by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
Support Leroy on Patreon:
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 and Hollywood and Beyond:
From YahooNews: Yahoo has a dedicated page of links updating news about COVID-19.
From Deadline: The news site "Deadline" has a dedicated page for news about coronavirus and the film, TV, and entertainment industries.
From TheNewYorker: The venerable magazine has a dedicate COVID-19 page free to all readers.
From YahooSports: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been moved to 2021 due to COVID-19 and will take place form July 23, 2021 to August 8, 2021
From Variety: Grammy Award-winner and country music recording artist, Joe Diffe, has died of COVID-19-related complications. Diffe was known for his string of 1990s country song hits, including "Pickup Man" and "John Deere Green." Diffe was 61.
From CBSNews: CBS has announced that former CBS executive and journalist, Maria Mercader, has died of COVID-related complications.
From YahooSports: Former NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos) and collegiate football and track and field star (LSU), Orlando McDaniel, has died of COVID-19.
From NYDailyNews: The Fox Business News network has parted ways with Trish Regan, host of "Trish Regan Primetime." Regan was one reportedly one of Fox's most aggressive coronavirus conspiracy theorists.
From YahooNews: The prime minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has tested positive for COVID-19.
From TheDailyBeast: Iconic rapper, Scarface, of the iconic rap group, "Geto Boys," says that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
From YahooEntertainment: Veteran character actor, Mark Blum (the TV series "You"), has died at the age of 69 from complications of COVID-19.
From YahooEntertainment: Josh Wallwork, a 45-year-old crew member on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," has died from COVID-19-related complications.
From YahooNews: Britain's Prince Charles has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
From YahooSports: Pro basketball player, Karl-Anthony Towns (the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves) has revealed that his mother has been placed in a medically induced coma because of "lung problems" due to COVID-19.
From Deadline: Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally has died of complications due to COVID-19.
From Variety: David Bryan, the keyboardist for and founding member of the Grammy-winning rock band, "Bon Jovi," has tested positive for COVID-19. Bryan is also a Tony Award-winning composer for his work on the musical, "Memphis" (2003).
From BleacherReport: Thursday morning (March 19th), NFL coach, Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints, told ESPN that he had tested positive for COVID-19. He gave NBC Sports' Peter King an update on his condition.
From NiagaraGazette: Oscar-winning film producer and newly minted convict, Harvey Weinstein, is one of two prisoners at Wende Correctional Facility in Western New York state who has tested positive COVID-19.
From THR: Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo has said that he has tested positive for COVID-16.
From YahooNews: Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, becomes the first known U.S. senator to test positive for COVID-19.
MOVIE NEWS:
From Deadline: MGM is all over the film rights to the science fiction novel, "The Hail Mary," from author Andy Weir ("The Martian"). Ryan Gosling is set to star in and produce the film.
From Variety: Sony will give its recent smash hit, "Bad Boys for Life," an early digital release, March 31st, with a Blu-ray/DVD release of April 21st.
From Variety: Woody Allen's memoir, "Apropos of Nothing," was released today (Monday, March 23rd) by a new publisher, Arcade Publishing, with little fanfare. The books previous publisher, Hachette Book Group, after some of its employees staged a walkout.
TELEVISION NEWS:
From Deadline: The U.S. Supreme Court sides with Comcast over Byron Allen in Allen's lawsuit against the cable gaint. In a unanimous decision, the court send the case back to a lower court where Allen must prove "but for." According to the courts ruling, “a plaintiff must initially plead and ultimately prove that, but for race, it would not have suffered the loss of a legally protected right.”
STREAMING NEWS:
From Variety: Netflix and director Ava DuVernay have won a dismissal of a defamation lawsuit brought against them over their "Central Park Five" TV series, "When They See Us."
From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-nominated actor Jonah Hill says that no one has seen his best performance ever, in a film entitled "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot."
OBITS:
From NBCNews: Civil Rights icon and leader, Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, has died at the age of 98, Friday, March 27, 2020. Lowery founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Dr. Martin Luther King. A dean of the Civil Rights movement, Rev. Lowery delivered the benediction at the President Barack Obama's inaugaration in 2009, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama later that same year.
From SoapOperaDigest: The soap opera actor, John Callahan, has died at the age of 66, Saturday, March 28, 2020. He appeared in several daytime soaps, but is best known for the role of "Edmund Grey" on "All My Children" (ABC) from 1992 to 2005
From THR: Harlem Globetrotters legend, Fred "Curly" Neal, has died at the age of 77, Thursday, March 26, 2020. Neal, known as a wizard of dribbling the basketball, was a member of the Globetrotters during their "golden age" in the 1970s and 1980s. With the Globetrotters, Neal appeared on several TV series. Curly was animated character in two Globetrotter Saturday morning cartoon series, as well as appearing on three episodes of animated "The New Scooby-Doo Movies."
From Variety: Writer-director, Stuart Gordon, has died at the age of 72, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Gordon's best known films were "Re-Animator" (1985) and "From Beyond" (1985), which were both adapted from stories by the great horror writer, H.P. Lovecraft. Gordon was one of the creators of Disney's "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" franchise, and he was also a writer and director of live theatre.
From THR: Playwright Terrence McNally has died at the age of 81, March 24, 2020. McNally won four Tony Awards and also a Tony Lifetime Achievement Award. He is known for writing plays such as "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune" (1982), "Love! Valour! Compassion!" (1994), and "Master Class" (1995). His work in musical theatre includes "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (1992) and "Ragtime" (1996).
From Variety: The singer and musician, Eric Weissberg, has died at the age of 80, Sunday, March 22, 2020. Weissberg was best known as a banjo player, and his most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos," which was used as the theme of the infamous 1972 film, "Deliverance."
From CNN: Pop and country music singer and actor, Kenny Rogers, has died at the age of 81, Friday, March 20, 2020. He was one of the best-selling recording artists and his career spanned several genres. Hew was a three-time Grammy Award winner and had numerous hits, including his signature song, "The Gambler" (1978). The song inspired a series of hit films starring Rogers, beginning with 1980s' "Kenny Rogers as The Gambler."
From RollingStone: Rob Sheffield lists what he thinks are the late Kenny Rogers' best moments, with video links included.
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Monday, March 30, 2020
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from March 8th to 14th, 2020 - Update #25
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
Support Leroy on Patreon:
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 and Hollywood and Beyond:
From Deadline: The news site "Deadline" has a dedicated page for news about coronavirus and the film, TV, and entertainment industries.
From TheNewYorker: The venerable magazine has a dedicate COVID-19 page free to all readers.
From Variety: Universal Pictures has stopped production on all its live-action films due to the coronavirus.
From YahooEntertainment: Tom Hanks, who is quarantined in a hospital with his wife Rita Wilson, posted a positive message about have coronavirus COVID-19. "There is no crying in baseball," he says in reference to his film, "A League of Their Own."
From YahooSports: The IOC and Japan's Olympics minister insist that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is still happening, Friday, July 24th to Sunday, August 9th.
From Deadline: The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspends its current 2019-2020 season during to coronavirus fears.
TOM HANKS - From Deadline: Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and producer Rita Wilson, who are also a Hollywood power couple, have tested positive for the coronavirus, COVID-19, while in Australia working on Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley biopic.
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DISNEY - From Variety: Disney shuts down production on most of its live-action films, including Marvel's "Shang-Chi" and Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel."
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SPORTS-CRIME - From BET: Back in July 1993, James Jordan, Jr. was murdered. He was the father of NBA champion and pro basketball legend, Michael Jordan. One of the two men who were sentenced to life for the crime, Larry Demery, is up for parole.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: The horror film franchise, Scream, is getting a reboot, and the directors of the cult horror film, "Ready or Not" (2019), will helm the film.
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Former Hollywood mogul and Oscar-winning film producer ("Shakespeare in Love") Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison by New York Supreme Court Judge James Burke. Judge Burke also ordered Weinstein to register as a sex offender.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Shout! Factory has struck a distribution deal with Stephen J. Cannell Productions for its extensive catalog which is comprised of 900 hours of TV series and movies. Shout! will distribute the library to broadcast and streaming platforms across territories.
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POLITICS - From TheWrap: Actress Rosario Dawson says that she voted for Senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic presidential primary election the same day that her boyfriend, Senator Cory Booker, endorsed Sanders' rival, Vice-President Joe Biden.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: Harvey Weinstein once emailed a reporter that "Jennifer Aniston should be killed" after a false report that Weinstein had sexually assaulted the actress.
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MOVIES - From BlackFilm: Director Reginald Hudlin talks about celebrating the 30th anniversary of his classic film, "House Party," which his brother, Warrington Hudline, produced.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: "Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway" is the latest film to have its release dates, domestic and international, altered due to fears of the coronavirus, "COVID-19."
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SPORTS - From Deadline: Tom Brady enters the Hollywood content game by launching "199 Productions," a multi-platform content company. Brady was the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL Draft.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 3/6 to 3/8/2020 weekend box office is Pixar's "Onward" with an estimated total of 40 million dollars.
From Variety: The Oscar-winning South Korean film, "Parasite," is now the high-grossing foreign language film in the United Kingdom, grossing 11.5 million pounds since its release there.
From Deadline: At the specialty (art house) box office, the film "First Cow" led the pack with an estimated take of $96,059.
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JAMES BOND - From THR: MGM to take a loss of $30 million because it has moved the next Bond film, "No Time to Die," from an April release to November over coronavirus fears.
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STREAMING - From Variety: Luke Evans and Josh Gad will return for a prequel series to Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast," which will stream on Disney+.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Director James Wan ("Aquaman") is working on a movie "inspired" by Universal Pictures' "Universal Monsters" legacy. Wan will produce, but there are few other details.
TRAILER:
From YouTube: This is the first official trailer for Disney/Pixar's "Soul" (March 12, 2020), which is due in theaters, June 19th.
OBITS:
From Variety: The actor R.D. Call has died at the age of 70, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Call appeared in several films that either starred Sean Penn or were directed by him, including "At Close Range" (1986) and "Colors" (1988) to "Into the Wild" (2007). He also appeared in such TV series as "Walker, Texas Ranger," "The X-Files," and "Castle."
From Variety: The Swedish-born actor, Max von Sydow, has died at the age of 90, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Sydow is best known for the 11 films he made with legendary Swedish director, Ingmar Bergman, in particularly, "The Seventh Seal," in which von Sydow portrayed a knight playing chess against Death. He also appeared in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Von Sydow received two Oscar nominations for his work in the films, "Pelle the Conqueror" (Best Actor) and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" (Best Supporting Actor).
Support Leroy on Patreon:
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 and Hollywood and Beyond:
From Deadline: The news site "Deadline" has a dedicated page for news about coronavirus and the film, TV, and entertainment industries.
From TheNewYorker: The venerable magazine has a dedicate COVID-19 page free to all readers.
From Variety: Universal Pictures has stopped production on all its live-action films due to the coronavirus.
From YahooEntertainment: Tom Hanks, who is quarantined in a hospital with his wife Rita Wilson, posted a positive message about have coronavirus COVID-19. "There is no crying in baseball," he says in reference to his film, "A League of Their Own."
From YahooSports: The IOC and Japan's Olympics minister insist that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is still happening, Friday, July 24th to Sunday, August 9th.
From Deadline: The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspends its current 2019-2020 season during to coronavirus fears.
TOM HANKS - From Deadline: Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and producer Rita Wilson, who are also a Hollywood power couple, have tested positive for the coronavirus, COVID-19, while in Australia working on Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley biopic.
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DISNEY - From Variety: Disney shuts down production on most of its live-action films, including Marvel's "Shang-Chi" and Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel."
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SPORTS-CRIME - From BET: Back in July 1993, James Jordan, Jr. was murdered. He was the father of NBA champion and pro basketball legend, Michael Jordan. One of the two men who were sentenced to life for the crime, Larry Demery, is up for parole.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: The horror film franchise, Scream, is getting a reboot, and the directors of the cult horror film, "Ready or Not" (2019), will helm the film.
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Former Hollywood mogul and Oscar-winning film producer ("Shakespeare in Love") Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison by New York Supreme Court Judge James Burke. Judge Burke also ordered Weinstein to register as a sex offender.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Shout! Factory has struck a distribution deal with Stephen J. Cannell Productions for its extensive catalog which is comprised of 900 hours of TV series and movies. Shout! will distribute the library to broadcast and streaming platforms across territories.
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POLITICS - From TheWrap: Actress Rosario Dawson says that she voted for Senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic presidential primary election the same day that her boyfriend, Senator Cory Booker, endorsed Sanders' rival, Vice-President Joe Biden.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: Harvey Weinstein once emailed a reporter that "Jennifer Aniston should be killed" after a false report that Weinstein had sexually assaulted the actress.
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MOVIES - From BlackFilm: Director Reginald Hudlin talks about celebrating the 30th anniversary of his classic film, "House Party," which his brother, Warrington Hudline, produced.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: "Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway" is the latest film to have its release dates, domestic and international, altered due to fears of the coronavirus, "COVID-19."
