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He had me at "Don't Scream!"

My verdict: love it! Aquaman could be DC's saving grace after the debacle that was Justice League. Black Manta looks scary, the trench looks terrifying & Atlantis looks even more beautiful than Jason Momoa-if that's even possible.

If the rescue of the Thailand boys' soccer team & their coach from that cave just in time isn't "Hell, Yeah!" worthy, then I don't know what is. To the diver who died trying to save them, RIP.

The return of Billy Dee Williams to the Star Wars franchise is awesome, to say the least. However, two scenes need to happen: 1. Lando's reaction to Han's death. 2. Lando's return to the Millennium Falcon. After all, IIRC, it was his ship first.

Even better would be if someone (preferably Adonis) says about Jr., "If he dies, he dies."

Netflix is streaming every episode of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown until Saturday.

Devastating doesn't even begin to describe the deaths of Kate Spade & Anthony Bourdain nor the circumstances behind them. Mental illness in general and suicide in particular doesn't care about age, race, gender, sexuality nor social status. Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain showed that there is beauty in even the simplest things, whether it's a purse or a bowl of noodles. Their deaths also devastated their friends and families, especially their children, who are going to need all the help their can get-and IMO, sanctimonious virtue-signaling isn't helping, so Val Kilmer can have all the seats, as far as I'm concerned. That Spade and Bourdain were in so much pain that not even their children could convince them to live shows just how insidious mental illness is. As tragic as Kate Spade's death is, Bourdain's death hit me harder because while I've never owned a Kate Spade bag, I eat. Food was both a catalyst and a metaphor for Bourdain. Every meal tells a story, as do the people who make them. Curried goat, oxtails, rice, collard greens & mac & cheese could lead to a conversation about the gentrification of the Bronx. Bourdain's shows had so many great moments, whether he was eating with celebrities, teaching a class at the Bronx Academy Of Letters, "teaching" (aka torturing) his best friend Eric Ripert about the virtues of Sichuan Chinese food or having a bowl of noodles and beer with Former President Obama: Bourdain & Obama Bourdain reminds me of the coolest uncle in practically everyone's family, who only visits a few times a year but everyone, especially the kids, looked forward to seeing him. He brought crazy gifts with him, but chances are great stories came with them & the weirder, the better. Anthony Bourdain made me laugh, he made me cry & sometimes even made me mad,but he always made me think & he was never, ever boring. RIP, Kate & Anthony. Because of you, the world is, to paraphrase the latter, "Just a little bit smarter. And prettier."

Here is the thread for Pose quotes, such as Bianca's telling Damon coming out to her mom as transgender: "Mother, that was no strange woman sneaking through your halls. What I am is a woman. Not your son but your daughter. " Post the fiercest Pose quotes here.

One of the sweetest things I've ever seen is In A Heartbeat, an animated short about Sherwin, a shy, closeted boy who wants to avoid telling Jonathan, the boy of his dreams, that he loves him, but his heart won't let him. It's a beautiful story, told without dialogue, that, in some ways, reminds me of Up. I posted this in tribute to Pride Month because I think that stories like this can help LGBT kids feel less alone, less afraid & much better about themselves. In A Heartbeat

I saw Call Me By Your Name & I think that Timothee' Chalamet not only should have won the Best Actor Oscar, Armie Hammer & Michael Stuhlbarg should have gotten Supporting Actor nominations.

Given Roseanne's Twitter feed alone, ABC not only should have seen her meltdown coming, they never should have rehired her racist, batshit crazy ass in the first place. That one of Roseanne's now ex-bosses, Channing Dungey, the president of ABC Entertainment, is a Black woman, plus one of her character's grandchildren was Black makes her ignorance even worse. Best of all is that Roseanne's blaming her rage-tweeting on Ambien. It's a wonder she didn't say that her shitty rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was the mike's fault, while she's at it. Hey, Roseanne-if you really wanna know who's to blame for yours & hundreds of other people getting fired, here's a hint: try the mirror.

