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BOX OFFICE - From TheWrap: Disney's "Frozen II" is reviving the box office with a 42 million dollar opening Friday.
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MOVIES - From THR: Director Tim Miller talks about his film, "Terminator: Dark Fate," its box office failure, clashes with James Cameron, and not having final control of the film.
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MOVIES - From THR: With the opening of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," it is time to take a look back at the early work of the film's star, Tom Hanks. Do you know his early film, "He Knows You're Alone"? Do you remember his star turn in the notorious 1982 TV movies, "Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters"? [I remember the latter, dear readers. - Leroy]
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MOVIES - From ShadowandAct: Lena Waithe talks about sharing a "story by" credit with controversial author, James Frey ("A Million Little Pieces"), on the upcoming film, "Queen & Slim."
From ShadowandAct: I did not know that there was tension over Black British actors playing African-American chacters, but there is. So "Queen & Slim" stars, Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith, talk about it.
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CULTURE - From TheGuardian: At the Anti-Defamation League's "Never is Now" summit on antisemitism and hate, actor Sacha Baron Cohen called tech giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube the greatest propaganda machine in history. Cohen, in a wide-ranging speech, said that Facebook, if it had existed at the time, would have let Adolf Hitler buy ads for the "final solution" to Germany's "Jewish problem."
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MOVIES-MUSIC - From Deadline: "Bohemian Rhapsody" producer, Graham King, has secured rights from the Michael Jackson estate to make a film about the "King of Pop's" life. King will have access to all of Jackson's music.
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Apple is delaying the release of director George Nolfi's "The Banker," starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie. The film is based on a true story about Bernard Garrett, Sr., and some troubling allegations have been levied against Bernard Jr., a consultant on the film who has also been involving in its promotion.
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TELEVISION - From TheDailyBeast: Legends John Cleese and Eric Idle talk about 50 years of "Monty Python's Flying Circus," President Trump, and "Brexit."
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BROADWAY - From THR: The planned Michael Jackson Broadway musical, "MJ the Musical," has found its Michael, Tony nominee, Ephraim Sykes.
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BLM - From THR: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wonders if films about American slavery are good for African-Americans.
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AWARDS - From Variety: The 2020 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination have been announced. The winners will be revealed Sat., Feb. 8, 2020, one day before the Academy Awards.
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MOVIES - From GQ: A look at the 50-year friendship of Oscar winners, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, the stars of Martin Scorsese's film, "The Irishman."
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MOVIES - From THR: "Robocop Returns" a direct sequel to the original "Robocop" film (1987), has a new director, Abe Forsythe, who has been getting buzz for his zombie comedy, "Little Monsters," starring Lupita N'yongo. Forsythe replaces Neill Blomkamp.
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SCANDAL-MUSIC - From YahooCelebrity: Actor and Grammy-winning recording artist, Harry Connick, Jr., claims that in the early 1990s, legendary actor and singer, the late Frank Sinatra, acted “completely inappropriate” with Connick’s then-girlfriend and now-wife, model Jill Goodacre.
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COMICS-FILM - From Deadline: The news of a sequel to Todd Phillips' "Joker" and new films featuring origin stories of other DC Comics' characters may not be correct... yet.
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BOX OFFICE - From DigitalSpy: Writer-director Elizabeth Banks acknowledges that her just-released reboot of "Charlie's Angels" is a flop, but is still proud of the film.
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STAR TREK - From THR: Noah Fawley, creator of the "Fargo" TV series for FX, will reportedly direct the fourth film in the "Star Trek" reboot series. Chris Pine will reportedly return as Captain Kirk. This film is separate from Quentin Tarantino's long-developing "Star Trek" project.
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MOVIES - From TheHollywoodReporter: Screenwriter Gregory Allen says that once upon a time a Hollywood executive suggested that Oscar-winning actress, Julia Roberts, play Harriet Tubman, a real-life Black American historical figure. The exec said that Tubman lived so long ago that no one would remember that she was Black.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Actress Pom Klementieff ("Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2") has been cast in "Mission: Impossibe 7," which is due July 2021.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Netflix has hired legendary screenwriter Robert Towne and acclaimed director David Fincher to pen a TV pilot script that will act as a prequel to the classic 1974 film, "Chinatown." Towne won an Oscar for writing "Chinatown."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 11/15 to 11/17/2019 weekend box office is "Ford v Ferrari" with an estimated gross of 31 million dollars.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: President Donald Trump names his first "National Medal of Arts" recipients.
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STREAMING - From FlickeringMyth: Bill Murray will reunite with Peter and Bobby Farrelly on the Quibi comedy, "The Now," in a recurring role. Murray appeared in the brothers 1996 film, "Kingpin."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: John Woo comments on the reboot of his 1990s hit film, "Face/Off," and adds his comments to the Scorsese vs. Marvel Studios comic book movies debate. He also mentions that Oscar-winner Lupita N'yongo has left the remake of his 1989 film, "The Killers."
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From Variety: The actor, Michael J. Pollard, has died at the age of 80, Wednesday, November 20, 2019. He earned an best supporting actor, Oscar nomination for his appearance in the film, "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967). He also appeared in Rob Zombie's gruesome cult classic, "House of 1000 Corpses" (2003).
From YahooSports: Former National Football League player, Fred Cox, has died at the age of 80, Wednesday, November 20, 2019. Cox was a "kicker" for the Minnesota Vikings for 15 years and played in all four of the Vikings "Super Bowl" appearances. However, Cox may be best remembered for inventing the soft football that would become the "Nerf" football.
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Saturday, November 23, 2019
Sunday, November 3, 2019
"Joker" Becomes the Global Box Office's Most Successful R-Rated Film
“Joker” Takes in More Than $800 Million at the Global Box Office, Becoming the Highest-Grossing R-Rated Film of All Time
The character’s first-ever standalone film is a stand-out around the world
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Since its opening in early October 2019, Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and BRON Creative’s “Joker” has been a powerhouse across the globe, passing the milestone $800 million mark, making it the highest grossing R-rated film of all time worldwide at $804.4 million and counting. The announcement was made by Toby Emmerich, Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
The film’s impressive opening weekend totals made “Joker” the biggest October opener of all time domestically, internationally and worldwide. Since then, domestically the film has grossed $264.1 million in just three weeks and can boast numerous October records, including largest pre-show, and largest Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. It also earned the largest all-time opening for a drama, an R-rated DC film, a Todd Phillips film, a Joaquin Phoenix film, a Robert De Niro film, and a Village Roadshow film.
Internationally, “Joker” has garnered a total of $540.3 million and holds records for the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, the highest-grossing Warner Bros. film of all time in 14 markets, including Argentina and Mexico, and the highest-grossing DC film in 30 markets, including Italy, Spain, Russia, Argentina and Mexico.
In making the announcement, Emmerich stated, “Todd Phillips’s bold, creative vision is evident in every frame of ‘Joker,’ matched only by Joaquin Phoenix’s incomparable interpretation of this iconic character. What they and everyone who worked on this film created has clearly resonated with audiences worldwide. We congratulate them and our colleagues at DC on reaching this extraordinary benchmark, and I personally want to congratulate the entire Warner Bros. team on the roll-out of this film.”
About “Joker”
Forever alone in a crowd, Arthur Fleck seeks connection. Yet, as he trods the sooted Gotham City streets and rides the graffitied mass transit rails of a hostile town teeming with division and dissatisfaction, Arthur wears two masks. One, he paints on for his day job as a clown. The other he can never remove; it’s the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel he’s a part of the world around him, and not the misunderstood man whom life is repeatedly beating down. Fatherless, Arthur has a fragile mother, arguably his best friend, who nicknamed him Happy, a moniker that’s fostered in Arthur a smile that hides the heartache beneath. But, when bullied by teens on the streets, taunted by suits on the subway, or simply teased by his fellow clowns at work, this social outlier only becomes even more out of sync with everyone around him.
Directed, co-written and produced by Todd Phillips, “Joker” is the filmmaker’s original vision of the infamous DC villain, an origin story infused with, but distinctly outside, the character’s more traditional mythologies. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured society. Longing for any light to shine on him, he tries his hand as a stand-up comic, but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty and, ultimately, betrayal, Arthur makes one bad decision after another that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty, allegorical character study.
Three-time Oscar nominee Phoenix (“The Master,” “Walk the Line,” “Gladiator”) stars in the titular role alongside Oscar winner Robert De Niro (“Raging Bull,” “The Godfather: Part II”). The film also stars Zazie Beetz (TV’s “Atlanta,” “Deadpool 2”), Frances Conroy (TV’s “American Horror Story,” Hulu’s “Castle Rock”), Brett Cullen (“42,” Netflix’s “Narcos”), Glenn Fleshler (TV’s “Billions,” “Barry”), Bill Camp (“Red Sparrow,” “Molly’s Game”), Shea Whigham (“First Man,” “Kong: Skull Island”), Marc Maron (TV’s “Maron,” “GLOW”), Douglas Hodge (“Red Sparrow,” TV’s “Penny Dreadful”), Josh Pais (upcoming “Motherless Brooklyn,” “Going in Style”) and Leigh Gill (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”).
Oscar nominee Phillips (“Borat,” “The Hangover” trilogy) directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Oscar-nominated writer Scott Silver (“The Fighter”), based on characters from DC. The film was produced by Phillips and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born,” “American Sniper”) under their Joint Effort banner, and Oscar nominee Emma Tillinger Koskoff (“The Wolf of Wall Street”). It was executive produced by Michael E. Uslan, Walter Hamada, Aaron L. Gilbert, Joseph Garner, Richard Baratta, and Bruce Berman.
Behind the scenes, Phillips was joined by director of photography Lawrence Sher (“Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” “The Hangover” trilogy), production designer Mark Friedberg (“If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Selma”), editor Jeff Groth (“War Dogs,” “The Hangover Part III”), and Oscar-winning costume designer Mark Bridges (“Phantom Thread,” “The Artist”). The music is by Hildur Guðnadóttir (HBO’s “Chernobyl,” “Sicario: Day of the Soldado”).
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents, in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, in Association with BRON Creative, a Joint Effort Production, a Film by Todd Phillips, “Joker.” It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. This film has been rated R by the MPAA for strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and brief sexual images.
www.joker.movie
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The character’s first-ever standalone film is a stand-out around the world
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Since its opening in early October 2019, Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and BRON Creative’s “Joker” has been a powerhouse across the globe, passing the milestone $800 million mark, making it the highest grossing R-rated film of all time worldwide at $804.4 million and counting. The announcement was made by Toby Emmerich, Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
The film’s impressive opening weekend totals made “Joker” the biggest October opener of all time domestically, internationally and worldwide. Since then, domestically the film has grossed $264.1 million in just three weeks and can boast numerous October records, including largest pre-show, and largest Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. It also earned the largest all-time opening for a drama, an R-rated DC film, a Todd Phillips film, a Joaquin Phoenix film, a Robert De Niro film, and a Village Roadshow film.
Internationally, “Joker” has garnered a total of $540.3 million and holds records for the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, the highest-grossing Warner Bros. film of all time in 14 markets, including Argentina and Mexico, and the highest-grossing DC film in 30 markets, including Italy, Spain, Russia, Argentina and Mexico.
