When Wakanda Was Real #BlackHistoryMonth

LINK: It could never really happen. Except it did.

African American Superhero Comics ‘YouNeek’ Get UK/European Bookstore Distribution Deal

LINK: Nigerian immigrant Roye Okupe is the man behind YouNeek Studios

Sonita Alizadeh Escaped a Forced Marriage and Channeled her Rage with Rap

LINK: An excerpt from the paperback comic book “Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World”

Khary Randolph on ‘Black,’ Returning to ‘Mosaic,’ ‘Black Panther’ and More

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Surreal Horrors Invade Backwoods in Marcus Alqueres’s Sci-fi Short ‘Crittus’

LINK: Watch It Here!

Variety.com Reviews J.J. Abrams’s ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’

CLICK TO READ AT VARIETY.COM.

Pacific Rim Uprising’s Japanese Trailer Gives Us a Little More Mako Mori

CHECK IT OUT AT IO9.COM.

Twitter Showers Janet Jackson with Love as Justin Timberlake Returns to Super Bowl

LINK: #JanetJacksonAppreciationDay

Two Star Wars Films Contain Hidden Philadelphia Eagles References

For more Eagles facts, go to Mental Floss.

Lucasfilm sound engineer David Acord loves his Philadelphia Eagles. When he was tasked with devising a language for the reptile-like alien Teedo in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Acord had the beast say “Celek” and “Fletcher” onscreen. This was a reference to Eagles tight end Brent Celek and defensive tackle Fletcher Cox. For Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Acord passed off an Esperanto translation of “Fly, Eagles Fly” as a mystical Jedha City chant.

Super Bowl 52: Trailers for ‘Westworld,’ ‘Rise,’ ‘Castle Rock’ and More

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