Making it even more relevant-the August 10th release date is the first anniversary of the Charlottesville protest/riot, where Heather Heyer was killed. Small spoiler :

That trailer was disgusting on so many levels-and I loved every moment of it!

Seeing Harvey Weinstein doing the perp walk after finally being charged with rape was everything I never knew I always wanted. The only thing that would have made it even better would have been if all his "alleged" victims were there yelling "Shame!" ala Game Of Thrones. I haven't felt this good about a Hollywood bigshot getting busted since Bill Cosby was found guilty.

Bingo. Until Tonya Harding owns her shit, she's full of shit, as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks. Contrary to Hollywood's opinion, Tonya Harding wasn't /isn't the victim, by a long shot. Tonya may have had a bad childhood, but that wasn't Nancy Kerrigan's fault. Tonya brought her fate on herself; Nancy didn't. As far as I'm concerned, Tonya Harding doesn't even deserve to be on this show, let alone in the finals.

I just saw the new trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody, the biopic about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury & Rami Malek, who plays Freddie, looks good.

This is the thread for BlacKkKlansman, the Spike Lee-directed/Jordan Peele exec-produced joint about two small-town cops-one Black and one Jewish-who somehow manage to infiltrate their local chapter of the Klu Klux Klan. Even more incredible is that it's based on a true story. The all-star cast includes John David Wasington (Denzel's son), Adam Driver & Topher Grace as David Duke. Here's the trailer: BlacKkKlansman

Here's the thread for Bohemian Rhapsody, the long-awaited (and long-delayed) biopic of the late, great Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, with Rami Malek in the title role-and if the trailer is any indication, when it comes to the movie, "I want it all/And I want it now": Bohemian Rhapsody

From The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Ellen's interview with James Shaw Jr. the man who stopped the killer in a Nashville Waffle House from killing more people is as inspiring as the man himself: Ellen Interviews James Shaw Jr. Even better, Shaw J., as basketball fan. got to meet his NBA idol, Dwayne Wade.

