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☆ Shares of Nintendo, SoftBank tumble after earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Shares of Nintendo dropped 7.6% after the maker of the Switch video game console reported lower sales and profit and cut its full-year outlook. Nintendo shares were on track for their biggest one-day loss since late 2021. SoftBank shares fell 6.6% after it reported a quarterly loss, hit by its massive Vision Fund investment unit, which fell into the red for the fourth straight quarter. Nintendo is struggling with softer sales for the ageing Switch, while SoftBank has seen valuations weaken for its sprawling tech portfolio. "The Nintendo Switch is now a six-year-old console and demand is now exhausted," analyst Mark Chadwick said on Smartkarma.

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus. Check out the trailer for 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'Though the original "Black Panther'' movie starred Boseman as T'Challa, Boseman does not appear in the sequel. How to watch 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' on Disney PlusYou can watch "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" at home on Disney Plus. How to rent or buy 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is also available for purchase for $20 from digital retailers including Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu. Is 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' worth watching?

☆ Angela Bassett becomes Marvel's first actor nominated for an Oscar
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Danielle Broadway | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Angela Bassett accepts the Best Supporting Actress award for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" during the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 15, 2023. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniLOS ANGELES, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Angela Bassett made history on Tuesday as the first Marvel Cinematic Universe star to be nominated for an acting Oscar for her “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” role as Queen Ramonda. After being nominated in the best supporting actress category, Bassett paid tribute to the character she portrayed. Bassett was previously nominated for a best actress Academy Award for her portrayal as Tina Turner in the biopic "What's Love Got To Do With It." Disney’s "Black Panther” sequel sold around $330 million in tickets and set a November record in the United States and Canada.

Actor and Golden Globes presenter Niecy Nash called out the "Black Girl Magic" during the awards ceremony Tuesday night. Tyler James Williams, Brunson's castmate on “Abbott Elementary,” won best supporting actor in a TV comedy series for his portrayal of a public school educator. Brunson, Zendaya and Williams are all first-time Golden Globes nominees and winners. Rich Polk / NBCHe said he was having tea at home when he got the phone call to host the Golden Globes. The Golden Globes awards show made its television comeback Tuesday after NBC opted not to air the 2022 ceremony in the wake the criticism.

[1/12] Angela Bassett poses with her award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniBEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan 10 (Reuters) - "Black Panther" actress Angela Bassett won a supporting actress award on Tuesday at the first Golden Globe awards since a scandal knocked the glitzy Hollywood ceremony off television. Bassett was honored for playing Queen Ramonda in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," a sequel that was rewritten after the death of star Chadwick Boseman. Ke Huy Quan was named best supporting actor in a drama film for his role of Waymond Wang in "Everything Everywhere All at Once." Among those voters, nearly 52% are racially and ethnically diverse, including 10% who are Black, according to the HFPA.

☆ Andy Cohen becomes latest person to bash TikTok fake celebrity death prank trend
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Angela Yang | Angela Yang Is An Intern For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Andy Cohen has joined the list of people who are not amused by the so-called celebrity death prank trend on TikTok that went viral over the holidays. It is unclear who started the celebrity death prank, according to Know Your Meme’s database. The celebrity death prank trend has prompted mixed responses, with some viewers reacting in positive ways and others arguing the videos do more harm than good. The trend first sparked criticism after Slater Vance, 16, pranked his celebrity parents, Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance, on New Year’s Eve. “Your parents are showing vulnerability for a brief second,” O’Connell said in a video uploaded to TikTok on Christmas.

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" will start streaming exclusively on Disney Plus on February 1. Check out the trailer for 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'Though the original "Black Panther'' movie starred the late Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa, Boseman does not appear in the sequel. How to watch 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'You can watch "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" at home on Disney Plus starting February 1. Is 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' worth watching? Letitia Wright in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."

☆ Kids are pranking their parents on TikTok by telling them celebrities have died. Angela Bassett's son may have killed the trend by bluffing about her colleague, Michael B. Jordan
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Slater Vance joined in on a TikTok trend where users lie about celebrity deaths to their parents. Many social media users have called the trend distasteful. That's what 16-year-old Slater Vance learned last week, after joining in on it using his own famous parents: actors Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance. The trend involves users pranking their families on camera, pretending that celebrities — usually ones beloved to their parents — have died. "Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance just put an end to that TikTok trend and we owe them a debt of gratitude," one user said.

☆ Brazilian soccer legend Pelé died of colon cancer. Here are the cutting-edge clinical trials trying to find new treatments for the disease.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Sarah Braner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Brazilian soccer legend Pelé died of colon cancer Thursday at 82. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer, affecting almost 2 million people each year. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer, according to the World Cancer Research Fund International. Pelé isn't the only celebrity to have died of colon cancer in recent years — the Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died of the disease in 2020 at the age of 43. Here are the cutting-edge phase-three clinical trials for colon cancer, in order of how recently they began.

