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Thursday, October 31, 2024
Review: "HALLOWEEN ENDS" Because It Ran Out of Gas
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from Oct 27th to 31st, 2024 - UPDATE #12
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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SPORTS - From ESPN: The Los Angeles Dodgers (National League) win the 2024 World Series, beating the New York Yankees (American League), four games to one.
MUSIC/DISNEY - From Deadline: Disney has snatched the rights to broadcast and stream the Grammy Awards ceremony from CBS, which has been broadcasting the Grammy Awards for 50 years. The 10 year deal will see the Grammy Awards broadcast on ABC and stream on Hulu and Disney+ beginning in 2027 and ending 2036.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans are uniting for the first time in 18 years (since 2006's "Little Man") for a return to the "Scary Movie" franchise. The movie, which would shoot next year, is scheduled for a theatrical release.
SCANDAL - From YahooNews: Actor, comedian, and voice performer, Jay Johnston, was sentenced to federal prison for one year and a day for his activities during the U.S. Capitol attack and riot on January 6th, 2021. Johnston is best known for his work on such television comedies as "Mr. Show with Bob and David" (HBO), "The Sarah Silverman Program" (Comedy Central), and the Fox Network's "Arrested Development" and "Bob's Burgers."
MOVIES - From THR: Oscar-nominee Johnny Depp and Oscar-winner Penelope Cruz will team up for "Day Drinker," a thriller that is slated to be directed by Marc Webb ("The Amazing Spider-Man").
MOVIES/STAGE - From Deadline: George Clooney is bringing his 2005 film, "Good Night, and Good Luck," to Broadway. This time he will play legendary veteran journalist, Edward R. Murrow. Actor David Strathairn played Murrow in the 2005 which Clooney directed. Performances will begin March 2025.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 10/25 to 10/27/2024 weekend box office is Sony Pictures' "Venom: The Last Dance" with an estimated take of 51 million dollars.
KAMALA - From TheAtlantic: Film and television impresario, Tyler Perry, has apparently made a better closing argument for why people should vote for VP Kamala Harris instead of disgraced former president, Trump. Perry says “It was so important for me to stand with a candidate who understands that we, as America—we are a quilt. And I could never stand with a candidate who wants America to be a sheet.”
From Variety: Oscar-winning actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, releases a video endorsement of VP Kamala Harris for President.
LGBTQ - From Deadline: Gay actor, Luke Evans, says he can't think of another gay star getting the kind of macho roles he plays. The Welsh actor has starred in "The Hobbit" and "Fast & Furious" films and is playing a tough, straight guy in Amazon's upcoming, "Criminal."
OBITS:
From Deadline: American film and television actress, Terri Garr, has died at the age of 79, Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Garr was best known for appearing in such films as Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstine" (1974), Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), and Sydney Pollack's "Tootsie" (1982). She received a "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar nomination for her work in "Tootsie." In television, Garr appeared in multiple episodes of "McCloud," "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour," and "Friend," to name a few.
From Deadline: American television scriptwriter and producer, Jeri Taylor, has died at the age of 86, Thursday, October 24, 2024. Taylor was best known for her work on television series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Star Trek: Voyager." Taylor is credited with writing 13 episode of TNG; 3 episodes of DS9, and numerous episodes of "Voyager," which she co-created with Rick Berman and Michael Piller. Taylor shared a Primetime Emmy nomination as a producer on the final season of "The Next Generation." Taylor also wrote multiple episodes of such TV series as "Qunicy, M.E.," "Magnum P.I.," and "In the Heat of the Night," to name a few.
MOVIE AWARDS:
From Deadline: The 2024 / 34th Gotham Awards kick off the 2024-25 movie awards season by announcing its nominations for achievement in film. Director Sean Baker's "Anora," which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, leads with four nominations. The winners will be announced Monday, December 2, 2024.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Review: "HALLOWEEN III: Season of the Witch" is More Strange Than Good
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Advanced Comics Review: "BIG GUNS STUPID REDNECKS #3" Raises the Stakes
Monday, October 28, 2024
BOOM! Studios Shipping from Diamond Distributors for October 30, 2024
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DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for October 30, 2024
Dynamite Entertainment Shipping from Diamond Distributors for October 30, 2024
Image Comics Publishing Shipping from Diamond and Lunar Distributors for October 30, 2024
Marvel Comics Shipping from Diamond Distributors for October 30, 2024
Comic Books, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for October 30, 2024
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Sunday, October 27, 2024
Comics Review: "GEEK-GIRL #13" Rolls Out a Barrell of Fun
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from Oct 20th to 26th, 2024 - UPDATE #14
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
SCANDAL - From Deadline: A New Mexico judge refused to resurrect the state's case against Alec Baldwin for the 2021 accidental shooting death of cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, on the set of the Western film, "Rust."
MOVIES - From Variety: A nice story recently making the rounds is that actress-producer Eva Longoria saved the original "John Wick" (2014) film with six million dollars in funding 24 hours before the project was scheduled to shutdown for lack of money.
SCANDAL - From Deadline: Disgraced and imprisoned former studio boss and Oscar-winning film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has been diagnosed with bone marrow cancer.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Rising "Scream Queen," Lauren Lavera ("Terrifier") will star next to two-time Oscar-nominee, Djimon Hounsou, in the horror film, "The Monster." The film will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman of the "Saw" franchise.
MOVIES - From Variety: 85-year-old actor and former U.S. Marine, Scott Glenn, talks about being in the new thriller, "Eugene the Marine."
MOVIES - From Deadline: Colman Domingo will make his directorial debut with "Scandalous," a drama from Miramax. The film will focus on the real-life clandestine love affair between film star, Kim Novak, and singer/dancer and film star, Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957. Sydney Sweeney will play Novak, and David Jonsson will play Davis.
MOVIES - From THR: Tom Holland (Sony/Marvel's "Spider-Man" films) has reportedly been cast in Christopher Nolan's next film project, which remains top secret and is scheduled for 2026 release.
From Variety: Tom Holland says getting the call that he'd been cast in Christopher Nolan's next film was the "phone call of a lifetime" and compared it to landing the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Sony/Marvel series a decade ago.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 10/18 to 10/20/2024 weekend box is Paramount Pictures' "Smile 2" with an estimated take of 23 million dollars.
From SilverScreenBlog: "Silver Screen Blog" reviews "Smile 2."
From ReviewsonReels: "Reviews on Reels" reviews "Smile 2."
STAR TREK - From Deadline: "Star Trek: Section 31" will debut on Paramount+ January 24, 2025. It is the "Star Trek" movie starring Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh in a reprisal of her "Star Trek: Discovery" role as "Emperor Philippa Georgiou."
MOVIES - From Deadline: Director Denis Villeneuve says he'll start on a third "Dune" film probably "sooner than he thinks."
OBITS:
From Deadline: British cinematographer, Dick Pope, has died at the age of 77, Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Pope was best known for his association with English writer-director, Mike Leigh, beginning with the 1990 film, "Life Sweet," and continuing through Leigh's recent "Hard Truths." Pope was twice nominated for an Oscar in the category of "Best Cinematography," for the films, "The Illusionist" (2006) and Mike Leigh's "Mr. Turner" (2014).
From Deadline: Actor Ron Ely has died at the age of 86, Tuesday, September 29, 2024. His daughter did not announced his death until today (Wed., Oct. 23rd). Ely is best known for starring as "Tarzan" in the former NBC television series, "Tarzan," which ran for two seasons from 1966 to 1968. He also starred in the title role in the 1975 film, "Doc Savage: Man of Bronze."