SPORTS - From YahooSports: Disney is interested in the story of TCU quarterback, Bram Kohlhausen, and his heroics at the recent Alamo Bowl.
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TV - From RollingStone: Tracy Morgan will return to television in a series written by Jordan Peele of "Key & Peele."
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OSCARS: From EW: Will Packer, one of the producers of "Straight Outta Compton," calls this year's Oscar nominations embarrassing.
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OBIT - From YahooTV: The actor, Dan Haggerty, has died (Friday, January 15, 2016). Haggerty was best known for his starring role on the television series, "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams."
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CULTURE - From BET: Kendrick Lamar met President Barack Obama.
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TRAILER - From YouTube: Debut trailer of "10 Cloverfield Lane."
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TV - From MyPinkFriday: James Corden and Adele in car - rapping Nicki Minaj.
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TV - From TheWrap: USA picks up Gale Anne Hurd's "Falling Waters."
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TV - From YahooTV: Adam Lambert added to FOX's "Rocky Horror Picture Show" remake, set to debut Fall 2016.
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POLITICS - From RSN: Bitter, losing judge strikes back at winning attorney via payment.
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OBIT: From TheGuardian: The actor, Alan Rickman, died Thursday, January 14, 2016, at the age of 69. He was a giant of the British stage and screen. He was best known for his roles in Die Hard (1988), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), and in the Harry Potter films ("Professor Snape"). I offer my condolences to his family. R.I.P. Alan. I love you, man.
From IMDb: An Alan Rickman photo gallery.
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OSCARS - From YahooTV: 2016 Oscar nominations - full list
From Deadline: Nominees respond to receiving 2016 Oscar nods; my favorite is Ennio Morricone who received a nomination for score for "The Hateful Eight."
From YahooMovies: Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs is frustrated.
From WaPo: 8 great choices... if Oscars-were-so-white.
From YahooMovies: Ice Cube says he is OK with it (lack of noms for "Straight Outta Compton").
From YahooMovies: 2016 Oscar snubs and surprises.
From EW: Jennifer Jason Leigh reflects on first Oscar nominations.
From YahooMovies: Another Oscar record for Jennifer Lawrence.
From Deadline: More on 2016 Oscar snubs.
From InContention: Variety's "In Contention" announces its final Oscar nomination predictions. The nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, Thursday, Jan. 14th.
From GoldDerby: Their Oscar predictions, both nominations AND wins.
From ThePlaylist: They offer their Oscar nominations predictions.
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MOVIES: From ThePlaylist: "The Chronicles of Narnia" film franchise will be restarted or rebooted. I look forward to it. I really like "Prince Caspian" and "Voyage of the Dawn Treader."
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CULTURE - From Deadspin: Behind the photo that changed the Boston Marathon forever.
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FILMS - From DGA: 2016 Directors Guild Award nominations have been announced.
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COMICS - From DenofGeek: Ryan Coogler confirmed by Marvel as helmsman of their "Black Panther" film, scheduled for 2018.
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COMICS - From ThePlaylist: 67 characters confirmed to appear in the "Avengers: Infinity War" films.
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POLITICS - From NYT: Barack Obama: "Guns are our shared responsibility."
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CULTURE - From NYDailyNews: Teacher fired over her "Central Park Five" lesson plan.
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POLITICS - From EcoWatch: Ever heard of "welfare ranching?" Seems it is related to the armed occupation at Malheur federal wildlife preserve in Oregon.
From RollingStone: Matt Taibbi on the Malheur stand-off.
From Gizmodo: Did you know that Oregon was founded as a white racist utopia?
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TRAILERS - From YouTube: International trailer for "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
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MOVIES - From Variety: "Creed" sequel due November 2017.
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CULTURE - From RollingStone: El Chapo Speaks by Sean Penn.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Darren Aronofsky - Jennifer Lawrence film lands at Paramount.
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MOVIES - From Variety: There is a shit list... I mean short list for the role of Han Solo in spin-off movie.
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MOVIES - From RSN: A very bad idea in Oregon.
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POLITICS - From RSN: Now, there is sympathy from Republicans for drug addicts.
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SPORTS - TheWashPost: NCAA exploits unpaid labor of Black athletes.
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COMICS - From CinemaBlend: New "Batman vs. Superman" TV clip.
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SPORTS - From NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, believed to have a strained AC joint.
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OBIT - From TheWrap: Singer, songwriter, recording artist, actor, artist, and more - David Bowie died on Sunday, January 10, 2016. He had apparently been battling cancer for 18 months. I woke up this morning wondering why the network news readers were talking about his new album... I send condolences to Bowie's family. R.I.P. Thin White Duke
OBIT - From IMDb: A David Bowie photo gallery.
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MOVIES - From BET: Black stars at the Golden Globes.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Denzel Washington speechless at receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
MOVIES: From YahooNews: See Leo's reaction to his "brush" with Lady Gaga.
Golden Globe winners in select categories:
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Kate Winslet for "Steve Jobs"
- Best Original Score - Motion Picture: "The Hateful Eight" - Ennio Morricone
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Matt Damon for "The Martian"
- Best Animated Film: "Inside Out"
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Sylvester Stallone for "Creed"
- Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: "Steve Jobs" - Aaron Sorkin
- Best Foreign Language Film: Saul fia ("Son of Saul") from Hungary
- Best Original Song - Motion Picture: "Writing's On The Wall" written by Sam Smith and James Napier from the movie "Spectre"
- Best Director - Motion Picture: Alejandro González Iñárritu for "The Revenant"
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama: Taraji P. Henson for "Empire"
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence for "Joy"
- Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: "The Martian"
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Brie Larson for "Room"
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Leonardo DiCaprio for "The Revenant"
- Best Motion Picture - Drama: "The Revenant"
MOVIES - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/8 to 1/10/2016 weekend box office is "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" with an estimated take of $41.6 million. "The Revenant" with Leonardo DiCaprio finished second with $38 million.
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From GoldDerby: A Golden Globe categories and the presenters for each category.
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MOVIES - YahooTV: Although he is nominated in two categories, Idris Elba has been ordered by his doctor not to attend tonight's Golden Globes.
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COMICS: From Diamond: Here are the books and merchandise scheduled to be in comic book shops on Wednesday, Jan. 13th, 2016.
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MOVIES: From Negromancer: 2016 Golden Globe nominations.
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MOVIES: From Variety: The Revenant and "The Force Awakens" are locked in a battle to be the weekend's #1 film.
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POLITICS - From ThinkProgress: Poor residents had to have sex with Baltimore public housing officials in order to get basic repairs.
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MOVIES - TheVillageVoice: An article about IFC's retrospective on the films of Charlotte Rampling.
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POLITICS - TheVillageVoice: Donald Trump's toy facism.
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BLM - From TheWashPost: The police officer who arrested Sandra Bland has been indicted on a perjury charge and will be fire.
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POLITICS - From MichaelMoore: Gov. Rick Snyder should be impeached at the very least.
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BLM: From TheWashPost: Cleveland school police officer or resource officer attack Tamir Rice's mother via his Facebook posts and is now the subject of an investigation.
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From TheVillageVoice: Former Ohio prosecutor talks about her Tamir Rice rant.
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CULTURE - From YahooMusic: More on the saga of Marie Holmes, the Powerball winner, who has spent millions to keep her drug-dealing baby daddy, Lamar "Hot Sauce" McDow, out of jail.
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TRAILER - From YouTube: First trailer for new film starring Matthew McConaughey, "Free State of Jones."
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