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CULTURE - From AlJazeera: Teenage rape victim sentenced to 30 years in prison after stillbirth.
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BOX OFFICE - From Variety: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" looks to have a $120 million opening weekend. If that holds, it would be the fourth movie of the year to have a 100 opening, following "Beauty and the Beast," "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," and "Wonder Woman."
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: John Cho, "Sulu" in the current "Star Trek" film series, is joining Fox's "The Exorcist" for its second season.
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooMovies: Revisiting James Cameron's "Spider-Man" film project.
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MUSIC - From BET: Jay-Z's new album, "4:44," in less than a week.
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CRIME - From GuardianUK: This story about the owners of Hobby Lobby buying thousands of artifacts smuggled from Iraq is simply a delight. Church people start more hell...
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MOVIES - From THR: Director Ang Lee's film, "Gemini Man," starring Will Smith, is due October 2019. The film pits an aging assassin against a younger clone version of himself.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Ava DuVernay and Netflix are tackling the infamous "Central Park Five" case in a miniseries.
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OBIT - From TheWrap: Joan Lee, the wife of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, has died at the age of 93, Thursday, July 6, 2017. Joan and Stan Lee had been married since December 1947.
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TELEVISION - From GoldDerby: Margaret Atwood, who created the famous novel, "The Handmaid's Tale," would like fellow Canadia, Grammy-winning recording artist and rapper, Drake, to make a cameo in Season 2 of Hulu's hit adaptation of the novel.
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MOVIES - From Collider: Sony wants a "Baby Driver" sequel.
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MOVIES - From TheVillageVoice: Bilge Ebiri gives "War for the Planet of the Apes" a stellar review.
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COMICS-FILM - From ScreenRant: The cast of Fox's "X-Men" spinoff, "New Mutants," arrives in Boston for filming.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Sony is teasing the re-release of Steven Spielberg's classic 1977 film, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
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OBIT - From YahooMusic: The musician John Blackwell, Jr. has died at the age of 43, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. For over a decade, Blackwell was the drummer in the late Prince's band, New Power Generation.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Warner Bros. and the estate of J.R.R. Tolkein have their massive "Lord of the Rings" lawsuit.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: Yahoo Movies named the 21 best movies of 2017 so far... "Get Out" is their #1.
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CRIME - From YahooNews: Imprisoned drug dealer found guilty of manslaughter in the 2012 killing of 20th Century Fox distribution executive, Gavin Smith, who was 57 at the time of his death. Smith's body would go undiscovered in its desert shallow grave until 2014.
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SPORTS - From BuzzFlash: The story of former Chicago Bull and NBA Champion, Craig Hodges. Outspoken about poverty and racism, Hodges was blacklisted from the NBA for years.
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STAR WARS - From YahooMovies: New "Star Wars" cartoon shorts debut online, focusing on female heroes.
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TELEVISION - From GuardianUK: Ken Burns returns to epic television documentaries with his 10-part, 18-hour epic, "The Vietnam War."
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BLM - From RSN: "What does it mean to be Black in America?" by Jeffrey Sterling.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 6/30 to 7/02/2017 weekend box office is "Despicable Me 3" with an estimated take of $75.4 million. This is the first half of the extended Fourth of July holiday weekend.
From ShadowandAct: Sony's risk with Edgar Wright's "Baby Driver" pays off.
From Variety: "Despicable Me 3" opens with an estimated $192.3 million in global box office.
From TheWrap: "Despicable Me 3" looks to have biggest opening by an animated film this year.
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MOVIES - From ShadowandAct: Emmy-winning comedian Louis C.K. releases the documentary "Check It," about the black LGBT street gang, on his website.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: How "Men in Black" changed movie special effects 20 years ago.
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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: Robert Downey, Jr. would rather hang up in "Iron Man"armor "before it embarrassing."
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TELEVISION - From IndieWire: The third season of HBO's "True Detective" might star Mahershala Ali, who won a best supporting actor this year of "Moonlight."
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MOVIES - From Variety: The "Top Gun" sequel, "Top Gun: Maverick," is due to hit theaters July 12, 2017.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: NBC is cancelling "The Carmichael Show" after three seasons. The network will air the season ending episode August 9th.
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MANGA-FILM - From Esquire: "Ghost in the Shell" was a movie based on a manga (Japanese comic), and a white actress, Scarlett Johansson, in the lead role. Netflix's "Death Note" film is also based on a manga, and the lead in this American version is a white actor. Let the controversy ensue.
From YahooMovies: Here is the cool looking trailer for Netflix's "Death Note" film.
From Nerdreactor: "Death Note" trailer shows the changes made to characters for the film.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, the world champions of the National Basketball Association (NBA), will now earn the richest annual salary in American sports history.
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TRAILERS AND SHORTS:
From YouTube: Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Episode - Sand of Jakku
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