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SPORTS - From Deadline: Tom Brady enters the Hollywood content game by launching "199 Productions," a multi-platform content company. Brady was the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL Draft.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 3/6 to 3/8/2020 weekend box office is Pixar's "Onward" with an estimated total of 40 million dollars.
From Variety: The Oscar-winning South Korean film, "Parasite," is now the high-grossing foreign language film in the United Kingdom, grossing 11.5 million pounds since its release there.
From Deadline: At the specialty (art house) box office, the film "First Cow" led the pack with an estimated take of $96,059.
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JAMES BOND - From THR: MGM to take a loss of $30 million because it has moved the next Bond film, "No Time to Die," from an April release to November over coronavirus fears.
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STREAMING - From Variety: Luke Evans and Josh Gad will return for a prequel series to Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast," which will stream on Disney+.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Director James Wan ("Aquaman") is working on a movie "inspired" by Universal Pictures' "Universal Monsters" legacy. Wan will produce, but there are few other details.
TRAILER:
From YouTube: This is the first official trailer for Disney/Pixar's "Soul" (March 12, 2020), which is due in theaters, June 19th.
OBITS:
From Variety: The actor R.D. Call has died at the age of 70, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Call appeared in several films that either starred Sean Penn or were directed by him, including "At Close Range" (1986) and "Colors" (1988) to "Into the Wild" (2007). He also appeared in such TV series as "Walker, Texas Ranger," "The X-Files," and "Castle."
From Variety: The Swedish-born actor, Max von Sydow, has died at the age of 90, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Sydow is best known for the 11 films he made with legendary Swedish director, Ingmar Bergman, in particularly, "The Seventh Seal," in which von Sydow portrayed a knight playing chess against Death. He also appeared in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Von Sydow received two Oscar nominations for his work in the films, "Pelle the Conqueror" (Best Actor) and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" (Best Supporting Actor).
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from February 23rd to 29th, 2020 - Update #27
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
Support Leroy on Patreon:
DISNEY - From YahooEntertainment: Walt Disney's classic animated feature film, Pinocchio, is 80 years old. This article tells you five things you may not know about the film, including that Disney had to make us like an unlikable character.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: At the 2020 Cesar Awards (France's Academy Awards), Roman Polanski wins "Best Director" for his film, "An Officer and a Spy." That caused some comotion...
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MOVIES - From Variety: The coronavirus outbreak is wreaking havoc with the launch efforts of major Hollywood films.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Television super-producer, Dick Wolf ("Law & Order" and "Chicago" franchises), signs a five-year, nine-figure mega-deal with Universal TV. That follows his nine-figure deal with Universal's "Peacock" streaming network. Both deals are thought to be worth close to a one billion dollars.
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TRAILER - From THR: Jordan Peele debuts the first trailer for his new film, "Candyman," which he produced and Nia DaCosta.
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JAMES BOND - From CNET: The upcoming James Bond film, "No Time to Die," looks to be the longest Bond film ever at over two and a half hours.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooFinance: Former action movie box office star, Steven Seagal, has been fined by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) for promoting a "cryptocurrency."
From TheGuardian: On a trip to Europe, Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow takes precautions in lights of the "coronavirus" outbreak, and that reminds her of a movie in which she starred - Steven Soderbergh's excellent "Contagion" (2011).
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MOVIES - From Variety: Steven Spielberg has directed all the "Indiana Jones" films thus far, beginning with "Raiders of the Lost Art" (1981) to the most recent "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls" (2008). For "Indiana Jones 5," Spielberg wants to hand the directorial reigns to Oscar-nominee James Mangold ("Ford v. Ferrari").
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MOVIES - From Variety: Kevin Hart's next film is an untitled action-comedy being developed by Universal Pictures and is based on an original idea from “Broad City’s” Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs.
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TELEVISION - From THR: The main cast for "American Horror Story" Season 10 has been announced. Among the cast is child star icon, Macaulay Culkin of "Home Alone" fame.
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DISNEY - From Deadline: Bob Iger has stepped down effective immediately as CEO of the Walt Disney Company. Disney's Board of Directors has named Bob Chapek the new CEO effective immediately. Iger will remain "Executive Chairman" through the end of his contract on Dec. 31, 2021.
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MOVIES - From Newsarama: The title of the third "Jurassic World" film is "Jurassic World: Dominion." The film is due June 11, 2021.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: The writers of the 1995 film, "Outbreak," talk about the sudden relevance of their film as the coronavirus "COVID-19" scares the world.
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MOVIES - From Collider: Ahead of the release of the first trailer for Jordan Peele's update of "Candyman," we get some teasing.
From BloodyDisgusting: This article provides a look at writer Clive Barker's iconic horror character, "Candyman," before he was a movie character played by actor Tony Todd.
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CELEBRITY - From Variety: Leonardo Di Caprio honors Jamie Foxx at the American Black Film Festival Honors on Sunday night (Feb. 23rd.)
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HARVEY WEINSTEIN - From THR: This morning (Mon, Feb. 24th), a jury found former movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, guilty on two of five criminal charges. Weinstein was convicted of "criminal sexual assault in the first degree," based on the testimony of former "Project Runway" production assistant Miriam Haley, which carries a sentence of 5 to 25 years. He was also found guilty of "rape in the third degree," based on the testimony of former aspiring actress Jessica Mann, which carries a sentence of 18 months to 4 years.
From WBAL: Harvey Weinstein was immediately handcuffed and taken to jail after being convicted of rape and sexual assault charges Monday morning.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner fo the 2/21 -2/23/2020 weekend box office is "Sonic the Hedgehog" with an estimated take of $26.3 million.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: David Weil, creator of the Amazon series, "Hunters," responds to criticism from the "Auschwitz Memorial" Twitter account that his series is "historical inaccurate.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The winners at the 51st NAACP Image Awards were announed last night (Sat., Feb. 22nd). Grammy-winning recording artist, Lizzo, was named "Entertainer of the Year." This link also leads to a complete list of the winners.
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POLITICS - From Variety: Oscar-winning filmmaker and legendary actor, Clint Eastwood, has gone from supporting President Donald Trump to endorsing former Mayor Mike Bloomberg in the 2020 presidential race.
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: New Republic Pictures has won the rights to "Family Jewels," a multi-generational family comedy that reunited the "First Wives Club" trio of Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, and Diane Keaton.
OBITS:
From Deadline: Talk show host and television soap opera creator, Lee Phillip Bell, has died at the age of 91, Tuesday, February 25, 2020. With her late husband, William J. Bell, Lee created the TV soap opera dramas, "The Young and the Restless" (1973) and "The Bold and the Beautiful" (1987). Lee also hosted her own local TV talk show in Chicago, "The Lee Phillip Show," that ran from 1953 to 1986.
From Variety: Pioneering NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson, has died at the age of 101, Monday, February 24, 2020. Her works was fundamental to landing U.S. astronauts on the moon. Johnson was featured in the 2016 book, "Hidden Figures." In the 2016, Oscar-nominated film adaptation, also entitled "Hidden Figures," Johnson was portrayed by actress Taraji P. Henson. Johnson received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2019.
From Variety: Film and television music composer, Bob Cobert, died at the age of 95, Wednesday, February 19, 2020. Cobert composed themes for the ABC horror soap opera, "Dark Shadows" (1966-71), which are probably his best known work. Cobert received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for composing music for the ABC miniseries, "War and Remembrance" (1988), the follow-up to "The Winds of War" (1983), for which Cobert also composed music.
From NBCNews: Celebrated lifestyle guru, model, and restaurateur, B. Smith, has died at the age of 70, Saturday, February 22, 2020. Smith had been suffering from early onset Alzheirmer's disease. Born Barbara Elaine Smith, B. Smith was a groundbreaking African-American model, she would go on to be a TV host and also author books on cooking and entertaining. She was the first African-American woman to have a home goods line sold at a national retailer (Bed, Bath & Beyond.)
Support Leroy on Patreon:
DISNEY - From YahooEntertainment: Walt Disney's classic animated feature film, Pinocchio, is 80 years old. This article tells you five things you may not know about the film, including that Disney had to make us like an unlikable character.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: At the 2020 Cesar Awards (France's Academy Awards), Roman Polanski wins "Best Director" for his film, "An Officer and a Spy." That caused some comotion...
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MOVIES - From Variety: The coronavirus outbreak is wreaking havoc with the launch efforts of major Hollywood films.
----------
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Television super-producer, Dick Wolf ("Law & Order" and "Chicago" franchises), signs a five-year, nine-figure mega-deal with Universal TV. That follows his nine-figure deal with Universal's "Peacock" streaming network. Both deals are thought to be worth close to a one billion dollars.
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TRAILER - From THR: Jordan Peele debuts the first trailer for his new film, "Candyman," which he produced and Nia DaCosta.
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JAMES BOND - From CNET: The upcoming James Bond film, "No Time to Die," looks to be the longest Bond film ever at over two and a half hours.
----------
CELEBRITY - From YahooFinance: Former action movie box office star, Steven Seagal, has been fined by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) for promoting a "cryptocurrency."
From TheGuardian: On a trip to Europe, Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow takes precautions in lights of the "coronavirus" outbreak, and that reminds her of a movie in which she starred - Steven Soderbergh's excellent "Contagion" (2011).
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Steven Spielberg has directed all the "Indiana Jones" films thus far, beginning with "Raiders of the Lost Art" (1981) to the most recent "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls" (2008). For "Indiana Jones 5," Spielberg wants to hand the directorial reigns to Oscar-nominee James Mangold ("Ford v. Ferrari").
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MOVIES - From Variety: Kevin Hart's next film is an untitled action-comedy being developed by Universal Pictures and is based on an original idea from “Broad City’s” Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs.
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TELEVISION - From THR: The main cast for "American Horror Story" Season 10 has been announced. Among the cast is child star icon, Macaulay Culkin of "Home Alone" fame.
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DISNEY - From Deadline: Bob Iger has stepped down effective immediately as CEO of the Walt Disney Company. Disney's Board of Directors has named Bob Chapek the new CEO effective immediately. Iger will remain "Executive Chairman" through the end of his contract on Dec. 31, 2021.
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MOVIES - From Newsarama: The title of the third "Jurassic World" film is "Jurassic World: Dominion." The film is due June 11, 2021.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: The writers of the 1995 film, "Outbreak," talk about the sudden relevance of their film as the coronavirus "COVID-19" scares the world.
----------
MOVIES - From Collider: Ahead of the release of the first trailer for Jordan Peele's update of "Candyman," we get some teasing.
From BloodyDisgusting: This article provides a look at writer Clive Barker's iconic horror character, "Candyman," before he was a movie character played by actor Tony Todd.
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CELEBRITY - From Variety: Leonardo Di Caprio honors Jamie Foxx at the American Black Film Festival Honors on Sunday night (Feb. 23rd.)
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HARVEY WEINSTEIN - From THR: This morning (Mon, Feb. 24th), a jury found former movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, guilty on two of five criminal charges. Weinstein was convicted of "criminal sexual assault in the first degree," based on the testimony of former "Project Runway" production assistant Miriam Haley, which carries a sentence of 5 to 25 years. He was also found guilty of "rape in the third degree," based on the testimony of former aspiring actress Jessica Mann, which carries a sentence of 18 months to 4 years.
From WBAL: Harvey Weinstein was immediately handcuffed and taken to jail after being convicted of rape and sexual assault charges Monday morning.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner fo the 2/21 -2/23/2020 weekend box office is "Sonic the Hedgehog" with an estimated take of $26.3 million.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: David Weil, creator of the Amazon series, "Hunters," responds to criticism from the "Auschwitz Memorial" Twitter account that his series is "historical inaccurate.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The winners at the 51st NAACP Image Awards were announed last night (Sat., Feb. 22nd). Grammy-winning recording artist, Lizzo, was named "Entertainer of the Year." This link also leads to a complete list of the winners.
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POLITICS - From Variety: Oscar-winning filmmaker and legendary actor, Clint Eastwood, has gone from supporting President Donald Trump to endorsing former Mayor Mike Bloomberg in the 2020 presidential race.
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: New Republic Pictures has won the rights to "Family Jewels," a multi-generational family comedy that reunited the "First Wives Club" trio of Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, and Diane Keaton.
OBITS:
From Deadline: Talk show host and television soap opera creator, Lee Phillip Bell, has died at the age of 91, Tuesday, February 25, 2020. With her late husband, William J. Bell, Lee created the TV soap opera dramas, "The Young and the Restless" (1973) and "The Bold and the Beautiful" (1987). Lee also hosted her own local TV talk show in Chicago, "The Lee Phillip Show," that ran from 1953 to 1986.
From Variety: Pioneering NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson, has died at the age of 101, Monday, February 24, 2020. Her works was fundamental to landing U.S. astronauts on the moon. Johnson was featured in the 2016 book, "Hidden Figures." In the 2016, Oscar-nominated film adaptation, also entitled "Hidden Figures," Johnson was portrayed by actress Taraji P. Henson. Johnson received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2019.
