Yen Press to Release Two New Star Wars Manga — Star Wars Leia, Princess of Alderaan and Star Wars Rebels
NEW YORK, NY – Join the Rebel Alliance as they launch an epic battle against the Galactic Empire in a pair of riveting new Star Wars manga taking place before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope.
Yen Press, in collaboration with Lucasfilm, presents Star Wars Leia, Princess of Alderaan and Star Wars Rebels. Both ongoing series will be available in print and digital.
Star Wars Leia, Princess of Alderaan
Story by Claudia Gray
Art by Haruichi Furudate
A manga adaptation of the beloved YA Star Wars novel, Leia, Princess of Alderaan, by Claudia Gray.
The never-before-told story of how young Leia Organa comes to join the rebellion against the evil Empire. Claudia Gray is the author of Star Wars Lost Stars, a Star Wars YA novel adapted into a manga published by Yen Press.
A young Princess Leia spends her days learning the ways of politics, aiding those in need and preparing for the traditional ceremony in which she declares her intention to one day rule Alderaan. But as Leia prepares herself to be named the heir of the throne, she becomes aware of the growing distance between her and her parents, who behind closed doors are leaders of the newly-formed Rebellion. Upon learning her parents’ secrets, Leia must now make a choice between her responsibility to the people of Alderaan and her responsibility to save a galaxy crushed by the rule of the Empire.
Star Wars Rebels
Story and Art by Akira Aoki
A manga adaptation of the hit 3D animated series Star Wars Rebels seen on Disney XD.
The animated series launched with the first two episodes titled Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion and was followed by four seasons that aired from 2014 to 2018. The critically-acclaimed show featured fan-favorite Star Wars characters, such as Kanan Jarrus, who was the focus of his own novel and comic book series, and Chopper, a droid who made a brief appearance in the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Set during an era when the Galactic Empire is hunting down the last of the Jedi, a fledgling rebellion against the Empire begins to take form. Star Wars Rebels takes place in the area surrounding the planet Lothal, where the Galactic Empire battles against Ezra, a teenage con artist with latent Force abilities, Kanan, one of the last surviving members of the Jedi Order, and the rest of the ragtag rebels on board the starship Ghost.
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Yen Press, LLC is a joint venture between Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. Founded in 2006, Yen Press is one of the largest and most prolific publishers of manga and original graphic novels in North America and is also a leading publisher of light novels and Japanese literature through its Yen On imprint. For more information, please visit www.yenpress.com.
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Monday, August 3, 2020
Saturday, August 1, 2020
Game Show Network's "Common Knowledge" Syndicated to Select Fox Stations
Sony Pictures Television Launches Game Show Network’s ‘Common Knowledge’ On Fox Stations This August
Culver City, CA – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) announced today that it is launching Game Show Network’s popular game show “Common Knowledge” in syndication on select Fox Television Group stations this August. As part of a four-week trial run starting August 3, the trivia-based program will air on Fox stations in eight markets including: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix, Tampa, Minneapolis, Orlando and Austin.
“This is the first time we have done a summer test, and we look forward seeing Joey Fatone host ‘Common Knowledge’ on the Fox Television stations this August,” said John Weiser, president, First Run Television, SPT.
“Common Knowledge,” which premiered on Game Show Network on January 14, 2019, is a game show that asks those practical, everyday questions that, in theory, everyone should know. In the program hosted by Joey Fatone (*NSYNC, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”), two teams of three players consisting of friends, family and/or colleagues compete to answer multiple-choice questions in three rounds of play with the winning team going on to the bonus round to play for $10,000.
“‘Common Knowledge’ is a consistent performer for us and a fan favorite so we are excited to work with SPT for this summer test on Fox Television stations,” Fran Shea, executive vice president of programming and marketing, Game Show Network added. “We are dedicated to creating family-friendly, fun programming that you can turn on, play-along and watch no matter who is in the room.”
“Common Knowledge” is produced by Game Show Enterprises, LLC for Game Show Network with Tim Puntillo serving as executive producer.
About Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is one of the television industry’s leading content providers, producing, distributing and carrying programming worldwide in every genre and for every platform. In addition to managing one of the industry’s largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows and formats, SPT is home to a thriving global content business, operating 24 wholly-owned or joint-venture production companies in 12 countries, as well as linear and digital channels around the world. Sony Pictures Television is a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company.
About Game Show Network, LLC
Game Show Network, LLC (“Game Show Network”) is the leader in game show entertainment across multimedia, which presents original and classic game programming and skill-based competitive entertainment and games via its top 30** rated cable network, the digital ad supported network, Game Show Central, the GSNTV.com website and its position as one of the leading social casino games companies in the world at GSN.com. Game Show Network LLC’s cross-platform content gives game lovers the opportunity to win cash and prizes, through its popular TV game shows and GSN Games’ free casual games, mobile and social games, and skill-game tournaments. Game Show Enterprises, the production arm of the network, develops and produces hundreds of hours of original episodes, making Game Show Network the premiere destination for fun, family-friendly programming. Game Show Network is distributed throughout the U.S., Caribbean and Canada by all major cable operators, satellite providers and telcos. Game Show Network is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. For further information, please visit GSNTV.com.
**Source: Nielsen Media Research, NPower Time Period Report, P2+, Total Day, 12/31/2018 – 12/29/2019, CVG AA%, Game Show Network ranked against Ad-Supported Cable networks.
About FOX Television Stations
FOX Television Stations owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S. These include stations located in nine of the top ten largest designated market areas (DMAs), and duopolies in 11 DMAs, including the three largest DMAs (New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). Of these stations, 18 are affiliated with the FOX Network. In addition to distributing sports, entertainment and syndicated content, our television stations collectively produce nearly 1,000 hours of local news every week. These stations leverage viewer, distributor and advertiser demand for the FOX Network’s national content.
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Culver City, CA – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) announced today that it is launching Game Show Network’s popular game show “Common Knowledge” in syndication on select Fox Television Group stations this August. As part of a four-week trial run starting August 3, the trivia-based program will air on Fox stations in eight markets including: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix, Tampa, Minneapolis, Orlando and Austin.
“This is the first time we have done a summer test, and we look forward seeing Joey Fatone host ‘Common Knowledge’ on the Fox Television stations this August,” said John Weiser, president, First Run Television, SPT.
“Common Knowledge,” which premiered on Game Show Network on January 14, 2019, is a game show that asks those practical, everyday questions that, in theory, everyone should know. In the program hosted by Joey Fatone (*NSYNC, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”), two teams of three players consisting of friends, family and/or colleagues compete to answer multiple-choice questions in three rounds of play with the winning team going on to the bonus round to play for $10,000.
“‘Common Knowledge’ is a consistent performer for us and a fan favorite so we are excited to work with SPT for this summer test on Fox Television stations,” Fran Shea, executive vice president of programming and marketing, Game Show Network added. “We are dedicated to creating family-friendly, fun programming that you can turn on, play-along and watch no matter who is in the room.”
“Common Knowledge” is produced by Game Show Enterprises, LLC for Game Show Network with Tim Puntillo serving as executive producer.
About Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is one of the television industry’s leading content providers, producing, distributing and carrying programming worldwide in every genre and for every platform. In addition to managing one of the industry’s largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows and formats, SPT is home to a thriving global content business, operating 24 wholly-owned or joint-venture production companies in 12 countries, as well as linear and digital channels around the world. Sony Pictures Television is a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company.
About Game Show Network, LLC
Game Show Network, LLC (“Game Show Network”) is the leader in game show entertainment across multimedia, which presents original and classic game programming and skill-based competitive entertainment and games via its top 30** rated cable network, the digital ad supported network, Game Show Central, the GSNTV.com website and its position as one of the leading social casino games companies in the world at GSN.com. Game Show Network LLC’s cross-platform content gives game lovers the opportunity to win cash and prizes, through its popular TV game shows and GSN Games’ free casual games, mobile and social games, and skill-game tournaments. Game Show Enterprises, the production arm of the network, develops and produces hundreds of hours of original episodes, making Game Show Network the premiere destination for fun, family-friendly programming. Game Show Network is distributed throughout the U.S., Caribbean and Canada by all major cable operators, satellite providers and telcos. Game Show Network is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. For further information, please visit GSNTV.com.
