NEWS ROUNDUP: WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 2018

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER on why Halloween would NOT do well with today’s critics.. MORE.. In 2018, revisiting Halloween means revisiting the Kael quote, especially the keyword of “sophistication.” We’re living through a so-called golden age of horror cinema, a genre renaissance, if you like; put in franker language, horror today gets taken more seriously by studios, by the press, by institutions like AMPAS and by audiences, than it did as far back as decades and as recently as years…
NASA tracking asteroid set to almost GRAZE Earth at 12,000mph! MORE: The US space agency has classed Asteroid 2018 SM1 as a near-Earth object (NEO), saying it will reach its closest point to the planet tomorrow at 12.42pm GMT (11.42am UT)…

That’s a wrap: Sunday news roundup for the first weekend of fall

Michael Moore falls flat with dismal box office opening for Fahrenheit 11/9.. Eli Roth’s adaptation of the popular children’s book picked up a better-than-expected $26.8 million when it opened in 3,592 locations. The fantasy film, starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett, didn’t face much competition. A number of holdovers filled out the top five as a trio of new releases came in way under expectations…

But don’t count Trump satire out yet: The Briarcliff Entertainment political documentary landed in eighth place, coming in way under estimates with $3.1 million from 1,719 venues. Launching the film in over a thousand theaters might have hurt its box office potential. Most specialized films start small in a select amount of theaters before slowly expanding nationwide as word of mouth builds..


Paul Simon returns to the sounds of silence.. MORE: Paul Simon ended his final concert tour under a moonlit sky on home turf Saturday, telling an audience in a park in Queens, N.Y., that their cheers “mean more than you can know.” Simon performed at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, which he said was a 20-minute bicycle ride from where he grew up, ending the landmark night with his first big hit, “The Sound of Silence.”


Reactions to Netflix’s MANIAC..

America’s got Talent contestant arrested: One day after talent standout Michael Ketterer came in fifth place in the singing competition’s finale, the singer was taken into custody..

STRANGER THINGS on Halloween: Universal Studios Orlando’s 2018 fright fest features 80s thrills and chills, including “Stranger Things,” “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” and “Poltergeist”


Behind the scene footage of Joaquin Phoenix in JOKER flick revealed..

TODD PHILLIPS is looking to battle paparazzi over leaked JOKER photos: While shooting in New York City, footage and photos of Phoenix in attire with the classic Joker color palette leaked on the internet and Phillips retaliated by releasing his own photos. Commenters started to complain that Phillips was releasing too many photos and information about the movie to which he responded: “Here’s the issue. We have paparazzi all over our set, at every turn. And it bums me out that they constantly put out their bad shots. So I figure, may as well put out some good ones.” MORE..

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PC HALLOWEEN: Handmaid’s Tale costume sparks outrage online.. retailer pulls the outfit..

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 3 2018

Another alleged UFO sighting near Charlotte has appeared on Facebook and in this case, it was posted by a husband and father who says he doesn’t necessarily believe in UFOs. Javion Hill, 35, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, says he took several photos of the object during a storm on the night of Aug. 18, as he drove on U.S. 74 southwest of Charlotte.
They’ve been described as “sonic attacks” — bizarre, unexplained head injuries that spurred the United States to bring home diplomatic staff from China and Cuba. Now scientists are saying the ailments could have been caused by microwave weapons.
Gordon forms.. and will be a hurricane before landfall..
According to papers filed in Michigan’s Oakland County court, the singer was unwed at the time of her death and survived by her four sons — Clarence Franklin, Edward Franklin, Kecalf Franklin and Ted White Jr. — who are between the ages of 48 and 63. Clarence Franklin, the eldest, has special needs and is represented by a legal guardian. One of her nieces accepted the role of executor, according to the Associated Press.
For the second time in six months, the seven-member boy band has the No. 1 album in the United States, having followed up “Love Yourself: Tear” from May, the first K-pop album to ever lead the Billboard 200, with “Love Yourself: Answer,” another chart-topper.
A man stood and shouted angrily at Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, as the prelate spoke Sunday at a church in the District.
A video of the incident at Annunciation Catholic Church indicated that the man shouted “Shame on You” as the Cardinal asked prayer and loyalty for Pope Francis, saying that he was the object of attacks. Critics have targeted Wuerl recently in connection with two issues roiling the church. They have claimed his record was mixed in dealing with sexually abusive priests when he was bishop of Pittsburgh.
Former WWE Star and current ROH Producer/Trainer, Adam Carlson Birch (aka Joey Mercury), was arrested Saturday morning in Schaumburg, Illinois. Birch was to work as a Producer for “All In,” but police were notified of him sleeping in his car outside a Marriott Hotel early Saturday morning, according to PWInsider.
So why was Nick Castle even on the set of HALLOWEEN in 1978> He reveals it! “My only reason for being on the set was to kind of demystify the directing experience for me, because [director] John [Carpenter] was a pal, they were shooting the majority of this near my house, really, and he said, ‘Well, why don’t you just be the guy walking around in the mask and you’ll be here the whole time?’” Castle shared with ComicBook.com
THIS HALLOWEEN COSTUME!! Listed on Amazon as the “Disguise Men’s Toad Costume Accessory Mask – Adult,” this Toad mask, pictured above, is an affront to the senses. The way it transforms the model’s head into the entirety of Toad’s mushroom head, the majority of his face obscured by the bulbous, polka-dotted top section…
A tech expert from the UK claims he has spotted the doomed MH370 plane on Google Maps. Ian Wilson believes remains of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, which vanished carrying 239 people en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing , lie strewn deep in a jungle in Cambodia.
A man had a 23-inch dildo stuck up his backside for 24 hours before doctors were able to remove it. In fact, it was wedged so deep that they actually had to invent a brand new tool to be able to get it out. The 31-year-old patient, from Italy, took himself to hospital after he tried but was unsuccessful at removing the massive sex toy, visible in shocking x-ray images.

