The Wednesday Edition - May 23, 2018
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Big on the Internet, Luke Cage, Netflix, Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok, GLOW, and Luke Cage Grace Your June Netflix Additions

Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok
This month's additions also include more superhero favorites, like a new season of Luke CageSense8: The Series Finale,  a new seasons of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Star Wars: The Last Jedi, comedian Michelle Wolf's new show The Break with Michelle Wolf, and a new season of GLOW.
Movies, #MeToo Movement, Asia Argento, Ava DuVernay

Asia Argento Says Spike Lee Was the Only Person to Approach Her After Cannes Speech, Which Isn’t the Case

Ava Duvernay & Asia Argento
In responding to an encouraging post by Mia Farrow showing support, Asia Argento tweeted that she got more support from the people online than at Cannes and that only Spike Lee came up and showed her support. Which led people to ask, what about Ava DuVernay?
TV, Angela Bassett, Elizabeth Moss, Maggie Gyllenhaal

The Power Is in the Producing for Elizabeth Moss and the Hollywood Reporter Actress Roundtable

Hollywood Reporter Drama Actress Roundtable cover
It's hard to imagine certain actresses not having power. After all, their performances are so commanding, their talent so obvious, and their names are so often spoken with reverence. Yet all that doesn't seem to matter in Hollywood, where being female continues to put them at a disadvantage. Yet as the women of the Hollywood Reporter drama actress roundtable assert, that is finally beginning to change. Thanks, in particular, to the power of producing.
Movies, Eunyoung Choi, Lu Over the Wall, Masaaki Yuasa

Interview: Producer Eunyoung Choi Explains What Sets Lu Over the Wall Apart from Other Mermaid Stories

Science Saru's Eunyoung Choi talks about the scary undercurrent of Lu Over the Wall, working with Masaaki Yuasa, and the film's lesson about speaking (or singing) your mind.
TV, Damon Lindelof, HBO, Watchmen

The Watchmen TV Series Is Going in a Different Direction Than Anyone Anticipated

Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen comic
When it was announced that HBO would bring Alan Moore's Watchmen to the small screen as a TV series, the collective response was basically "why?" A TV series might at least have the benefit of being able to make room to fully explore the material in the comics, but it still seemed like a strange choice, which is probably why they've decided to go in a different direction with it.
Big on the Internet, Disneyland, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge

Mark Your Calendars, Disney’s Star Wars Theme Park Is Almost Here

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is cleared for arrival, so start planning your trips.
Big on the Internet, gun control, Santa Fe High School, school shootings

When #IfIDieInASchoolShooting Is Trending, We’ve Failed as a Nation

gun violence, gun control, protest, santa fe, march for our lives
A scroll through #IfIDieInASchoolShooting shows students (including shooting survivors) asking for people to do something, and not let them die in vain.
News, FanX, sexual harassment, Shannon Hale

Shannon Hale and Other Authors Stand Up for All Women Against FanX’s BS Handling of Harassment Complaints

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 12: Author and Screenwriter Shannon Hale attends The Cinema Society with Alice and Olivia screening of Sony Pictures Classics' "Austenland" at Landmark's Sunshine Cinema on August 12, 2013 in New York City.
Author and Salt Lake City, UT native, Shannon Hale, was invited to be a guest at SLC's FanX, formerly known as Salt Lake Comic Con, but she had reservations regarding the show's anti-harassment policy, or lack thereof. So, she expressed them. How she was treated by FanX was unacceptable, and the show's been back-pedaling ever since.
Movies, GLAAD, LGBTQ Representation, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: According to this GLAAD Report, 2017 Was Not Exactly “Cinematically Woke”

Overall, 2017 showed the lowest representation since tracking began in 2012. GLAAD encourages studios to include LGBTQ characters, and not just "as subtext but as fully shown instead of being left up to interpretation." You hear that, Marvel and Disney, with your bisexual Valkyries and your pansexual Landos? PUT IT ON THE SCREEN.
Books, LGBTQ Representation, The Brightsiders, young adult

The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde Shows the Evolution of Queer Narratives in Contemporary YA

