Category: News

News about current and upcoming genre media projects that include people of color. Info about historical projects, as well.

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Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani sentenced to 12 years

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LINK: Found guilty of “insulting members of parliament through paintings”.

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Mattel to Release Original Star Trek ‘Barbie Dolls’

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Take a look at Neatorama.com.

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All of ‘Key & Peele’ is Now Online

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Learn more at The AV Club.

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Kate Winslet in Talks to Star Opposite Idris Elba in ‘Mountain Between Us’

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Go to Variety.com to read.

“Star Wars: Rogue One” writer Chris Weitz wrote the most recent draft of the screenplay.

Winslet at the premiere of The Dressmaker in Toronto, 2015

Winslet at the premiere of The Dressmaker in Toronto, 2015

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The Team Behind ‘Pacific Rim’ Is Making a Sci-fi Serial Killer Show for Amazon

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YASSSSSS. Learn more at io9.com!

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Everyone Is So Drift Compatible With John Boyega Joining The “Pacific Rim” Sequel

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Read all about it at Buzzfeed.com.

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Dinosaur relics named after science fiction writer Liu Cixin

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LINK: The Liu Cixin Caririchnium

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Florence Kasumba, Who Played Black Panther’s Security Chief in ‘Civil War,’ Just Joined the ‘Wonder Woman’ Cast

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The Mary Sue has the story.

Kasumba is an Afro-German actress living in Berlin and born in Uganda.

Kasumba is an Afro-German actress, born in Uganda and living in Berlin.

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Steven Moffat Confirms He Tried to Cast a Black Doctor on ‘Doctor Who’

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In case you missed the news, read at Vulture.com.

Moffat at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore

Moffat at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore

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King Tut Was Entombed With a Meteorite Dagger

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Go to Mentalfloss.com to read about it.

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Tutankhamun’s death mask