- Whoa! Congrats to Issa Rae, who’s been tapped to play Nina Simone in an upcoming biopic about Lorraine Hansberry. Rae is also getting ready to make her network television debut as writer and co-producer of Shonda Rhimes’ upcoming ABC comedy series “I Hate L.A. Dudes.” Respect that hustle.
- Cutiepie Quevenzhane Wallis has joined the multi-ethnic cast of Salma Hayek’s animated adaptation of Khalil Gibran’s classic novel The Prophet!
- Make sure you read all the way to the end of Patton Oswalt‘s discussion of thievery, heckling, and rape jokes.
- We’re suckers for creepy lists of abandoned places to serve as settings for the next nightmare.
- Bill Nye the Science Warrior, and our hero.
- Women in STEM are generally uninterested in staying in academia.
- Susan Wojcicki, senior VP at Google, gives a passionate plea to women to stay in Tech.
- Feminist Taylor Swift makes us giggle.
- This super-sized controller for Namco’s Katamari Damacy is the best.
- A two part conversation on queer geek culture, art, and community activism worth reading.
- Platina Jazz, and their brilliant big band interpretations of anime theme songs, are the perfect thing to listen to on Friday.
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