I am Jamie Broadnax, the founder of Black Girl Nerds and a member of Universal Fan Con. On Friday, April 20, 2018 I provided a preliminary statement to the individuals that supported Universal Fan Con on Kickstarter in 2016. What followed was a day of questions, justifiable anger, frustration. However, what was lacking was transparency […]

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Tonight is the premiere of season two of Westworld, a mere sixteen months after its season one finale. Seriously HBO, how dare you make us wait over a year to see what happens to Dolores, Maeve, Teddy, and yeah I guess the humans too. With season one ending with the beginnings of a robot revolution, this new season seems certain to hit the ground running. The cast has been making the press rounds, and in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Evan Rachel Wood warns us that season 2 will have some serious carnage. When asked how her role as Dolores has impacted her life, Wood said:

She gave me so much strength and helped me find a power that I didn’t know I had, and helped me deal with repressed memories and trauma that we all bury to protect ourselves. One of my favorite moments is after she’s been beaten by the Man in Black and she’s crying and she says, “I’m not crying for me, I’m crying for you,” and beats the s— out of him. To me, the whole season was leading up to that moment. For a lot of repressed people to have that image, even as a fantasy, it was very empowering.

(via Entertainment Weekly, image: HBO)

• Benedict Cumberbatch calls Martin Freeman’s comments on the Sherlock fandom pathetic. Come on guys, you know I hate it when you fight. (via The Telegraph)
• Is Richard Rider joining the MCU? Kevin Feige talks about bringing Nova to the big screen. (via ComicBook.com)
• SyfyWire celebrates Lois Lane with an 80th anniversary pull list of her best moments. I hope they include Lois Lane #13 where she’s got a lead box on her head. (via SyfyWire)
• Whelp, this video from Anthony Hopkins’ Twitter page will haunt me forever. Thanks a bunch, Hannibal. (via Twitter)
• SyfyWire is celebrating Earth Day by ranking the Captain Planet characters. Better luck next year, Ma-Ti. (via SyfyWire)

Today in Absurd Literary Descriptions of Women, courtesy of Dr. Fern Riddell’s Twitter:

I am reading a crime thriller written by a man. His lead is a female journalist whose sister has just been murdered by a serial killer. She’s been up for 3 days straight hunting down leads because the police won’t do anything, and yet… pic.twitter.com/GKkkO8afB7

— Dr Fern Riddell (@FernRiddell) April 21, 2018

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Japanese bento lunches are a true art form, in which even the simplest meal can be transformed into your favorite edible character. While there are special techniques and tools, in the end it’s all just food that’s made to be enjoyed.

For the new Sailor Moon 25th Anniversary tribute album, a promotional video was created featuring the time honored-technique of kyaraben—the art of arranging food decorated to look like anime characters—to create an homage to Sailor Moon herself. SoraNews24 breaks down the video which features a cover of the song “Otome no Policy” by Yoko Ishida that plays while the step-by-step bento instruction materializes.

As someone who regularly makes bentos myself, I can attest this is definitely high-level bento execution—not for the faint of heart. Anytime someone busts out the tweezers to place food, you know you’re in for a world of trouble. Whether it’s worth it depends on your love of Sailor Senshi and luncheon meat.

The video starts off easy enough, templates for faces are made, details are cut out of typical bento ingredients like meat, cheese, seaweed, and fish cake. Then things get complicated very quickly. Miniscule food pieces are dyed different colors, the planetary symbols are magically hand carved, the video seems to speed up and your heart starts racing as a flurry of hands and knives and vegetables flash before your eyes…

And when you wake up from the daze you just sat through, you’re welcomed by the smiling face of Usagi Tsukino subconsciously telling you that everything’s going to be all right, because lunch is ready.

Would you attempt this complicated bento work of art? Let us know in the comments and tag @nerdist and @justjenn on twitter to show us your #nailedit version!

Still hungry for character-themed food?

• A look at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Avatar food.
• Pixar food includes alien macarons.
• And how about some ice cream ramen?

With so few episodes left, Once Upon a Time seems to have realized it’s time to start wrapping things up. The Dark One’s dagger figures heavily in this episode. It should, the thing hasn’t been seen […]

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