Tain Richards as ‘Tom Swift’ (photo: The CW)
News Round-Up: October 20, 2021
Catching up on some of the day’s headlines: • The View: Pete Buttigieg appeared on the daily talkfest to address criticisms that he took time to bond and care with his newborn twins. “Every American ought to be able to get paid parental leave.” The Transportation Secretary also addressed ongoing supply chain issues. Continue reading “News Round-Up: October 20, 2021”
Here’s The Hottie Cast To Star In ‘Nancy Drew’ Spinoff
Tian Richards [image via Instagram]
In the planted-spinoff episode of Nancy Drew, Tom Swift will crash into one of Nancy Drew’s (Kennedy McMann) investigations, an event that Nancy interprets as supernatural and Tom believes to be cosmically paranormal. (This is not a traditional backdoor pilot/planted spinoff as Tom Swift is developing a regular pilot script in addition to the title character appearing on Nancy Drew.)
Co-created by Nancy Drew’s Melinda Hsu Taylor and Noga Landau, with Cameron Johnson, Tom Swift will follow the serialized adventures of its titular Black, gay, billionaire inventor (Richards) who is thrust into a world of sci-fi conspiracy and unexplained phenomena after the shocking disappearance of his father.
Tom takes to the road on a quest to unravel the truth, leaving behind the comforts of his usual moneyed lifestyle, all while fighting to stay one step ahead of an Illuminati-scale group hell-bent on stopping him.
Tom’s missions will require his genius and flair for innovation guided by love, romance, friendship and the mysteries of the universe yet-unsolved.
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News Round-Up: January 21, 2019
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Some news items you might have missed:
• In case you ever wonder why folks like to visit Madrid, Spain… Meet InstaHunk Diego Lozano 🙂
• Lady Gaga called out Vice President Mike Pence during her Las Vegas concert this weekend: “Mike Pence, who thinks it’s acceptable that his wife works at a school that bans LGBTQ — you’re wrong … You say we should not discriminate against Christianity. You are the worst representation of what it means to be a Christian.”
• There was some serious lip-lock action on the premiere of The CW’s new reboot of Roswell last week.
The series follows three young aliens who live in secret in a small New Mexico town. It turns out one, Michael (played by Michael Vlamis) is bisexual, and got down smooching his former bf, Alex (Tyler Blackburn) at the end of the episode.
New ship alert! #RoswellNM pic.twitter.com/ZfqktZhCn9— Roswell, New Mexico (@CWRoswellNM) January 16, 2019
• The new book, Team of Vipers, by former Trump aide Cliff Sims looks to be quite the read. It’s been described as, “Not a sycophantic portrayal of the president nor a blistering account written to settle scores.”
• Bloomberg: The U.K. Labour Party is calling for a vote in Parliament that could pave the way to a second referendum, raising the possibility that Brexit could be reversed.
• Variety: The CW has released the first look at transgender actress Nicole Maines, playing a superhero named “Dreamer” on the January 27 episode of DC Comic’s Supergirl.
Maines plays the first ever transgender superhero on television in an episode that explores the source of Dreamer’s powers. Maines will appear again in a later episode airing Feb. 17.
Trailer: SUPERGIRL – Season 2 On The CW
Pardon me while I do my “geek out” thing here.
While CBS may have passed on renewing Supergirl, I’m excited that the show will have a sophomore season on the CW this fall. Truth be told – it’s really where the show belongs.
I’ll be curious to see how the crossovers happen with The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.