**Source: Nielsen Media Research, NPower Time Period Report, P2+, Total Day, 12/31/2018 – 12/29/2019, CVG AA%, Game Show Network ranked against Ad-Supported Cable networks.
About FOX Television Stations
FOX Television Stations owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S. These include stations located in nine of the top ten largest designated market areas (DMAs), and duopolies in 11 DMAs, including the three largest DMAs (New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). Of these stations, 18 are affiliated with the FOX Network. In addition to distributing sports, entertainment and syndicated content, our television stations collectively produce nearly 1,000 hours of local news every week. These stations leverage viewer, distributor and advertiser demand for the FOX Network’s national content.
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Friday, July 31, 2020
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 26th to 31st, 2020 - Update #27
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
STREAMING - From Variety: Streaming service, CBS All Access, adds 70 TV series from across ViacomCBS's cable networks, including form BET, Comedy Central, and MTV.
DISNEY-STREAMING - From Variety: What does Beyonce's "Black is King" mean for Disney+?
PIXAR - From Variety: Pixar reveals details about its next original film, "Luca," a coming of age tale set in Italy. It is due in theaters June 18, 2021.
STREAMING - From Variety: The venerable Hollywood news source goes inside Netflix's plans for global dominance.
MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Dwayne Johnson says that Tim Burton once considered him for the role of "Willy Wonka" in Burton's 2005 reboot "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
From YahooEntertainment: Kevin Costner's starred in the troubled blockbuster film, "Waterworld," in 1995. 25 years later, Costner and director Kevin Reynolds talk about their disastrous choice to ignore Steven Spielberg's advice.
STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Netflix has acquired the streaming rights to seven Iconic African-American/Black sitcoms of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including "Moesha," "Girlfriends," and "Sister, Sister."
POLITICS - From MondoWeiss: In an interview with the site, actor Seth Rogen says that the nation of Israel is ridiculous, antiquated and based on ethnic cleansing,
EMMYS - From THR: If you care... here are the 2020 / 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations.
MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Larry Clark and Harmony Korine's shocking indie film, "Kids," is 25-years-old.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Amazon has required a "package" for a film biography of country singer, the late Merle Haggard. Sam Rockwell wants to play Haggard and do his own singing of Haggards songs from the 1960s, which is when the film would be set.
STAR TREK - From Deadline: The third season of "Star Trek: Discovery" will debut on CBS All Access October 15th.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Warner Bros. will apparently open Tenet in 70 international markets starting Wed., Aug. 26th, and in Canada on Thurs., Aug. 27th. The U.S. opening will begin in select cities Thurs., Sept 3rd.
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: Director Dave Franco's indie film, "The Rental," is the top film of the 7/24 to 7/26/2020 weekend box office with an estimate take of $421,000.
COMICS/AWARDS - From TheBeat: The winners at the "Will Eisner Awards Comic Industry Awards 2020" were announced Friday night, July 24th.
From THR: The British-American actress, Olivia de Havilland, has died at the age of 104, Saturday, July 25, 2020. She was one of the last living stars of Hollywood's "Golden Age," and she was the last living star of the film, "Gone with the Wind" (1939), in which she played what is perhaps her best known role, that of "Melanie Hamilton." She was nominated for an Academy Award five times and won the Oscar twice, for "To Each His Own" (1946) and "The Heiress" (1949)
From RollingStone: English blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, Peter Green, has died at the age of 73, Saturday, July 25, 2020. He was considered one of the greatest guitarist of all time and was also considered a major figure of the 1960s British blues movement. He was best known for co-founding the seminal rock band, Fleetwood Mac, with Mick Fleetwood and Jimmy Spencer. He left the band in 1970. In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac.
From Variety: American TV personality and game show and talk show host, Regis Philbin, has died at the age of 88, Friday, July 24, 2020. Philbin is best known for hosting the New York-based syndicated TV series, "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee," beginning in 1988. The show became "Live! with Regis and Kelly," until Philbin departed in 2011. Philbin won three Daytime Emmy Awards for his work.
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 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 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 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.
