January 3, 2016

Daredevil Season 2 Possibly Debuting In March 2016 on Netflix

Ever since fans finished the debut season of Marvel's Daredevil (ranked the #1 Comic Book based TV show) on Netflix, the question everyone has been asking is “When is Season 2?” For a long time, most of us believed that Marvel and the streaming service would debut the followup of the critically acclaimed series in April of 2016. However, it looks like we might be getting it a month earlier.

Inside Entertainment Weekly’s 2016 preview issue, there is a sizable chunk of Daredevil news inside. On one page however, Entertainment Weekly has marked that the show will debut in March of next year. In the article (part of which you can see below), you’ll see that production is just about to wrap up on the show, which would make the timing seem accurate.

We’ve reached out to Marvel and Netflix to see if they can confirm the timing, since nothing official has been released from either yet but as of press time, we have not heard back.


http://comicbook.com/2015/12/31/daredevil-season-2-possibly-debuting-in-march-2016-on-netflix/

January 3, 2016

Bizarro Is Coming To ‘Supergirl’

During an appearance on Kevin Smith’s Fatman on Batman podcast, Supergirl executive producer Andrew Kreisberg has revealed that a version of the Bizarro character is coming to CBS’ hit DC television series.

Kreisberg did not specify whether Melissa Benoist’s Kara would find herself going up against Bizarro Superman or Bizarro Supergirl, although speculation is pointing towards Bizarro-Girl.

Supergirl is currently on its midseason break and will return for the second half of its first season on January 4th.

FAN ART


http://nukethefridge.com/2015/12/21/95350/

January 3, 2016

Original Comic Characters CONFIRMED In ‘Preacher’; AMC TV Show Release Date Set On 2016

Original DC Comics' Vertigo characters are coming to AMC's newest TV show, "Preacher" set for on a 2016 release date.

Fans of the DC Comics "Preacher" have been waiting a long while for AMC to reveal details of its newest TV show. Apart from the release date that has been vaguely set next year, producer Seth Rogen revealed in-depth details about his newest project.

In a report by Gamespot, Rogen revealed what's different in the new TV show "Preacher" and what fans should be expecting as its release date approaches. While admitting that most characters from the "Preacher" comics will be included in the TV show, there are a few surprises along the way. "We are changing the specifics of how the narrative is unfolding," explained Rogen. "A lot of the building blocks we are not changing, a lot of characters we're keeping, but we want to make a show that if you're a fan of the comic, you don't know what to expect."
"There's some things that even Garth [Ennis, co-creator of the comic book] will argue, is quick to admit that we probably should not even attempt to put on television," he added. "There's some characters, we're talking about maybe we combine these two into one person."

http://www.youthhealthmag.com/articles/28775/20151214/preacher-tv-show-release-date.htm

January 3, 2016

Two weeks of rain, Storms to drench San Francisco Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Northern California is in for nearly two weeks straight of rain. Here is what the National Weather Service is saying:

http://kron4.com/2015/11/30/interactive-radar-tracking-el-nino-with-stormtracker4/

January 3, 2016

Hotline’s 2016 Senate Rankings

1. Illinois—Mark Kirk (R)
Time and time again, he’s found ways to dis­tance him­self from the na­tion­al GOP. But he re­mains a heavy un­der­dog. A hand­ful of smart votes haven’t erased the memory of a sum­mer of gaffes or his an­em­ic fun­drais­ing. And he’s still likely to face a po­ten­tially for­mid­able op­pon­ent, Demo­crat­ic Rep. Tammy Duck­worth, in the gen­er­al elec­tion. In our minds, there’s little ques­tion that the first-term sen­at­or’s seat is the most likely to change hands next year.

2. Wisconsin—Ron Johnson (R)
John­son’s more hawk­ish po­s­i­tions may provide a di­vid­ing line in 10 months that moves votes one way or the oth­er, but from here it’s hard to see how the first-term Re­pub­lic­an sur­vives no mat­ter the na­tion­al cli­mate. He de­feated Fein­gold in one of the best years ever for the GOP, but now must face an elect­or­ate with pres­id­en­tial-level turnout in a state Barack Obama won with 53 per­cent and 56 per­cent in the last two pres­id­en­tial elec­tions. If that Demo­crat­ic dom­in­ance con­tin­ues, that’s po­ten­tially more than 200,000 Hil­lary Clin­ton voters John­son would need to back him over a former three-term sen­at­or.

3. New Hampshire—Kelly Ayotte (R)
While it’s un­likely she’ll have a ser­i­ous primary chal­lenger, the Cruz let­ter angered some loc­al party act­iv­ists, and Amer­ic­ans for Prosper­ity said it was re­con­sid­er­ing its role in her race after the en­vir­on­ment­al switch. That’s bad news for a can­did­ate who has be­ne­fit­ted greatly from out­side groups chip­ping away at Has­san this past year.

