Saturday, June 23, 2018

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from June 17th to 23rd, 2018 - Update #14

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MUSIC - From Vulture:  A complete history and timeline of the controversial career of the recently murdered rapper, XXXTentacion.

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BOOKS - From Inverse:  It is the late author, Octavia E. Butler's birthday. Now learn "Why the Author Is Called the Mother of Afrofuturism."

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POLITICS - From RSN:  Bruce Springsteen tells "The New Yorker," What's Happening at Our Border Is Shocking, Disgraceful, Inhumane and Un-American

TELEVISION - From BuzzFeed:  ABC announces its "Roseanne" spinoff, "The Conners."  After controversial tweets by Roseanne Barr, ABC cancelled "Roseanne."

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  MTV launches MTV Studios and will revive previous hits series, "Daria," "Aeon Flux," and "Real World."

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TERMINATOR - From Collider:  His is a first look at Linda Hamilton ("Sarah Connor") in "Terminator 6."

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STAR TREK - From FlickeringMyth:  "Star Trek" film star, Zachary Quinto ("Spock"), says there will be big new about "Star Trek 4" in the next few weeks.

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DISNEY - From Deadline:  Disney ups its offer to buy 21st Century Fox to $71.3 billion in cash and stock, in the wake of Comcast offering $65 billion for Fox.

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PIXAR - From CinemaBlend:  Replacements for John Lasseter at Pixar have been announced.  Pete Docter (Up, Inside Out) will head Pixar Animation Studios.  Jennifer Buck ("Frozen") will take over as head of Walt Disney Animation Studios.

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STAR TREK - From CinemaBlend:  Is Captain Picard of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" due for a return or a cameo in "Star Trek: Discovery."

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AWARDS - From YahooEntertainment:  "Black Panther" star, Chadwick Boseman, took time at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards to honor James Shaw, Jr.  Shaw disarmed a gunman at a Waffle House near Nashville, TN, this past April.

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CELEBRITY - From SBNation: NBA star and Los Angeles Lakers super rookie, Kyle Kuzma, thanks The Rock for inspiring him to pack on muscle over the summer.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 6/15 to 6/17/2018 weekend box office is Disney/Pixar's "Incredibles 2" with an estimated take of $180 million.

From Variety:  "Incredibles 2" shatters the record for the box office debut of an animated film.  It's $180 million bow breaks the record set in 2016 by fellow Pixar film, "Finding Dory," which opened at $135 million.

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From Deadline:  ABC could have a deal to create a spinoff of its recently cancelled hit, "Roseanne."  ABC canned the series after a series of controversial tweets by the show's star, Roseanne Barr.


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