7/13 - From YahooSports: Maybe a pandemic means that there will not be college football this fall.
7/13- From YahooNews: The CDC adds four new symptoms (including nausea and purple or blue lesions on feet and toes) to the list of COVID-19 symptoms.
7/19 - From YahooFinance: Harvard Public Health professor Dr. Howard Koh says the U.S. "needs to regroup" to find COVID-19.
7/22 - From YahooNews: A public health employee predicted Florida's coronavirus catastrophe — then she was fired.
7/22 - From YahooLifestyle: Florida mom loses son, 20, to coronavirus, and then days later, her daughter.
7/23 - From TheWrap: The site has a list of movie and TV stars, entertainment and sports figures who have tested positive for COVID-19
From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-winning filmmaker Mel Gibson reveals that he was hospitalized with COVID-19 for a week in April.
From Bloomberg: Will the COVID-19 pandemic turn Millennials into socialists?
7/27 - From CNN: Chief of critical care at Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Costa, passes away due to Covid-19 complications... after treating the hospital's sickest COVID-19 patients. He was 56 and leaves behind family, including a husband of 28 years.
7/29 - From YahooPolitico: Rep. Louie Gohmert, the defiant Texas Republican U.S. congressman who refused to wear a mask, has tested positive for COVID-19.
7/30 - From Deadline: Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") reveals that he had a bout with COVID-19.
7/31 - From YahooEntertainment: Writer and actress, Lena Dunham, creator of HBO's "Girls, reveals that she contracted COVID-19 and the symptoms she experiences and still experience.
Support Leroy on Patreon:
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
STREAMING - From Variety: Streaming service, CBS All Access, adds 70 TV series from across ViacomCBS's cable networks, including form BET, Comedy Central, and MTV.
DISNEY-STREAMING - From Variety: What does Beyonce's "Black is King" mean for Disney+?
PIXAR - From Variety: Pixar reveals details about its next original film, "Luca," a coming of age tale set in Italy. It is due in theaters June 18, 2021.
STREAMING - From Variety: The venerable Hollywood news source goes inside Netflix's plans for global dominance.
MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Dwayne Johnson says that Tim Burton once considered him for the role of "Willy Wonka" in Burton's 2005 reboot "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
From YahooEntertainment: Kevin Costner's starred in the troubled blockbuster film, "Waterworld," in 1995. 25 years later, Costner and director Kevin Reynolds talk about their disastrous choice to ignore Steven Spielberg's advice.
STREAMING - From ShadowandAct: Netflix has acquired the streaming rights to seven Iconic African-American/Black sitcoms of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including "Moesha," "Girlfriends," and "Sister, Sister."
POLITICS - From MondoWeiss: In an interview with the site, actor Seth Rogen says that the nation of Israel is ridiculous, antiquated and based on ethnic cleansing,
EMMYS - From THR: If you care... here are the 2020 / 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations.
MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment: Larry Clark and Harmony Korine's shocking indie film, "Kids," is 25-years-old.
STREAMING - From Deadline: Amazon has required a "package" for a film biography of country singer, the late Merle Haggard. Sam Rockwell wants to play Haggard and do his own singing of Haggards songs from the 1960s, which is when the film would be set.
STAR TREK - From Deadline: The third season of "Star Trek: Discovery" will debut on CBS All Access October 15th.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Warner Bros. will apparently open Tenet in 70 international markets starting Wed., Aug. 26th, and in Canada on Thurs., Aug. 27th. The U.S. opening will begin in select cities Thurs., Sept 3rd.
BOX OFFICE - From Deadline: Director Dave Franco's indie film, "The Rental," is the top film of the 7/24 to 7/26/2020 weekend box office with an estimate take of $421,000.
COMICS/AWARDS - From TheBeat: The winners at the "Will Eisner Awards Comic Industry Awards 2020" were announced Friday night, July 24th.
OBITS:
From Deadline: The British film director, Alan Parker, has died at the age of 76, Friday, July 31, 2020. He was twice-nominated for the "Best Director" Oscar, for "Midnight Express" (1978) and "Mississippi Burning" (1988). Parker directed films in a number of genres: musicals ("Fame" in 1980), horror movies ("Angel Heart" in 1987), and true-story dramas ("Angela's Ashes" in 1999).
