Month: March 2016

Graphic novel ‘Sarah: The Suppressed Anger of the Pakistani Obedient Daughter’

LINK: Writer-illustrator Ayesha Tariq tells Sarah’s story in the irreverent new graphic novel

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Destination America casts 1st Black paranormal investigation team

LINK: Who ya gone call? Ghost Brothers! If you’re nerdy enough to indulge in supernatural reality TV

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Sandra Oh And George Takei Are Among The 25 Academy Members Protesting The Oscars’ Asian Jokes

Read all about it at Vulture.com.

Actor George Takei

Actor George Takei

Kala: Graphic Novel Featuring Culturally Diverse Female Superheroes

LINK: Jazmin Truesdale has released her second graphic novel

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African American Lifeworlds and the Internet of Things

LINK: Digital Africana

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‘Walking Dead’ Actor Steven Yeun to Star in Action Movie ‘Mayhem’

Click here to read at Variety.com.

Actor Steven Yeun at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con - Photo by Gage Skidmore

Actor Steven Yeun at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con – Photo by Gage Skidmore

Beals, Ali, and Hudson In Casting News From Deadline.com…

Actress Jennifer Beals at the GLAAD Awards in 2009

Actress Jennifer Beals at the GLAAD Awards in 2009

Looks like Jennifer Beals (The Bride, The Book of Eli, Flashdance) is set as the female lead in Taken, the NBC prequel to the Taken film franchise. Beals will co-star opposite Clive Standen in the role of Christina Hart the special deputy director of National Intelligence.

House Of Cards’ Mahershala Ali has joined the cast in director Ted Melfi’s Hidden Figures, the story of former NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. Ali’s role? Love interest of main character, Johnson, played by Taraji Henson.

Also confirmed is Ernie Hudson of Ghostbusters fame (also set to appear in the “controversial” remake) as Sgt. Ed Conrad in the pilot for Fox detective show APB.

Sofia Samatar on her fantasy novel, ‘The Winged Histories’

LINK: Try growing up multi-lingual, Somali-Mennonite in Indiana

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Like for Likes: Director Park Hyun-gene’s Social Media Rom Com

South Korea all star cast presents love in the time of Facebook

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‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ Trailer is Here!

Click here to go to Comingsoon.net.