Thursday, June 30, 2016

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from June 26th to 30, 2016 - Update #28

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  Netflix gets the "Lost in Space" remake as a series.

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COMICS - From Kickstarter:  Veteran comic book writer-artist and illustrator, Kody Chamberlain, is working on a new comic book project with newcomer Gavin Guidry.  It is called "Smut and Jeff," and it has a Kickstarter campaign.

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COMICS - From CBR: - All that teasing from Marvel Comics pays off with a larger "Divided We Stand" image.

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COMICS - From TheCheatSheet:  How "Captain America: Civil War" helped Marvel knock out DC Comics movies.

From CBR:  "Captain America: Civil War"  Blu-ray has many bonus features, including one about the upcoming "Doctor Strange" movie.

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SPORTS - From YahooTV:   Is Max Kellerman replacing Skip Bayless on ESPN's "First Take."

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MOVIES - From Variety:  He earned an Oscar nomination  and won a BAFTA for his supporting role in "Captain Phillips."  Now, Barkhad Abdi joins the cast of the "Blade Runner" sequel.

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COMICS - From WeGotThisCovered:  First set photos of Tom Holland in his Spider-Man costume during the filming of "Spider-Man: Homecoming."

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CELEBRITY - YahooCelebrity:  Leslie Jones becomes another in a long line of celebrity women who have trouble getting designers to dress them for big events, because of their size or shape.

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MOVIES - From CinemaBlend:  "Transformers: The Last Knight" (the fifth film) is bringing back another star from the original movies.  Tyrese Gibson will return to play his character, Robert Epps.  He is joining another returning star, Josh Duhamel as Lt. Col. William Lennox.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Ansel Elgort is in early talks to join Warner Bros.'s "Dungeons & Dragons" movie, which is Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) is set to direct.

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  Freida Pinto joins Idris Elba in the Showtime-Sky miniseries, "Guerilla," which is being written and directed by John Ridley.

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CULTURE - From YahooNews:  Red Cross pulls poster some consider racist.

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OBITS - From YahooSports:  Legendary women's college basketball coach, Pat Summitt, has died at the age of 64 this morning, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.  As head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers women basketball team, Summitt won 1098 games, the most for any NCAA Divsion 1 coach, male or female.  She also won 8 national championships.

From YahooSports:  Former NFL coach, Buddy Ryan, has died at the age of 82.  James David "Buddy" Ryan won two Super Bowl championships as an assistant coach.  He is most famous for his stint as the defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears team that won Super Bowl XX.

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STAR TREK - From CBR:  "The Kelvin Timeline" - that's the name of the timeline that was created in the 2009 reboot film, "Star Trek" directed by J.J. Abrams.

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MOVIES - From SlashFilm:  Warner Bros.' wants Justin Lin, who directed four "Fast and Furious" films, to direct their long in gestation, live-action adaptation of the manga, "Akira."

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MOVIES - From IndieWire:  John Boyega hints at working once again with director Joe Cornish, who directed Boyega in his breakthrough film, the fantastic "Attack the Block."

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MOVIES - From TheGuardian:  Oscar-nominee Emma Stone and recent Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander will star in competing Agatha Christie biopics.  Vikander's will look at the world famous author's formative years, while Stone's will focus on Christie's "missing 11 days."

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AWARDS - From YahooMusic:  Jesse Williams’s Powerful Speech a Highlight of Politically Charged BET Awards.

AWARDS - From YahooMusic:  At the 2016 BET Awards, a tribute fit for a Prince.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 6/24 to 6/26/2016 weekend box office is Pixar's "Finding Dory" with an estimated take of $73.2 million.

From YahooMovies:   "Independence Day: Resurgence" clobbered by "Finding Dory."

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MOVIES - From SlashFilm:  "Twilight's" Kellan Lutz is in the running for "Masters of the Universe," which is McG is supposed to direct.

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MOVIES - From DenofGeek:  A look at Bruce Willis' recent spate of straight-to-DVD movies.

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POLITICS - From YahooNews:  Hillary Clinton makes a surprise appearance at NYC Pride Parade.

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POLITICS - From YahooNews:  President Obama's approval rating is now the highest it has been since 2011, 56 percent (around the time of the Osama bin Laden raid).

TRAILERS:

From YouTube:  The new trailer for "Trolls."

From YouTube:  New "Star Trek Beyond" trailer with Rihanna song.

From YouTube:  See the second trailer for 20th Century Fox and Scott Free's "Morgan."


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