If more female fans tune in, they will help Chief Executive Stefano Domenicali fuel revenue at his motor-racing division. Around 40% of F1 fans are now female, up 8% from 2017, and more women are attending races too, Domenicali said in November. One way to accelerate the trend could be featuring female drivers. She also boasts a fanbase of over half a million social media followers – more than the W Series itself. Unfortunately for Formula One, when financial pressures ended W Series 2022 early, she absconded to Andretti Autosport’s team for the U.S. IndyCar NXT races.

☆ A Silicon Valley biotech just showed a simple blood test can detect a hidden and deadly type of cancer. But the results fell short of investors' hopes.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Leah Rosenbaum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Guardant Health said that its blood test to screen for cancer caught 83% of colorectal cancer cases. On Thursday, Silicon Valley-based biotech Guardant Health announced that its blood-based cancer screening test correctly caught colorectal cancer cases in 83% of people who had the disease. The company already has several products on the market, including Guardant360CDx, an FDA-approved blood test to test cancer genomic markers that could help show what treatments the cancers are susceptible to. Colonoscopies are still the gold standard of colorectal cancer screening, despite involving sedation and hours of unpleasant physical preparation. And while colorectal cancer is the first cancer that is being studied for a blood-based screening, it certainly won't be the last.

☆ The EU hosted a 24-hour party in its $400,000 metaverse to appeal to young people, but pretty much no one showed up
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The EU told the news site that its metaverse aimed to increase awareness among 18-35 year olds "primarily on TikTok and Instagram" who aren't politically engaged. But as it moved from promotional video to virtual reality, it seems the message didn't reach too many people. After seeing the metaverse party, one EU diplomat told The Times of London: "Beijing must be wetting themselves with laughter. The metaverse has faced renewed criticism since Mark Zuckerberg announced losses and layoffs at his company, Meta, where the virtual reality division has lost $30.7 billion. The Financial Times reported that investors were "more disgusted" after Zuckerberg then doubled-down on his vision for the metaverse.

☆ Marvel didn't recast Chadwick Boseman in 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' — and it was the right move
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In August 2020, Disney's Marvel Studios was faced with an unenviable task — how to handle the sudden and tragic death of Chadwick Boseman, the star of its megahit film "Black Panther." With the "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" sequel slated for release in mid-2022, Marvel executives and Coogler needed to quickly decide what to do with the character of T'Challa, who was played by Boseman and becomes the Black Panther superhero after the death of his father. Since the Black Panther is a key character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the studio could have recast the character and carried on with production. In the sequel, the Black Panther is not gone from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His passing deeply affects his community and the supporting characters from "Black Panther."

☆ 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' eyes $180 million opening weekend, highest November debut ever
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Disney and Marvel Studios' "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" snared an estimated $180 million during its domestic debut, earning it the record for the biggest opener in the month of November and the second-highest opener of 2022. "Wakanda Forever" is estimated to pull in 12.7 million patrons this weekend, according to data from EntTelligence. Only Marvel's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" has pulled in more moviegoers, bringing in 13.7 million during its opening weekend in May. If "Wakanda Forever" sees a surge in ticket sales Sunday, it could surpass that figure. Like "Black Panther," "Wakanda Forever" features a predominately Black cast, but it also has several Hispanic actors.

☆ ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ notches record opening for November
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Frank Pallotta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN Business —“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” had the major challenge of following “Black Panther,” one of the biggest blockbusters ever, and had to do so without star Chadwick Boseman, who passed away in 2020. Despite all of the challenges, “Wakanda Forever” notched a sizable box office opening this weekend. As for its critical reception, “Wakanda Forever” notched an 84% score on review site Rotten Tomatoes. “‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ faced an inordinate degree of difficulty, addressing the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman,” Brian Lowry, CNN’s media critic, wrote in his review. The debut of “Wakanda Forever” will unlikely impact Disney’s stock since investors remain heavily focused on the company’s streaming endeavors.

☆ 'Black Panther' sequel debuts with $330 million at global theaters
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LOS ANGELES, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Marvel Studios adventure "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" sold $330 million in tickets worldwide over its opening weekend and set a box office record for November in the United States and Canada, according to estimates from distributor Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) on Sunday. The sequel to 2018 Oscar-nominated blockbuster "Black Panther" racked up roughly $180 million at domestic theaters Thursday night through Sunday, the highest total ever for a film opening in November. The previous November record-holder, 2013 film "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," opened with $158.1 million domestically. The movie was the top-grossing Hollywood release in all markets, Disney said. Boseman had played King T'Challa, the beloved leader of the fictional Wakanda, in the original "Black Panther" movie.

☆ Analysis: It’s messy history week with ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ and ‘The Crown’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Dusan Martincek/StarzI love, love, love a good origin story – especially one tied to one of my favorite movies. ‘The Crown’ Season 5(From left) Dominic West as Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in a scene from "The Crown." Something to sip onAngela Bassett as Queen Ramonda in a scene from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." Marvel StudiosThe world may not be ready for the emotional journey that is the “Black Panther” sequel. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is steeped in the loss of Chadwick Boseman, who died in 2020 at 43 after a private battle with colon cancer.

