The 10th Anniversary Edition of Thirteen Reasons Why was released

Jay Asher was born in Arcadia, California on September 30, 1975. He grew up with a family that encouraged him to pursue all of his interests, from playing the guitar to his writing. He attended Cuesta Community College right after graduating from San Luis Obispo High School. It was here where he wrote his first two children’s books for a class called Children’s Literature Appreciation. After high school, he decided he wanted to become an elementary school teacher. He then transferred to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where he left his senior year in order to pursue his career as a serious writer. He married Joan Marie on September 7, 2002. Throughout his life he worked in various establishments, including working as a salesman in a shoe store and in libraries and bookstores. Many of his work experiences influenced some aspect of his writing.

On December 27, 2016, the 10th Anniversary Edition of Thirteen Reasons Why was released. In this edition, the book’s original ending is included. The anniversary edition also includes a new introduction from Asher, an essay from Asher, pages from the notebook that Asher used while writing Thirteen Reasons Why, reader reactions and a reading guide

Thirteen Reasons Why is a 2007 young adult novel written by Jay Asher. The book was published by RazorBill, a young adult imprint of Penguin Books. The paperback edition hit #1 on the New York Times best-seller list in July 2011. The book is the basis of the television series 13 Reasons Why, released through Netflix on March 31, 2017.

Clay Jensen, a shy high school student, returns home from school one day to find that he has received a mysterious package in the mail. It contains seven double-sided cassette tapes used by Hannah Baker, a classmate who has recently committed suicide. Each tape details a reason that she killed herself. The tapes were sent to various other people before arriving at Clay’s door.The first person to receive the tapes was Justin. They kissed once after she developed a crush on him. However, Justin told his friends that they did more than just kiss, which earned Hannah the reputation of a slut at school. The second person to receive them was Alex. Alex violated their friendship when he published a “hot or not” list comparing the girls in their class. He awarded Hannah the title of Best Ass, which only escalated her reputation as a slut. He also awarded his ex-girlfriend Jessica the title of Worst Ass, in revenge for her not having sex with him. The third person was Jessica. After being compared to Hannah on the “hot or not” list, Jessica slapped Hannah and ended their friendship. The slap left a scar on Hannah’s cheek…..

 

 

Main

• Dylan Minnette as Clay Jensen
• Katherine Langford as Hannah Baker
• Christian Navarro as Tony Padilla
• Alisha Boe as Jessica Davis
• Brandon Flynn as Justin Foley
• Justin Prentice as Bryce Walker
• Miles Heizer as Alex Standall
• Ross Butler as Zach Dempsey
• Devin Druid as Tyler Down
• Amy Hargreaves as Lainie Jensen
• Derek Luke as Kevin Porter
• Kate Walsh as Olivia Baker

Hannah Baker is a fictional character created by American author Jay Asher. She is the subject of his 2007 mystery novel Thirteen Reasons Why, and Netflix’ adaptation of the book, 13 Reasons Why. Hannah is introduced as a sophomore at the fictional Liberty High School, characterized by her struggle adjusting to life in an unsympathetic school environment. She is played by Katherine Langford on the television series.On the final tape Hannah recalls the day of her suicide. She decides to give life “one more try”, and visits Mr. Porter, the school counsellor, and asks for his help. She tells him about the rape, but when she refuses to disclose her rapist’s identity, he tells her that the only option is to “move on” with life. This conversation is related on Hannah’s final recorded tape. She then gives her uniform to Clay at the theatre before going to give the tapes to Tony. Hannah return home, fills her bathtub and uses the razors she stole from her father’s shop to slit her wrists. Hannah dies of blood loss and is found by her mother and father who attempt to save her by calling 911; but they are too late, Hannah is already dead.

 

Rape & Assault or Violence

If you are in immediate danger, call 911.

Rape and Incest National Network (RAINN) Crisis Hotline: 800-656-4673

In addition to its hotline, RAINN works with local rape crisis centers nationwide, providing resources, articles, programs, and events.

National Teen Dating Helpline at 1-866-331-9474 or visit www.loveisrespect.org For teens who have been abused.

National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or visit www.rainn.org For anyone who has been raped or experienced sexual violence.

 

 

 

Suicide

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-TALK (8255)

This is a 24-hour suicide prevention hotline that is free and available to anyone who is in emotional distress or crisis.

Hopeline: 800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)

National Suicide Hotlines: 800-SUICIDE (784 2433)

Teen Hotline Covenant House NineLine: 800-999-9999

SOS Teen Hotline: 800-949-0057

Grief Recovery Helpline: 800-445-4808

Comic Book T V Show 2017-2018

Jessica Jones Season 2

 

The only major plot thread left hanging was the mysterious organization IGH, which not only supplied Will Simpson with his Combat Enhancers (more on that later), but also paid Jessica’s medical bills following the car crash that killed her mother, father and brother. It’s still unclear whether they were the ones who caused the crash or if they even somehow gave her those special abilities, but there’s definitely a connection, and now that Trish has those files she received from her mother, she and Jessica should be able to dig up some information. These folks are too important not to follow up on. Maybe IGH was also connected to the experiments that Kilgrave’s parents were running on him and other children.

 

Season 2 will also continue to explore her struggling with her inner demons. While it’s doubtful she’ll ever fully embrace being a superhero, maybe she can at least move closer to feeling more at peace with the world.

Daredevil Season 3:

Ideologically, he conflicted with Frank Castle, a.k.a. The Punisher, and Elektra Natchios. Both pushed him to kill in the line of duty, with the former saying it was the only way to make a true difference against crime and the latter saying that he needed to welcome the darkness inside of him.

He’ll try to restore the balance between his nighttime activities and his personal relationships. He also now fully understands the value of working with others, which will definitely play into his future crime fighting endeavors, as we’ll talk about later.

Game Of Thrones Season 7

In the North, Lyanna Mormont spoke out about Jon Snow’s bastard status and rallied the other bannermen in the North to support Snow. Meanwhile, Bran found another weirdwood tree and was able to see the next vision–which explained much more about Jon Snow’s parentage, including that he is the son of Lyanna Stark and not Ned’s. Meanwhile, Littlefinger declared his love for Sansa, which she coolly brushed off, but I’m not so sure she’s happy about everyone rallying behind Jon Snow. Also in the North, Sansa revealed that winter has finally come.

 

This leads us to Daenerys Targaryen, who finally headed toward Westeros, with Theon and Yara Greyjoy in tow. She left Daario behind, but took her ships and her Dothraki and Unsullied armies with her on the ships the Greyjoys and Meereenese had brought. All in all, “The Winds Of Winter” was an eventful episode, and it sets Game of Thrones up for more exciting stuff to come

. BLACK LIGHTNING 

Join a 2017-2018 lineup already packed with returning comics adaptations Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, iZombie and Supergirl.  Black Lightning centers on Jefferson Pierce, who decided years ago to hang up his costumed identity. But with one daughter hell-bent on justice and another a star student who’s being recruited by a local game, Jefferson is drawn back into the fight as the wanted vigilante Black Lightning.

The series stars Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce

China Anne McClain as Jennifer Pierce

Christine Adams as Lynn

Nafessa Williams as Anissa Pierce.

Black Lightning will premiere in 2018 at part of The CW’s midseason lineup.

CONSTANTINE

Platform: CW Seed

The resurrect the supernatural drama on The CW, had their spirits lifted in January with the surprise announcement the occult detective will return in animated form — with star Matt Ryan returning to the role.Warner Bros. Animation’s direct-to-DVD movie Justice League Dark, where he’s voiced by Ryan.

Five or six 10-minute episodes of the series will stream on The CW’s digital platform CW Seed, home to the animated Vixen and the upcoming Freedom Fighters: The Ray, as well as reruns of the live-action Constantine.

