The Wednesday Edition - May 16, 2018
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Movies, Mindy Kaling, Ms. Marvel, The MCU

Mindy Kaling, Riz Ahmed and Kumail Nanjiani Want to Write the Ms. Marvel Movie

Kamala Khan
Last week, Marvel's Kevin Feige told the BBC that plans for a big screen adaptation of the popular series Ms. Marvel were "definitely sort of" in the works. Now, your boyfriend Riz Ahmed has taken to Twitter to assemble an all-star team to write the film, recruiting Mindy Kaling and Kumail Nanjiani to bring Kamala Khan to the big screen.
Movies, solo: a star wars story, Star Wars (franchise), Thandie Newton

Thandie Newton Wears Dress Covered in Black Star Wars Characters to Cannes Screening

Thandie Newton
Thandie Newton knows how to make a statement in a gown. When Solo: A Star Wars Story was screened at the Cannes Film Festival last night, Newton came dressed in a custom Vivienne Westwood gown with action-figure likenesses of all the black Star Wars characters that have appeared on screen before her.
Movies, Donald Glover, Lando Calrissian, Star Wars (franchise)

Kathleen Kennedy Says a Lando Spinoff—A.K.A. the Only One We Really Want—Is Totally Possible

Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian in 'Solo A Star Wars Story'
Ever since Donald Glover's casting was announced for Solo, my first thought was, But what about a Lando movie? Turns out, Kathleen Kennedy and Lucasfilm's answer to that, despite being partly lost in translation, is: Sure.
Big on the Internet, illusion

Oh God, The Laurel/Yanny Audio Illusion Is “The Dress” All Over Again

frustrated woman
Listen closely. What do you hear? That's right; it's the name of the post-apocalyptic internet gang you've been assigned to for our Thunderdome-style battles.
Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, romance, shipping, The MCU

The 10 Best Relationships in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Thor and Loki
When it comes relationships, we all have some we could take it or leave it, but the bromances, the father/son narratives, the sibling stuff, all of that is so much more interesting than who kisses who.
Movies, BlacKkKlansman, racism, Spike Lee, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Spike Lee Calls Trump a “Motherf@#!er” For Not Speaking Out Against the KKK. He’s Not Wrong.

A scene from Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman'
"We have a guy in the White House who had a chance to say we are about love and not about hate," Lee said after the premiere of his film, BlacKkKlansman.
News, rape culture, sexual assault, Uber

Uber Figures Out How to Maybe, Kinda, Sorta Act Like Human Beings Toward to Sexual Assault Survivors

Uber logo
Uber's sexist policies within their company, as well as their bad habit of hiring drivers that have a tendency to sexually assault their customers have long been public knowledge. To be honest, I don't know why people still continue to use them, but here we are. In order to "do better" (or at least give that impression), Uber is now changing policies it should never have had in the first place. Yay?
AMP Featured, Movies, Han Solo, reviews, solo: a star wars story

Review: Solo Is a Return to the Simpler Joys of Star Wars

Han Solo and Chewbacca in 'Solo: A Star Wars Story"
Solo is a caper of a movie—really, a series of capers—that takes you through a galaxy far, far away mostly unconcerned with intergalactic warfare, the balance of light and dark Force-sides, or anyone named Skywalker. Solo wants to have fun, and it succeeds.
Movies, Black Panther, Honest Trailers, Marvel Entertainment

The Honest Trailer for Black Panther Is Here, and Now I Have That Toto Song Stuck in My Head

Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa in Marvel's 'Black Panther'
We knew it was coming, and we're so happy it did. Honest Trailers finally tackled one of our favorite movies of the year: Black Panther.
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TV, Jada Pinkett Smith, self-harm, Willow Smith

Willow Smith Reveals Self-Harm in Her Past to Her Mom and Grandmother on Red Table Talk

Willow Smith on 'Red Table Talk'
On a recent episode of their Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk, Willow Smith, her mother Jada Pinkett-Smith, and her mother Adrienne Banfield-Jones, addressed the topic of loss, and the youngest at the table revealed something shocking to her mother and grandmother for the first time. [CW: discussion of self-harming behavior]
TV, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

On Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Soulmates Are a Dangerous Proposition

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
The critically-loved CW comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is interested in the uglier side of the One True Pairing, or OTP.
Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Howard the Duck, the russo brothers

Russo Brothers Confirm More Survivors and Victims of Avengers: Infinity War

Thor, Rocket, and Groot in 'Avengers: Infinity War'
The Russo Brothers, the directing team that will be receiving a bill to treat my emotional distress post-Infinity War, aren't done killing yet. Here're a few more characters who bit the dust or made it through The Snapture.
Movies, solo: a star wars story, Star Wars (franchise)

We’re Pretty Sure This Solo Trailer With Young Harrison Ford’s Face Is Cursed

harrison ford in solo trailer
Oh god, I'm so sorry, everyone. I wished so hard that we could have had Solo: A Star Wars Story featuring an actual young Harrison Ford, and it seems only the darkest forces in the universe heard me. Now, I must inflict this on all of you: an insta-nope version of the Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer with Harrison Ford's face placed over Alden Ehrenreich's.
TV, Clayne Crawford, Damon Wayans, toxic masculinity

Damon Wayans Shares Video & Photo of Injuries From Lethal Weapon Series Set Purportedly Caused by Clayne Crawford

Damon Wayans in Lethal Weapon (2016)
Wayans took to Twitter to provide receipts of injuries he got due to Crawford's direction on set.
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