That ruling, widely known as “Chevron deference,” directs judges to defer to agencies’ interpretation of laws that may be ambiguous. The companies sued the federal government in 2020 over the monitors, who ensure the boats are complying with federal fishing laws. The precedent has been viewed with increasing skepticism in recent years, especially among conservatives, including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. v. Gina Raimondo et al., United States Supreme Court, case No. For the fishing companies: Paul Clement, Andrew Lawrence and Chadwick Harper of Clement & MurphyFor the government: Counsel information not immediately availableOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

A stunning tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” begins with the death of his character, T’Challa. While the trauma of the Talokans has bonded them together as a people, Shuri’s grief and rage have fueled self-isolation. Shuri also dismisses the Black Panther as a relic of the past. T’Challa’s death and Shuri’s anguished-filled reaction to the devastating loss, among others, are the catalysts upon which “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” hinges. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” doesn’t ask Shuri, Namor or the audience to push past their anger and grief — it’s a constant in this film.

☆ ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Review: Marvel Tries to Fill Chadwick Boseman’s Void
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Kyle Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Four years ago “ Black Panther ” created an appealing new mythology around Wakanda, an imaginary African kingdom defined by superior technology, fierceness in battle, moral rectitude and the world’s only known deposits of an immensely powerful metal called vibranium. The shocking death of the film’s star, Chadwick Boseman , in 2020 at age 43 left a void in a hugely popular new franchise (the movie stands sixth on the list of highest-grossing films in North America, not adjusted for inflation) and created a storytelling conundrum for the Marvel Cinematic Universe: How could it add another Black Panther chapter without its leading man? Fortunately, the first “Black Panther” was rich with secondary figures, the most notable of whom have returned for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which is being greeted with feverish advance ticket sales. Much of that enthusiasm won’t survive this listless adventure, which at 161 minutes is one of the longest comic-book movies Hollywood has ever produced. After a spate of manic superhero blockbusters that ricocheted from one digital spectacle to another, this one takes its time with character and plot but doesn’t develop either to any satisfying degree.

Black Panther fans nationwide will head to movie theaters this weekend for the much-awaited sequel and tribute to the iconic African superhero that had been embodied by the late Chadwick Boseman. But for many Latinos who want to see their own superhero epics on the silver screen, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is a milestone that features Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta, who is now poised to break into mainstream pop culture. The first Black Panther movie was a groundbreaking blockbuster in 2018 that not only focused primarily on Black characters, but also proved that mainstream audiences wanted to see more diversity in film. “Black Panther” grossed almost $1.35 billion worldwide, with 52% of that box office (just over $700 million) earned in the U.S. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” pits both kingdoms — Wakanda and Talokan — against each other as the outside world plots to tap into their exclusive reserves of vibranium.

☆ Here's what critics are saying about Marvel's 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright star as Okoye and Shuri in Marvel Studio's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." DisneyIt's impossible to replace the irreplaceable, but that was Ryan Coogler's task as the director and co-writer of Disney's latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." Here's what some critics thought of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" ahead of its Friday debut:Kristy Puchko, MashablePuchko says the film, while action-packed, is at its core about how people handle loss differently. Still from Marvel Studio's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." Winston Duke stars as M'Baku in Marvel Studio's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."

☆ 'Black Panther: 'Wakanda Forever' aims to recreate blockbuster magic. Disney and theaters are counting on it
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Frank Pallotta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

If early projections and ticket sales are any indication, it appears “Wakanda Forever” will be just that. Why “Wakanda Forever” matters to theaters"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is set to be one of the biggest films of the year. “Every blockbuster counts more than ever for movie theaters right now.”Why does it matter how “Wakanda Forever” does this weekend? Why “Wakanda Forever” matters to Disney"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" could break records this weekend. The performance of “Wakanda Forever” likely won’t move the needle on Disney’s stock, given that investors remain heavily focused on the company’s streaming endeavors.

☆ Chadwick Boseman and 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever': How the sequel makes a case for recasting
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers about “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”CNN —“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” deftly completes the difficult task of continuing the franchise without its star, Chadwick Boseman, sensitively acknowledging his death by killing off the character of King T’Challa. Writing around his absence isn’t the first time that a fantasy story has been changed to accommodate a tragic loss. The death of Carrie Fisher (right) created "an impossible question" for the producers of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." To be fair, “Wakanda Forever” does as well and probably better than should have been expected under such trying circumstances. The question might well be impossible, but the answer is right there, and rooted in screen history.

☆ ‘Black Panther’ cast says we need more Black heroes after Chadwick Boseman’s death
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Candice Williams | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which will be released nationwide Friday, is already on track to become a critical success. It offers a poignant and powerful tribute to the film’s original Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, who died in August 2020 from colon cancer. I still feel there’s a long way to go.”Studies have shown that it’s important for children to see superheroes that look like them. Gurira, who said she never had anything like “Black Panther” growing up, said experiencing this film as an adult “sparked a hunger” in her as a creative. Gurira said it’s imperative that Black creatives continue to push for change in the film industry so movies like “Black Panther” can become the norm.

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