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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Monday, July 25, 2016
VIZ Media Announces Partnership with Tubi TV
VIZ MEDIA PARTNERS WITH TUBI TV TO DELIVER EXCITING ANIME CONTENT TO AUDIENCES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA
San Francisco, CA – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, has announced a partnership with Tubi TV, a leading provider of free movies and TV shows, to stream some of VIZ Media’s most popular anime titles to audiences across North America, including to legions of viewers based in Canada.
Based in San Francisco, CA, Tubi TV is the largest North American ad-supported provider of free streamed movies and TV shows. In addition to its own website (Tubitv.com), the Tubi TV app is accessible from platforms including Apple TV, Xbox One & Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and Samsung televisions – in addition to iOS and Android mobile devices.
All VIZ Media content on Tubi TV is presented with original Japanese dialogue and features English subtitles. DEATH NOTE (37 episodes) as well as the full original NARUTO series (220 episodes) are now available for streaming in the U.S. and Canada on Tubi TV. In addition, fans in Canada may now catch the entire classic SAILOR MOON series (200 episodes) and Seasons 1 and 2 of SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL (26 episodes). Additional VIZ Media anime series and episodes will be added regularly. Please visit Tubitv.com or download the app for more details and to access the free episodes.
“VIZ Media has incredibly popular anime series and we are thrilled to stream these blockbusters for free to our passionate anime fans,” said Farhad Massoudi, CEO, Tubi TV.
“Tubi TV has built an extremely robust and interoperable platform that offers audiences a compelling alternative to traditional, paid content streaming services and we are very happy to partner with the service to give anime fans a whole new way to access some of the genre’s most legendary titles,” says Brian Ige, VIZ Media Vice President of Animation.
For additional information on these as well as other anime and manga titles distributed and published by VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.
About Tubi TV
Tubi TV is freeing TV with the best streaming entertainment experience for movies and TV shows. We are “free” as in we are making a promise to you, the viewer, that we will never ask you to pay to watch great entertainment. We’re also “freeing” TV by finding premium movies and TV shows, which you would usually have to pay to watch on other services, and making them freely available with no hidden hassles. With an immersive selection of categories and titles (including those not on Netflix) that we update weekly, Tubi TV is the largest provider of free and legal movies and TV shows on mobile devices, Connected TVs, streaming set-top-boxes, and the web.
Tubi TV is powered by adRise, the leading content distribution and monetization platform for premium content owners, such as MGM, Lionsgate, and Paramount. Find out more at TubiTV.com or download our app on Apple TV, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Samsung.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Established in 1986, VIZ Media is the premier company in the field of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing. Along with its popular digital magazine WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, DRAGON BALL, SAILOR MOON, and POKÉMON, VIZ Media offers an extensive library of titles and original content in a wide variety of book and video formats, as well as through official licensed merchandise. Owned by three of Japan's largest publishing and entertainment companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is dedicated to bringing the best titles for English-speaking audiences worldwide.
Learn more about VIZ Media and its properties at www.VIZ.com.
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San Francisco, CA – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, has announced a partnership with Tubi TV, a leading provider of free movies and TV shows, to stream some of VIZ Media’s most popular anime titles to audiences across North America, including to legions of viewers based in Canada.
Based in San Francisco, CA, Tubi TV is the largest North American ad-supported provider of free streamed movies and TV shows. In addition to its own website (Tubitv.com), the Tubi TV app is accessible from platforms including Apple TV, Xbox One & Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and Samsung televisions – in addition to iOS and Android mobile devices.
All VIZ Media content on Tubi TV is presented with original Japanese dialogue and features English subtitles. DEATH NOTE (37 episodes) as well as the full original NARUTO series (220 episodes) are now available for streaming in the U.S. and Canada on Tubi TV. In addition, fans in Canada may now catch the entire classic SAILOR MOON series (200 episodes) and Seasons 1 and 2 of SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL (26 episodes). Additional VIZ Media anime series and episodes will be added regularly. Please visit Tubitv.com or download the app for more details and to access the free episodes.
“VIZ Media has incredibly popular anime series and we are thrilled to stream these blockbusters for free to our passionate anime fans,” said Farhad Massoudi, CEO, Tubi TV.
“Tubi TV has built an extremely robust and interoperable platform that offers audiences a compelling alternative to traditional, paid content streaming services and we are very happy to partner with the service to give anime fans a whole new way to access some of the genre’s most legendary titles,” says Brian Ige, VIZ Media Vice President of Animation.
For additional information on these as well as other anime and manga titles distributed and published by VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.
About Tubi TV
Tubi TV is freeing TV with the best streaming entertainment experience for movies and TV shows. We are “free” as in we are making a promise to you, the viewer, that we will never ask you to pay to watch great entertainment. We’re also “freeing” TV by finding premium movies and TV shows, which you would usually have to pay to watch on other services, and making them freely available with no hidden hassles. With an immersive selection of categories and titles (including those not on Netflix) that we update weekly, Tubi TV is the largest provider of free and legal movies and TV shows on mobile devices, Connected TVs, streaming set-top-boxes, and the web.
Tubi TV is powered by adRise, the leading content distribution and monetization platform for premium content owners, such as MGM, Lionsgate, and Paramount. Find out more at TubiTV.com or download our app on Apple TV, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Samsung.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Established in 1986, VIZ Media is the premier company in the field of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing. Along with its popular digital magazine WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, DRAGON BALL, SAILOR MOON, and POKÉMON, VIZ Media offers an extensive library of titles and original content in a wide variety of book and video formats, as well as through official licensed merchandise. Owned by three of Japan's largest publishing and entertainment companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is dedicated to bringing the best titles for English-speaking audiences worldwide.
Learn more about VIZ Media and its properties at www.VIZ.com.
