Negromancer News Bits and Bites for May 24th to May 31st, 2015 - Update #16

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NEWS:

From THR: Amandla Stenberg ("Rue" from Hunger Games) speaks out on the approbation of black culture and speaks some truth.

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From RadioTimes:  Simon Pegg says sci-fi movies are "dumbing down" cinema.

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From Vulture:   Geof Darrow on Frank Miller and The Matrix.

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From TheWrap:  It's still being talked about and has no official release date, but we know a little more about "The Legend of Conan."  The film will be a direct sequel to 1982's Conan the Barbarian, and will take place 30 years later.  The film will also star Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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From YahooMovies:  First, the very idea of a utopia as envisioned by Walt Disney is troubling, to say nothing of a movie inspired by that.

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From EW:  Based on early estimates, Tomorrowland leads the Memorial Day 2015 weekend with an estimated haul of $32.2.

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From EW: First look at Matt Damon in Ridley Scott's The Martian.

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From Vulture:   At the 2015 iteration of the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or goes to the film, Dheepan, directed by Jacques Audiard.


COMICS - Books and Movies:

From THR: Marvel apparently screen-testing actors who will be the next Spider-Man near the set of "Captain America: Civil War."

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From Vulture:  Tilda Swinton cold be in Marvel's Doctor Strange movie.

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From Vulture:  Fox is apparently reviving "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen."

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From Collider:  Chris Pine in talks to appear in Warner's "Wonder Woman" movie.

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From Vulture:  A history of Marvel Comics' "Ultimate" universe.

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From YahooTV:  Michael B. Jordan talks about the online racist reactions to him being cast as "Johnny Storm."  It's not about you, Mike.  It's about "white fragility."

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From YahooMovies: Tyler James Williams would be cool about being Miles Morales in a film.

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From YahooFinance:  Is Flash the most important character in the DC Universe.


OBITS:

From TheWrap:  Anne Meara, the actress and comedian, has died at the age of 85.  She was the wife of Jerry Stiller and the mother of writer-actor-director, Ben Stiller, and daughter, Amy.

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From TheWrap: The Nobel Prize-winning mathematician, John Forbes Nash, Jr. has died.  Nash's life inspired the film, A Beautiful Mind, which won the best picture Oscar-winner for the year 2001.  Russell Crowe played Nash in the film.  Nash, who was 86, and his wife, Alicia (82) died in a taxi crash on the New Jersey Turnpike.