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SPORTS - From YahooSports: San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick causes discomfort by not standing for the National Anthem in protest.
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CULTURE - From AmericanHeraldTribune: American exceptionalism means we can sell cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia to kill civilians in Yemen.
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CRIME - From NBCNews: Rodney Earl Sanders charged with the the death of two 68-year-old nuns in Mississippi.
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OBIT - From TheWrap: The actor Marvin Kaplan has died at the age of 89, Thursday, August 25, 2016. Kaplan was best known for his role on the sitcom, "Alice," as the phone lineman Harry Beesmeyer. He was also noted for his voice work on the animated series, "Top Cat."
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MOVIES - From Variety: Sam Mendes is in early talks to direct a live-action film based on Roald Dahl's book, James and the Giant Peach. 20 years ago, Disney released a version of "James and the Giant Peach" that mixed live-action and stop-motion animation.
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COMICS-FILM: From THR: The screenwriters of the hit film, "The Fault in Our Stars," are working on the script for "New Mutants," Fox's adaptation of one of the X-Men spinoff comic books. The lineup of characters has also been announced.
From CBR: Josh Boone, the director of "The Fault in Our Stars," is slated to direct "New Mutants." He co-wrote the early drafts of the script with Knate Lee, and credited the original creative team of the "New Mutants," Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod.
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooNews: Joe and Anthony Russo are telling tales of "Captain America: Civil War" for its DVD release.
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: See pages from an unpublished comic book adaptation of "Peter Pan."
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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: Seth McFarlane and Jon Favreau unite for a sci-fi comedy that just sounds like crap.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Jeremy Renner is joining the voice cast "Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad."
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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: Chris O'Dowd and Ray Romano will be the lead in Epix's "Get Shorty" series, based on the book and movie.
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POLITICS - From RollingStone: Curt Schilling is the next Donald Trump says Matt Taibbi. I think losing his fortune is what is driving him crazy.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Helen Mirren in talks to join Disney's "The Nutcracker" film.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Sarah Paulson in talks to join the all-female "Ocean's Eight."
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MOVIES - From Variety: Denzel Washington is interested in starring in "Inner City," a legal drama from Dan Gilroy, the mastermind behind 2014's "Nightcrawler."
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Victor Miller, the writer of the original "Friday the 13th," is seeking to reclaim rights to the movie, which has lead to a lawsuit.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Beloved French film, "The Intouchables" (2011), is being remade with Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart. Neil Burger is set to direct.
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MOVIES - From YahooNews: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is the highest-paid actor.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: The fallout from a summer full of movie flops.
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COMICS-FILM - From Variety: Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment announced a new comic book movie, "Dark Universe," also known as "Justice League Dark." Doug Liman has been announced as the director.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Marvel Studios has a short-list of three female directors to helm its "Captain Marvel" movie, which is not due until March 2019.
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: Prince's "Paisley Park" to open to public tours in October 2016.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Amazon and Warner Bros. is developing a TV version of Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning film, "The Departed," which was based on a Hong Kong film, "Infernal Affairs."
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TELEVISION - From Variety: The actor Steven Hill has died at the age of 94 on Tuesday, August 23, 2016. Hill was best known as New York City District Attorney Adam Schiff on "Law & Order" during the series first decade. Schiff was also played "Dan Briggs," the first leader of the Impossible Missions Force during the first season of "Mission: Impossible." [Actor Peter Graves' Jim Phelps replaced Hill's Briggs as the leader for the series second season.]
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Jennifer Lawrence is the world's highest paid actress.
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BOX OFFICE - From YahooMovies: Box office flop, "Ben-Hur," a remake of an Oscar-winning 1959 film, may lose up to $100 million dollars.
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MOVIES - From TheTrackingBoard: If you want more original films and fewer remakes and sequels, buy tickets to original films.
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COMICS - From Mashable: The new African-American female Iron Man will be called "Iron Heart."
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MOVIES - From FlickeringMyth: John Boyega gives a small update on "Pacific Rim 2."
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FILM - From Variety: 10 actors to watch.
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CULTURE - From HitFix: Napster founder, Sean Parker, offered Ian McKellen $1.5 million to marry him and his bride, but McKellen had to dress as "Gandalf" from the Lord of the Rings. McKellen declined.
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COMICS-FILM - From ScreenRant: Doctor Strange may appear in "Thor: Ragnarok."
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SPORTS - From YahooFinance: Kobe Bryant has set up a $100 million dollar venture capital fund with tech entrepreneur and investor, Jeff Stibel.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/19 to 8/21/2016 weekend box office is "Suicide Squad" with an estimated take of $20.7 million.
From Deadline: "The Secret Life of Pets" #1 at international box office.
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PRINCE - From YahooNews: An official in the investigation of the death of Prince says that synthetic drugs were found at his estate and those pills fentanyl, which is 50 times more powerful than heroin.
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MOVIES - From TheDailyBeast: Comedy god/legend Mel Brooks talks about his films, including the controversial and fantastic "Blazing Saddles."
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CRIME - From ChicagoSunTimes: Chicago cops throw the bodycam microphones on a roof.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: A special clip wishing "Happy Birthday" to Katherine Johnson, one of the women whose story is told in the movie, "Hidden Years," due January 13, 2017.
From YouTube: The first trailer for the film, "Rings," which may be a reboot of or sequel to "The Ring" horror movie franchise.
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