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VIZ Media Joins the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is proud to welcome VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the premier publisher, distributor and licensor of Japanese and global content in North America, as the organization’s newest corporate member! VIZ Media additionally supports CBLDF by this week co-releasing the Manga Book Club Handbook, a resource designed to help libraries and retailers unite their communities over manga! Digital copies of the handbook are available at http://cbldf.org/resources/manga-book-club-handbook/ and at CBLDF booth 1918 at San Diego Comic-Con.
"We are proud to support Comic Book Legal Defense Fund by becoming a corporate member," says Kevin Hamric, VIZ Media Senior Director. "Their proactive initiatives to inform and educate the public about manga, and their efforts as an advocate for readers, educators, and retailers of all types make them a vital organization. We are proud to contribute to their work!"
Founded in San Francisco in July 1986, VIZ Media is dedicated to bringing the finest in manga, anime, and global entertainment to English-speaking audiences around the world. The company’s success reflects the massive and enduring popularity the genres enjoy among fans of all ages. VIZ Media has the largest library of any English publisher, and is focused on diversifying its award-winning catalog with licensed properties outside of the manga and anime sphere, as well as developing its own original content.
CBLDF provides legal and educational resources to protect the freedom to read comics. The organization is a partner in Banned Books Week, the Kids’ Right to Read Project, Free Comic Book Day, and other national institutions that support intellectual freedom and literacy. CBLDF’s work extends from courtrooms to classrooms to conventions, and CBLDF defends the freedom to read by providing letters of support in book challenges, challenging unconstitutional legislation, and delivering lectures and programs about current and historical censorship to audiences all over the world.
CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein says, "VIZ Media changed the face of pop culture in the United States with its robust efforts to bring a broad range of manga and anime material to our shores. Their support of CBLDF bolsters our efforts to advance appreciation and understanding of comics of all kinds, and enables us to be more proactive in our efforts protecting the freedom to read! We are grateful to have them among our ranks as a corporate member!"
VIZ Media stands beside Abrams, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, BOOM! Studios, comiXology, Dark Horse Comics, DC Entertainment, DCBS.com, Diamond Comic Distributors, Half Price Books, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Oni Press, Neverwear, Penguin Random House, ReedPOP, Scholastic, SPX, TFAW.com, Valiant, and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation as a corporate member supporting CBLDF’s important work.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Established in 1986, VIZ Media is the premier company in the field of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing. Along with its popular digital magazine WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, DRAGON BALL, SAILOR MOON, and POKÉMON, VIZ Media offers an extensive library of titles and original content in a wide variety of book and video formats, as well as through official licensed merchandise. Owned by three of Japan's largest publishing and entertainment companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is dedicated to bringing the best titles for English-speaking audiences worldwide.
Learn more about VIZ Media and its properties at www.VIZ.com.
About Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit organization protecting the freedom to read comics! Our work protects readers, creators, librarians, retailers, publishers, and educators who face the threat of censorship. We monitor legislation and challenge laws that would limit the First Amendment. We create resources that promote understanding of comics and the rights our community is guaranteed. Every day we publish news and information about censorship events as they happen. We are partners in the Kids’ Right to Read Project and Banned Books Week. Our expert legal team is available at a moment’s notice to respond to First Amendment emergencies. CBLDF is a lean organization that works hard to protect the rights that our community depends on. Please support our important work! http://cbldf.org
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"Josie and the Pussycats" to Rock "Cupcake Wars" Tonight - Monday, July 25th
Josie and the Pussycats take over 'Cupcake Wars' tonight at 8/7c on Food Network!
Riverdale's most famous rock group takes over 'Cupcake Wars'!
Get your cat ears (and tails) ready because Josie and the Pussycats are headed to tonight's episode of 'Cupcake Wars' on Food Network!
Celebrities Adrienne Bailon and Julissa Bermudez, Charlie and Max Carver, Ron Funches, and Katherine McNamara and Emeraude Toubia will battle to create show-stopping cupcakes for a party celebrating the most popular comic book band of all time - Josie and the Pussycats!
Contestants will be eliminated one by one until the winners walk away with the victory - and a donation to their favorite charity! Archie Comics Creative Consultant Jesse Goldwater joins the panel as a guest judge in this can't-miss episode. Find out who wins tonight at 8/7c only on Food Network!
Be sure to follow along with the official Archie Comics Twitter account as we live-tweet the show when it airs tonight at 8pm EST / 7 CT!
For more info, visit the official Food Network website.
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Sony Pictures Animation Announces Two-Year Film and TV Slate
Sony Pictures Animation Announces 2017 & 2018 Slate
Projects Include EMOJIMOVIE: EXPRESS YOURSELF, Faith-Based Film THE STAR, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3, Animated SPIDER-MAN and GHOSTBUSTERS Animated TV Series
Culver City, CA - In a move signaling an expansion of its output and increased year-round production across multiple platforms, Sony Pictures Animation announced today its slate through 2018 which includes five theatrical features, three television series and one direct-to-video movie.
Kristine Belson, President of Sony Pictures Animation, says, "We are meaningfully stepping up our level of production, while creating an environment that fosters the best talent. Our goal is to enlarge our presence in the animation landscape with a uniquely diverse slate, and our strategy to get there is to let artists drive the movies creatively."
Tom Rothman, Chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, adds, "I could not be more proud of the way Kristine Belson has rebuilt Sony Pictures Animation into the boldest home for animation in the industry."
Sony Pictures Animation’s slate includes a diverse mix of originals and franchises, some previously announced, each with its own unique style and tone, underscoring the Studio’s pledge to develop projects aimed both inside and outside of the Sony Pictures Animation family brand intended for traditional, as well as online, distribution platforms.
