| Movies, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, The MCU By Princess Weekes on Mon,11:30 Marvel has been working to diversify its roster and use its legacy characters as a way to write comic book characters that reach out to different kinds of comic book fans. Among the most popular of those characters is Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel, the legacy character of Carol Danvers' Captain Marvel. Read More > Big on the Internet, Chelsea Peretti, Mother's Day By Charline Jao on Mon,10:45 Peretti tweeted to see if anyone needed a Twitter mom, and delivered lots of advice and validation. Read More > Gaming, Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, video games By Dan Van Winkle on Mon,10:22 Unless you were one of the lucky ones who manage to snag one of Nintendo's mini NES systems when they debuted nearly two years ago, you may have thought you were out of luck when Nintendo cut off the supply—or at least may have been left wondering when they'd produce more. Now, you've finally got what you've been waiting for, unless you went the eBay route and spent an absurd amount of money to get one any way, in which case, you may not be quite as thrilled about this news. Read More > Movies, Benedict Cumberbatch, wage gap By Charline Jao on Mon,9:18 Benedict Cumberbatch spoke about the wage gap in a recent Radio Times interview, where he said that male actors should refuse to take on a role unless their female co-stars are receiving fair pay. Read More > Big on the Internet, TV, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Monday Cute By Princess Weekes on Mon,8:25 Not since Shawn and Angela (sorry Cory and Topanga) have a straight live action couple filled me with so much squee. Now that Brooklyn Nine-Nine has been saved by NBC, we can enjoy the upcoming Jake and Amy wedding knowing that we will get one more season filled with one of tv's best couples. Read More > Movies, Harvey Weinstein, Lupita Nyong'o, Salma Hayek, sexual misconduct, women of color By Charline Jao on Mon,8:11 Prior to Rose McGowan, Weinstein had only publicly denied accusations from Hayek and Lupita Nyong'o, both of them women of color. Read More > AMP Featured, TV, HBO, Lisa Joy, Westworld, Westworld recaps By Teresa Jusino on Mon,7:14 What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening? The answer to the 'Riddle of the Sphinx' is 'man,' and the riddle itself about aging: crawling baby, to walking adult, to elderly person with a cane. It's interesting, then, that the Westworld episode of the same name is about humanity's attempt to do the exact opposite. Read More > Big on the Internet, media representation, moms, Mother's Day By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,1:37 Oh moms, where would we be without you? You gave us life, love, support, and plenty of grief over our high school sartorial choices (maybe you were right, those gold corduroy pants have NOT aged well). In honor of Mother's Day, we're doing a round up of some of our favorite moms from the geeky world of film, television, and comics. Because while shapeshifters, wizards, and time travelers are swell, we know that moms are the closest thing to real-life superheroines we have. Read More > TV, Charmed, Charmed Reboot, roswell By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,1:15 Break out the scrunchies and the slap bracelets! The 90's television revival continues with the CW picking up reboots of Charmed and Roswell. Both genre series ran on the former WB (and UPN) and will now be resurrected with Latinx casts and storylines that touch on diversity and inclusivity. I'm still holding out hope for a gritty reboot of Homeboys in Outer Space. Read More > Big on the Internet, Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, HBCU By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,12:39 Black Panther star/your boyfriend Chadwick Boseman was the commencement speaker at Howard University's graduation ceremony yesterday. Boseman returned to his alma mater to give words of wisdom to the new graduates in a rousing and inspiring speech that proved he's not just the king of Wakanda, he's the king of our hearts. Read More > |
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