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Tonight’s State of the Union Boycott Might Be the Largest of its Kind

Good trouble.

Twelve lawmakers are planning to make a statement with their absence tonight, and many more have protests planned for the event itself.

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Professor Marston Celebrates Its Blu-ray Release With Conversation…and Sexy Underwear

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, one of the most beautiful films of last year and a current nominee for Best Picture at the GLAAD Awards, is out on Blu-ray and Digital TODAY. Last night, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment hosted an event to celebrate the Blu-ray release that involved a conversation with the film's writer/director and costume designer, as well as the chance for those in attendance to try on some sexy underwear.

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Things We Saw Today: Honest Trailers Really Captures the Shakespearian Aspects of Transformers

If you want to check out the best Shakespeare joke you are ever going to see associated with a Transformers movie, look no further than the latest Honest Trailer from Screen Junkies.

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How to Watch—or Not Watch—Donald Trump’s 2018 State of the Union Address Tonight

Despite how all this is likely to go down exactly as we imagine it will based on past speeches, propaganda, and rage-tweets, complete with the fascist overtones of the inauguration, you may find yourself compelled to watch anyway, if only because looking away feels like trying to sweep things under the rug.

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Mark Salling Found Dead at 35

Actor Mark Salling, who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, was found dead today.

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Bojack Horseman Creator Finally Addresses the Issue of Diversity in Animation Voice Casting

Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the creator of Netflix's Bojack Horseman, knows that there's a big problem on his show. Namely, that the character of Diane, who is supposed to be Vietnamese, is voiced by Alison Brie, who is white. This issue has been brought up in fan circles plenty of times before, not only in relation to this show, but throughout animation. Yet, according to Bob-Waksberg, no one's brought the conversation directly to him, until now.

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Is Calling Out Hypocrisy in How Washington Politicizes Sexual Abuse

Gillibrand says the silence from Republicans is "deafening" when it comes to the allegations against Steve Wynn.

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DC’s Metropolis Will Be About Lois Lane Investigating Sci-Fi Crimes, so I’m Sold

Dc announced that their upcoming live-action series, Metropolis, will center on Lois Lane and Lex Luthor investigating "the world of fringe science and expos[ing] the city’s dark and bizarre secrets." Lois Lane, star reporter, and fringe science shenanigans? Sign me up!

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Here’s Hoping Supergirl Leaves Behind Being This Boring “For Good”

Last night's Supergirl left a little something to be desired. Like, you know, things like being interesting? Or having conflict in a plot rather than just having everything be way too solvable? Ah, well. The season's been mostly stellar, so we were bound to get to a dud eventually. Welcome to Season Three, Episode 12, "For Good."

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Jamie Lee Curtis Gives Us Our First Look at Laurie Strode in Upcoming Halloween Sequel!

Today, Jamie Lee Curtis, the scream queen herself, took to Instagram and posted a picture of herself on the set of the upcoming Halloween sequel wearing a very familiar hairstyle.

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Can Conservatives Stop Crying About Safe Spaces?

Safe spaces. The bane of conservatives everywhere.

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Does Realism Matter When Creating a Fictional Magic System?

There are a lot of variables to consider when developing a magic system for a game or a literary or cinematic series. Who is able to wield magic? What is the source of its power? How much training is required to become a magic-user? Does it involve incantations, material components, and/or specific gestures? Is it dependent upon details of time and place?

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Before Blade, Wesley Snipes Tried to Make a Black Panther Movie

Wesley Snipes recently sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss the difficult process of trying to make a Black Panther movie in the 1990s.

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First Reactions to Black Panther are In, and the MCU’s Latest is Apparently Completely Hype-Worthy

Marvel's Black Panther had its red-carpet (or, rather, purple carpet) premiere last night, and if early Twitter response is anything to go by, this latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is totally worth the hype.

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Judd Apatow Strikes Down Diane Keaton’s Woody Allen Defense, but What About James Franco?

Yesterday, Diane Keaton took to Twitter to defend her 'friend' and frequent collaborator, Woody Allen. This was certainly not an unexpected opinion, but the part of me that loves The First Wives Club was hoping that Keaton would just keep her messy opinion to herself and not follow Alec Baldwin into the victim shaming train.

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Pink Reminds the Recording Academy That Women Have Been “Stepping Up” Since the Beginning of Time

"Women in music don’t need to ‘step up’—women have been stepping since the beginning of time," Pink wrote in a letter she posted to her Twitter. "Stepping up, and also stepping aside. Women OWNED music this year. They’ve been KILLING IT."

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The Tenth Doctor Returns in Adorable Video of David and Georgia Tennant

Like a trip through time.

Lovable couple David and Georgia Tennant were on Doctor Who together back in the time of the tenth Doctor, which was already a cute semi-Easter egg for fans, but this video takes things to a whole new level.

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The Wasp Finally Gets Into the Action in the Ant-Man and the Wasp Trailer

Wings and blasters!

It's hard not to feel like we're on the verge of a new era for Marvel. Just days ago, we got our first look at Brie Larson in costume as Captain Marvel, the first round of viewers just got a look at Black Panther last night (more on that shortly), and this morning, we've got Evangeline Lilly's Hope van Dyne/the Wasp finally getting her due in the trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp.

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YouTube Superstars Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin Hate Everyone but Each Other

Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin met in Los Angeles over a series of open mics. A pseudo-dating scenario, several creative projects, one hit YouTube channel and more than 750,000 subscribers later, these talented and prolific creators have not only become best friends, but they have a New York Times Bestselling book on their hands in their YA novel, I Hate Everyone But You.

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