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https://www.themarysue.com/joe-manganiellos-deathstroke-snyder-cut/

Last week, we found out that Jared Leto would reprise his role as the Joker for Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Now another familiar face is joining the reshoots: Joe Manganiello will return to play Deathstroke. Manganiello previously appeared in a post-credits scene in 2017’s Justice League, where he was recruited by Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor to form an anti-Justice League.

Manganiello’s brief appearance insinuated that he would take on a larger role in the next DCEU film, which was scuttled after the poor performance of Justice League. And it was a shame, because Manganiello is long overdue for his superhero film debut. He previously appeared in Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man in a brief role as school bully Flash Thompson, but since his breakout role in True Blood and the Magic Mike films, Manganiello’s athleticism and screen presence make him an obvious choice for a big superhero/villain role.

Manganiello will join Leto, Ben Affleck, Ray Fisher and Amber Heard for reshoots with Zack Snyder, who is turning his film into a four-part miniseries set to debut sometime in 2021. The actor has declined to confirm or deny his appearance, saying “If I was a part of it, that wouldn’t be my place to announce that. That would be Zack’s place. So, whether or not that’s happening, that is an answer that is below my NDA level, or whatever you wanna call it.”

Deathstroke, aka Slade Wilson, was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez. He made his comic debut in The New Teen Titans #2 in 1980, and frequently appeared as the archenemy of the Teen Titans. A deadly mercenary, Deathstroke is skilled in combat and has regenerative healing powers, making him a popular foe for DC superheroes.

After what must have been a disappointing start in the DCEU, we’re excited to see what Manganiello brings to Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

(via Collider, image: Warner Bros.)

• Look closely at this season 3 promo for Titans. (via CBR)
• Dan Harmon discusses the new female character joining Rick and Morty. (via Syfy)
• DC and Warner Bros. allowed James Gunn to kill off any member of The Suicide Squad. (via io9)
• This site is doing the Lord’s work. (via McBroken)

I reverse engineered mcdonald's internal api and I'm currently placing an order worth $18,752 every minute at every mcdonald's in the US to figure out which locations have a broken ice cream machine https://t.co/2KsRwAdrMd

— rashiq (@rashiq) October 22, 2020

• Did comedian Jay Pharoah coin the term “Karen”? (via Entertainment Weekly)
• Here’s a zombie movie round-up just in time for Halloween. (via Collider)
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has wrapped filming, according to Simu Liu’s Instagram:

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We made a baby!!! We can’t wait to introduce him to the world in 9 months… 😍😍😍 #WRAPPED

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• Help, we can’t stop watching this:

For some reason the X-Men theme fits perfectly with the Garfield and Friends intro. pic.twitter.com/jfTYaAs7ay

— Nacho (@MrTonyNacho) October 22, 2020

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https://www.themarysue.com/white-house-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows-says-america-is-not-going-to-control-covid-19-pandemic/

We all know that the Trump administration is doing nothing to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. But to hear them boldly admit to it, 9 days before the election, is still shocking. But White House chief of staff Mark Meadows did just that in an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, where he told host Jake Tapper, “We are not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation areas,”.

After several aides, including his chief of staff, tested positive for Covid-19, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows says VP Pence will keep campaigning: "Essential personnel, whether it's the Vice President of the United States or anyone else, has to continue on" #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/2ZWMmwUHG3

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 25, 2020

This frank confession comes 8 months into the pandemic, when 8.6 million Americans have tested positive, and nearly 225,000 have died from COVID-19. This also comes as coronavirus cases are surging across the country, and five members of Vice President Mike Pence’s staff have tested positive. Pence and his team are, ironically, heading up the White House’s coronavirus task force.

But this second White House outbreak won’t deter Pence from the campaign trail. “I spoke to the vice president last night at midnight and I can tell you that what he is doing is wearing a mask, socially distancing and when he goes up to speak he will take the mask off and put it back on,” Meadows said. “He is wearing a mask as it relates to this particular thing because the doctors have advised him to do that.”

Pence’s chief of staff Marc Short, who works closely with Pence, was one of those who tested positive. And despite CDC recommendations that Pence quarantine for two weeks, the White House is labelling him as an “essential worker”, because campaigning is essential work now I guess.

Meadows claimed that the US wasn’t going to able to control the spread “Because it is a contagious virus just like the flu,” adding the Trump administration is “making efforts to contain it.” Meadows of course threw a 70-person indoor wedding for his daughter in May in Atlanta, GA, which doesn’t sound like much of a containment effort to me.

Many on social media took Meadows to task for the administration’s refusal to combat the virus:

This is unbelievable.

Mark Meadows on @CNNSotu: "We're not going to control the virus."

The Trump admin is finally clear about their #covid19 national strategy: capitulation.

— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) October 25, 2020

BREAKING: Trump Chief Mark Meadows just literally said they aren’t going to “control the pandemic.” What kind of f*cking attitude is that? People are dying. People are f*cking dying. And they shrug their f*cking shoulders? Vote these negligent f*cking criminals out. Vote Biden.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 25, 2020

Mark Meadows admits on camera, 9 days before the election that the White House has given up trying to control the virus that has killed more than 220,000 Americans

Vote for Joe Biden https://t.co/4Ad6kQrRT1

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 25, 2020

Meadows admitted it: They surrendered. They capitulated.

The White House might have surrendered. But Americans haven’t.

In NY, we proved that we CAN control this virus.

And that’s what we’ll keep on fighting to do. Let’s keep it up.https://t.co/e5oQZyBaH6

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) October 25, 2020

Mark Meadows is one of the worst people I have ever seen in public life. Awful in Congress, worse as White House Chief of Staff. Dangerous to the country, dishonest ,radical. Imagine what a second Trump term would look like with Meadows having even more power.

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) October 25, 2020

Surrendering to coronavirus is a hell of a strategy for the Trump campaign. Let’s how this shakes out for them in November.

(via CNN, featured image: screencap/CNN)

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http://www.thenerdelement.com/2020/10/16/the-trial-of-the-chicago-7-aaron-sorkin-doing-typical-aaron-sorkin-things/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-trial-of-the-chicago-7-aaron-sorkin-doing-typical-aaron-sorkin-things

Aaron Sorkin’s latest film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, hits Netflix today. The synopsis of the film is as follows:

What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest—including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale —were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.

Making a film about a trial interesting is not the easiest of tasks and one that Sorkin sometimes gets right and sometimes fails at. The film starts off at a pace with all the activists making their way to Chicago to protest against the increased draft during the Vietnam war, but it quickly slows down as we fast forward into the beginning of the trial proceedings. The Trial of the Chicago 7 wisely goes backwards in time at various points to flesh out what we’re being told in court.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a true ensemble piece. The eight activists and which actors play them in the film are as follows: Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne of The Theory of Everything, Fantastic Beasts), and Rennie Davis (Alex Sharp of Broadway’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), both were of the Students for a Democratic Society. Counter-culture Yippies Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen of The Spy, Borat) and Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong of Succession, Molly’s Game). MOBE organizers David Dellinger (John Carroll Lynch of Fargo, The Founder), John Froines (Danny Flaherty of The Americans, King Jack) and Lee Weiner (Noah Robbins of Masters of Sex, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). The eighth defendant and the one who isn’t part of the titular Chicago 7 is Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II of Watchmen, Aquaman).

That’s quite the cast, without even mentioning Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies, Ready Player One), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, Snowden) and Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon, Good Night and Good Luck). Frank Langella is the standout performer amongst the whole cast, as the grumpy and extremely biased Judge Julius Hoffman. Having a huge cast like this means a lot of people aren’t actually in it very much or they’re just sat at a table. But being the Judge allows Langella to have a hand in a lot of the proceedings.

This being an Aaron Sorkin film, you can expect a lot of talking but surprisingly not that much walking. Sorkin wrote and directed The Trial of the Chicago 7, which is only his second directing credit after Molly’s Game. He’s obviously best known as a writer for The West Wing, The Social Network and Moneyball among many others. There are a lot of words in this script and sadly there isn’t a lot of energy in those words outside of Sacha Baron Cohen’s humorous Abbie Hoffman. There are few moments for the actors to show their emotions rather than talk talk talk, a feature of a Sorkin film that I don’t love.

Sorkin is within his right to change history for a dramatic feature, but from what I have read he has changed quite a bit and the change in Gordon-Levitt’s character is perhaps one of the biggest missteps. Gordon-Levitt is defence attorney Kunstler, who was very against the activists and what they were trying to achieve in real life. In The Trial of the Chicago 7, Kunstler isn’t sure whether he is on the right side of history. Sorkin gets a lot of negative criticism thrown his way for putting his liberalism into his films, on this occasion I would agree with the criticism. You have to change some things to make it more cinematic but making Gordon-Levitt be this stereotype doesn’t add anything and really isn’t necessary.

Bobby Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) isn’t a large part of The Trial of the Chicago 7, unsurprisingly he isn’t treated well by the police as a Black Panther in the late sixties. His mistreatment was shown through the shock of the other activists, none were black, and essentially becomes a moment for them to grow. Seale may not be part of the Chicago 7 but his story wasn’t handled with care and was more about what the white people felt than what he was going through. Sorkin should have done better.