THEATRICAL FEATURES
SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE—a fully-animated comedy that delivers a fresh new take on the famous blue creatures and marks a return to the tone and style of the beloved comic book creations of Peyo—hits theaters April 7, 2017. The feature is directed by Kelly Asbury (SHREK 2, GNOMEO & JULIET), produced by Jordan Kerner (THE SMURFS 1 & 2, CHARLOTTE’S WEB), co-produced by Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews (HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA) and written by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon, based on the characters and works of Peyo. The voice cast includes Demi Lovato as Smurfette, Jack McBrayer as Clumsy, Joe Manganiello as Hefty, Danny Pudi as Brainy, and Rainn Wilson as Gargamel, with Mandy Patinkin as Papa.
EMOJIMOVIE: EXPRESS YOURSELF will offer a surprising and comic take on the secret world of our phones and the beloved characters that have become daily necessities in global interpersonal communication. The feature, targeting an August 2017 theatrical release, is directed by Anthony Leondis, produced by Michelle Raimo Kouyate, and written by Anthony Leondis & Eric Siegel.
THE STAR (working title) is scheduled for a December 8, 2017 theatrical release. The computer-animated feature is directed by Oscar nominee Timothy Reckart (HEAD OVER HEELS); executive produced by DeVon Franklin, Lisa Henson, and Brian Henson; co-produced by Jenni Magee Cook; and written by Carlos Kotkin and Simon Moore. In The Star, a small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told, the first Christmas. Sony Pictures Animation produces in association with The Jim Henson Company.
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3—the follow-up to Sony Pictures Animation’s highest grossing film in the U.S. and the biggest opening ever for a domestic September release —is scheduled to hit theaters September 21, 2018. Director Genndy Tartakovsky (DEXTER’S LABORATORY, STAR WARS: CLONE WARS), who returns to helm this brand new adventure, says, "I thought I was done exploring the world of HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA after the first two films, but while I was away from the franchise finishing my TV show SAMURAI JACK, an idea sparked that I got really excited about and made it irresistible to return and helm myself this third adventure." Michelle Murdocca is back producing, with Adam Sandler executive producing, and Michael McCullers (AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME, BOSS BABY) writing the screenplay. Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and Andy Samberg will be returning as the voices of Dracula, his vampire daughter Mavis, and her human husband Johnny.
From Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, the geniuses behind THE LEGO MOVIE, comes an animated SPIDER-MAN feature slated for theatrical release December 21, 2018. The film is being written by Phil Lord. Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller are producing; Craig Sost is co-producing. Bob Persichetti (head of story on PUSS IN BOOTS and THE LITTLE PRINCE) is directing.
ANIMATED SERIES
A brand new animated television series, GHOSTBUSTERS: ECTO FORCE, will further expand the Ghostbusters cinematic universe and focus on a new generation of Ghostbusters in the year 2050 who capture ghosts around the world with help from local teams—and some very cool gear! The younger-skewing Sony Pictures Animation project is being creatively spearheaded by Ivan Reitman and his production company Ghost Corps. GHOSTBUSTERS: ECTO FORCE is eyeing an early 2018 debut.
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: THE TELEVISION SERIES is targeted for a 2017 airdate. The animated television series, produced in partnership with Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, will focus on the teenage years of Mavis, Dracula’s daughter, and her friends. It will be airing on the Disney Channel worldwide.
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS is slated for its television series incarnation airdate in 2017. The 2D animated small-screen series, produced in partnership with DHX Media and commissioned by TELETOON in Canada, will expand on the adventures of the computer-animated feature films and will air on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and Turner channels across EMEA, APAC and Latin American markets.
DIRECT-TO-VIDEO
SURF’S UP 2: WAVEMANIA will debut on home entertainment in the Spring of 2017. Directed by Henry Yu and produced by Michelle Wong, the follow-up to the 2007 Oscar nominee will hit the shores in time for the 10-year anniversary of the franchise. The project is in partnership with WWE Studios (NYSE:WWE) and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The voice cast includes WWE Superstars John Cena®, The Undertaker®, Triple H®, Diva Paige™ and Mr. McMahon® as an an infamous big wave riding crew of penguins known as The Hang 5 which Cody Maverick convinces to let him join on their journey to a mysterious surf spot where legend has it they’ll find the biggest waves in the world.
Senior Vice Presidents of Development Michael Lachance (EMOJIMOVIE: EXPRESS YOURSELF, GHOSTBUSTERS: ECTO FORCE), Jenny Marchick (THE STAR, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3) and Mike Moon (untitled animated SPIDER-MAN) are in charge of creatively spearheading the Sony Pictures Animation slate.
About Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation produces a variety of animated and family entertainment for audiences around the world. The studio is following its worldwide comedy hits—the record-breaking monster comedies Hotel Transylvania and Hotel Transylvania 2, the hybrid live action/animated blockbusters The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2, and the mouth-watering Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs movies—with the fully animated reboot Smurfs: The Lost Village in April 2017; a surprising and comic take at the secret world inside our phones with EmojiMovie: Express Yourself in August 2017; the inspirational The Star (working title) in December 2017; Hotel Transylvania 3 in September 2018; and an animated Spider-Man feature from the minds of directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord in December 2018. The studio, in conjunction with Aardman Animations, has produced two critically acclaimed feature films: the CG-animated family comedy Arthur Christmas; and the Academy Award® nominated stop-frame animated high-seas adventure, The Pirates! Band of Misfits. In 2007, Surf's Up also received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. The division, whose first feature film Open Season led to a very successful movie franchise including the brand new Open Season: Scared Silly now available on digital, DVD and Blu-ray, turned 10 in 2012. Sony Pictures Animation is a division of the Sony Pictures Motion Pictures Group.
