Netflix’s mega-hit Wednesday survived the streamer’s cancelation spree in 2023 and got the green light for a second season. But the future was not bright for its characters, especially for Percy Hynes White, whose sudden fame in 2022 was steamrolled by what 2023 bought in just as the year took off.

It all started early in January 2023, when shocking allegations of sexual assault and other accusations cropped up against White. At the time — i.e., throughout 2023 — Netflix kept mum, refusing to confirm if the alarming claims have cost the actor his role as Xavier Thorpe in the hit series. But now that the series has officially begun shooting, the streamer has shared its big list of returning and new actors for the show.

What are the allegations against Percy Hynes White?

The said allegations, made by multiple women including @milkievich who shared them on Twitter, reveal some very disturbing details about incidents initiated by and involving White when he was a high schooler in Toronto as well as the ones that took place when he was between the ages of 17 and 20.

One of the allegations made in this thread claimed that White and his group of friends are “predators” and “manipulate girls.” They allegedly threw parties only to “explicitly invite women they thought were hot so they could get them drunk and high enough to have sex with them.” White has also been accused of assaulting multiple women, calling them names, sharing their nude pictures online without consent, and targeting minors.

Many other women have also accused the Wednesday star of sexually assaulting them and even aiding a rapist. 

The thread also claims that a deleted account by the name of @impercenator was actually White’s page on Twitter via which he made a string of problematic tweets. 

A video of White uttering a racial slur also cropped up, further flaming the #cancelpercy campaign on Twitter.

While White didn’t respond to the accusations immediately, only disabling the comments on his Instagram page in the wake of the controversy, he did address the allegations in June 2023 and called it a “campaign of misinformation.”

“The rumors are false. I can’t accept the portrayal of me as someone bigoted, or criminally negligent of people’s safety. These are the kind of baseless, harmful claims that can create mistrust toward victims.”

But his six-month-long delay in answering the allegations did little to undo the damage as even when no fresh claims against the actor cropped up, the glaring accusations left Wednesday fans scrambling to find the answer to one big question… which has finally been answered.

Will Percy Hynes White’s Xavier Thorpe return in Wednesday season 2?

Netflix has revealed its cast members for the second season of Wednesday and Percy Hynes White is not on it. So, it is official — there will be no Xavier Thorpe the next time we see Wednesday at Nevermore, a certain long-haired individual who was upped to the status of being her next love interest (after her first love turned out to be a fictional monster) will no longer be present.

Of course, Jenna Ortega is returning — she even dropped Scream 7 for the series— and so are Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Isaac Ordonez, Joy Sunday, and many more. But clearly, as much as Netflix tried to act all nonchalant about the whole controversy, all the while decisions were being made so as to not jeopardize their show’s reputation.

It’s not like White’s supporters and fans didn’t try to stop the inevitable. Between the actor’s supporters filing a petition to ensure he doesn’t lose his projects because of the allegations and his fans ready to strike an argument with those demanding his instant removal from the show, White had a number of voices in his corner. But as 2023 progressed, ignoring whether or not he will still have a future with Netflix became harder.

Going by the explosive can of worms the original accusations kicked open and considering the fate of celebs who have faced similar allegations, guessing his most probable fate wasn’t difficult. The past few years have been eye-opening when it comes to the seemingly glittery world of celebs. Many had their problematic past and toxic attitudes out in the open for the world to see and found themselves reaping the seeds they sowed. 

Kevin Spacey lost out on almost all his roles after sexual allegations against him came to light in 2017. Danny Masterson, who has been facing multiple allegations of sexual assault, was fired by Netflix from The Ranch. Last we heard about Armie Hammer — after he lost all prospective projects as stomach-churning allegations against him surfaced — he was seen selling timeshare in the Cayman Islands. The latest example would be Jonathan Majors, who was swiftly removed from the MCU after he was found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend.

Of course, fans of the series already have a list of names that can replace the actor, but that part of the debate will only gain proper steam once Netflix decides to share exactly what it plans to do with the character of Xavier Thorpe.

