Negromancer News Bits and Bites from Oct 1st to 5th, 2024 - UPDATE #8

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:

TREATS: From AnotherCookie?:  There is a new online cookie retailer, "AnotherCookie?" The cookies are delicious.

DISNEY - From Deadline: Yes, there will be a "Princess Diaries 3." Anna Hathaway is returning.

NETFLIX - From Deadline:  Netflix cancels "That '90's Show" after the equivalent of two seasons.

CULTURE - From Variety:  Hollywood is trying to deal with "toxic fandom," according to this article. Apparently, ignoring them is too much like right.

MOVIES - From AVClub:  "Scream 7" has a release date, Feb. 27, 2026. Series star, Neve Campbell, will receive the payday she wanted, so she will return. Series creator, writer Kevin Williamson, will also return, this time as the film's director.

BUSINESS - From Deadline:  DirecTV is acquiring its rival, Dish Network, in a merger that will form the largest U.S. pay-TV company.  Dish's Sling TV will be part of the deal.

OBITS:

From Deadline:  American film and television actor, John Amos, died at the age of 84, Wednesday, August 21, 2024.  Amos was best known for playing "adult Kunta Kinte"/"Toby" on the 1977 ABC miniseries, "Roots," and for the role of "James Evans" on the former CBS sitcom, "Good Times," from 1974-76.  He also made multiple appearances on such TV series as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS), "The West Wing" (NBC), "All About the Andersons" (The WB), and "Men in Trees" (ABC), to name a few.  He had memorable roles in such films as "Coming to America" (1988), "Die Hard 2" (1990), and "Madea's Witness Protection" (2012), to name a few.  Amos was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his role in "Roots."

From Deadline:  John Amos, a career in photos.

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From ESPN:  American professional baseball player, Pete Rose, has died at the age of 83, Monday, September 30, 2024.  Rose was the Major League Baseball (MLB) all-time hit king.  He was a member of three World Series championship teams:  the Cincinnati Reds (1975, 1976) and the Philadelphia Phillies (1980). Rose was also a member of the 1983 National League pennant winning Phillies, who lost the world series to the American League's Baltimore Orioles.  Rose was banned from Major League Baseball in 1989 due to gambling allegations and is currently ineligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame.