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Sunday, November 10, 2024
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Saturday, November 9, 2024
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from Nov. 1st to 9th, 2024 - UPDATE #14
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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NEWS:
MOVIES - From Deadline: "Gladiator II" director Ridley Scott and star Paul Mescal will reunited in the film, "The Dog Stars." The film is due to start filming next spring.
GRAMMYS - Deadline: The nominations for the 2025 / 67th annual Grammy Awards have been announced. Beyonce leads the pack with 11 nominations. The winners will be announced Sunday, February 2, 2025.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 11/1 to 11/3/2024 weekend box office is Sony Picture's "Venom: The Last Dance" with an estimated take of 26.1 million dollars.
From Deadline: Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer speaks on the box office bomb that was the "Borderlands" movie. "Everything that could go wrong did go wrong."
MOVIES - From Variety: Actress-producer Eva Longoria reveals that she has made over 12 million dollars off her 6 million dollar investment in the 2014 film, "John Wick." She says that she is still getting checks off the film a decade after her six million dollar investment saved the film from being cancelled. She says her only regret is not investing in the "John Wick" sequels.
MOVIES - From ScreenRant: The site offers a first-look at actor Billy Zane as legendary actor Marlon Brando in the biopic, "Waltzing with Brando."
MOVIES/CELEBRITY - From THR: Tom Cruise is very busy, including developing a sequel to his 1990 racing movie, "Days of Thunder." Meanwhile, he and Paramount have some disagreements about "Mission: Impossible 8," which apparently has cost... 400 million dollars.
MOVIES - From THR: Oscar-nominee William H. Macy has joined star Glen Powell in Edgar Wright's new film version of the Stephen King/Richard Bachman's novel, "The Running Man."
POLITICS/STREAMING - From YahooEntertainment: Democratic politician and activist, Stacey Abrams told Yahoo Entertainment that she finds the argument that pop stars should stick to music “extraordinarily reductive.” Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are among the pop stars getting political. "We shouldn't expect entertainers to shut up and sing," Abrams says. Abrams and actress and activist, Selena Gomez, have produced a new documentary, "Louder: The Soundtrack of Change" (now streaming on Max), that shows how female musicians have been involved in the fight for equal rights across generations.
OBITS:
From Variety: American film and television actor and voice performer, Tony Todd, has died at the age of 69, Wednesday, November 6, 2024. He was best known for playing the title role in the original "Candyman" films (1992 to 1999, and a cameo in the 2021 film) and in the "Final Destination" film franchise. Todd also appeared in such films as "Platoon" (1986), the 1990 version of "Night of the Living Dead," and "Wishmaster" (1997), to name a few. His best known TV work was as "Kurn," the brother of series regular "Lt. Worf," on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" over four episodes. Todd was also a prolific voice actor whose work appeared in numerous video games and in animated films and TV featuring DC Comics' characters.
From Deadline: American singer and recording artist, Tyka Nelson, has died at the age of 64, Monday, November 4, 2024. Nelson was the late recording artist Prince's only full sibling. Nelson released four studio albums from 1988 to 2011 and had a Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 1988 with "Marc Anthony's Song."
From THR: American television actor, Alan Rachins, has died at the age of 82, Saturday, November 2, 2024. Rachins was best known for playing attorney Douglas Brachman, Jr. on the former NBC legal drama, "L.A. Law" (1986-94) and for playing "Larry," Dharma's hippie father, on the former ABC sitcom, "Dharma & Greg" (1997-2002). He also appeared in the notorious 1995 film, "Showgirls." For his work on "L.A. Law," Rachins received a 1988 Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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MOVIE AWARDS:From Deadline: The 2024 / 34th Gotham Awards kick off the 2024-25 movie awards season by announcing its nominations for achievement in film. Director Sean Baker's "Anora," which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, leads with four nominations. The winners will be announced Monday, December 2, 2024.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
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Monday, November 4, 2024
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