and Star Wars movies.
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CELEBRITY: YahooCelebrity: Iman shares rare photo of her daughter with David Bowie, Alexandria.
----------
HEALTH - From YahooFitness: 35-year-old fitness pro deliberately looks twice his age.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From YahooMovies: An international trailer for "Thor: Ragnarok" features Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: "The Conjuring" has launched a cinematic universe (that includes the "Annabelle" films) that works.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Cate Blanchett joins Jack Black in Eli Roth's "The House with a Clock in its Walls," based on the late John Bellairs' novel.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Lionsgate is developing an all-female production of Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Production on "Mission: Impossible 6" will be shut down for 2 to 3 months while Tom Cruise recovers from an on-set injury.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Justin Simien of "Dear White People" is working on his next film, "Bad Hair" with his "Dear White People" team.
----------
OBAMA - From YahooNews: Former President Barack Obama's #Charlottesville tweet is not the most popular in terms of "likes" in the history of Twitter.
----------
JAMES BOND - From THR: On "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Daniel Craig confirms that he is returning as James Bond for the film currently known as "Bond 25."
----------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: The manager and friends of Joi "S.J." Harris, the stuntwoman who was killed while executing a stunt for "Deadpool 2," says she died doing what she loved.
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: There is a contest in which the winner and a friend can drink wine with JLaw and even have a picnic with her.
---------
SPORTS - From YahooSports: Charlottesville, Virginia native, Chris Long, Defensive End of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, won't just "stick to sports."
----------
OBAMA - From YahooNews: Former President Barack Obama's tweet about this past weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia is the third most popular tweet on Twitter (in terms of "likes") ever.
----------
TELEVISION - From Variety: Michael Sheen and David Tennant will star in Amazon's TV adaptation of "Good Omens," the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
----------
TELEVISION - From TVGuide: After 15 years of producing TV series for ABC (like "Grey's Anatomy"), Shonda Rhimes is moving to Netflix.
----------
POLITICS - From Reuters: Merck CEO Kenneth C. Frazier has quit President Trump's American Manufacturing Council. Frazier says that he is leaving over Trump's initial response to the Charlottesville White Nationalist riots, a response many consider lame and weak. Trump's response to Frazier leaving has been more critical than Trump's response to Nazis, the KKK, and White Nationalists.
From NBCSports: Under Armor CEO Kevin Plank also leaving Trump's manufacturing council because of the President's reluctance to criticize violent White supremacy.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: A female stunt driver has died following a motorcycle accident on the set of "Deadpool 2."
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/11 to 8/13/2017 weekend box office is "Annabelle: Creation" with an estimated take of $35 million.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Tom Cruise apparently injured while performing a stunt for "Mission: Impossible 6."
---------
MOVIES - From Indiewire: David Lynch almost directed 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High" says the film's screenwriter, Cameron Crowe. Amy Heckerling did direct the film.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Paramount wins the bidding war over a biopic about Leonardo da Vinci, which will star Leonardo DiCaprio.
----------
OBIT:
From THR: Actor, playwright, and screenwriter, Joe Bologna, has died at the age of 82, Sunday, August 13, 2017. As an actor, he may be best remembered for his role in 1982's "My Favorite Year." As a screenwriter, Bologna received an Oscar nomination for 1970's "Love and Other Strangers."
----------
Crisis in Charlottesville:
From TheVillageVoice: Scenes from a bloody weekend in Charlottesville.
From RSN: Trump having hard time condemning his supporter's murderous actions.
From CNN: Two Virginia state troopers are killed in a helicopter crash near the Charlottesville White Nationalists rally.
From YahooFinance: Before White Nationalist James Alex Fields, Jr. drove the car that killed Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, he was photographed wearing "Vanguard America" uniform.
From YahooNews: 32-year-old Heather Heyer of Virginia has been identified as the victim the White Nationalist car attack in Charlottesville, Virginia.
From GuardianUK: Far-right rally descends into violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
From YahooNews: FBI begins investigation into car attack at White nationalist rally in Charlottesville.
From YahooNews: Clash in Charlottesville in pictures.
From TheDailyBeast: James Alex Fields, Jr. drove his car into a crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing 1 and injuring at least 20.
From YahooNews: Mother of #Charlottesville car attacker speaks.
From LATimes: Opinion - President Trump bears some responsibility for racism on display in Charlottesville.
MUSIC - From YahooNews: JAY-Z opens up about the Met Gala elevator whuppin' he got from his sister-in-law Solange, sister of his wife, Beyonce.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: "Super Troopers 2" set to be released April 20, 2017.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Billy Howle has joined "Outlaw King," the next film from director David Mackenzie of "Hell or High Water."
---------
CULTURE - From Splinter: Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, the young woman killed by a Trump voter in Charlottesville, Virginia, offers a defiant eulogy for her daughter.