From Variety: Film and television music composer, Bob Cobert, died at the age of 95, Wednesday, February 19, 2020. Cobert composed themes for the ABC horror soap opera, "Dark Shadows" (1966-71), which are probably his best known work. Cobert received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for composing music for the ABC miniseries, "War and Remembrance" (1988), the follow-up to "The Winds of War" (1983), for which Cobert also composed music.
From NBCNews: Celebrated lifestyle guru, model, and restaurateur, B. Smith, has died at the age of 70, Saturday, February 22, 2020. Smith had been suffering from early onset Alzheirmer's disease. Born Barbara Elaine Smith, B. Smith was a groundbreaking African-American model, she would go on to be a TV host and also author books on cooking and entertaining. She was the first African-American woman to have a home goods line sold at a national retailer (Bed, Bath & Beyond.)
Friday, January 31, 2020
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from January 26th to 31st, 2020 - Update #31
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
Support Leroy on Patreon:
TRAILERS - From YouTube: The trailer for "F9: The Fast Saga" debuts. The film is due May 22, 2020.
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MUSIC - From BET: Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs calls out the Grammys, and former label mate, Ma$e calls out Diddy!
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SCANDAL - From THR: Jessica Mann is the second key accuser to claim that Harvey Weinstein raped her during Weinstein's New York rape trial. Earlier this week, Miriam Haley testified to the same.
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FESTIVALS - From Deadline: At Sundance, the buzzy "Bad Hair," from Justin Simien ("Dear White People) is nearing an 8 million dollar worldwide rights deal with Hulu.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The Casting Society of America is another group that also hands out awards for movies, the "Artios Awards." The 35th edition of those awards handed about trophies to "Once Upon a Time... in America" and "Jojo Rabbit," among others.
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KOBE - From Deadline: "Grey's Anatomy" actress, Ellen Pompeo, has said that the "TMZ" television series should be cancelled for breaking the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash story and for other abusive behavior.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Oscar-winning director Ron Howard will direct "The Fixer" for Paramount Pictures. The film dramatizes the real-life story of a plot to assassinate Cuban revolutionary, Fidel Castro.
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MOVIES - From Newsarama: Universal Pictures has released seven character posters for the upcoming film "F9: The Fast Saga," the ninth film in the "Fast & Furious" franchise.
From ScreenRant: The trailer for "F9" is due for release online Friday, Jan. 30th, 2020.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Wes Anderson's next film, "French Dispatch" will be released July 24th, 2020 by Searchlight Pictures.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Newly minted U.S. citizen, John Oliver, talks about the return of his Emmy-winning TV series, "Last Week Tonight."
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: It's "pilot season" for the broadcast networks and they are facing stiff salary competition for top talent because of the streaming giants.
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GRAMMYS - From CNN: At Sunday's (Jan. 26th) 2020 Grammy Awards ceremony, First Lady Michelle Obama won the Grammy Award for "Best Spoken World Album." Her husband, President Barack Obama, has previously won the award twice.
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FILM FESTIVAL - From Deadline: The 2020 / 70th Berlin Film Festival (Feb. 20th to March 1st, 2020) has announced its competitive film lineup which will include 18 films. Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Iron will serve as the president of the international jury which will hand out the Golden and Silver Bear awards.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: "True Detective" creator, Nic Pizzolatto, reunited with one of the series' biggest stars, Matthew McConaughey, for the series, "Redeemer," for FX.
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MOVIES - From THR: Priyanka Chopra joins "The Matrix 4."
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OSCARS/KOBE - From THR: The late basketball great, Kobe Bryant, killed in a helicopter crash Sun., Jan. 26th, will be remembered at the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony on Sun., Feb. 9th.
From THR: The late Kobe Bryant, an Oscar winner himself, was remembered at Monday's (Jan. 27th) Oscar nominees luncheon.
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TELEVISION - From THR: CBS gives a pilot pick-up order to a reboot its old TV series, "The Equalizer" (1985-1989), with Oscar-nominated actress Queen Latifah in the lead.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Sony Pictures has removed its "Masters of the Universe" reboot film from its release schedule.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/24 to 1/26/2020 weekend box office is "Bad Boys for Life" with an estimated take of 34 million dollars. It is a repeat winner having topped its debut weekend last week.
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GRAMMYS - From Deadline: The site is updating the winners list at 2020 / 62nd annual Grammy Awards. UPDATE: Billie Eilish sweeps the marquee cateogries: "Album of the Year," "Song of the Year," "Record of the Year," and "Best New Artist."
From YahooEntertainment: Here is a complete list of winners at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards.
From YahooEntertainment: Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas O'Connell, set or tied numerous records at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards last night (Sun., Jan. 26th). Eilish becomes only the second artist to win the coveted "big four" awards: "Album of the Year," "Song of the Year," "Record of the Year," and "Best New Artist." The first person to do it was Christopher Cross, 39 years ago. The article in this link also talks about the Grammys ceremony's "highs and lows."
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Sam Mendes wins the "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Film" award at the 2020 / 72nd Directors Guild Awards for his film "1917." This is the second major guild win for "1917" after winning the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards.
From Deadline: Netflix's "Klaus" wins "Best Animated Feature" at the 2020/ 47th Annie Awards, one of the seven awards the film won. Netflix's entries won 19 Annies at the ceremonies, which were held last night (Sat., Jan. 25th).
From Deadline: Cinematographer Roger Deakins wins the top prize, the "Theatrical Release" trophy, for his work on the film, "1917," at the 34th annual ASC Awards, which are given by the American Society of Cinematographers.
From Deadline: Greta Gerwig took home top film honors Saturday night (Jan. 25th) at the 32nd annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards for "Little Women," her adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel. In the TV category, the Scripter went to Phoebe Waller-Bridge for the first episode of her English TV series "Fleabag," which is streamed on Amazon Prime and is based on her one-woman play.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: The cast is set for Tyler Perry's Nickelodeon series, "Tyler Perry's Young Dylan." Carl Anthony Payne II of the 1990's series, "Martin," is one of the stars.
OBITS:
From THR: NBA player and legend and member of the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, has died at the age of 41, Sunday, January 26, 2020. Bryant was a five-time NBA champion; two-time NBA Finals MVP; league MVP in 2008; 18-time NBA All-Star; fourth-leading scorer in NBA history; and he was a two-time Olympic gold medal winner with the USA Basketball team (2008, 2012). Kobe played his entire career for only one team, the Lakers. Kobe wore two numbers in his career, and both No. 8 and No. 24 have been retired by the Lakers.
From Deadline: American television network executive, Fred Silverman, has died at the age of 82, Thursday, January 30, 2020. He was an executive at CBS, ABC, and NBC. During his time at these networks, he was responsible for TV series like "All in the Family" and "MASH" at CBS; "Happy Days" and the miniseries, "Roots" at ABC; and "Hill Street Blues" and the miniseries, "Shogun" at NBC.
From Deadline: Theater and television actress, Marsha Kramer, has died at the age of 74, Friday, January 24, 2020. Over a forty year career, Kramer appeared in numerous TV series, including a recent stint on ABC's long-running sitcom, "Modern Family."
Support Leroy on Patreon:
TRAILERS - From YouTube: The trailer for "F9: The Fast Saga" debuts. The film is due May 22, 2020.
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MUSIC - From BET: Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs calls out the Grammys, and former label mate, Ma$e calls out Diddy!
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SCANDAL - From THR: Jessica Mann is the second key accuser to claim that Harvey Weinstein raped her during Weinstein's New York rape trial. Earlier this week, Miriam Haley testified to the same.
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FESTIVALS - From Deadline: At Sundance, the buzzy "Bad Hair," from Justin Simien ("Dear White People) is nearing an 8 million dollar worldwide rights deal with Hulu.
----------
AWARDS - From Deadline: The Casting Society of America is another group that also hands out awards for movies, the "Artios Awards." The 35th edition of those awards handed about trophies to "Once Upon a Time... in America" and "Jojo Rabbit," among others.
----------
KOBE - From Deadline: "Grey's Anatomy" actress, Ellen Pompeo, has said that the "TMZ" television series should be cancelled for breaking the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash story and for other abusive behavior.
---------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Oscar-winning director Ron Howard will direct "The Fixer" for Paramount Pictures. The film dramatizes the real-life story of a plot to assassinate Cuban revolutionary, Fidel Castro.
----------
MOVIES - From Newsarama: Universal Pictures has released seven character posters for the upcoming film "F9: The Fast Saga," the ninth film in the "Fast & Furious" franchise.
From ScreenRant: The trailer for "F9" is due for release online Friday, Jan. 30th, 2020.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Wes Anderson's next film, "French Dispatch" will be released July 24th, 2020 by Searchlight Pictures.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Newly minted U.S. citizen, John Oliver, talks about the return of his Emmy-winning TV series, "Last Week Tonight."
----------
TELEVISION - From Deadline: It's "pilot season" for the broadcast networks and they are facing stiff salary competition for top talent because of the streaming giants.
----------
GRAMMYS - From CNN: At Sunday's (Jan. 26th) 2020 Grammy Awards ceremony, First Lady Michelle Obama won the Grammy Award for "Best Spoken World Album." Her husband, President Barack Obama, has previously won the award twice.
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FILM FESTIVAL - From Deadline: The 2020 / 70th Berlin Film Festival (Feb. 20th to March 1st, 2020) has announced its competitive film lineup which will include 18 films. Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Iron will serve as the president of the international jury which will hand out the Golden and Silver Bear awards.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: "True Detective" creator, Nic Pizzolatto, reunited with one of the series' biggest stars, Matthew McConaughey, for the series, "Redeemer," for FX.
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MOVIES - From THR: Priyanka Chopra joins "The Matrix 4."
----------
OSCARS/KOBE - From THR: The late basketball great, Kobe Bryant, killed in a helicopter crash Sun., Jan. 26th, will be remembered at the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony on Sun., Feb. 9th.
From THR: The late Kobe Bryant, an Oscar winner himself, was remembered at Monday's (Jan. 27th) Oscar nominees luncheon.
----------
TELEVISION - From THR: CBS gives a pilot pick-up order to a reboot its old TV series, "The Equalizer" (1985-1989), with Oscar-nominated actress Queen Latifah in the lead.
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Sony Pictures has removed its "Masters of the Universe" reboot film from its release schedule.
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/24 to 1/26/2020 weekend box office is "Bad Boys for Life" with an estimated take of 34 million dollars. It is a repeat winner having topped its debut weekend last week.
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GRAMMYS - From Deadline: The site is updating the winners list at 2020 / 62nd annual Grammy Awards. UPDATE: Billie Eilish sweeps the marquee cateogries: "Album of the Year," "Song of the Year," "Record of the Year," and "Best New Artist."
From YahooEntertainment: Here is a complete list of winners at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards.
From YahooEntertainment: Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas O'Connell, set or tied numerous records at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards last night (Sun., Jan. 26th). Eilish becomes only the second artist to win the coveted "big four" awards: "Album of the Year," "Song of the Year," "Record of the Year," and "Best New Artist." The first person to do it was Christopher Cross, 39 years ago. The article in this link also talks about the Grammys ceremony's "highs and lows."
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Sam Mendes wins the "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Film" award at the 2020 / 72nd Directors Guild Awards for his film "1917." This is the second major guild win for "1917" after winning the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards.
From Deadline: Netflix's "Klaus" wins "Best Animated Feature" at the 2020/ 47th Annie Awards, one of the seven awards the film won. Netflix's entries won 19 Annies at the ceremonies, which were held last night (Sat., Jan. 25th).
From Deadline: Cinematographer Roger Deakins wins the top prize, the "Theatrical Release" trophy, for his work on the film, "1917," at the 34th annual ASC Awards, which are given by the American Society of Cinematographers.
From Deadline: Greta Gerwig took home top film honors Saturday night (Jan. 25th) at the 32nd annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards for "Little Women," her adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel. In the TV category, the Scripter went to Phoebe Waller-Bridge for the first episode of her English TV series "Fleabag," which is streamed on Amazon Prime and is based on her one-woman play.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: The cast is set for Tyler Perry's Nickelodeon series, "Tyler Perry's Young Dylan." Carl Anthony Payne II of the 1990's series, "Martin," is one of the stars.
OBITS:
From THR: NBA player and legend and member of the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, has died at the age of 41, Sunday, January 26, 2020. Bryant was a five-time NBA champion; two-time NBA Finals MVP; league MVP in 2008; 18-time NBA All-Star; fourth-leading scorer in NBA history; and he was a two-time Olympic gold medal winner with the USA Basketball team (2008, 2012). Kobe played his entire career for only one team, the Lakers. Kobe wore two numbers in his career, and both No. 8 and No. 24 have been retired by the Lakers.
