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Time to get it it, folks! It's the Grindhouse broadcast airing every Sunday at 6pm eastern.  And least you forget, our show is powered by Afronerd Radio-streaming via the BTalk 100 platform.  Join your humble and advisory AFROnerdists as they unpack the following issues: well it's finally happening...a trailer for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion hit the cyrberwebs and we have our thoughts; the Shadow and Act site recently highlighted a documentary entitled, The Changin' Times of Ike White which details the extraordinary life of the film's eponymously named musician and how he "started from the bottom" and then disappeared for 40 years; 

noted filmmaker, David Fincher (Fight Club, The Social Network) has some cautionary/critical thoughts about last years breakout hit, Joker and Dburt ties this in with Anne Hathaway's recent apology to the disabled community for her performance in The Witches; a Mary Sue piece lends focus on what (comic/pop culture) conventions could look like going into 2021 in a post COVID-19 world;  more predictions unfold regarding the logistics of doing a Black Panther sequel without the late Chadwick Boseman;  thoughts about comic writer, DC Comics' Geoff Johns (along with illustrator, Gary Frank) teaming forces once again for a creative owned book entitled, Geiger;       

actor, John Boyega has even more to say about his treatment at Disney during his tenure with the Star Wars franchise; Bleeding Cool posits (or is that gossips) about DC Comics bailing out on comic specialty shops and comic conventions;  so it seems like that rumor a Constantine sequel is in the works is actually true;  legendary actor/filmmaker, Sylvester Stallone via his IG account announced that he has secret role in James Gunn's Suicide Squad sequel (and what about Guardians of the Galaxy?); and lastly, if time permits, we may address some topics left on the floor from our last Mid Week show.

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We're just going to do straight topics, no chaser folks! It's Afronerd Radio's Mid-Week in Review (MWIR) show-broadcasting every Wednesday at 8pm eastern on BTalk 100. Listen to your AFROnerdist hosts decipher this week's following topics:  Dburt ponders why (and you can too) black and/or ethnic minority heroes have a tendency to be depowered when compared to their white mainstream counterparts; What does it mean to be depowered, anyway? is it intentional or less insidious?; screenwriter and esteemed graphic novelist, John Ridley makes it around the interview circuit to promote his forthcoming 5-issue series, The Other History of the DC Universe highlighting the oft times overlooked minority heroes of DC; well the theater/movie industries appear to be making that pivot to the home viewing market (at least partially) with the recent Universal-Cinemark deal and we give our impressions; conservative pundit, Candace Owens (GOP compatriot, Ben Shapiro shared "the smoke" as well) is back at it again jousting with (the black version et al) Twitter concerning actor/singer, Harry Styles' gender bending Vogue cover:

the CW in their quest to expand the geek(s) of color palette, have announced a Wonder Girl TV series featuring an actor of Latin descent; Dburt has some thoughts about deconstructing the "black stigmata," internally, externally and legally...oh and he has to explain it first;  so is the WB/DC going to the "pull the trigger" on Wonder Woman 1984 or what? Streaming, theaters or both? Venture Bros. saved?......they're working on it;  And lastly, another Black Lives Matter critique entitled, The Omission..nuff said.     

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Bobby Brown‘s second oldest son and namesake, Bobby Brown, Jr., has died at the age of 28.

According to TMZ, a source connected to the family stated that Bobby Jr. was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Other sources told the site that police who were at the home of Bobby Jr. don’t believe it to be a case of foul play.

Bobby Jr. is Bobby Sr.’s third child. He is one of two children that his father had with longtime ex-girlfriend Kim Ward, the other being the singer’s eldest daughter, La’Princia. Bobby Jr., La’Princia and Bobbi Kristina all appeared on Brown’s reality show, Being Bobby Brown, in 2005. Bobbi Kristina also passed away at a very young age. She was found unconscious in a bathtub in her home in January 2015 and was placed in a medically-induced coma on a ventilator to stop brain swelling. After transferring hospitals, Bobbi Kristina was eventually removed from the ventilator and put in hospice care. She passed away in July of that same year at the age of 22.

Bobby Sr. released a book called Every Little Step in 2016 about his life, and in it, he talked about being a father. When asked on GMA during a promo tour for the book how he planned to go about parenthood differently as he was expecting his seventh child, a daughter who would be named Hendrix with wife Alicia Etheredge, he said, “I’m living differently. My whole lifestyle is totally different from how I used to live. I’m getting better. I can only grow, you know, from this point from a few years ago on. I can only grow and I do not procrastinate on growing. I just try to be better and better and better every day for my family, for my kids, for my siblings, for my friends. As long as I keep trying to grow, I don’t think anything can stop what I’m growing into. I’m growing into a better man.”

Hit the flip for photos of Bobby Jr, as well as images of Brown with all of his kids on the next few pages.

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As mentioned, Bobby Brown Jr. was featured on the short-lived Bravo reality series Being Bobby Brown. He is pictured next to his sister La’Princia and Bobby Sr.’s late father.

BEING BOBBY BROWN — Pictured: (back row l-r) Pops Brown, Whitney Houston, Tommy Brown (front row l-r) Bobby Brown Jr., La’princia Brown, Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina Brown (Photo by F. Scott Schafer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

Hello Cardinals fans! I hope that you are so excited about tomorrow’s game against the divisional rivalry the Seattle Seahawks! Both the Cardinals and the Seahawks are pushing for their playoff spots according to the playoff picture. The Cardinals are coming off with the historical win over the Bills 32-30 after quarterback Kyler Murray threw a touchdown pass deep to wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins on a hail mary. Every Cardinals fan has called that pass “Hail Murray!!”. Everyone thought the Cardinals were going to lose to the Bills because the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals Cliff Kingsbury was calling some poor play calling that almost cost them the game. Cliff decided to throw the ball a lot instead of running the ball while trying to run out the clock and in the red zone. They were setting up for 4 field goals. Got to run the ball more in the red zone. But luckily, they were able to find a way to finally get into the endzone after the Bills were up 23-9 over the Cardinals. So, Cliff Kingsbury needs to do better by calling better plays at the right time so that they can score a touchdown because field goals will not help you win football games and he knows that. The Cardinals have lost a defensive lineman Cory Peters because he got hurt and that is a big loss for their defense, but they are trying to figure out how they can get pressure on the quarterback Russell Wilson. The Seahawks on the other hand are really struggling by losing 2 games in a row to the Bills and the Rams on the road. Now, they have not lost at home so far this season, but I think that will change because the Cardinals have had success in Seattle. There will be no fans tomorrow night so its going to be an eerie game. The Seahawks are also having some injuries on defense including safety Jamal Adams who has been hurt a lot and he has not been that good since he came in the trade. That is one of the reasons why their defense has giving up some big plays that they should not be allowing. The Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has thrown 7 interceptions because he has been forcing the ball down the field. For example, Russell Wilson against the Rams had a lot of room to run for a 1^st down, but he instead threw the ball deep in the red zone and he got picked off. He needs to make better decisions. The Seahawks are going to be playing pretty mad because the game against the Cardinals at State Farm Stadium was the game that they probably should have won. So, I will now predict the winner of the Cardinals @Seahawks game. Since the Cardinals have played pretty well in Seattle, I would have to predict that the Cardinals will win over the Seahawks 34-20. I just think that the Cardinals will get off to a fast start and put the game away early as long as they don’t let the Seahawks come back and get lucky as they always do.

Go Cardinals!!!!

So, what do you guys think about tomorrow’s game?!

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