CULTURE - From TheDailyBeast: James Alex Fields Jr. identified as the driver who barreled his car into a crowd during protests at Charlottesville, Virginia.
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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap: "Silver and Black," the Spider-Man universe film from Sony is due Feb. 8, 2019. The film will feature Spider-Man characters, Black Cat and Silver Sable. Gina Prince-Bythewood is directing.
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CULTURE - From GuardianUK: On Friday night (8/11th), White Nationalists and white racist begin siege of Charlottesville, Virginia.
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COMICS-FILM - From Newsarama: "Hellboy" creator Mike Mignola says film reboot (which is no longer being called "Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen") is closer to his personal vision for the character.
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COMICS-FILM - From WeGotThisCovered: Substantial changes will be made to "Justice League," as an early cut of the film is reportedly "unwatchable." The film is due for release November 17th, 2017.
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MOVIES - From YahooMovies: The real-life "Annabelle" doll is a simple Raggedy Ann doll.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: NBC is trying to reboot classic TV sitcom, "The Munsters," again. Remember "Mockingbird Lane?"
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BLM - From RSN: Spike Lee says he fully supports beleaguered NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
ANIMATION - From YahooNews: The "Deadpool" animated television series being developed by Donald Glover and his brother Stephen will have a tone different from the live-action film series starring Ryan Reynolds.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: The NBA has announced its five Christmas Day 2017 games, including a rematch of this year's championship series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the world champions Golden State Warriors.
COMICS-FILM - From THR: Ryan Reynolds shares a first look at Josh Brolin as "Cable" in "Deadpool 2."
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MOVIES - From THR: Author William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel, Neuromancer (1984) may finally be making it to the big screen through "Deadpool" director, Tim Miller.
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DISNEY - From CBR: Disney has announced that it is starting its own streaming service in 2019. Thus, it will be pulling its films and television series from Netflix. Marvel Studios original series (such as "Daredevil" and "Luke Cage") will remain with Netflix.
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COMIC-FILM - From TheWrap: Riz Ahmed of "Rogue One" in early talks to join Tom Hardy in Sony's "Venom."
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TELEVISION - From Variety: Louis C.K. says that he may not do another season of his Emmy-winning FX series, "Louie."
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COMICS-BOOKS - From EW: Seven things you need to know about African-American/Latino Spider-Man, Miles Morales, according to Jason Reynolds, the author of the YA novel, "Miles Morales: Spider-Man.
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STAR WARS - From YahooMovies: Set photos from "The Last Jedi" offer fresh clues.
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COMICS-FILM - From YahooMovies: Kate Beckinsale explains why she once said "No" to a Wonder Woman film.
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TELEVISION - From THR: Maya Rudolph is going to star in Fox's live musical version of "A Christmas Story."
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MOVIES - From THR: Selena Gomez joins Elle Fanning in Woody Allen's next film.
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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: In the new FOX/Marvel X-Men, TV series, "The Gifted," the X-Men are apparently"no more."
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Milla Jovovich may the the "Blood Queen" in "Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen."
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TELEVISION - From TVLine: Peter Krause is joining Angela Bassett in the 9-1-1 drama for FOX produced by Ryan Murphy ("Glee," "American Horror Story").
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: David Letterman will have a short run talk show (of sorts) on Netflix.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Milo Gibson, son of Mel Gibson, will appear in the WWII drama, "Hurricane." Milo made his feature film debut in his father's hit 2016 WWII film, "Hacksaw Ridge."
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DISNEY - From THR: Alfre Woodard has joined Disney's live-action remake of "The Lion King," which is being directed by Jon Favreau.
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TELEVISION - From ShadowandAct: Filiming begins on Mario Van Peebles' supernatural drama for Syfy, "Superstition."
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TELEVISION - CinemaBlend: Karl Urban in talks to take the lead in a "Judge Dredd" TV series. Urban starred in the 2012 film, "Dredd," which disappointed at the box office, but later became a home video and cult hit.
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TELEVISION - From TVovermind: X-Files Season 11 begins production.
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CELEBRITY- From THR: Chris Pratt ("Guardians of the Galaxy") and Anna Faris ("Scary Movie," "Mom") have announced that they are separating after eight years of marriage.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 8/4 to 8/6/2017 weekend box office is "The Dark Tower" with an estimated take of $19.5 million.
From Deadline: China leads international box office.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: James Gunn is writing "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" and helping Marvel Studios honcho Kevin Feige make plans for Marvel's cosmic properties.
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POLITICS - From Truthout: Will Altering the 13th Amendment Bring Liberation to the Incarcerated 2.3 Million?
OBIT:
From People: Country music legend, singer, songwriter, musician, and Grammy-winning recording artist, Glen Campbell has died at the age of 81, Tuesday, August 8, 2017. Before he solo career blew up in the mid to late 1960s, Campbell was a much in-demand session musician who played on the recordings of legends like Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley, to name a few.
From Variety: The man in the monster suit, Haruo Nakajima, has died at the age of 88. He wore the Godzilla suit in every "Godzilla" film from the original film to "Godzilla vs. Gigan" (1972).
From SportsIllustrated: Former Major League Baseball manager and player, Don Baylor, has died at the age of 68, Monday, August 7, 2017. He was the 1979 American League MVP, and he won a World Series title with the 1987 Minnesota Twins. He was also the first manager of the Colorado Rockies.
From SportsIllustrated: Former Major League Baseball player Darren Daulton died at the age of 55, Sunday, August 6, 2017. He has been fighting brain cancer for 4 years. He was best known as a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was on the 1993 National League pennant winning Phillies that lost the 1993 World Series to the Toronto Blue Jays. In his final year of his career, Daulton was on the 1997 Florida Marlins that won the World Series.
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