The Thursday Edition - May 7, 2020
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TV, CrunchyRoll, Gundam Wing, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Crunchyroll Will Be Launching Exclusive Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Hoodie Collection

Heavyarms_GUNDAM hoodie
Crunchyroll is launching a new collection that brings together their line and popular mecha anime franchise Gundam Wing.
News, Coronavirus, Texas

Texas Supreme Court Orders Release of the Salon Owner Who Became a “Symbol of Conservative Outrage”

A protester demonstrates during the "Reopen America" rally
A woman arrested for refusing to close her hair salon was just released from a Texas jail thanks to both an order from the state's Supreme Court and its governor Greg Abbott.
TV, Acorn TV, line of duty, streaming

All I Do Now Is Watch British Corrupt Cop Drama Line of Duty on Acorn TV

British drama Line of Duty
I started watching when I saw that 'Line of Duty' had won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and I haven't been heard from since.
TV, Lip Sync Battle, Tom Holland, Zendaya

Happy Third Birthday to Tom Holland’s Iconic Lip Sync of Rihanna’s “Umbrella”

Tom Holland performing Rihanna's "Umbrella" on Lip Sync Battle.
Happy anniversary to Tom Holland's performance of "Umbrella." May you continue to be the thing Tom Holland is asked about most instead of, you know, PLAYING SPIDER-MAN.
TV, Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker, dystopia

Black Mirror Creator Thinks World Is Too Bleak for Season 6, so We Came up With Some Uplifting Episode Ideas

black mirror
Feel free to take them and run them, Charlie Brooker!
News, contributors, Joe Biden, politics

We Have to Stop Blaming Women Voters for Trying to Survive

Joe Biden stands in front of a row of flags.
For a lot of women and especially survivors, silence was also rooted in fear, in the acute awareness we’d soon be forced to make an impossible choice for survival, and almost certainly be blamed for either choice.
Big on the Internet, Elon Musk, Grimes, Twitter memes

Thanks, Elon Musk and Grimes! Now I Can Name My Kid NCC-1701 Without Fear!

Elon Musk and Grimes
Elon Musk and Grimes took to the internet to share that they decided to name their child a series of random letters, as if this were a robot baby. 
TV, Legends of Tomorrow

The Latest Legends of Tomorrow Got to the Inspiring Heart of the Show

Legends of Tomorrow -- "Ship Broken" -- Image Number: LGN511b_0141b.jpg -- Pictured: Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/White Canary -- Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW -- © 2020 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
On most other shows, what happened would be the most out-there concept possible, on Legends, it's just another Tuesday
AMP Featured, News, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Trump

The CDC Had a Plan to Safely Reopen America. Donald Trump Ignored It.

Trump speaks during a press briefing.
Vote like your life depends on it. It literally does!
TV, period dramas, Starz, The Spanish Princess

The Spanish Princess Showrunners Tease War & Romantic Drama in Season 2—God Save the Queen … From the Future Queen

Charlotte Hope as Katherine of Aragon in Starz's 'The Spanish Princess'
My guilty pleasure show, The Spanish Princess, is returning to Starz this fall, and that means a lot of historically inaccurate sex drama, semi-accurate political drama, and most importantly, seeing Catherine of Aragon being happy and successful with red hair before Anne Boleyn shows up.
AMP Featured, News, Death Star, donald trump

Donald Trump’s Reelection Campaign Compared Itself to the Death Star and We Have So Many Questions

Donald Trump looks confused in an Oval Office meeting.
First of all, have they SEEN Star Wars?
TV, Cruel Intentions, LGBTQ Representation, Sarah Michelle Gellar

This Queer Clip From the Ill-Fated Cruel Intentions Pilot Is Giving Us Life

selma blair, sarah michelle gellar
I mean, give the people what they want.
Movies, Quarantine Watch Party, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

The Live-Action Spider-Men Were Almost in Spider-Verse? That One Hurts.

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), Peter Parker (Jake Johnson) and Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld).
Can't believe Sony thought it was "too soon."
Movies, horror films, Neve Campbell, Scream, Wes Craven

Neve Campbell in Talks to Return to Scream Franchise in “Pseudo-Reboot”!

Sidney (Neve Campbell) looks for clues in Scream 2.
The last time an installment of the Scream franchise hit theaters it was 2011, almost a decade ago, and it feels much longer. Yet, that is just enough time for there to be a 5th entry into the series, and Neve Campbell, who played franchise protagonist Sidney Prescott, one of horror's best Scream Queens, is in talks to return.
Big on the Internet, Axl Rose, Steven Mnuchin, Twitter feuds

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Got Owned on Twitter by … Axl Rose?!

Steve mnuchin and axl rose collage
The Secretary of the Treasury got in a Twitter fight with the frontman of Guns N' Roses on twitter. Of course.
AMP Featured, News, Betsy DeVos, Title IX

Betsy DeVos’s Title IX Overhaul Strengthens Sexual Assault & Harassment Protections for “All Students” (Well, Except the Victims)

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks
This is what we'd expect from a campaign that started with meetings with men's rights groups.
Big on the Internet, Kevin Spacey, sexual assault, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Kevin Spacey Is Back on His Bullshit

Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood sits in front of a fireplace in a Christmas sweater, looking into the camera.
If you were mad about Ellen DeGeneres lamenting about sheltering in place during a pandemic in her huge mansion while she refused to pay her employees, just wait until you hear what alleged rapist and sexual predator Kevin Spacey has to say! This of course isn’t the first time the K-PAX star has surfaced in […]
Movies, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 4, Tobey Maguire

Happy Anniversary, Spider-Man 4

Tobey Maguire crying as Peter Parker in Spider-Man
Hopefully, with Raimi now set to do Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, we can see some of these ideas come in with the new world that movie might be bringing into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (I'd take Bruce Campbell and Jake Gyllenhaal having a Mysterio-off.)
Gaming, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 11, violent video games

Robocop Is Joining Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath, but We Just Want Mileena Back

mk aftermath has robocop
Joining the new trend of releasing updated expansions rather than whole new games is NetherRealm Studios' Mortal Kombat franchise, which is releasing Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath to continue the story of what happens after you defeat Kronika in Mortal Kombat 11's story.
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