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Thursday, March 31, 2022
TRAILER: New "TOP GUN: Maverick" Official Trailer (3/29/2022)
After numerous delays, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 box office hit, Top Gun, is set to arrive in theaters May 27th, 2022. Star Tom Cruise returns to play one of his signature roles, that of test pilot, Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. On Tuesday, a new official trailer for the film debuted. You can see it below:
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from March 27th to 31st, 2022 - Update #37
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
MOVIES - From Deadline: Bruce Willis' family have announced that the two-time Emmy Award-winning actor is retiring due to health related issues.
WILL SMITH/CHRIS ROCK - From Variety: Will Smith walks onstage at the 94th Academy Awards and slaps Chris Rock in the face for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
From Variety: The Academy has said that Will Smith was asked to leave the 94th Academy Awards ceremony after slapping presenter Chris Rock, but he refused. The Academy has started disciplinary proceedings against Smith.
From Deadline: Oscar-winner Will Smith formally apologizes to comedian Chris Rock for slapping him during the 94th Academy Awards show.
From Variety: Chris Rock says that he is "still kind of processing what happened."
From Variety: "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe says that he is "dramatically bored" with hearing people's opinion about "THE SLAP."
From Variety: Will Smith won the "Best Actor" Oscar for portraying the father of tennis stars, Venus and Serena Willaims, Richard Williams, in the biopic, "King Richard." In regards to Smith slapping Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Academy Awards, Richard says, "We don't condone anyone hitting anyone else."
From Variety: The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has confirmed that Chris Rock has declined to file a police report regarding Oscar-winner Will Smith slapping him during the 94th Academy Awards.
From THR: The actors' union, SAG-AFTRA, calls Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock to be "unacceptable."
From People: Of the Oscar slap, "Aquaman" Jason Momoa says that he is shocked that Will Smith slapped Chris Rock and that "There's a tipping point for everyone."
From Variety: Celebrities react to the Oscar bitch slap heard around the world.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 3/25 to 3/27/2022 weekend box office is "The Lost City" with an estimated take of 31 million dollars.
From Deadline: The film, "RRR," sets opening day records in its home country of India. Directed by S.S. Rajamouli, the film also makes an impact at the international box office.
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OSCARS - From ABC7: A list of nominees for the 2022 / 94th Academy Awards.
From CNN: A complete winners list from the 2022 / 94th Academy Awards.
WINNERS:
Best Picture
CODA
Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
Directing
The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Actor in a Leading Role
Will Smith
King Richard
Actress in a Supporting Role
Ariana DeBose
West Side Story
Actor in a Supporting Role
Troy Kotsur
CODA
Animated Feature Film
Encanto
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
CODA
Screenplay by Siân Heder
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Belfast
Written by Kenneth Branagh
Documentary Feature
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
International Feature Film
Drive My Car (Japan)
A C&I Entertainment/Culture Entertainment/Bitters End Production
Makeup and Hairstyling
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
Costume Design
Cruella
Jenny Beavan
Cinematography
Dune
Greig Fraser
Production Design
Dune
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
Film Editing
Dune
Joe Walker
Music (Original Score)
Dune
Hans Zimmer
Best Sound
Dune
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
Best Sound
Dune
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
Visual Effects
Dune
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
Music (Original Song)
“No Time To Die” from No Time to Die
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Live Action Short Film
The Long Goodbye
Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
Animated Short Film
The Windshield Wiper
Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez
Documentary Short Subject
The Queen of Basketball
Ben Proudfoot
From Deadline: How to watch the Oscars on TV (ABC) and online (in some markets - abc.com and the ABC app.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Michael Bay criticizes some of the CGI in his upcoming action film, "Ambulance."
TELEVISION/BUSINESS - From Deadline: Tammy Williams is the owner of a new television studio in Atlanta, making her the first Black woman to own a $135 million studio and post-production facility
OBIT:
TAYLOR HAWKINS:
From RollingStone: Singer-songwriter and rock musician, Taylor Hawkins, has died at the age of 50, Friday, March 25, 2022 in a hotel in the town of Chapinero in Bogota, Columbia. Hawkins was best known as the drummer of the band, "Foo Fighters." The band announced Hawkins as its new drummer in March 1997, and in addition to being the drummer, Hawkins wrote songs, provided vocals, and played piano and guitar. He first appeared on the Foo Fighters third album "There is Nothing Left to Lose" (1999). His side-projects included the bands, "Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders" and "The Birds of Satan."
From Deadline: This link leads to the entertainment "breaking news" site's "Taylor Hawkins page."
From CNN: The Attorney General’s Office of the South American nation of Columbia released a preliminary “forensic medical study” Saturday following the death of Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins. The report said a urine toxicology test was carried out on Hawkins and 10 substances were found, including THC, tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids. Hawkins died Friday, March 25th at a hotel in the town of Chapinero in the Columbian capital of Bogota.
