Wendy Williams, Jason Reitman, Giant Tortoise Believed Extinct For A 100 Years Found, Jussie Smollett\u2019s Begun Losing Parts, and More: HOT LINKS<\/b><\/p>\n
THE BACKLASH HAS BEGUN <\/strong>The revelations that Jussie Smollet orchestrated the \u201chate crime\u201d perpetrated by him is having more than a legal backlash. Studios and projects are dropping him left and right <\/a>including TNT\u2019s upcoming episode of Drop The Mic<\/em> featuring Smollett.<\/p>\n YOUR DAILY DOSE OF ART<\/strong> Jurassic Aftermath<\/em> by Erik Shoemaker.<\/p>\n DON\u2019T CALL IT A COMEBACK<\/strong> Wendy Williams is coming back!<\/a> The superstar TV Host has been AWOL for two months over rumored health woes but as a statement from her producers masterfully puts it: \u201cWendy Williams is an incredible talent with the most unique voice in daytime\u2026 We can\u2019t wait to welcome her back to her iconic purple chair on the set of her show \u2026 We so appreciate all of the guest hosts and panelists who filled in for Wendy during this time. These people are, and always will be, true family to the show. And we want to thank all of the loyal and supportive fans who have been with us for 10 years now.\u201d<\/p>\n WHO YOU GONNA CALL? <\/strong>Original Ghostbuster <\/em>director Ivan Reitman\u2019s son apparently. \u201cThe last thing that Sony wants with the upcoming Ghostbusters<\/em> sequel, slated for summer 2020, is to repeat what happened with Paul Feig\u2019s doomed 2016 reboot. Not saying anything about the quality of the film, as each film fan is entitled to their own opinion (unjustly biased or not), but Sony\u2019s last attempt to bring the Ghostbusters<\/em> franchise back was met with some serious backlash from a vocal group of fans. And apparently, the studio learned a lesson from that, and has hired the 1984 film\u2019s original director\u2019s son Jason Reitman to bring the franchise back to a place where fans will be happy,\u201d said<\/a> Celebitchy<\/em>.<\/p>\n NO MORE DICK <\/strong>DC Comics finally did it. They\u2019ve modernized the original Batman sidekick Robin\u2019s (now Nightwing) secret identity from Dick Grayson to (wait for it)\u2026 Ric\u2026 sigh. Hopefully, like most things comic book related, this will last one reboot cycle, via Comic Book Resources (CBR)<\/a>.<\/p>\n NATIVISM IN THE<\/strong> Unite States started long before Trump. The Nation <\/em>has a great essay<\/a>, \u201cHow the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism,\u201d in the March 9th issue. \u201cFor nearly two centuries, US politicians have channeled extremism outward. But the frontier is gone, the empire is faltering, and the chickens are coming home to roost.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEvery president from Reagan onward has raised the ethical stakes, insisting that what they called \u2018internationalism\u2019\u2014be it murderous wars in impoverished Third World countries or corporate trade treaties\u2014was a moral necessity. But the disillusionment generated by Bush\u2019s war on terrorism, the velocity with which events revealed the whole operation to be a sham, was extraordinary\u2014as was the dissonance. The war, especially that portion of it allegedly intended to bring democracy to Iraq, was said to mark a new era of national purpose. And yet a coordinated campaign of deceit, carried out with the complicity of reporters working for the country\u2019s most respected news sources, had to be waged to ensure public support. The toppling of Saddam Hussein was predicted to be a \u2018cakewalk,\u2019 and US soldiers, according to Vice President Dick Cheney, would \u2018be greeted as liberators.\u2019 But Cheney still insisted that he needed to put in place a global network of secret torture sites in order to win the War on Terror,\u201d the essay begins. Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n MORMONS SWILL STAND BY<\/strong> and allow Utah to ban gay conversion therapy<\/a>. Please give us a moment to reassess the Church of Latter Day Saints. <\/p>\n \u201cThe Mormon church won\u2019t stand in the way of a proposal to ban gay<\/a> conversion therapy for minors in its home base of Utah, leaders said Wednesday, a position that advocates heralded as a milestone in the conservative state. \u2018We are grateful that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recognizes the harms of conversion therapy and has denounced the practice,\u2019 Troy Williams with the group Equality Utah said,\u201d according to NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n EVOLUTION WINS <\/strong>A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Fernandina, according to Ecuador\u2019s government reports CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n THOSE EYES<\/strong> Happy Thursday!<\/p>\n\n
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