SUNDAY AUGUST 19 2018 NEWS ROUNDUP

History from Scranton in the early 1900s illustrates what the neighborhood was like then.. “They were only a trio of bums who infested the alley every night,” the elder Webber told his daughter. “You just go across and I’ll watch that no harm is done.” MORE: The April 14, 1914, story about Ida and her ordeal mentions that 432 Raymond Court “is the place where four disorderly houses were cleaned out by county detectives.”
Are we sure this is not just some amazing advertising for the new move THE MEG? Couple finds prehistoric megalodon tooth on NC beach!
Interesting perspective on why people divorce.. .. MORE: most people fall out of love for the same reasons they fell in it. That their lover’s once endearing stubbornness has now become refusal to compromise and their one track mind is now immaturity and their bad habits that you once adored is now money down the drain. Their spontaneity becomes reckless and irresponsible and their feet up on your dash is no longer sexy, just another distraction in your busy life.

TUESDAY AUGUST 14 2018 NEWS ROUNDUP


It’s not just Alex Jones being taken off of Youtube! Now the NUN! Apparently the newest ad has been so scary that is violated their policies! MELTING SNOWFLAKES ABOUND..

Detailed sexual abuse by priests in Pennsylvania revealed..
How they hid it..
70 years of covering it up!

Judge allows sex-trafficking suit against Weinstein, citing history of the casting couch!

THe Omarosa show! Tapes! The n word! The firing! The scandal! The intrigue!

Penn Jillette claims he heard President Donald Trump say “racially insensitive things” on the set of “The Celebrity Apprentice” back in 2012! “He would say racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable,” Jillette said. “I don’t think he ever said anything in that room like ‘African-Americans are inferior’ or anything about rape or grabbing women, but of those two hours every other day in a room with him, every 10 minutes was fingernails on chalkboard.”

Alex Jones getting more popular despite NET companies banning him from services..

POISON DUST FROM 9/11 HAS GIVEN 10,000 NEW YORKERS CANCER!!

Fears over Notre Dame holy water! Poison!?


Kylie Jenner’s 21st birthday party ends with model Tammy Hembrow being ‘carried out face down on stretcher after medical emergency’

SUNDAY JULY 8 2018 NEWS ROUNDUP

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Catastrophic rains in Japan..
NETFLIX does not care what you think anymore.. It’s killing off its user reviews.. As first reported by CNET, Netflix recently emailed users to inform them user reviews are going away. Users who have contributed a review within the past year have been notified that “this feature will be retired on July 30th due to declining usage.”..
A judge in Los Angeles granted a second restraining order that has been set up to protect the Marvel comics legend Stan Lee from Keya Morgan! The permanent restraining order conditions state that Keya Morgan has to stay 100 yards away from Lee at all times as well as his home. In addition, Morgan is to stay away from Lee’s daughter J.C. and Larry Lieber. Stephen Crump alleges that Morgan has been making threatening phone calls to both J.C. and Lieber over the last several months. It is also believed that Morgan was trying to get his hands on Lee’s estate, which is valued at over $50 million. Crump had this to say…

FRIDAY JULY 6 2018 NEWS ROUNDUP

VULTURE laments that COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE is much better for the 1990s than the current time.. And for those who wish the 90s were back again.. The decade about nothing!
Cris Brown arrested in Florida.. The singer was arrested on an outstanding out-of-county warrant from last year, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said. It declined to provide additional details on what the warrant was for, but said Brown was booked and released about an hour later — after he posted bail..
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HOT DIGGITY DOG: JULY 4 IN AMERICA

NOT PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN? For the first time in ‘Gallup’s’ history a record low of 47 percent of people are ‘Extremely proud to be Americans’…
Fireworks horror: Authorities say two people have died after a tree branch fell on spectators during a fireworks display in western Illinois. The Rock Island County Sheriff’s Office says the branch fell from a large oak tree outside the county courthouse in Rock Island around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday..
THIS FOURTH OF JULY, one tradition ends and another begins.. THE SYFY network was airing THE TWILIGHT ZONE marathon for years on the 4th (along with New Years) .. this July 4, today, they are not. Instead they switched to A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET marathon.. I am somewhat against this change. And even worse, the BEST movies are not included: FREDDY’S DEAD and A NEW NIGHTMARE, along with FREDDY VS JASON… Excluded fromt he lineup..

MONDAY JULY 2 2018

Google GMAIL has a dirty secret.. It reads all of your emails..
And I saw two of them.. JURASSIC WORLD 2 is exactly what you’d expect. HEREDITARY is not what you’d expect and is better for it.. Both the most amazing movies of the summer 2018 so far..

WEDNESDAY MAY 30 2018 NEWS ROUNDUP

The PENGUIN rumored to be the villain in THE BATMAN.. As he should be.. around since 1941. But he deserves a solid actor..