In this week’s special live-streamed episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by drag performer Misster, as they discuss the leaks of Nintendo beta designs, praise the winners of the GLAAD Media Awards, and celebrate Beyoncé gifting us with Black is King on Disney+ as our Strong Female Character of the Week.
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BIG OPENING
KEVIN: Newspapers pull Six Chix’s Pro-Mask & Pro-BLM comic strip
MISSTER: Nintendo leak of beta designs
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DOWN AND NERDY
KEVIN: Tank Girl, Don’t Look Deeper, X-Factor
MISSTER: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Legend of Korra
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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
Beyoncé’s Black is King visual album debuts on Disney+
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THIS WEEK IN QUEER
GLAAD Media Award winners announced
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CLIP OF THE WEEK
New trailer for animated “choose your own” Batman: Death in the Family
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THE WEEK IN GEEK
MOVIES
• New trailer for Love in the Time of Corona
• Regal Cinemas will begin to reopen in late August
• AMC Theaters agree to new deal with Universal
• New trailer for Kajillionaire
• Tenet continues to confuse and will now release internationally and in some US theaters
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TV
• Star Trek: Discovery season 3 coming in October
• New trailer for We Are Who We Are
• New trailer for Infinity Train: Book 3
• Prequel series to The Witcher is coming to Netflix
• New trailer for Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
• New trailer for Teenage Bounty Hunters
• First look at Sarah Paulson in Ratched
• Netflix acquires a slew of classic 90’s black sitcoms
• Jeff Loeb reportedly made anti-asian racist comments working on Daredevil
• Emmy Nominations feature a number of firsts and record noms for Watchmen and will be virtual
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COMIC BOOKS
• Marvel launches new web comic “Heroes at Home”
• First look at the Mean Girls comic sequel
