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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: See Marvel's Black Panther family tree
OSCARS - From IndieWire: Paul Michael Thomas, Oscar-nominated director of "Phantom Thread," praises his fellow best director Oscar nominees.
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CRIME - From TheGuardian: California police work and cooperate with white supremacists against anti-racist activists.
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COMICS-FILM - From Variety: Joaquin Phoenix in talks to play Batman arch-nemesis, "The Joker," in a stand-alone Joker movie that would be directed by Todd Phillips.
From GeekTyrant: DC Comics/Entertainment wants Michael Bay to direct a movie based on their character, Lobo.
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MOVIES - From TheFilmStage: The prolific Richard Linklater, who has directed six films in the last seven years, has apparently set his sights on a film about the 1969 moon landing.
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SCANDAL - From TheGuardian: Recent statements have famed director Quentin Tarantino facing a backlash.
MOVIE - From IndieWire: French director Jean Pierre-Jeunet accuses Guillermo del Toro of plagiarism.
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MUSIC - From Vulture: This is a killer interview with Quincy Jones who talks about Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and the Trumps.
From TMZ: Quincy Jones claims in his Vulture interview that the late legendary actor Marlon Brando had sex with the late legendary comedian Richard Pryor. Pryor's widow, Jennifer, apparently confirms it.
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COMICS-TV - From PreviewsWorld: Gaumont has optioned the rights to produce an animated TV series based on the long-running comic book, Usagi Yojimbo.
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ANIMATION - From Variety: Fox Animaton and Universal music an united to produce an animated film based on the music of the late world music legend, Bob Marley.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Newly-minted Oscar nominee, James Mangold, will follow his hit film "Logan" (an X-Men) with a movie Henry Ford II's rivalry with Ferrari.
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STREAMING - From Deadline: Amazon Studios is developing a series based on Robert E. Howard's "Conan the Cimmerian" (or Conan the Barbarian) character.
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BLM - From NYTimes: Remembering #TrayvonMartin via Charles M. Blow's opinion piece, "The Whole System Failed Trayvon Martin.
From GuardianUK: Why NFL player protests still matter - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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SUPERBOWL - From SBNation: Philadelphia Eagles (NFC) win Super Bowl LII 41 to 33 over the New England Patriots (AFC).
From CBSSports: Here are the players rosters for Super Bowl LII's participants, the Philadelphia Eables and the New England Patriots.
From YahooEntertainment: Which movie trailer won Super Bowl LII - see them all.
From EW - Celebrities react to Justin Timberlake's mediocre Super Bowl LII halftime show.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the Super Bowl LII weekend box office - 2/2 to 2/4/2018 - is "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" with an estimated take of $11 million.
From Deadline: Multiple Oscar nominee, "The Darkest Hour," passes the $100 mark in global box office.
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SCANDAL - From YahooET: Halle Berry addresses sexual harassment allegations against her former agent, Vincent Cirrincione.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: CBS has ordered for additional drama pilots for the 2018-19 season. One of them is a modern take on the James Ellroy's novel, "L.A. Confidential," which was previously adapted into a 1997 Oscar-winning film.
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SCANDAL - From NYTimes: Actress Uma Thurman has a lot to say about Harvey Weinstein and about Quentin Tarantino, with whom she made three films.
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MOVIES - From GeekTyrant: Steven Soderbergh eyes a screenplay entitled "Planet Kill" as his next film... although he is supposed to be in retirement.
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POLITICS - From HuffPost: A graphic cartoon that shows him sniffing President Donald Trump's ass has got British TV personality Piers Morgan enraged.
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MOVIES - From THR: Director F. Gary Gray is in talks to direct Sony Picture's "Men in Black" spinoff. The film would focus on new characters and be a semi-reboot the way "Jurassic World" was a semi-reboot of "Jurassic Park." The film is slate to be released June 14, 2019.
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CELEBRITY - From GQ: A profile of actor Taylor Kitsch, who is currently starring in the Paramount Network's "Waco" miniseries.
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COMICS-FILM - From BleedingCool: Marvel Studio's "Black Panther" will pay tribute to the late stuntman, John Bernecker, who died last year on the set of AMC's "The Walking Dead."
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CELEBRITY - From THR: Apparently, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office has named actor Robert Wagner as a "person of interest" in its investigation in the "mysterious death" of his late wife, Natalie Wood, in 1981.
TRAILERS:
From YahooNews: Here is the first teaser trailer for Sony/Marvel's "Venom" (October 5th, 2018), starring Tom Hardy.
From YouTube: Here is the first teaser/trailer for Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man and the Wasp" which opens in theaters July 6th, 2018.
OBITS:
From IndieWire: The actor, Reg E. Cathey, has died at the age of 59, Friday, February 9, 2018. Cathey is best known for his roles in the television series, "The Wire" and "Oz." He won an Emmy ("Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series") for his appearances on Netflix's "House of Cards." He also appeared as "Franklin Richards" in Fox's 2015 reboot of "The Fantastic Four."
From THR: The actor John Mahoney has died at the age of 77, Sunday, February 4, 2018. Mahoney is best known for playing "Martin Crane" the cantankerous father on NBC's "Frasier" (1993 to 2004). Mahoney was also a Tony Award winner.
From RollingStone: Soul and R&B singer, Dennis Edwards, has died at the age of 74, Friday, February 2, 2018. Edwards was the former lead singer of seminal Motown vocal group, The Temptations, singing on classic hits, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "I Can't Get Next to You."
From MSN: Utah billionaire and philanthropist, Jon Huntsman, Sr., died at the age of 80, Friday, February 2, 2018. The founder of Huntsman Corp, Huntsman and his family have given away more than $1.4 billion. Huntsman, Sr. was also the father of Jon Huntsman, Jr., the former U.S. ambassador, Utah governor, and Republican presidential candidate.
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