Let me clarify this first — the “science” Donald Trump uses is the mindless, dangerous, and even deadly crap he tries to promote in order to sound intelligent. Sometimes it is harmlessly dumb lines like “kidney has a special place in a heart,” and sometimes it is lethal like the time he suggested injecting bleach in the body to deal with COVID-19. And he is in no mood to stop.

Just days ago, Trump repeated the plan he has for women seeking abortion if he becomes president for the second time. In an interview with Time, the former president openly supported the idea of prosecuting a woman for having an abortion and wouldn’t deter states from monitoring pregnant women to collect enough evidence to charge them.

He shared the same idea back in 2016 and had to back peddle in the face of the backlash. But not now. He has become bolder, whether it is because he has committed a lot more crimes since 2016 and is still not behind bars or the sad reality of there being enough gullible people out there willing to embrace his lies, greed, and tyranny. In fact, he is doubling down on his rhetoric with senseless, impossible statements that anyone can recognize as baseless and stupid. But, as I said, he has gathered a cult and they hang on to every word he speaks, no matter how ludicrous. 

A baby being killed after they are born? There is nothing like a post-birth abortion. Thankfully, I am not the only one facing difficulty bringing her eyebrows down after hearing this hair-brained lie.

Many are finding it hard to believe that the MAGAs would digest this lie as well and even believe it to be the truth. Well, that’s why, despite that horrible orange makeup, his sad pizza scam, his sharting tales in court, and fumbling through his words, Trump is a dangerous individual capable of causing chaos since there are brainwashed individuals who are ready to accept every word that he utters. When he said that his indictments and arrests endear him to the Black people, there have been instances of many actually coming forward to agree with the sentiment as they believe that Trump’s inability to escape the consequences of his despicable actions is him facing discrimination in the legal system.

In his usual crisp and witty style, Stephen King drove home this distorted yet hard-hitting reality.

That might, unfortunately, be true. While Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor, is getting blasted on an epic scale for disgustingly boasting about cruelly killing her 14-month-old puppy and a goat in cold blood — and she might even mysteriously disappear from the VP list, just as she was missing from Trump’s recent Mar-a-Lago event picture — the former president would probably get lauded for the action. 

Don’t shake your head in disbelief — this man is a convicted rapist, a creepy pervert who has admitted entering the changing room of teen contestants when he owned the Miss Universe organization and has proudly said the most vile things about women. And yet, he is still here and running for the presidential elections. His MAGA crowd includes women, so influenced by his flimsy promises that they either voluntarily overlook his reality or adopt it as their version of the truth.

When I say Baby Reindeer has been the only thing everyone is talking about, I am certainly not exaggerating. Whether it is Stephen King’s two wordsre, the destroyed brains still processing the series, sleuths trying to find out the real-life identities of its characters, or a self-proclaimed “Martha” calling Richard Gadd a “bully.” Concerningly, a new narrative has joined the list.

Spirited debates are still ongoing in an attempt to figure out the amount of creative liberty Gadd took while finding the courage to relive the most traumatic years of his life on screen. But now, revelations and most importantly, troubling allegations have cropped up against the series writer, director, and star — trans actress Reece Lyons has put a question mark on Gadd’s professional conduct and accused him of creating a “power dynamic” where she had no option but to enter into a relationship with him since she felt that refusing him would cost her the audition.

While Lyons doesn’t want to call herself a “victim of any kind of abuse,” she claims that the whole ordeal of dating Gadd for a few months, facing his “highly defensive and dismissive” attitude towards whatever observations she had about Baby Reindeer or about her character, and being “gaslighted” by him left her questioning and gaslighted herself when she was eventually informed by him that she was not getting the role of Teri.

As detailed in her post, Lyons had raised concerns about adding a relationship to a work dynamic and even went so far as to comment that he has the “tendency to fetishize trans women,” something that allegedly conjured a “highly intense and emotionally dysregulated reaction.”

She shared that she tried to end the relationship, but it was in vain as he soon asked her out again.