• Website: http://www.sonypicturesanimation.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SONYPicturesAnimation/
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/sonyanimation
• Tumblr: http://sonyanimation.tumblr.com/
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/SonyAnimation
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Projects Include EMOJIMOVIE: EXPRESS YOURSELF, Faith-Based Film THE STAR, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3, Animated SPIDER-MAN and GHOSTBUSTERS Animated TV Series
Culver City, CA - In a move signaling an expansion of its output and increased year-round production across multiple platforms, Sony Pictures Animation announced today its slate through 2018 which includes five theatrical features, three television series and one direct-to-video movie.
Kristine Belson, President of Sony Pictures Animation, says, "We are meaningfully stepping up our level of production, while creating an environment that fosters the best talent. Our goal is to enlarge our presence in the animation landscape with a uniquely diverse slate, and our strategy to get there is to let artists drive the movies creatively."
Tom Rothman, Chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, adds, "I could not be more proud of the way Kristine Belson has rebuilt Sony Pictures Animation into the boldest home for animation in the industry."
Sony Pictures Animation’s slate includes a diverse mix of originals and franchises, some previously announced, each with its own unique style and tone, underscoring the Studio’s pledge to develop projects aimed both inside and outside of the Sony Pictures Animation family brand intended for traditional, as well as online, distribution platforms.
THEATRICAL FEATURES
SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE—a fully-animated comedy that delivers a fresh new take on the famous blue creatures and marks a return to the tone and style of the beloved comic book creations of Peyo—hits theaters April 7, 2017. The feature is directed by Kelly Asbury (SHREK 2, GNOMEO & JULIET), produced by Jordan Kerner (THE SMURFS 1 & 2, CHARLOTTE’S WEB), co-produced by Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews (HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA) and written by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon, based on the characters and works of Peyo. The voice cast includes Demi Lovato as Smurfette, Jack McBrayer as Clumsy, Joe Manganiello as Hefty, Danny Pudi as Brainy, and Rainn Wilson as Gargamel, with Mandy Patinkin as Papa.
EMOJIMOVIE: EXPRESS YOURSELF will offer a surprising and comic take on the secret world of our phones and the beloved characters that have become daily necessities in global interpersonal communication. The feature, targeting an August 2017 theatrical release, is directed by Anthony Leondis, produced by Michelle Raimo Kouyate, and written by Anthony Leondis & Eric Siegel.
THE STAR (working title) is scheduled for a December 8, 2017 theatrical release. The computer-animated feature is directed by Oscar nominee Timothy Reckart (HEAD OVER HEELS); executive produced by DeVon Franklin, Lisa Henson, and Brian Henson; co-produced by Jenni Magee Cook; and written by Carlos Kotkin and Simon Moore. In The Star, a small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told, the first Christmas. Sony Pictures Animation produces in association with The Jim Henson Company.
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3—the follow-up to Sony Pictures Animation’s highest grossing film in the U.S. and the biggest opening ever for a domestic September release —is scheduled to hit theaters September 21, 2018. Director Genndy Tartakovsky (DEXTER’S LABORATORY, STAR WARS: CLONE WARS), who returns to helm this brand new adventure, says, "I thought I was done exploring the world of HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA after the first two films, but while I was away from the franchise finishing my TV show SAMURAI JACK, an idea sparked that I got really excited about and made it irresistible to return and helm myself this third adventure." Michelle Murdocca is back producing, with Adam Sandler executive producing, and Michael McCullers (AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME, BOSS BABY) writing the screenplay. Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and Andy Samberg will be returning as the voices of Dracula, his vampire daughter Mavis, and her human husband Johnny.
From Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, the geniuses behind THE LEGO MOVIE, comes an animated SPIDER-MAN feature slated for theatrical release December 21, 2018. The film is being written by Phil Lord. Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller are producing; Craig Sost is co-producing. Bob Persichetti (head of story on PUSS IN BOOTS and THE LITTLE PRINCE) is directing.
ANIMATED SERIES
A brand new animated television series, GHOSTBUSTERS: ECTO FORCE, will further expand the Ghostbusters cinematic universe and focus on a new generation of Ghostbusters in the year 2050 who capture ghosts around the world with help from local teams—and some very cool gear! The younger-skewing Sony Pictures Animation project is being creatively spearheaded by Ivan Reitman and his production company Ghost Corps. GHOSTBUSTERS: ECTO FORCE is eyeing an early 2018 debut.
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: THE TELEVISION SERIES is targeted for a 2017 airdate. The animated television series, produced in partnership with Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, will focus on the teenage years of Mavis, Dracula’s daughter, and her friends. It will be airing on the Disney Channel worldwide.
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS is slated for its television series incarnation airdate in 2017. The 2D animated small-screen series, produced in partnership with DHX Media and commissioned by TELETOON in Canada, will expand on the adventures of the computer-animated feature films and will air on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and Turner channels across EMEA, APAC and Latin American markets.
DIRECT-TO-VIDEO
SURF’S UP 2: WAVEMANIA will debut on home entertainment in the Spring of 2017. Directed by Henry Yu and produced by Michelle Wong, the follow-up to the 2007 Oscar nominee will hit the shores in time for the 10-year anniversary of the franchise. The project is in partnership with WWE Studios (NYSE:WWE) and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The voice cast includes WWE Superstars John Cena®, The Undertaker®, Triple H®, Diva Paige™ and Mr. McMahon® as an an infamous big wave riding crew of penguins known as The Hang 5 which Cody Maverick convinces to let him join on their journey to a mysterious surf spot where legend has it they’ll find the biggest waves in the world.
Senior Vice Presidents of Development Michael Lachance (EMOJIMOVIE: EXPRESS YOURSELF, GHOSTBUSTERS: ECTO FORCE), Jenny Marchick (THE STAR, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3) and Mike Moon (untitled animated SPIDER-MAN) are in charge of creatively spearheading the Sony Pictures Animation slate.
About Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation produces a variety of animated and family entertainment for audiences around the world. The studio is following its worldwide comedy hits—the record-breaking monster comedies Hotel Transylvania and Hotel Transylvania 2, the hybrid live action/animated blockbusters The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2, and the mouth-watering Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs movies—with the fully animated reboot Smurfs: The Lost Village in April 2017; a surprising and comic take at the secret world inside our phones with EmojiMovie: Express Yourself in August 2017; the inspirational The Star (working title) in December 2017; Hotel Transylvania 3 in September 2018; and an animated Spider-Man feature from the minds of directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord in December 2018. The studio, in conjunction with Aardman Animations, has produced two critically acclaimed feature films: the CG-animated family comedy Arthur Christmas; and the Academy Award® nominated stop-frame animated high-seas adventure, The Pirates! Band of Misfits. In 2007, Surf's Up also received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. The division, whose first feature film Open Season led to a very successful movie franchise including the brand new Open Season: Scared Silly now available on digital, DVD and Blu-ray, turned 10 in 2012. Sony Pictures Animation is a division of the Sony Pictures Motion Pictures Group.
• Website: http://www.sonypicturesanimation.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SONYPicturesAnimation/
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/sonyanimation
• Tumblr: http://sonyanimation.tumblr.com/
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/SonyAnimation
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Sunday, July 24, 2016
2016 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards Announced - Complete Winners List
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, also simply know as the “Eisner Awards,” are awards annually given for creative achievement in American comic books. The awards are named for pioneering comic book writer, artist, and publisher, Will Eisner. Some consider the Eisner Awards to be the preeminent awards that honor American comic books, even referring to the awards as “the Oscars of comic books” (which is so obviously ridiculous).
The Eisner Awards also include the Comic Industry's Hall of Fame. The Eisner Awards are associated with the annual Comic-Con International convention held in San Diego, California, in July. The Eisner Awards have been given annually since 1988, with the exception of 1990.
The 2016 Eisner Award nominations were announced Tuesday, April 19, 2016. They winners were revealed Friday, July 22, 2016 at a gala ceremony held during San Diego Comic-Con International 2016.
2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Winners:
Best Continuing Series: Southern Bastards, by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour (Image)
Best Limited Series: The Fade Out, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
Best New Series: Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)
Best Writer: Jason Aaron, Southern Bastards (Image), Men of Wrath (Marvel Icon), Doctor Strange, Star Wars, Thor (Marvel)
Best Writer/Artist: Bill Griffith, Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist (Fantagraphics)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls (Image)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)
Best Cover Artist: David Aja, Hawkeye, Karnak, Scarlet Witch (Marvel)
Best Coloring: Jordie Bellaire, The Autumnlands, Injection, Plutona, Pretty Deadly, The Surface, They’re Not Like Us, Zero (Image); The X-Files (IDW); The Massive (Dark Horse); Magneto, Vision (Marvel)
Best Lettering: Derf Backderf, Trashed (Abrams)
Best Short Story: “Killing and Dying,” by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Single Issue/One-Shot: Silver Surfer #11: “Never After,” by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8): Little Robot, by Ben Hatke (First Second)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12): Over the Garden Wall, by Pat McHale, Amalia Levari, and Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios/KaBOOM!)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17): SuperMutant Magic Academy, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Humor Publication: Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Digital/Webcomic: Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
Best Anthology:Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Reality-Based Work: March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
Best Graphic Album—New: Ruins, by Peter Kuper (SelfMadeHero)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint: Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson (Harper Teen)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium: Two Brothers, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material: The Realist, by Asaf Hanuka (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia: Showa, 1953–1989: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tales, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)
Best Comics-Related Book: Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics)
Best Academic/Scholarly Work: The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art, edited by Frances Gateward and John Jennings (Rutgers)
Best Publication Design: The Sandman Gallery Edition, designed by Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti Designs/DC)
Hall of Fame:
Judges’ Choices: Carl Burgos, Tove Jansson
Voters’ Choices: Lynda Barry, Rube Goldberg, Matt Groening, Jacques Tardi
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Dan Mora
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Matthew Inman
Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing: Richard E. Hughes, Elliot S! Maggin
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Orbital Comics and Games, London, UK
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The Eisner Awards also include the Comic Industry's Hall of Fame. The Eisner Awards are associated with the annual Comic-Con International convention held in San Diego, California, in July. The Eisner Awards have been given annually since 1988, with the exception of 1990.
The 2016 Eisner Award nominations were announced Tuesday, April 19, 2016. They winners were revealed Friday, July 22, 2016 at a gala ceremony held during San Diego Comic-Con International 2016.
