The Friday Edition - Aug 6, 2021
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Books, awards, Romance Writers of America, Romancelandia

Romance Writers of America Rescinds Award for Racist Book After Doubling Down Earlier This Week

"At Love's Command" book cover by Karen Witemeyer,, featuring a cowboy, edited to show a teardrop falling from his eye. (Image: Bethany House Publishers, emoji)

Romancelandia erupted. Writers let their RWA Memberships lapse, and at least one author refused their award. Less than 24 hours later, the RWA released a followup statement rescinding the award.

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News, Ashton Kutcher, Dax Shepard, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mila Kunis

Why Do Celebrities Keep Thinking We Want to Hear That They Don’t Shower?

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 23: (L-R) Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis play ping pong at Clayton Kershaw's 6th Annual Ping Pong 4 Purpose on August 23, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Kershaw's Challenge ); CULVER CITY, CA - NOVEMBER 12: Actors Dax Shepard (L) and Kristen Bell speak onstage during the Fifth Annual Baby2Baby Gala, Presented By John Paul Mitchell Systems at 3LABS on November 12, 2016 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Baby2Baby); SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 25: Jake Gyllenhaal attends a Palo Alto Networks dinner to discuss the role cybersecurity plays in Hollywood today at the Virgin Hotels on February 25, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for Palo Alto Networks)

Stop. Please. We want to picture smelling like wealth and opportunity.

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Gaming, Hollow Knight, indie games, video games

Thanks to Hollow Knight I Finally Understand Why People Like Dark Souls and Other Extremely Difficult Video Games

Hollow Knight main image

For years I never understood the appeal of playing Dark Souls and other games where you die all the time, but after 50 hours of Hollow Knight, I get it now.

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Big on the Internet, Olympics 2021, Tom Daley

Everyone Is Obsessed With Olympic Diver Tom Daley Casually Knitting in the Stands

Tom Daley knitting at the Olympics

You've probably seen a man knitting at the Olympics and it is none other than everyone's favorite diver, Tom Daley! 

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Movies, Deadpool 3, mcu, Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds: Deadpool 3 Production Likely in 2022. What Does Its Marvel Status Mean?

Deadpool gasping with his hands pressed to his face.

"The percentage chance? I don’t know. I couldn’t assign a percentage to that. I’d say it’s 50/50 maybe? We’re really actively developing it and getting it into pretty good shape. What the hell month is it? August? Oh, next year? Probably pretty damn good. I’d say 70%."

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TV, Netflix, Stranger Things 4

New Stranger Things 4 “Sneak Peek”: We Have to Wait for 2022!?

Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in Stranger Things

The last we saw of the kids of Stranger Things, they were coping with the "death" of Jim Hopper and Eleven, Will, and the rest of the Byers family were moving away from Hawkins, Indiana.

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TV, Daniel Radcliffe, Miracle Workers, Vogue

Daniel Radcliffe Dances to Discotheque in Assless Chaps on Oregon Trail

Daniel Radcliffe in season three of "Miracle Workers." (Image: TBS)

The most recent episode of Miracle Workers features Daniel Radcliffe singing “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain” in his most dramatic costume yet—black, sparkling assless chaps and a feathered collar.

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News, amy cooper, Karens, racial discrimination

Amy “Central Park Karen” Cooper Has Changed Her Story. In Other News, Water Is Wet.

Amy Cooper yanks her dog's leash while calling the police.

Amy Cooper (Central Park Karen) went on a podcast this last Tuesday to tell the "real" story on why she called the police on that Black birdwatcher.

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News, Cori Bush, COVID-19, evictions

The COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium Has Been Extended, Thanks To Actual Hero Cori Bush

Cori Bush wipes away a tear and smiles with the Capitol building in the backgroud

After five straight days of protesting, Joe Biden finally announced that he was ordering the Center for Disease Control to extend the moratorium on evictions.

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Big on the Internet, BBC Sport, Gundam, Optimus Prime

Things We Saw Today: BBC Sport Out of Its Depth, Misidentifying Olympic Gundam as Transformer

optimus prime

So one thing is clear: We gotta get some nerds working for these places so this never happens again. Anyway, I love the Iron Giant.

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TV, South Park

We Will Never Be Free of the Cynicism of South Park as It’s Renewed for 9 More Seasons and 14 Movies

the "cast" of South Park and their neverending list of characters

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have signed a giant new deal with ViacomCBS, which has extended the lifeblood of South Park for several more seasons and movies that will be part of Paramount Plus's exclusive content.

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AMP Featured, Books, erotica, fan fiction, plagiarism

Erotic Romance Author Accused of Plagiarizing Fanfiction

Leather whip on red background.

An author of erotic romance has been accused of plagiarizing from fanfiction—and now it appears it may have been more than just one incident.

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Books, contributors

Eat Your Heart Out Is a Horrifying Satire of ‘80s Teen Movies With a Fat Camp Twist

Eat Your Heat Out book cover featuring a character bashing a zombie's head with an oar.

Fat camp stories have seemingly been done to death (pun intended), but Kelly deVos’s latest, Eat Your Heart Out, gives diet culture a horrifying new satirical spin.

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Movies, Deborah Ann Woll, Karen Page, Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man Fans So Desperate for Info We Mistook Someone for Daredevil’s Karen Near No Way Home Set

Karen Page looking skeptical in Marvel and Netflix's Daredevil.

So no, sadly, that's not Deborah Ann Woll with Kirsten Dunst and we're right back to the drawing board with our theories and longing for more Spidey content but honestly, it's fun being all in on this together and trying to figure out what is happening with our good boy Peter Parker. 

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AMP Featured, News, donald trump, Trump Cards

The Designs for Donald Trump’s New “Trump Cards” Scam Are Unsettling at Best

Donald Trump hugs a US flag and yells

I thought I'd be free of this nonsense, free of waking up to some Trumpian horrors trending every single morning and yet here we are. 

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Comics, DC Comics, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy

After Reading the First Issue of Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour I Too Wish to Commence a Queer Girl Road Trip

Cast of Eat Bang Kill

Tee Franklin's "Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour" picks up right where the second season of the animated series left off.

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AMP Featured, TV, Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor

Xena’s Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor Are Reuniting Onscreen, Gays Continue to Win

xena gabrielle are back with Renee o Connor and Lucy lawless back together

Celebration time gays!  Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor are reuniting for the first time on television since Xena ended in 2001.

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