The Avengers: Age Of Ultron Delivers Concept Art Of Quicksilver And Scarlet Witch

One of the biggest (and hopefully best) films of next year year and half will beJoss Whedon’s all-encompassing sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron, and though the news and rumors are constantly battling each other for internet prevalence, production is only now getting underway and we can look forward to 13-and-a-half months of sneak peeks, set photos and eventually actual trailers. Marvel and Disney wisely took to primetime television to drop the world’s first look at the film through the hour-long back-patting session Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe airing on ABC. And what viewers got was mostly concept art and some behind-the-scenes footage of the Hulk tearing up South Africa, only without the Hulk involved. But still, that’s some great concept art! The final minute or so of the special, which of course came post-credits, featured a high-flying montage of stunts in each of Marvel’s films over the years, and this is where I thought they would sneak some actual action in there, but alas, it wasn’t meant to be. But do you know what is meant to be? The Hulk taking on Iron Man while he’s wearing the bloated Hulkbuster suit, which is going to be amazing. Though Marvel released a couple of examples of concept art on their website, that’s one that they forgot to include. Those jerks. During the South Africa clip there is a shot of the suit’s giant hand, so there’s at least some accountable proof of concept…art. We also got to see what we can expect as far as costumes go for new characters Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen. They’re not trying to break the bank on originality or flashy suits, but I’m sure things will look more complicated when it comes time to film them. You can see her design at the top of this page, while the first look at Quicksilver is below:

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‘The Single Moms Club’: Tyler Perry wedded to a tired formula

Tyler Perry has made better movies, and perhaps worse ones, but never one as dull as this. He is flat out of laughs, and his heartfelt Oprah-approved sermonettes about every woman deserving a “good man” and the like feel exhausted and played.

It was a good run. Well, maybe “good” isn’t the right word for Tyler Perry’s decade of making movies for Lionsgate. The studio decided to drop its option to distribute his films earlier this month, nine years and many “Mad Black” women later.

His steadily eroding box-office appeal would be the reason for that. You’ve seen the desperation in his recent films, casting a Kardashian here, a Cable Guy there.

Then again, maybe the studio folks had just left a screening of “The Single Moms Club,” Perry’s latest and maybe last picture for them. It’s excruciating.

He rounded up a modest cast — Nia Long, Amy Smart, Wendi McLendon-Covey (“Bridesmaids”), Cocoa Brown and Zulay Henao as the moms, supported by Perry himself and the unconquerable Terry Crews. He found another way of depicting women as put-upon victims of selfish, greedy, cruel and no-count men, and reason for empowering them — single motherhood.

But he is flat out of laughs, and his heartfelt Oprah-approved sermonettes about every woman deserving a “good man” and the like feel exhausted and played. Perry has made better movies, and perhaps worse ones. But never one as dull as this.

The women all have their kids in an exclusive Atlanta prep school. One (Smart) is a sheltered housewife going through a divorce. Another (Long, recently of “The Best Man Holiday”) is a working reporter and would-be writer whose little boy’s daddy is a never-ending disappointment. A third (McClendon-Covey) is a publishing exec whose career is hampered by the child she had as if adding an accessory to her wardrobe. The sassy Waffle House waitress (Cocoa Brown of “For Better or Worse”) has a brood of kids, a couple in prison. And the Latina in this stew (Henao) has a new man in her life but is still controlled by her rich jerk of an ex.

Their kids are going off the rails, so the school hurls them together to plan a dance. They meet, clash cultures, drink wine and get all girl-bonding friendly.

The shared parenting wisdom is deep — “You can’t think about it. Just do it ... You take it one snotty nose and one dirty diaper at a time.”

And “I raised boys, honey. If you don’t break’em early ...”

Indeed.

Here, aside from Crews as a blast of tooth-flashing fun as a suitor to the waitress, the menfolk have even less to do than usual. The women are dressed up and coifed and made-up to the hilt, with the exception of Smart, whose makeup looks as if a child plastered it on. And none of the ladies ever look as primped as Perry himself — teeth bleached, nary a whisker on his perfectly-trimmed beard out of place.

There’s little tragedy, no drama, no emotions at all to “Single Moms Club.” The culture clash of white professional woman and waitress, pampered “kept” women and working mothers, sets off no sparks.

And without Madea, without any reasonable facsimile of a joke, Lionsgate finally caught up to what audiences have been noticing for a while, and critics have complained about for years. You can’t be a “Mad Black Woman” when you’ve grown too rich and happy to wear the dress.

