Saturday, March 26, 2016

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from March 20th to 26th, 2016 - Update #33

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From PopSugar:  New York City cop arrest Black mailman because he didn't want them to hit him with their car.

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COMICS - From Forbes:  "Batman Vs. Superman" could have a $185 million weekend at the box office.

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POLITICS - From Politico:  #CruzSexScandal

POLITICS - From RSN:  The coming Republican Party crack-up also needs to occur to the Democratic Party.

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OBITS - From Variety:  The writer Earl Hamner, Jr. has died at the age of 92, Thursday, March 24, 2016.  He is best known for creating CBS' beloved drama, "The Waltons."

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POLITICS - From Harpers:  Richard Nixon started the "war on drugs" in order to wage war on the anti-war left and Black people.

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POLITICS - From RollingStone:  The magazine endorses Hillary Clinton for President of the United States, and publisher, Jann S. Wenner explains why.

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OBITS - From Variety:  Comedian, actor, writer, and producer, Garry Shandling, has died at the age of 66, Thursday, March 24, 2016.

From YahooCelebrity:  Hollywood reacts to the death of Garry Shandling.

From YahooTV:  Garry Shandling's most memorable roles.

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OBITS -  From YahooSports:  Legendary baseball broadcaster, Joe Garagiola, has died at the age of 90, Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

From YouTube:  An interview with the late Garagiola, conducted by David Spada.

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COMICS - From iDigitalTimes:   Some early reviews are in for "Batman Vs. Superman."

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MOVIES - From Collider:  Shane Black talks about his "Predator" reboot.

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CRIME - From HoustonChronicle:  Keeping Black people of juries in Wharton County, Texas.

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OBITS - From DeadlineTV:  The Emmy-winning actor, Ken Howard, has died at the age of 71, Wednesday, March 23, 2016.  He was best known for his role on the CBS television drama series, "The White Shadow" (1978-1981).  He was the current president of the actors' union, SAG-AFTRA.

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COMICS - From CinemaBlend:  Marvel's "Captain Britain" may get his own television series.

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OBITS - From THR:  The actress, Rita Gam, has died at the age of 88, Tuesday, March 22, 2016.  She was considered a "glamorous actress" in the 1950s.  Gam was also the wife of director Sidney Lumet, and she was a bridesmaid at Grace Kelly's 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier.

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OBITS - From TheWrap:  The rapper, Malik Taylor, has died at the age of 45.  He was better known as "Phife Dawg," the founder of the seminal rap group, A Tribe Called Quest."

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POLITICS - From BuzzFlash:  Sarah Palin hits far-right hot buttons.

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CULTURE - From TheDailyBeast:  Banksy strikes back.

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SPORTS - From YahooSports:  Sports broadcaster/sideline reporter, Craig Sager, known for his colorful and odd suits, has said that his doctor has given him 3 to 6 months to live.

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COMICS - BleedingCool:  A look at a nice copy of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, worth over $3 million.

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COMICS - BleedingCool:  A look at some of Marvel Comics' hot comics for June 2016.

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STAR WARS - From Twitter:  See a Star Wars bonus clip featuring Maz Kanata.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Emma Stone to star in film about Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy, "Letters from Rosemary."

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COMICS - From BleedingCool:  There will be an all-new and all-different Batman comic book debuting later this year from writer Scott Snyder.

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  Ryan Murphy reveals who will be back for the next season of "American Horror Story."

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 3/18 to 3/20/2016 weekend box office is "Zootopia" with an estimated haul of $38 million.

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From MintPressNews:  Daniel Ellsberg - top military brass knew in advance that the Vietnam War would fail.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From SeattleTimes:  Tim McGinty could not do his job and prosecute Cleveland Patrolman Timothy Loehmann and his partner, Frank Garmback, for killing Tamir Rice.  So the voters decided that he could not keep his job as Cuyahoga County Prosecutor.

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COMICS - From CBR:  Jeremy Renner says he would be "open" to a Hawkeye Netflix series.

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COMICS - From CBR: The writers, artists, and editors behind Marvel Comics's "Civil War II" talk.

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COMICS - From BleedingCool:  An overview of news from C2E2 about Marvel's "Civil War II" comic book event.

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COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Mike Mignola says he does not know how the film, "Hellboy 3" would end, although that movie seems unlikely to happen.

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STAR WARS - From CheatSheet:  The site's weekly Star Wars round-up.

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POLITICS - From TheWrap:  Scott Baio ("Happy Days") endorses Donald Trump.

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TRAILERS:

From YouTube:  A clip from Richard Linklater's "Everybody Wants Some," entitled "Cologne."

From YouTube:  A sneak peak at "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" deleted scenes.

From YouTube:  I think this is the first trailer for the "Ben-Hur" remake, which is due August 2016.



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