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Mahmee, a maternal healthcare startup, recently closed a $3 million round led by Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital. Other investors include Mark Cuban, Serena Williams for Serena Ventures and Pipeline Angels, among others.

The platform allows physicians and specialists to use the Mahmee to share care plans and stay on the same page about mom and baby’s care options. New and expecting parents get a personalized dashboard for linking mom and baby’s health records and tracking health over time so that Mahmee care managers can provide ongoing support and education.

“In the maternity healthcare process, on the surface, there are generally three or four people involved: the mother, the baby, and each of their physicians. What we don’t see are the many other people helping them: nurses, lactation consultants, midwives, nutritionists, therapists, doulas, home health aides, social workers, and more,” said Melissa Hanna, CEO and co-founder of Mahmee in a statement.

“And this industry is lacking the IT infrastructure needed to connect these professionals from different organizations to each other and to follow and monitor patients across practices and health systems. This missing element creates gaps in care. Mahmee is the glue that connects the care ecosystem and closes the gaps.”

“I am incredibly excited to invest and partner with Mahmee, a company that personifies my firm’s investment philosophy,” Williams stated in a recent press release. “Given the bleak data surrounding maternal death and injury rates, I believe that it is absolutely critical right now to invest in solutions that help protect the lives of moms and babies. Mahmee’s data-driven approach is the right solution to one of the most significant problems in the system: that of fragmented care.”

The investment has a personal connection for Williams. She had a near-fatal experience delivering her first child, which she recounted in-depth in an interview with Vogue. Her revelations helped shed light on the sub-par maternal healthcare black women often receive, and the high black infant mortality rates.

Previous investors included Cross Culture Ventures, Acumen America, The Helm, Bumble Fund, and several others.

Marvel announced that it is bringing back its blockbuster franchise Blade, but a new face will be replacing Wesley Snipes.

A new version of Blade, starring Mahershala Ali fresh off his Emmy nomination, is on the way. Marvel revealed the great news at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 on Saturday.

Ali was on hand for the reveal of the good news.

No release date was announced and little else was shared.

Blade first appeared on screens in 1998 with Snipes taking on the starring role. The first installment is reported to have grossed an estimated $131.2 million at the box office and Wesley later reprised the role for sequels in 2002 and 2004.

At the Comic-Con event, Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige officially announced the lineup of feature films for the next two years and shared exciting new information on the brand-new Marvel Studios’ series created exclusively for Disney+, Disney’s upcoming streaming service launching in the U.S. on November 12.

Anthony Mackie, who plays The Falcon was on hand to greet fans after it was announced that his character will appear on the Disney+ original series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier in the fall of 2020.

Tessa Thompson also came on stage for some Thor: Love and Thunder news, which will be the fourth feature film in the Thor franchise. It was revealed that Jane Foster, played by Natalie Portman, will become the Mighty Thor, the Goddess of Thunder.

We can expect some exciting programming from Marvel

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Warner Bros. had an exciting opening to Comic-Con with their Scare Diego presentation of IT: Chapter 2. Hosted by Conan O’Brien, select fans and press were invited to preview the trailer and several scenes from the upcoming sequel. The director, Andrés Muschietti, and cast were on hand to answer some questions surrounding what was presented, […]

Even though Picard fever may have overshadowed the CBS All Access Star Trek panel, there was still plenty of exciting news regarding season three of Star Trek: Discovery. Star Sonequa Martin-Green revealed that the third season just started shooting in Iceland, with brand new cast member David Ajala.

Ajala, who played Manchester Black on Supergirl, will be joining the series as Cleveland Booker, a.k.a. Book, who is described as having “natural charisma and devil-may-care attitude that tends to get him into trouble as often as it gets him out.” Ajala said of the role, “Book is going to be a character who is going to break the rules a little bit. It’s always fun to break the rules a little bit, and it starts right from the beginning of the season.”

In addition, executive producer Alex Kurtzman announced that there would be six new Star Trek: Short Treks and shared a trailer for the shorts, which feature Pike (Anson Mount), Spock (Ethan Peck) and Number One (Rebecca Romijn), as well as the return of classic Star Trek aliens the Tribbles:

The titles of the shorts are “Ask Not,” “Q&A,” “The Trouble with Edward,” “The Girl Who Made the Stars,” “Ephaim and Dot” and “Children of Mars”. Two of the shorts will be animated, three will feature the crew of Star Trek: Enterprise, and one will be a teaser for Star Trek: Picard.

Short Treks will air this fall, with season three of Discovery expected some time in 2020.

(via Deadline, image: CBS All Access)

• The Expanse gets a season 4 trailer and release date. (via /Film)
• Here’s a first look at the cast of Zack Snyder’s zombie movie Army of the Dead. (via Collider)
• Nick Offerman is down to play all the cats in Cats and honestly, that’s probably the only thing that could salvage this movie. (via Daily Dot)

Let’s do this 🐈🕺🏻 https://t.co/W9uS1MKt3d

— Nick Offerman (@Nick_Offerman) July 20, 2019

• Here’s what The Good Place has in store for its final season. (via SyfyWire)
• The long-awaited season 4 of Rick and Morty crashes SDCC with new clips and deets. (via Kotaku)
• Check out the new trailer for season three of HBO’s Westworld which features Thandie Newton fighting nazis: (via Deadline)
• Ruby Rose couldn’t make it to the Batwoman panel due to her shooting schedule, but she gave fans a video shoutout on Instagram:

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I love you, I appreciate you and I’m so sorry for anyone who is let down by this but I will make it up to you xx

A post shared by Ruby Rose (@rubyrose) on Jul 18, 2019 at 8:57pm PDT

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