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Police: Tyler, The Creator, incited riot at SXSW

Tyler, The Creator performs during the SXSW Music Festival early Friday, March 14, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Tyler, The Creator, has been arrested for allegedly inciting a riot during the South By Southwest. Police say the Odd Future rapper was arrested Saturday March 15, 2014, without incident and has been charged with riot, a misdemeanor in Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP) Photo: Jack Plunkett, Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP

 AUSTIN, Texas, (AP) — Rapper Tyler, The Creator, was arrested Saturday for allegedly inciting a riot during a show at the South By Southwest music festival. Travis County Sheriff's spokesman Roger Wade said the Odd Future rapper, whose name is Tyler Gregory Okonma, was arrested at Austin-Bergstrom Airport and was likely to be arraigned later Saturday. If convicted of inciting a riot, which is a misdemeanor, he faces up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine. His bond was set at $3,500. The rapper's publicist declined to comment about the arrest. Police say the 23-year-old Los Angeles resident incited a large crowd of fans at the annual music conference and festival to push their way past venue employees controlling access to a Thursday show that was already at full capacity. Officers who were at the scene said in a warrant that Tyler yelled for fans to push their way inside twice, and that a bartender had to protect a woman from injury in the resulting push. Police released a video from the concert that shows scores of fans bursting through a gate at the Scoot Inn in downtown Austin. Tyler and members of the Odd Future collective were denied a visa to travel to New Zealand in February after officials there said they were a potential "public threat" because of past troubles, "including incidents at past performances in which they have incited violence." They pointed to a 2011 incident in which police were called to a comic book store in Boston where fans became unruly. The group's manager, Christian Clancy, defended them last month after the New Zealand decision, saying they were young at the time and were being judged too harshly.

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A message to girls Be Bossy! And Crank it Up Read more Cherokee Tribune

A bunch of aggrieved women led by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg launched a high-profile “public service campaign” this week to “ban” the word “bossy.” Sandberg, Beyonce, Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham and first lady Michelle Obama have joined femme forces to combat this phantom menace. In their rarefied world, it’s a “very negative experience” and a crippling act of gender discrimination to be called bossy. “This isn’t a word we should use,” Sandberg complained on National Public Radio. To which I say: Oh, buck up. The key to female empowerment doesn’t lie with wheedling word police. It lies with girls and women finding the courage to speak and act on their beliefs and principles without regard to their detractors’ opinions. My message to girls, including my own 13-year-old daughter, is not: “Ban Bossy.” My message is: Be Bossy. And that means first being the boss of you. Here is my own little story. Over the past 20 years, I have gained a reputation as mouthy, aggressive, overbearing and, yes, bossy. I’ve barreled my way through interviews on “The View” and the “Today” show, arguing over Joy Behar and Matt Lauer. I’ve battled with some of the biggest blowhards in politics, media and Hollywood. But I wasn’t always this way. In grade school, I was shy to the point of verbal paralysis. I failed a speech class because I was terrified to stand up in class with 30 sets of eyes staring at me. I was a doormat and a wallflower, not because I was afraid of being labeled “pushy” or “bossy,” but because I was afraid of owning my own thoughts, beliefs and work. What changed? In college, I got sick of other people — especially, ahem, of bossy liberal white women — pretending to speak for me. I learned to say “no” when everyone around me expected and demanded “yes.” I learned to cut my own path and not give a damn whether anyone followed. I wasn’t held back by how others perceived me. I was held back by how I perceived myself. Sandberg and her friends think “bossy” (which she calls “the other b-word”) is worth ginning up an entire media campaign over — even enlisting White House officials and cabinet members. But women with unpopular ideas and opinions face a daily barrage of unprintable c-words, f-words, s-words and w-words that are far worse. If we launched media campaigns to ban every ugly word that comes our way, we wouldn’t have time to get anything else done. It is a blessing to be able to make a living exercising the First Amendment. It would be an absolute waste of those precious free speech rights for any woman to pull her punches for fear of, gasp, an adjective. Girls, here’s the truth about the Ban Bossy campaign: It’s being spearheaded by a privileged group of elite feminists who have a very vested interest in stoking victim politics and exacerbating the gender divide. They actually encourage dependency and groupthink while paying lip service to empowerment and self-determination. They traffic in bogus wage disparity statistics, whitewashing the fact that what’s actually left of that dwindling pay gap is due to the deliberate, voluntary choices women in the workforce make. This includes which industries women enter, how long they stay, what levels they attain, and when and how they decide to start a family. The supposedly abhorrent unequal outcomes that “progressive” women want to eradicate don’t always come down to sexism. It’s not just a gender thing. It’s a freedom thing. I want young girls and young ladies to know that whatever adversity you might face, there has never been a better time to be an American woman. You have more educational, economic and entrepreneurial opportunities than generations of women before you. You have more flexibility, more choices and more ways to spread your messages and make yourself heard than ever before. Don’t just be bossy. Be your own boss. When I started two Internet companies, I didn’t ask for anyone’s permission. I didn’t let anyone stop me. I didn’t wallow in self-pity about the odds stacked against me or the derision that greeted me. And when times were tough, I didn’t blame The Man. I woman-ed up. Gals, you don’t need the sensitivity brigade to protect you from criticism or attacks. You need to learn from them and rise above them, not censor them. And if anyone tells you to tone it down, do the opposite: Crank it up and don’t look back. That’s an order! Read more: Cherokee Tribune

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