From Deadline: American television network executive, Fred Silverman, has died at the age of 82, Thursday, January 30, 2020. He was an executive at CBS, ABC, and NBC. During his time at these networks, he was responsible for TV series like "All in the Family" and "MASH" at CBS; "Happy Days" and the miniseries, "Roots" at ABC; and "Hill Street Blues" and the miniseries, "Shogun" at NBC.
From Deadline: Theater and television actress, Marsha Kramer, has died at the age of 74, Friday, January 24, 2020. Over a forty year career, Kramer appeared in numerous TV series, including a recent stint on ABC's long-running sitcom, "Modern Family."
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from January 1st to 11th, 2020 - Update #37
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
Support Leroy on Patreon:
REVIEW - From Patreon: My review of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
DISNEY - From THR: Disney+ is seeking to remake "Space Camp," the 1986 adventure movie from 20th Century Fox.
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STAR TREK - From THR: Director Noah Hawley hints that his "Star Trek" movie might involve a new cast...
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Harvey Weinstein's defense team in his sexual assault trial in Manhattan want the media kept out of jury selection.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Director Bong Joon Ho and Oscar-winner Adam McKay are teaming up to bring Joon's acclaimed film, "Parasite," to HBO as a limited series.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Cable network, FX, has renewed "American Horror Story" for three more seasons, in addition to the already approved tenth season. The ninth season, "American Horror Story: 1984," finished November 2019.
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CELEBRITY - From THR: The British royals, Prince Harry and his wife Megan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have announced that they are stepping down as "senior royals." They are reducing their royal duties and may split time living in the United Kingdom and North America.
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MOVIES - From THR: Warner Bros. has signed a deal with Cinelytic to use its A.I. driven project management system.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Silvio Horta, the creator of ABC's "Ugly Betty," was found dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday, January 7, 2020.
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AWARDS - From Variety: The 2020 / 31st Producers Guild Awards nominations have been announced. The winners will be announced. Winners will be announced January 18, 2020.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The 2020 / 72 Annual Directors Guild Awards nominations have been announced. The winners will be announced January 25, 2020.
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AWARDS: From GoldDerby: The nominations for the 2020 / 73rd BAFTA Awards (the "British Academy Film Awards") have been announced. The winners will be announced Sunday, February 9, 2020.
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Harvey Weinstein's rape trial began today (Mon., Jan. 6th, 2020) in a Manhattan courtroom. Explosions begin...
From Deadline: The Los Angeles County District Attorney has charged Harvey Weinstein with four counts of sexual assault. Weinstein and his attorneys may try to get a delay in the Manhattan trial to deal with the L.A. developments.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: If you care (and I don't), the winners at the 2020 / 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced last night (Sun., Jan. 5th, 2020). The best picture winners were "1917" (drama) and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (comedy).
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/3 to 1/5/2020 weekend box office is "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" with an estimated take of 33.7 million dollars.
From Variety: "Frozen II" is now the highest-grossing animated film ever, grossing 1.325 billion in global box office receipts. The previous record holder was the original "Frozen" (2013) which grossed 1.281 billion. "Incredibles 2" (2018) sits at 1.243 billion.
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MOVIES - From EW: A new image from "Bill & Ted Face the Music" features the title characters with their daughters.
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MOVIES - From IndependentUK: Terry Gilliam finally finished his aborted film, "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote." Now, he has decided to finish his career with a rant-filled interview about wanting to be a "Black lesbian in transition" and being tired of white men being blamed for everything.
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POLITICS - From InformedConsent: "Trump, Troll-in-Chief, Wags the Impeachment Dog by Going to War With Iran" by Juan Cole.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Bong Joon Ho and Quentin Tarantino top 9th AACTA International Awards.
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STREAMING - From TVLine: Al Pacino's Nazi-hunting series, "Hunters," will arrive Feb. 21st on Amazon. The series is executive produced by Jordan Peele.
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SCANDAL - From CNN: Molly Fitzgerald, an actress who appeared in "Captain America: The First Avenger" has been charged with killing her mother, 68-year-old Patricia Fitzgerald, on December 20, 2019. The 38-year-old Fitzgerald played a "Stark girl" in the first "Captain America" film.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Actor Harry Hamlin says that he was close to winning the role of "Indiana Jones" in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." He said he lost the role because he dissed director Steven Spielberg. Hamlin did go on to star in the NBC TV series, "L.A. Law."
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: RuPaul Charles' talk show, entitled "RuPaul," will not continue past its three-week trial run which aired Summer 2019.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Apparently, nearly 23 years after its first release, "Men in Black," still has not made a profit and may be losing money...
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TRAILERS - From THR: The first trailer for "A Quiet Place II" arrives.
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DISNEY - From Quartz: 2019 was Disney's biggest year, but will 2020 be its most important?
OBITS:
From Deadline: The site offers a photo gallery of "Notable Hollywood & Entertainment Industry Deaths In 2019."
From RollingStone: Rock musician and drummer, Neil Peart, has died at the age of 67, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. Peart was best known as the acclaimed, accomplished and legendary drummer for the legendary rock band, "Rush."
From GuardianUK: Author and journalist Elizabeth Wurtzel has died at the age of 52, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. She is best known for the 1994 memoir, Prozac Nation. The film was adapted into a 2001 film starring Christina Ricci.
From Deadline: Director, screenwriter, and actor Buck Henry has died at the age of 89, Wednesday, January 8, 2020. As a screenwriter, Henry is best known for co-writing the film, "The Graduate" (1967), for which he received an Oscar nomination. As a director, he shared an Oscar nomination with Warren Beatty for directing "Heaven Can Wait" (1978), which he also co-wrote. He hosted "Saturday Night Live" 10 times during the series first five seasons, and with Mel Brooks, he co-created the TV series, "Get Smart" (1965-1970).
From WCPO: Former National Football League (NFL) coach, Sam Wyche, has died at the age of 74, Thursday, January 2, 2020. Wyche is best known for his tenure coaching the Cincinnati Bengals from 1984 to 1991. He took the Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers. However, he was an assistant coach on the 49ers' Super Bowl XVI championship team. As a NFL player, Wyche was a quarterback and played for the Bengals for three seasons.
From BuzzFeed: The rapper and recording artist, Lexii Alijai, has died at the age of 21, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. An up-and-coming recording artist, Lexii had released one full-length studio album, "Growing Pains," in September of 2019. Alijai was also the granddaughter of the late recording artist and producer, Roger Troutman, who founded the 1980s funk band, "Zapp."
From ESPN: Former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and pitcher, Don Larsen, has died at the age of 90, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Larsen was a member of two of the New York Yankees World Series champions (1956, 1958). Larsen was the first and remains the only player to pitch a perfect game in the World Series, Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.
From ESPN: Former National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner, David Stern, has died at the age of 77, January 1, 2020. Stern was the NBA commissioner from 1984 to 2014, replacing the late Larry O'Brien. He oversaw the NBA during the most successful period in its history, as the league expanded its international fan base, become a global brand.
From THR: Industrial designer and neo-futuristic and film concept artist, Syd Mead, has died at the age of 86, Monday, December 30, 2019. He was best known for his conceptual design for films like "Blade Runner" (1982) and "Tron" (1982) among many.
From NPR: The English songwriter, musician, writer, and comedian, Neil Innes, has died at the age of 75, Sunday, December 29, 2019. Innes was known for his collaborations with "Monty Python," writing songs for two "Monty Python" albums, and he wrote and performed both sketches and songs for the final season of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1974). He was also the co-founder (with Python's Eric Idle) of the rock band, "The Rutles," a parody of "The Beatles."
Support Leroy on Patreon:
REVIEW - From Patreon: My review of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
DISNEY - From THR: Disney+ is seeking to remake "Space Camp," the 1986 adventure movie from 20th Century Fox.
----------
STAR TREK - From THR: Director Noah Hawley hints that his "Star Trek" movie might involve a new cast...
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Harvey Weinstein's defense team in his sexual assault trial in Manhattan want the media kept out of jury selection.
----------
TELEVISION - From THR: Director Bong Joon Ho and Oscar-winner Adam McKay are teaming up to bring Joon's acclaimed film, "Parasite," to HBO as a limited series.
----------
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Cable network, FX, has renewed "American Horror Story" for three more seasons, in addition to the already approved tenth season. The ninth season, "American Horror Story: 1984," finished November 2019.
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CELEBRITY - From THR: The British royals, Prince Harry and his wife Megan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have announced that they are stepping down as "senior royals." They are reducing their royal duties and may split time living in the United Kingdom and North America.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Warner Bros. has signed a deal with Cinelytic to use its A.I. driven project management system.
----------
TELEVISION - From Variety: Silvio Horta, the creator of ABC's "Ugly Betty," was found dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday, January 7, 2020.
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AWARDS - From Variety: The 2020 / 31st Producers Guild Awards nominations have been announced. The winners will be announced. Winners will be announced January 18, 2020.
----------
AWARDS - From Deadline: The 2020 / 72 Annual Directors Guild Awards nominations have been announced. The winners will be announced January 25, 2020.
----------
AWARDS: From GoldDerby: The nominations for the 2020 / 73rd BAFTA Awards (the "British Academy Film Awards") have been announced. The winners will be announced Sunday, February 9, 2020.
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: Harvey Weinstein's rape trial began today (Mon., Jan. 6th, 2020) in a Manhattan courtroom. Explosions begin...
From Deadline: The Los Angeles County District Attorney has charged Harvey Weinstein with four counts of sexual assault. Weinstein and his attorneys may try to get a delay in the Manhattan trial to deal with the L.A. developments.
----------
AWARDS - From Deadline: If you care (and I don't), the winners at the 2020 / 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced last night (Sun., Jan. 5th, 2020). The best picture winners were "1917" (drama) and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (comedy).
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/3 to 1/5/2020 weekend box office is "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" with an estimated take of 33.7 million dollars.
From Variety: "Frozen II" is now the highest-grossing animated film ever, grossing 1.325 billion in global box office receipts. The previous record holder was the original "Frozen" (2013) which grossed 1.281 billion. "Incredibles 2" (2018) sits at 1.243 billion.
----------
MOVIES - From EW: A new image from "Bill & Ted Face the Music" features the title characters with their daughters.
----------
MOVIES - From IndependentUK: Terry Gilliam finally finished his aborted film, "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote." Now, he has decided to finish his career with a rant-filled interview about wanting to be a "Black lesbian in transition" and being tired of white men being blamed for everything.
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POLITICS - From InformedConsent: "Trump, Troll-in-Chief, Wags the Impeachment Dog by Going to War With Iran" by Juan Cole.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Bong Joon Ho and Quentin Tarantino top 9th AACTA International Awards.
----------
STREAMING - From TVLine: Al Pacino's Nazi-hunting series, "Hunters," will arrive Feb. 21st on Amazon. The series is executive produced by Jordan Peele.
----------
SCANDAL - From CNN: Molly Fitzgerald, an actress who appeared in "Captain America: The First Avenger" has been charged with killing her mother, 68-year-old Patricia Fitzgerald, on December 20, 2019. The 38-year-old Fitzgerald played a "Stark girl" in the first "Captain America" film.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Actor Harry Hamlin says that he was close to winning the role of "Indiana Jones" in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." He said he lost the role because he dissed director Steven Spielberg. Hamlin did go on to star in the NBC TV series, "L.A. Law."
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: RuPaul Charles' talk show, entitled "RuPaul," will not continue past its three-week trial run which aired Summer 2019.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Apparently, nearly 23 years after its first release, "Men in Black," still has not made a profit and may be losing money...
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TRAILERS - From THR: The first trailer for "A Quiet Place II" arrives.
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DISNEY - From Quartz: 2019 was Disney's biggest year, but will 2020 be its most important?
OBITS:
From Deadline: The site offers a photo gallery of "Notable Hollywood & Entertainment Industry Deaths In 2019."
From RollingStone: Rock musician and drummer, Neil Peart, has died at the age of 67, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. Peart was best known as the acclaimed, accomplished and legendary drummer for the legendary rock band, "Rush."
From GuardianUK: Author and journalist Elizabeth Wurtzel has died at the age of 52, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. She is best known for the 1994 memoir, Prozac Nation. The film was adapted into a 2001 film starring Christina Ricci.
From Deadline: Director, screenwriter, and actor Buck Henry has died at the age of 89, Wednesday, January 8, 2020. As a screenwriter, Henry is best known for co-writing the film, "The Graduate" (1967), for which he received an Oscar nomination. As a director, he shared an Oscar nomination with Warren Beatty for directing "Heaven Can Wait" (1978), which he also co-wrote. He hosted "Saturday Night Live" 10 times during the series first five seasons, and with Mel Brooks, he co-created the TV series, "Get Smart" (1965-1970).
From WCPO: Former National Football League (NFL) coach, Sam Wyche, has died at the age of 74, Thursday, January 2, 2020. Wyche is best known for his tenure coaching the Cincinnati Bengals from 1984 to 1991. He took the Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers. However, he was an assistant coach on the 49ers' Super Bowl XVI championship team. As a NFL player, Wyche was a quarterback and played for the Bengals for three seasons.