In making the announcement, Emmerich stated, “Todd Phillips’s bold, creative vision is evident in every frame of ‘Joker,’ matched only by Joaquin Phoenix’s incomparable interpretation of this iconic character. What they and everyone who worked on this film created has clearly resonated with audiences worldwide. We congratulate them and our colleagues at DC on reaching this extraordinary benchmark, and I personally want to congratulate the entire Warner Bros. team on the roll-out of this film.”
About “Joker”
Forever alone in a crowd, Arthur Fleck seeks connection. Yet, as he trods the sooted Gotham City streets and rides the graffitied mass transit rails of a hostile town teeming with division and dissatisfaction, Arthur wears two masks. One, he paints on for his day job as a clown. The other he can never remove; it’s the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel he’s a part of the world around him, and not the misunderstood man whom life is repeatedly beating down. Fatherless, Arthur has a fragile mother, arguably his best friend, who nicknamed him Happy, a moniker that’s fostered in Arthur a smile that hides the heartache beneath. But, when bullied by teens on the streets, taunted by suits on the subway, or simply teased by his fellow clowns at work, this social outlier only becomes even more out of sync with everyone around him.
Directed, co-written and produced by Todd Phillips, “Joker” is the filmmaker’s original vision of the infamous DC villain, an origin story infused with, but distinctly outside, the character’s more traditional mythologies. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured society. Longing for any light to shine on him, he tries his hand as a stand-up comic, but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty and, ultimately, betrayal, Arthur makes one bad decision after another that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty, allegorical character study.
Three-time Oscar nominee Phoenix (“The Master,” “Walk the Line,” “Gladiator”) stars in the titular role alongside Oscar winner Robert De Niro (“Raging Bull,” “The Godfather: Part II”). The film also stars Zazie Beetz (TV’s “Atlanta,” “Deadpool 2”), Frances Conroy (TV’s “American Horror Story,” Hulu’s “Castle Rock”), Brett Cullen (“42,” Netflix’s “Narcos”), Glenn Fleshler (TV’s “Billions,” “Barry”), Bill Camp (“Red Sparrow,” “Molly’s Game”), Shea Whigham (“First Man,” “Kong: Skull Island”), Marc Maron (TV’s “Maron,” “GLOW”), Douglas Hodge (“Red Sparrow,” TV’s “Penny Dreadful”), Josh Pais (upcoming “Motherless Brooklyn,” “Going in Style”) and Leigh Gill (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”).
Oscar nominee Phillips (“Borat,” “The Hangover” trilogy) directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Oscar-nominated writer Scott Silver (“The Fighter”), based on characters from DC. The film was produced by Phillips and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born,” “American Sniper”) under their Joint Effort banner, and Oscar nominee Emma Tillinger Koskoff (“The Wolf of Wall Street”). It was executive produced by Michael E. Uslan, Walter Hamada, Aaron L. Gilbert, Joseph Garner, Richard Baratta, and Bruce Berman.
Behind the scenes, Phillips was joined by director of photography Lawrence Sher (“Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” “The Hangover” trilogy), production designer Mark Friedberg (“If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Selma”), editor Jeff Groth (“War Dogs,” “The Hangover Part III”), and Oscar-winning costume designer Mark Bridges (“Phantom Thread,” “The Artist”). The music is by Hildur Guðnadóttir (HBO’s “Chernobyl,” “Sicario: Day of the Soldado”).
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents, in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, in Association with BRON Creative, a Joint Effort Production, a Film by Todd Phillips, “Joker.” It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. This film has been rated R by the MPAA for strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and brief sexual images.
www.joker.movie
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Saturday, October 19, 2019
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from October 13th to 19th, 2019 - Update #27
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COMICS-FILM - From WeGotThisCovered: Deadpool film franchise writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, said that they are waiting for Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige's approval to start working on the script for "Deadpool 3."
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DISNEY - From Variety: Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis ("Forest Gump") is in talks to direct Disney's live-action remake of Pinocchio.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Dick Cook Studios (DCS), an independent production company helmed by former Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook, will receive AUD $30 million ($20,473,020 USD) in Australian government funding to produce two fantasy features in the country. The films are "Ranger's Apprentice" and "The Alchemyst."
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STREAMING - From TheWrap: Greg Kinnear has joined the cast of the CBS All Access miniseries, "The Stand," in the role of Glen Bateman.
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ANIMATION - From TheWrap: WarnerMedia's streaming service, HBOMax, has obtained the streaming rights to the animated films of the Japanese animation powerhouse, Studio Ghibli, which produced the Oscar-winning "Spirited Away." When they debut in 2020, it will be the first time these films will be streamed
TELEVISION - From Variety: Kurt Sutter has been fired as showrunner from FX's "Mayans MC," a show he co-created. It reportedly has to do with complaints against him.
From Deadline: Kurt Sutter tells his side of the story on being fired from FX's "Mayans MC."
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MOVIES-TRAILER - From ShadowandAct: There is a first trailer for "She Ball," the first film from Cash Money Films in partnership with Nick Cannon's Ncredible Entertainment.
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CELEBRITY - From Deadline: Ron Ely was the star of NBC's 1960s "Tarzan" television series (1966-68). The police found Ely's wife, Valerie, stabbed to death at the couple's home in the Hope Ranch community of Santa Barbara, California. The suspect in Valerie's death was Ron and Valerie's son, Cameron, whom the police shot to death. Ron Ely was reportedly unharmed.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Jada Pinkett Smith is in talks to return for "The Matrix 4." Smith played Niobe in "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions."
From Deadline: Actress Jessica Henwick, who appeared in Marvel/Netflix's "Iron Fist," is in talks to take a lead role in "The Matrix 4."
From Variety: Emmy-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris is joining the cast of "The Matrix 4." Production on the film is set to begin in early 2020.
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SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman has reported to prison to begin serving her 14-day sentence for her role in the "college admissions scanda," also known as "Operation Varsity Blues."
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: The nominations for the class of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 have been announced. Their are 16 nominated acts, including Whitney Houston, Pat Benatar, and Dave Matthews Band.
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ECO - From Grist: Legendary and Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda was recently arrested during a climate protest, and she says she plans to do it again.
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STREAMING - From Netflix: Netflix and Ava DuVernay face a lawsuit over its Emmy-winning miniseries, "When They See Us."
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CULTURE - From YahooLifestyle: A "ghost kitchen" may be preparing your Chick-fil-A.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Zoe Kravitz has won the role of "Selina Kyle/Catwoman" in Matt Reeves' The Batman, in which Robert Pattinson plays Batman.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Nominations have been announced for the 4th Annual / 2019 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 10/11 to 10/13/2019 weekend box office is "Joker" with an estimated take of 55 million dollars.
From Variety: "Joker" still dominating the international box office with an estimated haul of 123.7 million dollars in 79 markets.
From Patreon: My review of "Gemini Man."
From Patreon: My review of "Joker."
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POLITICS - From TheGuardian: Robert De Niro calls President Trump a "gangster president," among other things he says.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Quentin Tarantino offers praise for the late actor Robert Forster. Forster, who died Friday, Oct. 11th, appeared in Tarantino's 1997 film, "Jackie Brown" with Pam Grier. Tarantino said that casting Forster, who received an Oscar nomination for his role in the film, one of the best casting choices he has ever made.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Idina Menzel is in talks to join Sony Pictures' "Cinderella" in the role of the evil stepmother. Menzel, a Tony Award-winning Broadway actress and singer, is probably best known to the general public for her voice role as "Queen Elsa" in Disney's animated film, "Frozen," and for sing that film's worldwide hit song, "Let It Go."
OBITS:
From TheBaltimoreSun: U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, a Democrat from Baltimore, has died at the age of 68, Thursday, October 17, 2019. Cummings was known for his blunt oratory and for his devotion to the city of Baltimore, Maryland. As chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he was a key figure in the impeachment inquiry in President Donald Trump.
From Variety: The actor Bill Macy has died at the age of 97, Thursday, October 17, 2019. Macy was best known for his role as "Walter Findlay," the husband of Bea Arthur's "Maude," on the former CBS TV series, "Maude" (1972-78).
From Deadline: The so-called "pimp to the stars" and "Hollywood hustler," Scotty Bowers, died at the age of 96, Sunday, October 13, 2019. A former marine and gas station attendant, Bowers was allegedly a sexual companion to or sexual facilitator (pimp) for numerous stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, including Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Spencer Tracy, Charles Laughton, Cole Porter, and Laurence Olivier, to name a few. In his 2012 memoir, "Full Service," Bowers gave insight into the secretive sex lives high-profile Hollywood stars of the golden era.
COMICS-FILM - From WeGotThisCovered: Deadpool film franchise writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, said that they are waiting for Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige's approval to start working on the script for "Deadpool 3."
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DISNEY - From Variety: Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis ("Forest Gump") is in talks to direct Disney's live-action remake of Pinocchio.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Dick Cook Studios (DCS), an independent production company helmed by former Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook, will receive AUD $30 million ($20,473,020 USD) in Australian government funding to produce two fantasy features in the country. The films are "Ranger's Apprentice" and "The Alchemyst."
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STREAMING - From TheWrap: Greg Kinnear has joined the cast of the CBS All Access miniseries, "The Stand," in the role of Glen Bateman.
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ANIMATION - From TheWrap: WarnerMedia's streaming service, HBOMax, has obtained the streaming rights to the animated films of the Japanese animation powerhouse, Studio Ghibli, which produced the Oscar-winning "Spirited Away." When they debut in 2020, it will be the first time these films will be streamed
TELEVISION - From Variety: Kurt Sutter has been fired as showrunner from FX's "Mayans MC," a show he co-created. It reportedly has to do with complaints against him.
From Deadline: Kurt Sutter tells his side of the story on being fired from FX's "Mayans MC."
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MOVIES-TRAILER - From ShadowandAct: There is a first trailer for "She Ball," the first film from Cash Money Films in partnership with Nick Cannon's Ncredible Entertainment.
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CELEBRITY - From Deadline: Ron Ely was the star of NBC's 1960s "Tarzan" television series (1966-68). The police found Ely's wife, Valerie, stabbed to death at the couple's home in the Hope Ranch community of Santa Barbara, California. The suspect in Valerie's death was Ron and Valerie's son, Cameron, whom the police shot to death. Ron Ely was reportedly unharmed.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Jada Pinkett Smith is in talks to return for "The Matrix 4." Smith played Niobe in "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions."
From Deadline: Actress Jessica Henwick, who appeared in Marvel/Netflix's "Iron Fist," is in talks to take a lead role in "The Matrix 4."
From Variety: Emmy-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris is joining the cast of "The Matrix 4." Production on the film is set to begin in early 2020.
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SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman has reported to prison to begin serving her 14-day sentence for her role in the "college admissions scanda," also known as "Operation Varsity Blues."
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: The nominations for the class of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 have been announced. Their are 16 nominated acts, including Whitney Houston, Pat Benatar, and Dave Matthews Band.
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ECO - From Grist: Legendary and Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda was recently arrested during a climate protest, and she says she plans to do it again.
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STREAMING - From Netflix: Netflix and Ava DuVernay face a lawsuit over its Emmy-winning miniseries, "When They See Us."
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CULTURE - From YahooLifestyle: A "ghost kitchen" may be preparing your Chick-fil-A.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Zoe Kravitz has won the role of "Selina Kyle/Catwoman" in Matt Reeves' The Batman, in which Robert Pattinson plays Batman.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Nominations have been announced for the 4th Annual / 2019 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 10/11 to 10/13/2019 weekend box office is "Joker" with an estimated take of 55 million dollars.