From YahooNews: Former U.S. Presidential candidate and businessman, Herman Cain, has died at the age of 74, Thursday, July 30, 2020, of complications of COVID-19. Cain was a 2012 GOP presidential candidate, and he was a serious contender for much of 2011. Cain was the CEO of "Godfather's Pizza" (1986-96) and was an executive at both Burger King and Pillsbury Company.
From RollingStone: American rapper, singer, and recording artist, Malik B., has died at the age of 47, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Malik was a founding member of American hip hop band, "The Roots." He left the group after its first four albums, but returned as a featured artist for some later albums.
From Deadline: The British film director, Alan Parker, has died at the age of 76, Friday, July 31, 2020. He was twice-nominated for the "Best Director" Oscar, for "Midnight Express" (1978) and "Mississippi Burning" (1988). Parker directed films in a number of genres: musicals ("Fame" in 1980), horror movies ("Angel Heart" in 1987), and true-story dramas ("Angela's Ashes" in 1999).
From YahooNews: Former U.S. Presidential candidate and businessman, Herman Cain, has died at the age of 74, Thursday, July 30, 2020, of complications of COVID-19. Cain was a 2012 GOP presidential candidate, and he was a serious contender for much of 2011. Cain was the CEO of "Godfather's Pizza" (1986-96) and was an executive at both Burger King and Pillsbury Company.
From RollingStone: American rapper, singer, and recording artist, Malik B., has died at the age of 47, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Malik was a founding member of American hip hop band, "The Roots." He left the group after its first four albums, but returned as a featured artist for some later albums.
From SouthBendTribune: Vietnam prisoner of war (P.O.W.) and Indiana state politician, Joe Kernan, has died at the age of 74, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Kernan served as the 48th Governor of Indiana from 2003 to 2005. He was the mayor of South Bend, Indiana from 1988 to 1997. Kernan, a U.S. Navy pilot, was shot down in 1972 over North Vietnam and was held as a POW for 11 months in the notorious Hoa Lo Prison, also known as the "Hanoi Hilton."
From THR: The British-American actress, Olivia de Havilland, has died at the age of 104, Saturday, July 25, 2020. She was one of the last living stars of Hollywood's "Golden Age," and she was the last living star of the film, "Gone with the Wind" (1939), in which she played what is perhaps her best known role, that of "Melanie Hamilton." She was nominated for an Academy Award five times and won the Oscar twice, for "To Each His Own" (1946) and "The Heiress" (1949)
From RollingStone: English blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, Peter Green, has died at the age of 73, Saturday, July 25, 2020. He was considered one of the greatest guitarist of all time and was also considered a major figure of the 1960s British blues movement. He was best known for co-founding the seminal rock band, Fleetwood Mac, with Mick Fleetwood and Jimmy Spencer. He left the band in 1970. In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac.
From Variety: American TV personality and game show and talk show host, Regis Philbin, has died at the age of 88, Friday, July 24, 2020. Philbin is best known for hosting the New York-based syndicated TV series, "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee," beginning in 1988. The show became "Live! with Regis and Kelly," until Philbin departed in 2011. Philbin won three Daytime Emmy Awards for his work.
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 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 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 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.
7/13 - From YahooSports: Maybe a pandemic means that there will not be college football this fall.
7/13- From YahooNews: The CDC adds four new symptoms (including nausea and purple or blue lesions on feet and toes) to the list of COVID-19 symptoms.
7/19 - From YahooFinance: Harvard Public Health professor Dr. Howard Koh says the U.S. "needs to regroup" to find COVID-19.
7/22 - From YahooNews: A public health employee predicted Florida's coronavirus catastrophe — then she was fired.
7/22 - From YahooLifestyle: Florida mom loses son, 20, to coronavirus, and then days later, her daughter.
7/23 - From TheWrap: The site has a list of movie and TV stars, entertainment and sports figures who have tested positive for COVID-19
From YahooEntertainment: Oscar-winning filmmaker Mel Gibson reveals that he was hospitalized with COVID-19 for a week in April.