 THE DEFENDERS

Platform: Netflix

Brings together Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist to save New York City from a threat too big for any one of them to face alone. What exactly that is remains a bit of a mystery, but we know it involves the enigmatic Alexandra, played by Sigourney Weaver, the ancient ninja clan known as the Hand, and that enormous hole discovered at Midland Circle in Daredevil‘s second season.

Arriving Aug. 18 on Netflix, Marvel’s The Defenders

stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil,

Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones,

Mike Colter as Luke Cage

Finn Jones and Danny Rand/Iron Fist,

Sigourney Weaver as Alexandra,

Elodie Yung as Elektra,

Scott Glenn as Stick,

Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page,

Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson,

Carrie-Anne Moss as Jeri Hogarth,

Rachael Taylor as Trish Walker

, Eka Darville as Malcolm Ducasse,

Simone Missick as Misty Knight

Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing.

. THE GIFTED

Network: Fox

Fox and Marvel were developing a TV drama inspired by the X-Men’s longtime foes the Hellfire Club,  Midnight Special with mutants, following a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are upended by the discovery that their two children possess extraordinary abilities. Forced to go on the run from the government, they join up with an underground network of mutants and must fight for survival.There’s also the promise of the Sentinels, the mutant-hunting robots that have long plagued the X-Men.

Emma Dumont cast as Lorna Dane/Polaris,

Jamie Chung as Blink/Clarice Fong

Blair Redford as John Proudstar/Thunderbird.

. The Gifted also stars

Stephen Moyer as Reed Strucker,

Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker,

Sean Teale as Marcos Diaz/Eclipse,

Coby Bell as Jace Turner,

Natalie Alyn Lind as Lauren Strukcer

Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker.

The Gifted will air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT this fall, following Lucifer.

. HAPPY!

Network: Syfy

Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: SVU, Man of Steel) stars as Nick Sax, an intoxicated, corrupt former police offer turned hit man adrift in a world of casual murder, soulless sex and betrayal. When a hit goes wrong, leaving Nick wounded and with the police and the mob on his tail, his life is forever changed by a tiny, relentlessly positive, imaginary blue-winged horse named Happy (voiced by Saturday Night Live veteran Bobby Moynihan).

Happy! is scheduled to join Syfy’s 2017-2018 lineup.

 INHUMANS

Network: ABC

he Royal Family of Inhumans, who are splintered by a military coup and escape to Hawaii, where their interactions with humanity may prove to not only save them, but Earth itself.

Anson Mount as Black Bolt,

Iwan Rheon as Maximus the Mad,

Serinda Swan as Queen Medusa,

Ken Leung as Karnak,

Isabelle Cornish as Crystal,

Eme Ikwuakor as Gorgon,

Mike Moh as Triton

Sonya Balmores as Auran.

KRYPTON

Network: Syfy

Man of Steel’s grandfather Seg-El , whose House of El was ostracized and shamed, as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his world from chaos.

(Cameron Cuffe of The Halcyon)Seg-El

Georgina Campbell  playing Lyta Zod, a reluctant cadet in the Kyrptonian military who’s in a clandestine, forbidden relationship with Seg-El.

 

Krypton also stars

Elliot Cowan (Da Vinci’s Demons)

Ann Ogbomo (World War Z),

Rasmus Hardiker (Your Highness),

Wallis Day (Will), Aaron Pierre (Tennison)

Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones).

.(Cameron Cuffe of The Halcyon)Seg-El

Debuting as part of Syfy’s 2017-2018 schedule,

6. 6. NEW WARRIORS

Network: Freeform

Receiving a 10-episode order from the Disney-owned Freeform, Marvel’s New Warriors competes with Freedom Fighters: the show focuses on six young people with superpowers who live and work together: the fan-favorite Squirrel Girl, the empowered fangirl who’s strong, acrobatic and can talk to squirrels;

Mister Immortal, the trouble-making Lothario who can (possibly) never die;

Night Thrasher, the self-promoting hero with his own YouTube channel;

Speedball, the impulsive people-pleaser who can launch balls of energy;

Microbe, the shy hypochondriac who can communicate with germs;

Debrii, the quick-witted trickster and low-level telekinetic.

Debuting in 2018 No casting has been announced.

 THE PUNISHER

Platform: Netflix

The Punisher sees Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead) return to his role as Frank Castle, who’s haunted and hunted following the murder of his family, and becomes a vigilante determined to fight crime by any means necessary.

Arriving later this year on Netflix,

The Punisher also stars Deborah Ann Woll, reprising her Daredevil role as Karen Page; Ben Barnes as Billy Russo, the head of the private military corporation

Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Micro, a former NSA analyst who assists Castle;

Amber Rose Revah as Dinah Madani, a Homeland Security agent who’s vexed by Castle; Daniel Webber as Lewis Walcott, a young veteran struggling in civilian life;

Jason R. Moore as Curtis Hoyle, a friend of Castle, and one of the few people who knows he’s still alive;

Paul Schulze as Rawlins, a high-ranking member of the CIA whose operations in Afghanistan intersect with Castle.

RUNAWAYS

Platform: Hulu

Runaways centers on six teenagers who can barely stand each other but must nevertheless unite to defeat a common foe: their parents, whom they discover are secretly members of a group of supervillains called the Pride.

Runaways stars Rhenzy Feliz as Alex Wilder, a loud-and-proud nerd;

Lyrica Okano as Nico Minoru, a budding wiccan with a carefully crafted goth facade; Virginia Gardner as Karolina Dean, whose model-perfect exterior disguises an eagerness to explore her identity and desires;

Ariela Barer as Gert Yorkes, a brash, purple-haired social justice warrior;

Gregg Sulkin as Chase Stein, a lacrosse-playing heartthrob with flashes of engineering brilliance;

Allegra Acosta as Molly Hernandez, the youngest member, known for her positive outlook and deep yearning to belong.

They’re joined by Ryan Sands, Angel Parker, James Yaegashi, Kevin Weisman, Brigid Brannagh, Annie Wersching, Kip Pardue, James Marsters and Ever Carradine.

Premiering in 2018 on Hulu

TITANS

Platform: Warner Bros.’ new DC Comics-branded digital service

 

Inspired by DC’s New Teen Titans, created in 1980 by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, the series will find Dick Grayson (presumably as Nightwing) emerging from the shadows to lead a team of young superheroes that includes Starfire, Raven and, as Johns himself teased, Beast Boy — characters familiar to comics readers and fans of the cartoons alike. Written by Johns, Akiva Goldsman (Batman Forever, Transformers: The Last Knight) and Greg Berlanti (The Flash, Supergirl), Titans will launch in 2018 with the new digital service.

. YOUNG JUSTICE: OUTSIDERS

Platform: Warner Bros.’ new DC Comics-branded digital service

More than three years after Young Justice ended its second season on Cartoon Network, fans received the news they’d long hoped, and campaigned, for: that the young counterparts of the Justice League — among them, Aqualad, Miss Martian, Robin, Bumblebee, Blue Beetle and Static — will at long last return for Season Three. Young Justice: Outsiders will pit the team against its greatest challenge yet as the young heroes take on meta-human trafficking and the threat it poses to a society caught in the middle of a genetic arms race that spans not only the globe but the galaxy.

Young Justice: Outsiders will debut in 2018 with the live-action Titans on Warner Bros.’ recently announced DC Comics-branded subscription digital service.

 

 

Supergirl just cast

The CW announced that Smallville star Erica Durance — who played Lois Lane on the hit series — will take over the role of Alura Zor-El from Laura Benanti.

