Big on the Internet, Netflix, rom-com, To All The Boys I've Loved Before By Princess Weekes on Fri,5:39 Netflix is already slaying the rom-com for adults, but now they are bringing the fire to YA with To All The Boys I've Loved Before. Big on the Internet, Pop Culture Detective, romance By Princess Weekes on Fri,5:23 Abduction as Romance is thriving in film, but thankfully romance authors are reinventing the mold around consent and sex and love. Technology, GitHub, ICE, Microsoft By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,5:13 Hundreds of employees from both Microsoft and the recently acquired GitHub have threatened to leave the company unless they sever their contract with ICE. The tech giant currently has a $19.4 million dollar contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, and ICE's family separation policy has clearly had an impact on the employees. News, Initiative 77, minimum wage, Washington D.C. By Princess Weekes on Fri,4:04 The vote passed in D.C., 44,353 to 36,090 in favor of Initiative 77, according to The Washington Post. The law will require that businesses have the minimum wage raised to $15 an hour by July 2025. Sponsored, The Mary Sue Shop By Diana Vilbert on Fri,2:38 If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth at least that. But creating a brand video that actually looks good has always been left to the pros (and for good reason)—until now. Get a pro subscription to Videobolt and start making your own pro-quality videos ASAP. It’s just $49.99 for a lifetime subscription at the Mary Sue Shop. AMP Featured, TV, NBC, Shawn Ryan, Timeless By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,2:26 Bad news for fans of Team Lifeboat: NBC has decided not to renew Timeless for a third season. The time-traveling drama was canceled after its first season, but but was resurrected days after thanks to a fervent fan campaign. Will the fans be able to rally enough support for the series to bring it back from the brink a second time, maybe on a new channel? Movies, addiction, Johnny Depp, rolling stone magazine By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,1:36 Rolling Stone magazine sent reporter Stephen Rodrick to England to spend three days at Johnny Depp's palatial estate. His resulting article paints a tragic and bizarre picture of the once beloved movie star who is now neck deep in addiction, debt, and lawsuits. Movies, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: The Last Jedi By Dan Van Winkle on Fri,1:11 Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi left fans divided—some for good reasons, and some not so much. It's even been blamed for the poor box office performance for Solo, but fear not, Disney! A ragtag group of fans(?) has come together to propose a solution: let them remake The Last Jedi with their own budget (as soon as "investors" provide them with one). Movies, Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, velociraptors By Kaila Hale-Stern on Fri,12:57 The reviews are in for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and they are scarier than a T. Rex running free in the rain. Here are our favorite headlines in which critics attempt to express their disdain as succinctly as possible. |