The Saturday Edition - Nov 27, 2021
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Big on the Internet, Broadway, RIP, stephen sondheim

Broadway Pays Homage to Musical Theater Icon Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim Freedom Of The City Photocall

What's your favorite Sondheim song?

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Big on the Internet, Ask the Mary Sues, SK8 the Infinity, Thanksgiving

Ask the Mary Sues: What Pop Culture Are You Thankful for in 2021?

matchablossom

What pop culture are you thankful for this year? Let us know in the comments!

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Big on the Internet, cosplay, cosplayers, WandaVision

Things We Saw Today: These WandaVision Cosplayers Actually Aren’t Photoshopped

Promotional image for Marvel Studios' WandaVision showing a black-and-white Wanda and Vision split by modern colors

My jaw never full-on dropped at the sight of a cosplay until I saw this WandaVision power couple go by on Twitter. Their split costumes are unreal.

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TV, Succession

Succession Tackled the Truth of U.S. Politics

Logan Roy saying "oh" on Succession

Politics are messy and this episode showed us all that the Roys will put their personal beliefs aside to make sure that their father still wants to pay for their lives and that's, sadly, the most American thing.

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Movies, Columbia Pictures, Logos, Native Americans

The Most Recognizable Woman in Hollywood Is Also a Visual Reminder of American Imperialism

Columbia Pictures woman holding a beacon of light. (Image: Sony Pictures.)

When Columbia Pictures decided to take on this logo and name change, they inherited the good and the bad of the legacy.

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TV, Alaqua Cox, Echo, Hawkeye

Who Is Echo in Marvel’s Disney+ Hawkeye Series?

Echo looking cool on Hawkeye

While we already know that Alaqua Cox is playing Echo in Hawkeye and then, in the future, her own Disney+ show, we got our first glimpse of Echo in the Hawkeye episode titled "Hide and Seek".

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Gaming

A Holiday Gift Guide for Those of Us Who Put Santa Hats on Our Pokémon (Whether They Sit Still for It or Not)

If you're looking for holiday gifts where Pokémon are dressed in Santa hats while delivering presents then BOY do I have great news for you!

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Movies, horror (genre), Thanksgiving

This Holiday Season, Let’s Retire the “Indian Burial Ground” Trope

the amityville horror 1979 on an Indian burial ground

One of the big tropes in horror is the "Indian Burial Ground" and like most things in the Americas that appropriate Native culture and rework it into Pop Culture, it is a mess.

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Movies, Ghostbusters (Franchise), ghostbusters: afterlife, gift guides

We Ain’t Afraid of No Gifts: The Ultimate Ghostbusters Gift Guide

hasbro phoebe figure and mini puft popper blaster

With so much Ghostbusters stuff hitting the shelves, we've made our top picks for the must-buy items on everyone's holiday wish list.

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Big on the Internet, Black Friday, Thanksgiving, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Don’t Be This Horrible Kind of Customer on Black Friday

An image of comedian Scott Seiss from his bad customers on TikTok video compilation

If you absolutely must go out shopping on Black Friday, don't be like the horrible customers parodied in this brilliant, hilarious compilation of TikToks.

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TV, Hawkeye, Lucky the Pizza Dog

We All Love Lucky the Pizza Dog in Marvel’s Hawkeye Series

Lucky the Pizza Dog in Hawkeye sitting on a couch

Sometimes you're a good boy and that good boy just wants to eat some pizza and that good boy is Lucky the Pizza Dog. The newest show to hit Disney+ is Hawkeye and while this is a Kate Bishop stan account, we also have to pay some respect to the best boy out there.

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TV, Alaqua Cox, Echo, Marvel Entertainment

Alaqua Cox Takes Center Stage as Deaf Superhero Echo in Marvel’s Hawkeye

Alaqua Cox

Cox emphasized the importance of diversity within the MCU, saying “I believe kids deserve to see inclusivity and accurate representation, ... It will make kids with all types of cultures and disabilities feel like our dreams can break free from limitations.”

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TV, Peter Jackson, The Beatles, The Beatles: Get Back

The Beatles: Get Back Gives a Great Inside Look at the Band

The Beatles playing together

If you're a fan of The Beatles, then you're going to love The Beatles: Get Back. But even if you're not that interested in their music, the over 7-hour documentary series from Peter Jackson is a fascinating look at how the band functioned together.

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Movies, Kristen Stewart, Spencer (film), Thanksgiving

Spencer Is the Perfect Holiday Feel-Bad Movie

Kristen Stewart rests her cheek on her hand and looks into the camera as Diana in Spencer.

There are a lot of great movies in theaters right now if you’re looking to get out of the house this Thanksgiving weekend, but none of them may be a better fit for this specific holiday, thematically speaking, than Spencer.

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Big on the Internet, mental health, Thanksgiving

Annual Holiday Reminder to Honor Your Boundaries With Family & Friends This Thanksgiving

friends thanksgiving awkward

The Holiday season is not fun for everyone. There has been a lot of loss, death, and trauma that has happened to people in the nearly two years since the pandemic first hit. But in addition to that, there is the reality that for many the holidays are not a time of joy in the first place.

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Books, Holiday Gift Guide, SFF, young adult

TMS 2021 Gift Guide: New YA Books That Includes Something For Everyone

Four books featured on the 2021 TMS Bookish Gift Guide for young adults. (Image: Margaret K. McElderry Books, Abrams Books, Harperteen, and Henry Holt & Company.)

You've got about one week to order a book online and get it in before 2022. Luckily, we've got you covered. Like our bookish gift guide for children and tweens, here compiled are some (mostly) very new and fun novels in young adult literature.

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Big on the Internet, My Hero Academia, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Anime NYC Returned With a My Hero Academia Live Concert

the three best boys from my hero academia

This past weekend was Anime NYC for those of us in New York City and it was my first time going to a convention since the pandemic came. The event brought out so many of the best things I love about anime: cosplayers, amazing art, and a chance to talk and meet with new people. In addition to spending a lot of money on art—I was given opportunity to see some fun events and one that was exciting for many was the My Hero Academia live concert.

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Movies, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man

Reminder: Spider-Man Is a Thanksgiving Film

Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn carving a turkey

Hello, I'm back with another case for "This Superhero Movie Is Actually a Holiday Film and No I Will Not Be Taking Questions". Today's is about the 2002 Sam Raimi film Spider-Man.

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TV, clint barton, Hawkeye, natasha romanoff

At the Core of Hawkeye, for Jeremy Renner, Is Natasha

Natasha romanoff and clint barton touching foreheads in endgame

It always went back to Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff.

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News, Amanda Knox, true crime

Amanda Knox Is Still Fighting To Take Back Her Own Narrative

MODENA, ITALY - JUNE 15: American journalist Amanda Knox delivers a speech during a panel session entitled 'Trial by Media' during the first edition of the Criminal Justice Festival, an event organised by The Italy Innocence Project and the local association of barristers, on June 15, 2019 in Modena, Italy. The Italy Innocence Project focuses on the issues relating to wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice in Italy. Guest speaker Amanda Knox makes her first visit back to Italy since she was wrongly convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher. Knox spent four years in prison following her conviction for the murder of her flatmate in 2007 and was definitively acquitted by the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation. (Photo by Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)

Despite being exonerated, Amanda Knox is still living the aftermath of her being convicted of the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher.

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