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Wow. You thought you were done with new Star Wars trailers after the recent, amazing one we just had? Think again. Disney has released an international cut of the trailer—one that is packed with new shots and dialogue. http://io9.com/secrets-are-re… The trailer, which you can see below, follows a similar thematic path as the recent teaser,…
The “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” has certainly gotten more political lately and Wednesday had comedian Aziz Ansari on playing Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal. The hair was spot on. The shiny brown locks perfectly combed to the side captured the perfect Jindal in front of a bank of bookcases. And fake Bobby was excited….
Stephen Colbert has Donald Trump’s new book, and he’s not afraid to use it. Wednesday evening on the “Late Show” the comedian was eager to talk about the way that Trump puts the country in such high regard with his new book Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again. “Crippled America is just a…
Track #3 from Faded Paper Figures “The Matter” (to be released Oct. 2012): Lyrics “Information Runs On” Traffic lights fall to the street, chandeliers start to swing, crashing lights at our feet. We drive through our lives like a dream, how we long for release from these nights of caffeine. Isolate the neurons the information…
Ta-Nehisi Coates is appearing this Thursday, October 29, at Town Hall Seattle, as part of Seattle Arts & Lectures. From the opening sentence of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s acclaimed memoir, Between the World and Me, we know his chief concern is the destruction of the black body. Citing a television news interview he was called to do, he…
One of the most charming and irritating things about the “Star Trek” franchise, ever since its inception in 1966, is that it has always been oddly aware of itself. Unlike “Star Wars,” that other big space franchise, which purposefully places its narrative “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” to make it…
The past month or so has seen the publication of two books from men who, a decade ago, created questionable blueprints of what dating should be like for an entitled generation of dudes. Unexpectedly (to their former selves, at least) the new stories from these teachers—who, not so long ago, were demonstrating how to sleep…
INFOLINKS_ON Big changes are headed to Marvel Studios. Following the announcement that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige will now report directly to Disney Studio Chief Alan Horn instead of Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac Perlmutter, word is circulating from BirthMoviesDeath that the Marvel Creative Committee has disbanded. The group, which once oversaw the development of Marvel…
Ever wondered why Hogwarts students mostly dress like normal British public-school kids despite the wizarding world of Harry Potter being so arcane? Tumblr user lorddorian wondered that, too—and he constructed a detailed theory about it, looking closely at the way Hogwarts uniforms are described in J.K. Rowling‘s novels and comparing that to the way the films depict them. In…
Last night’s episode of Agents of SHIELD reveals its subtle theme early on, when Jemma Simmons talks about how too much therapeutic “kid gloves” treatment can make you feel weaker, not stronger. But maybe some people have a harder time getting over their issues than others? Spoilers ahead… The big reveal at the end of…