4. Florida—Open (R)
The good news for Demo­crats is lib­er­al firebrand Rep. Alan Grayson, the weak­er of the two Demo­crat­ic can­did­ates, is fa­cing eth­ic­al scru­tiny and in­tern­al cam­paign woes, with his top cam­paign ad­visers de­part­ing after only sev­er­al months on the job. If Rep. Patrick Murphy emerges un­scathed from the primary, he would start with a slight ad­vant­age against a trio of Re­pub­lic­ans—Rep. Ron De­S­antis, Lt. Gov. Car­los Lopez-Cantera, and Rep. Dav­id Jolly—who have yet to make their mark in the state. But even a di­min­ished Grayson cam­paign de­term­ined to run a scorched-earth primary cam­paign could do con­sid­er­able dam­age to Murphy, and to Demo­crat­ic hopes of pick­ing up the open seat.

5. Pennsylvania—Pat Toomey (R)
Katie Mc­Ginty, who once served as Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s chief of staff, is the es­tab­lish­ment fa­vor­ite, but former Rep. Joe Ses­tak re­mains pop­u­lar with the rank-and-file. And small-town may­or John Fet­ter­man is a wild card who—if he is able to raise money—could be­come a prob­lem for both. One thing is cer­tain: Toomey is a for­mid­able fun­draiser who has shed his repu­ta­tion as a con­ser­vat­ive hard-liner. If any­one ex­cept Mc­Ginty faces him in the gen­er­al, Demo­crats will won­der if they can really win.

6. Ohio—Rob Portman (R)
Whichever can­did­ate can do a bet­ter job of pre­vent­ing de­fec­tions from their party’s tra­di­tion­al con­stitu­ency will have the edge. Right now, it looks like Port­man holds a small edge.

7. Nevada—Open (D)
Sen­ate Minor­ity Lead­er Harry Re­id is of course leav­ing noth­ing to chance, re­cruit­ing former state At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Cath­er­ine Cortez Masto, who will most likely face Rep. Joe Heck in the gen­er­al—though Re­id’s 2010 GOP chal­lenger, Shar­ron Angle, is flirt­ing with a bid. The last time Nevada hos­ted a Sen­ate race was 2012, a pres­id­en­tial cycle when then-ap­poin­ted GOP Sen. Dean Heller de­feated his former House col­league Shel­ley Berkley by 1 point, with 10 per­cent of the vote go­ing to a third-party can­did­ate or “None of the Above”—all as Obama car­ried the state by 6 points. Heck will likely look to that race for stra­tegic guid­ance, but Cortez Masto should have far more statewide ap­peal than Berkley.

8. Colorado—Michael Bennet (D)
Re­pub­lic­ans have a long list of vul­ner­ab­il­it­ies on which they in­tend to tar­get Ben­net, par­tic­u­larly his sup­port for Obama’s Ir­an deal, but without a chal­lenger with whom to com­pare him, that mes­saging hasn’t really star­ted. If Key­ser winds up the nom­in­ee, the former com­bat vet­er­an and Air Force re­serv­ist could help the party pack­age those ar­gu­ments.

9. Missouri—Roy Blunt (R)
Among Demo­crats this year, the Mis­souri Sen­ate race has evolved from an af­ter­thought to the trendy up­set pick of 2016. The change is thanks to Sec­ret­ary of State Jason Kander, a 34-year-old Army vet­er­an whose fresh face and hawk­ish for­eign policy have put the in­cum­bent Blunt on the de­fens­ive. Of course, Kander re­mains a long shot in a state that hasn’t backed a Demo­crat­ic pres­id­en­tial can­did­ate since Bill Clin­ton in 1996, even if Blunt’s lob­by­ist ties and long ten­ure in Wash­ing­ton make him an in­vit­ing tar­get.

10. North Carolina—Richard Burr (R)
With the Dec. 21 can­did­ate fil­ing dead­line passed, the fa­vor­ite in the primary is former state Rep. De­borah Ross. One vari­able that could have a sig­ni­fic­ant im­pact on the race is how much Hil­lary Clin­ton in­vests in the state. A fully fin­anced ground game would un­doubtedly pay di­vidends down-bal­lot, but the likely pres­id­en­tial nom­in­ee is far from cer­tain to do so.


http://www.nationaljournal.com/s/127154/hotlines-2016-senate-rankings

January 3, 2016

Taking a moment to praise a federal government department.

