Marvel Announces Second X-Men Fan Election
For the second year in a row, Marvel has announced an X-Men fan election. This election will allow readers to democratically vote on whom they’d like to see take a spot on Krakoa’s premier superhero team. Last year’s winner was Polaris, the magnetically-powered super hero. For this year’s election, fans can choose from Armor, Avalanche, Bling!, Firestar, Gentle, Gorgon, Micromax, Penance, Siryn, and Surge. Who do you want to see join the X-Men? Fans can cast their votes here through Thursday, January 13th. Election results will be revealed as part of the second annual Hellfire Gala event this June.
Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie Join the Cast of All the Light We Cannot See
Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie will be starring opposite newcomer Aria Mia Loberti in the upcoming adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the Light We Cannot See. The story follows Marie-Laure (Loberti), a blind French teenager who meets a young German soldier named Werner and fights to survive during World War II in occupied France. Ruffalo will play Marie-Laure’s father Daniel LeBlanc, Marie-Laure’s father and the principal locksmith at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. Laurie will play the role of Etienne LeBlanc, an eccentric, reclusive World War I hero who suffers from PTSD. Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment is producing the four-part series.
PEN Prize-Winning Ugandan Author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija Illegally Detained and Tortured
Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has been illegally detained and tortured for criticizing the president and his son. Rukirabashaija was named International Writer of Courage by PEN last year. The author was arrested after posting a series of tweets about the Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni, including one calling him a thief and his son and presumed successor “an incompetent pig-headed curmudgeon.” Rukirabashaija remains in jail without charge, and PEN America is calling for the author’s urgent release. “Kakwenza Rukirabashaija is no stranger to the Ugandan authorities’ systematic suppression of dissident views, yet he has courageously continued to speak out,” said Karin Deutsch Karlekar, director of PEN America’s Free Expression at Risk programs. “These rights violations demonstrate a vindictive abuse of the law and demonstrate the truth of many of the critiques Rukirabashaija himself is being targeted for making in his writing.”
13 Deadly Cozy Mysteries for the First Half of 2022
Looking for a murder, mystery, and amateur sleuthing to kick off your 2022? You’re in luck, because there are a bunch of great deadly cozy mysteries coming out in the first half of 2022.