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Monday, November 25, 2024
Comic Books, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for November 27, 2024
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from May 19th to 25th, 2024 - UPDATE #10
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
SCANDAL - From Deadline: Nicki Minaj‘s show in Manchester, England, was postponed after the singer was arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on suspicion of carrying marijuana. The Grammy-nominated recording artist has since been released.
CELEBRITY - From THR: The venerable Hollywood paper profiles hot HOT actor Glen Powell and his continuing rise up the film industry superstar ladder.
ANIME - From JapanTimes: Four rare anime short films from Studio Ghibli will be screened at Cannes. One of them, "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus" is a 14-minutes mini-sequel to the legendary anime film, "My Neighbor Totoro" (1989), which was directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the co-founder of the studios.
CANNES - From Variety: Netflix has bought director John Lee Hancock's drama, "Monsanto," starring Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie, and Oscar-winner, Laura Dern.
From Variety: Director Ali Abbasi's film, "The Apprentice," a biopic of Donald Trump, has screen at Cannes. Actor Sebastian Stan (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) plays Trump. The film has drawn attention for a controversial scenes of sex or rape - depending on point of view.
DISNEY - From EW: "Pirates of the Caribbean" producer Jerry Bruckheimer would like to reboot the PotC franchise and also do a PotC film starring Margot Robbie. Bruckheimer also said that he'd bring Johnny Depp back as "Captain Jack Sparrow" if it were up to him... So it's apparently not.
AI - From Variety: "Sky," is one of the voice-enabled chatbots in OpenAI's latest release, "GPT-4o." Sky sounds like the voice Scarlett Johansson uses as the disembodied AI companion in the director Spike Jonze's 2013 film, Her. Many people noticed, including Johansson, herself who threatened legal action.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Will Smith's action film, "Sugar Bandits" to be directed by Stefano Sollima, is set to start production in September. The film has sealed a number of international deals, including with Amazon Prime Video, ahead of that.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 5/17 to 5/19/2024 weekend box office is Paramount Pictures' "IF" with an estimated total of 35 million dollars.
CANNES - From Variety: Cate Blanchett's new film, "Rumors," directed by Guy Maddin, is indeed named after Fleetwood Mac's iconic 1977 album.
MOVIES - From THR: Sony's reboot of the 1997 horror film hit, "I Know What You Did Last Summer," is due "Summer 2025."
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from Dec. 10th to 16th, 2023 - Update #18
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
TELEVISION - From Deadline: The finale episode of the CBS/NBC's "Magnum P.I." reboot starring Jay Hernandez will air Jan. 3rd, 2024 with the final two episodes (19 and 20 of Season 5) airing as a two-hour event from 9 to 11 EST.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Warner Bros. has won an auction for "Calamity Hustle," an action-comedy from writer-directors Adam & Aaron Nee. The film is currently set to star Ryan Reynolds and Channing Tatum.
MOVIES - From Deadline: The site has the screenplay for "Asteroid City" by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola available for reading.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Dwayne Johnson will play Mark Kerr, the legendary MMA fighter from the no-holds barred era of UFC, in A24‘s "The Smashing Machine." The film will be directed by Benny Safdie of Uncut Gems fame.
AMAZON - From Deadline: Amazon MGM Studios has won the "film pitch packet" for "Best of Enemies," a spy thriller set to star Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale.
MOVIES - From Deadine: Actress Naomi Scott, who first gained fame as "Princess Jasmine" in Disney's live-action Aladdin (2019), will star in Paramount sequel to its 2022 horror hit, Smile. The sequel is set to hit theaters Oct. 18th, 2024.
STREAMING - From Variety: From 1993 to 2004 Tony Award-winning actor David Hyde Pierce played "Dr. Niles Crane" on the former NBC sitcom, "Frasier." He received 11 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the role and won four of them. The series was recently rebooted for Paramount+ with series star, Kelsey Grammer, returning, but Pierce says that he did not return because he never really wanted to go back.
POLITICS - From Deadline: "Biden Victory Fund" campaign co-chair, Jeffrey Katzenberg (co-founder of DreamWorks), says that the fund raised a record 15 million dollars during President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden's weekend visit to Los Angeles.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 12/8 to 12/10/2023 weekend box office is GKIDS' "The Boy and the Heron" with an estimated take of 12.8 million dollars.
From Deadline: "The Boy and the Heron" is now the first original anime production to finish at the top of the domestic (North American) box office.
AMAZON - From THR: David Alan Grier says playing a black Santa Claus in the Prime Originals holiday movie, Candy Cane Lane, reminded him of Marvel's Black Panther.
From Deadline: Prime Video has released the first trailer for its upcoming series, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," based on the the 2005 Jolie-Pitt film, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Premiere date is Feb. 2nd, 2024.
OBITS:
From Deadline: Journalist, historian, and documentary filmmaker, Cari Beauchamp, has died at the age of 74, Thursday, December 14, 2023. Her 1998 biography, "Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and The Powerful Women of Early Hollywood," became a documentary she wrote and co-produced. It premiered on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Beauchamp frequently appeared on TCM programming and at the annual TCM Classic Film Festival.
