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Rihanna is never one to hold her tongue on important issues. On Saturday, during the 51st NAACP Awards held at the Pasadena Convention Center in California, the Fenty beauty mogul, clad in a regal purple tulle ensemble, accepted the prestigious President’s Award for her philanthropic contributions
NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement that Rihanna received the award for her work as a “stellar public servant” in addition to her accomplished career as chart-topping artist. “From her business achievements through Fenty, to her tremendous record as an activist and philanthropist, Rihanna epitomizes the type of character, grace, and devotion to justice that we seek to highlight in our President’s Award,” he said.
“I’m lucky I was able to start the Clara Lionel Foundation in 2012,” Rihanna said during her speech about the nonprofit organization she founded in honor of her grandparents. The organization helps fund education and emergency response programs.
“We can’t do it divided. I cannot emphasize that enough. We can’t let the de-sensitivity seep in. The, ‘If it’s your problem, then it’s not mine; it’s a woman’s problem; it’s a black people problem; it’s a poor people problem,’” said Rihanna, who was named Harvard’s Humanitarian of the Year in 2017.
During her acceptance speech, she made a call to action for allies, pushing them to champion so-called black issues. “Well then, they want to break bread with you, right? They like you? Well then, this is their problem, too. So when we’re marching and protesting and posting about the Michael Brown Jr.s and the Atatiana Jeffersons of the world, tell your friends to pull up,” she said to thunderous applause.
Rihanna is never one to hold her tongue on important issues. On Saturday, during the 51st NAACP Awards held at the Pasadena Convention Center in California, the Fenty beauty mogul, clad in a regal purple tulle ensemble, accepted the prestigious President’s Award for her philanthropic contributions
NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement that Rihanna received the award for her work as a “stellar public servant” in addition to her accomplished career as chart-topping artist. “From her business achievements through Fenty, to her tremendous record as an activist and philanthropist, Rihanna epitomizes the type of character, grace, and devotion to justice that we seek to highlight in our President’s Award,” he said.
“I’m lucky I was able to start the Clara Lionel Foundation in 2012,” Rihanna said during her speech about the nonprofit organization she founded in honor of her grandparents. The organization helps fund education and emergency response programs.
“We can’t do it divided. I cannot emphasize that enough. We can’t let the de-sensitivity seep in. The, ‘If it’s your problem, then it’s not mine; it’s a woman’s problem; it’s a black people problem; it’s a poor people problem,'” said Rihanna, who was named Harvard’s Humanitarian of the Year in 2017.
During her acceptance speech, she made a call to action for allies, pushing them to champion so-called black issues. “Well then, they want to break bread with you, right? They like you? Well then, this is their problem, too. So when we’re marching and protesting and posting about the Michael Brown Jr.s and the Atatiana Jeffersons of the world, tell your friends to pull up,” she said to thunderous applause.
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In the latest weird food jift from the jods, Jif peanut butter has decided that they will be the ones to decide once and for all how “GIF” is pronounced. Thankfully they got it right.
You can now buy limited-edition jars of delicious Jif peanut butter labeled “Gif” peanut butter. And of course this push is in partnership with Giphy.
“We’re teaming up with GIPHY to put a lid on this decade-long debate and prove there is only one Jif… it’s creamy, delicious peanut butter, not a looping picture you can send to make friends and family laugh,” said Rebecca Scheidler, Vice President, Marketing of Jif. “So spread the word like Jif on bread—Jif is peanut butter, GIFs are animations!”
Giphy for their part agrees and has provided the internet with some interesting (and terrifying) gifs to celebrate the promotion.
We here are the Mary Sue (well most of us) are happy that Jif has finally come out on the side of right and the extremely correct assertion that “GIF” is correctly pronounced with a hard g. Because Graphic is part of the abbreviation and no one says “Christmas JIFT.” No, we don’t particularly care if the inventor of the GIF declared that it was to be pronounced “jif.” Some monsters transcend their creators.
So if you’re not allergic to peanuts and not to correct pronunciations, grab some!
