Negromancer News Bits and Bites for the Week of March 1st to March 7th, 2015 - Update #13

NEWS:

From YahooMovies:  Why should Sean Penn apologize for a joke aimed at a close friend, even if it was at the Oscars?

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From HuffPost:  Neill Blomkamp reveals concept art for his in-development "Alien" film, and says what he does not want to happen to that film.

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From THR:  Disney is producing a live-action Beauty and the Beast... running out of ideas.

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From YahooMovies:  Chris Rock is highly critical of the 2013 Jackie Robinson biopic, 42.

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From TheHollywoodReporter:  The winner of the Feb. 27th to March 1st, 2015 box office is Focus, starring Will Smith, with an estimated take of $19.1 million.

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From TheHollywoodReporter:  Leonardo DiCaprio moves ahead with "The Crowded Room."  This is an old project.  I remember when the late Premiere magazine described it as James Cameron's "next project" back in the 1990s.

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From TheHollywoodReporter:  Michelle Rodriguez doesn't know better, since she has been one of the more privileged Latina actresses.  I wonder if she was also drunk when she made this statement.


COMIC BOOKS:

From YahooTV:  Jada Pinkett Smith is leaving "Gotham."

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From YahooTV:  CBS's Supergirl's costume is revealed.

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From CinemaBlend:  CBS keeps adding to cast of its "Supergirl" show.

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From Comicvine:  A new trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron.

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From YahooGames:  Drew Goddard will writer and direct Spider-Man reboot... or not.

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From IGN:  Josh Trank explains casting Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm and the darker tone of his Fantastic Four movie.


STAR WARS:

From ScreenRant:  Rumors about the second Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer.

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From io9: What Ahsoka's appearance in Star Wars Rebels means.

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From FlickeringMyth:  New rumors about Luke Skywalker's role in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens.


OBITS:

From THR:  The actress, Lynn Borden, had died at the age of 77.  Borden was known for playing the young wife and mother, Barbara Baxter, on the fifth and final season of the 1960s sitcom, "Hazel."  We send our condolences to her family.

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From THR:  The actor, Daniel von Bargen, died at the age of 64.  He was best known for his role as Mr. Kruger, George Costanza's imbecile of a boss, on the last season of "Seinfeld."  I remember him for his role as the super-scary, Nix, in Clive Barker's Lord of Illusionx.