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Image: Green Arrow #13 Kevin Smith’s already directed an episode of The Flash, and he’s going to be back directing another episode for season three. But what he really wants to do is direct and write an episode of Arrow. Smith created Onomatopoeia as a villain for Green Arrow back in 2002. He’s the usual…
Things have gone from bad to extremely worse for Chris Evans, who announced his resignation from Top Gear earlier today. That resignation came mere hours after London police confirmed Evans is being investigated for a reported sexual assault dating back to the 1990s. http://jalopnik.com/chris-evans-is… The UK’s Telegraph says London Metropolitan Police confirmed a woman made…
A petition to get Jesse Williams fired from Grey’s Anatomy is circulating and is just over 4,500 signatures right now. The comments from its supporters are mostly about reverse racism. Williams speech at the BET Awards was incendiary, calling out cultural appropriation and the nationwide epidemic of racially motivated police violence. Heavy stuff for an…
Chris Evans, the new lead presenter of “Top Gear”, has announced he is quitting the show after just one series. In a tweet, Evans said he “gave it my best shot but sometimes that’s not enough.” Stepping down from Top Gear. Gave it my best shot but sometimes that’s not enough. The team are beyond…
The Power Rangers may remain on TV until the end of time, but there’s one thing that always changes: their uniforms. Some are stylish, some are understated, some are bonkers—and it’s high time that they were ranked. All of them. Here is every single set of outfits worn by the various iterations of the Power…
The cable guys had their turn. Now the production side of the entertainment industry is beginning its own consolidation phase. John Malone and Mark Rachesky, two shrewd negotiators, finally came to an agreement on a deal that seemed to be more than a year in the making: Lions Gate Entertainment, the movie studio whose biggest shareholder is…
There’s no real way to really discuss this without spoilers, so let me put it this way: If you had any lingering doubts about that scene, you may put now them away. The scene, of course, was atop the Tower of Joy, as young Ned Stark arrived to rescue his sister Lyanna, only to find…
I watch Game of Thrones. There, I said it. I watch that dumb, awful show every single stupid Sunday night because I’ve invested so many hours of my life that—at this point—I can’t very well back out now. I generally watch the first few minutes focused on my meal (I don’t take my first bite…
Here’s a story that explains a bit about Kit Harington’s casting as Jon Snow: He was sporting a black eye, because he’d gotten into an altercation at McDonald’s late the night before. I now see Kit Harington in an entirely new light. As he explains in the video for W magazine (via People), he and…
Monday’s Supreme Court ruling safeguarding abortion rights was a major victory, finding that Texas was imposing a substantial and undue burden on both abortion providers and people seeking safe and legal abortion care. And what better way to celebrate than a winky tweet about all the people you’re gonna go jizz into? That was, anyway,…