From Variety: "Joker" still dominating the international box office with an estimated haul of 123.7 million dollars in 79 markets.
From Patreon: My review of "Gemini Man."
From Patreon: My review of "Joker."
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POLITICS - From TheGuardian: Robert De Niro calls President Trump a "gangster president," among other things he says.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Quentin Tarantino offers praise for the late actor Robert Forster. Forster, who died Friday, Oct. 11th, appeared in Tarantino's 1997 film, "Jackie Brown" with Pam Grier. Tarantino said that casting Forster, who received an Oscar nomination for his role in the film, one of the best casting choices he has ever made.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Idina Menzel is in talks to join Sony Pictures' "Cinderella" in the role of the evil stepmother. Menzel, a Tony Award-winning Broadway actress and singer, is probably best known to the general public for her voice role as "Queen Elsa" in Disney's animated film, "Frozen," and for sing that film's worldwide hit song, "Let It Go."
OBITS:
From TheBaltimoreSun: U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, a Democrat from Baltimore, has died at the age of 68, Thursday, October 17, 2019. Cummings was known for his blunt oratory and for his devotion to the city of Baltimore, Maryland. As chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he was a key figure in the impeachment inquiry in President Donald Trump.
From Variety: The actor Bill Macy has died at the age of 97, Thursday, October 17, 2019. Macy was best known for his role as "Walter Findlay," the husband of Bea Arthur's "Maude," on the former CBS TV series, "Maude" (1972-78).
From Deadline: The so-called "pimp to the stars" and "Hollywood hustler," Scotty Bowers, died at the age of 96, Sunday, October 13, 2019. A former marine and gas station attendant, Bowers was allegedly a sexual companion to or sexual facilitator (pimp) for numerous stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, including Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Spencer Tracy, Charles Laughton, Cole Porter, and Laurence Olivier, to name a few. In his 2012 memoir, "Full Service," Bowers gave insight into the secretive sex lives high-profile Hollywood stars of the golden era.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from September 22nd to 30th, 2019 - Update #30
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BOX OFFCE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 9/27 to 9/29/19 weekend box office is the animated film, "Abominable," with an estimated take of 20.85 million dollars.
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MOVIES - From Truthout: A new documentary film, "PUSH," chronicles the urban housing crisis that has been growing since the 2008 financial crash.
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POLITICS - From DNYUZ: Concerning Fox News, "Fuck 'em!" declared Oscar-winning actor Robert DeNiro in a CNN interview.
From YahooLifestyle: This article has video clips of Mr. DeNiro's "Fuck 'em" declaration.
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JAMES BOND - From YahooMovies: See first photo of Lashana Lynch as the new 007 on the set of the upcoming James Bond film, "No Time to Die."
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MARVEL STUDIOS - From BleedingCool: When Disney ordered Ike Perlmutter to stop blocking "Black Panther" and "Captain Marvel."
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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Breakout Broadway star, Jeremy Pope, will have a lead role in "Hollywood," the new series from TV super-producer Ryan Murphy and Netflix.
From TheWrap: Emmy-winning actor Jim Parsons is among seven new cast members announced for Ryan Murphy's "Hollywood" series for Netflix.
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CELEBRITY - From ShadowandAct: Oscar-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson has signed a deal with Amazon to become the first celebrity voice option for the voice of Alexa, the company's digitally enhanced assistant device.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez and Grammy-winning recording artist Shakira will headline the halftime show at "Super Bowl LIV." The game is set for Feb. 2, 2020 and will be broadcast on Fox.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Andrea Reiher gives readers a recap of "American Horror Story: 1984" Episode 2 ("Mr. Jingles).
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MOVIES - From Variety: "News of the World," the historical drama starring Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass will be released December 25, 2020.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick is joining MGM to produce a sequel to their beloved ABC TV drama, "Thirtysomething" (1987-1991), which won the Primetime Emmy for "Best Drama Series" in 1988. Multiple networks are interested, including ABC.
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CULTURE - From YahooMoney: This map shows the richest person in each state.
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BUSINESS - From THR: How much of a market is left for (stagnant) satellite TV service, DirectTV?
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MOVIES - From Variety: The star trio of the original "Jurassic Park," Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, and Sam Neill, are returning for "Jurassic World 3." The film is due June 21, 2021.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Will Smith will portray real-life crime boss, Nicky Barnes, in the film, "The Council," for Netflix.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Word is that Warner Bros. is rebooting its 1991 gangster film, "New Jack City," with "Snowfall" (FX) actor, Malcolm M. Mays writing.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: The latest classic TV series about to be rebooted is the late CBS series, "Walker, Texas Ranger," which starred Chuck Norris. Actor Jared Padalecki, formerly of The CW's "Supernatural" is set to star and executive produce.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 9/20 to 9/22/2019 weekend box office is "Downton Abbey" with an estimated take of 31 million dollars.
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EMMYS - From Deadline: The estimated 6.9 million viewers who watched the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast is the smallest audience ever for an Emmy Awards show.
From TheWrap: Here is a complete list of winners at last night's 71st Primetime Emmy Awards.
From TheWrap: Tonight, Sun., Sept. 22nd is the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. "The Wrap" offers this complete list of the categories and nominees in each category that are in play tonight.
From FanSided: Here is a printable list of the nominees in the major categories at tonight's 71st Primetime Emmy Awards.
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DISNEY - From THR: Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why Disney walked away from acquiring Twitter in 2017.
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MOVIES - From THR: The late actor R. Lee Emery played the drill sergeant in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket." "The Hollywood Reporter" offers the story of actor Tim Colceri, who was originally slated to play the role.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Director Ang Lee talks about his latest film, "Gemini Man," including de-aging the film's star, Will Smith.
OBITS:
From NPR: Opera singer Jessye Norman has died at the age of 74, Monday, September 30, 2019. Norman was a four-time Grammy winner and also received the "Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2006. She also received the "2009 National Medal of Arts" in 2010 from President Barack Obama. A "dramatic soprano," Norman was one of the leading figures in opera at a time when there were far fewer African-American opera singers than there are now.
From Deadline: The actor Robert Garrison died at the age of 59, Friday, September 27, 2019. Garrison is best remembered for playing the character, "Tommy," in "The Karate Kid" (1984) and its sequel, "The Karate Kid 2" (1986).
From TheWrap: The actor Sid Haig has died at the age of 80, Saturday, September 21, 2019. In a career that began in the early 1960s, Haig appeared in over 50 films and in hundreds of episodes of television series. He had become a horror movie icon thanks to his appearance in Rob Zombie's "Firefly family" films. In the 1970s, Haig appeared in several blaxploitation films, including Jack Hill's "Coffy" and "Foxy Brown."
From StarTrek: The actor Aron Eisenberg has died at the age of 50, Saturday, September 21, 2019. He was best known for playing the character, "Nog," on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" for 47 episodes (according to IMDb).
BOX OFFCE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 9/27 to 9/29/19 weekend box office is the animated film, "Abominable," with an estimated take of 20.85 million dollars.
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MOVIES - From Truthout: A new documentary film, "PUSH," chronicles the urban housing crisis that has been growing since the 2008 financial crash.
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POLITICS - From DNYUZ: Concerning Fox News, "Fuck 'em!" declared Oscar-winning actor Robert DeNiro in a CNN interview.
From YahooLifestyle: This article has video clips of Mr. DeNiro's "Fuck 'em" declaration.
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JAMES BOND - From YahooMovies: See first photo of Lashana Lynch as the new 007 on the set of the upcoming James Bond film, "No Time to Die."
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MARVEL STUDIOS - From BleedingCool: When Disney ordered Ike Perlmutter to stop blocking "Black Panther" and "Captain Marvel."
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STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Breakout Broadway star, Jeremy Pope, will have a lead role in "Hollywood," the new series from TV super-producer Ryan Murphy and Netflix.
From TheWrap: Emmy-winning actor Jim Parsons is among seven new cast members announced for Ryan Murphy's "Hollywood" series for Netflix.
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CELEBRITY - From ShadowandAct: Oscar-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson has signed a deal with Amazon to become the first celebrity voice option for the voice of Alexa, the company's digitally enhanced assistant device.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez and Grammy-winning recording artist Shakira will headline the halftime show at "Super Bowl LIV." The game is set for Feb. 2, 2020 and will be broadcast on Fox.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Andrea Reiher gives readers a recap of "American Horror Story: 1984" Episode 2 ("Mr. Jingles).
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MOVIES - From Variety: "News of the World," the historical drama starring Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass will be released December 25, 2020.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick is joining MGM to produce a sequel to their beloved ABC TV drama, "Thirtysomething" (1987-1991), which won the Primetime Emmy for "Best Drama Series" in 1988. Multiple networks are interested, including ABC.
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CULTURE - From YahooMoney: This map shows the richest person in each state.
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BUSINESS - From THR: How much of a market is left for (stagnant) satellite TV service, DirectTV?
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MOVIES - From Variety: The star trio of the original "Jurassic Park," Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, and Sam Neill, are returning for "Jurassic World 3." The film is due June 21, 2021.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Will Smith will portray real-life crime boss, Nicky Barnes, in the film, "The Council," for Netflix.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Word is that Warner Bros. is rebooting its 1991 gangster film, "New Jack City," with "Snowfall" (FX) actor, Malcolm M. Mays writing.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: The latest classic TV series about to be rebooted is the late CBS series, "Walker, Texas Ranger," which starred Chuck Norris. Actor Jared Padalecki, formerly of The CW's "Supernatural" is set to star and executive produce.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 9/20 to 9/22/2019 weekend box office is "Downton Abbey" with an estimated take of 31 million dollars.
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EMMYS - From Deadline: The estimated 6.9 million viewers who watched the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast is the smallest audience ever for an Emmy Awards show.
From TheWrap: Here is a complete list of winners at last night's 71st Primetime Emmy Awards.
From TheWrap: Tonight, Sun., Sept. 22nd is the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. "The Wrap" offers this complete list of the categories and nominees in each category that are in play tonight.
From FanSided: Here is a printable list of the nominees in the major categories at tonight's 71st Primetime Emmy Awards.
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DISNEY - From THR: Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why Disney walked away from acquiring Twitter in 2017.
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MOVIES - From THR: The late actor R. Lee Emery played the drill sergeant in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket." "The Hollywood Reporter" offers the story of actor Tim Colceri, who was originally slated to play the role.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Director Ang Lee talks about his latest film, "Gemini Man," including de-aging the film's star, Will Smith.
OBITS:
From NPR: Opera singer Jessye Norman has died at the age of 74, Monday, September 30, 2019. Norman was a four-time Grammy winner and also received the "Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2006. She also received the "2009 National Medal of Arts" in 2010 from President Barack Obama. A "dramatic soprano," Norman was one of the leading figures in opera at a time when there were far fewer African-American opera singers than there are now.
From Deadline: The actor Robert Garrison died at the age of 59, Friday, September 27, 2019. Garrison is best remembered for playing the character, "Tommy," in "The Karate Kid" (1984) and its sequel, "The Karate Kid 2" (1986).
From TheWrap: The actor Sid Haig has died at the age of 80, Saturday, September 21, 2019. In a career that began in the early 1960s, Haig appeared in over 50 films and in hundreds of episodes of television series. He had become a horror movie icon thanks to his appearance in Rob Zombie's "Firefly family" films. In the 1970s, Haig appeared in several blaxploitation films, including Jack Hill's "Coffy" and "Foxy Brown."
