| Movies, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Hayley Atwell, things we saw today By Jessica Mason on Sat,6:30 All's well that Atwells. Read More > News, classical music, Opera By Jessica Mason on Sat,5:00 Multiple accusations against the opera legend show us that opera and classical music have a big problem with harassment and sexism. Read More > AMP Featured, Movies, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, The MCU By Jessica Mason on Sat,3:30 Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War scribes Christoper Markus and Stephen McFeely say down with Vanity Fair to discuss the nuts and bolts of how they wrote many of their Marvel Blockbusters. It's a great conversation that really gets into the inside baseball of how a massive Marvel production is made. Here are a few of our favorite revelations from the talk. Read More > AMP Featured, TV, Luke Perry, Riverdale, San Diego Comic-Con 2019 By Jessica Mason on Sat,2:09 Riverdale is back next month, and we have the first photos from the season premiere. Titled "Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam" the episode will serve as a loving tribute to the late Luke Perry, who played Archie's father, Fred Andrews. At San Diego Comic Con, the cast and crew talked to about the coming season, and what how the premiere will honor Perry's legacy. Read More > Comics, comics, Greek mythology, webcomics By Jessica Mason on Sat,12:34 The myth of Hades and Persephone is seeing a resurgence lately and its most vibrant interpretation can be found as the most popular story on an app I’d never heard of until a few months ago: Webtoon, where Lore Olympus is the jewel in its crown. This little app and ancient story did something I didn’t think was possible: made me love comics. Read More > Movies, media representation, women in film By Jessica Mason on Sat,11:00 According to the latest annual "Boxed In" study by the San Diego University Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, which was released last week, women are making definite inroads behind and in front of the camera, but there's still a long way to go. The study, in its 22nd year, analyzed women both on screen and behind the scenes across broadcast, cable, and streaming. Some of the results are promising, and some are sadly predictable. Read More > TV, catherine the great, Helen Mirren, things we saw today By Kaila Hale-Stern on Fri,6:00 Dame Helen Mirren as Empress Catherine the Great? Yes please. Read More > News, Journalism By Vivian Kane on Fri,5:18 The Daily Beast is now reporting that ThinkProgress is shutting down. Apparently, they'd been looking for a new buyer for a while now and despite some serious contenders, they never secured a new funder. Read More > AMP Featured, Science, environmentalism, feral cats By Princess Weekes on Fri,5:15 Australia is host to 56 introduced invasive vertebrate animal species, one of the deadliest being the feral cat. Read More > Books, Alyse Wax, behind the scenes, It By Kate Gardner on Fri,5:15 Just in case you hadn't had enough of IT Chapter Two, we're bringing you a special look at behind the scenes companion book The World of IT. Read More > Movies, horror movies, monsters By Kaila Hale-Stern on Fri,4:45 As we head into IT: Chapter Two this weekend, I've been thinking about which other movie monsters give Pennywise the Clown a run for its money. Which monster still makes you want to check under your bed? Read More > |
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