| Movies, ALONG CAME THE DEVIL, movie review By Vrai Kaiser on Thu,12:34 A few standout performances get lost in the missteps of this family-owned production house's first offering. Read More > Big on the Internet, Alex Jones, Free Speech, Twitter By Kate Gardner on Thu,11:39 By taking this stance, Twitter is essentially saying that Nazis and people who claim Sandy Hook didn't happen are more than welcome on their site. They are using their platform to elevate this disgusting rhetoric that could actually lead to real life violence, but will ban kids for putting "Elon Musk" in their display names. Read More > TV, Gish, Misha Collins By Jessica Mason on Thu,11:06 Misha Collins’ Gish scavenger hunt just raised over a quarter of a million to help survivors of genocide, and it’s just the beginning. Read More > Big on the Internet, TV, fat shaming, insatiable, Netflix By Princess Weekes on Thu,8:25 Sometimes things can look bad and surprise you like 'Blockers', but there are also times where things are exactly what they seem. 'Insatiable' is one of those times. Read More > Big on the Internet, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel (movie), Easter eggs By Vivian Kane on Wed,6:10 Apparently, this Easter Egg was making the rounds on Reddit a while back, but I missed it because, well, Reddit. But better late than never for a good old fashioned Easter Egg freak-out. Read More > News, Alex Jones, Jack Dorsey, Twitter By Vivian Kane on Wed,5:30 Seeing as the company has been so vocal lately about trying to curb “troll-like behaviors" and working to "reduce people’s ability to detract from healthy public conversation," it seems like they'd be on board with banning someone who has built his career on harassing the parents of murdered children as well as teenage school shooting victims, who uses his platform to spread dangerous and hateful misinformation. But nope. Read More > TV, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Terry Crews By Linda Ge on Wed,5:19 Brooklyn Nine-Nine will try to tackle the #MeToo movement in its upcoming third season—if they can find the right way to do it. Read More > News, elections, Voting, women in politics By Vivian Kane on Wed,2:08 Yesterday, voters in five states (Kansas, Washington, Missouri, Michigan, and Ohio) headed to the polls for primaries or special elections. Many of the results are exciting and in line with the recent progressive shift we've been seeing nationwide, even in historically red areas. Some of the winners from yesterday are also poised to make history should they win their November races as well. Read More > Movies, Bucky Barnes, natasha romanoff, The MCU By Rachel Leishman on Wed,1:46 Bucky Barnes is Steve Rogers' best friend and has been since World War II. So naturally, their friendship is often seen as something more. Fans want him to end up with Steve, and while that's a wonderful pairing, it's not really what I want to see. It also doesn't seem to be something that Marvel is at all willing to put in their movies, which is ultimately disappointing for more than just these two characters. Read More > TV, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Patrick Stewart, Star Trek (franchise) By Kaila Hale-Stern on Wed,1:29 The legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart was visibly moved when he spoke to a crowd of adoring Star Trek fans and dropped the game-changing news that he'd be revisiting the role of Jean-Luc Picard. Read More > Books, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, race By Princess Weekes on Wed,12:52 It's moments like this where it is really clear that Harry Potter is written by someone with privilege. Read More > AMP Featured, Movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Oscars, The Hollywood Reporter By Kate Gardner on Wed,12:45 In today's "why is this something that needs to happen" entertainment news, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the Academy Awards are now adding in a category of "outstanding achievement in popular film," because they really would rather increase an overly long telecast and risk frustrating viewers more rather than let Black Panther, or any Marvel film for that matter, be nominated for Best Picture. Read More > Movies, adaptations, books, movies By Princess Weekes on Wed,11:02 We are too hard on film adaptations—sometimes they are better or equal to their print counterparts. Here are some we think make the mark. Read More > AMP Featured, Movies, Disney, Disney princesses, Frozen 2 By Veronica Walsingham on Wed,10:57 Disney princesses, it seems, are often getting sequels, but they don't make it to theaters for some reason—except Anna and Elsa. Read More > Big on the Internet, Alex Jones, First Amendment By Vivian Kane on Wed,8:25 More and more companies are banning Alex Jones from using their platforms to spew his hateful conspiracy theories and racist and antisemitic drivel. Facebook, Apple, Spotify, and YouTube have all removed Jones' content from their sites. If you've spent any time at all on the internet, you can probably guess what that means. Yup, a lot of misinformed conservative supporters yelling about "freedom of speech." Read More > Big on the Internet, rey, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: Episode IX By Princess Weekes on Tue,6:06 There's a new fan theory about who could be Rey's parents—two characters that we already know. Read More > Movies, Birds of Prey, Black Mask, Margot Robbie By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,5:42 Warner Bros. has announced that the villain of the upcoming Birds of Prey movie will be Black Mask. Black Mask (or as Princess Weekes calls him, "Red Skull's cousin") is the alias of Roman Sionis, a sadistic kingpin in Gotham's crime-ridden city with a penchant for kittens. Did I say kittens? Just kidding, I meant black masks. Read More > Technology, Ajit Pai, The FCC By Dan Van Winkle on Tue,4:58 No one has ever, ever believed an "I was hacked" excuse for things going wrong on the internet without direct confirmation that it was actually true. In terms of believability, it comes in just barely ahead of "the Ambien made me racist." The FCC's claim that a cyber attack was responsible for bringing down the agency's public comment system, while they were taking comments on their wildly unpopular plan to roll back net neutrality rules in May 2018, ranked just behind that. Read More > TV, LGBTQ Representation, Riverdale By Princess Weekes on Tue,4:56 One of the highlights of this season of Riverdale has been the relationship between Cheryl Blossom and Toni Topaz, also known as Choni. Read More > AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Carrie Fisher, donald trump, Hollywood Walk of Fame By Vivian Kane on Tue,3:09 The West Hollywood City Council has passed a resolution asking the city of Los Angeles to remove Trump's star permanently. They say this has nothing to do with the fact that Trump is a Republican—after all, no one is smashing up Ronald Regan or Arnold Schwarzenegger's stars–but because having a star on the Walk of Fame is a privilege, and one that Trump has proven he doesn't deserve. Read More > |
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