From StarTrek: The actor Aron Eisenberg has died at the age of 50, Saturday, September 21, 2019. He was best known for playing the character, "Nog," on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" for 47 episodes (according to IMDb).
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from August 1st to 10th, 2019 - Update #24
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MOVIES - From DigitalSpy: This article is a list of films that 20th Century Fox had planned to make, but Disney has cancelled since buying Fox.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Robert Kirkman, the co-creator of "The Walking Dead" comic book, is suing AMC over profits concerning "The Walking Dead" television series. That trial may begin sooner than expected.
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DISNEY - From SlashFilm: Disney's live-action remake of its animated classic, "Lady and the Tramp," will feature real dogs. Here is a first look at those dogs.
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COMICS-FILM - From SlashFilm: Multiple Oscar-nominee, Michelle Williams, is returning for the Venom sequel, "Venom 2," to play "Anne Weying."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Wesley Snipes joins Eddie Murphy and Craig Brewer's "Coming to America" sequel.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Disney CEO Bob Iger says that the Disney+ streaming service will include reboots of 20th Century Fox movie properties like "Home Alone," "Night at the Museum," and "Cheaper by the Dozen."
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COMICS-TV - From Deadline: ABC is looking for its next series based on a Marvel Comics property as Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. comes to an end. They are looking for a mostly brand new female superhero.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Andy Serkis has closed a deal with Sony Pictures to direct "Venom 2." Sexy Tom Hardy will return as the film's star.
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TELEVISION - From THR: On the heels of "Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons", ABC has ordered two more "live" specials from producers Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel. No word on which classic Norman Lear TV series will get the live treatment.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/2 to 8/4/2019 weekend box office is "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw" with an estimated 60.8 million dollars.
From Patreon: My review of "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw."
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actress Afton Williamson recently quit ABC's TV series, "The Rookie" (starring Nathan Fillion). She announces that the reasons were sexual misconduct and racist behavior towards her. Deadline has a dedicated page to follow this controversy which is heating up.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Oscar-winning producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have signed a first-look production deal with Universal Pictures.
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MOVIES - From THR: In a rare public appearance, Lilly Wachowski (formerly Andy Wachowski), talks about the visibility of trans-people. Lilly and her sister, Lana, (formerly Larry), are best known for directing "The Matrix" trilogy.
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MOVIES - From TheGuardian: "Fragile masculinity: why no one in the Fast and Furious films can lose a fight" by Stuart Heritage.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Former costars Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren are reuniting for an hour-long action drama series, and it is a hot property with broadcast and streaming companies.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: The eighth and final season of Showtime's Emmy-winning series, "Homeland," will begin February 2020.
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TELEVISION - From TVLine: Gal Gadot will star in Showtime's biopic of famed Golden Age of Hollywood actress, Hedy Lamarr (who was also an inventor).
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MOVIES-TELEVISION - From Variety: CBS and Viacom's reunion moves closer as both companies agree to an executive structure.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Cate Blanchett looks to join Guillermo del Toro's "Nightmare Alley," opposite Bradley Cooper.
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MOVIES - From Jezebel: An analysis by Rich Juzwiak: "Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time In Hollywood Doubles Down on Shittiness Toward Women."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Robert De Niro is in talks to join director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio in the film adaptation of the book, "Killers of the Flower Moon."
OBITS:
From Deadline: The American author, Toni Morrison, has died at the age of 88, Monday, August 5, 2019. Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, the first Black woman to win the award. Ms. Morrison was known for such novels as Sula, The Song of Solomon, and Beloved.
From ReviewJournal: Sports reporter Don Banks has died at the age of 56, Sunday, August 4, 2019. Banks was known for his work covering the National Football League (NFL). He wrote for "Sports Illustrated" for 17 years and had recently joined "The Las Vegas Review-Journal. "
From IndieWire: Documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker died at the age of 94, Thursday, August 1, 2019. He was known for his focus on arts ("Don't Look Back" and "Monterey Pop") and politics ("The War Room") and was a pioneer of "Direct Cinema." He was only nominated for one Oscar (for "The War Room"), but he won an "Honorary Oscar" for Lifetime Achievement.
From NFL: Former National Football League (NFL) player, Nick Buoniconti, died at the age of 78, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Buoniconti played middle linebacker for the Boston Patriots and the Miami Dolphins. He was on two Super Bowl winning Dolphins teams, including the 1972 "Perfect Season" Dolphins. He was named to the "Pro Football Hall of Fame" in 2001. Known for his charitable work, he co-founded Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and he raised hundreds of millions of dollars for research into brain and spinal cord injuries.
MOVIES - From DigitalSpy: This article is a list of films that 20th Century Fox had planned to make, but Disney has cancelled since buying Fox.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Robert Kirkman, the co-creator of "The Walking Dead" comic book, is suing AMC over profits concerning "The Walking Dead" television series. That trial may begin sooner than expected.
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DISNEY - From SlashFilm: Disney's live-action remake of its animated classic, "Lady and the Tramp," will feature real dogs. Here is a first look at those dogs.
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COMICS-FILM - From SlashFilm: Multiple Oscar-nominee, Michelle Williams, is returning for the Venom sequel, "Venom 2," to play "Anne Weying."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Wesley Snipes joins Eddie Murphy and Craig Brewer's "Coming to America" sequel.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Disney CEO Bob Iger says that the Disney+ streaming service will include reboots of 20th Century Fox movie properties like "Home Alone," "Night at the Museum," and "Cheaper by the Dozen."
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COMICS-TV - From Deadline: ABC is looking for its next series based on a Marvel Comics property as Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. comes to an end. They are looking for a mostly brand new female superhero.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Andy Serkis has closed a deal with Sony Pictures to direct "Venom 2." Sexy Tom Hardy will return as the film's star.
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TELEVISION - From THR: On the heels of "Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons", ABC has ordered two more "live" specials from producers Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel. No word on which classic Norman Lear TV series will get the live treatment.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/2 to 8/4/2019 weekend box office is "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw" with an estimated 60.8 million dollars.
From Patreon: My review of "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw."
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actress Afton Williamson recently quit ABC's TV series, "The Rookie" (starring Nathan Fillion). She announces that the reasons were sexual misconduct and racist behavior towards her. Deadline has a dedicated page to follow this controversy which is heating up.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Oscar-winning producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have signed a first-look production deal with Universal Pictures.
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MOVIES - From THR: In a rare public appearance, Lilly Wachowski (formerly Andy Wachowski), talks about the visibility of trans-people. Lilly and her sister, Lana, (formerly Larry), are best known for directing "The Matrix" trilogy.
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MOVIES - From TheGuardian: "Fragile masculinity: why no one in the Fast and Furious films can lose a fight" by Stuart Heritage.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Former costars Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren are reuniting for an hour-long action drama series, and it is a hot property with broadcast and streaming companies.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: The eighth and final season of Showtime's Emmy-winning series, "Homeland," will begin February 2020.
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TELEVISION - From TVLine: Gal Gadot will star in Showtime's biopic of famed Golden Age of Hollywood actress, Hedy Lamarr (who was also an inventor).
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MOVIES-TELEVISION - From Variety: CBS and Viacom's reunion moves closer as both companies agree to an executive structure.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Cate Blanchett looks to join Guillermo del Toro's "Nightmare Alley," opposite Bradley Cooper.
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MOVIES - From Jezebel: An analysis by Rich Juzwiak: "Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time In Hollywood Doubles Down on Shittiness Toward Women."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Robert De Niro is in talks to join director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio in the film adaptation of the book, "Killers of the Flower Moon."
OBITS:
From Deadline: The American author, Toni Morrison, has died at the age of 88, Monday, August 5, 2019. Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, the first Black woman to win the award. Ms. Morrison was known for such novels as Sula, The Song of Solomon, and Beloved.
From ReviewJournal: Sports reporter Don Banks has died at the age of 56, Sunday, August 4, 2019. Banks was known for his work covering the National Football League (NFL). He wrote for "Sports Illustrated" for 17 years and had recently joined "The Las Vegas Review-Journal. "
From IndieWire: Documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker died at the age of 94, Thursday, August 1, 2019. He was known for his focus on arts ("Don't Look Back" and "Monterey Pop") and politics ("The War Room") and was a pioneer of "Direct Cinema." He was only nominated for one Oscar (for "The War Room"), but he won an "Honorary Oscar" for Lifetime Achievement.
From NFL: Former National Football League (NFL) player, Nick Buoniconti, died at the age of 78, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Buoniconti played middle linebacker for the Boston Patriots and the Miami Dolphins. He was on two Super Bowl winning Dolphins teams, including the 1972 "Perfect Season" Dolphins. He was named to the "Pro Football Hall of Fame" in 2001. Known for his charitable work, he co-founded Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and he raised hundreds of millions of dollars for research into brain and spinal cord injuries.
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Production Begins on Todd Phillips' "Joker"
Joaquin Phoenix as "Arthur Fleck" in "Joker"
PRODUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON WARNER BROS. PICTURES’ “JOKER”
Todd Phillips helms a gritty origin story starring Joaquin Phoenix and Robert De Niro
Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Joker,” starring Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Robert De Niro, and directed, produced and co-written by Oscar nominee Todd Phillips.
“Joker” centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck (Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale.
The film also stars Zazie Beetz (“Deadpool 2”), Bill Camp (“Red Sparrow,” “Molly’s Game”), Frances Conroy (TV’s “American Horror Story,” Hulu’s “Castle Rock”), Brett Cullen (“42,” Netflix’s “Narcos”), Glenn Fleshler (TV’s “Billions,” “Barry”), Douglas Hodge (“Red Sparrow,” TV’s “Penny Dreadful”), Marc Maron (TV’s “Maron,” “GLOW”), Josh Pais (upcoming “Motherless Brooklyn,” “Going in Style”), and Shea Whigham (upcoming “First Man,” “Kong: Skull Island”).
Phillips (“The Hangover” trilogy) directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with writer Scott Silver (“The Fighter”), based on characters from DC. The film is being produced by Phillips and Bradley Cooper under their Joint Effort banner, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff. It is executive produced by Richard Baratta, Michael Uslan, Joseph Garner and Bruce Berman.
Behind the scenes, Phillips is joined by director of photography Lawrence Sher (upcoming “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” “The Hangover” trilogy), production designer Mark Friedberg (“Selma,” “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”), editor Jeff Groth (“War Dogs,” “The Hangover Part III”), and Oscar-winning costume designer Mark Bridges (“Phantom Thread,” “The Artist”).
A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, in Association with BRON Creative, a Joint Effort Production, “Joker” is set for release October 4, 2019, and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
*credits not final/subject to change
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Saturday, January 13, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from January 7th to 13th, 2018 - Update #28
Support Leroy on Patreon.
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.
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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).
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
President Obama Presents 21 Recipients the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The awards were presented at the White House on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016.
President Obama said, "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is not just our nation's highest civilian honor - it's a tribute to the idea that all of us, no matter where we come from, have the opportunity to change this country for the better. From scientists, philanthropists, and public servants to activists, athletes, and artists, these 21 individuals have helped push America forward, inspiring millions of people around the world along the way."
This event was streamed live at: www.whitehouse.gov/live.