From Variety: Film and television actor, Andre Braugher, has died at the age of 61, Monday, December 11, 2023. Braugher was best known for his TV work. He was "Detective Frank Pembleton" on NBC's former cop drama, "Homicide: Life on the Streets" and "Captain Raymond Hoult" on the former Fox/NBC sitcom, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." Braugher was nominated for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards and won twice, once for his work on "Homicide."
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AWARDS:
From THR: The winners at the 2023 / 49th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards have been announced. The Holocaust historical drama, "The Zone of Interest," wins four awards, including "Best Picture," "Best Director" (Jonathan Glazer), and "Best Actress" (Sandra Huller).
From Deadline: The nominations for the 2024 / 29th annual Critics Choice Awards have been announced. "Barbie" leads with 18 nominations.
From Deadline: The nominations for the 2024 / 81st annual Golden Globe Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced Jan. 7th, 2024 on CBS and Paramount Plus.
From AwardsWatch: The Las Vegas Film Critics have announced their 2023 LVFC Awards nominations. "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" are the leading vote getters. The winners will be announced Wed., Dec. 13th.
From THR: The winners at the 2023 European Film Awards have been announced. "Anatomy of a Fall" won five awards including for "Best Film," "Best Director" (Justine Triet), and "Best Actress" (Sandra Huller).
From AwardsWatch: The 2023 National Board of Review film honors have been announced. "Killers of the Flower Moon" won "Best Film," "Best Director" (Martin Scorsese), and "Best Actress" (Lily Gladstone).
From AwardsWatch: The American Film Institute (AFI) names its top ten films: American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, May December, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. It also names its top ten television series: Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Beef, Jury Duty, The Last of Us, The Morning Show, Only Murders in the Building, Poker Face, Reservation Dogs, and Succession.
From AwardsWatch: "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" lead the nominations for "Astra Film & Creative Arts Awards," which are put on by the "Hollywood Creative Alliance" (formerly known as the Hollywood Critics Association). The winners will be announced Jan. 6th, 2024 in Los Angeles.
From Deadline: At the 2023 / 26th British Independent Film Awards, director Andrew Haigh's "All of Us Strangers" won seven awards, including "Best British Independent Film."
From Variety: The winners at the 2023 / 89th New York Film Critics Circle Awards have been announced. "Killers of the Flower Moon" (directed by Martin Scorsese) was named "Best Film of 2023." Christopher Nolan won "Best Director" for his film, "Oppenheimer."
From Variety: The winners at the 2023 / 33rd Annual Gotham Awards were announced Mon., Nov. 27th. Writer-director Celine Song's South Korean romantic drama, "Past Lives" won the "Best Feature" award.
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Review: "LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY" is in the Sky with Diamonds
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Review: "GRAVEYARD OF THE FIREFLIES" is as Powerful as Any Live-Action Wartime Film
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Review: Miyazaki's "THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO" is Something Else Entirely
Monday, July 27, 2020
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Saturday, October 19, 2019
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from October 13th to 19th, 2019 - Update #27
COMICS-FILM - From WeGotThisCovered: Deadpool film franchise writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, said that they are waiting for Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige's approval to start working on the script for "Deadpool 3."
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DISNEY - From Variety: Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis ("Forest Gump") is in talks to direct Disney's live-action remake of Pinocchio.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Dick Cook Studios (DCS), an independent production company helmed by former Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook, will receive AUD $30 million ($20,473,020 USD) in Australian government funding to produce two fantasy features in the country. The films are "Ranger's Apprentice" and "The Alchemyst."
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STREAMING - From TheWrap: Greg Kinnear has joined the cast of the CBS All Access miniseries, "The Stand," in the role of Glen Bateman.
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ANIMATION - From TheWrap: WarnerMedia's streaming service, HBOMax, has obtained the streaming rights to the animated films of the Japanese animation powerhouse, Studio Ghibli, which produced the Oscar-winning "Spirited Away." When they debut in 2020, it will be the first time these films will be streamed
TELEVISION - From Variety: Kurt Sutter has been fired as showrunner from FX's "Mayans MC," a show he co-created. It reportedly has to do with complaints against him.
From Deadline: Kurt Sutter tells his side of the story on being fired from FX's "Mayans MC."
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MOVIES-TRAILER - From ShadowandAct: There is a first trailer for "She Ball," the first film from Cash Money Films in partnership with Nick Cannon's Ncredible Entertainment.
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CELEBRITY - From Deadline: Ron Ely was the star of NBC's 1960s "Tarzan" television series (1966-68). The police found Ely's wife, Valerie, stabbed to death at the couple's home in the Hope Ranch community of Santa Barbara, California. The suspect in Valerie's death was Ron and Valerie's son, Cameron, whom the police shot to death. Ron Ely was reportedly unharmed.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Jada Pinkett Smith is in talks to return for "The Matrix 4." Smith played Niobe in "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions."