From EW: Fellow drummers: Sheila E., Travis Barker (Blink 182), and Lars Ulrich (Metallica) pay tribute to Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor Hawkins.
From YahooEntertainment: Music industry legends such as Mick Jagger, Ozzy Osbourne, and Axl Rose react to the death of Taylor Hawkins, the drummer of the Foo Fighters.
From Deadline: Shocked fans and music industry mourn the death of Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor Hawkins, at the age of 50 on Fri., March 25th.
From Deadline: Watch a video of Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor Hawkins, last ever performance with the Foo Fighters. At the Lollapalooza Festival in Argentina on March 20th, Hawkins sang a cover version of the song, "Somebody to Love," by "Queen," a band Hawkins loved.
From Deadline: Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins had 10 substances in his system at the time of his death...
From CBSBoston: The organizers of the music festival, Boston Calling, said they will keep fans updated following the death of Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor Hawkins. The band was among the headliners scheduled for the festival which is to be held May 27th-29th at the Harvard athletic complex.
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Comics Review: "THE MAGIC ORDER 2 #6" - the Finale That Kills
THE MAGIC ORDER 2 #6 (OF 6)
IMAGE COMICS/Netflix
STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Stuart Immonen
COLORS: David Curiel
LETTERS: Clem Robins
COVER: Stuart Immonen
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Stuart Immonen; Greg Tocchini
36pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (April 2022)
Rated M / Mature
The Magic Order created by Mark Millar at Netflix
The Magic Order 2 is a six-issue comic book miniseries written by Mark Millar and drawn by Stuart Immonen. It is a sequel to The Magic Order, a 2018-19 miniseries written by Mark Millar and drawn by Olivier Coipel. The Magic Order is a group of sorcerers, magicians, and wizards that protects humanity from darkness and from monsters of impossible sizes. Colorists David Curiel and Sunny Gho and letterer Clem Robins complete the creative team of the current series.
The Magic Order 2 finds The Magic Order and its new leader, Cordelia Moonstone (an “escapologist”), caught in a turf war. Their adversaries are Victor Korne and his group of Eastern European warlocks whose ancestors the Order once banished.
The Magic Order 2 #6 opens and it seems as if Victor Korne has won. He has used the ancient Egyptian talisman, the Stone of Thoth, to summon the creature, Othoul-Endu, from the “Outer Dark.” With the creature's power, Korne can think anything and it will happen.
A wayward son and a child will ride to the Order's rescue. But for the Order, nothing will be the same … even if they survive.
THE LOWDOWN: As I wrote in my reviews of the fourth and fifth issues: with each issue, The Magic Order 2 surpasses it predecessor. That is quite the accomplishment, as the first miniseries, The Magic Order, was and is awesome, but the imagination of Mark Millar is like a magic wand. Now, The Magic Order 2 #6 closes this great series.
I feel comfortable saying that The Magic Order series is the best English-language, magical fantasy comic book franchise of the moment. Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios may indeed deliver a gem in its upcoming film, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, but Marvel Comics' Doctor Strange comic book... Well, don't believe the hype. Steve Ditko's Doctor Strange showed the potential in comic books about magic, and with The Magic Order 2, Millar pays off on that potential.
Artist Stuart Immonen and colorist David Curiel create a symphony of lightning and supernovas. I could feel the energy of Immonen and Curiel's work in my eyes. This story is alive, so alive that it feels like a curtain closing on an act rather than feeling like a finale of an arc.
Comic book readers who hate good comic books are not reading The Magic Order 2. So I ask again. Are you reading it, dear readers?
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar and of The Magic Order will want to read The Magic Order 2.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Comics Review: "PANTHA Volume 2 #2" a Strong, Very Stong Second Issue
PANTHA VOLUME 2 #2
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: Thomas Sniegoski and Jeannine Acheson
ART: Igor Lima
COLORS: Adriano Augusto
LETTERS: Dezi Sienty
COVER: Giuseppe Matteoni
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jorge Fornes; Vincent Aseo; Alvaro Sarraseca; Elena Pianta; Ken Haeser; Andrew Mangum
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (March 2022)
Rated Teen+
A Dynamite Entertainment, Pantha first appeared in Vampirella #30 (cover date: January 1974). She is an ancient Egyptian queen who was cursed by the goddess, Sekhmet, because of the murders she committed. Pantha must walk the world forever, trapped between the forms of human and panther. She will never know home or peace, burdened by the fury of a goddess and the rage of the innocents she ordered slain.
Pantha, like Vampirella, is now belongs to Dynamite Entertainment, which gave the character her own six-issue miniseries in 2012. Pantha returns in a new comic book series, entitled Pantha Volume 2. It is written by Thomas Sniegoski and Jeannine Acheson; drawn by Igor Lima; colored by Adriano Augusto; and lettered by Dezi Sienty. In this new series, Pantha must save the Egyptian pantheon from a mysterious adversary that is older than the gods and wants the gods' power.
