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The time has finally come for the NYCC Funko Exclusives. Funko started tweeting this morning and we will update this article with each release. Are you as excited as we are?

Limited edition Pizza Rat Pop!, NYCC Paulie Pigeon Pop!, T-shirt and Pins. These items will be exclusively sold by REEDPOP

Pizza Rat and NYCC Paulie Pigeon

Disney and Pixar’s UP – Carl & Ellie

Ad Icons: Dum-Dums – Drum Man

Harry Potter- The Burrow and Ron At World Cup

The Rise of Skywalker – Luke and Leia Jedi Training. Items come in individual Pop! boxes but will be sold as a bundle

The Mandalorian – The Child with Necklace

Disney’s Pinocchio: Jiminy Cricket

Disney’s Lilo & Stitch – Stitch as Baker

The Simpsons – Comic Book Guy and Wolfman Bart

Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants – Barnacleboy and Mermaidman

Nickelodeon’s Danny Phantom – Danny

McDonald’s – Captain Crook

Pokémon – Flocked Pikachu and Flocked Growlithe

Fortnite – Bash

SODA – Scott Pilgrim vs The World: Envy Adams

The Princess Bride – Fezzik (Super-Sized)

The Umbrella Academy – Young Ben (BD)

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https://www.essence.com/news/adam-lee-pillow-missouri-man-charged/

Authorities have arrested a Missouri man who was accused last month of shooting a Black woman in the face and calling her a racial slur. According to local CBS affiliate, KMOV4, the assailant has been charged in Jefferson County Circuit Court on counts of unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and second-degree assault. 

As previously reported, the alleged assault occurred on Aug. 7. The victim, April Brown, told authorities that ten minutes after arriving at a friend’s home, she got into a heated discussion with her male friend’s roommate. “Out of nowhere,” she claims Adam Lee Pillow approached her with a gun, calling her a f–king n—-r several times before shooting her on the left side of her face.

Pillow was able to escape, leaving his victim confused and with noticeable wounds. Brown said she believed the gun may have gone off accidentally as her attacker pistol-whipped her. 

April Brown shows wounds sustained from a violent altercation with a Missouri man whom she and authorities have identified as Adam Lee Pillow. (Photo: KSDK)

Authorities asked for the public’s help in tracking down the 40-year-old who had prior offenses. A ruling from the Eastern District of Missouri revealed that Pillow was committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons for a term of 52 months in 2006. He was also recommended to a drug abuse treatment program for an unrelated drug charge of possession and intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Following the altercation, Brown reported an inability to hear and a need for plastic surgery to repair her ear. She also confirmed she had difficulty eating, telling reporters that even soft foods like applesauce were off-limits. Beyond the physical wounds, Brown was said to be reeling from the emotional trauma inflicted on her during what she describes as a “mortifying” ordeal. Adding to that agony was knowing that her assailant was on the loose.

After a month on the run, Pillow was taken into custody on Friday. He is now being held at Jefferson County Jail without bond.

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https://www.essence.com/articles/jonathan-majors-is-set-to-take-on-lead-role-in-marvels-ant-man-3/

Jonathan Majors will be stepping into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, landing a key role in the upcoming Ant Man 3, Deadline reports.

This news comes off the heels of a successful 2020 so far for Majors. Making well-deserved headway in film and TV, he starred in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, playing one of the sons of the Army unit that traveled back to Vietnam to seek out their gold and squad leader. He then made a splash on premium TV with Lovecraft Country—with the series breaking HBO digital records since its August premiere.

Reports say Majors will likely play super-villain Kang the Conqueror, starring opposite Paul Rudd, returning as Ant Man, and Evangeline Lily, returning as Wasp. Kang the Conqueror is known to traverse time and fight against other MCU notables, including Thor, Spider-Man and the Avengers. Director Peyton Reed is set to return for the film, with Jeff Loveness as the screenwriter. Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios, is credited as the producer of this latest installment.

Deadline adds that Majors’ role is one of the many new characters to join the MCU. New approaches to his character are to be anticipated in the coming additions to the franchise, but for now, he’s likely to play one of the main villains in Ant Man 3. According to Variety, the Ant Man franchise is a box office smasher, earning over $500 million in 2015 and a whopping $622 million in 2018’s Ant Man and the Wasp.

What’s next for Majors shows he won’t be stopped. He’ll be starring in The Harder They Fall—currently in production and will premiere on Netflix in 2021. His character, Nat Love, is an outlaw who rounds up his gang in order to avenge his enemy, Rufus Buck (Idris Elba), after discovering that he will be freed from prison.

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https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2020/09/14/nrw-review-the-debt-collector/

The NRW Crew of Robert J. Medina and Steve Escobar review and discuss the Scott Adkins classic film, The Debt Collector. You can catch The Debt Collector currently streaming on NETFLIX! The Debt Collector (2018) TV-MA. 1h 36m. Action & Adventure. SYNOPSIS: A broke martial arts instructor takes a side gig with a mobster, who […]