The Sunday Edition - Dec 15, 2019
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AMP Featured, Movies, Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

If Darth Vader Could Be Redeemed, Why Not Kylo Ren?

kylo ren and darth vader
Would we have been arguing about Vader's plot line like this in 1983?
AMP Featured, Movies & TV, Legends of Tomorrow, queer representation, Wynonna Earp, Yuri!! On Ice

Here Are Some Great Queer Holiday Movies and Shows to Watch Instead of Hallmark

waveryly and nicole kiss on wynonna earp
If you too want to make the Yuletide gay and spite homophobic Hallmark, here are a few episodes and movies to put on your nice list.
AMP Featured, TV, American Gods, Orlando Jones

Orlando Jones Elaborates on His Firing from American Gods as Fremantle Media Chimes in

Orlando Jones as Mr Nancy in season 1 of American Gods
Orlando Jones clarifies why he was fired and how.
News, Cory Booker, democratic primary, Julian Castro, Michael Bloomberg, presidential debates

Democratic Candidates Ask DNC to Change Debate Rules That Exclude Booker and Castro

The stage is empty before the fourth Democratic primary debate.
The tighters DNC rules have thinned the democratic herd and those left behind don't like it.
Big on the Internet, Hallmark, homophobia, queer representation

Things We Saw Today: Hallmark Caves to Homophobes

cute lesbians at their wedding in an add by zola
The family channel pulled an ad featuring a lesbian wedding after conservative protest.
News, Impeachment Hearings, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell

Lindsay Graham and Mitch McConnell Should Recuse Themselves from Impeachment Trial

collage of two racid bowls of yougurt aka mitch mcconnel and lindsey graham
Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham continue to be the WORST.
Movies, Dr. Seuss, Holiday Movies, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the grinch (2018)

The Best New Christmas Classic is…The Grinch!

The Grinch
I know this may shock you because it shocked me but 2018's "The Grinch" is great.
News, alex bozarjian, harassment, sexual harassment

The Man Who Sexually Assaulted Reporter Alex Bozarjian on Live TV Has Been Arrested

Reporter Alex Bozarjian was gropped by a dickhead
We reported earlier this week on the on-air assault of reporter Alex Bozarjian, how was slapped on the rear by a runner while she was doing live coverage of a 10K race in Georgia, and now we have an update on the case involving her assailant, youth minister Tommy Callaway. According to Deadline, Bozarjian filled […]
AMP Featured, TV, American Gods, Orlando Jones

American Gods Just Fired Orlando Jones and We Need to Finally Admit the Show Is a Disaster

Orlando Jones as Mr Nancy in season 1 of American Gods
The troubled show just fired it's only remaining draw and were allegedly racist in how and why the did it.
Big on the Internet, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Marriage Story, Scarlett Johansson

What Marriage Story Gets Right and Wrong About Divorce Law

Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, and Azhy Robertson in Marriage Story (2019)
Marriage Story is a great movie, but is it accurate when it comes to the legal wrangling it portrays?
Movies, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Are You Ready for the Netflix Christmas Expanded Universe?

Everything is connected. Even Christmas movies.
News, donald trump, impeachment, Mitch McConnell

What Comes Next in the Impeachment Process?

Donald Trump stands with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell during a campaign rally
This is a big moment in history and the importance of what just happened can't be discounted. But there is still a long way to go until this process is over. So where do we go from here?
Movies, To All The Boys I've Loved Before

There Still Are Good Things in This World Like the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Sequel

To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You still
Are Lara Jean and Peter going to have a hard time when John Ambrose comes to town in To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You? We'll have to wait and see, but at least, in the darkness of everything around us, we have Lara Jean and her letters to look forward to. 
Movies, 6 Underground, Ben Hardy

Interview: 6 Underground’s Ben Hardy Loved Working With Michael Bay

The cast of 6 Underground
6 Underground is available on Netflix, and it's a fun time for all. Why not hunker down and enjoy the movie now or with your family over the holidays, because who doesn't love a good ol' fashioned action hit?
News, Brexit, elections, United Kingdom

The U.K. Sure Did Vote Yesterday

Hugh Laurie as Prince George in Blackadder
A lot of people are extremely unhappy about the U.K.'s results, Scotland is doing its own thing, and Twitter is afire. Let's take a look.
TV, The Mandalorian

We All Have Some Thoughts on the Latest Episode of The Mandalorian

baby yoda uses the force
Each and every week, we tune in to the adventures of baby Yoda to see what he's doing out there in space with his Dadalorian. 
Big on the Internet, history, paganism, superstition

Why Is Friday the 13th Considered Bad Luck?

What makes Friday the 13th, of all days, so unlucky?
Movies, D.B Weiss, David Benioff, H.P. Lovecraft

Game of Thrones Showrunners to Create H.P. Lovecraft Movie for Warner Bros.

US-ENTERTAINMENT-TELEVISION-INTERNATIONAL-EMMY Producers/screenwriters David Benioff (R) and D. B. Weiss (L) arrive for the 47th Annual International Emmy Awards at New York Hilton on November 25, 2019 in New York City. - The International Emmy Award is an award ceremony bestowed by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition to the best television programs initially produced and aired outside the United States. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
HBO's Game of Thrones creators are back, and despite the pair no longer being a part of the Star Wars universe, they are not lacking opportunities to bring their "talents" to the screen. The latest project for collaborators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, so says Variety, is that they have signed on to produce an untitled thriller based on the graphic novel Lovecraft for Warner Bros.
Movies, Olivia Wilde, richard jewell

Olivia Wilde Responds to Richard Jewell Controversy but Doesn’t Make It Better

Clint Eastwood directs Olivia Wilde behind the scenes on Richard Jewell.
Olivia Wilde took to Twitter to defend herself... but just made the movie sound worse.
Big on the Internet, Robert Downey Jr.

Tony Stark May Be Retired but Robert Downey Jr. Is Taking the Tech Genius Thing Seriously

Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame
Even though this week, at Sting's benefit concert to help save the rainforest (which Downey hosted), he said that Tony Stark is retired, it seems as if the former Iron Man star is taking after Tony Stark even more.
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