According to the Supergirl Season 3 synopsis,

 Kara Zor-El, (Melissa Benoist) Superman’s cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex , and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her identity a secret. Years later, Kara was living in National City and still concealing her powers, when a plane crash threatened Alex’s life and Kara took to the sky to save her. Now, Kara balances her work as a reporter for CatCo Worldwide Media with her work for the Department of Extra-Normal Operations (DEO), a super-secret government organization whose mission is to keep National City and the Earth safe from sinister threats. At the DEO, Kara works for J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter, and alongside her sister, Alex, and best friend, Winn Schott  Also in Kara’s life are media mogul Cat Grant , James Olsen , a photo journalist who moonlights as Guardian, a masked vigilante, Lena Luthor, and Mon-El of Daxam , whose planet was ravaged by Krypton’s destruction. As Kara struggles to navigate her relationships and her burgeoning life as a reporter, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime.

Returning to The CW on Monday, October 9th at 8 p.m. ET/PT,

Supergirl stars Melissa Benoist as the Girl of Steel

David Harewood as Martian Manhunter

Mehcad Brooks as Jimmy Olsen

Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers

Jeremy Jordan as Winn Schott

with appearances by Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant and Tyler Hoechlin as Superman.

 

The Flash Season 4 Set Photos Confirm Major Change For One Hero

The CW’s iteration of Barry Allen trapped in the Speed Force, it makes perfect sense for Kid Flash to take on his mentor’s responsibilities, at least for time being.

Returning Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW,

The Flash stars stars Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh, Jesse L. Martin and Keiynan Lonsdale.

What Is Community Service?

 

 

 

 

Community service is work done by a person or group of people that benefits others. It is often done near the area where you live, so your own community reaps the benefits of your work. You do not get paid to perform community service, but volunteer your time. Community service can help many different groups of people: children, senior citizens, people with disabilities, even animals and the environment.

 

 

 

 

 

List of Community Service

General Ideas:

• Donate or raise money for your local Red Cross
• Organize a community blood drive
• Send cards to soldiers serving overseas
• For your next birthday, ask for charitable donations instead of gifts
• Hold a bake sale for your favorite charity
• Read books or letters to a person who is visually impaired
• Organize a wheelchair basketball team
• Participate in a charity race
• Organize an event or parade for Memorial Day
• Volunteer to help at a charity auction
• Participate in National Youth Service Day in April
• Contact a tree farm about donating Christmas trees to nursing homes, hospitals, or to families who can’t afford to buy their own
• Collect unused makeup and perfume to donate to a center for abused women
• Help register people to vote
• Organize a car wash and donate the profits to charity
• Help deliver meals and gifts to patients at a local hospital
• Write articles / give speeches advocating financial literarcy.  First you should learn about the topics themselves, like calculating housing costs, or understanding personal loans, and then give presentations on these topics.

Helping Children and Schools:

• Tutor children during or after school
• Donate stuffed animals to children in hospitals
• Organize games and activities for children in hospitals or who are visiting hospitalized relatives
• Knit or crochet baby blankets to be donated to hospitals or homeless shelters
• Collect baby clothes and supplies to donate to new parents
• Organize a Special Olympics event for children and teenagers
• Sponsor a bike-a-thon and give away bike safety gear, like helmets and knee pads, as prizes
• Collect used sports equipment to donate to families and after-school programs
• Volunteer at a summer camp for children who have lost a parent
• Sponsor a child living in a foreign country, either on your own or as part of a group
• Coach a youth sports team
• Put on performances for children in hospitals
• Give free music lessons to schoolchildren
• Become a volunteer teen crisis counselor
• Organize a summer reading program to encourage kids to read
• Organize an Easter egg hunt for neighborhood children
• Create a new game for children to play
• Organize events to help new students make friends
• Babysit children during a PTA meeting
• Organize a reading hour for children at a local school or library
• Donate used children’s books to a school library
• Work with the local health department to set up an immunization day or clinic to immunize children against childhood diseases.

Helping Senior Citizens:

• Read to residents at a nursing home
• Deliver groceries and meals to elderly neighbors
• Teach computer skills to the elderly
• Drive seniors to doctor appointments
• Mow an elderly neighbor’s lawn
• Host a bingo night for nursing home residents
• Host a holiday meal for senior citizens
• Make birthday cards for the elderly
• Donate and decorate a Christmas tree at a nursing home
• Organize a family day for residents of a retirement home and relatives to play games together
• Ask residents of a retirement home to tell you about their lives
• Pick up medicine for an elderly neighbor
• Perform a concert or play at a senior center
• Help elderly neighbors clean their homes and organize their belongings
• Rake leaves, shovel snow, or wash windows for a senior citizen
• Deliver cookies to a homebound senior citizen

 

Helping Animals and the Environment:

• Take care of cats and dogs at an animal shelter
• Clean up a local park
• Raise money to provide a bulletproof vest for a police dog

• Place a bird feeder and bird fountain in your backyard

• Start a butterfly garden in your community

• Sponsor a recycling contest

• Grow flowers in your backyard then give bouquets to hospital patients or people who are housebound

• Help create a new walking trail at a nature center or park

• Update the signs along a nature trail

• Adopt an acre of rainforest

• Help train service dogs

• Participate in the cleanup of a local river, pond, or lake

• Foster animals that shelters don’t have space for

• Organize a spay and neuter your pet program

• Care for a neighbor’s pet while they are away

• Sponsor an animal at your local zoo

• Train your pet to be a therapy animal and bring it to hospitals or nursing homes

• Build and set up a bird house

• Organize a carpool to reduce car emissions

• Campaign for more bike lanes in your town

• Volunteer at a nature camp and teach kids about the environment

• Test the water quality of a lake or river near you

• Plant native flowers or plants along highways

Helping the Hungry and/or Homeless:

• Build a house with Habitat for Humanity
• Donate your old clothes
• Volunteer at a soup kitchen
• Donate old eyeglasses to an organization that collects that and distributes them to people in need
• Donate non-perishable food to a food bank
• Donate blankets to a homeless shelter
• Host a Thanksgiving dinner for people who may not be able to afford their own
• Offer to babysit or nanny for a family in need
• Make “care kits” with shampoo, toothbrushes, combs, etc. to donate to homeless shelters
• Prepare a home-cooked meal for the residents of a nearby homeless shelter
• Collect grocery coupons to give to a local food bank
• Help repair or paint a local homeless shelter
• Donate art supplies to kids in a homeless shelter
• Help organize and sort donations at a homeless shelter
• Babysit children while their parents look for jobs
• Become a Big Buddy for children at a homeless shelter
• Take homeless children on outings
• Bake a batch of cookies or loaf of bread and deliver it to a soup kitchen
• Build flower boxes for Habitat for Humanity houses
• Organize a winter clothes drive to collect coats, hats, scarves, and gloves to be donated
• Make first aid kits for homeless shelters

 

Reducing Crime and Promoting Safety:

• Volunteer at a police station or firehouse
• Become a certified lifeguard and volunteer at a local pool or beach
• Paint over graffiti in your neighborhood
• Organize a self-defense workshop
• Organize a drug-free campaign
• Sponsor a drug-free post-prom event
• Start or join a neighborhood watch program
• Create and distribute a list of hotlines for people who might need help
• Teach a home-alone safety class for children
• Create a TV or radio public service announcement against drug and alcohol use
• Become CPR certified
• Volunteer as a crossing guard for an elementary school.

Special Needs
1. Volunteer at a Special Olympics event.
2. Work with kids who have special needs on an art project.
3. Set up a buddy system with the special needs program at your school.
4. Raise money with SignUpGenius Payments to purchase Braille books, large print books, or other needed materials for the special needs program at a local school or community center.
5. Make gifts with friends for kids in the hospital. Distribute Valentines, Halloween candy, or Christmas treats/toys.
6. Build a ramp for a person in a wheelchair to make their house more accessible.
7. Volunteer to read books or newspapers to those who are visually impaired.
8. Visit a local care center to learn more about those with special needs, and ask how you can help.
9. Recruit some friends or a class to help set up a library at a children’s hospital.
10. Create a pamphlet that includes helpful tips concerning the respect of and interaction with people who have special needs.

