| 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. Read More > 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. Read More > 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. Read More > 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. Read More > 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. Read More > 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? Read More > 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. Read More > 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). Read More > 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. Read More > |
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