2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Winners:
Best Continuing Series: Southern Bastards, by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour (Image)
Best Limited Series: The Fade Out, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
Best New Series: Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)
Best Writer: Jason Aaron, Southern Bastards (Image), Men of Wrath (Marvel Icon), Doctor Strange, Star Wars, Thor (Marvel)
Best Writer/Artist: Bill Griffith, Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist (Fantagraphics)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls (Image)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)
Best Cover Artist: David Aja, Hawkeye, Karnak, Scarlet Witch (Marvel)
Best Coloring: Jordie Bellaire, The Autumnlands, Injection, Plutona, Pretty Deadly, The Surface, They’re Not Like Us, Zero (Image); The X-Files (IDW); The Massive (Dark Horse); Magneto, Vision (Marvel)
Best Lettering: Derf Backderf, Trashed (Abrams)
Best Short Story: “Killing and Dying,” by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Single Issue/One-Shot: Silver Surfer #11: “Never After,” by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8): Little Robot, by Ben Hatke (First Second)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12): Over the Garden Wall, by Pat McHale, Amalia Levari, and Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios/KaBOOM!)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17): SuperMutant Magic Academy, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Humor Publication: Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Digital/Webcomic: Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
Best Anthology:Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Reality-Based Work: March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
Best Graphic Album—New: Ruins, by Peter Kuper (SelfMadeHero)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint: Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson (Harper Teen)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium: Two Brothers, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material: The Realist, by Asaf Hanuka (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia: Showa, 1953–1989: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tales, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)
Best Comics-Related Book: Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics)
Best Academic/Scholarly Work: The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art, edited by Frances Gateward and John Jennings (Rutgers)
Best Publication Design: The Sandman Gallery Edition, designed by Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti Designs/DC)
Hall of Fame:
Judges’ Choices: Carl Burgos, Tove Jansson
Voters’ Choices: Lynda Barry, Rube Goldberg, Matt Groening, Jacques Tardi
Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Dan Mora
Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Matthew Inman
Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing: Richard E. Hughes, Elliot S! Maggin
Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award: Orbital Comics and Games, London, UK
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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 17th to 23rd, 2016 - Update #65
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POLITICS - From YahooNews: Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has picked Senator Tim Kaine - Democratic Senator from Virginia as her running mate. He is also the former governor of that state.
BLACK LIVES MATTER - From DailyMail: Black cops warn that white cops are looking for a reason to kill a black man.
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2016 San Diego Comic-Con International - #SDCC2016:
COMICS - From BleedingCool: "Black Panther: World of Wakanda" will be Marvel Comics' lead LGBTQ title.
STAR TREK - From Variety: CBS's new "Star Trek" series, "Star Trek Discovery" (which will be part of the network's digital service "All Access") will unfold like a novel according to a Comic-Con panel.
Star Trek - From Variety: A teaser trailer for "Star Trek Discovery."
COMICS - From YahooMovies: The Wonder Woman Comic-Con trailer - the first full trailer for the film which arrives in 2017.
MOVIES - From BleedingCool: At a Comic-Con panel, Adam Wingard's film, "The Woods" (which arrives in September), was revealed to be a sequel to "The Blair Witch Project" (1999).
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Your 2016 Eisner Award winners.
COMICS - From YahooTV: "Luke Cage" showrunner says that the world is ready for a bullet-proof black man" at Comic-Con panel.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: "Do I have to choke you," at the "Black Panel."
TELEVISION - From Variety: At "The Walking Dead" Comic-Con panel, the Season 7 trailer debuted and a first look at new character King Ezekiel.
TELEVISION - From Variety: In "Bates Motel," the television series based on Alfred Hitchcock's film, "Psycho," new cast member, Rihanna, will play "Marion Crane." In the film, the late Janet Leigh played Crane who is stabbed to death in the film's iconic shower scene.
COMICS - From ComicBookMovie: The first action-packed for the upcoming animated "Justice League Action" debuts. The show arrives on Cartoon Network in the Fall.
MOVIES - From CBR: Luc Besson drops juicy details on his upcoming film, "Valerian."
MOVIES - From EntertainmentWeekly: "Valerian" footage gets standing ovation.
COMICS - From YahooNews: At a SDCC panel, Marvel introduces a trailer for Netflix's "Luke Cage" and a teaser for Netflix's 2017, "Defenders."
COMICS - From CinemaBlend: Marvel and Netflix drop first "Iron Fist" trailer. It intrigues...
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STAR TREK - From YahooMovies: Sulu's "gay kiss" was cut from "Star Trek Beyond."
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MOVIES - From ThrillList: This article is an opinion piece about the 21 best horror films since "The Blair Witch Project." It is a good read, although I think that except for the riveting final 10 minutes; "The Blair Witch Project" is not scary, but is rather awful.
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STAR TREK - From YahooNews: At a special White House screening of "Star Trek Beyond," First Lady Michelle Obama notices handsome guests, Karl Urban, Chris Pine, and Simon Pegg.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews: After one white cop violently throws a female African-American teacher to the ground, his partner says that black people have "violent tendencies."
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SPORTS-OBITS: - From ESPN: Former NFL head football coach, Dennis Green, has died at the age of 67, Friday, July 22, 2016. He coached the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals over 13 seasons. Green had the second highest win total for an African-American NFL head coach.
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POLITICS - From YahooNews: Donald Trump gave his acceptance speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. He is now the Republican nominee for President of the United States, and he says, "Everything is terrible, and I alone can fix it."
From YahooNews: Trump's acceptance speech anchored by debunked claims and outright lies.
From HuffingtonPost: "Former" Ku Klux Klansman David Duke running for a U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana.
From YouTube: Here is David Duke's YouTube video announcement.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Margot Robbie continues to line up the projects, including a film based on Matt Ruff's novel, "Bad Monkeys."
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews: His hands were really up! Unarmed man shot by cop in North Miami, Florida.
From YahooNews: He meant to hit the autistic man with a toy truck.
From CNN: The doofus cop has been identified.
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STAR TREK - From People: J.J. Abrams says he will not recast the role of Pavel Chekov in Star Trek. The actor Anton Yelchin has played the role in three Star Trek films, beginning in 2009, but he was recently killed in a freak accident.
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POLITICS - From CNNPolitics: It's tragically official. Donald Trump is the official Republican presidential nominee.
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OBITS - From Variety: Garry Marshall, the prolific filmmaker and television creator, has died at the age of 81, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. He directed the smash hit, 1990 film, "Pretty Woman." His TV work included iconic series like "Happy Days," "Laverne and Shirley," and "The Odd Couple," among many.
