The Thursday Edition - Jan 17, 2019
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Big on the Internet, 13 Reasons Why, Netflix, Stranger Things

The Most Popular Netflix Shows by State Are Weirdly Fascinating

Netflix most popular shows by US state
Did you know that they love Jane the Virgin in Texas? That Idaho is wild for Stranger Things? That way, way, way too many states are obsessed with 13 Reasons Why?
News, cardi b, government shutdown

Senators Conflicted Over Retweeting Cardi B Is Peak “How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?”

Cardi B performs onstage during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards which broadcasted live on TBS, TNT, and truTV at The Forum on March 11, 2018 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
Grammy-nominated rapper and part-time socialist philosopher Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, professionally known as Cardi B, broke down her fears about the government shutdown so well that senators were conflicted about RTing her.
Big on the Internet, books, Marie Kondo, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

Your Bad Take About Marie Kondo and Books Does Not Give Me Joy

Tidying Up with Marie Kondo is Netflix's latest lovely reality show binge
"The most important part of this process of tidying is to always think about what you have and about the discovery of your sense of value, what you value that is important. So it’s not so much what I personally think about books."
Big on the Internet, michael cohen, social media

Michael Cohen Paying for a “Women for Cohen” Twitter Account Is Hilarious and Sad in Equal Parts

Social media has gotten a lot of flack recently, with claims that it makes us self-centered and that too much of our own self-worth hinges on what people think of us on the internet. Then again, not all of us are Michael Cohen. During the presidential race, Cohen hired someone to run a Twitter account calling him their "Man Crush Monday" and continually saying he was attractive.
Movies, Anne Hathaway, Robert Zemeckis, The Witches

Anne Hathaway Is a Wicked Good Choice to Play the Grand High Witch in Robert Zemeckis’s The Witches

Anne Hathaway in 'Ocean's 8'
The book was previously adapted by Nicolas Roeg in 1990, with Angelica Huston playing the role of the Grand High Witch.
TV, Frankie Shaw, sexual harassment, SMILF

Frankie Shaw Addresses SMILF On-Set Misconduct Allegations in a Weak Statement

SMILF
We shouldn't be quick to forget what Frankie Shaw is accused of doing.
Movies, sexual assault

British Film Rating System Is Being Adjusted to Deal With Sexual Violence

Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade (2018)
The Brtish Board of Film Classification is going to make changes to the rating system to deal with the concerns of filmgoers about the depictions of sexual violence, rape, assault in movies.
Movies, Glass, M. Night Shyamalan, movie review

Were You Hoping Glass Would Be M. Night Shyamalan’s Return to Form? Well, I’m Sorry.

samuel l jackson in Glass
You may have been hoping that M. Night Shyamalan would return to his former brilliance with Glass. That's not the case, and it's really disappointing.
TV, Syfy, The Magicians

What We Loved and Hated About The Magicians Season Three

Quentin and Eliot in The Magicians
Season four of The Magicians returns to SyFy in seven days, so we thought it was the perfect time to go through the ups and downs of season three, which is available now on Netflix. Here's what we loved and, well, what we took to about as well as Alice on Julia's magic.
News, Larry Nassar, Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics

Michigan State University Interim President Makes Appalling Comments About Gymnast Survivors

nassar survivors
It's been almost one year exactly since the country watched as over 150 women testified against serial child molester and former USA Gymnastics coach Larry Nassar.
Movies, Chris Evans, Netflix, things we saw today, Tom Holland

Things We Saw Today: Tom Holland and Chris Evans and Serial Killers?!?!?!? Take My Money!!!

Chris Evans as Captain America and Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man
Spider-Man? Captain America? Pennywise the Dancing Clown? Alice in Wonderland? Cedric Diggory? Serial killers? A dream!
Movies, Disney, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

I Really Am Not Feeling This Hunchback of Notre Dame Remake

Disney will be remaking The Hunchback of Notre Dame into a live-action film.
At this point, Disney seems content to remake their entire animated catalogue rather than produce new films.
Movies, Peter Parker, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Tom Holland

Even Peter Parker Can’t Make It Through Airport Security Easily

Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Holland in Avengers- Infinity War (2018)
Imagine, if you will, going through the airport and the kid in front of you has a Spider-Man suit. Would you think he's just a big fan or Spider-Man himself? Honestly, chances are that I'd be the one with the Spider-Man suit so I can't say for certain. 
News, donald trump, government shutdown, Nancy Pelosi, women in politics

Nancy Pelosi Didn’t “Ask” Donald Trump to Postpone the State of the Union. She Told Him To.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 08: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) pose for photographs after delivering a televised response to President Donald Trump's national address about border security at the U.S. Capitol January 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. Republicans and Democrats seem no closer to an agreement on security along the southern border and ending the partial federal government shutdown, the second-longest in history. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Most of the headlines about Pelosi state that she "asked" Trump to reschedule the State of the Union address. If you read the letter, which she also released on Twitter, you can see that that's not exactly accurate. She didn't ask him to postpone. She straight-up told him he would.
Movies, Captain Marvel (movie), cat, The MCU

These Captain Marvel Character Posters Are Hyping Us All Up

Captain Marvel new character posters tease old friends, new faces, and Goose the cat.
Today, Marvel has released ten new character posters for most of the film's major players, including one special feline friend.
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