The Wednesday Edition - Mar 13, 2019
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Movies, DS9, Star Trek (franchise), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: DS9 Doc “What We Left Behind” Is Closer Than Ever

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine cast
The documentary from 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' showrunner Ira Steven Behr and For the Love of Spock's David Zappone will be beaming into our eyeballs in 2019. Praise Morn!
Big on the Internet, fantastic beasts: the crimes of grindelwald, Honest Trailers, Screen Junkies

The Honest Trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Asks “Why So Serious?”

Johhny Depp as Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
Just because you stack your film with "grim-faced people in suits talking" doesn't mean you're doing anything profound.
News, Ann Coulter, donald trump, racism

Aww, Poor Ann Coulter Has No One to Talk To. Boo Hoo, So Sad.

Ann Coulter stands alone.
Ann Coulter says she has trouble finding people to talk to because of Trump.
TV, contributors, Wynonna Earp

Earpers Won’t Give Up the Fight for Wynonna

Melanie Scrofano in Wynonna Earp (2016)
With all the energy of the fanbase and a schedule to keep, you’d expect season four to be well into production now, but unfortunately, that’s not the case.
Big on the Internet, Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin, memes, William H. Macy

Please Peruse These Celebrity College Scandal Memes with Me

Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin
Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are being indicted for bribing colleges to take their children. Here there be memes.
TV, marvel studios, things we saw today, What If

Things We Saw Today: Marvel Studios Will Create a “What If” TV Show for Disney+

Marvel's Thor What If one-shot comic
What If? comics have long been a beloved Marvel Comics tradition—reimaginings of our heroes' well-trod trajectories. Now Marvel Studios is set to bring these canonical fever-dreams to life in a series on the planned Disney+ streaming network.
Movies, fantastic beasts: the crimes of grindelwald, J.K. Rowling

JK Rowling Gives Us More Dumbledore/Grindelwald Subtext But Still No Actual Text

New look at Jude Law as Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts 2
Will a major franchise ever show a same-sex relationship onscreen in 2019 or 2020? If one does, it probably won't be the Fantastic Beasts franchise.
News, college, eat the rich, Scams

Not Content With All Their Regular Privilege, 50 Rich and/or Famous People Charged in Massive College Bribery Scam

The Justice Department has charged 50 people for their alleged roles in a massive bribery scam designed to let wealthy parents buy their children a spot at a number of top colleges, including Georgetown University, Yale University, Stanford University, the University of Texas, the University of Southern California and UCLA.
Big on the Internet, Arthurian mythology, Greek mythology, mythology

5 Dramatic Star-Crossed Romances of Mythology & Folklore

Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton
"Every story, new or ancient, Bagatelle or work of art, All are tales of human failing, All are tales of love at heart."
TV, Aidy Bryant, Lindy West, Shrill

Hulu’s Shrill Is The Superhero Origin Story Fat Girls Have Been Waiting For

Aidy Bryant and Lolly Adefope hit the pool party in Hulu's Shrill.
If you're a fat girl in film or television, your narratives are limited. No longer, thanks to 'Shrill.'
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Big on the Internet, Chris Evans

Chris Evans Started a Celebrity Civil War Over … Chips

Team Cap in Civil War
Chris Evans ... why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?
TV, Jason Mendoza, The Good Place

Someone Has to Tell The Good Place’s Jason Mendoza That Blake Bortles Is Getting Benched

THE GOOD PLACE -- "The Book of Dougs" Episode 311 -- Pictured: Manny Jacinto as Jason -- (Photo by: Colleen Hayes/NBC)
For fans of The Good Place, we know one thing: Jason Mendoza loves Blake Bortles.
Movies, Oscar Isaac, Star Wars: Episode IX

Oscar Isaac Confirms That Star Wars Episode IX Is the End of the Skywalker Saga

JJ Abrams shared an emotional photo of Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac to celebrate Episode IX wrapping.
"Nine stories. This is the culmination of the entire thing."
Big on the Internet, domestic abuse, Evan Rachel Wood, self-harm

Evan Rachel Wood Shines a Light on Her Experiences With Domestic Abuse and Self-Harm

evan rachel wood plays dolores in season two of westworld.
Evan Rachel Wood has never been one to stay silent.
News, abortion, Pro-Choice, women in politics

Georgia Democrat Proposes “Testicular Bill of Rights” to Highlight the Absurdity of Hyper-Legislating Reproductive Health

Pro-choice protestors gathered
"If you’re going to legislate our bodies, then we have every right to propose legislation to regulate yours."
News, Plane crash

Dismissive Rhetoric Around the Ethio­pian Airlines Crash Reeks of Western Elitism

TOPSHOT - A man carries a piece of debris on his head at the crash site of a Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019. - A Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all eight crew and 149 passengers on board, including tourists, business travellers, and "at least a dozen" UN staff. (Photo by Michael TEWELDE / AFP) (Photo credit should read MICHAEL TEWELDE/AFP/Getty Images)
The rhetoric that has been coming from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in response to the Ethiopian plane crash has been dismissive and reductive.
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