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The hit anime series My Hero Academia is back to tackle the series’ Provisional Hero License Exam Arc, but despite the continuation of school and hero work, the show is irrevocably different because of a single character: All Might. My Hero Academia has always come back to All Might in its times of crisis ranging from the first League of Villains attack in season one to the last episodes of the third season’s first cour (note: a cour is a 10 to 14 episodes of an anime that air during a three-month period). A pillar of both the pro-hero industry and the plot itself, it’s hard to imagine My Hero Academia without our favorite all-powerful hero and his loose American aesthetic. At the end of the first cour of season three, things got dicey for the symbol of peace, and as a result the world of heroes in My Hero Academia is forever changed. The ramifications of this have just started to become clear in the third season’s second cour with this week’s episode … [Read more...] about My Hero Academia season 3 ushers in the next generation of heroes

Duncan Jones, the director of 2016’s Warcraft, tweeted a teaser this afternoon that all but confirmed his next project will be an adaptation of the Rogue Trooper comic book and video game canon. Jones’ rhyme calls out hints specific to the 2000 AD universe, before hitting everyone over the head with it in the scene of a blue mohawk haircut — the iconic look of Rogue, the hero of the series. Rogue Trooper dates to 1981 and has been adapted into three games, four if you count last October’s Rogue Trooper Redux (pictured at top), a remastered version of 2006’s Rogue Trooper. Rebellion Developments has owned the 2000 A.D. franchise (which includes Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog, obliquely referenced in the tease) since acquiring it in 1999. Rogue Trooper is the sci-fi story story of a bleak conflict between factions called the Norts and the Southers, set on the planet Nu-Earth. Rogue is a Genetic Infantryman, or G.I., who goes AWOL to hunt down The Traitor … [Read more...] about Rogue Trooper movie in the works, with Duncan Jones aboard

Sarah Palin isn’t backing down. The former Republican vice presidential candidate spoke out against Sacha Baron Cohen days after claiming he “duped” her into participating in a spoof interview.“It was proposed to me as a legitimate interview to speak about veterans’ issues and our military and current events to a new audience,” Palin, 54, said on Good Morning America on Friday, July 13. “It was supposed to be this big time Showtime documentary and it was passed on to me by a speakers’ bureau, which, you know, I would assume had done some vetting.”[email protected] to @RobinRoberts on comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's prank interview: “It mocked our values. It mocked the disabled and it just got worse and worse.” pic.twitter.com/VpR8VvsYX5— Good Morning America (@GMA) July 13, 2018The former Alaska governor then recalled the moment when she realized that the interview wasn’t what she expected. “He started … [Read more...] about Sarah Palin slammed ‘proven liar’ Sacha Baron Cohen in scathing ‘GMA’ interview

There are actors who wish they’ll hear their names read during Emmy nomination livecasts, and then there are comedians like Megan Amram, who go out of their way to secure a nomination. Amram has written for multiple TV series, like The Simpsons and The Good Place, and rose to fame as an early Twitter icon through scathing one-liners. She’s made a name for herself as both a writer and Generally Funny Online Person, but it was An Emmy for Megan that caught the television academy’s attention. Amram’s first foray into acting, it is a quality gag: a six-part web series that’s meticulously designed to earn Amram an Emmy. Today, it did just that. Amram received a nomination herself for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, and An Emmy for Megan received a nomination for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. Amram crafted her web series specifically to try to get an Emmy nomination: Every episode is scripted and under 15 minutes in … [Read more...] about Megan Amram just got an Emmy nomination for a joke about getting an Emmy nomination

Joaquin Phoenix is the latest actor to step into the Clown Prince’s shoes, teaming up with director Todd Phillips (The Hangover) to tell the Joker’s origin story in an upcoming film. Phoenix (Walk The Line, The Master, Her) will play a different version of the Joker than Jared Leto’s take on the character, who made his debut in Warner Bros. new DC Cinematic Universe in 2016’s Suicide Squad. Phoenix and Phillips’ Joker movie is described as an “exploration of a man disregarded by society [that] is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale,” according to The Hollywood Reporter, that’s “meant to be different from comic book super hero movies.” Most interestingly, the film will reportedly mark the first project “under a new banner that has yet to be named in which WB can expand the canon of DC properties and create unique storylines with different actors playing the iconic characters,” … [Read more...] about Joaquin Phoenix set to play Joker in villain’s upcoming origin movie