The following individuals were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the National Basketball Association’s all-time leading scorer who helped lead the Los Angeles Lakers to five championships and the Milwaukee Bucks to another. During his career, Abdul-Jabbar was a six-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 19-time NBA All-Star. Before joining the NBA, he was a star player at UCLA, leading the Bruins to three consecutive championships. In addition to his legendary basketball career, Abdul-Jabbar has been an outspoken advocate for social justice.
Elouise Cobell (posthumous)
Elouise Cobell was a Blackfeet Tribal community leader and an advocate for Native American self-determination and financial independence. She used her expertise in accounting to champion a lawsuit that resulted in a historic settlement, restoring tribal homelands to her beloved Blackfeet Nation and many other tribes, and in so doing, inspired a new generation of Native Americans to fight for the rights of others. Cobell helped found the Native American Bank, served as director of the Native American Community Development Corporation, and inspired Native American women to seek leadership roles in their communities.
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres is an award-winning comedian who has hosted her popular daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, since 2003 with her trademarked humor, humility, and optimism. In 2003 Ellen lent her voice to a forgetful but unforgettable little fish named Dory in Finding Nemo. She reprised her role again in 2016 with the hugely successful Finding Dory. Ellen also hosted the Academy Awards twice, in 2007 and 2014. In 1997, after coming out herself, DeGeneres made TV history when her character on Ellen revealed she was a lesbian. In her work and in her life, she has been a passionate advocate for equality and fairness.
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro has brought to life some of the most memorable roles in American film during a career that spans five decades. His first major film roles were in the sports drama Bang the Drum Slowly and Martin Scorsese's crime film Mean Streets. He is a seven-time Academy Award nominee and two-time Oscar winner, and is also a Kennedy Center honoree.
Richard Garwin
Richard Garwin is a polymath physicist who earned a Ph.D. under Enrico Fermi at age 21 and subsequently made pioneering contributions to U.S. defense and intelligence technologies, low-temperature and nuclear physics, detection of gravitational radiation, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer systems, laser printing, and nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. He directed Applied Research at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center and taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and Harvard University. The author of 500 technical papers and a winner of the National Medal of Science, Garwin holds 47 U.S. patents, and has advised numerous administrations.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates established the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, the foundation focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, the mission is to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. The Gates Foundation has provided more than $36 billion in grants since its inception.
Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry is one of the world’s leading architects, whose works have helped define contemporary architecture. His best-known buildings include the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Dancing House in Prague, and the Guggenheim Museum building in Bilbao, Spain.
Margaret H. Hamilton
Margaret H. Hamilton led the team that created the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo command modules and lunar modules. A mathematician and computer scientist who started her own software company, Hamilton contributed to concepts of asynchronous software, priority scheduling and priority displays, and human-in-the-loop decision capability, which set the foundation for modern, ultra-reliable software design and engineering.
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks is one of the Nation’s finest actors and filmmakers. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role five times, and received the award for his work in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. Those roles and countless others, including in Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, and Cast Away, have left an indelible mark on American film. Off screen, as an advocate, Hanks has advocated for social and environmental justice, and for our veterans and their families.
Grace Hopper (posthumous)
Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, known as “Amazing Grace” and “the first lady of software,” was at the forefront of computers and programming development from the 1940s through the 1980s. Hopper’s work helped make coding languages more practical and accessible, and she created the first compiler, which translates source code from one language into another. She taught mathematics as an associate professor at Vassar College before joining the United States Naval Reserve as a lieutenant (junior grade) during World War II, where she became one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer and began her lifelong leadership role in the field of computer science.
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest athletes of all time. Jordan played 15 seasons in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards; he is currently a principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. During his career, he won six championships, five Most Valuable Player awards, and appeared in 14 All-Star games.
Maya Lin
Maya Lin is an artist and designer who is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art. She designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. and since then has pursued a celebrated career in both art and architecture. A committed environmentalist, Lin is currently working on a multi-sited artwork/memorial, What is Missing? bringing awareness to the planet's loss of habitat and biodiversity.
Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels is a producer and screenwriter, best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live, which has run continuously for more than 40 years. In addition, Michaels has also produced The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and 30 Rock, among other popular, award-winning shows. He has won 13 Emmy Awards over the course of his lengthy career.
Newt Minow
Newt Minow is an attorney with a long and distinguished career in public life. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Minow served as a Supreme Court clerk and counsel to the Governor of Illinois. In 1961, President Kennedy selected Minow, then 34, to serve as Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC), where he helped shape the future of American television and was a vigorous advocate for broadcasting that promoted the public interest. In the five decades since leaving the FCC, Minow has maintained a prominent private law practice while devoting himself to numerous public and charitable causes.
Eduardo Padrón
Eduardo Padrón is the President of Miami Dade College (MDC), one of the largest institutions of higher education in the United States. During his more than four decade career, President Padrón has been a national voice for access and inclusion. He has worked to ensure all students have access to high quality, affordable education. He has championed innovative teaching and learning strategies making MDC a national model of excellence.
Robert Redford
Robert Redford is an actor, director, producer, businessman, and environmentalist. In 1981, he founded the Sundance Institute to advance the work of independent filmmakers and storytellers throughout the world, including through its annual Sundance Film Festival. He has received an Academy Award for Best Director and for Lifetime Achievement. Redford has directed or starred in numerous motion pictures, including The Candidate, All the President's Men, Quiz Show, and A River Runs Through It.
Diana Ross
Diana Ross has had an iconic career spanning more than 50 years within the entertainment industry in music, film, television, theater, and fashion. Diana Ross is an Academy Award nominee, inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and recipient of the Grammy Awards highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award. Ross was a recipient of the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors. Diana Ross’s greatest legacy is her five wonderful children.
Vin Scully
Vin Scully is a broadcaster who, for 67 seasons, was the voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. In Southern California, where generations of fans have grown up listening to Dodger baseball, Scully's voice is known as the "soundtrack to summer." In 1988, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Scully's signature voice brought to life key moments in baseball history, including perfect games by Sandy Koufax and Don Larsen, Kirk Gibson's home run in the 1988 World Series, and Hank Aaron's record-breaking 715th home run.
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen is a singer, songwriter, and bandleader. More than five decades ago, he bought a guitar and learned how to make it talk. Since then, the stories he has told, in lyrics and epic live concert performances, have helped shape American music and have challenged us to realize the American dream. Springsteen is a Kennedy Center honoree and he and the E Street Band he leads have each been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson has performed on the stage, on television, and on the silver screen. She has won two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, and is known for her performances in Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and The Help. In 2013, she returned to the stage with The Trip to the Bountiful, and was awarded the Tony Award for best leading actress. Tyson received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2015.
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WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The awards were presented at the White House on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016.
President Obama said, "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is not just our nation's highest civilian honor - it's a tribute to the idea that all of us, no matter where we come from, have the opportunity to change this country for the better. From scientists, philanthropists, and public servants to activists, athletes, and artists, these 21 individuals have helped push America forward, inspiring millions of people around the world along the way."
This event was streamed live at: www.whitehouse.gov/live.
The following individuals were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the National Basketball Association’s all-time leading scorer who helped lead the Los Angeles Lakers to five championships and the Milwaukee Bucks to another. During his career, Abdul-Jabbar was a six-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 19-time NBA All-Star. Before joining the NBA, he was a star player at UCLA, leading the Bruins to three consecutive championships. In addition to his legendary basketball career, Abdul-Jabbar has been an outspoken advocate for social justice.
Elouise Cobell (posthumous)
Elouise Cobell was a Blackfeet Tribal community leader and an advocate for Native American self-determination and financial independence. She used her expertise in accounting to champion a lawsuit that resulted in a historic settlement, restoring tribal homelands to her beloved Blackfeet Nation and many other tribes, and in so doing, inspired a new generation of Native Americans to fight for the rights of others. Cobell helped found the Native American Bank, served as director of the Native American Community Development Corporation, and inspired Native American women to seek leadership roles in their communities.
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres is an award-winning comedian who has hosted her popular daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, since 2003 with her trademarked humor, humility, and optimism. In 2003 Ellen lent her voice to a forgetful but unforgettable little fish named Dory in Finding Nemo. She reprised her role again in 2016 with the hugely successful Finding Dory. Ellen also hosted the Academy Awards twice, in 2007 and 2014. In 1997, after coming out herself, DeGeneres made TV history when her character on Ellen revealed she was a lesbian. In her work and in her life, she has been a passionate advocate for equality and fairness.
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro has brought to life some of the most memorable roles in American film during a career that spans five decades. His first major film roles were in the sports drama Bang the Drum Slowly and Martin Scorsese's crime film Mean Streets. He is a seven-time Academy Award nominee and two-time Oscar winner, and is also a Kennedy Center honoree.
Richard Garwin
Richard Garwin is a polymath physicist who earned a Ph.D. under Enrico Fermi at age 21 and subsequently made pioneering contributions to U.S. defense and intelligence technologies, low-temperature and nuclear physics, detection of gravitational radiation, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer systems, laser printing, and nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. He directed Applied Research at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center and taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and Harvard University. The author of 500 technical papers and a winner of the National Medal of Science, Garwin holds 47 U.S. patents, and has advised numerous administrations.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates established the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, the foundation focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, the mission is to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. The Gates Foundation has provided more than $36 billion in grants since its inception.
Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry is one of the world’s leading architects, whose works have helped define contemporary architecture. His best-known buildings include the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Dancing House in Prague, and the Guggenheim Museum building in Bilbao, Spain.
Margaret H. Hamilton
Margaret H. Hamilton led the team that created the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo command modules and lunar modules. A mathematician and computer scientist who started her own software company, Hamilton contributed to concepts of asynchronous software, priority scheduling and priority displays, and human-in-the-loop decision capability, which set the foundation for modern, ultra-reliable software design and engineering.
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks is one of the Nation’s finest actors and filmmakers. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role five times, and received the award for his work in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. Those roles and countless others, including in Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, and Cast Away, have left an indelible mark on American film. Off screen, as an advocate, Hanks has advocated for social and environmental justice, and for our veterans and their families.
Grace Hopper (posthumous)
Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, known as “Amazing Grace” and “the first lady of software,” was at the forefront of computers and programming development from the 1940s through the 1980s. Hopper’s work helped make coding languages more practical and accessible, and she created the first compiler, which translates source code from one language into another. She taught mathematics as an associate professor at Vassar College before joining the United States Naval Reserve as a lieutenant (junior grade) during World War II, where she became one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer and began her lifelong leadership role in the field of computer science.
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest athletes of all time. Jordan played 15 seasons in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards; he is currently a principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. During his career, he won six championships, five Most Valuable Player awards, and appeared in 14 All-Star games.
Maya Lin
Maya Lin is an artist and designer who is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art. She designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. and since then has pursued a celebrated career in both art and architecture. A committed environmentalist, Lin is currently working on a multi-sited artwork/memorial, What is Missing? bringing awareness to the planet's loss of habitat and biodiversity.
Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels is a producer and screenwriter, best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live, which has run continuously for more than 40 years. In addition, Michaels has also produced The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and 30 Rock, among other popular, award-winning shows. He has won 13 Emmy Awards over the course of his lengthy career.
Newt Minow
Newt Minow is an attorney with a long and distinguished career in public life. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Minow served as a Supreme Court clerk and counsel to the Governor of Illinois. In 1961, President Kennedy selected Minow, then 34, to serve as Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC), where he helped shape the future of American television and was a vigorous advocate for broadcasting that promoted the public interest. In the five decades since leaving the FCC, Minow has maintained a prominent private law practice while devoting himself to numerous public and charitable causes.