After he informed her that Netflix had not picked her despite her “exceptional” audition, Gadd broke up with her according to Lyons, who revealed that the actor said their relationship wouldn’t work out since she was “too confrontational” for him.

The claims were made by Lyons in a long thread on X (formerly Twitter) back in April 2024, but the situation detailed by her was only investigated by Clerkenwell Films (the producer of the series) after she ensured that they were aware of her post since they were unaware of the fact that Gadd pursued a romantic relationship with her between October and November 2021. But as detailed by Deadline, Clerkenwell, with only minimal input from Lyons in writing, has concluded that Gadd’s remained within the boundaries of professionalism and his dating Lyons did not, in any way, impact why Nava Mau was eventually selected for the role.

Other details from Lyons’ thread have also been confirmed, like she did meet Gadd in October 2021 in the bar of London’s Bush Theatre and was then offered the chance to audition for Baby Reindeer. So far, Netflix and Gadd haven’t addressed the matter, including Lyons who has refused to comment or provide more details outside of what she has already shared in the thread.

Fulfilling decades-long dreams and after making the galaxy far, far away even more interesting, Giancarlo Esposito is officially joining the MCU. Going bonkers over the news is justified, but in all this excitement the biggest detail that erases every fan theory about who the actor will play in Marvel Studios’ cinematic universe is weirdly being overlooked.

Esposito rose to stardom after playing the gentle gangster Gus Fringe in the Breaking Bad series. Since then, he has been chosen to play the charismatically evil bad guy in other famous properties, including the Star Wars spinoff TV show The Mandalorian. However, he has been tentatively thinking about becoming a hero in another major franchise for a long time, with Marvel topping his wishlist.

In the past, Esposito has been fan-cast as Charles Xavier, the leader of the X-Men, when rumors of the mutants joining the MCU had just begun. He also seconded the choice but expressed his reluctance to play Professor X since it would mean his character would be stuck in a wheelchair most of the time. But since he is officially joining the franchise that has been flung wide open in terms of having multiple actors playing different versions of the same character, is Esposito appearing as Charles still on the cards?

Nope. In fact, during the recent CCXP panel (via Collider), where the actor revealed the major news and assured us that we can count on his appearance happening “sooner rather than late,” he also dropped the bigger bomb — he will be playing a “new” and “original” character, i.e, someone who will be created from scratch and not adapted from the comic books.

You would think that the pumped-up fandom would make it as far as reading every detail about his casting. Well, that didn’t happen as fans are still busy speculating about which comic book character he will be playing.

And of course, despite him stating why Professor X is not on the cards for him, the mutant leader is also in the mix.

Whew! By the looks of the ongoing chatter, the masses are not going to realize anytime soon that all of their theories are in vain. As for the idea of Esposito playing an original character in the MCU, it is intriguing, to say the least. So far, Marvel Studios has used comic book characters as inspiration for their cinematic universe, and even created a new hero – Kahhori, who appears in the Multiverse and low-stakes animated series What If…? Since the character proved to be a success, it sparks confidence that the MCU is ready to introduce new characters in live-action and do it well.

The question now is where Esposito will appear. One option is Deadpool & Wolverine. The movie is undergoing reshoots to include last-minute cameos, so one could be Esposito. It’s unlikely Marvel Studios would hire a star of his caliber to play a one-shot cameo, but Deadpool 3 could serve to introduce his original character.

Then again, the studio has already wasted exceptional actors in subpar roles before.

Next in the theatrical schedule of Marvel Studios comes Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts, which revolves around antiheroes falling into the U.S. service. Given Esposito’s knack for playing layered bad guys, he would fit into this new team like a glove. Of course, he can also pop up in Fantastic Four somehow, but since he claimed he’ll appear soon, it’s hard to imagine we would have to wait more than a full year to meet his “original” character.

