Day: April 7, 2016

Digital Star Lauren Giraldo to Produce Latina TV Docu-Series With Covert Media

Click here to read at Variety.com.

Giraldo got her start doing comedic videos on Vine, but has since branched out to YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.

Lauren Giraldo on YouTube

Lauren Giraldo on YouTube

Acclaimed Comic The Wicked + The Divine Argues for the Value of Pop Culture

Click here to read at Vulture.com.

British writer Kieron Gillen created a mixed-race, female, bisexual main character and a mighty fine comic to boot.

Cover of The Wicked + The Divine Issue 1

Cover of The Wicked + The Divine Issue 1

What can a white Yale professor tell us about the #BlackLivesMatter struggle?

LINK: Susan Cahan’s “Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power”

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AI’s novel passes first round in Japanese literary competition

LINK: “The Day A Computer Writes A Novel” entered in Nikkei Shinichi Hoshi Literary Award

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Cosplaying Finn & Rey Are A Perfect Star Wars Family

Check out the amazing pics at Kotaku.com.

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The upcoming Chinese horror film “Phantom of the Theater”

LINK: Set in 1930s Shanghai, starring Ruby Lin, Yip Wai Man, and Manfred Wong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCnJEOBeXMg

First Look at Guillermo Del Toro’s Animated ‘Trollhunters’

LINK: After 6 years, DreamWorks Animation has released the first promo image

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io9 Has the First Image from Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix Series ‘Trollhunters’

Check it out at io9.com.

Director Guillermo del Toro

Director Guillermo del Toro