The Thursday Edition - Apr 2, 2020
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News, conservatives, COVID-19, Hobby Lobby

Hobby Lobby Keeps Ignoring Stay-at-Home Orders, Continues to Be Terrible

hobby lobby
Green sent a memo to his employees telling them that God wants them to keep the stores open via a message to his "prayer warrior" wife Barbara.
Gaming, Magic: The Gathering, Toho Co, Wizards of the Coast

Magic: The Gathering’s Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Official Trailer, What We Learned From the Live Stream, and Oh My God It’s Godzilla!!!!

The official cinematic trailer for ikoria
Wizards of the Coast just teamed up with Toho Co, to give us the biggest monster deck ever, featuring the iconic Godzilla characters. Dreams do come true.
Big on the Internet, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, Tom Holland

Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal Roast Tom Holland’s Handstand Challenge Video

Peter Parker and Aunt May in Spider-Man: Far From Home
I was but a distraught fangirl when I saw Tom Holland sitting shirtless in his home trying to put a t-shirt on while doing a handstand. Yes, that sentence seems confusing, but it's what I was accosted with when I checked Tom Holland's Instagram story.
TV, The Magicians

The Magicians Series Finale Was Surprisingly Sweet and Satisfying

THE MAGICIANS -- "Fillory and Further" Episode 513 -- Pictured: (l-r) Olivia Taylor Dudley as Alice Quinn, Stella Maeve as Julia Wicker, Rain Steele as Merritt/Plum, Arjun Gupta as Penny Adiyodi, Summer Bishil as Margo Hanson -- (Photo by: James Dittiger/SYFY)
We bid goodbye to the series and contemplate how magic comes from pain.
TV, Black Monday, Don Cheadle, Regina Hall

Black Monday Is the Funniest Show You’re Not Watching

black monday cast
The Showtime series follows the adventures of a group of traders who work at the Wall Street firm, The Jammer Group, in 1987.
Big on the Internet, Adam Schlesinger

Love for Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Flooded Twitter Following His Death From COVID-19 Complications

Adam Schlesinger
Rest in peace, Adam Schlesinger. You were an exceptional musician and will surely be missed.
Big on the Internet, Art Museum, memes, Twitter memes

People Stuck at Home Recreating Classic Paintings Is Our New Favorite Trend

People sheltering in place are recreating famous works of art on social media.
Books, books, The Mary Sue Book Club

The Mary Sue Book Club April Edition: Here We Are Still Socially Distancing

Three Titles in the April Book Club for the Mary Sue
Today, I'm sharing some titles that have caught my attention, and I'm also adding a classic pick to the book club. Enjoy, and stay safe out there.
AMP Featured, Movies, Avengers: Endgame, contributors, Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Disappointing Rejection of Found Family in Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame

the gang is all here for avengers: endgame.
Instead of concluding a decade’s worth of storytelling premised on the notion of the found family by emphasizing the idea, Endgame separates the heroes, both visually and emotionally, at every turn, and completely annihilates the MCU’s beloved chosen family in favor of establishing the dominance of the normative one.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Cats (movie), sdcc, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Fans Made the “Butthole Cut” of Cats a Reality (And It’s Horrifying!)

Cats the Movie Musical
We really could have called this edition "Things we really which we hadn't seen today." But We've seen The Butthole Cut of Cats and can't unsee it.
Big on the Internet, books, Coronavirus

A Ton of Celebrities Are Turning Coronavirus Quarantine Into Virtual Story Time & We Love It

Shots of Laura Dern, Dolly Parton, and Lupita Nyong'o reading from books.
As we're all self-isolating thanks to the coronavirus, the lack of our usual human interaction can be tough.
Movies, David Ayer, DCEU, Suicide Squad

Revisiting the DCEU: Suicide Squad Needed Much Smaller Stakes

Will Smith, Jay Hernandez, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, and Margot Robbie in Suicide Squad (2016)
Following the death of Superman from Batman v Superman, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) decides that she needs to create Task Force X, a secret government group for the United States, made up of felons, that would be able to combat Superman. Unfortunately, they're quickly thrust into a "save the world" narrative that puts anything interesting about them on the back burner.
Big on the Internet, Barefoot Contessa, cooking, Coronavirus, Ina Garten

Ina Garten Is Our New Quarantine Role Model

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 12: Ina Garten speaks onstage during a talk with Helen Rosner at the 2019 New Yorker Festival on October 12, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for The New Yorker)
Here's to Ina making a half-gallon of cosmos and still being classy!
Big on the Internet, Twitter memes

March Was 8 Years Long and These Memes Perfectly Capture How It Felt

Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation
Did you stop and think that March had ended like four times over? That's because it did! For the last 8 years, we've been in the month of March, and those 8 years were filled with wasting our days by staying inside and questioning our own existence.
News, abortion, Coronavirus, Texas

Here’s What’s Happening With Texas’ War on Abortion

Abortion rights activists rally in front of the US Supreme Court
Everyone, even those who don't support reproductive rights, should be outraged by this level of craven political scheming.
Movies, Black Widow, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Scarlett Johansson

Of Course Black Widow Is a “Family Drama”! So Is the Whole Marvel Cinematic Universe.

the gang is all here for avengers: endgame.
One of the interesting things about the world right now is that we're seeing interviews getting released for movies that are now delayed. Since Black Widow's release date has been pushed back, it's a weird time when Scarlett Johansson magazine covers are still being released, and yet, we have no idea when we're actually going to get the movie they're promoting.
Movies, Shakespeare Month, William Shakespeare

Where to Watch EVERY Shakespeare Play

audience inside the globe theater in london
Where to find all of Shakespeare's plays to rent or stream.
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