Marvel Studios can also introduce Esposito into the MCU through its packed slate of TV shows. In 2024, unless some last-minute delays happen, we’ll supposedly get to watch Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, Eyes of Wakanda, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. The WandaVision spin-off deals with the occult and paranormal entities, allowing Esposito to play a new demon or monster. The deeper dive into T’Challa’s homeland might have the actor voicing a major Wakandan warrior. Finally, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man takes place in an alternate timeline, which gives Marvel Studios plenty of freedom to try out new original characters without compromising the Sacred Timeline.

Having followed Esposito’s exceptional roles so far, there will be no qualms about him doing justice to his character, no matter whenever and wherever he pops up in the MCU.

On Feb. 28, 2013, 37-year-old Jeffrey Bush was asleep in his bedroom in Seffner, Florida, at 11 pm, while the remaining five members of his family were also turning in for the night. Just then, a massive sinkhole suddenly appeared right beneath his bed and swallowed him and every single thing in his bedroom.

His other family members were unharmed, including his brother, Jeremy Bush, who rushed to his brother the second he heard him screaming and the concrete floor caving. He jumped into the hole, feverishly digging through the rubble to find his brother even as the sinkhole continued getting deeper and the ground kept crumbling around him.

Florida, which sits on limestone and a layer of clay — the recipe for the creation of many sinkholes — gets a lot of sinkholes every year, mostly small, not dangerous, and not causing casualties. But the one that opened over a decade ago under Jeff’s bed was unusually big, so deep and unstable that Jeremy had to be pulled out of the sinkhole, ceasing his frantic attempts to find his brother.

Was Jeffrey Bush ever found? Did he survive the sinkhole?

Sadly, no. Two days after the 19-foot-deep sinkhole appeared, the efforts to find Jeff were ended after hopes of finding him alive or at least, discovering his body, disappeared. 

“The floor was still giving in and the dirt was still going down, but I didn’t care — I wanted to save my brother,” Jeremy Bush said (via New York Times) “But I just couldn’t do nothing.”

The manpower was then diverted to figuring out how dangerous and deep the cavity was, which then led to the complete demolition of the four-bedroom house, including the house next door. After the whole procedure, the area was fenced off to avoid further accidents. The sinkhole reopened in 2015, then again in 2023, and both times, it filled in with a water-gravel mixture.

The plot doesn’t have the Bush family residence anymore and has been declared a controlled area. But for Jeremy, who lost his brother to that land 11 years ago, it is “the only place I’ve got to visit him” (via AP News).

Donald Trump has a track record of vehemently denying accusations [re: facts], whether it was stealing confidential documents from the White House, inciting the Jan. 6 riots, his true age, his steadily degrading mental state, or the latest, that he has been falling asleep during his ongoing hush money trial. 

So, going by that ever-present logic, when the former president doesn’t jump up to spin a cringe-inducing story to poorly shoot down something, it means that even His Dumbness couldn’t put together a mind-numbing word salad to deny the truth.

Updates and pictures of Trump snoozing in court have been the talk of town lately, his expressions slack as he daydreams about committing more frauds, embezzling money from the nation, and saving pens from gravity. But that’s not the only adventure Sleepy Don has been embarking on — stinking up the courtroom by consistently farting after gobbling cheeseburgers without paying tips has been on his list as well.

Just like his top VP contender, Kristi Noem, who is trying to back peddle after disgustingly writing and promoting that she shot her 14-month-old puppy because she hated him, Trump is also blaming “FAKE MEDIA” for spreading the very visible and hard-to-unsee truth of his dozing legends in court.

It took me a minute too — those “beautiful blue eyes” made me gag as well — but notice how he only addresses the sleeping, even though that “fake” news has always been accompanied by tales of his constant sharting symphony (earning him nicknames like “Diaper Don” and the newest “Von ShitzinPants”).

Hold on. This man has tried to shrug off his streak of forgetting who is the current president and what grammar means as deliberate attempts at being sarcastic. Don’t tell me he can’t put together some insane claim like he is being fed bad burgers as a part of the “Witch Hunt” against him. Unlike Marjorie Taylor Greene, his former favorite, he doesn’t let any comment made about him slide. But he lets this one roam free (much like his reign of terror as Poopy Fartzilla)?

