The Monday Edition - Jun 4, 2018
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News, Jon Stewart, politics, Samantha Bee

Jon Stewart Warns Samantha Bee Not to Play Into the Right’s Moral Double Standard With Apologies

Jon Stewart shows appreciation for the troops
I'll admit, when I saw that Samantha Bee took to Twitter to apologize "for using an expletive on my show to describe [Ivanka Trump]," I was a bit disappointed. I mean, I get it. There was likely pressure from her network, and a woman's gotta keep her show going. Still, I was disappointed that TBS couldn't stand behind their most incisive voice. During a recent appearance, Jon Stewart had some advice, one political comedian to another, about how to handle stuff like this in the future.
Big on the Internet, Movies, internalized sexism, Ocean's 8, remakes

Ocean’s 8 & The Specter of the “Gender-Flipped” Movie

"Heist movies don’t have a gender." As Ocean's 8 gets ready to hit the theaters, it has the specter of past "gender-bent" films behind it.
Movies, Steve McQueen, Viola Davis, Widows

Viola Davis Leads Steven McQueen’s Stunning Heist Movie Widows

The first trailer for Widows, the new thriller from director Steven McQueen and co-writer Gillian Flynn is here. Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, and Cynthia Erivo star.
Movies, academia, Star Wars (franchise), women in movies

Star Wars Movies, Ranked by Screen Time for Women

Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia
Dr. Rebecca Harrison conducted an analysis of how the Star Wars movies fare when it comes to featuring women onscreen.
TV, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Neil deGrasse Tyson

John Oliver Enlists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Rita Moreno, Lily Tomlin, and More in Last Week Tonight‘s Guardianship Story

John Oliver's guardianship segment included a brief allusion to Sam Bee's Ivanka-Trump-directed "feckless c**t" comment.
Big on the Internet, LGBTQ Representation, Monday Cute, Pride Month

Monday Cute: Cute Couple Engagement at the Zoo to Start the First Full Week of Pride Month

jessa engagement
It's like something straight out of a romantic comedy.
TV, HBO, Insecure, Issa Rae

Issa Rae Is Back in Front of the Mirror in Insecure Season 3

Like many Issa moments, it's a burst of confidence that's quickly interrupted by reality.
Big on the Internet, Black Panther, special effects, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: The Black Panther Team Breaks Down Their Special Effects

chadwick boseman
VFX in cinema have become so advanced that it's difficult to tell the difference between digital effects and practical ones. Black Panther, like other MCU films, featured a dazzling array of special effects throughout the film. Luma Pictures, the independent studio who built the visuals for the car chase sequence, released a video breakdown of the sequence in a fascinating look at cutting edge digital effects.
Movies, Brian De Palma, Harvey Weinstein, sexual assault

Brian De Palma Wants to Direct a Harvey Weinstein-Inspired Horror Movie…But Why?

brian de palma
This week in Things No One Wants: legendary director Brian De Palma wants to make a horror film inspired by the crimes of Harvey Weinstein. In an interview with Le Parisien, the Carrie director revealed that he's writing the screenplay for an unnamed French producer and plans to direct the film. De Palma said, “My character won’t be named Harvey Weinstein, but it will be a horror film, with a sexual aggressor, and it will take place in the film industry.”
Technology, Department of Defense, drones, Google

Google Will Not Renew Their Contract with the Pentagon’s Drone Program

google
In an announcement on Friday, Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene stated that the company would not be renewing its contract on the controversial Project Maven, which provides artificial intelligence to the U.S. Department of Defense for drone footage analysis. Greene cited backlash from the public and Google employees in the announcement, saying that the company would not be continuing its work on the project once their current contract expires in 2019.
AMP Featured, Movies, Benedict Cumberbatch, Doctor Strange, Sherlock

Benedict Cumberbatch Saves Cyclist from a Mugging in London

benedict cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch is both an Avenger on-screen and a hero in real life. The Doctor Strange actor came to the rescue of a mugging victim in London. The victim was working for food delivery company Deliveroo when four men attacked him. Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Hunter were riding past the scene in an Uber when he asked the driver to stop and ran out of the car to chase away the attackers.
AMP Featured, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, MIT, robot apocalypse

MIT Made a Psychopathic AI Because We’re Not Hurtling Towards the Apocalypse Fast Enough

anthony perkins
You would think that the killer combination of global warming, Doritos Locos tacos, and the Trump administration is sending us on a one-way ticket to the end of the world. Whelp, the nerds at MIT just asked us to hold their beer as they slammed their foot on the gas pedal. A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Killing Us All, I mean Technology have developed a psychopathic algorithm named Norman. Like Norman Bates, get it?
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