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As we head into Avengers: Endgame, we have a ton of questions, but now we know the answer to the biggest question of them all: what was Wong doing during Avengers: Infinity War anyway? Dan sits down with the man himself, Benedict Wong, to find out on this Nerdist News Edition!

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February 3, 2019

What Was Wong Doing During Avengers: Infinity War? (Nerdist News Edition)

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As we head into Avengers: Endgame, we have a ton of questions, but now we know the answer to the biggest question of them all: what was Wong doing during Avengers: Infinity War anyway? Dan sits down with the man himself, Benedict Wong, to find out on this Nerdist News Edition!

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February 2, 2019

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Should Probably Stop Talking and Resign

https://www.themarysue.com/ralph-northam-should-resign/

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Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has come under fire after photos from his 1984 medical school yearbook were made public. In the photo spread, there is a shockingly offensive image of two men, one in blackface and the other dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member. It is unclear which of these men (if either) are Northam himself. On Friday evening, Northam released a statement saying, “I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now.”

Then, in a bizarre turn of events, Northam recanted his apology and claimed that neither man in the photo was him, saying that had never seen the photo before and that he did not recall taking the photo. Northam followed up by saying the photo was “offensive, racist and despicable” and “I believed then and now that I am not either of the people in that photo.”

But wait, it gets so much worse! Northam’s defense argument is that he would have remembered the incident because of his “clear memory of other mistakes I made in this same period of my life.” Those mistakes? Another incident of blackface, which occurred during the same year.

Northam said, “That same year I did participate in a dance content in San Antonio in which I darkened my face as part of a Michael Jackson costume … I didn’t realize at the time that it was as offensive as I have since learned.” Ah yes, the time-honored “I’m guilty of blackface, but only this one time not the time I’m currently being busted for.” It’s an insane defense, like a man saying he’s innocent of robbing a house since he was busy with a bank heist across town. IT’S ALL CRIME, DUDE.

Northam decided to dig his own hole even deeper, saying he “actually won the contest because I had learned how to do the moonwalk.” Northam then ALMOST did the moonwalk, before his wife told him not to due to “inappropriate circumstances.”

Since then, several politicians and caucuses have called on Northam to resign, including the Virginia House and Senate Democrats, the Democratic Party of Virginia, the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, NAACP, MoveOn, Kamala Harris, and many more.

The plain fact is, blackface is and always has been a heinous and racist act, end of story. No publicly elected official, democrat or republican, should be exempt. But it’s Northam’s mind-bogglingly tone deaf response and bizarre Michael Jackson story that cement the fact that this is not a man who should hold any position of power. He clearly has zero concept of the gravity of his offense, and that astounding lack of judgment he has displayed is further proof that he needs to step down immediately. The Commonwealth of Virginia deserve better.

(via Huffington Post, image: Alex Edelman/Getty Images)

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February 2, 2019

Roundup: Reviews Are out for Alita: Battle Angel

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Manga to live-action American productions have notoriously not been good. Yet the Robert Rodriguez directed and co-written and co-produced by James Cameron movie Alita: Battle Angel, based off of the 1990 cyberpunk manga series created by Yukito Kishiro, seems to be the first real exception to the rule.

Battle Angel Alita, also known as Gunnm in Japan, is set in a futuristic dystopia in which Alita, a cyborg who has lost all memories, is found in a garbage heap by a cybernetics doctor named Daisuke Ido who rebuilds and takes care of her. She slowly remembers some part of herself, most importantly that she used to be a badass.

Cameron has said that this movie is more based on  “the spine story” of Yukito Kishiro’s original manga and that there is a focus on the first four books and the fictional sport “Motorball” from the third and fourth volumes. Regardless, it is fair to say that many audiences will not be familiar with the source material and will mostly be seeing Alita for the first time through this movie. So far reviews in are uneven, with many positive and some … very much less so. While I will be seeing the movie later in the week, I think that if Alita does well it does change the economic landscape of whether manga/anime can be successfully adapted into a mainstream blockbuster film.

The reviews, while not all glowing, to indicate that Cameron/Rodriguez have at least made a fun and beautiful film.

Will you be checking out Alita: Battle Angel?

(via, image: 20th Century Fox)

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February 2, 2019

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Jermaine Dupri Explain Why A Super Bowl In Atlanta Is ‘Bittersweet’

https://www.essence.com/news/mayor-keisha-lance-bottoms-jermaine-dupri-explain-why-a-super-bowl-in-atlanta-is-bittersweet/

The showdown between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams is just days away, but the controversy surrounding the much-anticipated event has been brewing for months.   With the nation divided over the NFL’s shut-out of Colin Kaepernick, much of the headlines around the Super Bowl LIII have involved whether or not to support […]

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