Nuh, uh. Nope. There is truth here, as smelly and stinky as its creator. 

But if, someday, “beautiful blue eyes” Trump manages to rein in that incoming fart and conjures enough courage to tell us all that it smells like a garden of sweet alyssum, be ready to hold in that urge to barf. Maybe courier him a truck of diapers? Sign the petition to stop every McDonald’s in America to never serve him a burger?

Ever played through all the levels of Candy Crush, winning on the first try and getting these special candies without cursing your very existence? Never happens, right? Because that would be a fairytale come true — which is exactly what The Idea of You tries to sell, aided by the exceptional Anne Hathaway, and rising star (who is practically everywhere these days) Nicholas Galatzine.

Does The Idea of You succeed? You can bet that giant burger I gobbled (while pining [read: whining] “Where, God, WHERE is my fan story-turned-real-life true love story?”) that it does.

Had anyone tried to narrate the movie’s plot to me beforehand, I would’ve found it an overly-sweet, exceptionally lucky fairytale-style romance, one that would barely gain enough momentum to break free of a congested crowd of After films, not to mention the likes of Ella Enchanted — which starred Hathaway herself. But on-screen, it more than works. Why? Because The Idea of You balances self-awareness and fantasy with surprising ease, softness, and a lot of heart.

And of course, it doesn’t hurt that we all dream of living the life Hathaway’s Solène gets, which is almost relatable on many levels — until it isn’t.

Solène is a 40-year-old single mom with a 17-year-old daughter, Izzy, an ex-husband who is a sleazeball and moron rolled into one, great friends who poke into her life while being understanding, and a quietly flourishing career as an art dealer. Her 20s disappeared into marriage and motherhood, and now, life has adhered to set patterns that she is afraid to disturb.

Then at the Coachella Festival, Solène accidentally ventures into the trailer of 24-year-old boy-bander Hayes Campbell (Galitzine) — a fortuitous misstep which, in the real world, would be next to impossible, and if you do manage to sneak in somehow, celeb-trailer shenanigans will earn you a security-escorted ticket out of the event. Her accidental encounter gives Solène the chance to taste the freedom of youth, the missed adventures, and above all, true love. After hesitating, then making out with Hayes, hesitating again, then making out some more, Solène travels across the world with the young rocker while lying to her daughter, and hiding her happiness as a badge of shame.

This is where the relatability angle comes in. Solène embraces her sexuality, refusing to accept the societal verdict that demands a woman, especially one in her 40s, to forget to live life and just stick to what others expect from her. But even as she dares to break her shackles as a woman, she can’t make herself do so as a mother, not when it affects her daughter.

And this is where the fairytale slides in. With all its story-building and plot arcs to make a made-up story feel plausible, the need to wrap it up quickly and on a fantasy-tinted positive note takes over. Hathaway imbues Solène with a radiant magnetism, showing why anyone who meets her is hypnotized by her charm, while Galitzine’s soulful eyes and emotive performance as Hayes more than justify Solène’s throwing caution to the wind for him. But the story soon acquires Red, White, and Royal Blue’s rose-tinted glasses — seemingly difficult barriers get erased with the flimsiest solutions, and without a hint of the still-very-much-present problems that caused the lead couple to drift apart in the first place.

But that’s why we love fairytales — they are a chance for us to live in a world where everything works out, the good guys always win, those who get separated are destined to meet again, where you accidentally wander off into a renowned singer’s trailer who is then swept away by your beauty, brains, and charisma, and follows you across countries because of a 3-minute conversation. If that gets multiple perfectly choreographed boy band songs, Nicholas Galatzine singing and dancing, and Anne Hathaway reminding me why Ella Enchanted and Princess Diaries still leave me swooning, I don’t really see how I have any hopes of continuing my complaints.