Senior Citizens
1. Adopt a “grandfriend”. Write them letters, call them, and visit often.
2. Gather friends and create a “shop squad” to pick up groceries and medicine for elderly.
3. Deliver meals to homebound individuals.
4. Gather family and friends and organize a summer songfest or play to perform at a nursing home.
5. For the holidays, go caroling, bring (easy-to-eat) treats, or just go and visit senior citizens.
6. Offer to read to people.
7. Provide your local nursing home or library with more large-print books.
8. Teach a senior how to use a computer or the Internet.
9. Call up elderly people who live alone to check if they need anything.
10. Volunteer to do general home maintenance for a senior citizen.

Animals
1. Volunteer at your local animal shelter.
2. Gather newspapers and give to a local animal shelter.
3. Learn about raising and training a pet to give to a disable person, and consider whether it is an option for you and your family.
4. Visit and volunteer at a local aviary, zoo, or wild animal rehabilitation center.
5. Organize a community dog wash, and donate the proceeds to organizations that aid animals.
6. Locate homes and shelters for abandoned pets.
7. Start a Chow Drive for the community to donate food and toys to a local shelter.
8. Offer dog-walking services to those who can’t (or won’t) give their pets the proper amount of exercise.
9. Take pictures or videos of pets that are in the pound and use them when organizing a supplies drive.
10. Adopt a pet! Or, if this is not an option, volunteer to become a temporary foster parent for a pet in the pound.

Environment
1. Clean up trash from a local outdoor space.
2. Organize a hike or nature walk with friends, and bring bags to collect trash along the trails.
3. Have fun with creating homemade paper out of used paper with friends (It’s easy, fun, and green!)
4. Grow your own vegetables, fruits, and herbs in an organic garden, and encourage others to do the same.
5. Instead of using the car, choose the healthy route and bike to your next location. Burn energy, not gasoline!
6. Choose a family “energy watchdog” to shut off lights, television, and dripping sinks when not in use.
7. Switch your current Internet home page to an energy-saving one, such as Google’s “Blackle”, and turn down the computer screen brightness level as well. (It’s unhealthy for both the environment and your eyes.)
8. Create a children’s nature garden. Create a path, label plants and trees, and schedule guided tours.
9. Purchase recycled products as opposed to generic ones.
10. When buying food or drinks of any kind, it is better to stick to a large jug or tub as opposed to a collection of individually packaged goods.

Emmy nominations 2017: Is your show on the list?

 

The nominations for the 69th Annual Emmy Awards were unveiled on Thursday morning.

The honorees were announced at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood by “Veep” actress Anna Chlumsky, “S.W.A.T.” star Shemar Moore, and Television Academy CEO Hayma Washington at 8:30 a.m. PT.

HBO’s “Westworld” and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” tied for the most nominations for the 2017 Emmy Awards, earning the most with 22 each.

As Peak TV reaches new heights, it’s only fitting that this year saw a bigger Emmy ballot. Drama series had the largest number of submissions with 180, with best actor in a drama close behind at 140, and best actress in a drama up next at 113.

The Emmy Awards, hosted by Stephen Colbert, will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. PT. on CBS.

 

• Best Drama Series

  

  ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

  Better Call Saul (AMC)

  The Crown (Netflix)

  The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)

  House of Cards (Netflix)

  This Is Us (NBC)

  Stranger Things (Netflix)

  Westworld (HBO)

• Best Comedy Series

  

  ‘Silicon Valley’

  Atlanta (FX)

  Black-ish (ABC)

  Master of None (Netflix)

  Modern Family (ABC)

  Silicon Valley (HBO)

  Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

  Veep (HBO)

• Best Limited Series

  

  ‘Big Little Lies’

  Big Little Lies (HBO)

  Fargo (FX)

  Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)

  Genius (National Geographic)

  The Night Of (HBO)
• Best Television Movie

  

  ‘The Wizard of Lies’

  Black Mirror (Netflix)

  Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (NBC)

  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)

  Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS)

  The Wizard of Lies (HBO)

• Best Variety Talk Series

  

  Jimmy Kimmel

  Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)

  Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

  Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)

  The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS)

  The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)

  Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)

• Best Actress in a Drama Series

  

  Elisabeth Moss in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

  Claire Foy (The Crown)

  Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)

  Robin Wright (House of Cards)

  Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder)

  Keri Russell (The Americans)

  Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
• Best Actor in a Drama Series

  

  Milo Ventimiglia in ‘This is Us’

  Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)

  Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)

  Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)

  Matthew Rhys (The Americans)

  Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)

  Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)

  Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)

• Best Actress in a Comedy Series

  

  Tracee Ellis Ross in ‘Black-ish’

  Pamela Adlon (Better Things)

  Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie)

  Allison Janney (Mom)

  Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

  Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)

  Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)

  Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)

• Best Actor in a Comedy Series

  

  Aziz Ansari

  Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)

  Aziz Ansari (Master of None)

  Zach Galifianakis (Baskets)

  Donald Glover (Atlanta)

  William H. Macy (Shameless)

  Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
• Best Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

  

  Nicole Kidman in ‘Big Little Lies’

  Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)

  Jessica Lange (Feud)

  Susan Sarandon (Feud)

  Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)

  Carrie Coon (Fargo)

  Felicity Huffman (American Crime)

• Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

  

  Riz Ahmed in ‘The Night Of’

  Riz Ahmed (The Night Of)

  Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Lying Detective)

  Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies)

  Ewan McGregor (Fargo)

  Geoffrey Rush (Genius)

  John Turturro (The Night Of)

• Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

  

  Samira Wiley in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

  Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)

  Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)

  Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale)

  Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)

  Thandie Newton (Westworld)

  Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)
• Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

  

  David Harbour in ‘Stranger Things’

  Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)

  David Harbour (Strangers Things)

  Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)

  Michael Kelly (House of Cards)

  John Lithgow (The Crown)

  Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)

  Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)

• Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

  

  Vanessa Bayer on ‘Saturday Night Live’

  Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live)

  Anna Chlumsky (Veep)

  Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)

  Judith Light (Transparent)

  Kathryn Hahn (Transparent)

  Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)

• Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

  

  Tituss Burgess in ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’

  Louie Anderson (Baskets)

  Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)

  Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

  Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

  Tony Hale (Veep)

  Matt Walsh (Veep)
• Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

  

  Shailene Woodley in ‘Big Little Lies’

  Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)

  Judy Davis (Feud)

  Jackie Hoffman (Feud)

  Regina King (American Crime)

  Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies)

  Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)

• Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

  

  Alexander Skarsgard in ‘Big Little Lies’

  Bill Camp (The Night Of)

  Alfred Molina (Feud)

  Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies)

  David Thewlis (Fargo)

  Stanley Tucci (Feud)

  Michael K. Williams (The Night Of)

• Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series

  

  Laverne Cox in ‘Orange is the New Black’

  Alison Wright (The Americans)

  Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale)

  Cicely Tyson (How to Get Away With Murder)

  Ann Dowd (The Leftovers)

  Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black)

  Shannon Purser (Stranger Things)
• Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series

  

  Ben Mendelsohn in ‘Bloodline’

  Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline)

  B.D. Wong (Mr. Robot)

  Hank Azaria (Ray Donovan)

  Denis O’Hare (This Is Us)

  Brian Tyree Henry (This Is Us)

  Gerald McRaney (This Is Us)

• Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

  Carrie Fisher

  Becky Ann Baker (Girls)

  Angela Bassett (Master of None)

  Melissa McCarthy (Saturday Night Live)

