The Thursday Edition - Nov 29, 2018
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Movies, Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, the russo brothers

Everything I’m Yelling About From the Russos’ Avengers Q&A

Captain America fights Thanos in Avengers Infinity War
Directors Joseph and Anthony Russo, the mass murderers of my beloved superhero children, held a Q&A following a screening of Avengers: Infinity War in Los Angeles. We have the highlights, annotated by my reactions to said highlights.
TV, contributors, Riverdale, The CW

The Riverdale Cast Talked to Us About the End of #Varchie and the Gargoyle King

Riverdale -- "Chapter Thirty-Five: Brave New World" -- Image Number: RVD222b_0318.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): KJ Apa as Archie and Camila Mendes as Veronica -- Photo: Dean Buscher/The CW -- © 2018 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
The course of true love never did run smooth … I’m sure one of those Shakespeare-quoting, gargoyle-chasing kids of Riverdale will say that to Veronica or Archie when they find out that “Varchie” turned out not to be endgame, and is, instead, just at an end.
Movies, Princess Leia, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: A New Hope

Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter and Star Wars Script Doctor Gloria Katz Has Passed Away at 76

Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford
Alongside her husband and writing partner Willard Huyck, Katz worked on several George Lucas films, including American Graffiti, which earned her an Oscar nomination for best screenplay. She was instrumental in the characterization of Princess Leia Organa, making her more of a heroine as opposed to the classic damsel in distress trope.
Movies, Creed, Creed II, Rocky Balboa

Sylvester Stallone Announces Rocky Balboa’s Retirement in Touching Farewell Video

Sylvester Stallone in Creed II (2018)
In a touching video, actor Sylvester Stallone announces the retirement of the Rocky character (for the second time), following Creed II.
Big on the Internet, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Alexis Denisof Joining Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as a Love Interest

Alexis Denisof Angel
We still can't get enough of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and so any bit of casting news, especially as we prepare for the upcoming Christmas special, is especially fantastic.
Big on the Internet, body image, Jameela Jamil

Jameela Jamil Is Not Done Calling Out Celebrities Who Shill Dangerous Weight-Loss Drinks

jameela jamil, tahani, body shaming, cardi b, kardashians
Jameela Jamil–aka Tahani on The Good Place–has long been calling out society's unhealthy obsession with weight, which tells girls and women to aim for as low a number as possible on the scale, rather than valuing actual health.
Big on the Internet, Samuel Little

Serial Killer Shouldn’t Have Gotten Away With Murdering 90 Women

100 arrests, several of them for rape, and Samuel Little served less than 10 years in jail? What is this justice system?
Sponsored, christmas tree lighting, FuboTV, rockefeller center

How to Watch and Stream the 2018 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Live Online

Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting
It's the event that officially kicks off the Christmas season: the annual, much anticipated and always-televised lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. The event that kicks off at 8 p.m. EST on Wednesday, and we know how to watch.
TV, Cowboy Bebop, Netflix, Shinichiro Watanabe

Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop Is the Latest Anime-to-Live Action Attempt That We Hope They Don’t Screw Up

Cowboy Bebop splash
The journey to making a successful live-action adaptation of an anime series outside of Japan has been a struggle and Netflix has decided to take a crack at it again with what is without a doubt one of these most popular anime series on Earth the 1998 series Cowboy Bebop.
Big on the Internet, Bernardo Bertolucci, David Edelstein, NPR

Film Critic Fired by NPR for Awful Last Tango in Paris Rape Joke

Marlon Brando in 'Last Tango in Paris'
David Edelstein should have stared at his post for a very long time, looked at himself in the mirror, exclaimed, "What is actually wrong with me?", hit "delete," and he would still have a role with the great Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air. 
Big on the Internet, climate change, nolite te bastardes carborundorum

Donald Trump Says He’s Too Smart for Science

trump sexism reporters
Earlier this week, Donald Trump commented on his decision to bury a study on climate change, produced by his own administration and featuring the input of 13 federal agencies and more than 300 leading climate scientists, by saying simply, "I don't believe it." Now, he's expanding on that idea and it just keeps getting worse.
Movies, Green Book, National Board of Review

Green Book Continues Exhausting Trend of Feel-Good Racism Movies Winning Awards

Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in Green Book (2018)
The National Board of Review, a century-old New York-based "film enthusiasts collective" kicked off the awards season with a list of what they consider to be the "best of" in film from the past year. The board has declared Green Book the best film of 2018, according to Variety. I have to disagree.
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