The Wednesday Edition - Jan 2, 2019
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Our friends at Kensington Books have quite the giveaway for you: not one, not two, but seven books featuring badass magical women—plus powerful jewelry, clarifying crystals, and more!
Comics, Bucky Barnes, winter soldier

Bucky Barnes as a Makeshift Dad for a Child of Hydra? Sign Me Right Up.

bucky barnes crashing through glass in marvel's winter soldier comic issue 2
Bucky Barnes with a child? Fighting crime side by side? Yes, please and thank you! The second issue of Winter Soldier features would-be Winter Soldier RJ and his relentless attack on Bucky, which inevitably fails, because he's the Winter Soldier. Did Hydra really think this child could take on James Buchanan Barnes?
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Big on the Internet, mental health, mental health awareness

Let’s De-Stigmatize the Conversation Around Mental Health in 2019

In 2019, let's de-stigmatize the conversation around mental health and medication.
"If all we do is highlight our highest of highs while being quiet about our lows, we're bound to make the world a lonelier place."
Movies, Aliens, Sigourney Weaver, The Predator

The Predator Filmed Alternate Endings With Aliens‘ Ripley and Newt

sigourney weaver, carrie henn
Two alternate endings were shot that would have reinvigorated not only the film's ending, but the Alien franchise as well.
Movies, Carrie Fisher, Star Wars: Episode IX, Todd Fisher

Todd Fisher Confirms That There Will Be a Lot of Leia in Star Wars: Episode IX

Carrie Fisher as Leia in Star Wars: The Last Jedi poster
Todd Fisher, brother of the late Carrie Fisher, confirms that Episode IX will feature a lot of never-before-seen content featuring Leia Organa.
News, Mitt Romney, Republicans

Mitt Romney Uses Op-Ed to Criticize President He’ll Still Vote Along With Anyway

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 29: (L to R) President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney dine at Jean Georges restaurant, November 29, 2016 in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Mitt Romney, former presidential candidate and incoming U.S. Senator from Utah, has been critical of Donald Trump in the past, and he's taken to The Washington Post to let the president know that he will keep up the tough talk in office, while still just supporting the same Republican party that loves to support Trump and his agenda. Think of it as Romney's audition to be the Senate's new Jeff Flake.
Big on the Internet, government shutdown, National Park Service

Thanks to the Trump Shutdown, National Parks Are Somewhere Between “Wild West” & Lord of the Flies

trump shutdown national parks joshua tree
Some of the parks, monuments, and historical sites run by the National Park Service have closed or will close soon, once their temporary funding runs out. Many others, though, have remained open, but all but a skeleton staff have been furloughed. Meaning the public can get in, but there's no one there to make sure they don't destroy the place. Which seems to be exactly what they're doing.
Movies, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel (movie), The MCU

Captain Marvel Kicks Off 2019 by Encouraging Us to Fly #HigherFurtherFaster

captain marvel #higherfurtherfaster
Let's be big damn heroes.
TV, Doctor Who, recap

Doctor Who’s “Resolution”: Family Reunions, Daleks, and More!

13th Doctor and companions in doctor who new year special resolution
The Daleks will never leave the Doctor be. Or, at least, that's what we saw on the Doctor Who New Year's Day special, "Resolution." An archeological dig unearths a part of a Dalek after centuries of people trying to keep pieces of it separated across the world. When archeologists Lin and Mitch uncover something they don't understand, they put it under a light, and thus, the Dalek is revived.
Movies, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

If We All Love Into the Spider-Verse Why Isn’t It Doing Better at the Box Office?

Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, and Shameik Moore in Spider-Man- Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is one of the best Spider-Man movies we have ever had, yet it has been trailing behind Aquaman, Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee for the past few weeks.
Movies, Honest Trailers, symbrock, Venom

Venom’s Honest Trailer Ships Symbrock, Just Like the Rest of Us

The Honest Trailer for 'Venom' delightfully highlights what's bad about the movie—a dumb villainous plan, a bad CGI climactic battle—as well as what's good: Eddie Brock and Venom's storied love affair.
TV, contributors, Steven Universe, Steven Universe recap

Steven Universe Recap: “Together Alone”

steven universe in together alone epsiode
It's that hellish Thanksgiving where you came out to your horrible extended family.
Books, books, Top 10

My Top 10 Favorite Books of 2018

Belle Beauty and the Beast
The year 2018 has been a great year for books and even though we could have 50, here are ten books that moved us in this year.
Movies, Avengers: Endgame, promo art, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Leaked Avengers: Endgame Promo Art to Start Your Year off Right

Captain America and Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame promo art
I would be remiss in not alerting you to every new detail we are tossed for Avengers: Endgame, because these are the times that we live in, and there are pop quizzes on this constantly.
Big on the Internet, 2018, women in entertainment, women in politics

Thank You to Every Woman Who Broke a Barrier in 2018

women 2018 milestones
2018 has been a lot of things. For many women, it's been a year with a lot of collective pain, but there's also been an undeniable amount of growth.
Movies, bad times at the el royale, Blindspotting, Destroyer, Eighth Grade, I Tonya, Sorry to Bother You, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

7 Movies Everyone Should Have Been Talking About in 2018 but DIDN’T

Tessa Thompson in Sorry to Bother You (2018)
I get it; there are a lot of movies that come out throughout the year. You can't be expected to see all of them, but with 2018 came an entire lineup of great movies that seemingly got passed over, which is unacceptable.
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