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Saturday, July 20, 2024
Comics Review: "ELVIRA Meets H.P. Lovecraft Volume 1 #4" in the Dreamlands
Comics Review: "ARCHIE COMICS: JUDGMENT DAY #2" - Is Hellraisin' a Bad Thing?
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from July 14th to 20th, 2024 - UPDATE #15
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
NETFLIX - From YahooFinance: Netflix says that it will phase out its $11.99 ad-free plan.
CELEBRITY - From Variety: Donald Glover brings an end to his musical persona, "Childish Gambino," with a new album, "Bando Stone and the New World," and perhaps, a film and world tour.
EMMYS - From Variety: The nominations for the 76th / 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. FX's "Shogun" leads the drama categories with 25 nominations and its series, "The Bear," leads the comedy categories with 23. The winners will be announced Sunday, Sept. 15th in a ceremony broadcast on ABC.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Michael Mann says that he hopes to start film "Heat 2" by the end of this year or the beginning of next year (2025). He won't discuss the cast, although there are rumors about Adam Driver and Austin Butler.
AMAZON - From Variety: Oscar-winner Colin Firth has joined Amazon Prime Video's "Young Sherlock." Based on Andy Lane's series of novels, the Amazon production will star Hero Fiennes Tiffin.
BUSINESS - From THR: Another day, another round of layoffs at Warner Bros. Discovery, across all divisions.
HULU - From Deadline: Halle Berry has reportedly exited Ryan Murphy's Hulu legal drama, "All's Fair," starring Kim Kardashian.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: CBS has announced the Fall 2024 premiere dates for its returning and new TV series. The first series arrives on Wednesday, September 18th with the Season 47 premier of "Survivor" and and the last two arrive Sunday, October 27th with the Season 2 premier of "Tracker" and the Season 5 premiere of "The Equalizer."
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 7/12 to 7/14/2024 weekend box office is Universal/Illumination's "Despicable Me 4" with an estimated take of 44.65 million dollars.
From YahooEntertainment: Neon's release, "Longlegs," is a surprise #2 at this weekend's box office. But is the film cursed by star Nicolas Cage's creepy performance?
MOVIES - From Deadline: Zoe Kravitz's talks about why her directorial debut, "Blink Twice," is no longer entitled "Pussy Island."
TELEVISION - From Deadline: HBO has released a first-look image of Emily Watson as "Valya Harkonnen" from the television series, "Dune: Prophecy." The series is due this fall.
OBITS:
From Deadline: Film and television actor, James B. Sikking, has died at the age of 90, Saturday, July 13, 2024. Sikking was best known for the role "Lt. Howard Hunter" on the former NBC police drama, "Hill Street Blues" (1981-86), a role for which he was once nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. He also played "Doogie Howser's" dad, "David," on the former ABC sitcom, "Doogie Howser M.D." He also appeared in such films as "Ordinary People" (1980), "Outland" (1981), "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (1984), to name a few.
From Variety: American film and television actress, Shannen Doherty, has died at the age of 53, Saturday, July 13, 2024 after a long battle with breast cancer beginning with her 2015 diagnosis. She first gained prominence playing the role of "bad girl," "Brenda Walsh," during the first four seasons of the former Fox teen soap, "Beverly Hills, 90210." She also starred as the witch, "Prue Halliwell," on the first three seasons of The WB series, "Charmed." She appeared in a number of films, including "Heathers" (1988) and "Mallrats" (1995).
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Review: "DEADPOOL" Goes in Through the Back Door on the Superhero Film
Monday, July 15, 2024
Review: "THEY CLONED TYRONE" Digs in the Past to Raise Hell Today
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