by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEWS:
From CDC: The Centers for Disease Control has a "COVID Data Tracker."
From YahooNews: Why does COVID-19 kill some people and hardly affects others?
From YahooNews: Yahoo has a dedicated page of links updating news about COVID-19.
From Deadline: The news site "Deadline" has a dedicated page for news about coronavirus and the film, TV, and entertainment industries.
From TheNewYorker: The venerable magazine has a dedicate COVID-19 page free to all readers.
From YahooNews: Re: the federal government's response to COVID-19: What if the most important election of our lifetime was the last one - 2016?
From YahooLife: What is "happy hypoxia?" And do you have this COVID-19 symptom?
From JuanCole: Remeber when President Donald went crazy and suggested that we ingest household cleaning supplies and UV light to fight COVID-19. Here is the video and commentary from Juan Cole.
From TheIntercept: The federal government has ramped up security and police-related spending in response to the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, including issuing contracts for riot gear, disclosures show. The purchase orders include requests for disposable cuffs, gas masks, ballistic helmets, and riot gloves...
From YahooNYT: (5/21) - Maybe, President Donald really did miss the intelligence warnings about COVID-19 during briefings... because he has a short attention span.
From RSN: (5/22) - Robert Reich's talks about "A Tale of Two Pandemics," one for the wealthy and one for the black, brown, indigenous, and essential.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
TELEVISION - From Deadline: ABC is renews 13 of its current series and cancels five.
TRAILER - From RollingStone: You can watch the second trailer for Christopher Nolan's upcoming film, "Tenet." The film, which stars John David Washington, is due July 17th release (we hope).
DAYTIME EMMYS - From THR: The nominations for the 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced June 26th, 2020 during a two-hour special on CBS.
SPORTS - From THR: In the wake of its 10-part Michael Jordan/Chicago Bulls docu-series, "The Last Dance," ESPN has announced a Tom Brady 9-part docu-series, "Man in the Arena."
CELEBRITY-CRIME - From YahooEntertainment: Actress Lori Loughlin ("Full House") and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will plead guilty to charges related to the "college admissions scandal." Both are facing at least a few months in prison.
COMICS TO FILM - From THR: Zack Snyder talks about HBO Max's 2021 release of his version of the superhero film, "Justice League," which he did not get to finish before its original release back in 2017. Director Joss Whedon completed the film. The article contains details about the film's production and what could and may be done to finish the "Zack Snyder" cut.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Producers Michael Bay and Adam Goodman are teaming up on the pandemic thriller, "Songbird," which will shoot in Los Angeles while the city is in lock down. Beginning production in five weeks, it may be the first film to shoot in the city.
MOVIES - From Variety: Actor David Arquette will reprise his role as "Sheriff Dewey Riley" from the original "Scream" films for the "Scream" reboot.
MOVIES - From Variety: Christopher Nolan would like his upcoming film, "Tenet," to revive movie theaters out its COVID-19 slumber.
MOVIES - From Variety: Lily Wachowski, co-creator of "The Matrix," was not at all happy the Elon Musk and Ivana Trump were referencing the line "Take the red pill" from the film.
STREAMING - From Variety: Netflix debuts the first trailer for Spike Lee's film, "Da 5 Bloods."
MOVIES - From THR: Oscar-winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller are teaming with Oscar-nominee Ryan Gosling for the film, "Project Hail Mary," for MGM and based on the upcoming novel by the author of "The Martian."
STREAMING - Deadline: The streaming service, CBS All Access, has announced its third "Star Trek" series (following "Star Trek: Discovery" and "Star Trek: Picard"). It is entitled "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," and will focus on Spock, Pike, and Number One, and will take place in the years before the original "Star Trek" TV series, in which Spock served under Capt. James T. Kirk.
OBITS:
From ESPN: Former NBA All-Star player and coach, Jerry Sloan, has died at the age of 78, Friday, May 22, 2020. As a pro basketball player, Sloan was drafted by the NBA's old Baltimore Bullets in 1965, but he was best known for his decade-long tenure with the Chicago Bulls. He was considered one of the Bulls' greatest players. Sloan coached the Utah Jazz from 1988 to 2011, and coached the Jazz to the NBA Championship Finals in 1997 and in 1998, where they lost both times to Michel Jordan's Bulls. As a college basketball player, Sloan lead the University of Evansville men's basketball team to consecutive "Division II" national titles.
From Deadline: The actor Gregory Tyree Boyce has died at the age of 30. He was best known for his small but pivotal role in the first film in the "Twilight Saga," 2008's "Twilight."
From Variety: The actor and former child star, Ken Osmond, has died at the age of 76, Monday, May 18, 2020. Osmond was best known for portraying infamous teen character, "Eddie Haskell," on the classic TV series, "Leave It to Beaver" (1957-1963). Osmond reprised the role for the syndicated revival series, "The New Leave It to Beaver"/"Still the Beaver" (1984-1989). Osmond was also a police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department from 1970 to 1988.
From Deadline: Film writer, producer, and director, Lynn Shelton, has died at the age of 54, Friday, May 15, 2020. A leading light in 21st century American independent cinema, Shelton was best known for her films, "Humpday" (2009) and "Your Sister's Sister" (2011). She was in a relationship with actor Marc Maron, who appeared in her 2019, "Sword of Trust."
From Deadline: Miss America 1971 and former First Lady of Kentucky (1979-1983), Phyllis George, has died at the age of 70, Thursday, May 14, 2020. George was married to one-time governor of Kentucky, John Y. Brown, Jr. For many, however, George is best remembered as a pioneering NFL sportscaster. She was a sports analyst for CBS from 1975 to 1983, including a stint on CBS' "The NFL Today."
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