My mom passed away in 2014 and, with my dad's advancing age, I made a conscious decision to fly "Back East" as much as possible. So when my employer announced that the TSA was going to drop by, I decided to part with the $85 and sign up for the Pre Check Program. I took a few minutes to fill out an online form and make an appointment to see them at work. I dropped by that day and took a whopping 10 minutes to answer some additional questions, provide my fingerprints and waited about three weeks for them yo complete the background check. So, with everything done, i put it to the test a couple weeks ago when my son and I flew to dad's home for the holidays.

It was like flying in the old days. We emptied our pockets but we didn't have to remove our shoes jackets or belts. We then stepped through the metal detector and we were on our way to our flights. And it was a good thing because the other line on the return leg of the trip stretched all the way to the door. So, my hats off to TSA for making our travel bearable and I highly recommend that, if you can spare the application fee, do it. It makes life just a little easier.

January 2, 2016

Star Wars 7 Will Break Avatar Box Office Record By Monday

In the span of two weeks, Star Wars: The Force Awakens went from the most mysterious and anticipated feature film of the decade to a legitimate phenomenon. J.J. Abrams’ reboot of the Star Wars saga has faced some criticism, but for the most part, the film scored a massive hit with fans both old and new. It’s also on course to become a titan at the box office.

Following a massive opening weekend bolstered by advanced ticket sales exceeding $100 million, The Force Awakens smashed box office records, grossing an astounding $238 million. And, as cool weather and debate-hungry fans fuel sales, Episode 7 is looking to push further into the record books this New Year’s weekend.

The Force Awakens already steamrolled past Titanic and Jurassic World and into second place atop the all-time highest grossing films with $687 million, according to estimates supplied by Deadline. With a long holiday weekend to bolster sales, they predict that by Sunday night, the epic film will only be roughly $15 million from Avatar’s box office crown. It’s scheduled to claim its place atop the cinematic giants by Monday or Tuesday at the latest.

Despite some fan and cinema insider skepticism about moving the franchise from its traditional release date in May, Disney took a calculated risk with its December release. And it paid off. Although blockbusters often fare better during the summer, the winter months are colder, so watching movies has less competition from other activities. The holidays are also a time when more families hit up the theater, when everyone has a little more downtime to revisit far-away galaxies.


http://screenrant.com/star-wars-break-box-office-record-avatar/

January 2, 2016

Obama, Lynch to meet ahead of new executive action on guns

(CNN)President Barack Obama will meet Monday with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to discuss options for tougher gun restrictions and is expected to announce in the coming days a new executive action with the goal of expanding background checks on gun sales.

Described as "imminent" by people familiar with the White House plans, the set of executive actions would fulfill a promise by the President to take further unilateral steps the administration says could help curb gun deaths.

Plans for the action are not yet complete, and those familiar with the process warn that unforeseen circumstances could delay an announcement. But gun control advocates are expecting the new actions to be revealed next week, ahead of Obama's annual State of the Union address, set for January 12.

The White House wouldn't comment directly on the exact timing or content of Obama's executive orders. White House spokesman Eric Schultz said that the President expected a set of recommendations on unilateral action to arrive at the beginning of the year.


http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/31/politics/obama-to-announce-new-executive-action-on-guns/

January 1, 2016

Bernie Sanders May Be Taking More Rides on Private Planes

Bernie Sanders has entered a new stage of his campaign. The Vermont senator, who is running for president on a populist message and often speaks passionately about environmental issues, was for months regularly seen flying in coach class on commercial flights.

There is even a community of photos on Twitter, under the hashtag #SandersOnAPlane, where fans have posted photos after seeing him fly. There will likely be fewer photos of a luggage-wielding Sanders moving forward.

This holiday season, Sanders changed his routine and flew almost exclusively on private chartered planes with members of his traveling staff -- taking at least four trips.

Most recently, the campaign confirmed, a Gulfstream 200, took the Senator and some staff from Burlington, Vermont two days after Christmas and then from Las Vegas, Nevada to Moline, Illinois for campaign events in eastern Iowa this week.

Days before the holiday, a private jet whisked the team from Omaha, Nebraska to Chicago, Illinois in order to fit more campaign events into this tight schedule.

ABC News asked Sanders about whether the extremely high per-person carbon footprint of private planes was consistent with his staunch environmental policies. Sanders often talks about the need for “bold” action on climate change and even criticized the recent international Paris Accord for not going far enough to curb carbon emissions.

“The carbon footprint? As opposed to what?” the 74-year-old Senator said recently. “We are trying to get around Iowa and get around the country as best we can. So we have a lot of people to see and that is the best way can do it.”


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-taking-rides-private-planes/story?id=36033253