  Carrie Fisher (Catastrophe)

  Wanda Sykes (Black-ish)

  Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)

• Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

  

  Matthew Rhys on ‘Girls’

  Riz Ahmed (Girls)

  Matthew Rhys (Girls)

  Dave Chappelle (Saturday Night Live)

  Lin-Manuel Miranda (Saturday Night Live)

  Tom Hanks (Saturday Night Live)

  Hugh Laurie (Veep)
• Best Writing for a Drama Series

  

  ‘Stranger Things’

  “The Soviet Division,” The Americans (Joel Fields, Joe Weisberg)

  “Chicanery,” Better Call Saul (Gordon Smith)

  “Assassins,” The Crown (Peter Morgan)

  “Offred (Pilot),” The Handmaid’s Tale (Bruce Miller)

  “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers,” Stranger Things (The Duffer Brothers)

  “The Bicameral Mind,” Westworld (Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan)

• Best Writing for a Comedy Series

  

  ‘Veep’

  “B.A.N.,” Atlanta (Donald Glover)

  “Streets on Lock,” Atlanta (Stephen Glover)

  “Thanksgiving,” Master of None (Aziz Ansari, Lena Waithe)

  “Success Failure,” Silicon Valley (Alec Berg)

  “Georgia,” Veep (Billy Kimball)

  “Groundbreaking,” Veep (David Mandel)

• Best Variety Sketch Series

  

  ‘Portlandia’

  Billy On The Street (truTV)

  Documentary Now! (IFC)

  Drunk History (Comedy Central)

  Portlandia (IFC)

  Saturday Night Live (NBC)

  Tracey Ullman’s Show (HBO)
• Best Variety Special

  

  Sarah Silverman in ‘A Speck of Dust’

  Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special (CBS)

  Full Front al With Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner (TBS)

  Louis C.K. 2017 (Netflix)

  Sarah Silverman: A Speck Of Dust (Netflix)

  Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Sh*t? (Showtime)

• Best Special Class Program

  

  Lady Gaga

  Hairspray Live! (NBC)

  The Oscars (ABC)

  Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga (FOX)

  70th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

• Best Documentary or Non-Fiction Series

  

  ‘The Keepers’

  American Masters (PBS)

  Chef’s Table (Netflix)

  The Keepers (Netflix)

  Planet Earth II (BBC America)

  30 for 30 (ESPN)
• Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special

  

  ’13th’

  Amanda Knox (Netflix)

  A House Divided (Vice Special Report)

  L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later (A&E)

  13th (Netflix)

• Best Informational Series or Special

  

  Leah Remini

  Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN)

  Inside The Actors Studio (Bravo)

  Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E)

  StarTalk With Neil deGrasse Tyson (National Geographic)

  Vice (HBO)

• Best Reality-Competition Program

  

  ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

  The Amazing Race (CBS)

  American Ninja Warrior (NBC)

  Project Runway (Lifetime)

  RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)

  Top Chef (Bravo)

  The Voice (NBC)
• Best Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition

  

  Martha Stewart & Snoop Dogg

  Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg (Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party)

  Gordon Ramsay (MasterChef Junior)

  Alec Baldwin (Match Game)

  Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (Project Runway)

  RuPaul Charles (RuPaul’s Drag Race)

  W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America)

• Best Unstructured Reality Program

  

  ‘United Shades of America With Kamau Bell’

  Born This Way (A&E)

  Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)

  Gaycation With Ellen Page (Viceland)

  Intervention (A&E)

  RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (YouTube)

  United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell (CNN)

• Best Structured Reality Program

  

  ‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives’

  Antiques Roadshow (PBS)

  Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)

  Fixer Upper (HGTV)

  Lip Sync Battle (Spike TV)

  Shark Tank (ABC)

  Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC)

 

 

Game of Thrones season 7 7/16/17 Trailer

 

 

 

 

 

Season 7 will premiere simultaneously on Sunday night, July 16 on at 9pm ET on HBO in the US and at 2am on Monday, July 17 on Sky Atlantic in the UK. But if you can’t stomach the thought of staying up so late, there’s always the repeat viewing later in the day at the more manageable time of 9pm to look forward to. You can also watch it on demand any time after 2am.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
61	1	“Dragonstone”	Jeremy Podeswa	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	July 16, 2017	TBD
62	2	“Stormborn”	Mark Mylod	Bryan Cogman	July 23, 2017	TBD
63	3	“The Queen’s Justice”	Mark Mylod	David Benioff & D. B. Weiss	July 30, 2017	TBD
64	4	TBA	Matt Shakman	TBA	August 6, 2017	TBD
65	5	TBA	Matt Shakman	TBA	August 13, 2017	TBD
66	6	TBA	Alan Taylor	TBA	August 20, 2017	TBD
67	7	TBA	Jeremy Podeswa	TBA	August 27, 2017	TBD

Cast

List of Game of Thrones characters

Peter Dinklage(Tyrion Lannister)

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
(Jaime Lannister)

Lena Headey(Cersei Lannister)

Kit Harington(Jon Snow)

Emilia Clarke(Daenerys Targaryen)

Main cast

• Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister
• Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister
• Kit Harington as Jon Snow
• Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
• Aidan Gillen as Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish
• Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth
• Carice van Houten as Melisandre
• Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand
• Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
• Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei
• Rory McCann as Sandor “The Hound” Clegane
• Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
• Conleth Hill as Vary
• Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy
• John Bradley as Samwell Tarly
• Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
• Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane
• Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark
• Pilou Asbæk as Euron Greyjoy
• Richard Dormer as Beric Dondarrion
• Jerome Flynn as Bronn
• Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont
• Hannah Murray as Gilly

Guest cast

• Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm
• Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Gregor Clegane
• Jim Broadbent as Archmaester Marwyn
• Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett
• Vladimir Furdik as the Night King
• Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris
• Josephine Gillan as Marei
• Jessica Henwick as Nymeria Sand
• Tom Hopper as Dickon Tarly
• Paul Kaye as Thoros of Myr
• Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed
• Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Tyene Sand
• Anton Lesser as Qyburn
• Tim McInnerny as Robett Glover
• Megan Parkinson as Alys Karstark
• Daniel Portman as Podrick Payne
• Bella Ramsey as Lyanna Mormont
• Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell
• Richard Rycroft as Maester Wolkan
• Rupert Vansittart as Yohn Royce
• Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thor: Ragnarok November 3 2017

 

 

Thor, held captive on the planet Sakaar without his hammer, must win a gladiatorial duel against an old friend—the Hulk—in order to return to Asgard in time to stop the villainous Hela and the impending Ragnarök, the doom of the Asgardian civilization.

Cast

• Chris Hemsworth as Thor:
  The crown prince of Asgard, based on the Norse mythological deity of the same name. Hemsworth stated that following the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ragnarok finds Thor exploring and policing the universe while enjoying being a “drifter”
• Tom Hiddleston as Loki:
  Thor’s adoptive brother and nemesis based on the deity of the same name. 
• Cate Blanchett as Hela:
  The ruler of Hel and Niflheim, based on the deity Hel,
• Idris Elba as Heimdall: The all-seeing, all-hearing Asgardian sentry of the Bifröst Bridge, based on the deity of the same name.
• Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster:
  A cosmic being fascinated with gaming and chance, who rules the planet Sakaar, and enjoys manipulating lesser life-form
• Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie:
  A tough, hard-drinking Asgardian warrior, based on the mythological being Brynhildr, who has formed a business relationship with Grandmaster while hiding out on Sakaar
• Karl Urban as Skurge:
  An Asgardian warrior. Urban shaved his head and worked out for the role, though he noted that “you won’t actually see my body in this movie under the costume that I have, but it’s important for me to get into the zone and feel [the part].”
• Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk:
  A genius scientist who, because of exposure to gamma radiation, transforms into a monster when enraged or agitated and becomes a successful and popular gladiator on Sakaar.
• Anthony Hopkins as Odin: The king of Asgard, father of Thor, and adoptive father of Loki, based on the deity of the same name.