As Pantha Volume 2 #2 opens, Sekhmet, the goddess of war, has fallen captive to the mysterious adversary, Ta'Nakht, that wants to devour the “divinity” of every god. In Sekhmet's case, her divinity is her “wrath.”
That wrath, however, is in present day, Toortooga, Florida. It resides as a curse inside Maatkar Samira a.k.a. Pantha, who lives at the Toortooga City Zoo in the guise of a six-hundred pound black panther. Nick Heart, the god “Ihy” (the god of music and joy), has found Samira and is ready to bring her and her curse to where they can help Sekhmet. With Sekhmet captured, Nick and Samira need a new plan. Enter Set, the god who seems to keep to himself as Darian Blackwood, CEO of a munitions manufacturer. Will Set/Darian help and what is that help worth?
THE LOWDOWN: In July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department began providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. They recently provided me with a PDF for Pantha Volume 2 #2, which is only the second Pantha comic book that I have read.
Right now, Pantha Volume 2 is one of the best new titles of the year. I'd never heard of the character, yet I find myself deeply engaged with Thomas Sniegoski and Jeannine Acheson riveting story featuring this new-to-me character. It's like the perfect serial, as the writers give readers just enough to keep their appetites whet without them feeling cheated.
Artist Igor Lima's illustrations manage to be beautiful comic book art and really gripping comic book storytelling. I find myself racing through the pages of this most excellent storytelling with its intriguing plot and strongly drawn characters. Adriano Augusto sparkling colors and Dezi Sienty letters complete the power of this story.
I'll repeat what I said in my review of the first issue. Don't walk. Don't run. Drive like a maniac (without causing an automobile accident) to your local comic shop and get Pantha Volume 2 #2.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Dynamite's dark fantasy titles will want to read Pantha Volume 2.
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Walt Disney Celebrates Six Oscar Wins at the 94th Academy Awards
The Walt Disney Company Earns 6 Academy Awards® Including Best Animated Feature Film and Best Documentary
The Walt Disney Company received six Academy Awards® at the 94th annual ceremony, broadcast live on ABC from the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022.
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto was recognized as Best Animated Feature Film. This is the second Oscar® win for director Byron Howard and producer Clark Spencer, and the first Oscar win for director Jared Bush and producer Yvett Merino. The win adds to a list of accolades for the film following recognitions from the Annie Awards, Art Directors Guild Awards, BAFTA Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globe® Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and Producers Guild Awards. Encanto is also the first Disney movie to claim a No. 1 album and a No. 1 single.
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), from Searchlight Pictures, Disney’s Onyx Collective, and Hulu, received the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. This marked the first Oscar wins for first-time director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and producers Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, and David Dinerstein. It is also Disney’s Onyx Collective and Hulu’s first Academy Award, and Searchlight Pictures’ first Best Documentary Feature award. To date, the film has won 55 awards across critics’ groups and guilds, including the BAFTA Award, Spirit Award, DOC NYC Award, American Film Institute Award, Producers Guild Award, Cinema Eye Honors, International Documentary Association Award, American Cinema Editors Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, African-American Film Critics Association Award, and National Board of Review Award.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye was honored with two awards, including Best Actress in a Leading Role for Jessica Chastain’s portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker. This marks Chastain’s first win and Searchlight Pictures’ sixth win in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category. The Eyes of Tammy Faye also won for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, which is Searchlight Pictures’ first Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar.
Ariana DeBose was awarded Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Anita in West Side Story, marking a historic moment as the first Afro-Latina and openly queer woman of color to receive the honor. The first-time Oscar winner and Rita Moreno also made history as the first pair of women to win Academy Awards for playing the same character; their wins come 60 years apart.
Legendary costume designer Jenny Beavan won the award for Best Costume Design for Disney’s Cruella. Beavan’s work on Cruella previously resulted in a BAFTA Award, a Costume Designers Guild Award, and a Critics Choice Award.
See below for a complete list of Academy Awards won by The Walt Disney Company:
The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Searchlight Pictures
2 Academy Awards
-Best Actress in a Leading Role – Jessica Chastain
-Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Encanto | Walt Disney Animation Studios | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Streaming on Disney+
1 Academy Award
-Best Animated Feature Film
Summer of Soul(…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Searchlight Pictures | Onyx Collective | Hulu | Streaming on Hulu and Disney+
1 Academy Award
-Best Documentary (Feature)
West Side Story | 20th Century Studios | Streaming on Disney+
1 Academy Award
-Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Ariana DeBose
Cruella | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Streaming on Disney+
1 Academy Award
-Best Costume Design
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Monday, March 28, 2022
BOOM! Studios Shipping from Diamond Distributors for March 30, 2022
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