Say what you want, but Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hard at work to establish that she deserves the cell next to Donald Trump at whatever mental institution takes him in. When she is not getting cursed by her own party members, MTG is running behind cars in NYC. And now? Now she is promoting anti-Semitism after saying she wants to combat anti-semitism.

This is not the first time when Greene has made such tone-deaf remarks. Back in 2021, she was severely condemned by many Republicans for likening the rule of wearing COVID-19 masks and getting vaccinations to one of the most horrifying atrocities in history, the Holocaust.

But clearly, there is no stopping Greene from failing at humanity and of course, history as she declared that she will be voting against the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 to curb antisemitism as it would stop Christians from believing that the Jews crucified Jesus.

So, fight anti-semitism by peddling an anti-Semitic rhetoric? Where were you hiding those brain cells, Greene? So smart. Well, the legislation was still passed on May 1, 2024, with a 320-91 vote, post which Rep. Jared Moskowitz rolled his eyes at Marj’s antics in a chat with CNN’s Jake Tapper (via The Hill) and snidely reminded that no one in the Jewish community is going to pay heed to what the “Jew Laser Lady” has yapping about.

You would think that with this alone Greene would remain the highlight of the day, if not the whole week. But no can never, never one up the Great Donald Trump who, in just a few hours, snatched back the crown of being the subject of utter mockery.

Using the little off time from his hush money trial, Trump hit his campaign rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan with his many superpowers… like picking a pen from the floor and bragging about it.

Wow, what a miracle, right? Well, this was nothing. After stinking up the court and snoozing through his hearings, Trump had the gal to call Joe Biden “sleepy.” You did not pick the right week to do that, Donny.

While he miraculously didn’t switch Biden with Barack Obama this time, he made up for it by first calling the president’s successful track record in establishing a strong economy fake but bungled up the lie by claiming credit for it. Pick a side, will you?

But evidently, the many many lies in Trump’s head are getting mixed up since he can’t seem to recall what stories he fabricated to escape being held accountable for his despicable actions and their results.

This is, of course, barely scratching the surface of the words that came out of the Republican candidate’s mouth. Maybe Trump should apply caution to his broken mind filter — he is far more unhinged than MTG and yet she is getting bashed by the Republicans as she doesn’t hold enough importance for them to tolerate her attempts at causing chaos. What happens when he loses the election in November 2024? There is hardly a crowd waiting to support him outside his ongoing trials. How long before that struggling number dips down to zero?

There was a golden period in Dwayne Johnson’s life — whatever he touched became a franchise, and his self-proclaimed status of being a “hard worker” was lauded without anyone batting an eyelash. But these days, we are learning how his problematic habits — that may or may not include a pee-culiar hobby — have literally put Amazon MGM’s Red One’s budget on the rocks.

Back in 2021, while promoting Black Adam and excitedly hinting about the chances of him fighting Superman in it, Johnson shared many details (with Esquire) like how he desired to be the next James Bond, his extensive exercise regime, and oh, of course, doubled down on the cringey 2017 detail in one of his Instagram reels — how he pees in used bottles, because somehow the gyms Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson uses don’t have the required facilities.

Um, ok. But that’s so 2021, right?

If a recent exclusive exposé by The Wrap is to be believed, this “fad” of his never really went out of style for him. While the article majorly focuses on the many consistent tales of the Jumanji actor’s hobby of arriving hours late to film sets — so late that Red One’s budget has worryingly ballooned to accommodate his tardiness — it sheds an uncomfortable light on his preference to pee in a Voss water bottle even while on sets that, unless they were trying to replicate the ancient times, probably had well-functioning facilities.

Sources who spoke at length about The Rock’s penchant for being concerningly late included Red One as the latest in the timeline of how far this costly (for production houses) habit goes, and Johnson’s preference to pee in a bottle — a Voss water bottle, to be precise — rather than in a public toilet has been shared as an additional horror story, one that has also haunted productions before the Amazon MGM project.

“On set, away from his trailer, if he needs to pee, he doesn’t go to the public bathroom. He pees in a Voss water bottle and his team or a PA has to dispose of it.”