Additionally, Benedict Cumberbatch reprises his role as Stephen Strange from the film Doctor Strange.

 

Hela is a fictional supervillainess appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Asgardian goddess of death is based on the Norse goddess, Hel. The ruler of Hel and Niflheim, the character has been a frequent foe of Thor.

Hela was born in Jotunheim, the land of the giants. She is the child of Loki (albeit a different incarnationwho died during a previous Asgardian Ragnarok) and the giantess Angrboða. When she came of age, Odinappointed her as the Goddess of Death, giving her rulership over the dead in the realms of Hel and Niflheim.

 Queen of Hel

Hela often tried to expand her power to the dead who dwell in Valhalla as well. These attempts often brought Hela into conflict with Odin or his son Thor. She once appeared to Thor while he was on the verge of death after battling the Wrecker who knocked a building onto him while he was depowered.However, she failed to tempt Thor into entering Valhalla, despite an image of one that dwelled in Valhalla.Later, she stole a portion of the sleeping Odin’s soul while he was on the Sea of Eternal Night due to Loki planning to take over Asgard, thus creating a powerful entity known as Infinity.Hela then unleashed Infinity upon the universe. Infinity even took control of Odin.Hela slew Thor, who was restored to life by the sacrifice of her servant, the Silent One.Hela was then slain by Odin to save Thor, but then returned to life by Odin after being convinced by Thor to restore the natural balance of life and death. Hela slew Thor after tracking him down by putting humans in danger, but restored him to life after Sif offered to die in his place.Hela later battled the Olympian Death-god Pluto for the right to claim Odin’s soul, as Odin had been killed by the monster Mangog.As a result, Hela restored Odin to life to prevent Pluto from claiming him. Some time later, Hela confronted Thor.Some time after that, she confronted Odin. She then plotted with Loki to bring about Ragnarök by slaying the god Balder then attacking Asgard. She summoned Volla’s spirit before this to tell her and Loki about Ragnarok, after which she prepared an army of monsters to attack Asgard. However Odin used his powers to prevent Balder dying. Later Balder was restored after the Asgardian’s death and resurrection battling the Celestials.Hela then summoned the Valkyrie to aid in a war against Ollerus, while Hela encountered the other Defenders. Hela was then forced to join a conspiracy of Loki and Tyr against Odin.She also unwillingly entered an alliance with the death-gods of other Earth pantheons, joining their realms together to create a vast hell. As a result, she was destroyed and devoured along with other Death-gods by Demogorge the God-Eater, though it happened to her last, who was wakened by the joining, but was restored to life with Demogorge’s defeat.Hela later allied with Malekith, and took souls of Earth mortals to Hel using special food of the faerie. She then appeared in Asgard to claim Odin’s soul, but was driven off by Thor.She encountered the X-Men and New Mutants in Asgard. She appeared to claim Wolverine’s soul, but was driven off by the X-Men and Mirage. Hel was then invaded by Thor, Balder, the Executioner, and the Einherjar to rescue the captive mortal souls. Hela wrestled Thor for the captive mortal souls.Hela raised an army of the dead to stop Thor’s escape from Hel.During this fight with Thor, in revenge for his defiance and invasion of her realm, Hela cursed Thor with a dark form of eternal life, making him incapable of dying while also making his bones weak and brittle so that they would break more easily and wouldn’t heal from the damage inflicted, Hela reflecting in satisfaction at the image of Thor coming to long for death while she refuses to grant it.Hela then contested against Mephisto who attempted to possess Thor’s soul.Thor creates special mystical armor as protection,but after battling and defeating the Midgard Serpent, his body is pulverized into jelly.Thor eventually forces Hela to lift the curse by using the Destroyer as his host body to invade Hel, forcing Hela to restore his body to life and health before he could destroy her.From time to time, Odin would enter a magical sleep in order to bolster his powers. It was during one of these sleeps that Hela made a plan for power. She corrupted the Valkyries, mentally and physically, transforming them into fire-demons. This also included Danielle Moonstar, of the New Mutants, who was on Earth at the time, who Hela set against the New Mutants. Dani and her team were eventually brought over to Asgard. Hela sent the Valkyries against the dwarves and New Mutants in Asgard. The New Mutants skirmished with Hela’s forces again and again, even rescuing the prisoner Hrimhari, a wolf-prince from a far away land. Hela forced the dwarf Eitri to forge an uru sword. One of Hela’s spells split the group. This resulted in a more efficient recruitment of resistance force, which included the Warriors Three. Hela sent Mirage to kill the sleeping Odin. While most of the Asgardian forces battled Hela’s soldiers, the mutants ventured to Odin’s very bedchambers, saved Odin’s life and foiled Hela’s plans. Hela was defeated when the uru sword was destroyed.

Skurge, an Asgardian was originally depicted as a supervillain that wielded a magic double-bladed battle axe. Skurge fell in love with the Enchantress and was frequently used in schemes by her and the trickster god Loki. He was a long-time antagonist of Thor and other heroes of the Marvel universe and was a member of the original Masters of Evil. Eventually, he joined the heroes of Asgard in a mission to Hel, where he sacrificed his axe to destroy Naglfar, the ship of the dead, and delay Ragnarok, and sacrificed his life to hold the bridge at Gjallarbrú so the heroes could escape the forces of Hel. After a time trapped in Hel, he joined the honored dead in Valhalla.

X-MEN: THE GIFTED on Fox

 

The Gifted is an upcoming American television series created for Fox by Matt Nix, based on Marvel Comics’ X-Men properties. It is connected to the X-Men film series, the second television series to be so. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Marvel Television, with Nix serving as showrunner.

The series stars Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker as ordinary parents who take their family on the run after they discover their children’s mutant abilities. Sean Teale, Jamie Chung, Coby Bell, Emma Dumont, Blair Redford, Natalie Alyn Lind, and Percy Hynes White also star in the show. The series received a put pilot commitment at Fox after a previous attempted X-Men series did not move forward at the network in 2016; The Gifted was ordered to series in May 2017.

The Gifted is set to begin airing on October 2, 2017.

 

Two ordinary parents take their family on the run from the government when they discover that their children have mutant abilities, and join an underground community of mutants who have to fight to survive.

Cast and characters

• Stephen Moyer as Reed Strucker: A father trying to balance his family responsibilities with his job as a district attorney.
• Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker: A mother struggling with her split from Reed and “increasingly challenging” teenage children.
• Sean Teale as Marcos Diaz / Eclipse: A rebellious mutant who can absorb and manipulate photons.
• Jamie Chung as Clarice Fong / Blink: A “sarcastic, lively” mutant with teleportation powers.
• Coby Bell as Jace Turner: A man struggling with the cold-blooded requirements of his job.
• Emma Dumont as Lorna Dane / Polaris: A brave and loyal mutant who can control magnetism.
• Blair Redford as John Proudstar / Thunderbird: A strong-willed mutant, leader of the underground community.
• Natalie Alyn Lind as Lauren Strucker: One of the series’ central children, a “perfect” kid.
• Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker: One of the series’ central children, a sensitive loner who keeps to himself.

Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in the pilot.

 

Blink (Clarice Ferguson)

Blink has the ability to teleport herself and others at will. Blink can teleport large masses, including sizable groups of people. She can also use her powers in a destructive manner by teleporting only parts of objects. She can open portals that displace projectiles and even enemies that threaten her. Blink’s portals are typically pink and accompanied by a “Blink” sound.

