The Saturday Edition - Jul 27, 2019
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Cas won’t be able to save the world. She might not even be able to save herself.

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Big on the Internet, CNN, Trump, Victor Blackwell

CNN’s Victor Blackwell Delivers Emotional Rebuke to Trump’s Insulting and Racist Tweets About Baltimore

victor blackwell cnn trump
Blackwell's heartfelt speech is a potent reminder of the emotional and human toll that Trump's racism takes on us, as a community, as a country, and as citizens.
Big on the Internet, News, CBS, Whitney Davis, workplace discrimination, workplace harassment

Former CBS Employee Whitney Davis Calls out the Racial and Sexual Harassment She Allegedly Faced Within the Company

The CBS logo is seen at the CBS Building, headquarters of the CBS Corporation, in New York City on August 6, 2018. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)
Whitney Davis, in a powerful and emotional letter, breaks down the race and gender harassment and discrimination she allegedly experienced at CBS over her years there as well as the treatment of other people of color.
Big on the Internet, The Handmaid's Tale, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: The Handmaid’s Tale Is Going to Be on the Air Until Gilead Is Real

The Handmaid's Tale's June (Elizabeth Moss) stares vacantly in a white room.
There are a lot of issues to be had with The Handmaid's Tale, but as we inch closer and closer to a real-life Gilead every day, is it weird that I find the fictional version's presence to be somewhat comforting?
Movies, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Todd Phillips

Joker Will Compete at Venice Film Festival, but Don’t Expect It at the Oscars

Actor Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck / Joker in upcoming Joker movie from DC
The Clown Prince of Crime has an interesting premiere plan. Todd Phillips' Joker will premiere at the Venice Film Festival and also be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, a feat surprising for a superhero movie.
TV, contributors, Supernatural, TMS SDCC 2019

The Cast and Writer of Supernatural Tell Us How They’re Feeling About the End

Supernatural -- "Unhuman Nature" -- Image Number: SN1407c_0257b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Misha Collins as Castiel, Jensen Ackles as Dean and Jared Padalecki as Sam -- Photo: Cate Cameron/The CW -- © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All Rights Reserved
We talked earlier this week about what will happen in the final season of Supernatural, but now it’s time to discuss what it really means to the cast, crew and fans that this is the beginning of the end for a series that has been a constant in our pop culture lives for a decade and a half.
Movies, Notting Hill, romantic comedies

Notting Hill Is a Perfect Example of the Problem With Romantic Comedies

Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in Notting Hill
Notting Hill is a movie that many see as romantic, but it's built on lies and set around two characters who deserve better than what they're getting.
News, contributors, week in reproductive justice

The Week in Reproductive Justice: Arkansas’ Last Abortion Clinics Are Safe—for Now

Pro-choice protestors holding signs. One reads "you do you-terus."
This week, a federal judge temporarily blocked three new abortion restrictions from taking effect in Arkansas.
Space, asteroids, NASA

A Sizable Asteroid Just “Snuck Up” on Us and WHAT?

Artist rendering of near Earth asteroid
I love space and I love NASA, but I don't want to die from an asteroid, though. 
TV, Netflix

Netflix Is Finally Trying to Fix Its Lopsided Promotional Strategies by Asking Users for Suggestions

Netflix's Stranger Things poster art and Tuca and Bertie still side by side.
Who knows what will happen in the future. Hopefully, it will be better promotional tactics, though.
TV, Big Mouth, Netflix, Nick Kroll

Big Mouth Renewed for 3 More Seasons, and I Hope That Means More Female Directors

Maya Rudolph, Jessi Klein, and Jenny Slate in Big Mouth (2017), Big Mouth, What Is It About Boobs?
On the heels of Tuca & Bertie's much-too-early cancellation, Netflix has just announced one of its biggest renewal to date by picking up three additional seasons (4-6) of the adult animated series Big Mouth.
Movies, Avengers: Endgame, deleted scenes, Tony Stark

This Avengers: Endgame Deleted Scene Would Have Been a Little Too Much

Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) copes with some massive losses in Avengers: Endgame.
I don't know what scenes I would have included in Avengers: Endgame on top of everything that was already in there, outside of the fact that it still should have been Clint.
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