The Tuesday Edition - Mar 22, 2022
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Tom’s "animal rights organization" needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager for a job, immediately signs on.
What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth—not our Earth, at least.


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Big on the Internet, J.K. Rowling, John Waters

Things We Saw Today: John Waters Beautifully Cancels J.K. Rowling

John Waters on the red carpet
John Waters is the kind of creative that's not exactly known for his PC reaction to the world.
Big on the Internet, Ketanji Brown Jackson

Republicans Just Made It 100% Clear They Think Simply Existing as a Black Person Is an Example of ‘Critical Race Theory’

Ketanji Brown Jackson raises an eyebrow while listening during questioning at her senate confirmation hearing
We're nearing the end of day two of Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings and she has had to put up with a shameful amount of Republican nonsense.
Big on the Internet, Oscars, Rachel Zegler, The Academy Awards, West Side Story (remake)

Rachel Zegler FINALLY Gets Oscars Invitation She Should’ve Had in the First Place

Rachel Zegler in West Side Story with overlaid Instagram comments about her not getting invited to the Oscars.
It's especially telling that Zegler, a Latina actress, was snubbed.
Big on the Internet, fashion, historical fashion, video essay, YouTube

5 Fashion-Centric Creators You Need to Watch on YouTube

The Devil Wears Prada earned Meryl Streep an Oscar nomination for playing Miranda Priestly
My favorites give historical context, political implications, depictions in art (from paintings to movies) and grace to the individual.
Big on the Internet, Nicolas Cage

Nic Cage Isn’t Just the Mystery the Internet Thinks He Is

Nicolas Cage in Willy's Wonderland
Nicolas Cage doesn't want to just be what the internet has deemed him as.
Big on the Internet, Chewbacca, Disney parks, fascism, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser

Disney Deletes Tweet About Living Your Fascist Dreams on the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser

general hux star wars
I'm no closer to shelling out $6,000 for two days of LARPing in a windowless box.
Books, LGBTQIA, transgender, Y: The Last Man

Is It Time to Do Away With the Dystopian ‘Gendercide’ Story?

Sandra Newman's The Men and Y: The Last Man back to back.
A new book's apparent transphobia and transmisogyny raise a vital question: Is it time to do away with the "gender plague" novel?
Movies, Bruce Wayne, The Batman, The Wayne Family

Suggestions for What 2001 Movie the Waynes Saw Before They Died in ‘The Batman’ Are Priceless

Zoë Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in The Batman strike a dramatic pose.
Well, folks, the internet is at it again.
Books, Big Little Lies, books, Liane Moriarty, Reading List, Summer Reads

Ranking Liane Moriarty’s Best Books as We Dream of Summer Beach Reads

Four novels by Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty is a bestselling author whose novels have been adapted by multiple top streaming services. Her books are raw, mysterious, dark, and thrilling. Here's a guide to some of our favorites.
TV, Amy Schumer, Hulu, Life & Beth (Hulu), Michael Cera

Amy Schumer Gets Intimate in Hulu’s Poignant ‘Life & Beth’

Michael Cera and Amy Schumer in 'Life & Beth'
Amy Schumer returns to the public eye, although she never really left.
TV, And Just Like That…, Sex and the City

‘And Just Like That…’ Has Been Renewed for Another Season of Cringe

Three white women (Miranda, Carrie, Charlotte) stand in a room of people looking happy and surprised.
'And Just Like That...' may be terrible, but it has been renewed for another season by HBO meaning one more go around the sun of Che Diaz.
Movies, A24, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Michelle Yeoh

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Proves It’s Michelle Yeoh’s Multiverse and We’re Just Living in It

Michelle Yeoh crying with blood on her face in Everything Everywhere All At Once
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' hits theaters on March 25 and is a perfect example as to why this is Michelle Yeoh’s world and we’re just simply living in it. 
TV, BBC, Doctor Who, Hugh Grant

Stop Your Weeping, Angels. Here’s the Latest on the Hugh Grant ‘Doctor Who’ Saga

Hugh Grant in Paddington 2
The latest rumor is that Hugh Grant is supposedly in talks to take over as the Doctor in a "Marvel-style makeover for the series." Here's everything we know so far.
TV, HBO Max, The Gilded Age

‘The Gilded Age’ Finale Is All About Party Politics—Literally

party is war on gilded age beat the rich by being richer
Who knew parties with the rich were so stressful? Really raises the stakes for the upcoming Met Gala and their upcoming "Gilded Glamour" theme.
Movies, Ana de Armas, Ben Affleck, Deep Water

‘Deep Water’ Feels Like a ’90s Psychological Thriller—for Better and Worse

Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck at a piano in Deep Water
'Deep Water' as a movie is what gave us the whirlwind romance between Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas that kept us going during the midst of lockdown with their Dunkin Donuts runs and their cardboard cut-outs.
Movies, Keira Knightley, Netflix, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Trailer for Keira Knightley-Voiced Charlotte Salomon Biopic

Charlotte movie. Image: screencap Good Deed Entertainment.
Following the success of the experimental 2017 film Loving Vincent, Good Deed Entertainment released the trailer for their 2022 film, Charlotte.
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