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POLITICS - From YahooNews: There was a charity concert during the Republican National Convention at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1990s hit makers, Third Eye Blind, gave the largely Republican audience more than they expected.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From Jacobin: How not to talk about race. It is time to stop fooling ourselves with the racecraft of “because of the color of their skin” and acknowledge the emotional instability, poor judgment, inadequate training, and ill-considered policies that turn human beings, not the victims’ skin color, into killers.
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CULTURE - From RSN: The trojan drone.
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POLITICS - From TheNewYorker: The guy who actually wrote "The Art of the Deal," Trump's ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, tells all.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From RSN: Remembering the 12-Gauge Police Eviction of a 67-Year-Old Grandmother in the South Bronx
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: Prince quietly bought the house used as his home in the film, "Purple Rain."
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MOVIES - From Indiewire: Nate Parker's follow-up to his upcoming "Birth of a Nation" has been acquired Legendary.
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MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: There will be a "Ghostbusters" sequel... says Sony.
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TELEVISION - From IndieWire: "Degrassi" reunion at Netflix. Drake?
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MOVIES - From THR: Amazon may fully finance Woody Allen's next film, starring Kate Winslet and Jim Belushi, for $25 million.
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MOVIES - From THR: Ava DuVernay's documentary about mass incarceration and the prison industry "The 13th," will open at the New York Film Festival.
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CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: Actor/comic Leslie Jones ("Ghostbusters") shares the horrible, racists tweets she gets.
From YahooNews: Twitter announces crackdown in wake of Jones' controversy. Some Twitter accounts were permanently suspended.
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POLITICS - From YahooNews: #BlackWordsMatter - Melania Trump, wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech from 2008 while giving her opening remarks at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
From TheIntercept: It was more than a portion, boo.
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POLITICS - From YahooTV: Stephen Colbert of the "Late Show" crashes the Republican National Convention.
From Politico: Stephen Colbert says that Donald Trump is beyond satire.
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: The latest in the saga of Kanye West and Taylor Swift. Yes, there is a latest.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the7/15 to 7/17/2016 weekend box office is "The Secret Life of Pets" with an estimated take of $50.5 million.
From YahooMovies: "Ghostbusters" finishes second for this box office weekend with a total of $46 million.
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: How to draw Batman in 3 minutes.
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TELEVISION - From YahooTV: Norman Reedus ("The Walking Dead") geeks out of guest start, Peter Fonda.
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TELEVISION - From Vulture: Walter Goggins on 25 years of playing that guy.
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STAR WARS - From BleedingCool: "Star Wars Rebel" Season 3 trailer teases returns and debuts.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Alden Ehrenreich official as "young" Han Solo.
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The Killing of #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastille and Police Officers:
From NPR: Cops taught to pull the trigger too quickly - surprised when people pull the trigger to quickly on them.
From YahooNews: Three officers were killed this morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
From ABC: The killer of three officers in Baton Rouge, LA has been identified as Gavin Long of Kansas City, Missouri.
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TRAILERS - VIDEOS:
From Facebook: "Star Trek Beyond" the final trailer.
From YouTube: Star Trek Beyond "Jaylah Featurette" - including statements from J.J. Abrams, Simon Pegg, and Sofia Boutella ("Jaylah")
From YouTube: Star Trek Beyond "Justin Lin" featurette, featuring lots of quotes.
From YouTube: Star Trek Beyond clip: "Scotty Meets Jaylah" clip.
From YouTube: "Star Trek Beyond" the final countdown.
POLITICS - From YahooNews: Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has picked Senator Tim Kaine - Democratic Senator from Virginia as her running mate. He is also the former governor of that state.
BLACK LIVES MATTER - From DailyMail: Black cops warn that white cops are looking for a reason to kill a black man.
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2016 San Diego Comic-Con International - #SDCC2016:
COMICS - From BleedingCool: "Black Panther: World of Wakanda" will be Marvel Comics' lead LGBTQ title.
STAR TREK - From Variety: CBS's new "Star Trek" series, "Star Trek Discovery" (which will be part of the network's digital service "All Access") will unfold like a novel according to a Comic-Con panel.
Star Trek - From Variety: A teaser trailer for "Star Trek Discovery."
COMICS - From YahooMovies: The Wonder Woman Comic-Con trailer - the first full trailer for the film which arrives in 2017.
MOVIES - From BleedingCool: At a Comic-Con panel, Adam Wingard's film, "The Woods" (which arrives in September), was revealed to be a sequel to "The Blair Witch Project" (1999).
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Your 2016 Eisner Award winners.
COMICS - From YahooTV: "Luke Cage" showrunner says that the world is ready for a bullet-proof black man" at Comic-Con panel.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: "Do I have to choke you," at the "Black Panel."
TELEVISION - From Variety: At "The Walking Dead" Comic-Con panel, the Season 7 trailer debuted and a first look at new character King Ezekiel.
TELEVISION - From Variety: In "Bates Motel," the television series based on Alfred Hitchcock's film, "Psycho," new cast member, Rihanna, will play "Marion Crane." In the film, the late Janet Leigh played Crane who is stabbed to death in the film's iconic shower scene.
COMICS - From ComicBookMovie: The first action-packed for the upcoming animated "Justice League Action" debuts. The show arrives on Cartoon Network in the Fall.
MOVIES - From CBR: Luc Besson drops juicy details on his upcoming film, "Valerian."
MOVIES - From EntertainmentWeekly: "Valerian" footage gets standing ovation.
COMICS - From YahooNews: At a SDCC panel, Marvel introduces a trailer for Netflix's "Luke Cage" and a teaser for Netflix's 2017, "Defenders."
COMICS - From CinemaBlend: Marvel and Netflix drop first "Iron Fist" trailer. It intrigues...
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STAR TREK - From YahooMovies: Sulu's "gay kiss" was cut from "Star Trek Beyond."