From BuzzFeed: The rapper and recording artist, Lexii Alijai, has died at the age of 21, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. An up-and-coming recording artist, Lexii had released one full-length studio album, "Growing Pains," in September of 2019. Alijai was also the granddaughter of the late recording artist and producer, Roger Troutman, who founded the 1980s funk band, "Zapp."
From ESPN: Former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and pitcher, Don Larsen, has died at the age of 90, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Larsen was a member of two of the New York Yankees World Series champions (1956, 1958). Larsen was the first and remains the only player to pitch a perfect game in the World Series, Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.
From ESPN: Former National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner, David Stern, has died at the age of 77, January 1, 2020. Stern was the NBA commissioner from 1984 to 2014, replacing the late Larry O'Brien. He oversaw the NBA during the most successful period in its history, as the league expanded its international fan base, become a global brand.
From THR: Industrial designer and neo-futuristic and film concept artist, Syd Mead, has died at the age of 86, Monday, December 30, 2019. He was best known for his conceptual design for films like "Blade Runner" (1982) and "Tron" (1982) among many.
From NPR: The English songwriter, musician, writer, and comedian, Neil Innes, has died at the age of 75, Sunday, December 29, 2019. Innes was known for his collaborations with "Monty Python," writing songs for two "Monty Python" albums, and he wrote and performed both sketches and songs for the final season of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1974). He was also the co-founder (with Python's Eric Idle) of the rock band, "The Rutles," a parody of "The Beatles."
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from December 15th to 21st, 2019 - Update #30
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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MOVIES - From YahooHuffPost: Eddie Murphy still regrets turning down the lead role in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
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POLITICS - From WashPost: Rep. Matt Shea, a Washington state GOP state legislator, has been found to have participated in a act of domestic terrorism.
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BOX OFFICE - From THR: At the Chinese box office, "The Rise of Skywalker" is being beaten by local blockbusters.
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STREAMING - From Variety: Hulu's planned TV series based on novelist Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" book series (which begins with "Interview with a Vampire") is not happening. The rights are being shopped around... at a high price.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Epix is producing a TV series based on Stephen King's short story, "Jerusalem's Lot." Adrien Brody is set to star.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: A jury has award 8.6 million dollars to the parents of John Bernecker, the stuntman who died in July 2017 during the filming of a stunt for "The Walking Dead."
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TRAILER - From SlashFilm: Here is the first official trailer for Christopher Nolan's next mind-bending film, "Tenet," with a breakdown of the contents of the trailer by the article's writer. "Tenet" opens July 17, 2020.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Focus Features will distribute Paul Thomas Anderson's next film, an untitled high school film set in the 1970s. Anderson's previous film was the Oscar-nominated, "The Phantom Thread."
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MOVIES - From Esquire: Adam Sandler, getting rave reviews and Oscar buzz for his film, "Uncut Gems," says he got a phone call from Oscar-winning actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, who praised Sandler for his performance in the film.
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TELEVISION - From YahooEntertainment: Comedian/talk show host Wayne Brady is the winner of Fox's competition reality show, "The Masked Singer" Season Two.
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ANIMATION - From Variety: Dave Green will direct the animation/live-action hybrid, "Wile E. Coyote" movie, "Coyote vs Acme."
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MOVIES- From EW: The site has an exclusive first look at Christopher Nolan's secret film project, "Tenet," starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: The CW is looking to reboot its former TV series, "The Game," which it debuted in 2006 and cancelled in 2009. BET revived the series, where it ran from from 2011 to 2015.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Morfydd Clark has been cast as a young "Galadriel" in Amazon's "The Lord of the Rings." Galadriel is the character played by Cate Blanchett in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.
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MOVIES - From EW: Here, is a first look, some images from the third "Bill & Ted" film, "Bill & Ted Face the Music." The film, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, is due August 21, 2020.
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POLITICS - From TheWhiteHouse: Well... President Trump to Speaker Pelosi.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have tapped Keith Thomas to direct their "Firestarter" remake. Both the 1984 original film (which starred a 9-year-old Drew Barrymore) and the reboot are based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name.
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MOVIES - From ScreenRant: David Ayer ("Suicide Squad") will direct Warner Bros' remake of "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), the classic World War II action film.
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DISNEY+ - From Variety: Disney+ is in early development of a TV series based on the 1989 Tom Hanks' man-dog buddy comedy, "Turner & Hooch."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Viola Davis are among the actors added to Sandra Bullock's Netflix drama about life after incarceration.
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STAR TREK - From Variety: The streaming service, CBS All Access, has renewed "Star Trek: Picard" for a second season, although the first season has not yet debuted.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Quentin Tarantino is apparently leaving his R-rated "Star Trek" behind, and if he makes one more film, it will be "smaller."
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SCANDAL - From THR: Disgraced movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, says that he is a "forgotten man," meaning people have forgotten the great things that he has done in the American movie business. Harvey is scheduled to go to trial in January 2020 for charges of rape, predatory sexual assault and criminal sexual act against two women.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/13 to 12/15/2019 weekend box office is "Jumanji: The Next Level" with an estimated take of 60.1 million dollars.
From Variety: "Frozen II" becomes the sixth Disney movie to reach one billion dollars in global box office in 2019.
From Variety: The Emilia Clarke-Henry Golding holiday film, "Last Christmas," has now grossed the 100 million dollar mark in global box office.
From Forbes: New box office release, "Richard Jewell" and "Black Christmas," fail in their box office debuts.
From Patreon: My "Queen & Slim" review.
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CELEBRITY - From BleedingCool: Did you know actor Samuel L. Jackson's voice can be your Amazon "Alexa" voice.
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SPORTS - From CBSSports: The 2019 Heisman Trophy winner as the best player in college football is Joe Burrows, quarterback for the #1 ranked LSU Tigers. Burrows, the second Louisiana State University football player to win the Heisman, won the award by the largest margin in the history of Heisman voting. His 2608 points were 1846 points higher than the second place finisher, Jalen Hurts, QB of the Oklahoma Sooners.
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MOVIES - From Vulture: Yes, what is the best Adam Sandler movie?
Support Leroy on Patreon:
MOVIES - From YahooHuffPost: Eddie Murphy still regrets turning down the lead role in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
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POLITICS - From WashPost: Rep. Matt Shea, a Washington state GOP state legislator, has been found to have participated in a act of domestic terrorism.
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BOX OFFICE - From THR: At the Chinese box office, "The Rise of Skywalker" is being beaten by local blockbusters.
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STREAMING - From Variety: Hulu's planned TV series based on novelist Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" book series (which begins with "Interview with a Vampire") is not happening. The rights are being shopped around... at a high price.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Epix is producing a TV series based on Stephen King's short story, "Jerusalem's Lot." Adrien Brody is set to star.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: A jury has award 8.6 million dollars to the parents of John Bernecker, the stuntman who died in July 2017 during the filming of a stunt for "The Walking Dead."
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TRAILER - From SlashFilm: Here is the first official trailer for Christopher Nolan's next mind-bending film, "Tenet," with a breakdown of the contents of the trailer by the article's writer. "Tenet" opens July 17, 2020.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Focus Features will distribute Paul Thomas Anderson's next film, an untitled high school film set in the 1970s. Anderson's previous film was the Oscar-nominated, "The Phantom Thread."
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MOVIES - From Esquire: Adam Sandler, getting rave reviews and Oscar buzz for his film, "Uncut Gems," says he got a phone call from Oscar-winning actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, who praised Sandler for his performance in the film.
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TELEVISION - From YahooEntertainment: Comedian/talk show host Wayne Brady is the winner of Fox's competition reality show, "The Masked Singer" Season Two.
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ANIMATION - From Variety: Dave Green will direct the animation/live-action hybrid, "Wile E. Coyote" movie, "Coyote vs Acme."
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MOVIES- From EW: The site has an exclusive first look at Christopher Nolan's secret film project, "Tenet," starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: The CW is looking to reboot its former TV series, "The Game," which it debuted in 2006 and cancelled in 2009. BET revived the series, where it ran from from 2011 to 2015.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Morfydd Clark has been cast as a young "Galadriel" in Amazon's "The Lord of the Rings." Galadriel is the character played by Cate Blanchett in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.
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MOVIES - From EW: Here, is a first look, some images from the third "Bill & Ted" film, "Bill & Ted Face the Music." The film, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, is due August 21, 2020.
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POLITICS - From TheWhiteHouse: Well... President Trump to Speaker Pelosi.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have tapped Keith Thomas to direct their "Firestarter" remake. Both the 1984 original film (which starred a 9-year-old Drew Barrymore) and the reboot are based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name.
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MOVIES - From ScreenRant: David Ayer ("Suicide Squad") will direct Warner Bros' remake of "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), the classic World War II action film.
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DISNEY+ - From Variety: Disney+ is in early development of a TV series based on the 1989 Tom Hanks' man-dog buddy comedy, "Turner & Hooch."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Viola Davis are among the actors added to Sandra Bullock's Netflix drama about life after incarceration.
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STAR TREK - From Variety: The streaming service, CBS All Access, has renewed "Star Trek: Picard" for a second season, although the first season has not yet debuted.
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Quentin Tarantino is apparently leaving his R-rated "Star Trek" behind, and if he makes one more film, it will be "smaller."
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SCANDAL - From THR: Disgraced movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, says that he is a "forgotten man," meaning people have forgotten the great things that he has done in the American movie business. Harvey is scheduled to go to trial in January 2020 for charges of rape, predatory sexual assault and criminal sexual act against two women.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/13 to 12/15/2019 weekend box office is "Jumanji: The Next Level" with an estimated take of 60.1 million dollars.
From Variety: "Frozen II" becomes the sixth Disney movie to reach one billion dollars in global box office in 2019.
From Variety: The Emilia Clarke-Henry Golding holiday film, "Last Christmas," has now grossed the 100 million dollar mark in global box office.
From Forbes: New box office release, "Richard Jewell" and "Black Christmas," fail in their box office debuts.
From Patreon: My "Queen & Slim" review.
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CELEBRITY - From BleedingCool: Did you know actor Samuel L. Jackson's voice can be your Amazon "Alexa" voice.
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SPORTS - From CBSSports: The 2019 Heisman Trophy winner as the best player in college football is Joe Burrows, quarterback for the #1 ranked LSU Tigers. Burrows, the second Louisiana State University football player to win the Heisman, won the award by the largest margin in the history of Heisman voting. His 2608 points were 1846 points higher than the second place finisher, Jalen Hurts, QB of the Oklahoma Sooners.
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MOVIES - From Vulture: Yes, what is the best Adam Sandler movie?
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from December 8th to 14th, 2019- Update #25
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Orlando Jones says that he was fired from Starz's "American Gods" for having "the wrong message for black America." Gabrielle Union, fired from NBC's "America's Got Talent" for her being a "difficult" black woman shouts out to him.
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STREAMING - From THR: Amazon has paid 25 million dollars for a Peter Berg-directed music documentary starring Rihanna.
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STREAMING - From YahooEntertainment: Netflix is running a Christmas comedy special from Brazil, entitled "The First Temptation of Christ," which apparently implies that Jesus Christ was gay. More than a million angry viewers have signed a petition demanding that Netflix remove it its service.
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STREAMING - From IndieWire: Here is a detailed article about what is known about Amazon's secretive "The Lord of the Rings" TV series. By the way, it is a prequel set thousands of years before the events depicted in the original "The Lord of the Rings" novels and films.
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GOLDEN GLOBES - From IndieWire: "Queen & Slim" director Melina Matsoukas says "Golden Globe" voters refused to watch her film prior to voting for the awards. Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who vote for the Globes, were offered three screening, which hardly any members attended, according to the direction and the film's distributor, Universal Pictures.
From Patreon: Here is my review of "Queen and Slim."
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: The proposed settlement between Harvey Weinstein, his former company, and the women accusing him of sexual misconduct is causing controversy. It seems Weinstein's legal fees would be paid and he would not have to admit guilt.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The nominations for the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced January 19, 2020 live on TBS and TNT cable networks.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: The U.S. Library of Congress has added 25 films to the "National Film Registry," and that includes Prince's musical semi-autobiographical film, "Purple Rain" (1984). A record seven films directed by women were added, including Kimberly Pierce's "Boy's Don't Cry" (1999) and Elaine May's "A New Leaf" (1971), the first film from a major American studio in which a woman was the star, writer, and director.
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MARVEL TV - From Deadline: Marvel Television, which produces live-action and animated TV series based on Marvel Comics titles is being shut down.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" is being developed as a miniseries for Showtime. It will be written and executive produced by Chabon and Ayelet Waldman.
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ANIMATION - From THR: Vin Diesel debuts "Fast & Furious: Spy Racers," a Netflix original series based on the "Fast & Furious" film franchise. Produced by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures, the series features Diesel's daughter, Similce, as a voice performer.