Blink also has lilac skin, dark pink hair, pointed ears and pupil-less green eyes (this was a change in Exiles: both Ultimate Marvel and Age of Apocalypse Blink has white eyes with a blue sheen). She also has pink marks across her face: these are not decorations or tattoos, and were present from birth.

Polaris (Lorna Dane) 

Lorna Dane met the original team of X-Men while still a student.When the villain Mesmero used his “psyche-generator” to summon mutants in North America with latent powers,Lorna found herself compelled to travel to San Francisco, where Mesmero was. There she encountered the X-Man Iceman, who broke her trance by causing her to slip on a patch of ice and then convinced her to come to his apartment. At the apartment, Lorna met the rest of the X-Men who soon learned that she had latent mutant powers. Mesmero and his android Demi-Men captured her and took her to their desert headquarters, with the X-Men in pursuit. The psyche-generator awakened her mutant powers and Mesmero named her “Queen of the Mutants”.

When the X-Men attempted to rescue her, Magneto revealed himself as the leader of the group behind her abduction—and, more importantly, claimed to be Lorna’s father. Despite the X-Men’s assertions that Magneto is evil, Lorna could not bring herself to fight her own father. Iceman returns from meeting with her foster parents who told him that her birth parents had died in a plane crash years earlier. This information caused Lorna to turn against Magneto but it was later revealed that she had caused the accident and Magneto had her memories of it erased with the help of Mastermind.For a while, Iceman was attracted to her, but Lorna did not truly reciprocate the feelings. She did, however, fall in love with her teammate Havok.

Thunderbird was a mutant that possesses superhuman strength (sufficient to rip apart a fighter jet with his bare hands), speed (he was fast enough to outrun a bison, possibly much faster), and stamina due to his dense musculature. His senses were also enhanced, enabling him to become a highly adept tracker.Thunderbird had received military training in hand-to-hand combat.

 

 

 

 

Fullmetal Alchemist Live-Action Official Trailer

 

 

Fullmetal Alchemist is an upcoming Japanese science fantasy action adventure film directed by Fumihiko Sori, starring Ryosuke Yamada, Tsubasa Honda and Dean Fujioka and based on the manga series of the same name by Hiromu Arakawa.It is scheduled for release in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 1st 2017

 

The plot takes place at the beginning of the 20th century, in a reality where alchemy (ancient esoteric science that sought the transmutation of matter) is real, extremely developed and respected. The plot features brothers Edward (Ryosuke Yamada) and Alphonse Elric who, after attempting the forbidden technique of human transmutation, suffer the consequences. Alphonse loses his entire body while Edward loses his left leg. Edward then sacrifices his right arm to save his brother’s soul by attaching it to a metal suit of armor. Edward is then given mechanical prosthetics known as “automail” in place of his missing arm and leg. Upon acceptance into the State Alchemists, he is given the nickname “Fullmetal Alchemist”, all while in search for the legendary philosopher’s stone that will repair their bodies.

 

The first half of the anime’s plot adapts the first seven volumes of the manga, but then the plots severely diverge from each other by the middle of the story, specifically around the time where Roy Mustang’s friend Maes Hughes is murdered by the homunculus Envy in disguise.Dante, a former lover of Hohenheim and mentor to the Elric brothers’ teacher, is the series’ central antagonist. Centuries ago, Hohenheim and Dante perfected methods for making the Philosopher’s Stone and achieved immortality by transferring their souls and intellects into other bodies as they age. Hohenheim was eventually overcome with the guilt of sacrificing lives to make the Stone and left Dante. Although Dante can still jump from body to body with the last stone she and Hohenheim created, she is not willing to risk the rebound of creating one herself. She thus uses the homunculi to encourage Edward and Alphonse, along with other equally desperate Alchemists to create another complete Philosopher’s Stone for her.

When Scar creates the Philosopher’s Stone, at the cost of his life as well as the lives of 7,000 soldiers, he infuses it into Alphonse’s metal body, which leads to Alphonse’s kidnapping.Edward goes and tries to rescue him, but is killed by Envy. Alphonse uses the Philosopher’s Stone to revive his brother but disappears in the process. Dante tries to escape but she is killed when the homunculus Gluttony, whose mind she had earlier destroyed, fails to recognize his master. After being revived, Edward risks his life to bring back his brother and finds himself in a parallel world, while Alphonse recovers his original body. Determined to reunite with Alphonse, Edward becomes involved in rocketry research, intending to use that technology to return to his home world. The story concludes in the film adaptation Conqueror of Shamballa, in which Edward’s search attracts the attention of the Thule Society, which seeks to enter his homeworld—believing it to be Shamballa—to obtain new weapons to help them in World War II. Dietlinde Eckhart, a member of the Thule Society, enters the other world and tries to destroy Amestris. She is defeated by the Elric brothers, who decide to stay in Germany.

Cast

• Ryosuke Yamada as Edward Elric
• Tsubasa Honda as Winry Rockbell
• Dean Fujioka as Roy Mustang
• Misako Renbutsu as Riza Hawkeye
• Kanata Hongō as Envy
• Jun Kunimura as Tim Marcoh
• Kenjirō Ishimaru as Van Hohenheim
• Natsuki Harada as Gracia Hughes
• Shinji Uchiyama (ja) as Gluttony
• Natsuna Watanabe as Maria Ross
• Yo Oizumi (special appearance) as Shou Tucker
• Ryuta Sato as Maes Hughes
• Fumiyo Kohinata as General Haruko
• Yasuko Matsuyuki as Lust

 

Edward Elric (Japanese: エドワード・エルリック Hepburn: Edowādo Erurikku), commonly nicknamed Ed (エド Edo), is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series created by Hiromu Arakawa. Edward, titled “Fullmetal Alchemist” (鋼の錬金術師 Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, lit. “Alchemist of Steel”), is the youngest State Alchemist in the history of the fictional country of Amestris. His left leg was divinely severed in a failed attempt to resurrect his dead mother, and then his right arm was taken in exchange for his brother’s soul. His missing limbs have been replaced with sophisticated prosthetics called automail (機械鎧オートメイルōtomeiru). He and his younger brother, Alphonse, who lost his entire body and is spiritually bound to a suit of armor, scour the world in search of the Philosopher’s Stone in the hopes of restoring their bodies.

 

Winry Rockbell (Japanese: ウィンリィ・ロックベル Hepburn: Winryi Rokkuberu) is a fictional character from Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga series and its adaptations. Winry is a 15- to 16-year-old mechanicwho often spends time with the central characters, brothers Edward (Ed) and Alphonse Elric (Al), who are childhood friends of hers. Specializing in mechanical repair, specifically prostheses called automail, Winry services Ed’s replacement arm and leg. Originally meant to be introduced in the series’ first chapters due to its lack of female characters, some of Winry’s traits are based on Arakawa’s own life. In the first anime adaptation, Fullmetal Alchemist, Winry is voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi in Japanese and by Caitlin Glass in the English version. In the second anime adaptation, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, she is voiced by Megumi Takamoto in Japanese, with Glass reprising the role in English.

Roy Mustang (ロイ・マスタング Roi Masutangu) is a fictional character from the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series and its adaptations created by Hiromu Arakawa. He first appears as 29 in the series, born on October 2, 1885. In the series, Mustang is a State Alchemist of Amestris’ State Military as well as the superior of the series’ protagonist, Edward Elric. Mustang holds the title of the “Flame Alchemist” (焔の錬金術師 Honō no Renkinjutsushi) for his ability to create fire with alchemy, and he ambitiously strives to become the next leader of Amestris. Despite his ambition, as the series continues, Mustang decides to overthrow the State Military after his best friend, Maes Hughes, is killed by the homunculi, who are controlling the Military. Therefore, with his most trusted comrades, he resolves to defeat the Military.

