Saturday, November 21, 2015

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from November 15th to 21th, 2015 - Update #33

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NEWS:

From TheDailyBeast:  Did you know that Ingrid Bergman was once slut-shamed?

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From THR:  Kenneth Branagh will star in and direct a film adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" for Fox.  Branagh will play the novel's detective, Hercule Poirot.

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From Variety:  Paramount and Hasbro prepare to make more "Transformers" and "G.I. Joe" movies; plus a "Micronauts" movie.

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From BleedingCool:  Peter Jackson admits to winging it on "The Hobbit."

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From BET:  World Series and New York Yankees legend found 50 Cent too "urban."

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From YahooCelebrity:  Corinne Foxx, the daughter of Jamie Foxx, is Miss Golden Globe 2016.

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From TheWrap:  Emma Stone has returned to playing Billie Jean King in the film, "Battle of the Sexes," with Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs.

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From THR:  The "Tomb Raider" reboot has a director, Roar Uthaug.  I haven't heard of him either.

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From YahooCelebrity:  Charlie Sheen announces that he is HIV positive.

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From Ecowatch:  Mark Ruffalo on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," talks eco-issues and politics.

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From THR:  Someone is remaking Chris Nolan's "Memento."  Notice that today is NOT April Fool's Day.

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From TheReelWord:  First look at Martin Scorsese's much-anticipated "Silence."

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From TheReelWord:  The "Fast & Furious" franchise will include spinoffs and prequels.

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From BleedingCool:  The Prometheus sequel keeps shifting names, and it may feature to "Alien" creatures.

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From THR:  The Academy (AMPAS) has disqualified the Afghan film, "Utopia" from being considered in the "Best Foreign Language" film race for containing too much English.

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From Variety:  Spike Lee finally gets his Oscar - at the 2015 Governors Awards.

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From BoxOfficeMojo:  The number one movie at the 11/13 to 11/15/2015 weekend box office is the James Bond film, "Spectre," with an estimated take of $35.4 million.

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From Deadline:  The French terrorism-themed film, "Made in France," which was to be released Wednesday, has had that release date cancelled.  It will be released at an unknown later date.


HARD NEWS:

From WashingtonPost:  My White neighbor...

From ContraCostaTimes:  A white-man gets a Rodney King-like beat-down.

From Salon:  This is why they hate us...

From Truthout:  You can kill your employees, but DO NOT lie to wealthy investors and federal regulators.

From RSN:  No "global domination" is not going well.

From WashPost:  Missouri State Senator seeks to stop a grad student's dissertation on abortion regulations.

From BBC:  A day before the attacks in Paris, ISIS was behind an attack in Beirut, Lebanon that left more than 40 dead.

From teleSUR:  Have we forgotten?  Do some of us even know?

From BBCBlog:  April 2014 attack in Kenya was practically ignored - cause Black lives really don't matter.
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From TheIntercept:  Blame CITIZENFOUR for Paris.


COMICS - Films and Books:

From IndieWire:  There may be a new "X-Men" in 2018, perhaps with shooting beginning in 2017.

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From BleedingCool:  Alan Moore is on Twitter.

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From CinemaBlend:  Marvel is working on bringing back Michael Douglas to reprise his role of Hank Pym in "Ant-Man and the Wasp."

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From CinemaBlend:  "Doctor Strange" adds martial artist Scott Adkins to its cast.


SPORTS:

From YahooSports:  The American League "Cy Young Award" winner is Houston Astros pitcher, Dallas Keuchel.

From YahooSports:  The National League "Cy Young Award" winner is Chicago Cubs pitcher, Jake Arrieta.

From ESPN:  Your American League "Rookie of the Year" for 2015 is Carlos Correa, shortstop for the Houston Astros.

From ESPN:  Your National League "Rookie of the Year" for 2015 is Kris Bryant, third baseman for the Chicago Cubs.
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From ESPN:  The Lakers win at Detroit, and Kobe and the team honor the U.S. heroes who stopped a French train attack in August.

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From ESPN:  The Jacksonville Jaguars win a road game for the first time in almost 2 years!



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