Negromancer News Bits and Bites: January 18th to 24th, 2015 - Updated #15

NEWS:

From Variety:  Quentin Tarantino begins shooting "The Hateful Eight."

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From YahooTV:  Seth Rogen responds exclusively to the outrage about his American Sniper comments.

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From TheGuardian:  J.K. Rowling slapped back at Rupert Murdoch's bigotry.

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From YahooNews:  Free Mark Wahlberg!

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From YahooNews:  Michael Moore speaks on American Sniper - He says that he was taught that snipers were cowards, because his uncle was killed in WWII by a sniper.

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From YahooNews:  Seth Rogen also has thoughts on American Sniper, referencing Inglourious Basterds.

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From TPM:  The Oakland Tribune's front page headline read, "And the Oscar for best Caucasian goes to...

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From Variety via YahooMovies:  In its first full week of release, American Sniper wins the January 16th to 18th, 2015 weekend box office with an estimated take of $90.2 million.  This is also the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, so totals will go up.

From YahooMovies:  Taya Kyle, the widow of American Sniper SEAL, Chris Kyle, struggled with the idea of someone playing her late husband on screen.

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From HuffingtonPost:  Star Trek's troubling 50th anniversary.


COMIC BOOKS:

From TheVox:  Bryan Singer announces the new actors who will play Storm, (Alexandra Shipp), Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), and Cyclops (Tye Sheridan).


STAR WARS:

From CinemaBlend:  Disney ditches George Lucas' ideas for Star Wars 7.

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From CinemaBlend:  Actress hunt for Star Wars spin-off films.

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From CinemaBlend:  George Lucas' at one time predicted the future for Star Wars.

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From YahooMovies:  George Lucas has finally seen the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.


MISC:

From ComcastSportsnet:  Now you know what it feels like to be Kobe.