Eduardo Padrón
Eduardo Padrón is the President of Miami Dade College (MDC), one of the largest institutions of higher education in the United States. During his more than four decade career, President Padrón has been a national voice for access and inclusion. He has worked to ensure all students have access to high quality, affordable education. He has championed innovative teaching and learning strategies making MDC a national model of excellence.
Robert Redford
Robert Redford is an actor, director, producer, businessman, and environmentalist. In 1981, he founded the Sundance Institute to advance the work of independent filmmakers and storytellers throughout the world, including through its annual Sundance Film Festival. He has received an Academy Award for Best Director and for Lifetime Achievement. Redford has directed or starred in numerous motion pictures, including The Candidate, All the President's Men, Quiz Show, and A River Runs Through It.
Diana Ross
Diana Ross has had an iconic career spanning more than 50 years within the entertainment industry in music, film, television, theater, and fashion. Diana Ross is an Academy Award nominee, inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and recipient of the Grammy Awards highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award. Ross was a recipient of the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors. Diana Ross’s greatest legacy is her five wonderful children.
Vin Scully
Vin Scully is a broadcaster who, for 67 seasons, was the voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. In Southern California, where generations of fans have grown up listening to Dodger baseball, Scully's voice is known as the "soundtrack to summer." In 1988, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Scully's signature voice brought to life key moments in baseball history, including perfect games by Sandy Koufax and Don Larsen, Kirk Gibson's home run in the 1988 World Series, and Hank Aaron's record-breaking 715th home run.
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen is a singer, songwriter, and bandleader. More than five decades ago, he bought a guitar and learned how to make it talk. Since then, the stories he has told, in lyrics and epic live concert performances, have helped shape American music and have challenged us to realize the American dream. Springsteen is a Kennedy Center honoree and he and the E Street Band he leads have each been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson has performed on the stage, on television, and on the silver screen. She has won two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, and is known for her performances in Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and The Help. In 2013, she returned to the stage with The Trip to the Bountiful, and was awarded the Tony Award for best leading actress. Tyson received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2015.
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Saturday, November 12, 2016
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from November 6th to 12th, 2016 - Update #16
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POLITICS - From YahooNews: Tens of thousands continue to protest the rigged election of Donald Trump as President of the USA.
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POLITICS - From TheProgressive: Hilary won! Yes, do something about the Electoral College.
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MOVIES - From PopMatters: Now, that Trump is President-Elect, the controversy about Nate Parker should be rendered moot.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Robert Redford says that he retiring within two films.
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OBIT - From Variety: The actor Robert Vaughn has died at the age of 83, Friday, November 11, 2016. He was best known for playing Napoleon Solo on the 1960s spy TV series, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
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CULTURE - From Deadline: The legendary Canadian singer-songwriter and poet, Leonard Cohen, has died at the age of 82, Monday, November 7, 2016.
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MOVIES - From YahooCelebrity: Jennifer Lawrence says let Trump's win enrage and motivate you.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's "A Star is Born" is due September 2018.
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POLITICS - From NYTimes: Donald J. Trump a.k.a "Fuckface" is elected the 45th President of the United States of Amerikkka... I mean America.
From YahooNews: Newspapers react to Trump's win (our loss).
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TELEVISION - TVLine: The unnamed drama starring Robert DeNiro and Julianne Moore (both Oscar winners) has a two-season commitment from Amazon.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Max Landis will write and direct a remake of one of the all-time great horror films, "An American Werewolf in London," which was directed by his father, John Landis.
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BLM - From RSN: Julius Garvey wants President Obama to pardon his late father, Marcus Garvey.
From teleSUR: White St. Louis cop posed with body of dead Black man.
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OBIT - From YahooNews: Former U.S. Attorney General, Janet Reno, has died at the age of 78, Monday, November 7, 2016. Serving under President Bill Clinton, Reno was the first woman to hold that position, which she held nearly the entire length of Clinton's term.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 11/4 to 11/6/2016 weekend box office is Marvel's "Doctor Strange" with an estimated take of $84.9.
From YahooMovies: "Doctor Strange" kills it at the box office.
From Variety: "Doctor Strange" proves that Marvel is the gold standard in Hollywood.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis emerge as instant Oscar contenders for "Fences."
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ECO - From GuardianUK: Mark Ruffalo says that we must listen to #NoDAPL protestors, not punish them.
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COMICS - From CinemaBlend: X-Men comic book writer, Chris Claremont, upset about the X-Men film rights issues affecting the X-Men comic books.
POLITICS - From YahooNews: Tens of thousands continue to protest the rigged election of Donald Trump as President of the USA.
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POLITICS - From TheProgressive: Hilary won! Yes, do something about the Electoral College.
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MOVIES - From PopMatters: Now, that Trump is President-Elect, the controversy about Nate Parker should be rendered moot.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Robert Redford says that he retiring within two films.
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OBIT - From Variety: The actor Robert Vaughn has died at the age of 83, Friday, November 11, 2016. He was best known for playing Napoleon Solo on the 1960s spy TV series, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
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CULTURE - From Deadline: The legendary Canadian singer-songwriter and poet, Leonard Cohen, has died at the age of 82, Monday, November 7, 2016.
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MOVIES - From YahooCelebrity: Jennifer Lawrence says let Trump's win enrage and motivate you.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's "A Star is Born" is due September 2018.
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POLITICS - From NYTimes: Donald J. Trump a.k.a "Fuckface" is elected the 45th President of the United States of Amerikkka... I mean America.
From YahooNews: Newspapers react to Trump's win (our loss).
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TELEVISION - TVLine: The unnamed drama starring Robert DeNiro and Julianne Moore (both Oscar winners) has a two-season commitment from Amazon.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Max Landis will write and direct a remake of one of the all-time great horror films, "An American Werewolf in London," which was directed by his father, John Landis.
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BLM - From RSN: Julius Garvey wants President Obama to pardon his late father, Marcus Garvey.
From teleSUR: White St. Louis cop posed with body of dead Black man.
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OBIT - From YahooNews: Former U.S. Attorney General, Janet Reno, has died at the age of 78, Monday, November 7, 2016. Serving under President Bill Clinton, Reno was the first woman to hold that position, which she held nearly the entire length of Clinton's term.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 11/4 to 11/6/2016 weekend box office is Marvel's "Doctor Strange" with an estimated take of $84.9.
From YahooMovies: "Doctor Strange" kills it at the box office.
From Variety: "Doctor Strange" proves that Marvel is the gold standard in Hollywood.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis emerge as instant Oscar contenders for "Fences."
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ECO - From GuardianUK: Mark Ruffalo says that we must listen to #NoDAPL protestors, not punish them.
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COMICS - From CinemaBlend: X-Men comic book writer, Chris Claremont, upset about the X-Men film rights issues affecting the X-Men comic books.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from August 7th to 13th, 2016 - Update #51
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OBIT - From Deadline: The actor Kenny Baker has died at the age of 81 (although some reports are listing him at 82 or 83). The 3-foot, 8-inch actor is best known for playing R2-D2 in six Star Wars movies. Baker also appeared in "The Elephant Man," "Time Bandits," and "The Goonies."
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ANIME-FILM - From TheTrackingBoard: One of my favorite anime, "Tiger & Bunny, is being developed as a live-action American film. "Tiger & Bunny" follows a veteran hero and his partner, the hot new thing.
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TELEVISION - From TheTrackingBoard: The creators of the long-running CBS TV series, "How I Met Your Mother," is developing a family comedy for the network.
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MOVIES - From YahooNews: On the set of "Fast 8," Vin Diesel and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are greatly at odds with one another.
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SPORTS - From CTVNews: Brazil receives its first gold medal of the Rio Olympics. Brazilian Rafaela Silva won gold in judo (57 kiogram division). Born in a favela (slum), Silva had been the target of horrible racists taunts. She has also come out as gay.
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BOX OFFICE - From Variety: "Suicide Squad" looks to hold onto first place at the weekend box office, despite a seeming big debut from the animated "Sausage Party."
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MOVIES - From Variety: Patty Jenkins, who is directing 2017's "Wonder Woman" movie, does not like this open letter that calls her film a mess.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: The United States' unlikeliest gold medal is a comeback story about swimmer, Anthony Ervin.
MOVIES - From Polygon: "Suicide Squad" has a problem that may also be a problem for other films based on DC Comics characters.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: Michelle Carter becomes the first U.S. woman to win gold in the Olympic shot put.
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TELEVISION - From DeadlineTV: Long-time "Criminal Minds" cast member, Thomas Gibson, is no longer with the series, following a suspension for an on-set confrontation.
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MOVIES - From Vulture: Former employee sends an open letter to top Warner Bros. executives and is highly critical to say the least.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: Simone Manuel becomes the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal for an individual swimming event (100 meter freestyle). She tied for the gold with Canadian Penny Oleksiak - the first tie for a gold medal since 2000. In fact, the last time an American woman won gold in the 100 meter freestyle, it was a tie involving 2 Americans.
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COMICS - From EntertainmentWeekly: In celebration of the birthday of Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America) posts a gag video featuring Hemsworth having trouble with a hammer.
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MOVIES - From EntertainmentWeekly: Hugh Jackman posts a photo on social media that has fans talking about how old he looks. "Old Man Logan" anyone?
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Classic Nickelodeon cartoon, "Rocko's Modern Life" will return in a special.
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MOVIES - From WeGotThisCovered: "Bad Boys 3" is now called "Bad Boys for Life." The release date has also been removed from 2017 to 2018.
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STAR WARS - From BleedingCool: Lando Calrissian reportedly to appear in the Han Solo spinoff movie in which Alden Ehrenreich.
From TheWrap: 7 actors who would be great as young Lando Calrissian.
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TELEVISION - From IGN: Gabriel Luna is the new "Ghost Rider," who will appear on the fourth season on ABC's "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. Nicolas Cage played the character in two films.
----------
TELEVISION - From YahooTV: Ousted "Saturday Night Live" cast members, Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, have new gigs at Showtime.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: Mel Gibson escapes settlement payments with is baby mama, Oksana Grigorieva.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Dammit. Angelina Jolie has decided not to appear in Kenneth Branagh's remake of "Murder on the Orient Express."
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MOVIES - From Variety: Brad Pitt is courting David Fincher to direct the "World War Z" sequel. Fincher and Pitt worked together on "Se7ev," "Fight Club," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
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STAR TREK - From Variety: CBS' new "Star Trek" series, "Star Trek: Discovery" will have a female lead, who will not be the captain.
From IndieWire: More details on "Discovery" including the show having a larger contingent of aliens and a gay character.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Speaking of all-girl reboots, there is "Ocean's 8," an all-female reboot of "Oceans Eleven." Rihanna and Anne Hathaway are in talks to join a cast that already includes Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: So the all-female "Ghostbusters" reboot looks to be a box office flop.
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OBITS - From YahooSports: John Saunders, longtime ESPN anchor, died today, Wednesday, August 10, 2016. He was 61.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Three cast members, including Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, are leaving "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) or were fired. One of them, Killam, is not sure why.
----------
MOVIES - From HitFix: There is a planned remake of the classic horror film, "Suspiria." The director of the original, Dario Argento, isn't impressed by those plans, although he is not against the film.
----------
POLITICS - From BostonGlobe: Louisiana's new Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards has saved lives since he accepted the Medicaid expansion under "Obamacare."