The Brightsiders_Cover
YA has been pushing boundaries left and right in terms of diversity and LGBTQ representation. One of the books I read this month that blew me away with how unshakably queer it was is "The Brightsiders" by Jen Wilde.
News, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sinkhole, White House

Exactly One Year After a Sinkhole Opened Up Outside Mar-a-Lago, One Appears on the White House Lawn

buffy hellmouth white house sinkhole
It's being reported that a sinkhole has appeared on the lawn of the White House, and it's hard to know exactly what to make of that. Are memes finally gaining sentience? Has the planet finally given up on us and is trying to do itself in before Scott Pruitt gets the chance? Do we have a real-life Hellmouth situation happening?
Technology, Michelle Obama, Netflix, President Obama

Conservatives Try to Boycott Netflix Again, This Time Over the Obamas’ Producing Deal

Barack and Michelle Obama
Barack and Michelle Obama recently landed a deal with Netflix to produce "a diverse mix of content, including the potential for scripted series, unscripted series, docu-series, documentaries and features," reportedly working both in front of and behind the camera, which is a pretty unique and interesting development for a former president and first lady. Or, if you're a conservative who hates the Obamas, it may be the end of the world—or, at least, your Netflix subscription.
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Big on the Internet, Donald Glover, reddit

Donald Glover Fans Have Taken Over a Pro-Trump “thedonald” Subreddit to Establish the One True Donald

Donald Glover is Lando Calrissian in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY.
As Donald Trump has thrived on Twitter and the chaos and flurry of media coverage he can cause with a single, poorly written tweet his fans have also flourished in online communities. Generally, those communities have been some of the worst corners of the internet, fostering exactly the kind of terrible sentiments you'd expect from supporters of a man like Donald Trump, but one of them has taken an unexpectedly wholesome turn thanks to some new visitors giving it a makeover.
AMP Featured, TV, 13 Reasons Why, Degrassi, rape culture

13 Reasons Why Continues to Try to Convince Itself There’s a Reason for Its Brutality

13 Reasons Why Tyler
During the press tour for season two of 13 Reasons Why showrunner Brian Yorkey said that in the upcoming season, it would tackle heavy topics without the graphic depictions that made the show infamous in Season One, except it seems like that statement was a full on lie.
Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, marvel studios

Marvel Studios Exec Tried to Prevent One of the Biggest Shocks of Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War
[***If you still haven't seen Avengers: Infinity War, this post is basically just one big spoiler. You've been warned***]
Movies, Charlize Theron, Fox News, Megyn Kelly

Charlize Theron Will Play Megyn Kelly in the Fox News Movie No One Ever Wanted

charlize theron, megyn kelly, fox news, roger ailes, harassment
Charlize Theron is no stranger to complicated, layered characters. I still can't imagine how many layers you can give to Megan Kelly to make me interested in watching a movie about her.
AMP Featured, TV, The CW, The Flash, Todd Helbing

The Flash Producer Says They Learned Lessons About Writing Villains but There Is an Important Problem They Need to Fix

Neil Sandilands in The Flash (2014)
The Flash producer Todd Helbing shares that they learned their lesson about crafting better villains for the show, but they still have a big problem they need to work on. The Flash season 4 finale is tonight on The CW as Barry Allen fights "The Enlightenment."
Movies, Black Panther, cameos, Trevor Noah

Did You Know Trevor Noah Was in Black Panther? We Didn’t Either!

Martin Freeman as Everett Ross in Marvel's 'Black Panther'
"Surprise" A-List celebrity cameos have become A Thing in big tentpole movies, so much so, that they're generally advertised well in advance. So-and-so is gonna be a stormtrooper! and all that. Which is why the fact that a certain cameo in Black Panther is only now coming to light is surprising in and of itself.
AMP Featured, TV, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, sexism, Stephanie Beatriz

Stephanie Beatriz on That Time She Unleashed Her Inner Rosa on Some On-Set Sexism

"But that was our show. It’s our house, and I wasn’t going to let him come into our house and disrespect the crew, the other actors, myself."
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