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MOVIES - From ThrillList: This article is an opinion piece about the 21 best horror films since "The Blair Witch Project." It is a good read, although I think that except for the riveting final 10 minutes; "The Blair Witch Project" is not scary, but is rather awful.
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STAR TREK - From YahooNews: At a special White House screening of "Star Trek Beyond," First Lady Michelle Obama notices handsome guests, Karl Urban, Chris Pine, and Simon Pegg.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews: After one white cop violently throws a female African-American teacher to the ground, his partner says that black people have "violent tendencies."
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SPORTS-OBITS: - From ESPN: Former NFL head football coach, Dennis Green, has died at the age of 67, Friday, July 22, 2016. He coached the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals over 13 seasons. Green had the second highest win total for an African-American NFL head coach.
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POLITICS - From YahooNews: Donald Trump gave his acceptance speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. He is now the Republican nominee for President of the United States, and he says, "Everything is terrible, and I alone can fix it."
From YahooNews: Trump's acceptance speech anchored by debunked claims and outright lies.
From HuffingtonPost: "Former" Ku Klux Klansman David Duke running for a U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana.
From YouTube: Here is David Duke's YouTube video announcement.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Margot Robbie continues to line up the projects, including a film based on Matt Ruff's novel, "Bad Monkeys."
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From YahooNews: His hands were really up! Unarmed man shot by cop in North Miami, Florida.
From YahooNews: He meant to hit the autistic man with a toy truck.
From CNN: The doofus cop has been identified.
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STAR TREK - From People: J.J. Abrams says he will not recast the role of Pavel Chekov in Star Trek. The actor Anton Yelchin has played the role in three Star Trek films, beginning in 2009, but he was recently killed in a freak accident.
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POLITICS - From CNNPolitics: It's tragically official. Donald Trump is the official Republican presidential nominee.
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OBITS - From Variety: Garry Marshall, the prolific filmmaker and television creator, has died at the age of 81, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. He directed the smash hit, 1990 film, "Pretty Woman." His TV work included iconic series like "Happy Days," "Laverne and Shirley," and "The Odd Couple," among many.
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POLITICS - From YahooNews: There was a charity concert during the Republican National Convention at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1990s hit makers, Third Eye Blind, gave the largely Republican audience more than they expected.
---------------
BLACK LIVES MATTER - From Jacobin: How not to talk about race. It is time to stop fooling ourselves with the racecraft of “because of the color of their skin” and acknowledge the emotional instability, poor judgment, inadequate training, and ill-considered policies that turn human beings, not the victims’ skin color, into killers.
---------------
CULTURE - From RSN: The trojan drone.
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POLITICS - From TheNewYorker: The guy who actually wrote "The Art of the Deal," Trump's ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, tells all.
---------------
BLACK LIVES MATTER - From RSN: Remembering the 12-Gauge Police Eviction of a 67-Year-Old Grandmother in the South Bronx
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: Prince quietly bought the house used as his home in the film, "Purple Rain."
---------------
MOVIES - From Indiewire: Nate Parker's follow-up to his upcoming "Birth of a Nation" has been acquired Legendary.
---------------
MOVIES - From ThePlaylist: There will be a "Ghostbusters" sequel... says Sony.
---------------
TELEVISION - From IndieWire: "Degrassi" reunion at Netflix. Drake?
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MOVIES - From THR: Amazon may fully finance Woody Allen's next film, starring Kate Winslet and Jim Belushi, for $25 million.
---------------
MOVIES - From THR: Ava DuVernay's documentary about mass incarceration and the prison industry "The 13th," will open at the New York Film Festival.
---------------
CELEBRITY - From YahooCelebrity: Actor/comic Leslie Jones ("Ghostbusters") shares the horrible, racists tweets she gets.
From YahooNews: Twitter announces crackdown in wake of Jones' controversy. Some Twitter accounts were permanently suspended.
---------------
POLITICS - From YahooNews: #BlackWordsMatter - Melania Trump, wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech from 2008 while giving her opening remarks at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
From TheIntercept: It was more than a portion, boo.
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POLITICS - From YahooTV: Stephen Colbert of the "Late Show" crashes the Republican National Convention.
From Politico: Stephen Colbert says that Donald Trump is beyond satire.
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: The latest in the saga of Kanye West and Taylor Swift. Yes, there is a latest.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the7/15 to 7/17/2016 weekend box office is "The Secret Life of Pets" with an estimated take of $50.5 million.
From YahooMovies: "Ghostbusters" finishes second for this box office weekend with a total of $46 million.
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: How to draw Batman in 3 minutes.
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TELEVISION - From YahooTV: Norman Reedus ("The Walking Dead") geeks out of guest start, Peter Fonda.
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TELEVISION - From Vulture: Walter Goggins on 25 years of playing that guy.
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STAR WARS - From BleedingCool: "Star Wars Rebel" Season 3 trailer teases returns and debuts.
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MOVIES - From BleedingCool: Alden Ehrenreich official as "young" Han Solo.
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The Killing of #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastille and Police Officers:
From NPR: Cops taught to pull the trigger too quickly - surprised when people pull the trigger to quickly on them.
From YahooNews: Three officers were killed this morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
From ABC: The killer of three officers in Baton Rouge, LA has been identified as Gavin Long of Kansas City, Missouri.
---------------------------------
TRAILERS - VIDEOS:
From Facebook: "Star Trek Beyond" the final trailer.
From YouTube: Star Trek Beyond "Jaylah Featurette" - including statements from J.J. Abrams, Simon Pegg, and Sofia Boutella ("Jaylah")
From YouTube: Star Trek Beyond "Justin Lin" featurette, featuring lots of quotes.
From YouTube: Star Trek Beyond clip: "Scotty Meets Jaylah" clip.
From YouTube: "Star Trek Beyond" the final countdown.
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