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

‘Mr. Robot,’ ‘The Leftovers,’ And ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Among Writers Guild TV Nominees

Check it out at Variety.com.

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Tituss Burgess (left) and Ellie Kemper in scene from “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

Turkish Court to Decide Whether Comparing the Turkish President to Gollum is an Insult

Read all about it at Tor.com.

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Did Konami block Hideo Kojima from The Game Awards 2015?

According to host Geoff Keighley he was barred by Konami’s lawyers

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The National Board of Review Names ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ the Best Movie of the Year

Read all about it at Horror-movies.ca.

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Pissed about the Black Panther’s first magazine cover?

LINK: Entertainment Weekly Disrespect T’Challa At Their Peril

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Newly discovered WEB Du Bois science fiction story

LINK: Reveals more Afrofuturist history

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Iran reveals life-sized humanoid robot

LINK: Surena can run, play football and speak Farsi

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Who else is buried in King Tut’s tomb? Perhaps a queen, says one Egyptologist.

Read at The Christian Science Monitor.

Mask of Tutankhamun's mummy at The Egyptian Museum.

Mask of Tutankhamun’s mummy at The Egyptian Museum.

NBC Universo Acquires Rights to The Walking Dead in Spanish

LINK: This will mark the first time the series will air in Spanish in US

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Pakistan’s First Sci-Fi Film “Laal Peela”

Directed by award-winning film-maker Khalid Hassan

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