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Saturday, February 6, 2016

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from February 1st to 6th, 2016 - Update #32

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MOVIES - From TheWrap:  Leonardo DiCaprio to star in "Conquest" from Paramount.

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AWARDS -  From Yahoo:  Michael B. Jordan and diversity celebrated 2016 Image Awards, with complete list of winners.

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TELEVISION -  From UPI:  Adam West will be one of the guest stars on the 200th episode of "The Big Band Theory."

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COMICS - From ScreenRant:  Still, there is some fun to be had of Walt Disney and Stan Lee Media - now with a Hillary Clinton connection.

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OSCARS - From TheWrap:  President Obama weighs in on #OscarsSoWhite.

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MOVIES - From TheWrap:  Here is how next year's Oscars may not be so white.

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OSCARS - From TheWrap:  The Coen Bros. address #OscarsSoWhite in a manner befitting white privilege and with a lack of awareness that is surprising but should be.

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OSCARS - From TheWrap:  Oscars so white... literally.

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POLITICS - From CounterPunch:  Freeing Julian Assange - the final chapter.

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OSCARS - From THR:  Kareem Abdul-Jabar: Why black people are invisible to Oscar voters.

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ANIMATION - From YahooTV:  Joe Alaskey was one of the successors to Mel Blanc as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and other Looney Tunes characters.  He died at the age of 63 of cancer on Wednesday, February 3, 2016.

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MUSIC - From YahooMusic:  Maurice White, the founder of Earth, Wind & Fire, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016.  He will always remain a "Shining Star."  R.I.P.

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CRIME - From RSN:  Exonerations in the United States hit a record high.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Steven Soderbergh is coming out of retirement to make a film with Matt Damon and Channing Tatum.
 
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OSCARS - From TheWrap:  Helen Mirren things #OscarsSoWhite is unfair to the Academy.

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COMICS - From BleedingCool:  There is some backlash against DC Comics for its "re-imagining" of Scooby-Doo, which will be seen in an upcoming comic book series.

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CRIME - From RSN:  Police across the country rethinking use of violence - 'bout time.

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POLITICS - From RollingStone:  A right-wing, hawkish FOX News analyst who claimed to be ex-CIA turned out to be a fraud and is now facing trail.

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MUSIC - From HuffingtonPost:  David Bowie leaves most of his $100 million estate to his wife, two children, and a few close friends.

MUSIC - From LATimes:  David Bowie's "Bowie bonds" were revolutionary for its time.

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COMICS - From CinemaBlend:  Marvel prepares to announce its plans for Josh Brolin as "Thanos."

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MOVIES - From People:  Kate Winslet talks about her "Titanic" co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio.

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  Universal sets dates for 9th and 10th installments of Fast and Furious franchise. Part 8 comes out in 2017.

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POLITICS - From RawStory:  Sarah Palin says she did not blame President Obama for her son beating his girlfriend.

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MOVIES - From ScreenDaily:  Rooney Mara to play Mary Magdalene

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TELEVISION - From ThePlaylist:  Naomi Watts and Tom Sizemore joins Netflix's "Twin Peaks" revival.  By the way, David Lynch is said to be directing all the episodes.

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BLACK HISTORY:  From IMDb:  Top 10 highest grossing Black directors by box office total.

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OSCARS - From IMDb:  The staff's Oscar snubs list.

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MOVIES:  From BusinessInsider:  Anthony Ingruber looks like a young Harrison Ford, and played a young Ford in a recent movie, so... he's young Han Solo.

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POLITICS - From YahooPolitics:  How Ted Cruz out-trumped Trump.

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POLITICS - From YahooPolitics:  Clinton vs. Sanders to close to call...

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MOVIES - From YahooMovies:  An article about Nate Parker, director of "Birth of a Nation."

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ANIMATION - From CBR:  See Disney classics drawn Tim Burton style.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Nate Parker's "Birth of a Nation" tops 2016 Sundance Film Festival; here is a winners list.

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AWARDS - From Deadline:  The 2016 Art Directors Guild Awards are announced with "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "The Revenant" among top winners.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  "Kung Fu 3" sets an opening weekend record in China.

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MOVIES - From Complex:  FOX Searchlight pays a record $17.5 million for Nate Parker's "Birth of a Nation," the top winner at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From ThinkProgress:  Before the cops killed him, Quintonio LeGrier called 911 three times for help.

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OSCARS - From Complex:  Steve McQueen, the Black director who won an Oscar as a producer on "12 Years a Slave," speaks about #OscarsSoWhite.




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