Saturday, March 12, 2016

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from March 6th to 12th, 2016 - Update #37

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POLITICS - From WashPost:  See video of Trump supporter sucker-punch a Black protester.

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POLITICS - From RSN: Donald Trump backed out of a debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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POLITICS - From RSN:  Elizabeth Warren says "Senate Republicans, do your job."

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COMICS - From Cinelinx: Marvel/Netflix's "Luke Cage" debuts September 30th, 2016.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Harry Styles of the pop group, One Direction, has bee cast in Christopher Nolan's 2017 film, "Dunkirk."

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WEBCOMICS - From CBB:  New Johnny Bullet (#64).

From CBB:  Johnny Bullet #64 in French.

From CBB:  The Slip #28 (formerly known as "Constant").

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Director Atom Egoyan talks about his new film, "Remember," in which two men, played by Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau, seek revenge against Nazis.

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COMICS - From Deadline:  Halle Berry in talks to appear in the sequel to "Kingman: The Secret Service."

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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist:  Daisy Ridley is apparently being considered for the "Tomb Raider" reboot.

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COMICS - From YahooTV:  Spider-Man appears in new "Captain America: Civil War" trailer.

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CRIME - From VICENews: Nancy Reagan, high priestess of the War on Drugs,

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OBIT - From RollingStone:  Beatles' producer, Sir George Martin, died at the age of 90, Tuesday, March 8, 2016.

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CULTURE - From BuzzFlash:  The consequences of the world's meat addiction.

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OBIT - From Variety:  The actor Richard Davalos died at the age of 85 on Tuesday, March 8, 2016.  He is best known for playing alongside James Dean in "East of Eden."

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COMICS - From Variety:  Michael Keaton to headline film adaptation of "American Assassin" graphic novel series.

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LGBT - From Variety: The Wachowski Bros. are now the Wachowski Sisters, as Andy is now a transgender woman named "Lilly."  Larry became "Lana" several years ago.

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COMICS - From the NYTimes:  President Barack Obama has written the introduction to Fantagraphics Books' final volume of The Complete Peanuts 1999-2000 (Volume 25).  The book is due in May.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From RSN:  Police terrify residents and raid their home based on scant evidence.

BLACK LIVES MATTER - From OccupyDemocrats:  Trump's campaign ordered police to escort police African-American students from a rally at Valdosta State University.

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SPORTS - From CollegeSpun:  Spike Lee is directing a documentary about the Missouri football team's threat to boycott unless the university's president resign.

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POLITICS - From RSN: Can black voters disobey the Democratic Party?  - Or “A black person voting for a Republican is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.”

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Amanda Seyfried is rejoining Andrew Niccol for his new sci-fi thriller, "Anon," which will also feature Clive Owen.  Sefriend was in Niccol's "In Time," with Justin Timberlake.

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MOVIES - From YahooNews:  A Vanity Fair photo of actor Michael B. Jordan and director Ryan Coogler causes a lot of Black people to show how super-stupid they are.

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap:  Geena Davis cast in FOX's pilot based on "The Exorcist," the novel, apparently.

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AWARDS - From Variety:  Jimmy Kimmel will host the 2016 Emmy Awards ceremony.

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COMICS - From Deadline:  Disney Channel Star Zendaya has landed a major role in Sony/Marvel's "Spider-Man" reboot.

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DISNEY - CBR:  See first look at "Duck Tales" reboot.

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OBITS - CBR:  Long time comic book artist, Paul Ryan, died at the age of 66 on Sunday, March 6, 2016

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BOX OFFICE - BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 3/4 to 3/6/2016 weekend box office is "Zootopia" with an estimated take of  $73.7 million.  This is the largest opening weekend for a film from Walt Disney Animation Studios (excluding Pixar, of course).

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SPORTS - From SBNation:  The Los Angeles Lakers get historical on the world champion Golden State Warriors.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From RSN:  So many Black people in jail that it has warped our sense of reality.

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MOVIES - From TheGuardian:  Tom Hiddleston teases that he could replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond.  Personally, I wouldn't mind Idras Elba, Tom Hardy, and Henry Cavill.

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MOVIES - From SlashFilm:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt is working on a film for Amazon.  It reportedly involves an Army unit that fought the Ku Klux Klan after the Civil War.

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OBITS - YahooPolitics:  Nancy Reagan, the widow of the late President Ronald Reagan, has died at the age of 94, Sunday, March 6, 2016.

From YahooStyle:  Why Nancy liked read.

From YahooNews:  Nancy Reagan, a life in photos.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooMusic:  Man films his interaction with an aggressive police officer, who has previously killed a Black man.

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COMICS - From BleedingCool:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt is off "The Sandman" film project.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  An article about Idris Elba cast in "The Dark Tower" series based on Stephen King's series.

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MOVIES - From Deadline:  Sony Pictures has stockpiled franchises for 2017.

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STAR WARS - From WeGotThisCovered:  Is this footage from a "Rogue One" teaser?

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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From TexasTribune:  One of the lead conspirators in the death of Sandra Bland, police officer Brian Encinia has been fired.  Trump is looking for brown shirts, Brian.

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POLITICS - From BuzzFlash:  ...Christianity for millions of white evangelicals in America is simply white supremacy in disguise.

POLITICS - From BuzzFlash:  Donald Trump summons his inner Jefferson Davis.




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