Negromancer News Bits and Bites for the Week of December 21st to 27th, 2014 - Update #10

NEWS:

From Vulture:  Idris Elba responds to Bond rumors with a clever tweet.

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From the NYPost:  Astrophysicist and "Cosmos" host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, angers with his Christmas tweet.

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From TheWrap:  "Unbroken" and "Into the Woods" explode on their Christmas Day 2014 debuts.

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From YahooTV:  Rush Limbaugh offers some clownish insight on Idris Elba (an "African-English" actor) as James Bond.

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From YahooMovies:  "Star Trek 3," the third film of the rebooted Star Trek film franchise, will arrive in theaters on July 8, 2016.  Justin Lin, of the Fast & Furious franchise will direct.

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From YahooMovies:  Sony lawyer responds to President Obama and suggests that "The Interview" will be released.

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From Variety:  The #1 movie for the 12/19 to 12/21/2014 weekend box office is The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies with an estimated take of $56.2 million.  Since its debut on Wednesday, Dec. 17th, 2014, it has grossed an estimated $90.6 million.

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From YahooFinance:  Sony lawyer:  "We haven't caved."


COMICS BOOKS:

From io9:  Mike Colter is Luke Cage in Marvel/Netflix's A.K.A Jessica Jones.


STAR WARS:

From Inquisitr:  Photo purports to reveal Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys.


OBITS:

From YahooMusic:  Raspy voice singer, Joe Cocker, has died at the age of 70.  His two best known hits were a rendition of The Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends" and the smash hit, "Up Where We Belong," which he sang with Jennifer Warnes.  The latter was the theme-song from the film, An Officer and a Gentleman, won Cocker his only Grammy Award win.