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The first trailer for the Dora the Explorer live-action film has landed and it looks … about what we expected. The film, Dora and the Lost City of Gold stars Isabela Moner as the title character, a reckless teen who lives in the jungle with her explorer parents Michael Peña and Eva Longoria. As her parents set out to find the fabled lost city of gold, Dora is sent to the city to live with her cousin Diego and his family.

We see Dora struggle to adjust to city life, before she and her friends are sent to the jungle to rescue her parents with the help of their goofy co-worker Eugenio Derbez. The trailer plays like a combination of Spy Kids, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and tween version of Tomb Raider. Also, why is Boots not wearing Boots? And where’s Map? It all seems pretty typical for a live-action kids film, but it is directed by James Bobin, who gave us 2011’s delightful reboot of The Muppets.

The film seems too mature for the television show’s target age range, and it will be interesting to see if kids who grew up on Dora the Explorer will feel any nostalgia for the franchise now that they’ve aged out. Either way, girls can always use more female-centered stories, especially starring people of color. Oh, and did we mention that Danny Trejo and Benicio del Toro appear in the film?

Dora and the Lost City of Gold hits theaters in August.

(via AVClub, image: screencap)

• RIP Larry Cohen, the man behind cult horror classics like The Stuff and It’s Alive. (via Hollywood Reporter)
• The animators of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse have made their own audio commentary to accompany the film. (via io9)
• Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D‘s Clark Gregg And Ming-Na Wen discuss season 6 of the series at C2E2. (via Syfy Wire)
• Diana Ross weighs in with some not-so-great opinions about Michael Jackson. (via Jezebel)
• Confused by the ending of season two of The OA? You’re not alone. (via Collider)
• A Valkyrie solo series from Marvel Comics? Don’t mind if we do. (via CBR)

Harry Turner is all of us:

Sitting next to Cate Blanchett in the cinema and refraining from screaming my Gandalf speech at her

— Harry Turner (@_HarryTurner) March 23, 2019

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That’s two in a row for the DCEU! At this point in time, given that even other WB/DC properties like The Lego Batman Movie have openly mocked the franchise’s former unnecessarily dark and cynical roots, we’ve certainly seen a gradual shift towards optimism and fun from Wonder Woman to Justice League. Then to the colorful […]

Ridley Scott’s Alien is many things. It’s one of the most influential sci-fi/horror films ever made. It features one of the all-time great female heroines in Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley. It gave pop culture one of its most enduring feline survivors in Jonesy the Cat. The genre-defining film inspired a franchise of films, comic books, and video games, as well as one of the most iconic creature designs in all of cinema.

And now, inexplicably, it’s a high school play. Not only that, but an apparently amazing high school play! The North Bergen High School Drama Club in Bergen, New Jersey blew our minds with a ridiculously cool production of the classic 1979 film. Here’s the trailer for Alien: The Play:

Twitter user Paul Owens brought the play to national attention with a series of tweets:

Last night the North Bergen High School in New Jersey put on 'Alien' as their school play and it looks absolutely incredible.#hrgiger#Alien#rushmore pic.twitter.com/5jopUecFil

— Paul Owens (@oh_pollo) March 23, 2019

A parent filmed the facehugger scene. pic.twitter.com/oamxaxikM2

— Paul Owens (@oh_pollo) March 23, 2019

I love that north bergen high school did alien last night as their school play, so I’m gonna keep tweeting about how great it is..everything was made from recycled materials .. so nuts amazing I’m so proud of my hometown pic.twitter.com/EEMEbankDz

— Andrew Fernandez (@bhsdrew) March 23, 2019

The production values and costumes for the show (which were made from recycled materials) are shockingly good for a no budget high school play. The amount of creativity and commitment involved in this production is truly impressive. Also, high school me is beyond jealous. All we did for drama class was a half-assed performance of Bye Bye Birdie, and there were ZERO facehuggers or gory deaths!

Kudos to the drama club of North Bergen High for making what has to be the most unique school play of 2019!

