The Wednesday Edition - Sep 11, 2019
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Dexter meets Victoria Schwab in this dark and compelling fantasy about a girl who seeks revenge on the boy who betrayed her, a sequel to the critically-acclaimed Not Even Bones.

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Movies, Chris Evans, TIFF, Tom Hanks

Celebrities Cry All the Time Too! They’re Just Like Us!

Steve Rogers/Captain America in Marvel's Avengers: Endgame.
We all cried over Up. Welcome to 2009.
AMP Featured, Technology, iPhone, phobias, trypophobia

The New iPhone’s Design Is Terrifying People With “Trypophobia,” or Fear of Holes

Apple iPhone 11 Max Wide cameras trypophobia
Apple's new iPhone design launched a wave of social media reactions from people who suffer from "trypophobia," or the fear of clustered holes.
Big on the Internet, TV, Disney, Disney Plus, Gargoyles

Holy Chip! The Whole Disney Afternoon Is Going to Be on Disney+—Yes, Even Gargoyles

Jonathan Frakes and Keith David in Gargoyles (1994)
It has been confirmed that the Disney+ streaming service will include DuckTales, TailSpin, Darkwing Duck, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, and most importantly, Gargoyles and Goof Troop, the classic texts of the blessed '90s.
AMP Featured, Comics, Image Comics, The Wicked + The Divine

The Wicked + The Divine Creators Say Goodbye to Their Seminal Text

Comic the wicked and the divine by Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie
The Wicked + The Divine ended last week, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy a long goodbye.
TV, Succession

The Brilliance of the Pierce Women on Succession

Holly Hunter and Cherry Jones in Succession
Succession is the kind of show that you probably would have thought you'd hate when you started it, and that's not your fault; I'm just glad you're here and were proven wrong.
AMP Featured, TV, contributors, GLOW, Netflix

Jackie Tohn & Ellen Wong Told Us How Their “GLOW Sisters” Helped Them Film the Most Intense Scene of Season 3

Melrose and Jenny sit around a campfire on Netflix's GLOW.
GLOW season three gifted us with one of the most intense, beautiful, and necessary episodes of television this season. In episode six, "Outward Bound," the gorgeous ladies of wrestling go on a trip to the desert. What was supposed to be a relaxing break from their stint in Vegas turns into an unlikely yet important discussion about inherited trauma and unconscious bias.
Big on the Internet, Bill Skarsgard, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, pennywise the clown

Things We Saw Today: Watch Bill Skarsgård Teach Stephen Colbert to Do Pennywise’s Creepy Smile

Bill Skarsgård is currently doing press for IT: Chapter Two, which means we get to be repeatedly reminded of just how jarring the disconnect is between the softspoken actor and Pennywise the demonic clown.
Big on the Internet, World Suicide Prevention Day

World Suicide Prevention Day: I Will Probably Always Be Sick, but That Doesn’t Mean I’m Broken

Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh
World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10th, and a time for reflecting how far we have come and the work we still have to do.
Movies, adaptations, donna tartt, the goldfinch

Wow, Some People Sure Do Seem to Hate The Goldfinch Movie Adaptation

The Goldfinch movie
As with everything 'The Goldfinch'-related, critics and fans seem to be in a fighting mood about the movie adapted from Donna Tartt's novel.
News, donald trump, John Bolton, politics

Donald Trump & John Bolton Are in the Midst of a Very Messy Public Breakup

John Bolton frowns as Trump makes weird faces at reporters.
The White House revolving door keeps turning today, as Donald Trump tweeted the firing of his National Security Advisor, John Bolton.
Movies, Beverly Marsh, It: Chapter 2, Jessica Chastain

Understanding the Fear That Takes Over Beverly Marsh in IT Chapter 2

Jessica Chastain as Beverly Marsh in It: Chapter 2
Rooted in her father's advances, Beverly Marsh has always had a fear of being a woman.
Big on the Internet, makeup, Viola Davis

The More Than Classically Beautiful Viola Davis Is the New Face of L’oréal Paris

Viola Davis WW
Today, Oscar-winner Viola Davis was announced as the newest international spokesperson for L'Oréal Paris. How's that for classical beauty, haters?
Books, Harvey Weinstein, Lisa Bloom, Rose McGowan

This Memo From Lisa Bloom to Harvey Weinstein Is Enraging

Harvey Weinstein.
This memo is sickening on every level, and shows the ways in which the images of women are manipulated to pain them in a negative light.
News, donald trump, Hurricane Dorian, racism

Donald Trump Defended the Cruelty of Turning Away Hurricane Survivors, Saying There Are “Very Bad People” Hiding Among Them

Donald Trump speak to members of the press outside the White House.
The CBP said the refusal of these evacuees was due to "confusion" on the part of the ferry operator and Florida Senator Marco Rubio blamed the shipping company, saying they "didn’t coordinate a pre-screening & then didn’t want to wait for one." Donald Trump, though, said Monday that there are "very bad people" trying to use the storm to sneak into the country.
Movies, Cats (movie)

Behind-the-Scenes Look at Cats Does Nothing to Make Me Less Afraid of Cats

Cats the Movie Musical
I tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to judging a movie before it comes out, but I feel like it's okay that I'm preemptively judging Cats.
TV, Euphoria, HBO

Euphoria Painfully Breaks Down How Sexual Currency Can Be Damaging

Alexa Demie in Euphoria (2019), Hunter Schafer in Euphoria (2019), Sydney Sweeney and Keean Johnson in Euphoria (2019), Barbie Ferreira in Euphoria (2019)
Euphoria has a lot of issues, but it is also on the pulse of something dark and real about our reality, especially when it comes to sex.
Big on the Internet, fan culture, fandom, The New Yorker

Let’s Update the Way Journalists Are Writing About Fandom Culture

Exhibit floor at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Yesterday, the New Yorker ran a piece on fandom culture that, while not being particularly offensive, reads like it time traveled from the early 2000s even with references to Game of Thrones and social media.
Big on the Internet, Hasbro, Ms. Monopoly

Ms. Monopoly Game Shows the Problem With the Pay Gap, and Men Are Predictably Mad

Mr. Monopoly looking sadly at the water
At the end of the day, it's a board game. Who plays by normal Monopoly rules anyway? I couldn't tell you what the houses or hotels mean. All I know is that I'm a cheap bitch when I play, but now, with Ms. Monopoly, I'm going to wipe the board with the tears of my brothers.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, contributors, Fleabag, theater

Review: Funnier and Filthier, Fleabag Goes Back Onstage and It’s Delightfully Raw

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag
Ferociously funny, fierce and filthy, Fleabag has gone back to its roots, right there where it all started in 2013: the theater stage. Earlier this year, creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge announced she was going to perform her award-winning one-woman show for the very last time. A limited run in London’s West End after her New York run in March, needless to say, it sold out immediately. Fleabag generated a collective frenzy, and rightfully so.
TV, Hailee Steinfeld, Hawkeye, Kate Bishop

Things We Saw Today: Hawkeye May Have Found Its Kate Bishop With Hailee Steinfield

Hailee Steinfeld and Jorge Lendeborg in Bumblebee (2018)
I, a stan of True Grit, can be heard yelling from all the mountaintops over the prospect of Hailee Steinfeld playing Kate Bishop in the Disney+ series Hawkeye.
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