Friday, April 7, 2017

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 1st to 8th, 2017 - Update #20

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TELEVISION - From ScreenDaily:  John Ridley gets emotional talking about his series, "Guerilla," for the British broadcaster, Sky."

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SPORTS - From YahooSports:  LaVar Ball blames UCLA's NCAA men's basketball tournament loss on 3 slow of foot white guys.  His son, Lonzo, plays on that team.

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MOVIE - From SlashFilm:  The long talked about "The Legend of Conan" is not happening... maybe someone will consider it again in the future.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Adam McKay is developing a Dick Cheney biopic.  Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Amy Adams are in talks to appear.

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OBIT - From TMZ:  Legendary stand-up comic, Don Rickles, has died at the age of 90, Thursday, April 6, 2017.  Rickles, an "insult comic," was known as the "king of the zing."  Rickles was also an actor with numerous film and TV appearances.  R.I.P. Mr. Rickles, I'll always love your humor.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Jeremy Renner and Hannibal Buress are joining Ed Helms in the comedy, "Tag."

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Eric Roth, who wrote the screenplay for "Forrest Gump," will write director Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" reboot.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Demian Bichir will headline "The Nun," a spinoff from "The Conjuring 2."

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CELEBRITY - YahooCelebrity:  Heath Ledger documentary, "I Am Heath Ledger" says that Ledger wanted fame, but didn't want it when he got it.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Colin Farrell is considering joining Viola Davis in Steve McQueen's "Widows."

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DISNEY - From Variety:  There is a live-action remake of Walt Disney's animated classic, "Dumbo," to be directed by Tim Burton.  Michael Keaton, who has starred in three films directed by Burton, is in talks to play the villain.

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STAR TREK - From YahooNews:  Sonequa Martin-Green ("Sasha" from "The Walking Dead") will play a character on CBS's upcoming "Star Trek: Discovery."  The character has finally been revealed as "First Officer Michael Burnham."

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MOVIES - From JoBlo:  Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is not finished with "Terminator" franchise.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Steve Carell's Amazon drama, "Beautiful Boys," casts the youngest son.

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POLITICS - From YahooTV:  George Takei, LGBTQ activist and "Sulu" on the original "Star Trek," is not running for office.  It was a joke.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 3/31 to 4/2/2017 weekend box office is DreamWorks Animation's "The Boss Baby" with an estimated take of $49 million.

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COMICS - From THR:  Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, who had a hit run on the comic book, "Batman," beginning in 2011, are creating a DC Comics event story line for late summer, "Dark Night: Metal."  This will be "bigger than Batman."

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COMICS-FILM - From RollingStone:  Joss Whedon is directing a "Batgirl" movie.

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CULTURE - From Jacobin:  An alternative obituary of plutocrat, David Rockefeller (who recently died at the age of 101) by Erik Wallenberg

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LGBTQ - From Variety:  Best Picture Oscar winner, "Moonlight" wins top film honor at GLAAD Media Awards.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Zac Efron says that Hugh Jackman saved him from a fire on the set of the upcoming "The Greatest Showman," which is about P.T. Barnum.


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