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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: Rosario Dawson out and Alice Braga as "Dr. Cecilia Reyes" in Fox's "New Mutants."
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MOVIES - From ShadowandAct: Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are developing an HBO biopic about pioneering African-American filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux. Tyler Perry is attached to star as Micheaux.
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POLITICS - From RSN: Pediatrician Mai-Khanh Tran will attempt to unseat a 12-term, U.S. House Republican (and a powerful one at that) next year.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Michelle Rodriguez is ready to leave "The Fast and the Furious" franchise. The actress, who plays Letty Ortiz, wants more opportunities for women in the film series.
From YahooFinance: "The Fate of the Furious" director F. Gary Gray responds to Michelle Rodriguez.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Halle Berry said that her 2002 best actress Oscar win (for 2001's "Monsters Ball") meant nothing for diversity.
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OBIT - From Deadline: The children's author Michael Bond has died at the age of 91, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Bond was best known as the creator of Paddington Bear. The character first appeared in the 1958 book, "A Bear Called Paddington."
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COMICS-FILM - From ShadowandAct: The return of Marvel Comics character, Blade, to the big or small screen? Someday... says Marvel chief.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Gwendoline Christie (Star Wars' "Captain Phasma") will join Steve Carell in director Robert Zemeckis' still untitled drama.
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OBIT - From Variety: The Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist has died at the age 56, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. He played a rapist in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and the villain "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol."
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, her writing partner from the HBO series, "Girls," are in talks to write the American remake on the hit foreign film, "Toni Erdmann."
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Marvel Studios boss, Kevin Feige, empathizes with Lucasfilm over the "young Han Solo" film director shakeup.
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COMICS-FILM - From LATimes: Inside the deal the brought Spider-Man to the Marvel cinematic universe.
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TELEVISION - From ShadowandAct: HBO is developing a TV series from Ray Bradbury's seminal novel, "Fahrenheit 451," with Michael B. Jordan in the lead. Actress Laura Harrier will play the wife of Jordan's character ("Guy Montag").
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CULTURE - From BuzzFlash: How to reverse the demise of the United States.
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TELEVISION - From ScreenDaily: Kevin Bacon says that he is working on a reboot of his cult film, "Tremors," as a TV series for Syfy.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Sissy Spacek came to fame and earned an Oscar nomination for her starring role in the film, "Carrie" (1976), adapted from a Stephen King novel. Spacek is returning to the world of Stephen King in Hulu's upcoming series, "Castle Rock."
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MOVIES - From THR: Warner Bros. is developing a sequel to Ben Affleck's hit film, "The Accountant" (2016).
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooMovies: Highlights from the "Spider-Man: Homecoming" press conference.
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooTV: ABC has announced Friday, September 29, 2017 as the premiere date for "Marvel's Inhumans."
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STAR TREK - From Esquire: One of the changes that "Star Trek Discovery" will make to rules established by Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, is that Starfleet members will be in direct conflict with one another. The first episode of this new series will air in October 2017.
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BLM - From WashPost: A Black off-duty police officer tried to help stop a crime, and a White cop shot him. Once again, the controversy is in the St. Louis area.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 6/23 to 6/25/2017 weekend box office is "Transformers: The Last Knight" with an estimated take of $45.3 million.
From TheWrap: "The Big Sick" and "The Beguiled" open big at indie box office.
From GoldDerby: "Wonder Woman" is now the highest grossing live-action film by a woman director. It's global box office total is at just over $635 million dollars (and counting), which surpasses the the previous record holder, Mamma Mia! (2008), which grossed just under $610 million globally and was directed by Phyllida Lloyd.
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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: The upcoming "Spider-Man: Homecoming" is receiving glowing reviews. The film will open nationwide on July 7th, 2017.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: There is another project being adapted for TV from George R.R. Martin, whose fantasy novel series, "A Song of Fire and Ice," became the Emmy-winning, HBO television series, "Game of Thrones." Now, Syfy is developing Martin's novella, "Nightflyers," as a pilot for a TV series.
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POLITICS - From RSN: President Trump and the Congressional Republicans are trying to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA) or BCRA (Better Care Restoration Act) to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as "Obamacare." President Obama says the AHCA/BCRA will do us harm.
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ECO - From TheNewYorker: The race to solar-power Africa.
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CULTURE - From Newsweek: Most U.S. terrorists are of the right-wing variety, not Muslim.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: This is the debut trailer for "The Greatest Showman," which stars Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum and also features Michelle Williams, Zendaya, and Zac Efron, among others.
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