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OLYMPICS - From YahooSports: U.S. women make history in capturing Rio Olympic gymnastics team gold, the remarkable Simone Biles.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews: In Ferguson, Michael Brown's parents are still waiting for secret files in their lawsuit against his killer, former police officer Darren Wilson, the city, and it former police chief.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Tri-Star is leading the revival of "The Chronicles of Narnia" film series. The new will film be based on "The Silver Chair."
----------
MOVIES - From YahooCelebrity: Dwayne Johnson calls some of his "Fast 8" male co-stars "candyasses."
----------
MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Breck Eisner is in talks to direct a new Friday the 13th film.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From TheRoot: High fives and orders to make sure the body camera are off after Chicago pigs... I mean... cops shot an unarmed Black teen.
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MOVIES - From Variety: The Tom Cruise-Doug Liman film previously known as "Mena" is now entitled "American Made." It also moves from Jan. 2017 to a Sept. 2017 release date.
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TELEVISION - From DeadlineTV: Director David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook," "American Hustle") is prepping a TV series starring Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore.
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COMICS-FILM - From WeGotThisCovered: Set photos from "Spider-Man: Homecoming" shows off Spider-Man's web-shooters.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Woody Allen's series for Amazon has a name, "Crisis in Six Scenes." The series debut on Amazon Prime Video on September 30th and will be comprised of six episodes.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Joseph David-Jones has been cast in Kathryn Bigelow's untitled 1967 Detroit Riots film. David-Jones plays "Connor Hawke" in "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" for The CW.
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CULTURE - From RSN: Renee Zellwegger on against her: "We can do better."
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POLITICS - From NYMag: Former Fox News boss, Roger Ailes, used Fox's budget to finance a "Black Room" campaign against his personal enemies. He may have used the network's budget and profits to pay off sexual harassment claims against him.
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/5 to 8/7/2016 weekend box office is "Suicide Squad" with an estimated take of $135.1 million.
From YahooMovies: "Suicide Squad" sets three August box office records - largest opening weekend ($135.1 million) and largest single day ($65.2 million) and largest Thursday preview ($20.5 million), which is part of the Friday haul
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BOOKS-FILM - From RollingStone: George R.R. Martin's books are the source material for HBO's Emmy-winning hit, "Game of Thrones." Now, his anthology series, "Wild Cards," which he shares with other writers, is being developed for television.
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CELEBRITY - From PopSugar: Angelina Jolie will be a visiting professor at the London School of Economics next year.
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OBIT - From YahooCelebrity: Ricci Martin, the youngest son of legendary actor and singer, Dean Martin, has died at the age of 62, Wednesday, August 3, 2016. Ricci was a musician and also a singer, and he toured a tribute show to his late father (who died in 1995).
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From IBT: I have heard it said that America is driving Black people crazy. Here, is some proof or at least an article about it.
TRAILERS-VIDEO CLIPS:
From YouTube: First teaser trailer for "Allied," a new film from Robert Zemeckis, starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard.
From YouTube: Marvel's Captain America: Civil War - Black Panther Featurette
From YouTube: From the "Ben-Hur" remake, "You Should Have Killed Me."
From YouTube: "Office Christmas Party" trailer.
OBIT - From Deadline: The actor Kenny Baker has died at the age of 81 (although some reports are listing him at 82 or 83). The 3-foot, 8-inch actor is best known for playing R2-D2 in six Star Wars movies. Baker also appeared in "The Elephant Man," "Time Bandits," and "The Goonies."
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ANIME-FILM - From TheTrackingBoard: One of my favorite anime, "Tiger & Bunny, is being developed as a live-action American film. "Tiger & Bunny" follows a veteran hero and his partner, the hot new thing.
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TELEVISION - From TheTrackingBoard: The creators of the long-running CBS TV series, "How I Met Your Mother," is developing a family comedy for the network.
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MOVIES - From YahooNews: On the set of "Fast 8," Vin Diesel and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are greatly at odds with one another.
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SPORTS - From CTVNews: Brazil receives its first gold medal of the Rio Olympics. Brazilian Rafaela Silva won gold in judo (57 kiogram division). Born in a favela (slum), Silva had been the target of horrible racists taunts. She has also come out as gay.
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BOX OFFICE - From Variety: "Suicide Squad" looks to hold onto first place at the weekend box office, despite a seeming big debut from the animated "Sausage Party."
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MOVIES - From Variety: Patty Jenkins, who is directing 2017's "Wonder Woman" movie, does not like this open letter that calls her film a mess.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: The United States' unlikeliest gold medal is a comeback story about swimmer, Anthony Ervin.
MOVIES - From Polygon: "Suicide Squad" has a problem that may also be a problem for other films based on DC Comics characters.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: Michelle Carter becomes the first U.S. woman to win gold in the Olympic shot put.
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TELEVISION - From DeadlineTV: Long-time "Criminal Minds" cast member, Thomas Gibson, is no longer with the series, following a suspension for an on-set confrontation.
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MOVIES - From Vulture: Former employee sends an open letter to top Warner Bros. executives and is highly critical to say the least.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: Simone Manuel becomes the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal for an individual swimming event (100 meter freestyle). She tied for the gold with Canadian Penny Oleksiak - the first tie for a gold medal since 2000. In fact, the last time an American woman won gold in the 100 meter freestyle, it was a tie involving 2 Americans.
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COMICS - From EntertainmentWeekly: In celebration of the birthday of Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America) posts a gag video featuring Hemsworth having trouble with a hammer.
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MOVIES - From EntertainmentWeekly: Hugh Jackman posts a photo on social media that has fans talking about how old he looks. "Old Man Logan" anyone?
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Classic Nickelodeon cartoon, "Rocko's Modern Life" will return in a special.
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MOVIES - From WeGotThisCovered: "Bad Boys 3" is now called "Bad Boys for Life." The release date has also been removed from 2017 to 2018.
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STAR WARS - From BleedingCool: Lando Calrissian reportedly to appear in the Han Solo spinoff movie in which Alden Ehrenreich.
From TheWrap: 7 actors who would be great as young Lando Calrissian.
----------
TELEVISION - From IGN: Gabriel Luna is the new "Ghost Rider," who will appear on the fourth season on ABC's "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. Nicolas Cage played the character in two films.
----------
TELEVISION - From YahooTV: Ousted "Saturday Night Live" cast members, Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, have new gigs at Showtime.
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: Mel Gibson escapes settlement payments with is baby mama, Oksana Grigorieva.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Dammit. Angelina Jolie has decided not to appear in Kenneth Branagh's remake of "Murder on the Orient Express."
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Brad Pitt is courting David Fincher to direct the "World War Z" sequel. Fincher and Pitt worked together on "Se7ev," "Fight Club," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
----------
STAR TREK - From Variety: CBS' new "Star Trek" series, "Star Trek: Discovery" will have a female lead, who will not be the captain.
From IndieWire: More details on "Discovery" including the show having a larger contingent of aliens and a gay character.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Speaking of all-girl reboots, there is "Ocean's 8," an all-female reboot of "Oceans Eleven." Rihanna and Anne Hathaway are in talks to join a cast that already includes Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett.
----------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: So the all-female "Ghostbusters" reboot looks to be a box office flop.
----------
OBITS - From YahooSports: John Saunders, longtime ESPN anchor, died today, Wednesday, August 10, 2016. He was 61.
----------
TELEVISION - From Variety: Three cast members, including Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, are leaving "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) or were fired. One of them, Killam, is not sure why.
----------
MOVIES - From HitFix: There is a planned remake of the classic horror film, "Suspiria." The director of the original, Dario Argento, isn't impressed by those plans, although he is not against the film.
----------
POLITICS - From BostonGlobe: Louisiana's new Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards has saved lives since he accepted the Medicaid expansion under "Obamacare."
----------
OLYMPICS - From YahooSports: U.S. women make history in capturing Rio Olympic gymnastics team gold, the remarkable Simone Biles.
----------
BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews: In Ferguson, Michael Brown's parents are still waiting for secret files in their lawsuit against his killer, former police officer Darren Wilson, the city, and it former police chief.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Tri-Star is leading the revival of "The Chronicles of Narnia" film series. The new will film be based on "The Silver Chair."
----------
MOVIES - From YahooCelebrity: Dwayne Johnson calls some of his "Fast 8" male co-stars "candyasses."
----------
MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Breck Eisner is in talks to direct a new Friday the 13th film.
----------
BLACK LIVES MATTER - From TheRoot: High fives and orders to make sure the body camera are off after Chicago pigs... I mean... cops shot an unarmed Black teen.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: The Tom Cruise-Doug Liman film previously known as "Mena" is now entitled "American Made." It also moves from Jan. 2017 to a Sept. 2017 release date.
---------
TELEVISION - From DeadlineTV: Director David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook," "American Hustle") is prepping a TV series starring Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From WeGotThisCovered: Set photos from "Spider-Man: Homecoming" shows off Spider-Man's web-shooters.
----------
TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Woody Allen's series for Amazon has a name, "Crisis in Six Scenes." The series debut on Amazon Prime Video on September 30th and will be comprised of six episodes.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Joseph David-Jones has been cast in Kathryn Bigelow's untitled 1967 Detroit Riots film. David-Jones plays "Connor Hawke" in "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" for The CW.
----------
CULTURE - From RSN: Renee Zellwegger on against her: "We can do better."
----------
POLITICS - From NYMag: Former Fox News boss, Roger Ailes, used Fox's budget to finance a "Black Room" campaign against his personal enemies. He may have used the network's budget and profits to pay off sexual harassment claims against him.
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/5 to 8/7/2016 weekend box office is "Suicide Squad" with an estimated take of $135.1 million.
From YahooMovies: "Suicide Squad" sets three August box office records - largest opening weekend ($135.1 million) and largest single day ($65.2 million) and largest Thursday preview ($20.5 million), which is part of the Friday haul
----------
BOOKS-FILM - From RollingStone: George R.R. Martin's books are the source material for HBO's Emmy-winning hit, "Game of Thrones." Now, his anthology series, "Wild Cards," which he shares with other writers, is being developed for television.
----------
CELEBRITY - From PopSugar: Angelina Jolie will be a visiting professor at the London School of Economics next year.
----------
OBIT - From YahooCelebrity: Ricci Martin, the youngest son of legendary actor and singer, Dean Martin, has died at the age of 62, Wednesday, August 3, 2016. Ricci was a musician and also a singer, and he toured a tribute show to his late father (who died in 1995).
----------
BLACK LIVES MATTER - From IBT: I have heard it said that America is driving Black people crazy. Here, is some proof or at least an article about it.
TRAILERS-VIDEO CLIPS:
From YouTube: First teaser trailer for "Allied," a new film from Robert Zemeckis, starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard.
From YouTube: Marvel's Captain America: Civil War - Black Panther Featurette
From YouTube: From the "Ben-Hur" remake, "You Should Have Killed Me."
From YouTube: "Office Christmas Party" trailer.
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from May 15th to 21st, 2016 - Update #41
Support Leroy on Patreon.
MOVIES - From BusinessInsider: Legendary screenwriter Shane Black says that Mel Gibson is blacklisted in Hollywood. Black wrote "Lethal Weapon," one of Gibson's most successful film franchises.
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MOVIES - From Variety: The Weinstein Company has bought the worldwide rights (except for French-speaking territories) to "21 Years: Quentin Tarantino," a documentary about the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
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COMICS - From IGN: All the spoilers for this coming week's hot comic book, "DC Universe: Rebirth #1."
