Negromancer News Bits and Bites for the Week of January 25th to 31st, 2015 - Updated #19

NEWS:

From DenofGeek:  The simple reason why there was no "Tangled 2."

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From YahooNews:  First Lady Michelle Obama defends American Sniper at launch of "6 Certified."

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From YahooBeauty:  Disney introduces first Latina Disney Princess.

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From Grantland:  A really fine article about retired actor, Oscar-winner Gene Hackman.

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From Vulture:  Liam Hemsworth reportedly has been offered the lead in the Independence Day follow-up.

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From People:  Alex Gibney, a great director of great documentary films, has a shocking new film about Scientology.

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From Vulture:  Guardians of the Galaxy star, Chris Pratt, is rumored to be the new Indiana Jones.

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From ThePlaylist:  The leads in Paul Feig's Ghostbusters reboot are Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon & Leslie Jones.  Or these are the four who are in contract talks to star in the film.

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From Alternet:  Seven things about Chris Kyle not in American Sniper.

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From YahooMovies:  The winner of the box office for the weekend of 1/23 to 1/25/2015 is American Sniper with an estimated take of $64.4 million.  The film is a repeat winner, and this is one of the best second weekends ever.

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From Variety:  Kaya Scodelario has been named as the female lead in "Pirates of the Caribbean 5."

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From YahooMovies:  Oscar winner Dianne Wiest is struggling to pay her rent.


COMICS BOOKS:

From NerdReactor:  Jason Momoa likes the idea of a brown-skinned Aquaman.

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From YahooGames:  An article about TV shows based on comic books.

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From Variety:  Melissa Benoist is CBS' Supergirl.

From Variety:  Mehcad Brooks is the love interest of CBS' Supergirl.

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From Newsarama:  10 things worth noticing in the Fantastic Four trailer.

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From YahooTV:  The first teaser for the Fantastic Four reboot, and I think it looks great.  Now, will the movie be good...

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From CinemaBlend:  How the costumes in the Fantastic Four reboot film might look.

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From IGN:  Fox wants to develop a live action X-Men television series.


TRAILERS:

From 20th Century Fox:  The first teaser trailer for this year's Fantastic Four reboot.


MISC.:

From YahooSports:  Serena Williams wins her 6th Australian open title.  It is also her 19th major title (Grand Slam tournament) win, which is second all-time behind Stefi Graf's 22 (in the Open era).