The Wednesday Edition - Oct 9, 2019
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Big on the Internet, Mark Ruffalo

Things We Saw Today: Mark Ruffalo Calling out Ellen on Twitter Is *Chefs Kiss*

the hulk
Kudos to Ruffalo but also, guess he's not going to be asked on Ellen anytime soon.
News, Brooke Nevils, Matt Lauer, Ronan Farrow

Matt Lauer Issues a Disgusting Victim-Blaming Statement in Response to Rape Allegations

Matt Lauer Today Show
Matt Lauer has given a victim blaming excuse in response to allegations from Brooke Nevils that Lauer raped her in 2014.
Big on the Internet, Movies, Birds of Prey, Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman (2009)

The Marvel Women Want an All-Female Movie, yet DC Is Getting Theirs First—Why Is That?

ROSIE PEREZ as Renee Montoya, MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD as Huntress, MARGOT ROBBIE as Harley Quinn, ELLA JAY BASCO as Cassandra Cain and JURNEE SMOLLETT-BELL as Black Canary in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN),” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Claudette Barius
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think that while both DC and Marvel have equally made stumbling blocks when it comes to women in their major movie adaptations when you really put everything side by side: DC has done a better job at getting women to be at the forefront of their films than Marvel has.
Big on the Internet, Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves Is Just a Normal Guy Who Likes Experimental Theater

Keanu Reeves in Always Be My Maybe
Keanu Reeves continues to be a great one and the fact that he just wants to help out a theater is maybe my new favorite thing about Keanu Reeves.
Big on the Internet, TV, Arrowverse, Crisis on Infinite Earths

Crisis on Infinite Earths Is Giving Us All the Best Friend Material

Grant Gustin's The Flash centered between Tyler Hoechlin and Brandon Routh, with both actors dressed in their Superman costumes.
They are all so happy!
Movies, Knives Out

Review: Knives Out Is an Agatha Christie Fan’s Dream

Chris Evans being a snack in Knives Out
**Slight spoilers for Rian Johnson's Knives Out but I won't tell you who did it**
TV, Andrew Scott, Fleabag, Hot Priest

Did Pope Francis Just Give Us an Idea for Fleabag Season 3?

Andrew Scott as the Priest in Fleabag.
But what's a better way to think about this is thinking about the Pope watching Fleabag and seeing Scott as the Priest (but we know him as the Hot Priest) and thinking that maybe there needs to be a bit of a change.
News, Elizabeth Warren, misogyny, pregnancy discrimination

Conservative Pushback Against Elizabeth Warren’s Story of Pregnancy Discrimination Is Inspiring Others to Come Forward

Elizabeth Warren seems to hold back a smirk.
In a totally unsurprising turn of events, a lot of conservatives do not believe Elizabeth Warren's story about being fired from a teaching job because she was pregnant.
News, Joker, Marc Maron, Todd Phillips

Marc Maron Also Thinks Todd Phillips’ “Woke” Comedy Comment Was B.S: “There’s Plenty of People Being Funny Right Now”

Marc Maron also thinks Todd Phillips' comments are bs
"If you’re too intimidated to try to do comedy that is deep or provocative, or even a little controversial, without hurting people, then you’re not good at what you do. Or maybe you’re just insensitive." Preach.
TV, Batwoman, Ruby Rose, The CW

Batwoman Is Getting Troll 1-Star Reviews Because People Don’t Have Anything Better to Do

ruby rose as batwoman
Don't y'all have anything else to do?
Movies, eating disorders, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Joaquin Phoenix’s Comments About His Joker Weight Loss Are Deeply Problematic

My estranged husband Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker in Joker
Eating disorders are not an art form.
Big on the Internet, Coleen Rooney, Rebekah Vardy, Twitter

Let’s Unpack the Endlessly Dramatic Coleen Rooney/Rebekah Vardy Twitter Feud

Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation
Keep your friends close and your Instagram enemies closer, am I right? Coleen Rooney, an English television personality who is married to professional footballer Wayne Rooney, took to Twitter to release an absolutely bonkers story.
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