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TRAILER - From YouTube: See first official trailer for "Ghostbusters: Afterlife."
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COMICS-TRAILER - From YouTube: Here is the first official trailer for "Wonder Woman 1984."
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The nominations for the 2020 / 77th Golden Globe Awards have been announced.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/6 to 12/8/2019 weekend box office is "Frozen II" with an estimated take of 34.7 million dollars. This is the third straight weekend at #1 for the Walt Disney Animation Studios sequel.
From THR: "Harriet," the biographical drama about abolitionist Harriet Tubman, has grossed more than 40 million dollars at the domestic box office. That makes it one of the most successful biographical dramas for Focus Features, a specialty film label.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooCBS: For "CBS Sunday Morning" (Sun., Dec. 8th) Turner Classic Movies' host Bill Mankiewicz interviewed Mel Brools on comedy, on love (his late wife, Anne Bancroft), and on his films (especially "Blazing Saddles").
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The Los Angeles Film Critics Association name "Parasite" the "Best Picture of 2019," with the film's director, Bong Joon Ho, "Best Director."
From Deadline: The nominations for the 25th Critics Choice Awards (formerly known as the "Broadcast Film Critics Association") in both film and TV categories have been announced. Netflix and its film, "The Irishman" lead the nominations.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: The firing of actress Gabrielle Union from the reality-competition TV series, "America's Got Talent" (NBC) continues to be a firestorm. Now, the show's executive producer and main judge, Simon Cowell, has hired an attorney as investigations, both internal and external, continue into the show's off-camera culture.
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MOVIES - From LATimes: Veteran (and some times reviled) film critic, Kenneth Turan, names his ten best films of 2019.
OBITS:
From THR: The actor Danny Aiello has died at the age of 86, Thursday, December 12, 2019. He is best known as Cher's lovelorn suitor in "Moonstruck" (1987) and as "Sal" the pizza joint owner in Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" (1989), for which he earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination. Aiello won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1981 for his appearance on the "ABC Afterschool Special" in 1980.
From CNN: Swedish pop singer, songwriter, and recording artist, Marie Fredriksson, has died at the age of 61, Monday, December 9, 2019. She was best known as a member of the Swedish pop music duo, "Roxette," which has a string of hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "The Look" and "It Must Have Been Love." She also recorded as a solo artist from 1984 to 2018.
From Deadline: The actor Rene Auberjonois has died at the age of 79, Sunday, December 8, 2019. Auberjonois is best known for two roles. He was Clayton Endicott III on ABC's sitcom, "Benson" (1979-1986). He was "Odo" on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993-1999). He was also a prolific voice actor in animated TV series and films ("The Little Mermaid."
From Deadline: The actor Ron Leibman has died at the age of 82, Friday, December 6, 2019. He won a Tony Award for playing infamous attorney, Roy Cohn, in the play, "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches." He won an Emmy Award for his starring role in the short-lived CBS crime drama, "Kaz" (1978-79).
TRAILERS:
From EW: Marvel Studios releases the first official teaser trailer and a poster for its next feature film, "Black Widow," which is set for release, May 1, 2020.
From THR: The first official trailer for the next James Bond movie, "No Time to Die," makes it debut.
Support Leroy on Patreon:
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Orlando Jones says that he was fired from Starz's "American Gods" for having "the wrong message for black America." Gabrielle Union, fired from NBC's "America's Got Talent" for her being a "difficult" black woman shouts out to him.
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STREAMING - From THR: Amazon has paid 25 million dollars for a Peter Berg-directed music documentary starring Rihanna.
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STREAMING - From YahooEntertainment: Netflix is running a Christmas comedy special from Brazil, entitled "The First Temptation of Christ," which apparently implies that Jesus Christ was gay. More than a million angry viewers have signed a petition demanding that Netflix remove it its service.
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STREAMING - From IndieWire: Here is a detailed article about what is known about Amazon's secretive "The Lord of the Rings" TV series. By the way, it is a prequel set thousands of years before the events depicted in the original "The Lord of the Rings" novels and films.
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GOLDEN GLOBES - From IndieWire: "Queen & Slim" director Melina Matsoukas says "Golden Globe" voters refused to watch her film prior to voting for the awards. Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who vote for the Globes, were offered three screening, which hardly any members attended, according to the direction and the film's distributor, Universal Pictures.
From Patreon: Here is my review of "Queen and Slim."
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: The proposed settlement between Harvey Weinstein, his former company, and the women accusing him of sexual misconduct is causing controversy. It seems Weinstein's legal fees would be paid and he would not have to admit guilt.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The nominations for the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced January 19, 2020 live on TBS and TNT cable networks.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: The U.S. Library of Congress has added 25 films to the "National Film Registry," and that includes Prince's musical semi-autobiographical film, "Purple Rain" (1984). A record seven films directed by women were added, including Kimberly Pierce's "Boy's Don't Cry" (1999) and Elaine May's "A New Leaf" (1971), the first film from a major American studio in which a woman was the star, writer, and director.
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MARVEL TV - From Deadline: Marvel Television, which produces live-action and animated TV series based on Marvel Comics titles is being shut down.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" is being developed as a miniseries for Showtime. It will be written and executive produced by Chabon and Ayelet Waldman.
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ANIMATION - From THR: Vin Diesel debuts "Fast & Furious: Spy Racers," a Netflix original series based on the "Fast & Furious" film franchise. Produced by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures, the series features Diesel's daughter, Similce, as a voice performer.
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TRAILER - From YouTube: See first official trailer for "Ghostbusters: Afterlife."
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COMICS-TRAILER - From YouTube: Here is the first official trailer for "Wonder Woman 1984."
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The nominations for the 2020 / 77th Golden Globe Awards have been announced.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/6 to 12/8/2019 weekend box office is "Frozen II" with an estimated take of 34.7 million dollars. This is the third straight weekend at #1 for the Walt Disney Animation Studios sequel.
From THR: "Harriet," the biographical drama about abolitionist Harriet Tubman, has grossed more than 40 million dollars at the domestic box office. That makes it one of the most successful biographical dramas for Focus Features, a specialty film label.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooCBS: For "CBS Sunday Morning" (Sun., Dec. 8th) Turner Classic Movies' host Bill Mankiewicz interviewed Mel Brools on comedy, on love (his late wife, Anne Bancroft), and on his films (especially "Blazing Saddles").
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The Los Angeles Film Critics Association name "Parasite" the "Best Picture of 2019," with the film's director, Bong Joon Ho, "Best Director."
From Deadline: The nominations for the 25th Critics Choice Awards (formerly known as the "Broadcast Film Critics Association") in both film and TV categories have been announced. Netflix and its film, "The Irishman" lead the nominations.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: The firing of actress Gabrielle Union from the reality-competition TV series, "America's Got Talent" (NBC) continues to be a firestorm. Now, the show's executive producer and main judge, Simon Cowell, has hired an attorney as investigations, both internal and external, continue into the show's off-camera culture.
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MOVIES - From LATimes: Veteran (and some times reviled) film critic, Kenneth Turan, names his ten best films of 2019.
OBITS:
From THR: The actor Danny Aiello has died at the age of 86, Thursday, December 12, 2019. He is best known as Cher's lovelorn suitor in "Moonstruck" (1987) and as "Sal" the pizza joint owner in Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" (1989), for which he earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination. Aiello won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1981 for his appearance on the "ABC Afterschool Special" in 1980.
From CNN: Swedish pop singer, songwriter, and recording artist, Marie Fredriksson, has died at the age of 61, Monday, December 9, 2019. She was best known as a member of the Swedish pop music duo, "Roxette," which has a string of hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "The Look" and "It Must Have Been Love." She also recorded as a solo artist from 1984 to 2018.
From Deadline: The actor Rene Auberjonois has died at the age of 79, Sunday, December 8, 2019. Auberjonois is best known for two roles. He was Clayton Endicott III on ABC's sitcom, "Benson" (1979-1986). He was "Odo" on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993-1999). He was also a prolific voice actor in animated TV series and films ("The Little Mermaid."
From Deadline: The actor Ron Leibman has died at the age of 82, Friday, December 6, 2019. He won a Tony Award for playing infamous attorney, Roy Cohn, in the play, "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches." He won an Emmy Award for his starring role in the short-lived CBS crime drama, "Kaz" (1978-79).
TRAILERS:
From EW: Marvel Studios releases the first official teaser trailer and a poster for its next feature film, "Black Widow," which is set for release, May 1, 2020.
From THR: The first official trailer for the next James Bond movie, "No Time to Die," makes it debut.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from November 24th to 30th, 2019 - Update #27
Support Leroy on Patreon:
MOVIES - From THR: See 12 stars from Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman," the characters they play, and the real life inspirations behind those characters.
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ECO - From YahooEntertainment: "Young Sheldon" star, Iain Armitage, joined Jane Fonda's #FireDrillFridays climate change protest in Washington D.C.
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MOVIES - From TheGuardian: Black directors are making zombie movies that are taking zombies back to their African and Caribbean roots.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: Controversial and Oscar-winning director, Roman Polanski, cancelled a lecture in Poland at his alma mater, the Polish film school in Lodz, after protests from students and faculty. Polanski pleaded to statutory rape in 1978 and was recently accused of raping an actress in 1975.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: "Saturday Night Live" performer, Pete Davidson, required attendees at one of his recent comedy shows to sign a "non-disclosure agreement" (NDA) regarding phones and smart watches.
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SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: Saturday morning "Ugh!" Part 2 - Kid Rock - yes, Virginia, he is a racist.
From YahooSports: Saturday morning "Ugh!" Part 1 - Margaret Court, tennis legend.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: In the wake of Gabrielle Union being fired from the "talent" reality show, "America's Got Talent" (NBC), women's advocacy group, "Time's Up," and Hollywood women are throwing their support behind Union. It seems Union may have angered the show's power brokers after she complained about racist or racial incidents occurring behind the scenes.
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CELEBRITY - From THR: Angelina Jolie may be currently filming Marvel Studios' "Eternals," but she still has time to change talent agencies. She moves from UTA to WME.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: "A Holiday Reunion," a short film reuniting the creature from "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" and Henry Thomas, who played Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, premiered Thurs., Nov. 28th on NBC (broadcast network), Syfy (cable network), and on the website of Comcast Xfinity.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Word is that Christopher Nolan's next film, "Tenet," will be previewed before IMAX showings of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
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SCANDAL - From THR: A New York judge denied Harvey Weinstein's motion to dismiss the sex crimes charges (two counts of "Predatory Sexual Assault") against him.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: In the wake of Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough getting fired from "America's Got Talent," we learn that some people working on the show thought Union's hairstyles were "too black" for AGT's audience.
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MOVIES - From EW: Elizabeth Banks will follow-up her reboot of "Charlie's Angels" with the horror movie, "The Invisible Woman," for Universal, which she will direct and star in. It will not be connected to next year's "The Invisible Man," (also from Universal), nor does it have anything to do with Marvel Comics' "Invisible Woman" superhero character. It is not connected to the 1940-released "The Invisible Woman," which was a spin-off of Universal Studios' classic 1933 horror film, "The Invisible Man."
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: Talk show host Wendy Williams says that it is unbelievable that Taylor Swift is the American Music Awards' "Artist of the Decade." [Well, it certainly says something or even a lot about the state of poular music... - Leroy]
POLITICS - From TheRoot: That's why I don't trust Pete Buttigieg. Everything about him is undercover... except that he is gay... which is unusual. He is Lindsay Graham, except Pete doesn't hide in the closet... at least about being gay.
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SCANDAL - From People: British royal, Prince William (37), has been involved in the decision-making to remove his uncle, Prince Andrew (59), from royal duties. This comes in the wake of Andrew's disastrous Nov. 16th interview with the BBC about his connections and relationship with the late convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
From People: A royal historian says that Prince Andrew's "entire public existence" has been wiped out because of his connection to the late Jeffrey Epstein.
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BLM - From YahooNYT: Black police officers put their lives in their own hands or in the hands of their incompetent and/or racist white colleagues.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 11/22 to 11/24/2019 weekend box office is "Frozen II" with an estimated take of 127 million dollars.
From THR: "Frozen II's" weekend debut ($127 million) set a few records, including being the largest opening for an animated film outside of the summer release corridor and being the largest opening for an animated film in the month of November.
From Variety: "Frozen II" makes a 223 million dollar debut in international markets. It's 350 million dollar global debut is a record an animated film.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actress Julia Ormond joins the cast of "The Walking Dead: World Beyond," which will debut Spring 2020. It is the third "Walking Dead" television series.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Here is a full list of the winners at the 2019 American Music Awards (AMA). Taylor Swift led the night with six wins, giving her a total of 29 AMA wins, the most ever.
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MOVIES - From TheUndefeated: Former NFL cornerback, Nnamdi Asomugha, is making a name for himself as a producer with films such as "Harriet" and Apple+'s "The Banker."