From Deadline: Actress Jessica Henwick, who appeared in Marvel/Netflix's "Iron Fist," is in talks to take a lead role in "The Matrix 4."
From Variety: Emmy-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris is joining the cast of "The Matrix 4." Production on the film is set to begin in early 2020.
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SCANDAL - From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman has reported to prison to begin serving her 14-day sentence for her role in the "college admissions scanda," also known as "Operation Varsity Blues."
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: The nominations for the class of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 have been announced. Their are 16 nominated acts, including Whitney Houston, Pat Benatar, and Dave Matthews Band.
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ECO - From Grist: Legendary and Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda was recently arrested during a climate protest, and she says she plans to do it again.
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STREAMING - From Netflix: Netflix and Ava DuVernay face a lawsuit over its Emmy-winning miniseries, "When They See Us."
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CULTURE - From YahooLifestyle: A "ghost kitchen" may be preparing your Chick-fil-A.
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COMICS-FILM - From THR: Zoe Kravitz has won the role of "Selina Kyle/Catwoman" in Matt Reeves' The Batman, in which Robert Pattinson plays Batman.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: Nominations have been announced for the 4th Annual / 2019 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 10/11 to 10/13/2019 weekend box office is "Joker" with an estimated take of 55 million dollars.
From Variety: "Joker" still dominating the international box office with an estimated haul of 123.7 million dollars in 79 markets.
From Patreon: My review of "Gemini Man."
From Patreon: My review of "Joker."
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POLITICS - From TheGuardian: Robert De Niro calls President Trump a "gangster president," among other things he says.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Quentin Tarantino offers praise for the late actor Robert Forster. Forster, who died Friday, Oct. 11th, appeared in Tarantino's 1997 film, "Jackie Brown" with Pam Grier. Tarantino said that casting Forster, who received an Oscar nomination for his role in the film, one of the best casting choices he has ever made.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Idina Menzel is in talks to join Sony Pictures' "Cinderella" in the role of the evil stepmother. Menzel, a Tony Award-winning Broadway actress and singer, is probably best known to the general public for her voice role as "Queen Elsa" in Disney's animated film, "Frozen," and for sing that film's worldwide hit song, "Let It Go."
OBITS:
From TheBaltimoreSun: U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, a Democrat from Baltimore, has died at the age of 68, Thursday, October 17, 2019. Cummings was known for his blunt oratory and for his devotion to the city of Baltimore, Maryland. As chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he was a key figure in the impeachment inquiry in President Donald Trump.
From Variety: The actor Bill Macy has died at the age of 97, Thursday, October 17, 2019. Macy was best known for his role as "Walter Findlay," the husband of Bea Arthur's "Maude," on the former CBS TV series, "Maude" (1972-78).
From Deadline: The so-called "pimp to the stars" and "Hollywood hustler," Scotty Bowers, died at the age of 96, Sunday, October 13, 2019. A former marine and gas station attendant, Bowers was allegedly a sexual companion to or sexual facilitator (pimp) for numerous stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, including Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Spencer Tracy, Charles Laughton, Cole Porter, and Laurence Olivier, to name a few. In his 2012 memoir, "Full Service," Bowers gave insight into the secretive sex lives high-profile Hollywood stars of the golden era.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Comic Books, Magazine and Books from Diamond Distributors for May 8, 2019
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from May 6th to 12th, 2018 - Update #8
CANNES - From ScreenDaily: Cate Blanchett and Agnes Varda lead a silent protest at Cannes 2018 over the lack of female participation at the festival over its history.
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MOVIES - From TheVillageVoice: There is a documentary, "Filmworker," about Stanley Kubrick's right hand man, Leon Vitali.
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MOVIES - From TheRinger: Jordan Peele is not slowing down anytime soon.
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TELEVISION - From TheNewYorker: How Ryan Murphy Became the Most Powerful Man in TV
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Burt Reynolds is in talks to join Quentin Tarantino's "Manson murders" film, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
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MOVIES - From THR: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are teaming up for the long-awaited third "Bill & Ted," which is apparently being shopped around at 2018 Cannes Film Festival. The film is being called "Bill & Ted Face the Music."
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 5/4 to 5/6/2018 weekend box office is "Avengers: Infinity War" with an estimated take of $112.4 million.
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ANIMATION - From Offspring: How to introduce your kids to Studio Ghibli.
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MUSIC - From TheRinger: This article interviews members of (Black) rock band, Living Colour, on the 30th anniversary of the release of their hit debut LP, "Vivid," and the band's cult fave song, "Cult of Persoanlity."
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From Vulture: The Most Anticipated Movies at This Year’s Cannes Film Festival
TRAILERS-VIDEOS:
From YouTube: Child Gambino's "This is America" video for new single.
OBIT:
From LATimes: The former California Governor George Duekmejian has died at the age of 89, Tuesday, May 8th, 2018. Duekmejian was elected governor in 1982 and 1986 and was the first person of Armenian heritage to be elected governor in the U.S., and he remains the only one.
Monday, February 26, 2018
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