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The legendary “virtual band,” Gorillaz, to commemorate 20 years since the release of their first album, are re-releasing new merch including NFTs (non fungible tokens) and that’s where the controversy begins; our impressions of the first three episodes of Amazon’s new Robert Kirkman penned comic book to animation streaming series, Invincible; a recent New York Times piece highlights the blerd/”black nerd” phenomenon impacting popular culture; notable actor, Keanu Reeves’ second breath in Hollywood continues with the release of his comic book series, BRZRKR which just so happens to coincide with proposed Netflix live-action and anime iterations; similar to Thanos’ (a la Darkseid’s “cousin”) words in Avengers: Endgame concerning inevitability-it seems that the HBO Max streaming success of Zack Snyder’s Justice League has led to a #restorethesnyderverse campaign; more details pertaining to the Static Shock live-action project; Lastly, just what happened relating to the on-air joust between journalist, Roland Martin and the 21 year-old founder of The X for Boys youth organization, King Randall?
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The legendary "virtual band," Gorillaz, to commemorate 20 years since the release of their first album, are re-releasing new merch including NFTs (non fungible tokens) and that's where the controversy begins; our impressions of the first three episodes of Amazon's new Robert Kirkman penned comic book to animation streaming series, Invincible; a recent New York Times piece highlights the blerd/"black nerd" phenomenon impacting popular culture; notable actor, Keanu Reeves' second breath in Hollywood continues with the release of his comic book series, BRZRKR which just so happens to coincide with proposed Netflix live-action and anime iterations; similar to Thanos' (a la Darkseid's "cousin") words in Avengers: Endgame concerning inevitability-it seems that the HBO Max streaming success of Zack Snyder's Justice League has led to a #restorethesnyderverse campaign; more details pertaining to the Static Shock live-action project; Lastly, just what happened relating to the on-air joust between journalist, Roland Martin and the 21 year-old founder of The X for Boys youth organization, King Randall?
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If you’ve heard of Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses book series, then you are possibly (likely?) a rabid fan. Frequently abbreviated to ACOTAR, the fantasy series tells the story of Feyre Archeron, a young mortal huntress who gets swept into a journey in the faerie lands of Prythian. With a sprawling world, deeply flawed and intriguing characters, and a whole lot of steamy love scenes, the ACOTAR series has attracted legions of fans since Maas published the first book in 2015. And now the four (well, four and half) book series is becoming a TV series for Hulu.
Maas shared the news on Instagram on Friday afternoon. She’s working with Ron Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) to adapt A Court of Thorns and Roses for Hulu. They’re working on the pilot now. And they have plenty of material. The first book, which carries the title of the whole series, is a loose adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. As punishment for killing a faerie, a faerie leader, Tamlin, imprisons Feyre in Prythian. He and everyone else in his court wear face-obscuring masks; a curse affixed the masks to their faces. Things just get progressively wilder from there in each of the 600 plus page books.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses TV series would have a vast playground to explore. And given Moore’s experience in telling epic stories, he seems like an excellent choice to work with Maas. Especially given his role in bringing Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander to the screen. Given the rise of fantasy books coming to the screen, especially with Shadow and Bone dropping on Netflix in April, it’s no surprise to see that it’s ACOTAR’s turn.
Maas is also known for her Throne of Glass series (which Nerdist Book Club read a portion of). But just anecdotally, I feel like folks get most excited about A Court of Thorns and Roses. By folks, I mean myself. I definitely named my Animal Crossing: New Horizons character Feyre. I’ll just be over here daydreaming about who will play Rhysand.
Amy Ratcliffe is the Managing Editor for Nerdist and the author of A Kid’s Guide to Fandom, available for pre-order now. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
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Spelman College has broken a record with the amount of applications the school has received from prospective students. According to their website, the all-female historically Black college has received more applications for admissions than they ever have during their 140-year existence.
According to a news release, Spelman received 11,000 applications for the fall 2021 semester, which is a 20% increase in the number of applicants Spelman had in 2020.
“The increased interest in Spelman is a testament to the College’s reputation of graduating Black women with a competitive edge who rise to leadership roles across industries and impact positive change in their communities,” Spelman’s president Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D. said in the release. “Our admissions team has done an excellent job of sharing our stellar outcomes with prospective students from across the nation. We are excited that these bright young minds are seizing the opportunity to experience our unique liberal arts education by applying to Spelman.”
Chelsea Holley, the interim director of admissions, said the record-breaking amount of applications is a product of the campaigning for historically black colleges and universities that has been happening in the past few years.
“From founding inaugural Black student organizations at their high schools to advocating for voters’ rights in the 2020 presidential election, this applicant pool has been civically engaged, committed to leadership and dedicated to the very mission of Spelman College,” she said.
The news release added that Spelman’s applications for admissions has been increasing since 2014.
Spelman College, which was founded in 1881, is ranked number one on the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of historically Black colleges and universities. It is also ranked number four on the list of top performing schools on social mobility and number 10 in most innovative schools. Well-known Spelman alumnae include actress Keisha Knight Puliam, Stacey Abrams and A.J Johnson.