by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Black Neff, the writer most responsible for the shit that Fox News personality, Tucker Carlson, spews from his mouth, has resigned from Fox after CNN Business discovered a Neff's racist and sexist post on an online forum.
BLM - From YahooEntertainment: Actress and activist, Rashida Jones, is the daughter of an African-American man (music legend Quincy Jones) and a white actress (Peggy Lipton). Regarding Black Lives Matter protests mean that this is the time for the country to show what it can be.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Actors Zendaya and John David Washington made a secret movie during the COVID-19 pandemic with Euphoria creator, Sam Levinson. The film, entitled "Malcolm & Marie," has already completed production.
POLITICS - From RSN: Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich warns of a looming even worse "Great Recession."
DISNEY - From Variety: Jude Law is in talks to portray Captain Hook in Disney's live-action Peter Pan film, "Peter Pan & Wendy."
CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award winning actress Viola Davis' "Black Meryl Streep" speech goes viral again.
COVID-19 - From LATimes: Tom Hanks is baffled by people who don't take COVID-19 seriously. Hanks and his wife, film producer/singer Rita Wilson, both contracted COVID-19.
CELEBRITY - From Vulture: The Emmy Award-winning actress, Thandie Newton, gives up juicy details in this career-spanning interview with "Vulture."
DISNEY - From Variety: Blacklisted NFL quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, has signed a first look deal with the Walt Disney Company. Part of the deal includes a documentary series produced by ESPN Films.
DISNEY - From YahooEnterainment: Why "Song of the South" is still a cultural flashpoint...
BLM - From YahooNews: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said that some soldiers deployed to Washington, D.C. to possibly assist in thwarting Black Lives Matter protests were issued bayonets, USA TODAY has confirmed.
CULTURE - From Slate: How Being Bullied Affects Your Adulthood
STAR TREK-ANIMATION - From Deadline: The new Star Trek animated comedy series, "Star Trek: Lower Decks," debuts August 6th, 2020 on the streaming service, CBS All Access.
CELEBRITY - From THR: The lovely Sarah Jessica Parker is developing a dating show for the Lifetime cable network.
COVID-19/CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment: Acclaimed actress Jennifer Aniston pleads with her fans to wear masks to prevent the spread of #COVID19.
ANIMATION - From Deadline: Mike Judge has signed a 2-season deal with Comedy Central to revive his animated creation, "Beavis and Butt-Head," which includes spin-offs and specials.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Apple will pay a record amount for the Antoine Fuqua-Will Smith project, "Emancipation." The deal may exceed $120 million.
MOVIES - From Vulture: The site asks if it is safe to go to the movies right now.
OBITS:
From Variety: The Italian film composer, Ennio Morricone, has died at the age of 91, Monday, July 6, 2020. Morricone is best known to American audiences for scoring director Sergio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy, and Morricone's score for the the third film in that trilogy, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," is considered one of the most influential film scores in history. Morricone received an "Honorary Academy Award" in 2007. He received six competitive Academy Award nominations, finally winning the "Best Original Score" Oscar for his work on Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" (2015).
From Deadline: Screen and television writer, Bettina Gilois, has died at the age of 58, Sunday, July 5, 2020. She was best known for co-writing the 2015 HBO TV miniseries, "Bessie," (for which she earned an Emmy nomination) and for co-writing two sports films, 2006's "Glory Road" and 2015's "McFarland USA."
From Deadline: Broadway and television actor, Nick Cordero, has died at the age of 41, Sunday, July 5, 2020, of complications of COVID-19. He had been battling the disease since early April. Cordero received a Tony Award nomination for his role in "Bullets Over Broadway," and appeared in such productions as "A Bronx Tale," "Rock of Ages," and "Waitress."
From THR: Trailblazing Black British actor, Earl Cameron, died at the age of 102, Friday, July 3, 2020. Born in Bermuda, Cameron became the first Black actor to play a role in a mainstream British film with his appearance in the 1951 film, "Pool of London." Cameron's character in the film, "Johnny Lambert," also has an interracial romance, which also broke ground in British cinema.
From THR: The broadcaster, television host, and news anchor, Hugh Downs, has died at the age of 99, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Downs game to fame a co-host of NBC's "Today" from 1962 to 1971. He was probably best known as the anchor of ABC News television magazine, "20/20," from 1978 to 1999.
From Deadline: Pioneering television comedy writer and director, Carl Reiner has died at the age of 98, Monday, June 29, 2020. Reiner is best known as the creator and writer-director and actor on "The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66). Five of the 9 Primetime Emmy Awards Reiner won were for his work on the show. He first came to big TV fame and acclaim working on Sid Ceasar's TV series, "Your Show of Shows" (NBC, 1950-54) and "Ceasar's Hour" (NBC, 1954-57). Reiner was also famous for being the son of television and film writer, director, and actor, Rob Reiner.
From Deadline: Mel Brooks pays homage to his friend, the late, great Carl Reiner.
BLACK LIVES MATTER NEWS:
From RSN: The four corners of police violence
From TheIntercept: Black Lives Matter Wants to End Police Brutality. History Suggests It Will Go Much Further.
From YahooNews: "The Confederacy of California": life in the valley where Robert Fuller was found hanged
From CNN: Colorado police officers involved in the death of Elijah McClain reassigned for safety reasons.
From Truthout: " Three North Carolina Police Fired for Racist Rants, Threats to Kill Black People" - and what they said is crazy and scary
From Truthout: Bryant Gumbel Gives Powerful Commentary on the 'Black Tax,' the 'Added Burden' of Being Black
From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-nominated songwriter and Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Ray Parker, Jr., may be best known for writing the theme to the film, "Ghostbusters," but when he was a teenager, Parker was beaten by Detroit police officers.
From RSNewYorker: Jelani Cobb: An American Spring of Reckoning.
From NBCNews: Baton Rouge, LA activist, Gary Chambers, makes an impassioned speech about changing the name of Robert E. Lee High School in Baton Rouge.
From YahooNews: Racial violence and a pandemic: How the Red Summer of 1919 relates to 2020
From DemocracyNow: Fear Grows of Modern-Day Lynchings as Five People of Color Are Found Hanged
From NYPost: Caramel, Indiana Catholic priest suspended for comparing Black Lives Matters activists to maggots.
From NBCNews: NYPD is disbanding a unit that is the 'last chapter' of stop-and-frisk
From YahooLifestyle: A history of the "Karen."
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 NPR: A sad milestone: over 100,000 American have died due to COVID-19.
From TheAtlantic: The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying. The pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract, which deems certain lives of greater value than others.
From ProPublica: Hospital's Secret COVID-19 Policy Separated Native American Mothers From Their Newborns
From Truthout: Trump Moves to End Federal Support for Testing Sites Amid Record COVID Spikes
From TheGuardian: More than 20 million Americans could have contracted COVID-19, experts say.
From RSN/WashPost: The COVID-19 mutation that has taken over the world.
From NYPost: Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are reportedly throwing “COVID parties” with their friends and gambling on who will get sick first, according to local officials.
From KABB: Alice Guzman, the stepmother of Congressman Joaquin Castro and former Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro, has died of COVID-19. Their father is also ill with the virus.
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