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Helena Bonham Carter Defends JK Rowling, Johnny Depp

virginiakublawi | Nov 27, 2022 | 0

Helena Bonham Carter stands by her Wizarding World family. In a recent interview with The Times, she criticized cancel culture and defended JK Rowling and Johnny Depp. Rowling has, of course, been somewhat disgraced following criticism of the transgender identity and social changes. For his part, De...

Kotaku Blames Pelosi Assault on Gamergate

AlexGherzo | Nov 1, 2022 | 0

The biggest news story around right now is the assault at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in San Francisco, where her husband was allegedly beaten with a hammer by David Depape. Whatever your take on it, and there are many going around, it seems as far-removed from entertainment as possible, rig...

Disney CEO Bob Chapek On Disney+-Theme Park Integration

virginiakublawi | Oct 26, 2022 | 1

Disney CEO Bob Chapek recently spoke at The Wall Street Journal‘s Tech Live conference on politics, integrating different facets of the company, and personalizing the consumer experience. Check out the highlights here: “It’s the physical and the digital aspects of your Disney lifestyle coming ...

REVIEW: Andor – Season 1, Episode 8, “Narkina 5”

virginiakublawi | Oct 26, 2022 | 2

**Spoilers** “Narkina 5” finds Cassian being shuttled off to prison. Dedra comes to the Bureau of Standards to meet with Syril and find out what happened on Ferrix. Dedra presents her findings to Partagaz, the other supervisors, and Colonel Yularen, head of the ISB. Syril presses Dedra f...

Microsoft Has a New Pride Flag

AlexGherzo | Oct 22, 2022 | 0

Microsoft is making another doomed attempt to appease activists. In a tweet on October 20, they revealed a new version of their pride flag – which, I think, refers to their redesign of the Xbox controller, unless they made some other silly gesture. This one looks like a TV tuned into a station it ...

GI Joe Brand Manager Demands Fans’ Pronouns

AlexGherzo | Oct 12, 2022 | 3

Add one more to the list of previously fun things that have been turned into homework. At the GI Joe panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, GI Joe brand manager Emily Bader asked those lining up for questions to give their name and their pronouns. Later, at the Hasbro Pulse Con (which I just &h...