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Tyler Perry announced that his next film, "A Fall From Grace," will bow on Netflix January 17, 2020. The cast includes Cicely Tyson, Phylicia Rashad, and Perry, to name a few.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Chadwick Boseman talks about his new films, "21 Bridges," and the Oscar chances of "Avengers: Endgame."
TRAILER:
From Deadline: Here is the first full trailer for the Vietnam War film, "The Last Full Measure," which is due Jan. 24th, 2020.
MOVIES - From THR: See 12 stars from Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman," the characters they play, and the real life inspirations behind those characters.
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ECO - From YahooEntertainment: "Young Sheldon" star, Iain Armitage, joined Jane Fonda's #FireDrillFridays climate change protest in Washington D.C.
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MOVIES - From TheGuardian: Black directors are making zombie movies that are taking zombies back to their African and Caribbean roots.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: Controversial and Oscar-winning director, Roman Polanski, cancelled a lecture in Poland at his alma mater, the Polish film school in Lodz, after protests from students and faculty. Polanski pleaded to statutory rape in 1978 and was recently accused of raping an actress in 1975.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: "Saturday Night Live" performer, Pete Davidson, required attendees at one of his recent comedy shows to sign a "non-disclosure agreement" (NDA) regarding phones and smart watches.
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SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: Saturday morning "Ugh!" Part 2 - Kid Rock - yes, Virginia, he is a racist.
From YahooSports: Saturday morning "Ugh!" Part 1 - Margaret Court, tennis legend.
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SCANDAL - From Variety: In the wake of Gabrielle Union being fired from the "talent" reality show, "America's Got Talent" (NBC), women's advocacy group, "Time's Up," and Hollywood women are throwing their support behind Union. It seems Union may have angered the show's power brokers after she complained about racist or racial incidents occurring behind the scenes.
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CELEBRITY - From THR: Angelina Jolie may be currently filming Marvel Studios' "Eternals," but she still has time to change talent agencies. She moves from UTA to WME.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: "A Holiday Reunion," a short film reuniting the creature from "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" and Henry Thomas, who played Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, premiered Thurs., Nov. 28th on NBC (broadcast network), Syfy (cable network), and on the website of Comcast Xfinity.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Word is that Christopher Nolan's next film, "Tenet," will be previewed before IMAX showings of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
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SCANDAL - From THR: A New York judge denied Harvey Weinstein's motion to dismiss the sex crimes charges (two counts of "Predatory Sexual Assault") against him.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: In the wake of Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough getting fired from "America's Got Talent," we learn that some people working on the show thought Union's hairstyles were "too black" for AGT's audience.
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MOVIES - From EW: Elizabeth Banks will follow-up her reboot of "Charlie's Angels" with the horror movie, "The Invisible Woman," for Universal, which she will direct and star in. It will not be connected to next year's "The Invisible Man," (also from Universal), nor does it have anything to do with Marvel Comics' "Invisible Woman" superhero character. It is not connected to the 1940-released "The Invisible Woman," which was a spin-off of Universal Studios' classic 1933 horror film, "The Invisible Man."
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: Talk show host Wendy Williams says that it is unbelievable that Taylor Swift is the American Music Awards' "Artist of the Decade." [Well, it certainly says something or even a lot about the state of poular music... - Leroy]
POLITICS - From TheRoot: That's why I don't trust Pete Buttigieg. Everything about him is undercover... except that he is gay... which is unusual. He is Lindsay Graham, except Pete doesn't hide in the closet... at least about being gay.
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SCANDAL - From People: British royal, Prince William (37), has been involved in the decision-making to remove his uncle, Prince Andrew (59), from royal duties. This comes in the wake of Andrew's disastrous Nov. 16th interview with the BBC about his connections and relationship with the late convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
From People: A royal historian says that Prince Andrew's "entire public existence" has been wiped out because of his connection to the late Jeffrey Epstein.
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BLM - From YahooNYT: Black police officers put their lives in their own hands or in the hands of their incompetent and/or racist white colleagues.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 11/22 to 11/24/2019 weekend box office is "Frozen II" with an estimated take of 127 million dollars.
From THR: "Frozen II's" weekend debut ($127 million) set a few records, including being the largest opening for an animated film outside of the summer release corridor and being the largest opening for an animated film in the month of November.
From Variety: "Frozen II" makes a 223 million dollar debut in international markets. It's 350 million dollar global debut is a record an animated film.
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: Actress Julia Ormond joins the cast of "The Walking Dead: World Beyond," which will debut Spring 2020. It is the third "Walking Dead" television series.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Here is a full list of the winners at the 2019 American Music Awards (AMA). Taylor Swift led the night with six wins, giving her a total of 29 AMA wins, the most ever.
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MOVIES - From TheUndefeated: Former NFL cornerback, Nnamdi Asomugha, is making a name for himself as a producer with films such as "Harriet" and Apple+'s "The Banker."
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Tyler Perry announced that his next film, "A Fall From Grace," will bow on Netflix January 17, 2020. The cast includes Cicely Tyson, Phylicia Rashad, and Perry, to name a few.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Chadwick Boseman talks about his new films, "21 Bridges," and the Oscar chances of "Avengers: Endgame."
TRAILER:
From Deadline: Here is the first full trailer for the Vietnam War film, "The Last Full Measure," which is due Jan. 24th, 2020.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from December 9th to 15th, 2018 - Update #25
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AWARDS - From TheWrap: The 2018 European Film Awards named director Pawel Pawlikowski's "Cold War" the "Best European Film" of 2018.
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SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: Jennifer Lawrence denies claims made in a lawsuit that she had a sexual relationship with disgraced movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Disney has fired actor Stoney Westmoreland from its Disney Channel TV series, "Andi Mack." Westmoreland was arrested in Utah after he used an online dating app to attempt a sexual liason with a 13-year-old.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Apple TV lands rights to produced new content based on the classic comic strip, "Peanuts."
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: CBS secretly settled a sexual harassment claim by Eliza Dushku for $9.5 million. The claim concerned Dushku's appearance on the current CBS TV series, "Bull," and its star, Michael Weatherly.
From YahooTV: Cybill Shepherd says that CBS' now-disgraced for chairman, Les Moonves, cancelled her 1990s CBS comedy series, "Cybill," because she would not have sexual relations with him.
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MUSIC - From BleedingCool: The 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee class will include Janet Jackson, Radiohead, The Cure, Stevie Nicks, Roxy Music, Def Leppard, and The Zombies. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled to take place on March 29th 2019 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with a tv broadcast scheduled to air on HBO at a later date.
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STREAMING - From Collider: Steven Yeun, best known for playing Glenn Rhee on "The Walking Dead," will star in an episode of Jordan Peele's "The Twilight Zone" for CBS All Access.
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PIXAR - From Deadline: Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Octavia Butler, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus lead the voice cast of Pixar's film, "Onward," which is being directed by Dan Scanlon and is due March 2020.
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AWARDS - From TheWrap: The 2019 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations have been announced.
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STREAMING - From TVLine: Netflix has greenlit a biographical series based on the life of slain Tejano music singer, the late Selena Quintanilla-Perez a.k.a. "Selena."
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CULTURE - From TIME: "Time Magazines'" has named is "Person of the Year" for 2018, and it is "The Guardians and the War on Truth," with an emphasis on murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.
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COMICS - From THR: There is a new comic book publisher, TKO Studios, that wants to change the way readers buy comic books.
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MOVIES - From TheDailyBeast: Director Adam McKay, who is seeing the release of his Dick Cheney film, "Vice," talks about the time he was forced to film a Donald Trump cameo for his film, "The Other Guys." Apparently, if you want to film on a Trump property, you have to film a cameo of Trump for your film.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Starz's hit series, "Power," has shut down production of its sixth season after a production assistant was killed in an on-set accident.
From Deadline: NBC is developing "Conway," a detective series from Vin Diesel and his One Race TV company and also Universal Television.
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STREAMING - From THR: Netflix has ordered its first "African original" series, "Queen Sono."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/7to 12/9/2018 weekend box office is "Ralph Breaks the Internet" with an estimated take of $16.1 million. This is the film's third week in the top spot.
From TheWrap: Warner Bros. opened its upcoming DC Comics' superhero flick, "Aquaman," in China, two weeks before its U.S. debut. The result is a $93 million opening weekend in China.
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AWARDS - From TheWrap: Los Angeles Film Critics Association name Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" the best film of 2018.
From THR: The New York Film Critics Online also name "Roma" best film of 2018.
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ECO - From RSN: How the Iconic 1968 Earthrise Photo Changed Our Relationship to the Planet
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STREAMING - From SlashFilm: "Sister Act 3" is being produced for the streaming service, Disney+. Whoopi Goldberg, who starred in the first two films, will not be involved with the new film... reportedly.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: "Minding the Gap" takes the top prize at the 2018 IDA Documentary Awards.
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SPORTS - From ESPN: University of Oklahoma junior quarterback, Kyler Murray, is the winner of the 2018 Heisman Trophy, as the top player in college football. Murray is the second consecutive Sooner to win the trophy following the 2017 winner, Baker Mayfield, who is currently a quarterback for the NFL's Cleveland Brown.
OBITS:
From Variety: One of the most revered jazz singers of the 20th century, Nancy Wilson, has died at the age of 81, Thursday, December 13, 2018. Wilson, who won three Grammys and recorded more than 70 albums, also had a 1974-75 NBC variety series, "The Nancy Wilson Show." She was also a frequent guests on variety shows hosted by Carol Burnett, Andy Williams, and Flip Wilson.
From Variety: The actress Sondra Locke died at the age of 74, November 3, 2018. She received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her first movie role in the film, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter." She is probably best known for her association with Clint Eastwood. She appeared in several of his films, including as a murderous, vengeful rape victim in "Sudden Impact." Locke also had a romantic relationship with Eastwood that was quite contentious.
AWARDS - From TheWrap: The 2018 European Film Awards named director Pawel Pawlikowski's "Cold War" the "Best European Film" of 2018.
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SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: Jennifer Lawrence denies claims made in a lawsuit that she had a sexual relationship with disgraced movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Disney has fired actor Stoney Westmoreland from its Disney Channel TV series, "Andi Mack." Westmoreland was arrested in Utah after he used an online dating app to attempt a sexual liason with a 13-year-old.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Apple TV lands rights to produced new content based on the classic comic strip, "Peanuts."
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SCANDAL - From Deadline: CBS secretly settled a sexual harassment claim by Eliza Dushku for $9.5 million. The claim concerned Dushku's appearance on the current CBS TV series, "Bull," and its star, Michael Weatherly.
From YahooTV: Cybill Shepherd says that CBS' now-disgraced for chairman, Les Moonves, cancelled her 1990s CBS comedy series, "Cybill," because she would not have sexual relations with him.
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MUSIC - From BleedingCool: The 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee class will include Janet Jackson, Radiohead, The Cure, Stevie Nicks, Roxy Music, Def Leppard, and The Zombies. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled to take place on March 29th 2019 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with a tv broadcast scheduled to air on HBO at a later date.
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STREAMING - From Collider: Steven Yeun, best known for playing Glenn Rhee on "The Walking Dead," will star in an episode of Jordan Peele's "The Twilight Zone" for CBS All Access.
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PIXAR - From Deadline: Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Octavia Butler, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus lead the voice cast of Pixar's film, "Onward," which is being directed by Dan Scanlon and is due March 2020.
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AWARDS - From TheWrap: The 2019 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations have been announced.
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STREAMING - From TVLine: Netflix has greenlit a biographical series based on the life of slain Tejano music singer, the late Selena Quintanilla-Perez a.k.a. "Selena."
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CULTURE - From TIME: "Time Magazines'" has named is "Person of the Year" for 2018, and it is "The Guardians and the War on Truth," with an emphasis on murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.
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COMICS - From THR: There is a new comic book publisher, TKO Studios, that wants to change the way readers buy comic books.
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MOVIES - From TheDailyBeast: Director Adam McKay, who is seeing the release of his Dick Cheney film, "Vice," talks about the time he was forced to film a Donald Trump cameo for his film, "The Other Guys." Apparently, if you want to film on a Trump property, you have to film a cameo of Trump for your film.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Starz's hit series, "Power," has shut down production of its sixth season after a production assistant was killed in an on-set accident.
From Deadline: NBC is developing "Conway," a detective series from Vin Diesel and his One Race TV company and also Universal Television.
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STREAMING - From THR: Netflix has ordered its first "African original" series, "Queen Sono."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 12/7to 12/9/2018 weekend box office is "Ralph Breaks the Internet" with an estimated take of $16.1 million. This is the film's third week in the top spot.
From TheWrap: Warner Bros. opened its upcoming DC Comics' superhero flick, "Aquaman," in China, two weeks before its U.S. debut. The result is a $93 million opening weekend in China.
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AWARDS - From TheWrap: Los Angeles Film Critics Association name Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" the best film of 2018.
