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Petition To Cancel Good Omens Goes Awry
20,000+ Christians, with the Return to Order, petitioned Netflix to cancel the adaptation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens citing “another step to make satanism appear normal, light and acceptable.” Problem is Netflix didn’t make the series, Amazon Prime did. Whoopsie!
Ta-Nehisi Coates On Capital Hill
Yesterday, on Juneteenth, the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing about reparations for descendants of African slaves. You can see Ta-Nehisi Coates speak here and read more on the history of reparations legislation here.
Wheel Of Time‘s Moiraine Cast!
Wheel of Time fans now know who will play Moiraine in the upcoming Amazon adaptation series: Rosamund Pike. Check out the gorgeous announcement pic, and more on the series, here. Now I wait to see if this erases Pike as Amy Dunne in my head…