In news that makes you say “yay!” followed by “WTF?”, Saturday Night Live announced that Awkwafina would be hosting the show on October 6th. Awkwafina has had a banner year, appearing in the star-studded Ocean’s 8 and the game-changing romcom Crazy Rich Asians. However, after 44 seasons, she will only be the second Asian woman to ever host the show (Lucy Liu hosted in 2000). They join only two other Asians who have hosted the late night comedy show, Jackie Chan and Aziz Ansari. Hopefully, these dismal and embarrassing stats will change as Hollywood moves (ever slowly) towards casting Asian folks in leading roles in film and television. In the meantime, we’re excited to see Awkwafina brings her comedic skills to the NBC staple.
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- Dark Horse is releasing Aliens: Resistance, a 4-issue comic that follows Ellen Ripley’s daughter Amanda. Yes please. (via io9)
- Take a trip down memory lane with this list of twenty forgotten animated 90’s kids movies. (via CBR)
- Cool Mom Alert: this woman crocheted a Predator costume for her kid and it’s pretty amazing. (via Nerdist)
- This YouTuber made a video where they argue that the Matrix sequels are better than the original. Agree to disagree, friend. (via Kotaku)
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