CULTURE - From Salon: Judd Apatow ("Knocked Up," The 40-Year-Old Virgin") explains why conservatives make bad entertainment.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From FlickeringMyth: Director David F. Sandberg gives an update on his DC Extended Universe film, "Shazam."
----------
TELEVISION - From TVLine: ABC has given a "put-pilot" order (which means they are more than likely to broadcast it, I think) for a live-action reboot of classic 1960s animated TV series, "The Jetsons." Robert Zemeckis is executive producing.
----------
DISNEY - From Variety: Netflix in talks with the Walt Disney Company for streaming rights to Marvel and Star Wars movies.
----------
CELEBRITY: YahooCelebrity: Iman shares rare photo of her daughter with David Bowie, Alexandria.
----------
HEALTH - From YahooFitness: 35-year-old fitness pro deliberately looks twice his age.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From YahooMovies: An international trailer for "Thor: Ragnarok" features Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: "The Conjuring" has launched a cinematic universe (that includes the "Annabelle" films) that works.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Cate Blanchett joins Jack Black in Eli Roth's "The House with a Clock in its Walls," based on the late John Bellairs' novel.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Lionsgate is developing an all-female production of Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Production on "Mission: Impossible 6" will be shut down for 2 to 3 months while Tom Cruise recovers from an on-set injury.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Justin Simien of "Dear White People" is working on his next film, "Bad Hair" with his "Dear White People" team.
----------
OBAMA - From YahooNews: Former President Barack Obama's #Charlottesville tweet is not the most popular in terms of "likes" in the history of Twitter.
----------
JAMES BOND - From THR: On "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Daniel Craig confirms that he is returning as James Bond for the film currently known as "Bond 25."
----------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: The manager and friends of Joi "S.J." Harris, the stuntwoman who was killed while executing a stunt for "Deadpool 2," says she died doing what she loved.
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: There is a contest in which the winner and a friend can drink wine with JLaw and even have a picnic with her.
---------
SPORTS - From YahooSports: Charlottesville, Virginia native, Chris Long, Defensive End of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, won't just "stick to sports."
----------
OBAMA - From YahooNews: Former President Barack Obama's tweet about this past weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia is the third most popular tweet on Twitter (in terms of "likes") ever.
----------
TELEVISION - From Variety: Michael Sheen and David Tennant will star in Amazon's TV adaptation of "Good Omens," the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
----------
TELEVISION - From TVGuide: After 15 years of producing TV series for ABC (like "Grey's Anatomy"), Shonda Rhimes is moving to Netflix.
----------
POLITICS - From Reuters: Merck CEO Kenneth C. Frazier has quit President Trump's American Manufacturing Council. Frazier says that he is leaving over Trump's initial response to the Charlottesville White Nationalist riots, a response many consider lame and weak. Trump's response to Frazier leaving has been more critical than Trump's response to Nazis, the KKK, and White Nationalists.
From NBCSports: Under Armor CEO Kevin Plank also leaving Trump's manufacturing council because of the President's reluctance to criticize violent White supremacy.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: A female stunt driver has died following a motorcycle accident on the set of "Deadpool 2."
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/11 to 8/13/2017 weekend box office is "Annabelle: Creation" with an estimated take of $35 million.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Tom Cruise apparently injured while performing a stunt for "Mission: Impossible 6."
---------
MOVIES - From Indiewire: David Lynch almost directed 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High" says the film's screenwriter, Cameron Crowe. Amy Heckerling did direct the film.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Paramount wins the bidding war over a biopic about Leonardo da Vinci, which will star Leonardo DiCaprio.
----------
OBIT:
From THR: Actor, playwright, and screenwriter, Joe Bologna, has died at the age of 82, Sunday, August 13, 2017. As an actor, he may be best remembered for his role in 1982's "My Favorite Year." As a screenwriter, Bologna received an Oscar nomination for 1970's "Love and Other Strangers."
----------
Crisis in Charlottesville:
From TheVillageVoice: Scenes from a bloody weekend in Charlottesville.
From RSN: Trump having hard time condemning his supporter's murderous actions.
From CNN: Two Virginia state troopers are killed in a helicopter crash near the Charlottesville White Nationalists rally.
From YahooFinance: Before White Nationalist James Alex Fields, Jr. drove the car that killed Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, he was photographed wearing "Vanguard America" uniform.
From YahooNews: 32-year-old Heather Heyer of Virginia has been identified as the victim the White Nationalist car attack in Charlottesville, Virginia.
From GuardianUK: Far-right rally descends into violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
From YahooNews: FBI begins investigation into car attack at White nationalist rally in Charlottesville.
From YahooNews: Clash in Charlottesville in pictures.
From TheDailyBeast: James Alex Fields, Jr. drove his car into a crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing 1 and injuring at least 20.
From YahooNews: Mother of #Charlottesville car attacker speaks.
From LATimes: Opinion - President Trump bears some responsibility for racism on display in Charlottesville.
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