(via AVClub, image: 20th Century Fox)

• Jinkies! The animated Scooby Doo feature film Scoob has rounded out its voice cast, with Amanda Seyfried playing Velma, Zac Efron as Fred, Will Forte as Shaggy and Gina Rodriguez as Velma. (via Deadline)
• Chelsea Zhang will be joining DC Universe’s Titans as Ravager, Deathstroke’s daughter. (via io9)
• This is the droid we’re looking for: an observatory in Germany has been painted to look like R2-D2. (via CBR)

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• Jordan Peele’s Us is expected to scare up nearly $70 million at the box office this weekend. (via Variety)
• Ari Aster’s Hereditary follow-up Midsommar looks just as creepy as his first film. (via Collider)
• Look at these baby goats on slides!

These goats on a slide is the start to your weekend that you didn't know you needed. pic.twitter.com/REQaffwzDJ

— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) March 23, 2019

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You’ve probably heard it time and time again that health is wealth—and it’s true. But have you heard it from a black nutritionist? Dr. Rovenia Brock, widely known as “America’s Nutrition Coach” and author of Lose Your Final 15, wants you to live a more nutritionally balanced lifestyle so that you can eat your way to wellness.

With more than three decades of experience in helping people transform their lives and looks, Dr. Ro has helped over a half-million Americans lose more than 5 million pounds and served on the medical advisory board for the Dr. Oz Show for seven seasons. Moreover, she is passionate about helping the black community get in shape.

Like with any lifestyle change, it’s important to start with the facts. And for Dr. Ro, it begins with the harsh health realities that plague the black community. “The fact is that we as a community across the board disproportionately suffer from lifestyle diseases like heart disease, Type 2 Diabetes, hypertension and some forms of cancer. Lifestyle plays a crucial role in why this is.”

When you think about your everyday lifestyle, the time you spend on the go, and the time you don’t have—a good question to ask yourself is what does that mean for your eating habits? If you are someone who can’t find the time to meal prep or make the best food decisions you could benefit from partnering with a nutritionist. Dr. Ro recommends starting with a Google search for black nutritionists because a wellness app can only get you so far.

Partner with a nutritionist

“This person should be credentialed. They need to have at least a bachelor’s of science because nutrition is a science and not an art. At the very least they should have a B.S. in nutrition, community nutrition, or dietetics,” says Dr. Ro.

Once you find a nutritionist who is a good fit for you there is work that you need to do.

“Your nutritionist can create a plan for you based on your personal needs. A lot of people try to do this on an app when tracking their daily nutritional needs. But that’s as pretty far as the app can go. The human expert will know how your needs fit into your lifestyle. And they can adjust that plan according to your real life desired goal. From there it’s really about support, accountability, and honoring commitment within the process,” Dr. Ro advises.

As a coach, she works with clients to help them set and meet their health and wellness goals even when people have a hard time committing to the process.

“As someone who has been doing this for over 30 years, I understand that these are real people with real challenges and problems that spill over into what they eat; where they eat; and when and how they eat it. And when that happens those things can dominate the person’s plan and often breaks the person’s plan. My job as your coach is to help you connect to those challenges and to give you alternatives that will work for you and not against you.”

Sounds like a lot of us, right?

Adopt a healthy lifestyle

If you want to commit to the decision to live differently and lose weight Dr. Ro encourages you to know your “why” and do it for yourself.

“You have to figure out what your why is. That gives me information on some of the things that they struggle with and insight on whether or not what they have done in the past has worked for them—and why it maybe didn’t work for them.” She adds, “If you’re doing it for someone other than yourself it’s never going to work. It has to be your reason for doing it. You’re never going to achieve permanent results if you’re doing it for someone else.”

Lastly, Dr. Ro says that you have to set realistic goals.

“The reason why my book is called Lose Your Final 15 is because you’ll be losing your weight 15 pounds at a time no matter your number. When you have a specific goal you can map out a specific strategy to achieve that goal. You need to have a specific plan. That’s how you measure your progress and stay on track.”

If you are looking to jump-start your nutrition journey today, Dr. Ro has these four simple tips.

Get started today

• Eat one more colorful vegetable and fruit than you did yesterday
• Drink one more glass of water than you did yesterday
• Leave food on the plate – Busy people eat out a lot. If you eat out three times a day you can save up to 500 calories when you do that. If you eat out an average of three times a week you stand a good chance of gaining an extra 45 to 60 pounds a year depending on how often, what, and how much you eat.
• Cut your portions in half. Eat half of what you ate yesterday and you’ll notice a big difference.

Want to hear more from Dr. Ro? Meet her in Atlanta at the SOAR Empowerment Series on April 6. Get your ticket today!

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