AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Lena Dunham, white feminism By Princess Weekes on Thu,12:01 In a new guest piece by Lena Dunham she apologizes for lying on behalf of her friend who was accused of rape, but after the collective things Dunham has done she really is not entitled to our forgiveness. Big on the Internet, Movies, TV, Golden Globes, Green Book, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Widows By Kate Gardner on Thu,10:55 Would it really be a nomination announcement if we all weren't writing hot takes about it? TV, Golden Globes By Dan Van Winkle on Thu,8:47 The 76th Annual Golden Globes are coming up in just one month, on Sunday, January 7, and the nominations are finally here! The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is live streaming the announcements right now on their Facebook page, so we'll continue updating our list as they come in. Big on the Internet, Michelle Obama By Vivian Kane on Thu,8:25 Michelle Obama has taken a few days off from her book tour to attend George H.W. Bush's memorial services, but her last event–a sold-out conversation with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie–gave us a wealth of inspiration to tide us over until the next one. Big on the Internet, Picard, Star Trek (franchise), things we saw today By Kaila Hale-Stern on Wed,5:46 Dreams came true when it was announced that living legend Sir Patrick Stewart would be returning as Jean-Luc Picard in a CBS All-Access show focused around Picard's adventures 20 years later. But will we be able to watch the show anytime soon? Big on the Internet, Twitter By Rachel Leishman on Wed,5:30 Twitter user extraordinaire JuanPa (writer John Paul Brammer) found the perfect meme to sum up our emotions for this neverending hellweek. Big on the Internet, Conspiracy Theories, Rudy Giuliani, Twitter By Vivian Kane on Wed,5:01 Giuliani demonstrated a spectacular misunderstanding of how Twitter works by accusing the platform of allowing someone to "invade [his] text," and change the message. His evidence was that he repeatedly failed to include a space after puctuation, but only had a link appear once, apparently not realizing that .either is not an existing domain format, while .in is. Books, Grand Admiral Thrawn, star wars books By Kate Gardner on Wed,4:45 Happy holidays to my Thrawn stanning friends. Movies, Kurt Russell, The Christmas Chronicles By Rachel Leishman on Wed,4:41 Honestly, the only Santa Claus I will accept from here on out is Kurt Russell. When you're trying to watch Netflix's new holiday movie The Christmas Chronicles, you may realize that this probably isn't a great movie. Are you going to cry? Yes, it has a lot of heart, but it also features monkey-looking elves flossing, so you take what you get. AMP Featured, TV, contributors, The Flash By Jessica Mason on Wed,3:24 Let's run down what the cast and producers had to say about the 100th episode of The Flash, Nora’s secret, and more on the red carpet of their 100th episode party. Movies, runtime, the russo brothers By Kate Gardner on Wed,2:17 A lengthy epic sure sounds great in theory, but they only work some of the time in practice. Comics, Magic: The Gathering By Princess Weekes on Wed,1:59 Magic: The Gathering is returning to the realm of comics with Chandra #1, penned by comic book writer Vita Ayala. We were honored to speak with them about their love of Magic and get some hints of what to expect in Chandra. Movies, Captain Marvel, Twitter By Rachel Leishman on Wed,1:46 A mere 2 minutes after the Captain Marvel trailer dropped, men dominated the comment section on YouTube, talking about how 'bad' they thought the movie looked. |