 

Riza Hawkeye

First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye (リザ・ホークアイ Riza Hōkuai) is Roy Mustang’s most trusted and dearest subordinate. She often carries out many of the tasks he is too lazy to do, acts as his personal assistant, and protects him from danger.

In the form of a tattoo on her back, Riza bears the final notes to her father’s work on Flame Alchemy, and his legacy as an alchemist and Mustang’s teacher. After seeing what Mustang was capable of during the Ishbal War with such ability, Riza begs Roy to burn the tattoo, fearing the damage future flame alchemists could cause.Riza is reassigned as King Bradley’s personal assistant to be used as a hostage when Mustang learns the homunculi control the State. When she discovers that King Bradley’s adopted son, Selim, is a homunculus as well, she sends her discovery to Mustang in code as soon as she can. She eventually defects from the military to help Mustang overthrow King Bradley. Arakawa received various questions regarding the future of her relationship with Mustang and commented that, while Hawkeye stays with Mustang, a marriage would not be possible due to military regulations.

Envy 

Envy (エンヴィー Envī), the Jealous, is a homunculus who can change into any being at will. When not incognito, Envy prefers the form of a young, androgynous teenager. Because of his ability, Envy usually acts as infiltrator for the other homunculi, often assuming another’s identity in order to gain sensitive intel.

In the first anime adaptation, Envy was the first homunculus and the only one with no desire to become human, and served as Dante’s right hand. Unlike in the manga/Brotherhood, this version of Envy is male. Throughout the series, Envy expresses a vendetta against the Elric brothers that is later clarified in his origins: Envy was created in Hohenheim’s attempt to revive the dead son he had with Dante long ago.After learning Hohenheim is still alive and on the opposite side of the Gate, Envy, leaping at the chance to personally kill his father, travels through the gate himself. It is later revealed in Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa that after crossing through the gate, Envy became stuck in the form of a giant serpent.

Tim Marcoh 

Tim Marcoh (ティム・マルコー Timu Marukō), formerly the “Crystal Alchemist” (結晶の錬金術師 Kesshō no Renkinjutsushi), was the leading researcher in the military’s Philosopher’s Stone creation project. After sacrificing a number of innocent Ishbalans during the Ishbal Civil War in order to create new stones, he fled the military with some imperfect stone samples. He settled down in a small country town where he uses his stones to heal the sick. He is later found by the Elric brothers, and he directs them to some of the research he left behind in Central to help them in their search for the Philosopher’s Stone.Marcoh is then captured by the homunculi, and is kept locked up deep below Central. While there, he is found by Scar. Seeing Scar as a means to an end, he tells Scar of his involvement in the Ishbalan War in the hopes of being killed in vengeance. Scar instead disfigures Marcoh’s face beyond recognition as a disguise, kidnaps him, and forces him to help in bringing down the homunculi. After Father’s defeat, Marcoh offers to restore Mustang’s eyesight in return of allowing the surviving Ishbalans to return to their homeland with him placed there as a doctor.

 

Van Hohenheim 

Van Hohenheim (ヴァン・ホーエンハイム Van Hōenhaimu) is the father of the Elric brothers with a keen knowledge of alchemy processes. He left them and his wife Trisha several years before the start of the series. It is later revealed that Hohenheim is several centuries old.

Gracia Hughes is the kind-hearted wife of Lt. Colonel Maes Hughes and mother of Elicia Hughes.

Gluttony

Gluttony (グラト二ー Guratonī), the Voracious, typically appears in the company of Lust. He is an obese, simple-minded homunculus whose thoughts rarely stray far from eating. He has powerful jaws and acidic saliva and can and will eat almost anything. He particularly likes eating people, and the only way he can find enjoyment in a battle is if he can eat his opponent afterward.

Denny Brosh and Maria Ross

Sergeant Denny Brosh (デニー・ブロッシュ Denī Burosshu) and Second Lieutenant Maria Ross (マリア・ロス Maria Rosu) are introduced when they are assigned to protect Edward Elric.While Brosh is rather nosy and lazy, Ross is serious with her job. Ross is framed by the homunculi for the death of Maes Hughes.Roy Mustang stages a prison break and then fakes her death, giving her a chance to flee to Xing. Before leaving, she asks that her family and Brosh not be told that she is alive so as to keep the secret from getting out. To repay Mustang for saving her life, Ross later returns to Amestris and helps him wage an assault on Central.In the first anime, Brosh and Ross later appear in the rebellion against King Bradley, saving various characters from execution.

Shou Tucker

Major Shou Tucker (ショウ・タッカー Shō Takkā), the “Sewing-Life Alchemist” (綴命の錬金術師 Teimei no Renkinjutsushi), is famed for creating a chimera that could talk, but refused to eat and died shortly after its creation. After meeting Tucker, the Elric brothers discover that the talking chimera was actually his wife fused with another animal as they discover it after Tucker fused his daughter, Nina, with his pet dog, Alexander, in order to maintain his position as State Alchemist. Tucker, while held under house arrest for his actions, is killed by Scar soon afterward.

 

Maes Hughes

Captain Maes Hughes (マース・ヒューズ Māsu Hyūzu) is an old friend of Roy Mustang. He works in the military’s intelligence division, but spends much of his time using the military phone lines to brag to Mustang about his family. After his daughter, Elicia, is born, he fawns about how cute and talented she is and bombards others with pictures of her when he sees them. Despite his over-the-top comical tendencies, Hughes is a valuable ally to Mustang’s goal of becoming Führer, supplying whatever classified intelligence that may be beneficial. He has also been shown to be a capable fighter, skilled with throwing knives. His general understanding of others’ emotions and desire to help them similarly gains the affection of the Elric brothers and their friend Winry Rockbell, as he always offers advice or hospitality to them when they need it. During one of his attempts to help the Elrics, Hughes learns of the homunculi’s control over the country. However, he is shot and killed by Envy, disguised as Hughes’ wife, Gracia.This leads Mustang to further investigate the truth for himself, in hopes of finding his friend’s killer. His death as described by Arakawa was the moment where “everyone who read it cried” and so she had to apologize to readers and her assistant for such an event

Major General Hakuro is a State Military Officer stationed in the bustling city of New Optain in the Eastern Area of Amestris. Though significantly endowed with military power, he is below Lt. General Grumman in the echelon and, therefore, cannot take action in regards to his open disapproval of Roy Mustang’s speedy rise through the ranks under Grumman’s command. Frustrated and threatened by Colonel Mustang’s notoriety, Hakuro is known to make multiple attempts to bully or belittle the Flame Alchemist, all of which end up fruitless.

Lust (ラスト Rasuto), the Lascivious, the “Ultimate Spear” (最強の矛 Saikyō no Hoko),appears as a shapely woman who acts as envoy for her leader in both iterations, and encourages humans down her desired path. She also serves as the homunculi’s primary assassin, killing those who discover their plans, and also those who had served as the homunculi’s allies but are considered disposable. She can extend her fingers to great lengths, and these fingers are capable of cutting through most substances on Earth.After leading an effort to capture Barry the Chopper, her plans backfire when Roy Mustang infiltrates the homunculi’s secret lair. Mustang repeatedly blasts Lust with flames, ultimately killing her after depleting the power of her Philosopher’s Stone

 

Alphonse Elric (アルフォンス・エルリック, Arufonsu Erurikku) is the deuteragonist of the Fullmetal Alchemist series. The younger brother of Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, Al is also a victim of the failed Human Transmutation experiment in which Ed lost his right arm and left leg. Having had his entire physical being taken away from him in the aftermath of the tragedy, Alphonse exists solely as a soul alchemically bound to a large suit of steel armor. Now, Al travels with his brother in search of a legendary Philosopher’s Stone, an item with the power to restore their bodies to normal.