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TV, HBO Max, Titans (live-action series)

Titans Sets Up a Redemption Arc and New Romance in “Home”

Titans cast ryan-potter-joshua-orpin-damaris-lewis-anna-diop

Well, that didn't take too long. Jason Todd was, in some way, always marked for redemption, and part of making Titans an "adult" show means that it is filled with heroes who have killed, either by accident or on purpose. But it is a choice to have it happen so soon.

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TV, Jeopardy!, LeVar Burton

Jeopardy!’s Loss: LeVar Burton Developing His Own Game Show

LeVar Burton Jeopardy

I'm happy for LeVar Burton figuring out what is best for him and heading in a different direction. It still would have been nice to have him as the host of Jeopardy! 

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TV, erik killmonger, Marvel's What If...?, Tony Stark

What If…? Episode Six Delivers My Favorite Villain of the Series So Far

What If episode 6

What If...? has given us a lot of alternate takes on Marvel heroes and villains, but this last episode won me over because of how smart the villain was.

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TV, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars (franchise), Sung Kang

Sung Kang Might Have Given Away an Important Detail About His Obi-Wan Kenobi Character

Sung Kang

So getting to see Sung Kang have an actual lightsaber in Obi-Wan Kenobi instead of the paper towel cardboard ones he used to make as a kid? Legendary. 

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Books, banned books, local government, Sesame Street

Students Fight Back as Schools, Parents Seek to Censor Even Malala, Sesame Street on Race

Elmo talking with a Black child and parent at a park. (Image: Sesame Street/HBO.)

Last year, heated school debates resulted in the York, Pennsylvania schools to ban (and in some cases hold ongoing "reviews") a four-page list of materials. Sent to teachers across the Central York District, books banned from use in the classroom included titles like a biography on Rosa Parks and 19 other books in the "Who Is/Was _____?" series. (Not everyone of course, just people like Michelle Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Susann B. Anthony, Frida Kahlo, etc.)

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News, British Royal Family

Prince Philip’s Will to Be Kept Secret for 90 Years to “Preserve the Monarch’s Dignity”

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 2: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh raises his hat in his role as Captain General, Royal Marines, makes his final individual public engagement as he attends a parade to mark the finale of the 1664 Global Challenge, on the Buckingham Palace Forecourt on August 2, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

A high court in London has concluded that whatever secrets would be kept in Prince Phillip's will shall remain denied to the public for the next 90 years.

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Big on the Internet, Batman (character), DC, LEGO

You Didn’t Think We’d Celebrate Batman Day Without LEGO, Did You?

Batman Day

Tomorrow is DC's annual Batman Day celebration. As to be expected, LEGO is releasing a couple of new sets to celebrate the Dark Knight.

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Big on the Internet, Anti-Vaccination, Harry Potter (franchise), tiktok

Anti-Vaxxers Are Now Calling Themselves ‘Purebloods’ and That’s a Yikes From Me

Jason Isaacs, Helen McCrory, and Tom Felton are the Malfoys

Make up your mind anti-vaxxers: are you Nazis or are being persecuted like Jews in the Holocaust?

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News, Afghanistan, donald trump, Newsmax

Watch This Newsmax Host Scream a Veteran Off His Show for Offering Basic Fact-Checking & Mild Trump Criticism

Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield yells on air.

Right-wing media outlets are still so dedicated to Donald Trump that they will literally scream a military veteran off the air for suggesting he is not total perfection.

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Big on the Internet, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Magic: The Gathering’s Cinematic Trailer for Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

trailer for innistrad the midnight hunt

Magic: The Gathering's return to the plane of Innistrad has been long-awaited and the cinematic trailer from Axis Studios wonderfully brought a narrative together highlighting the gothic elements. 

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Big on the Internet, contributors, fandom, Pandemic

How Fandom Has Changed During a Year and a Half of Pandemic (So Far)

Compilation of online fan events Disney investor day, Comic-Con at Home, and DC Fandome.

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. One of the ways many of us have coped with this tumultuous time period is through diving into the things we love as a comfort and joy. Even fandom has changed quite a bit in the year and a half the pandemic has been going on.

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Books, parenting, Utah, YA literature

Site Rating YA Books for “Cleanliness” Goes From Industry Outreach to 404 Error in Less Than 24 Hours

Person cleaning a table with YABookRatings.com icons. (Image: Canva and YABooksRatings.com.)

At the start of the week, publishers, authors and agents were all sent an email from a mysterious (now deleted) website called YA Book Ratings. Founders Jolie Taylor, Elizabeth Wilson, and Rachel Hill set out to make a rating site (YA1 to YA 4) to help families find "appropriate" young adult (YA) books. However, what they are deeming as "appropriate" is vague and prompted immediate backlash from readers and the publishing industry at large.

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TV, Bo-Katan, Katee Sackhoff, The Mandalorian

Katee Sackhoff Shares a Tease of Bo-Katan’s Future on The Mandalorian

Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan

According to Sackhoff, she's also excited to see what the future holds for Bo-Katan because she does have unfinished business. 

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Comics, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, manga, Viz

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Manga Shows How Much Stress We Put on Tom Nook’s Island-Themed Shoulders

Animal Crossing manga cover image featuring villagers cutting wood, and Tom Nook, Timmy, and Tommy watching in the distance.

Kokonasu Rumba's Animal Crossing New Horizon's manga is a comedic take on all the hijinks we had when we all escaped to our personal island paradises.

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Science, bugs, LGBTQ Representation, RuPaul

New Rainbow Fly Species Named After RuPaul and Honestly, Why Not?

View from above (dorsal view) of the new opal thorn soldier fly named after RuPaul, Opaluma rupaul and the real RuPaul

“It has a costume of shiny metallic rainbow colours, and it has legs for days. I think once (Ru) sees the fly she’ll realise it’s quite fierce and hopefully appreciate the name.”

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AMP Featured, News, sexual abuse, Simone Biles, USA Gymnastics

U.S. Gymnasts Testify on FBI’s “Incredibly Disturbing & Illegal” Mishandling of Larry Nassar Abuse Case

US gymnasts (L-R) Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols sit next to each other before testifying during a Senate Judiciary hearing

Four elite U.S. gymnasts testified before Congress Wednesday in regard to the investigation into the abuse they experienced by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

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Space, Inspiration4, space tourism, SpaceX

SpaceX Launches Inspiration4 Orbital Mission With Only Civilians Aboard

COUNTDOWN: INSPIRATION4 MISSION TO SPACE (L to R) JARED ISAACMAN, DR. SIAN PROCTOR, HAYLEY ARCENEAUX and CHRIS SEMBROSKI

If you want to learn more about the mission, Netflix is streaming a five-episode docuseries Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space.

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