My verdict: WOW!! I loved this movie so much! When I first heard that Black Panther would get his own movie after Captain America: Civil War, I was happy. When I saw who was involved on & off-screen, I was cautiously optimistic, tbh. Despite the track records by most of the people connected to it, I feared that if it flopped, the chances of another solo, big-budget Black superhero movie being made would be slim to none. Fortunately, Black Panther has turned out to be an endangered species: a movie that IMO not only lives up to its hype, it exceeds it. There have been Black superhero movies before, but Black Panther is the first one with a predominantly Black cast, a Black director (who co-wrote the script) & funded by a major studio. The soundtrack is on a Black record label & is Executive Produced by Grammy & now Pulitzer Prize winning rapper Kendrick Lamar-and if "All the Stars" & "Pray For Me" are any indication, I can see him winning a Best Original Song Oscar in his future. Some parts of Black Panther were shot in Tyler Perry Studios, which is owned by Tyler Perry, which is historical in & of itself, but given the prospect of a "Madea In Wakanda" movie, the less said about that, the better. Like Superman the Movie, Superman II, Batman, Batman Returns, Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men, X-Man: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: the Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, The Dark Knight, Deadpool, Logan & Wonder Woman, before it, Black Panther has changed the game for superhero movies for the better.it's not just a movie; it's a full-fledged pop culture phenomenon. Theaters were rented out for underprivileged kids to see it. Families saw it. People went in costumes to see it. People of all races have embraced it, which is wonderful, but is especially gratifying for me , as a dark-skinned Black woman, to see other dark-skinned sisters gain instant acceptance is beautiful, to say the least. For centuries, dark-skinned women, myself included, were called "ugly" & not just by White people-which is bad enough-but by my own people, which is even worse, but now there's a movie which not only acknowledges our beauty; it celebrates it. While Black Panther is not "perfect (some of the visual effects in the finale were a little cheesy), the great far exceeds the bad. Acting-wise, Chadwick Boseman is Black Panther. He's even better here than he was in CA:CW. Like all great rulers, T'Challa is regal, smart, strong, humble, fair, loyal and kind. That T'Challa is also a superhero is even better. Boseman perfectly captured both sides of both characters and their struggles. Both T'Challa & Black Panther are devoted to protecting his nation & its people. Speaking of which, to call Wakanda incredible would be an understatement. That an African country would not only survive but thrive without being noticed or exploited by the outside world is amazing. However, it couldn't last forever & it shouldn't have, IMO. Thanos wants the Infinity Stones & he'll destroy everything, everyone & everywhere to get them including Wakanda & when he arrives, hiding won't be an option anymore. Michael B. Jordan's Erik Killmonger is equally flawless. Jordan's Killmonger belongs with Loki, Hela & Doc Ock among the great Marvel villains. Given how Erik saw his father N'Jobu killed by his own uncle King T'Chaka, who abandoned him, I felt sorry for Erik at first, until he became a homicidal bully who treats women like servants, targets or victims. Killmonger was right about history, but his solution was wrong, to put it mildly. Arming militants to kill any of the White citizens of countries who participated in slavery isn't justice; it's genocide. Killing millions of innocent people for something that's not their fault would have made Killmonger worse than his enemies, not better, as T'Challa knew. While Killmonger is ultimately responsible for his crimes, I believe that there's two more people to blame: N'Jobu & T'Chaka. If N'Jobu hadn't betrayed his people & corrupted his son, T'Chaka wouldn't have busted him in the first place. As for T'Chaka, Erik was family & he should have protected him after N'Jobu's death, not let him fend for himself. T'Chaka owed Erik that much. If T'Chaka had done right by Erik, he might have still had problems, but he probably wouldn't have become a merc/dictator. However, as arrogant, selfish & delusional as Erik was, damn if his final wish wasn't heartbreaking. In the end, Erik just wanted to belong somewhere, especially in his homeland, but he went about it all wrong, whether it was robbery, trying to use the throne as a weapon to punish his enemies, desecrating Wakandan tradition, disrespecting women or committing cold-blooded murder. It was T'Chaka's cruelty to Erik that turned him into Killmonger If T'Chaka had seen Erik as as asset & not a liability, it might have made all the difference in the world. To quote an African proverb, "If a child is ignored by the village, he will take pride in burning it down." It was T'Chaka's mistakes that made T'Challa become the king he was meant to be, not the one his father used to be, hence his revealing Wakanda to the outside world. T'Challa's faith in the outside world may be somewhat naïve, but he won't make the same mistakes T'Chaka did. As for Andy Serkis & Martin Freeman, they stayed out of the way & kept me awake. They were just there; OTOH, Winston Duke's M'Baku was compelling from the moment he stepped out of the waterfall to challenge T'Challa. If only all African warriors were as strong, funny & sexy as M'Baku. And the women! "Badass" doesn't even begin to describe them nor the women who play them. Lupita Nyong'o's Nakia is wonderful. Nakia's not just the "love interest;" she's strong in her own right. Nakia loves T'Challa but doesn't need him to define her. Angela Bassett is royalty personified. T'Challa may have inherited Wakanda from his daddy, but he got his wisdom, dignity & compassion from his mama. Danai Guirira's Okoye is a warrior through & through. She's so loyal to Wakanda that she'll let no man,no rhino -and, as the casino fight proved, no bad wig- get in her way. She's that fierce. Letitia Wright is fabulous. Her Shuri is brilliant & hilarious. In other words, she's a true Disney princess. In other BP news, Chadwick Boseman, Ryan Coogler & Sterling K.Brown are part of TIME magazine's "100 Most Influential" of 2018.

In Wendy's case, given that she said the other day that "a friend is just an enemy on the backburner," it works both ways. I also hated the shade that Wendy threw about the judge on Meek Mill's case, saying that she thinks she's just a lonely woman who goes home to at least one cat. One thing I think the judge doesn't go home to is a cheating husband whose side piece is just around the corner.

Amen to that. I'm no Kardashian fan, but Wendy's not the one to be talking shit about anyone's relationship/marriage, given the deep-friend fuckery that's her own.

Here's the thread for Tonya Harding, who's also competing this season because, well, you know, reasons.