(via The Verge)
Here are a few other tidbits from around the net today:
- Call of The Wild director Chris Sanders has some insight about some Disney movies that were almost very different. (via HuffPo)
- More potential Loki series character details. (via ComicBookMovie)
- We are here for this show!
Betty.
The new @HBO original series premieres May 1. #BettyHBO pic.twitter.com/AgVO10Ibev— BETTY (@BettyHBO) February 25, 2020
- Why Hank Azaria is done with Apu on The Simpsons. (via Pajiba)
- Love. This.
She’s the only friend I’d skip school for. pic.twitter.com/uP0vwF2U3K
— Malala (@Malala) February 25, 2020
- Sigh. Update on the Guns Akimbo mess. (via /Film)
- Greyhound will no longer allow border agents on buses without a warrant. (via The New York Times)
- And lastly, shooting began today on a little sequel some of you might enjoy.
Day One#JurassicWorld pic.twitter.com/UnQIUFwJ3t
— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) February 25, 2020
What did you see today, Suvians? How is that Mercury Retrograde treating you?
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This year marks 45 years of the Uncanny X-Men as we know them today, with the release of 1975’s Marvel Comics’ Giant Size X-Men #1. And now, the folks at Marvel are celebrating this mutant milestone with a very special reproduction of this classic issue. And no, this is not just a reprint of an old comic on glossy paper. This is something far more unique and interesting. Some 37 different artists will re-create the issue page-by-page in their own art styles. They’ll work from the late Len Wein’s original script.
Marvel has released a trailer for this special issue, officially titled Giant-Size X-Men: Tribute to Wein & Cockrum, which you can view down below:
So why celebrate Giant Size X-Men #1 as much as the original ’60s debut? Although the X-Men were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby back in 1963, after the first couple of years the prolific duo left the title. Frankly, they were overwhelmed already creating books like Fantastic Four, Thor, and others. But without the superstar creative team, X-Men sales went into free fall. Despite several attempts to spice up the book with new artists and directions, nothing seemed to click with readers. In 1970, the book wound up cancelled.
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But five years later, Marvel Comics editorial decided to revive the series with a brand new flavor. Keeping certain elements and characters from the original run – Professor X and his school, Cyclops and Jean Grey for example – Giant Size X-Men #1 introduced an almost entirely new cast of characters to the team. Among them were Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler, characters created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum. These heroes became iconic members of the group, and it’s hard to imagine the X-Men media franchise without them now.
Based on these new characters, and the work of subsequent creators like Chris Claremont and John Byrne, Uncanny X-Men became a runaway hit after only a couple of years. But none of that would have been possible without the creative genius of Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. In fact, one of the key elements Wein and Cockrum created for that issue features heavily in Jonathan Hickman’s current Dawn of X reboot. I’m referring to Krakoa the Living Island, which now serves as the home base of the entire mutant nation. So it is only fitting that Marvel properly pay homage to these two creative geniuses. They gave the franchise so much.
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The announced list of artists involved in Giant Sized X-Men #1 reboot are:
- Alex Ross
- Carnero
- Brooks
- Kevin Nowlan
- Chris Samnee
- Marcus To
- Siya Oum
- Stephen Segovia
- Marguerite Sauvage
- Bernard Chang
- Aaron Kuder
- Takeshi Miyazawa
- Juann Cabal,
- Gurihiru
- Kris Anka
- Phil Noto
- Valerio Schiti
- Leinil Francis Yu
- Matteo Lolli
- Ema Lupacchino
- Carlos Gomez
- Iban Coello
- R.B. Silva
- Ramon Rosanas
- Joshua Cassara
- David Baldeon
- Marcelo Ferreira
- Javier Garron
- Rod Reis
- Javier Rodriguez
- Marco Checchetto
- Jen Bartel
- Mike Del Mundo
- Rahzzah
- Pepe Larraz
- and Mike Hawthorne
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Giant-Size X-Men: Tribute to Wein & Cockrum #1 is due to hit your local comic shop on May 27.
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