Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Casts a Familiar Character

Warning! SPOILERS follow for Season 1 of Star Trek: Discovery.

There’s a new captain in town for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 in the form of Inhumans and Hell on Wheels star Anson Mount.

In a report from Variety, the popular CBS All Acess series cast Mount in the role of Captain Pike of the USS Enterprise. In the final moments of the Season 1 finale, the crew of Discovery receives a distress call from Enterprise, showing the two ships together for the first time. In the 2009 JJ Abrams-directed reboot, Star Trek, Pike was played by Bruce Greenwood.

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The Simpsons Made Its Apu Problem Even Worse

At nearly 30 years old, The Simpsons has been a pop culture institution for longer than many people reading this have probably been alive. And it goes without saying that the series has courted its fair share of controversy in that time. However, thanks to the most recent episode, “No Good Read Goes Unpunished,” the series has managed to take an already delicate situation and make it even worse. And it’s all thanks to everybody’s favorite Kwik-E Mart owner, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

The problem arose as the series finally acknowledged the 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu. That film traces the pop culture impact of the character, noting that while Apu shattered critical barriers when it comes to representing characters of South Asian descent on TV, it arguably did more harm than good. Apu is a character who reinforces negative stereotypes about Indian Americans. The film features interviews with celebrities like Aziz Ansari, Kal Penn and Maulik Pancholy, all of whom relate stories about being bullied and teased by people for whom Apu was their only point of reference for how South Asian people speak and behave.

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Everything Sucks! Cast and Fans Campaign Netflix After Cancellation

Netflix has canceled teen comedy Everything Sucks! after just one season, and the show’s cast and fans are not taking the news lightly.

Per Deadline, the streaming giant decided to axe the 1990s-set series, from writers Ben York Jones (Like Crazy) and Michael Mohan (Save the Date), late last week. Since then, fans and cast members, including Peyton Kennedy and Jahi Di’Allo Winston, have been letting Netflix know on social media just how much they want the show to return for another season.

Arrow: Colton Haynes’ Arsenal Will Be a Season 7 Regular

Colton Haynes’ Roy Harper/Arsenal will be a series regular in Arrow: Season 7.

Entertainment Weekly reports Haynes will reprise his role as the vigilante in the new season after returning to the show for a two-episode arc in Season 6. “We’re very fortunate and excited to welcome back Colton to Arrow,” the show’s executive producers said in a statement.

“While we’ve always enjoyed Colton’s returns to the show, we couldn’t be more thrilled to have him return as a proper series regular and we’re very excited about all the creative opportunities Roy Harper’s return affords us.”

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Black Panther’s T’Challa Doesn’t Understand SNL’s Black Jeopardy

SNL saw the return of Black Jeopardy over the weekend, and the sketch’s usual format got a bit of a welcome shake-up with the king of Wakanda, T’Challa, starring as the third guest alongside Leslie Jones’ Shanice and Chris Redd’s Rashad.

Chadwick Boseman reprised his Black Panther role as a contestant on the show, making for the “blackest Black Jeopardy yet,” and bungled his way through the categories before finally getting a handle on things at the end.

Categories included “Aw Hell Naw,”  “Fid’na,” and “White People,” which saw T’Challa finally get the hang of the game.

“Your friend Karen brings her potato salad to your cookout,” read Kenan Thompson’s Black Jeopardy host, Darnell Hayes.

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Pokemon: New Mythical Monster Zeraora Revealed

Excitement may be running high for Pokemon’s forthcoming arrival on Switch, but the days of the 3DS iteration are not quite over yet, thanks to the announcement of a brand new mythical Pokemon for Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon – Zeraora, the Thunderclap Pokemon.

Originally announced on the Japanese Pokemon show Oha Suta, Zeraora is a pure Electric-type Pokemon, able to emit a powerful magnetic field from the pads on its hands and feet. Unlike other Electric types, it doesn’t have an organ which generates electricity; rather it feeds on the electricity around it, storing it for future use.

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Lucasfilm Unveils Solo: A Star Wars Story Product Line

The merchandise line for Solo: A Star Wars story has been revealed, and pre-orders for several items open today.

After revealing the first action figures based on the film in February, we now have a rundown of what will be available ahead of the film’s release on May 25.

There’s a gallery below, and lists of the available products – and their release dates – following that:

Available for pre-order from today:

  • Solo: A Star Wars Story 3.75-inch Kessel Run Millennium Falcon vehicle by Hasbro ($99.99)
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We Made A Way Out Director Watch His Own ‘F*** the Oscars’ Rant

When promoting his game A Way Out last year at The Game Awards, Josef Fares went on a rant about the Oscars. So when he visited IGN recently, we had the filmmaker-turned-game-developer watch the rant and got his thoughts on his speech that went viral.

“This is the thing with me, I never plan anything, I don’t write scripts,” Fares said after watching his “f*** the Oscars” statements on the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered. “The problem is that sometimes in my head I have all these things to say, but they come out weirdly,” he explained.

“So with the ‘f*** the Oscars’ thing, it’s because I heard earlier… people talking about, ‘Yeah, this is like the games’ Oscars,’ and I’m like, ‘F*** that, man. This is great. F*** the Oscars,'” Fares added. “It’s not like I particularly have something against the Oscars…. I’m a filmmaker!”

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Wrestlemania 34: Ronda Rousey’s First WWE Match Was A Highlight Reel

The leadup to Wrestlemania 34 featured lots of doubters about the career of newly signed UFC fighter Ronda Rousey, and I was one one of them. Her first segments were a mixed bag and the story itself received a lukewarm reception. However, Rousey silenced every single critic–including myself–with her Wrestlemania 34 performance.

Rousey is happy with how things played out: “Every missed opportunity is a blessing in disguise. I really believe it now.” She lost her last two bouts in the UFC, which took their toll on the fighter. It was well documented that she went through a bout of depression after her loss to Holly Holm. Luckily, she’s in a much happier place now after her Wrestlemania debut.

It may have had a shaky start, but very quickly, we all realized that Rousey has what it takes to make it in the WWE. Her match, where she teamed with Kurt Angle to take on Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, featured highlight after highlight, spot after spot of incredibly memorable moments. We captured some of the best ones from every involved in the match, and you can check them all out by clicking on that arrow to the right.

If you’re looking for more great Wrestlemania moments, why not check out a gallery featuring every time the cameraman cut to John Cena, the final results for the entire PPV, and the ongoing saga of Braun Strowman being a cartoon character.