If you’re one of the many who contributed to Host‘s perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, you’ll be pleased (terrified?) to hear that the crew behind the pandemic horror smash are releasing a real-time, live-action horror gamed called Ghosts. Although Host director Rob Savage is not involved, the game was written …
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Marvel announced that the first gay Captain America in the superhero’s 80-year history will be revealed in an upcoming issue. In the limited series The United States of Captain America, Steve Rogers (the original Captain America) and other characters who donned the costume go on a road trip across the …
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Broadway composer Drew Gasparini (The Karate Kid,The Whipping Boy) is launching a new podcast,Now We’re Talking with Drew Gasparini, in association with the Broadway Podcast Network. The first three episodes of the series launch on Friday, January 15th, with guests Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice), Kathryn Gallagher (Jagged Little Pill), and Colton …
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Elliot Page, formerly known as Ellen Page, has come out as transgender and non-binary. The actor released a statement to social media on Tuesday, writing: “Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they, and my name is Elliot. I feel lucky to …
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Amazon confirmed that nearly 20,000 of its employees in the United States have tested positive — or were presumed to have been positive — for Covid-19. In a blog post published Thursday night, October 1st, the company said it conducted an analysis of its 1,372,000 frontline employees and found 19,816 …
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Writer, poet and producer Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. will delve into the 2020 protests against police brutality and racial inequality on a new podcast from Spotify and Gimlet, Resistance, premiering October 14th. The trailer for the series opens with Tejan-Thomas Jr. offering an honest account of his relationship with this summer’s …
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Michelle Obama, her fellow co-chairs — Tom Hanks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Janelle Monae, Chris Paul, Faith Hill, Selena Gomez, Liza Koshy, Megan Rapinoe, Shonda Rhimes, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kerry Washington, and Rita Wilson — and the When We All Vote organization are on a mission to change the culture around voting …
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UPDATE: Following a meeting Thursday morning, NBA players in the “bubble” outside Disney World decided to resume the playoffs, ESPN reports. However, Thursday’s games will be postponed, and while no restart date was announced, it is expected that players will return to the court Friday or Saturday. NBA players decided …
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Violence sprung from violence following the police shooting of 29-year-old black man Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Sunday when an Illinois teen was arrested and charged with first-degree homicide. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, reportedly traveled to Wisconsin to “protect” local businesses in the midst of anti-police brutality protests; he has been …
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The Stonewall Inn in New York, site of the landmark 1969 riots that paved the way for the modern LGBTQ rights movement, will remain open through the pandemic thanks to a $250,000 donation. TheWashington Blade reports that the Gill Foundation, which provides grants to queer organizations across the U.S., pledged …
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