From Bloomberg: Will the COVID-19 pandemic turn Millennials into socialists?
7/27 - From CNN: Chief of critical care at Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Costa, passes away due to Covid-19 complications... after treating the hospital's sickest COVID-19 patients. He was 56 and leaves behind family, including a husband of 28 years.
7/29 - From YahooPolitico: Rep. Louie Gohmert, the defiant Texas Republican U.S. congressman who refused to wear a mask, has tested positive for COVID-19.
7/30 - From Deadline: Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") reveals that he had a bout with COVID-19.
7/31 - From YahooEntertainment: Writer and actress, Lena Dunham, creator of HBO's "Girls, reveals that she contracted COVID-19 and the symptoms she experiences and still experience.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
VIZ Media Goes Behind the Scenes with K-Pop Phenoms, BTS
BTS: Blood, Sweat & Tears - The Most Influential Influencers in the World
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—One is a music phenomenon adored by millions of young people. The other is America’s leading authority on BTS, K-Pop, and East Asian entertainment. In BTS: Blood, Sweat & Tears, Forbes and Billboard writer Tamar Herman goes behind-the-scenes of today’s biggest pop band – South Korea’s BTS.
BTS has conquered Western music charts and social media on their way to being the biggest boy band in the world. With record-breaking firsts including a history making LIVE performance on SNL, plus three Billboard No. 1 albums within a year, their music and messaging has gone on to transcend the limitations of language, geography, and genre, in a way not seen since The Beatles.
The story told in BTS: Blood, Sweat & Tears is both inspiring and inspirational—whether rallying against societal norms, expressing poetic ideas of romance, or praising self-acceptance in the face of adversity, BTS have woven a thick foundation of meaning throughout their discography.
Part music-bio, part analysis, this book is a thorough exploration of the supergroup’s approach to music in the age of globalization as they've brought Korean music to the world. With a focus on the members, the music, and the fans, Tamar Herman has brought the extraordinary story of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, V, Jimin and Jungkook to life.
BTS BY THE NUMBERS:
• The band’s YouTube account has 29.5 million subscribers, and their Instagram and Twitter
accounts have more than 25.4 million and 20.5 million followers, respectively
• “Boy with Luv,” which features American pop singer Halsey broke a YouTube record when it
sailed past 100 million views in less than 48 hours. Today, it is the most-streamed K-pop song ever on Spotify reaching over 380 million streams — where the BTS catalogue has already hit the eight billion stream mark
• The group’s third hit record, Love Yourself: Tear reached number one on the US Billboard 200 in
May 2018, the first K-pop album to do so, and today, the band has since had three other No. 1 albums
in the US
• The band is signed to South Korean music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk's Big Hit Entertainment (Bang
Si-Hyuk's estimated net worth is $770 million)
• Based on the success of BTS, Big Hit's net worth of $4.65 Billion ranks amongst Korea's
top-grossing companies along with Samsung, Hyundai, and Kia
• BTS scored three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart in less than a year. They are the first band to do so since The Beatles
ABOUT VIZ MEDIA, LLC:
An international authority on manga for more than three decades, VIZ Media is leading the way in
what’s now, new and next. Reaching one in four millennials and half of all GenZ manga readers, VIZ
is at the forefront of America’s Japanese pop-culture phenomenon, which today dominates multiple
industries from publishing and animation to film and gaming. VIZ is proud to be the #1 destination for manga in America and home to some of the most prestigious anime brands driving the industry.
Combined with a market share footprint larger than household names collectively, VIZ has pivoted
from a localization company to a market leading pop culture publisher and producer.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA—One is a music phenomenon adored by millions of young people. The other is America’s leading authority on BTS, K-Pop, and East Asian entertainment. In BTS: Blood, Sweat & Tears, Forbes and Billboard writer Tamar Herman goes behind-the-scenes of today’s biggest pop band – South Korea’s BTS.
BTS has conquered Western music charts and social media on their way to being the biggest boy band in the world. With record-breaking firsts including a history making LIVE performance on SNL, plus three Billboard No. 1 albums within a year, their music and messaging has gone on to transcend the limitations of language, geography, and genre, in a way not seen since The Beatles.