The film was released in cinemas before its release on Netflix to make it eligible for awards season. In a normal year, I would expect it to get a lot of nominations but few wins. This year, it could win a lot. The Trial of the Chicago 7 probably is one of the best theatrical releases of the year, because we haven’t had many. It’s shot well, the score is strong and there are some very good performances but it’s not a classic. It feels very pertinent to today despite it being based in 1968 because we haven’t grown as a society in fifty years.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 is very much an Aaron Sorkin film, a bit too much talking and a little preachy, but also well-made and entertaining. The quieter moments of the film allow the actors to actually show the characters they’re portraying but those moments are too few and far between. Sorkin has a tendency to add 100 words when 10 would do. Many love his scripts, personally I find them a little much at times but this film will please all the Sorkin fans out there.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 is available now on Netflix

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https://blacknerdproblems.com/chibith0t-interview-black-people-in-nerd-spaces-inspire-me/

This month of Halloween is a different one. With the pandemic raging around us, creatives take to online spaces to express their love and devotion to all things scary, creepy, and gorey to celebrate their love for the best month of the year. Twitter can be both a blessing and a curse, and with the landscape in the states the way that it is, every scroll is like rolling the dice of what new real horrors you will be faced with. Luckily, we have respite with cosplayers and creatives harnessing the power of makeup, latex, and body paint to transform into the gouly-est of ghouls and the most frightening of freaks.

One such artist I continue to come across on my feed is Sachi, also known as Chibith0t. With her stylish outfits and creative photos, she has definitely gained popularity among fellow cosplayers and nerd enthusiasts. I love her angelic/cyberpunk looks! She looks like she could easily be a part of the next John Wick movie. I was lucky enough to be granted an interview with her, so please enjoy!

BNP: Please tell us about yourself! What’s your origin story and how has your Hero’s Journey been so far?

Chibith0t: Heyy heyy! My name is Sachi aka Chibith0t. It’s always so weird introducing myself then introducing myself as my handle haha. I also go by Chibi for short. I’m from Brooklyn, New York. By day I am a showroom manager and by night I’m a cosplaying, streaming, red bull chugging gremlin. I started cosplaying back in 2014 and coming from a fashion background, it was a nice outlet for me to express my two sides of loving fashion–styling as well as anime and video games. I’ve been streaming on and off for about 2 years and was made Twitch affiliate this year, so it’s been super fun building my twitch content and audience as well. 

So far, my story has only been getting better with so many new people in this blossoming Black cosplayer community and also the Black nerd space in general. It has been such a fun ride meeting new people and growing with others. 

BNP: How would you describe your cosplay style? How do you create? Do you have any special plans coming up for this month of Halloween?

Chibith0t: I focus on cosplaying characters that I really admire, personality and design wise. I tend to go for more anime and video game characters vs. comics as I’m more familiar with those characters. I like to be able to bring out the personality of the character with my cosplay as I think that is the fun part. When it comes to the actual creative process, I usually decide how much of the look I will have to make vs. how much I may have to style and customize (I can’t sew yet! haha). The most fun part for me is styling the look and putting all the pieces together to create the whole story. I’ve been freelance fashion styling for years now, and it’s the most fun when I get to use those skills in my cosplay. I also like to do casual/closet cosplays and reimagine the character in specific themed outfits, such as the cyberpunk closet cosplay series I started with Rem and Ryuko. 

For Halloween, I am actually just going to be taking it easy. With COVID-19 this year, my schedule has been so thrown out of whack, but I will be crafting and streaming watch parties with my community!

BNP: Who or what inspires you?

Chibith0t: Black people in nerd spaces inspire me. I think seeing people that look like me at the developers table, the artist table, the esports table, the voice actor/talent/host, whatever it may be, inspires me. It’s always inspiring seeing that that is possible and happening because society likes to make it seem like Black people in those spaces are taboo or rare. Whenever I get messages like “Thank you so much for posting your cosplay! I never thought I could cosplay this character, because I’m Black.” I always instantly know that what I’m doing is important and that inspires me to continue. I started cosplaying by seeing people like Sami Bess, Kay Bear, and Cutiepie Sensei posting their work. Seeing girls that looked like me creating such awesome art inspired me to try myself so seeing that come full circle is the most fulfilling. 

BNP: If you could be the hero in any Halloween or scary film, which one would it be and why?  

Chibith0t: I would LOVE to have been in any Halloweentown movie. As a 90s baby, that series was such a huge chunk of my spooky childhood. I’m actually a wuss when it comes to really scary movies, so it was nice growing up finding one that I liked haha. I would definitely choose Halloweentown High and help the gang save the mixture of schools between worlds!

Cover Photography Credit:  Sailor Saturn Shot by Christopher Levy, TopherBLev Photography: https://www.instagram.com/topherblev/

Social media:

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/chibith0t/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chibithot?lang=en

Twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/chibith00t/profile

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