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Samuel L. Jackson Will Reprise Nick Fury Role For Upcoming Disney+ TV Series

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Samuel L. Jackson is set for a return as Nick Fury in a new breakout Marvel spinoff series on Disney+. Details are still slim, but Mr. Robot‘s Kyle Bradstreet is reportedly set to write and executive produce the still-untitled series. 

The role will be Jackson’s first-ever starring slot in a non-animated TV series, having made prior cameos and guest appearances in The Boondocks and Marvel’s first TV series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The character of Nick Fury last made an appearance in a Marvel movie in 2019’s Spider-Man: Far from Home, chasing a reluctant Peter Parker across the world. 

Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury to Get Marvel Spinoff Series on Disney+

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Yara Shahidi To Star As Tinker Bell In Disney’s Live-Action ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’

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Grown-ish star and Black-ish alum Yara Shahidi is set to play Tinker Bell in Disney’s new live-action version of Peter Pan and Wendy. The cast includes Jude Law as Captain Hook, Alexander Molony as Peter Pan and Ever Anderson as Wendy, with Pete’s Dragon director David Lowery heading up the project. No release date is scheduled at this time.

Shahidi is the first woman of color to play Tinker Bell on screen. Margaret Kerry was the live-action model on whom Tinker Bell was based in the animated 1953 film classic, Peter Pan. Julia Roberts played Tinker Bell in the live-action Hook, and Ludivine Sagnier played the pixie in 2003’s Peter Pan.

Yara Shahidi will be 1st Black woman to play Tinkerbell in new ‘Peter Pan’ movie

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Shahidi is best known for her starring role on “Black-ish,” as well as being a star and producer…
 

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Static-X Release The Video For Their Song ‘Dead Souls’

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Static-X have released a music video for their song Dead Souls off their “Project Regeneration Volume 1” album.  Dead Souls features guest vocals from Ministry’s Al Jorgensen.

Tony Campos had this to say about the song and video, “This song has become one of my favorite tracks on the record. We had no intention on doing a video for it initially, but it came out so good, we had to do it. I’m so grateful to Al Jourgensen for singing on the track with Wayne. Ministry was a big influence on us, and I know Wayne would’ve been just as stoked as I am to have Al sing on one of our records. I think the video fits the song really well. It’s dark, creepy, with just a touch of humor.” 

Watch the video for Dead Souls at the link: here

STATIC-X Release Official Music Video For Song “Dead Souls”

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Platinum selling, International recording artists STATIC-X have released a new music video for…
 

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Linkin Park’s ‘Hybrid Theory’ Hits Major Milestone

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Linkin Park’s debut album, “Hybrid Theory”, has hit a new milestone in the United States. The project has officially been certified 12 times platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for US sales in excess of 12 million copies.

Linkin Park is preparing to release a series of expanded 20th anniversary reissues of the record on October 9. The 2020 series – which will include the original record alongside demos, rarities, B-sides, DVDs, 95+ minutes of never-before-seen footage, and other extras – will be available in multiple configurations including a Super Deluxe Box, Vinyl Box Set, Deluxe CD, and Digital.

“Hybrid Theory” featured four hit singles – “One Step Closer”, “Crawling”, “Papercut” and “In The End” – while going on to sell 25 million copies worldwide.

Linkin Park’s ‘Hybrid Theory’ Goes 12 Times Platinum

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20 years and they continue to ‘break.’ Continue reading…
 

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BTS Announce New Album “BE (Deluxe Edition)” Is On The Way This November

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BTS’ new album BE (Deluxe Edition) is set for release on November 20. A message from the group along with the new album’s announcement reads: “Even in the face of this new normality, our life goes on. Each day this week, BTS will appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. For this album in particular, the septet took a step further and was involved not only in the music making process, but also in the overall production: concept, composition, design, etc.…This new project offers an even richer musical spectrum experience as well as the most ‘BTS-ish’ music yet.”

BTS will appear on The Tonight Show every night from September 28th until October 2nd; a week later, the group will stage their Map of the Soul online concerts on October 10th and 11th. They also appeared on the long-running NPR “Tiny Desk Concert” series. “Dynamite” made BTS the first all–South Korean group ever to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

BTS Announce New Album Arriving In November, The ‘Most BTS-Esque Music Yet’

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The BTS Army is preparing to mobilize, thanks to news that the K-pop superstars will be dropping…
 

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Zayn Malik Shares Video For New Single ‘Better’

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Zayn Malik just released the video for his latest single “Better.”  The new single comes just days after he announced the birth of his first child with Gigi Hadid, a baby girl.

Better marks the first solo release from the former One Direction member in two years. Malik’s last official single was in 2018 with “No Candle No Light” featuring Nicki Minaj. Last year, he released a remix of Shaed’s “Trampoline” and collaborated with R3hab and Jungleboi on “Flames” along with recording an updated version of Aladdin’s “A Whole New World” alongside Zhavia Ward.

Check out the official video for Better at the link: here.

Zayn Sounds Happy On ‘Better’ — And Looks Like A Million Bucks In The Video

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Zayn returns with a minimal new video for ‘Better,’ a lovely slice of R&B pop, just days…
 

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House Democrats Prepare New $2.2 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package

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House Democrats are preparing a revised coronavirus relief proposal focused on unemployment and direct payments that would cost roughly $2.2 trillion. Democrats and Republicans have been deadlocked in negotiations for more aid despite CARES Act funds expiring over the summer.

The bill would include unemployment insurance, direct payments, small-business loan funding and aid for airlines, at a cost of about $1 trillion less than the House’s previous plan.

Formal talks between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows broke down without a deal on Aug. 7, with the two sides far apart. Pelosi and Mnuchin have since spoken by phone.

“We’re ready for negotiation,” Pelosi told reporters on Thursday, saying she had last spoken to Mnuchin on Wednesday.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer added, “I don’t have an expectation at this point in time, because our focus is we want to get a deal or an agreement with [Treasury Secretary Steven] Mnuchin and the Senate because we want a bill passed and signed so that’s what our focus is — trying to get an agreement before we go home. “

U.S. House Democrats crafting new $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief package

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Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus…
 

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President Trump Unveils Health Care Plan And Signs Twin Executive Orders On Program

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On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on healthcare for Americans, a hot-button issue in light of the upcmoing Nov. 3 presidential election.

Trump signed the twin orders implementing his “America First Healthcare Plan,” and in describing part of the program said, “Under my plan 33 million Medicare beneficiaries will soon receive a card in the mail containing $200 that they can use to help pay for prescription drugs.” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters on Thursday that one of the executive orders is aimed at ensuring Americans with pre-existing conditions retain healthcare coverage. Azar also said Trump was directing him via the second executive order to work with Congress to pass legislation banning surprise healthcare bills by the beginning of next year, and explore executive action to address the goal if the legislative bid fails.

The president’s action, unveiled less than six weeks before Election Day on Nov. 3, also comes amid long-standing criticisms that he has failed to follow through on promises to propose an alternative to Obamacare even as he works to dismantle that program.

Trump lays out “vision” for health care

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The president said on Thursday he will sign an executive order that lays out that vision, but…
 

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Kansas City Royals Outfielder Alex Gordon Will Retire After 14 Years With Team

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Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon will retire after the season ends. Gordon said during a Zoom news conference Thursday that the pandemic reinforced his feelings that he wants to spend more time with his family and “catch up on things I’ve missed my whole life.”

Gordon will end his career with the team where it began. “It’s hard. I think any baseball player would say that,” said Gordon, who turns 37 in February. “You grow up playing this game, it’s a game you love, but you come to that day when you know it’s over — it’s hard.”

Gordon was the second overall pick in the 2005 first-year player draft, making his big league debut two years later. He wound up playing his entire 14-year career in Kansas City, and heads into a weekend four-game series against Detroit with the third-most walks (682), fourth-most homers (190), fifth-most doubles (357) and sixth-most games played (1,749) in club history.

Gordon won the first of three defensive player of the year awards in 2014, when he helped Kansas City return to the World Series for the first time since its 1985 championship. The Royals wound up losing to the Giants, but returned the following year and beat the Mets in five games to win the World Series.

Alex Gordon retiring after playing entire career with Royals

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Pac-12 Approves Seven-Game Season To Begin In November

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On Thursday, Pac-12 league presidents and chancellors voted to return to play. The Pac-12 season will start Nov. 6.  ESPN reported the league will play a seven-game regular season. 

On Aug. 11, the league postponed all sports competition through the end of the calendar year, the same day the Big Ten postponed its fall sports.  However last week the Big Ten reversed course and announced it would start football on Oct. 24. That left the Pac-12 as the only Power Five conference not playing this fall amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

It is unclear when the Pac-12 will release its schedule of games, but a source told ESPN that the conference championship game will be played Dec. 18, a weekend that all 12 teams will be in action.

Pac-12 votes to play college football this fall: Seven-game, conference-only season begins Nov. 6

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CEO Group on Thursday voted to allow the conference to play college football this fall, league…
 

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