The Monday Edition - Jun 17, 2019
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Sharp, mainstream fantasy meets compelling thrills of investigative noir in Magic for Liars, a fantasy debut by rising star and Hugo award-winning author Sarah Gailey.

Detective Ivy Gamble is pulled into a world of untold power and dangerous secrets when a gruesome murder is discovered at The Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches Theoretical Magic. Ivy will have to find a murderer and reclaim her sister―without losing herself.
Movies, Ariel, prince eric, The Little Mermaid

What If We Gender Bent the Live-Action Version of the Little Mermaid?

What if, instead, we gender bent The Little Mermaid?
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, politics

I’m Crying Laughing at Everyone Mocking This Tweet From the Democrats

Steve Buscemi says "How do you do, fellow kids?" while poorly dressed as a youth.
Have you ever laughed so hard you cried, but also couldn't tell if they were tears of joy or sadness? That's pretty much been our reaction to watching the entire internet (the part of it that is Twitter, anyway) come together to roundly mock the Democrats' weekend tweet about Donald Trump and the 2020 election.
Movies, Darkseid, DCEU, The Snyder Cut, Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder Shares Image of Young Darkseid From His Version of Justice League, How Fun

Image of the DC villain Darkseid from his incarnation in the video game Injustice 2 as well as an image of Zack Snyder from a BvS even
On Father's Day, Zack Snyder went on Vero and celebrated by giving fans a black-and-white taste of what his Darkseid could've looked like in his Justice League movie.
Movies, Anton Yelchin, Chris Pine, Star Trek (2009 film)

We’re Crying Over Chris Pine Talking About Anton Yelchin at a Recent Screening of Star Trek

Jim Kirk (Chris Pine) advises Pavel Chekov (Anton Yelchin) in a scene from Star Trek Into Darkness.
Chris Pine appeared at a screening of Star Trek at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery to praise the memory of his friend and co-star Anton Yelchin, as well as to celebrate ten years of JJ Abrams's space epic.
AMP Featured, TV, Avery Brooks, Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Happy Father’s Day to Benjamin Sisko and Only Benjamin Sisko

Avery Brooks and Cirroc Lofton as Benjamin Sisko and Jake Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Of all the Space Dads around the world, few are as amazingly kind and compassionate as Benjamin Sisko of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Movies, Ironheart, Riri Williams, Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Is Here for Ironheart in Marvel Movies, so Can We Have That Right Now?

Ironheart is a character that came into the Iron Man legacy and made it her own, so why not have her take on the MCU? And now, Robert Downey Jr. supports it.
Books, Lionsgate, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

We’re Going Back to Panem With a Hunger Games Prequel

"Dystopian stories are places where you can play out the scenarios in your head — your anxieties — and see what might come of them. And, hopefully, as a young person, with the possibilities of the future waiting for you, you’re thinking about how to head these things off."
AMP Featured, TV, contributors, Star Trek: The Next Generation

A Spirited Defense of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Deanna Troi

Deanna Troi on CBS's Star Trek: The Next Generation.
When I was a little girl, watching Star Trek: The Next Generation reruns with my father, Deanna Troi was my favorite character because she was very pretty and very kind—like a princess ... IN SPACE! That’s sometimes all it takes for little girls. As I grew up into a fully fledged nerd, I continued to think Troi was the coolest, but I found out that an awful lot of people disagreed with me incredibly passionately on the topic.
Movies, DCEU, The Joker, Warner Bros.

Todd Phillips Confirms His Joker Movie Is Rated R

Actor Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck / Joker in upcoming Joker movie from DC
Director Todd Phillips has confirmed that Joker, the next installment in the Warner Bros. and DC live action collaboration starring actor Joaquin Phoenix as the titular character, will be an R-rated movie.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby Decided to Be Gross on Twitter for Father’s Day and No Thank You

bill cosby, trial, guilty, rape, assault
Bill Cosby took to Twitter this Father's Day to be gross, and can we expect anything less at this point?
Big on the Internet, Cersei Lannister, Lena Headey, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Lena Headey Wanted a Better Ending for Cersei on Game of Thrones

lena headey as cersei lannister on game of thrones.
Cersei's death was one of many missteps in the iconic series, and part of a larger issue of how Game of Thrones treats its female characters.
Big on the Internet, dads, Father's Day, fathers

A Father’s Day Shout-Out to Our Favorite Fictional Surrogate Dads

Anthony Stewart Head and Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
If these men were real, you can bet we'd be buying them a cheesy tie and a nice steak dinner.
TV, Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter, Netflix

Season 3 of Jessica Jones Wrestles With Heroism, Family, and Expectations

Marvel's Jessica Jones Krysten Ritter and Ben Walker grab a beer.
After years of fighting it, season 3 finally sees Jessica embrace her goodness, and the world is better for it.
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