The Monday Edition - Feb 7, 2022
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Movies, Nathan Drake, Tom Holland, Uncharted

Things We Saw Today: Tom Holland Playing Uncharted While Chatting About the Movie Is Delightful

Tom Holland and Mark Wahlburg standing on a plane in Uncharted

When it doubt, let Tom Holland playing a video game soothe you.

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TV, anime, Demon Slayer

Demon Slayer Wraps Up Longest Battle of the Series With Epic Carnage & Breathtaking Fights

the latest battle of demon slayer has been truly epic

Demon Slayer's Entertainment District Arc has been a long one and with it finally coming to a close it delivered one of the best fight sequences of the series to date. Which is a high bar considering it is known for its amazing fights.

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News, China, Hide From Homepage, Olympics, Olympics 2022

Why Are People Boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics?

Boycotts and protests of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China are everywhere, from watchers not tuning in to countries not sending diplomats. Here's why.

The post Why Are People Boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics? first appeared on The Mary Sue.
Books, #OwnVoices, Barnes & Noble, We Need Diverse Books

The Term #OwnVoices Still Baffles People in 2021, Even Booksellers

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Unfortunately, a Barnes & Noble tasked with setting up an #OwnVoices table didn't get the memo.

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Movies, awards season, Hollywood, the razzies

Here Are the 2022 Razzie Nominations—With a Special Category Just for Bruce Willis

The cast of Diana the Musical

Awards season is upon us which means that The Golden Raspberry Foundation has announced their nominations for the worst films and performances of 2021.

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Gaming, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Pokémon (franchise)

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Is My First Main Series Game and I Gotta Know, Has Pokémon Always Been So Foreboding?

Pokémon

Pokémon Legends: Arceus is a stressful game that has a foreboding vortex in the sky as all the wild Pokémon do their best to show you a bad time.

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AMP Featured, TV, pokemon, video games, vital questions

Can Pokémon Actually Die?

an image of a ghost pokemon

All evidence seems to point that players aren't rampant Pokémon murders. But that doesn't mean Pokémon can't die.

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Movies, DVDs, Eternals, Hide From Homepage, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Here’s the Eternals DVD and Blu-ray Release Date and All Bonus Features Included

the eternals are coming and they are hot

Maybe you saw Marvel’s Eternals in the theater last fall. Maybe you caught it streaming on Disney+ last month. Or maybe you’ve been patiently waiting for it to come out on DVD and Blu-ray. If so, here’s everything you need to know about the release date, bonus features, and more!

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Movies, Ben Affleck, the last duel

Ben Affleck Getting a Razzie Nomination for The Last Duel Is Absurd

Ben Affleck in a blonde wig in the Last Duel

At the end of the day, I know that the Razzie nominations mean nothing but when it comes to Affleck who deserves an Oscar nomination for his work being part of the conversation? It is just incredibly frustrating.

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TV, Euphoria, Rue, Zendaya

Last Night’s Euphoria Gave Everyone Anxiety for Rue

Zendaya fighting her mother as Rue in Euphoria

Throughout the first season and now well into season 2, we've been seeing how deep Rue's addiction runs.

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Movies & TV, TV, And Just Like That…, Sex and the City

And Just Like That… Showrunner Says He Was Happy to Be Samantha and Doesn’t Expect Kim Cattrall to Ever Return

And Just Like That

Neither the showrunner for "And Just Like That..." nor Sarah Jessica Parker expect Kim Cattrall to return as Samantha Jones.

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News, British Royal Family

Queen Elizabeth Used Platinum Jubilee Speech To Set Foundation for Camilla To Be Queen Consort

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 14: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the annual Remembrance Sunday service at The Cenotaph on November 14, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 70 years on the throne but in doing so the 95-year-old monarch was also doing some groundwork for her heir's second wife to become queen.

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AMP Featured, Movies, death on the nile, Kenneth Branagh

Death on the Nile Is a Fun Adaptation, Cursed by Its Cast

armie and gal death on the nile

Branagh knows how to tell a mystery and hopefully this won't be the last turn as Poirot we see.

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Big on the Internet, bank robbery, Florida Man, Sonic the Hedgehog

Florida Man Tries to Rob Bank, Conceals Identity With Sonic the Hedgehog Mask

Sonic and the Police

A man in a Sonic the Hedgehog mask attempted to rob a bank in DeLand, Florida, but fled the scene before he could be caught.

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Books, Sponsored, horror (genre), Thrillers, violence against women

Such a Pretty Smile Is a Chilling Novel of Murder and What It Means To Be a Woman

Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi Demeester. (St. Martin's Press.)

In Kristi DeMeester's new horror novel, two narrators a decade apart deal with stresses familial and psychological as their community is ravaged by a string of mysterious murders.

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TV, HBO Max, The Boondocks, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: HBO Max Cancels ‘The Boondocks’ Reboot

The Boondocks

Created by Aaron MacGruder, The Boondocks was a comic strip before becoming a breakout animated series for the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block.

The post Things We Saw Today: HBO Max Cancels ‘The Boondocks’ Reboot first appeared on The Mary Sue.
Space, International Space Station, oceans, Space Station

International Space Station to Join Rest of Humanity’s Garbage at Bottom of the Ocean

International Space Station

NASA has announced that the International Space Station (ISS) will be retired in January 2031, at which point it will crash land into the ocean.

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Big on the Internet, Awkwafina, blaccent, cultural appropriation

Awkwafina Issues Non-Apology on her Use of ‘Blaccent’, Misses the Point Entirely

Awkwafina in 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'

But almost immediately after posting, Awkwafina began blocking people looking to engage in a conversation around AAVE. And just hours later, she announced she was quitting Twitter.

The post Awkwafina Issues Non-Apology on her Use of ‘Blaccent’, Misses the Point Entirely first appeared on The Mary Sue.
Big on the Internet, Ask the Mary Sues, Black History Month

Ask the Mary Sues: Our Pop Culture Picks to Celebrate Black History Month

Fast color movie still the whole family sits around a table.

From literature to art to film and television and beyond, Black narratives are essential and inimitable.

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