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From NYT: When white cops can't find a black man to kill, they just might kill a white man. Article comes with shocking video.
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COMICS - From Marvel: Marvel confirms stellar cast for "Thor: Ragnarok."
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MOVIES - From Variety: Michael Keaton back in the mix to play the villain in "Spider-Man: Homecoming."
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TELEVISION - From DeadlineTV: Ewan McGregor to star in Season 3 of "Fargo" for FX.
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OBITS - From Variety: The actor, Alan Young, has died at the age of 96, Thursday, May 19, 2016. Young was best known for the classic sitcom, "Mr. Ed." He played "Wilbur Post," the young architect who kept a talking horse in his suburban stable. I was a fan. R.I.P., Mr. Young.
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MUSIC - From YahooNews: John Berry, one of the original Beastie Boys (from the band's punk rock incarnation), has died at the age of 52.
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: Mark Millar, creator of "Kick-Ass" and "Kingsman: The Secret Service," wants to do a Star Wars/Marvel Comics crossover project.
---------------
MOVIES - From HitFix: Daniel Craig rejects the truckloads of cash offered him to play James Bond again. So we'll have a new Bond... stay tuned.
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OBIT - From Variety: Legendary CBS and "60 Minutes" newsman, Morely Safer, has died at the age of 84 - Thursday, May 19, 2016.
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COMICS - From YahooMovies: "Captain America: Civil War" is now the biggest movie of 2016 - in terms of worldwide gross.
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MUSIC - From TheHill: Sir Elton John writes a piece the ignorance of North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory concerning trans-identity.
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TELEVISION - From YahooTV: CBS boss defends lack of diversity in its 2016-17 season's new offerings. You'd think it was the 1950s at CBS.
---------------
COMICS - From THR: The fallout from "Batman vs. Superman" is a shakeup in executive positions at Warner Bros.
From Vulture: Meet Geoff Johns, the guy who will change nothing... or very little.
---------------
MOVIES - From Variety: Noomi Rapace is in talks to join Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in "Bright" (based on a Max Landis script) for Netflix.
---------------
MOVIES - From ScreenRant: Tyrese Gibson wants back in on the Transformers, specifically 2017's "Transformers: The Last Knight." Michael Bay responds.
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COMICS - From DCComics: DC has a new logo.
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POLITICS - From Salon: Donald Trump, the President of the Confederacy.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Shia Labeouf for "American Honey" and Joel Edgerton for "Loving" are born-again stars at Cannes.
---------------
MOVIES - From Collider: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may be the title character in Shane Black's "Doc Savage" movie.
---------------
CRIME - From YahooCelebrity: Bill Cosby and Playboy's Hugh Hefner are joint defendants in a sexual battery suit.
---------------
MOVIES - From DarkHorizons: The title of the fifth Transformers film is, "Transformers: The Last Knight." Josh Duhamel also returns to the franchise.
---------------
MOVIES - From Variety: "Jurassic World" homies, Steven Spielberg and Colin Trevorrow, reteam for family action movie, Powerhouse.
---------------
POLITICS - From SheKnows: This Michelle Obama caricature is not "racist" or "sexist," so much as it is simply unimaginative and is also the work of dull and marginally talented cartoonist.
---------------
COMICS - From THR: Warner Bros. is working on a "Harley Quinn" movie starring Margot Kidder. She would headline the film with several other female villains and heroes. The DC Comics character will appear in this year's Suicide Squad."
---------------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: "Top Gun" is 30 years old.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: "Loving," the film about Mildred and Richard Loving, is hot at the Cannes Film Festival 2016. The movie tells the story of a black woman and white man who were arrested in their bedroom in 1958 for being married.
---------------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner at the box office for the weekend of 5/13 to 5/15/2016 is "Captain America: Civil War" with an estimated haul of $72.5 million. This is its second straight weekend at #1.
From Variety: "Captain America: Civil War" hits over $940 million worldwide.
From Patreon: Haven't seen "Civil War?" Read my review, which is fairly spoiler free.
---------------
OBIT - From Variety: The actress Madeleine LeBeau has died at the age of 92, Sunday, May 1, 2016. She was the last surviving credited cast member of the film Casablanca.
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MOVIES - From CinemaBlend: Jennifer Lawrence could be the lead in that all-female "Ocean's 11" reboot.
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COMICS - From Twitter: #BlackPantherSoLit - enjoy!
---------------
MOVIES - From XOJane: This article by a woman who worked in the film industry is riveting. I think the unnamed film is "Election," a really good 1999 film and the unnamed director is probably Alexander Payne.
---------------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: There may be a deal in the works for director Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro to reunited (for the first time since 1995's "Casino"), and they'd bring along Al Pacino. The film is called "The Irishman."
---------------
COMICS - From TheWrap: Patrick Stewart has been confirmed to return as "Professor X" in "Wolverine 3."
---------------
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: Second trailer for "Star Trek Beyond" and it is kick-ass and way better than the first.
---------------
DARWYN COOKE - on the passing, work, and life of the great American cartoonist and comic book artist.
From Deadline: An obituary of Cooke, which is similar to his Wikipedia page.
From BleedingCool: Professionals remember the late, great comic book artist, Darwyn Cooke.
From ComicBookBin: More on the wonderful artist, Darwyn Cooke.
From BleedingCool: The now-legendary WonderCon panel with Cooke.
From ComicsReporter: A gallery of Cooke pieces.
MOVIES - From BusinessInsider: Legendary screenwriter Shane Black says that Mel Gibson is blacklisted in Hollywood. Black wrote "Lethal Weapon," one of Gibson's most successful film franchises.
---------------
MOVIES - From Variety: The Weinstein Company has bought the worldwide rights (except for French-speaking territories) to "21 Years: Quentin Tarantino," a documentary about the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
---------------
COMICS - From IGN: All the spoilers for this coming week's hot comic book, "DC Universe: Rebirth #1."
---------------
BLACK LIVES MATTER - From NYT: When white cops can't find a black man to kill, they just might kill a white man. Article comes with shocking video.
---------------
COMICS - From Marvel: Marvel confirms stellar cast for "Thor: Ragnarok."
---------------
MOVIES - From Variety: Michael Keaton back in the mix to play the villain in "Spider-Man: Homecoming."
---------------
TELEVISION - From DeadlineTV: Ewan McGregor to star in Season 3 of "Fargo" for FX.
---------------
OBITS - From Variety: The actor, Alan Young, has died at the age of 96, Thursday, May 19, 2016. Young was best known for the classic sitcom, "Mr. Ed." He played "Wilbur Post," the young architect who kept a talking horse in his suburban stable. I was a fan. R.I.P., Mr. Young.
---------------
MUSIC - From YahooNews: John Berry, one of the original Beastie Boys (from the band's punk rock incarnation), has died at the age of 52.
---------------
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Mark Millar, creator of "Kick-Ass" and "Kingsman: The Secret Service," wants to do a Star Wars/Marvel Comics crossover project.
---------------
MOVIES - From HitFix: Daniel Craig rejects the truckloads of cash offered him to play James Bond again. So we'll have a new Bond... stay tuned.
---------------
OBIT - From Variety: Legendary CBS and "60 Minutes" newsman, Morely Safer, has died at the age of 84 - Thursday, May 19, 2016.
--------------
COMICS - From YahooMovies: "Captain America: Civil War" is now the biggest movie of 2016 - in terms of worldwide gross.
---------------
MUSIC - From TheHill: Sir Elton John writes a piece the ignorance of North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory concerning trans-identity.
--------------
TELEVISION - From YahooTV: CBS boss defends lack of diversity in its 2016-17 season's new offerings. You'd think it was the 1950s at CBS.
---------------
COMICS - From THR: The fallout from "Batman vs. Superman" is a shakeup in executive positions at Warner Bros.
From Vulture: Meet Geoff Johns, the guy who will change nothing... or very little.
---------------
MOVIES - From Variety: Noomi Rapace is in talks to join Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in "Bright" (based on a Max Landis script) for Netflix.
---------------
MOVIES - From ScreenRant: Tyrese Gibson wants back in on the Transformers, specifically 2017's "Transformers: The Last Knight." Michael Bay responds.
---------------
COMICS - From DCComics: DC has a new logo.
---------------
POLITICS - From Salon: Donald Trump, the President of the Confederacy.
---------------
MOVIES - From Variety: Shia Labeouf for "American Honey" and Joel Edgerton for "Loving" are born-again stars at Cannes.
---------------
MOVIES - From Collider: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may be the title character in Shane Black's "Doc Savage" movie.
---------------
CRIME - From YahooCelebrity: Bill Cosby and Playboy's Hugh Hefner are joint defendants in a sexual battery suit.
---------------
MOVIES - From DarkHorizons: The title of the fifth Transformers film is, "Transformers: The Last Knight." Josh Duhamel also returns to the franchise.
---------------
MOVIES - From Variety: "Jurassic World" homies, Steven Spielberg and Colin Trevorrow, reteam for family action movie, Powerhouse.
---------------
POLITICS - From SheKnows: This Michelle Obama caricature is not "racist" or "sexist," so much as it is simply unimaginative and is also the work of dull and marginally talented cartoonist.
---------------
COMICS - From THR: Warner Bros. is working on a "Harley Quinn" movie starring Margot Kidder. She would headline the film with several other female villains and heroes. The DC Comics character will appear in this year's Suicide Squad."
---------------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: "Top Gun" is 30 years old.
---------------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: "Loving," the film about Mildred and Richard Loving, is hot at the Cannes Film Festival 2016. The movie tells the story of a black woman and white man who were arrested in their bedroom in 1958 for being married.
---------------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner at the box office for the weekend of 5/13 to 5/15/2016 is "Captain America: Civil War" with an estimated haul of $72.5 million. This is its second straight weekend at #1.
From Variety: "Captain America: Civil War" hits over $940 million worldwide.
From Patreon: Haven't seen "Civil War?" Read my review, which is fairly spoiler free.
---------------
OBIT - From Variety: The actress Madeleine LeBeau has died at the age of 92, Sunday, May 1, 2016. She was the last surviving credited cast member of the film Casablanca.
---------------
MOVIES - From CinemaBlend: Jennifer Lawrence could be the lead in that all-female "Ocean's 11" reboot.
--------------
COMICS - From Twitter: #BlackPantherSoLit - enjoy!
---------------
MOVIES - From XOJane: This article by a woman who worked in the film industry is riveting. I think the unnamed film is "Election," a really good 1999 film and the unnamed director is probably Alexander Payne.
---------------
MOVIES - From YahooMovies: There may be a deal in the works for director Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro to reunited (for the first time since 1995's "Casino"), and they'd bring along Al Pacino. The film is called "The Irishman."
---------------
COMICS - From TheWrap: Patrick Stewart has been confirmed to return as "Professor X" in "Wolverine 3."
---------------
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: Second trailer for "Star Trek Beyond" and it is kick-ass and way better than the first.
---------------
DARWYN COOKE - on the passing, work, and life of the great American cartoonist and comic book artist.
From Deadline: An obituary of Cooke, which is similar to his Wikipedia page.
From BleedingCool: Professionals remember the late, great comic book artist, Darwyn Cooke.
From ComicBookBin: More on the wonderful artist, Darwyn Cooke.
From BleedingCool: The now-legendary WonderCon panel with Cooke.
From ComicsReporter: A gallery of Cooke pieces.
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