From THR: The New York Film Critics Online also name "Roma" best film of 2018.
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ECO - From RSN: How the Iconic 1968 Earthrise Photo Changed Our Relationship to the Planet
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STREAMING - From SlashFilm: "Sister Act 3" is being produced for the streaming service, Disney+. Whoopi Goldberg, who starred in the first two films, will not be involved with the new film... reportedly.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: "Minding the Gap" takes the top prize at the 2018 IDA Documentary Awards.
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SPORTS - From ESPN: University of Oklahoma junior quarterback, Kyler Murray, is the winner of the 2018 Heisman Trophy, as the top player in college football. Murray is the second consecutive Sooner to win the trophy following the 2017 winner, Baker Mayfield, who is currently a quarterback for the NFL's Cleveland Brown.
OBITS:
From Variety: One of the most revered jazz singers of the 20th century, Nancy Wilson, has died at the age of 81, Thursday, December 13, 2018. Wilson, who won three Grammys and recorded more than 70 albums, also had a 1974-75 NBC variety series, "The Nancy Wilson Show." She was also a frequent guests on variety shows hosted by Carol Burnett, Andy Williams, and Flip Wilson.
From Variety: The actress Sondra Locke died at the age of 74, November 3, 2018. She received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her first movie role in the film, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter." She is probably best known for her association with Clint Eastwood. She appeared in several of his films, including as a murderous, vengeful rape victim in "Sudden Impact." Locke also had a romantic relationship with Eastwood that was quite contentious.
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from February 1st to 10th, 2018 - Update #34
Support Leroy on Patreon:
COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: See Marvel's Black Panther family tree
OSCARS - From IndieWire: Paul Michael Thomas, Oscar-nominated director of "Phantom Thread," praises his fellow best director Oscar nominees.
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CRIME - From TheGuardian: California police work and cooperate with white supremacists against anti-racist activists.
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COMICS-FILM - From Variety: Joaquin Phoenix in talks to play Batman arch-nemesis, "The Joker," in a stand-alone Joker movie that would be directed by Todd Phillips.
From GeekTyrant: DC Comics/Entertainment wants Michael Bay to direct a movie based on their character, Lobo.
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MOVIES - From TheFilmStage: The prolific Richard Linklater, who has directed six films in the last seven years, has apparently set his sights on a film about the 1969 moon landing.
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SCANDAL - From TheGuardian: Recent statements have famed director Quentin Tarantino facing a backlash.
MOVIE - From IndieWire: French director Jean Pierre-Jeunet accuses Guillermo del Toro of plagiarism.
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MUSIC - From Vulture: This is a killer interview with Quincy Jones who talks about Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and the Trumps.
From TMZ: Quincy Jones claims in his Vulture interview that the late legendary actor Marlon Brando had sex with the late legendary comedian Richard Pryor. Pryor's widow, Jennifer, apparently confirms it.
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COMICS-TV - From PreviewsWorld: Gaumont has optioned the rights to produce an animated TV series based on the long-running comic book, Usagi Yojimbo.
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ANIMATION - From Variety: Fox Animaton and Universal music an united to produce an animated film based on the music of the late world music legend, Bob Marley.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Newly-minted Oscar nominee, James Mangold, will follow his hit film "Logan" (an X-Men) with a movie Henry Ford II's rivalry with Ferrari.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Amazon Studios is developing a series based on Robert E. Howard's "Conan the Cimmerian" (or Conan the Barbarian) character.
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BLM - From NYTimes: Remembering #TrayvonMartin via Charles M. Blow's opinion piece, "The Whole System Failed Trayvon Martin.
From GuardianUK: Why NFL player protests still matter - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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SUPERBOWL - From SBNation: Philadelphia Eagles (NFC) win Super Bowl LII 41 to 33 over the New England Patriots (AFC).
From CBSSports: Here are the players rosters for Super Bowl LII's participants, the Philadelphia Eables and the New England Patriots.
From YahooEntertainment: Which movie trailer won Super Bowl LII - see them all.
From EW - Celebrities react to Justin Timberlake's mediocre Super Bowl LII halftime show.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the Super Bowl LII weekend box office - 2/2 to 2/4/2018 - is "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" with an estimated take of $11 million.
From Deadline: Multiple Oscar nominee, "The Darkest Hour," passes the $100 mark in global box office.
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SCANDAL - From YahooET: Halle Berry addresses sexual harassment allegations against her former agent, Vincent Cirrincione.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: CBS has ordered for additional drama pilots for the 2018-19 season. One of them is a modern take on the James Ellroy's novel, "L.A. Confidential," which was previously adapted into a 1997 Oscar-winning film.
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SCANDAL - From NYTimes: Actress Uma Thurman has a lot to say about Harvey Weinstein and about Quentin Tarantino, with whom she made three films.
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MOVIES - From GeekTyrant: Steven Soderbergh eyes a screenplay entitled "Planet Kill" as his next film... although he is supposed to be in retirement.
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POLITICS - From HuffPost: A graphic cartoon that shows him sniffing President Donald Trump's ass has got British TV personality Piers Morgan enraged.
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MOVIES - From THR: Director F. Gary Gray is in talks to direct Sony Picture's "Men in Black" spinoff. The film would focus on new characters and be a semi-reboot the way "Jurassic World" was a semi-reboot of "Jurassic Park." The film is slate to be released June 14, 2019.
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CELEBRITY - From GQ: A profile of actor Taylor Kitsch, who is currently starring in the Paramount Network's "Waco" miniseries.
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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: Marvel Studio's "Black Panther" will pay tribute to the late stuntman, John Bernecker, who died last year on the set of AMC's "The Walking Dead."
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CELEBRITY - From THR: Apparently, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office has named actor Robert Wagner as a "person of interest" in its investigation in the "mysterious death" of his late wife, Natalie Wood, in 1981.
TRAILERS:
From YahooNews: Here is the first teaser trailer for Sony/Marvel's "Venom" (October 5th, 2018), starring Tom Hardy.
From YouTube: Here is the first teaser/trailer for Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man and the Wasp" which opens in theaters July 6th, 2018.
OBITS:
From IndieWire: The actor, Reg E. Cathey, has died at the age of 59, Friday, February 9, 2018. Cathey is best known for his roles in the television series, "The Wire" and "Oz." He won an Emmy ("Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series") for his appearances on Netflix's "House of Cards." He also appeared as "Franklin Richards" in Fox's 2015 reboot of "The Fantastic Four."
From THR: The actor John Mahoney has died at the age of 77, Sunday, February 4, 2018. Mahoney is best known for playing "Martin Crane" the cantankerous father on NBC's "Frasier" (1993 to 2004). Mahoney was also a Tony Award winner.
From RollingStone: Soul and R&B singer, Dennis Edwards, has died at the age of 74, Friday, February 2, 2018. Edwards was the former lead singer of seminal Motown vocal group, The Temptations, singing on classic hits, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "I Can't Get Next to You."
From MSN: Utah billionaire and philanthropist, Jon Huntsman, Sr., died at the age of 80, Friday, February 2, 2018. The founder of Huntsman Corp, Huntsman and his family have given away more than $1.4 billion. Huntsman, Sr. was also the father of Jon Huntsman, Jr., the former U.S. ambassador, Utah governor, and Republican presidential candidate.
COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: See Marvel's Black Panther family tree
OSCARS - From IndieWire: Paul Michael Thomas, Oscar-nominated director of "Phantom Thread," praises his fellow best director Oscar nominees.
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CRIME - From TheGuardian: California police work and cooperate with white supremacists against anti-racist activists.
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COMICS-FILM - From Variety: Joaquin Phoenix in talks to play Batman arch-nemesis, "The Joker," in a stand-alone Joker movie that would be directed by Todd Phillips.
From GeekTyrant: DC Comics/Entertainment wants Michael Bay to direct a movie based on their character, Lobo.
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MOVIES - From TheFilmStage: The prolific Richard Linklater, who has directed six films in the last seven years, has apparently set his sights on a film about the 1969 moon landing.
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SCANDAL - From TheGuardian: Recent statements have famed director Quentin Tarantino facing a backlash.
MOVIE - From IndieWire: French director Jean Pierre-Jeunet accuses Guillermo del Toro of plagiarism.
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MUSIC - From Vulture: This is a killer interview with Quincy Jones who talks about Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and the Trumps.
From TMZ: Quincy Jones claims in his Vulture interview that the late legendary actor Marlon Brando had sex with the late legendary comedian Richard Pryor. Pryor's widow, Jennifer, apparently confirms it.
----------
COMICS-TV - From PreviewsWorld: Gaumont has optioned the rights to produce an animated TV series based on the long-running comic book, Usagi Yojimbo.
-----------
ANIMATION - From Variety: Fox Animaton and Universal music an united to produce an animated film based on the music of the late world music legend, Bob Marley.
-----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Newly-minted Oscar nominee, James Mangold, will follow his hit film "Logan" (an X-Men) with a movie Henry Ford II's rivalry with Ferrari.
----------
STREAMING - From Deadline: Amazon Studios is developing a series based on Robert E. Howard's "Conan the Cimmerian" (or Conan the Barbarian) character.
----------
BLM - From NYTimes: Remembering #TrayvonMartin via Charles M. Blow's opinion piece, "The Whole System Failed Trayvon Martin.
From GuardianUK: Why NFL player protests still matter - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
----------
SUPERBOWL - From SBNation: Philadelphia Eagles (NFC) win Super Bowl LII 41 to 33 over the New England Patriots (AFC).
From CBSSports: Here are the players rosters for Super Bowl LII's participants, the Philadelphia Eables and the New England Patriots.
From YahooEntertainment: Which movie trailer won Super Bowl LII - see them all.
From EW - Celebrities react to Justin Timberlake's mediocre Super Bowl LII halftime show.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the Super Bowl LII weekend box office - 2/2 to 2/4/2018 - is "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" with an estimated take of $11 million.
From Deadline: Multiple Oscar nominee, "The Darkest Hour," passes the $100 mark in global box office.
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SCANDAL - From YahooET: Halle Berry addresses sexual harassment allegations against her former agent, Vincent Cirrincione.
----------
TELEVISION - From Variety: CBS has ordered for additional drama pilots for the 2018-19 season. One of them is a modern take on the James Ellroy's novel, "L.A. Confidential," which was previously adapted into a 1997 Oscar-winning film.
----------
SCANDAL - From NYTimes: Actress Uma Thurman has a lot to say about Harvey Weinstein and about Quentin Tarantino, with whom she made three films.
----------
MOVIES - From GeekTyrant: Steven Soderbergh eyes a screenplay entitled "Planet Kill" as his next film... although he is supposed to be in retirement.
----------
POLITICS - From HuffPost: A graphic cartoon that shows him sniffing President Donald Trump's ass has got British TV personality Piers Morgan enraged.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: Director F. Gary Gray is in talks to direct Sony Picture's "Men in Black" spinoff. The film would focus on new characters and be a semi-reboot the way "Jurassic World" was a semi-reboot of "Jurassic Park." The film is slate to be released June 14, 2019.
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CELEBRITY - From GQ: A profile of actor Taylor Kitsch, who is currently starring in the Paramount Network's "Waco" miniseries.
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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: Marvel Studio's "Black Panther" will pay tribute to the late stuntman, John Bernecker, who died last year on the set of AMC's "The Walking Dead."
----------
CELEBRITY - From THR: Apparently, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office has named actor Robert Wagner as a "person of interest" in its investigation in the "mysterious death" of his late wife, Natalie Wood, in 1981.
TRAILERS:
From YahooNews: Here is the first teaser trailer for Sony/Marvel's "Venom" (October 5th, 2018), starring Tom Hardy.
From YouTube: Here is the first teaser/trailer for Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man and the Wasp" which opens in theaters July 6th, 2018.
OBITS:
From IndieWire: The actor, Reg E. Cathey, has died at the age of 59, Friday, February 9, 2018. Cathey is best known for his roles in the television series, "The Wire" and "Oz." He won an Emmy ("Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series") for his appearances on Netflix's "House of Cards." He also appeared as "Franklin Richards" in Fox's 2015 reboot of "The Fantastic Four."
From THR: The actor John Mahoney has died at the age of 77, Sunday, February 4, 2018. Mahoney is best known for playing "Martin Crane" the cantankerous father on NBC's "Frasier" (1993 to 2004). Mahoney was also a Tony Award winner.
From RollingStone: Soul and R&B singer, Dennis Edwards, has died at the age of 74, Friday, February 2, 2018. Edwards was the former lead singer of seminal Motown vocal group, The Temptations, singing on classic hits, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "I Can't Get Next to You."
From MSN: Utah billionaire and philanthropist, Jon Huntsman, Sr., died at the age of 80, Friday, February 2, 2018. The founder of Huntsman Corp, Huntsman and his family have given away more than $1.4 billion. Huntsman, Sr. was also the father of Jon Huntsman, Jr., the former U.S. ambassador, Utah governor, and Republican presidential candidate.
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