The Saturday Edition - May 4, 2019
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Big on the Internet, open thread, recommendations

Weekend Open Thread: What Are You Watching/Reading/Listening to/Playing Right Now?

Couple lounging together, one woman holding a book and the other with a computer on her lap.
What are you all into right now? Let us know!
Movies, Dome Karukoski, J.R.R. Tolkien, tolkien

Review: Tolkien Is a Beautiful Portrait of a Legend, Not a Man

Tolkien movie starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins
The new movie that follows beats in the life of author J.R.R. Tolkien is sumptuously framed and acted with emotion, but it's unclear sometimes who Tolkien's intended audience is.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, things we saw today, Twitter

Things We Saw Today: A Terribly Mean Tweet About AOC’s Boyfriend Gets the Absurdist Meme Treatment

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez smiles through the BS.
Oh brother. When a "blatantly mean tweet" about Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's boyfriend started to make the rounds on Twitter, supporters of the Congresswoman came to the couple's defense. In the manner of our modern-day Internet, many decided to take it upon themselves to point out just how mean it was in the only way Twitter knows how: memes.
Movies, Spider-Man: Far From Home

New Rumors Suggest There’s a Mysterio Twist in Spider-Man: Far From Home

Mysterio in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'
We're fresh off Avengers: Endgame, and already the MCU speculation train is leaving the station for Spider-Man: Far From Home.
AMP Featured, TV, British History, Starz, The Tudors

Katherine of Aragon Meets Henry VIII in New The Spanish Princess Clip

Harriet Walter, Nadia Parkes, Charlotte Hope, Laura Carmichael, and Stephanie Levi-John in The Spanish Princess (2019)
Nothing like meeting your future husband before his brother's wedding, which also happens to be your wedding as well. One of history's most interesting meet-cutes takes place in this clip from 'The Spanish Princess' premiering on Starz this Sunday.
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AMP Featured, Movies, Star Trek (2009 film)

Ten Years Later, I Still Love J.J. Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek for What It Taught Me About Fandom

Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Kirk (Chris Pine) face destiny head on in Star Trek.
I was not a Star Trek fan in 2009. I had seen half of one episode and knew bits and bobs from general cultural consumption, like Shatner yelling "KHAAAAAAN" or Spock's famous "live long and prosper." I was mostly going to see Sylar from Heroes play Spock.
Big on the Internet, 2020 Presidential election

Reminder: The 2020 Democratic Primary Election Is an Eternity Away & You Don’t Need to Have It All Figured Out Yet

Some of the many democratic 2020 candidates with a weary face emoji superimposed.
It's great to be politically active and informed. It's not too early to start looking for volunteer opportunities or to donate to candidates' campaigns. But if you're feeling stressed or overwhelmed by the primary season this early, know that it's okay to take a breath and a step back and remember that we've got a long road ahead of us.
AMP Featured, Movies, Avengers: Endgame, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely

The Avengers: Endgame Writers Gave a Solid Explanation for How One Relationship Worked Out

At a talk at AOL Build in New York City, screenwriters Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus talked about the juggernaut that is Avengers: Endgame and their journey from The Life and Death of Peter Sellers to working on Marvel's massive finale.
Big on the Internet, Galaxy's Edge, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge

We Thought Endgame Tickets Were Bad, Galaxy’s Edge Reservations Are Worse

Disneyland
We all want to go to a land filled with Star Wars characters and Galaxy's Edge is that dream! That is, if you can get a reservation.
Movies, Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile, Ted Bundy, Zac Efron

And We’re Talking About Ted Bundy Again

Zac Efron as serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.
With Netflix's Zac Efron-starring Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile on its way after its premiere at Sundance, the streaming platform released The Ted Bundy Tapes to get everyone talking about him, and it seems as if there has been an influx of Bundy in the cultural conversation.
Comics, Avengers: Endgame, contributors, Marvel Comics

4 Avengers: Endgame Comics Reading Recommendations You Haven’t Heard Before

Captain America sitting on a backwards chair, looking at you with pity.
So. You love the Avengers movies, and you’re sad that it’s over.
Movies, Anthony Mackie, Avengers: Endgame, Chris Evans

Chris Evans & Anthony Mackie Shared a Tearful Moment About Part of Avengers: Endgame

Actors Anthony Mackie (L) and Chris Evans of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR took part today in "Worlds, Galaxies, and Universes: Live Action at The Walt Disney Studios" presentation at Disney's D23 EXPO 2015 in Anaheim, Calif. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)
"We cried. We drank. We laughed."
News, #MeToo Movement, #TIMESUP, Woody Allen

Cackling Intensifies: Publishers Keep Rejecting Woody Allen’s New Memoir

woody allen, me too, times up
Disgraced director Woody Allen has been attempting to shop around his newest memoir, but finally realizing that associating with him is toxic, it's having a hard time finding a publishing house.
Movies, Avengers: Endgame, fandom, fanfiction

The Beauty of Fix-It Fanfiction and Avengers: Endgame

Spider-Man hugs Iron Man Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War
There comes a time in a fan's life when they turn to fanfiction to fix their wounded souls. Or at least that's how I feel after Avengers: Endgame.
Podcasts, Game of Thrones, guys who law

Podcast: How Many Crimes Were Committed in Game of Thrones’ “The Long Night”?

Game of Thrones the Night King in The Long Night
How long would your favorite Game of Thrones characters be in jail for their crimes committed during "The Long Night"?
News, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, women in politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out the “Sheer Mediocrity” of GOP Congressional Witnesses

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing
AOC spent this week calling out the "mediocrity" she sees in the GOP witnesses brought before Congressional committees.
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