The story told in BTS: Blood, Sweat & Tears is both inspiring and inspirational—whether rallying against societal norms, expressing poetic ideas of romance, or praising self-acceptance in the face of adversity, BTS have woven a thick foundation of meaning throughout their discography.
Part music-bio, part analysis, this book is a thorough exploration of the supergroup’s approach to music in the age of globalization as they've brought Korean music to the world. With a focus on the members, the music, and the fans, Tamar Herman has brought the extraordinary story of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, V, Jimin and Jungkook to life.
BTS BY THE NUMBERS:
• The band’s YouTube account has 29.5 million subscribers, and their Instagram and Twitter
accounts have more than 25.4 million and 20.5 million followers, respectively
• “Boy with Luv,” which features American pop singer Halsey broke a YouTube record when it
sailed past 100 million views in less than 48 hours. Today, it is the most-streamed K-pop song ever on Spotify reaching over 380 million streams — where the BTS catalogue has already hit the eight billion stream mark
• The group’s third hit record, Love Yourself: Tear reached number one on the US Billboard 200 in
May 2018, the first K-pop album to do so, and today, the band has since had three other No. 1 albums
in the US
• The band is signed to South Korean music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk's Big Hit Entertainment (Bang
Si-Hyuk's estimated net worth is $770 million)
• Based on the success of BTS, Big Hit's net worth of $4.65 Billion ranks amongst Korea's
top-grossing companies along with Samsung, Hyundai, and Kia
• BTS scored three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart in less than a year. They are the first band to do so since The Beatles
ABOUT VIZ MEDIA, LLC:
An international authority on manga for more than three decades, VIZ Media is leading the way in
what’s now, new and next. Reaching one in four millennials and half of all GenZ manga readers, VIZ
is at the forefront of America’s Japanese pop-culture phenomenon, which today dominates multiple
industries from publishing and animation to film and gaming. VIZ is proud to be the #1 destination for manga in America and home to some of the most prestigious anime brands driving the industry.
Combined with a market share footprint larger than household names collectively, VIZ has pivoted
from a localization company to a market leading pop culture publisher and producer.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Review: "Knives Out" a Fresh Cut of Murder Mystery
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
Knives Out (2019)
Running time: 130 minutes (2 hours, 10 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for thematic elements including brief violence, some strong language, sexual references, and drug material
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Rian Johnson
PRODUCERS: Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Steve Yedlin (D.o.P.)
EDITOR: Bob Ducsay
COMPOSER: Nathan Johnson
Academy Award nominee
MYSTERY/COMEDY
Starring: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Christopher Plummer, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Riki Lindhome, Edi Patterson, Frank Oz, K Callan, Noah Segan, M. Emmet Walsh, and Marlene Forte
Knives Out is a 2019 mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. The film is a modern whodunit and a murder mystery inspired by the works of the legendary mystery novelist, Agatha Christie. Knives Out focuses on a master detective investigating an eccentric, combative family after the family's patriarch is found dead.
Knives Out introduces wealthy crime novelist, Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). He has invited his family to his Massachusetts mansion for his 85th birthday party. The following morning, Harlan's housekeeper, Fran (Edi Patterson), finds Harlan dead, with his throat slit. Local police Detective Lieutenant Elliott (LaKeith Stanfield) believes Harlan's death to be a suicide. However, an anonymous party among the family has secretly paid private eye, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), to investigate Harlan's death as a homicide. Blanc finds his suspects among the members of the family, and each one is either eccentric or combative.
Blanc learns that Harlan's relationships with his family were strained. Blanc is keeping an eye on particular members of the family. There is Harlan's eldest daughter, Linda Drysdale (Jamie Lee Curtis), a real estate mogul, and his youngest son, Walt Thrombey (Michael Shannon). There is also Joni Thrombey (Toni Collette), Harlan's daughter-in-law and the widow of his late son, Neil, and his son-in-law, Richard Drysdale (Don Johnson), Linda's husband. Even Harlan's nurse and close friend, Marta Cabrera (Ana de Armas), is a suspect... or at least has knowledge that will answer important questions. And where is Harlan's grandson, Ransom “Hugh” Drysdale (Chris Evans), the spoiled playboy son of Linda and Richard?
