The Tuesday Edition - Aug 21, 2018
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Movies, chance the rapper, Slice, Zazie Beetz

Zazie Beetz and Chance the Rapper Fight Evil and Deliver Pizza in Slice Trailer

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If you like werewolves, pizza, and Zazie Beetz, have I got the trailer for you.
AMP Featured, TV, american vandal, Netflix, Poop

Netflix’s True Crime Mockumentary Masterpiece American Vandal Just Dropped a Surprise Season 2 Trailer

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Netflix has released a trailer for the second season of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody-winning series and the premise seems like a natural progression. If season one was all about dick jokes, season two should be poop jokes, right?
Big on the Internet, News, aretha franklin, Madonna, VMAs

In a Shock to No One, Madonna Made Aretha Franklin’s Tribute About Her

performs onstage during the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City.
From the moment it was announced that Madonna was going to be doing the Aretha Franklin tribute, I knew it was going to be a mess.
TV, James Kirk, Mary Sue, Star Trek: The Original Series

James Tiberius Kirk Is the Original Mary Sue

Star Trek Into Darkness sees Chris Pine stepping once more into the role of Jim Kirk
Nowadays, people tend to use Mary Sue as either a generalized term for a character who is too perfect and therefore underdeveloped, or, more often, a female character who dares to exist and be equal in skill and awesomeness to a male character. Rey from Star Wars is called a Mary Sue. Michael Burnham from Star Trek Discovery is called a Mary Sue. Everyone’s a Mary Sue. You know who else is a Mary Sue? Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise.
Big on the Internet, Kelly Marie Tran, Rose Tico, Star Wars (franchise)

Kelly Marie Tran Pens Powerful Op-Ed About Internet Harassment

Early this morning, The New York Times released an emotional l op-ed written by Star Wars: The Last Jedi star Kelly Marie Tran.
Big on the Internet, Movies, Jenny Han, Netflix, To All The Boys I've Loved Before

Producers Wanted to Whitewash To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Lana Condor in To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Producers tried to whitewash To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before because of course they did.
Big on the Internet, cosplay, Flame Con

All the Cosplay That We Loved at Flame Con, the World’s Largest Queer Comic Con

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Here's what we saw at Flame Con, a place of total joy, awesome panels, incredible merch, and super-creative cosplayers.
Big on the Internet, GLOW, Netflix, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: GLOW Officially Renewed for Its Third Season!

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GLOW is heading to Vegas!
Big on the Internet, Comics, Alan Moore, comics, grenfell tower

Alan Moore Returns to Comics to Raise Money for Survivors of the Grenfell Tower Fire

People gather on the steps after the Grenfell Tower National Memorial Service at St Paul's Cathedral in London, to mark the six month anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday December 14, 2017. See PA story MEMORIAL Grenfell. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Alan Moore has returned to comics to show support for the victims of Grenfell.
TV, 13th Doctor, BBC, Doctor Who

Doctor Who Season Eleven Hires Diverse Group of Creatives, And We’re Thrilled

image: BBC Jodie Whittaker 13th Doctor Doctor Who BBC
The list of creatives for Doctor Who's latest season has been revealed, and it's a looking particularly fantastic.
News, Al Franken, Chelsea Handler, sexual misconduct

Chelsea Handler & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Al Franken Defense

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Chelsea Handler has made it clear for a while now that she didn't think Al Franken should have resigned from his seat in the Senate. Now she's doubling down on her defense of her friend with a truly terrible argument.
Big on the Internet, racism, The Huffington Post, tinder

Huffington Post’s Latest Piece on Online Dating Highlights Society’s Sexism and Racism

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Every once in a while, another article comes out that proves that online dating, and the ideas surrounding it, are the worst. This time, it's the Huffington Post's "Most Of Us Are Trying To Date ‘Out Of Our League,’ New Study Suggests" which is about how everyone is "shooting their shot" so we can all feel the solidarity of "dating outside our league," with information pulled from a study done on "large-scale" data on heterosexual users of an unnamed dating site.
Movies, BlacKkKlansman, Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You, Spike Lee

Boots Riley Has Thoughts on Spike Lee’s Depiction of Cops in BlacKkKlansman

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 28: Director Boots Riley attends the Film Independent At LACMA Presents Screening And Q&A Of "Sorry To Bother You" at Bing Theater At LACMA on June 28, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)
Sorry to Bother You director and writer Boots Riley has some thoughts on Spike Lee's re-writing of history in BlacKkKlansman.
AMP Featured, News, Asia Argento, sexual misconduct

The #MeToo Movement Is About More Than One Person: Asia Argento Settled With Sexual Assault Accuser

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As one of the first women to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, Italian actress and director Asia Argento has been a driving figure in the #MeToo movement. But according to a disturbing report from the New York Times, in the midst of last year's #MeToo wave, Argento paid $380,000 to a young actor accusing her of sexual abuse.
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