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CULTURE - From Deadspin: Who's Killing The Soul Of Sneaker Culture?
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: James Cameron reveals the working title for upcoming "Terminator" film, "Terminator: Dark Fate."
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MOVIES - From THR: Phil Lord and Chris Miller's latest project, "The Last Human," is sparking a bidding war.
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TELEVISION - From Variety: "The Walking Dead" star, Danai Gurira ("Michonne"), is leaving the series after the tenth season, which is scheduled to debut October 2019.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Sean Penn campaigns hard for Bradley Cooper and his film, "A Star is Born," at the Oscars in a "Deadline" article.
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MEDIA - From THR: Amazon god-king, Jeff Bezos, alleges that AMI (American Media, Inc.), the parent company of the "National Enquirer" is trying to blackmail and extort him.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Michael B. Jordan and Warner Bros. obtain the novel "Black Leopard, Red Wolf." Written by Marlon James, this buzzy novel has been called an "African Game of Thrones."
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MOVIES - From Variety: Pre-production on the "World War Z" sequel has been halted. Budgetary concerns may be the reason.
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AVATAR - From TheWrap: Edie Falco has joined James Cameron's "Avatar" sequels. The second film in the franchise is due December 2020. The 2009 original set box office records.
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AWARDS - From Variety: "Avengers: Infinity War" (3 wins) and "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (4 wins) dominate 2019 / 17th annual Visual Effects Society Awards.
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COMICS-FILM - From Collider: Apparently Disney CEO Bob Iger wants to keep producing R-rated movies based on Marvel Comics, like the "Deadpool" franchise. He is also open to continuing R-rated FOX franchises.
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BLM - From CBS42: Alabama Attorney General and Exalted Cyclops Steve Marshall will not bring charges against the officer who killed E.J. Bradford, Jr., an African-American man.
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COMICS-FILM - From Deadline: Lauren Shuler-Donner, a producer on Fox's "X-Men" film franchise, speaks about the time of transition as "X-Men" moves from Fox's control to Disney. She says Marvel will likely recast Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackson in Fox's films.
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OSCARS - From YahooEntertainment: The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards gather at the annual nominees luncheon and take a class photo.
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COMICS-FILM - From Newsarama: Brian Michael Bendis, one of the creators of Miles Morales of the film, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," says that he is still writing an X-Men film, even in the wake of Disney's buyout of Fox.
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ANIMATION - From Newsarama: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" dominates Annie Awards.
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CELEBRITY - From TheDailyBeast: Oscar-nominated Liam Neeson once wanted to commit and act or racist murder against a Black person (or "Black Bastard," as he described his potential victim). I'll let the article tell you the rest...
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TELEVISION - From Deadline: The ratings for (fake) Super Bowl 53 hits a 10-year low for Super Bowl ratings.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 2/1 to 2/3/2019 weekend box office (Super Bowl weekend) is "Glass" with an estimated take of $9.5 million. This is the third week in a row that "Glass" tops the weekend box office.
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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Rami Malek has something to say about original "Bohemian Rhapsody" director, Bryan Singer.
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AWARDS - From TheWrap: Alfonaso Cuaron wins the tops prize at the 2019 Directors Guild Awards for his film "Roma."
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MOVIES - From Variety: The hit 1992 film, "Groundhog Day," is getting a sequel, but it is a VR game and not a movie.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: The American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced their "Eddie Awards," with "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "The Favourite" winning the feature film awards.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: The next two "Mission: Impossible" films will appear a year apart, July 23, 2021 and August 5, 2022. Tom Cruise, of course, will return.
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SCIENCE - From TheAtlantic: Death-Cap Mushrooms Are Spreading Across North America
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MOVIES - From THR: Leigh Whannell ("Saw," "Insidious") is the latest director connected to the long-promised (and unnecessary) "Escape from New York" remake.
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CELEBRITY - LGBTQ - From Variety: Jussie Smollett speaks publicly for the first time since the anti-gay, racist attack against him in Chicago earlier this week.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Javier Bardem joins Timothy Chalamet in Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" film reboot.
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MOVIES - From Variety: There are new photo images from Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: First trailer for "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw," which is in theaters August 2, 2019.
OBITS:
From Deadline: The British actor, Albert Finney, has died at the age of 82, Thursday, February 7, 2019. Finney was a five-time Oscar nominee, the first time being for the film with which he is most often associated, "Tom Jones," although he never attended the Academy Awards ceremony. He also turned down the honor of being knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
From ESPN: Baseball Hall of Fame member (1982) Frank Robinson has died at the age of 83, Thursday, February 7, 2019. Robinson was the first and only Major League Baseball player to win the MVP in both the American League and National League. Robinson was also the first African-American manager of a Major League team (Cleveland Indians, 1975).
From TheWeek: Former U.S. Congressman, Representative John Dingell (Democrat - Michigan, 12th U.S. District) has died at the age of 92, Thursday, December 7, 2019. Dingell retired at the age of 88 in January 2015. He was the nation's longest serving U.S. Congressman.
From EOnline: The actor Kristof St. John has died at the age of 52, Sunday, February 3, 2019. St. John was best known for starring in the long-running CBS soap opera, "The Young and the Restless," playing "Neil Winters."
From TheWrap: The actress Julie Adams has died at the age of 92 years old, Sunday, February 3, 2019. She is best known for her role as "Kay Lawrence," the damsel in distress in the classic Univeral Pictures horror flick, "The Creature from the Black Lagoon."
From THR: Prolific television director, Andrew McCullough, has died the age of 94, January 22, 2019. McCullough directed Orson Welles and James Dean on the small screen. He also directed episodes of classic family sitcoms like "The Donna Reed Show," "Happy Days," and "Family Ties."
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