Whodunit... if it is true that someone did anything criminal? Or is the truth more complicated and too obvious for even world-famous private investigator Benoit Blanc to discover?
Rian Johnson's Knives Out starts with an excellent screenplay, not necessarily in terms of the mystery's plot. That is mostly just an exercise in genre elements and trappings – similar to the twists and terms found in the works of Agatha Christie and those stories inspired by Christie. The best of Knives Out is in the characters, the kind that character actors can use to chew up movie scenery.
The cast of Knives Out is comprised of actors who have been at or near the top of their professions in film or television at some point in their careers. They are not really known as character actors because they have been or still are headliners. However, they are mostly veteran actors, and they can do what character actors do best, and that is deliver performances that create the kind of characters of which film audiences cannot get enough.
That is what Rian Johnson did with this film. He composed a topnotch script, and then, he directed his actors to topnotch performances. The result is a mystery film that grabs the viewers and holds them from start to finish. I certainly felt as if I could not let stop watching Knives Out; it is truly a fun film to watch. It is not perfect; there seems not to be enough screen time for some of the best characters, such as Jamie Lee Curtis' Linda Drysdale, Michael Shannon's Walt Thrombey, and Toni Collette's Joni Thrombey. And Chris Evan's Ransom Drysdale seems misused...
Still, get yourself to Knives Out, dear reader. It is one of the funniest and most enjoyable murder mystery films in quite some time.
8 of 10
A
Saturday, June 20, 2020
NOTES:
2019 Academy Awards, USA: 1 nomination: “Best Original Screenplay” (Rian Johnson)
2019 BAFTA Awards: 1 nomination: “Best Screenplay” (Rian Johnson)
2019 Golden Globes, USA: 3 nominations: “Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy,” “Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy” (Ana de Armas), and “Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy” (Daniel Craig)
The text is copyright © 2020 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this site or blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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Yen Press Announces New "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" Title
Yen Press Debuts "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Ways of the Monster Nation"
Yen Press has launched a notable new manga series with the debut of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1: The Ways of the Monster Nation. The new manga series is a spin-off from the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel, which has been one of Yen's most successful literary releases.
The new series by Fuse, author of the original That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel, features, artwork by Sho Okagiri and Mitz Vah. Volume 1 is available now in-print and digitally on Yen Press partner platforms.
About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1: The Ways of the Monster Nation: With all its innovations, the kingdom of Tempest-founded by the demon lord Rimuru-is a veritable paradise for travelers such as Framea, the rabbitfolk chief's daughter. Framea has always had a nose for adventure, an inquisitive mind, and a knack for discovering and identifying the latest and greatest the world has to offer! Her notepad is open at all times, ready for any three-star delights she may encounter, so when Rimuru himself gives Framea a mission to catalog the area's attractions, she will have her work cut out for her-and tons of stars to hand out!
An anime adaptation of the series premiered in October 2018, catapulting the popularity of the series to international attention and currently streams on Crunchyroll and Funimation. A second season of the anime series was recently announced and is scheduled to premiere later this year.
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Yen Press has launched a notable new manga series with the debut of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1: The Ways of the Monster Nation. The new manga series is a spin-off from the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel, which has been one of Yen's most successful literary releases.
The new series by Fuse, author of the original That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel, features, artwork by Sho Okagiri and Mitz Vah. Volume 1 is available now in-print and digitally on Yen Press partner platforms.
About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1: The Ways of the Monster Nation: With all its innovations, the kingdom of Tempest-founded by the demon lord Rimuru-is a veritable paradise for travelers such as Framea, the rabbitfolk chief's daughter. Framea has always had a nose for adventure, an inquisitive mind, and a knack for discovering and identifying the latest and greatest the world has to offer! Her notepad is open at all times, ready for any three-star delights she may encounter, so when Rimuru himself gives Framea a mission to catalog the area's attractions, she will have her work cut out for her-and tons of stars to hand out!
An anime adaptation of the series premiered in October 2018, catapulting the popularity of the series to international attention and currently streams on Crunchyroll and Funimation. A second season of the anime series was recently announced and is scheduled to premiere later this year.
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