But like every other glaring statement made about the actor in the article — allegedly using Red Notice’s budget to float his production company, lack of professionalism, his lateness causing the budget of Red One to rise up to $250 million, etc — this weird personal choice of Johnson’s being forced on the crew members has also been denied. The swift refusal doesn’t come from anyone associated with the “previous films” that supposedly faced this, but from two people close to the production on the Amazon MGM endeavor, who have stressed that the WWE star would “never ask” another person to dispose of a bottle of his urine.

Now, unless Johnson confirms it all himself — that he handed out these..um … special assignments to the unsuspecting souls who worked hard on the sets of Red One, or that he has made coming late his signature style — nothing can be said for sure. What can be said with certainty is that the young Amazon MGM studio is already facing an uphill hike in establishing itself in the market — first the massive delay in Red One’s production and release due to the writers’ and actors’ strike in 2023 and Johnson’s long list of existing engagements, then its fallout with Road House director Doug Liman.

And now this? At best, they are just rumors but are still conjuring negative reactions. At worst? Oh, boy.

Since the unfair cancellation of Hannibal in 2015, this Mads Mikkelsen fan right here has been feverishly gobbling up Hollywood projects that include the exceptional Danish actor. Yes, even The Secrets of Dumbledore and The Dial of Destiny. So, imagine my absolute delight when the much-awaited teaser of Mufasa: The Lion King ended with the actor’s name in it.

As per the already announced cast list, it was known that Aaron Pierre and Kelvin Harrison Jr. will be voicing the younger versions of Mufasa and Scar, respectively, with the likes of John Kani as Rafiki, Donald Glover as Simba, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Billy Eichner as Timon, and Beyoncé as Nala reprising their roles from 2019’s The Lion King.

But evidently, the cast of the prequel just needed that extra dose of magic to secure the highest chances of replicating the success of its predecessor. And that sprinkle of fairy dust now includes Beyoncé’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, as Kiara, the daughter of King Samba and Queen Nala, The young voice star will be joined by Tiffany Boone, Kagiso Lediga, Preston Nyman, Thandiwe Newton, Lennie James, Anika Noni Rose, and Keith David. 

And of course, (in my opinion) the man of every hour, Mads Mikkelsen who has officially joined Mufasa: The Lion King as Kiros, a “formidable lion with big plans for his pride.”

Am I ecstatic with the casting choice? Yes! But it is like dangling a piece of carrot in front of a rabbit since this is the extent of what is currently known about Mads’ role.

But worry not (I tell my rapidly racing heart), with Mufasa scheduled to set foot in theaters across the globe on Dec. 20, 2024, more details about the characters, a proper look at Kiros, what his presence would mean in Mufasa’s tumultuous life, and hopefully, the opportunity to hear his Mads Mikkelsen-style roar are definitely in the pipeline. Whether you wring your hands in frustration till that happens and wish time moves faster is totally up to you (*walks away, twisting her hands in anguish*)

Of the many universal facts that can never be changed, one is the bitter truth that Donald Trump can never serve as a positive inspiration to any sane soul. But that doesn’t stop the twisted minds, of a certain infamous individual known as RFK Jr., from openly embracing his “style.” But the ex-president has clarified that he is not cool with his signature move being blatantly copied.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent bid as a presidential candidate has faced an avalanche of responses, none of them encouraging the Democrat to pursue his decision. It started with his family not supporting his candidacy and openly criticizing it, followed by his party members speculating and claiming he was on Trump’s team and just competing in the race to steal votes from Joe Biden. Republicans soon joined the chorus as Junior’s candidacy being a risk to both Biden and Trump became apparent.

Clearly, no one is in Robert’s corner and if you caught his recent interviews, he is not in his own favor either.

Desperate to up his chances of at least getting enough votes to save his face, Kennedy, who has somewhat matched Trump’s pattern of being wildly inconsistent in his claims and promises, has decided to erase what difference remained in their tactics. Famous for being anti-vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic and gaining prominence for the conspiracy theories he peddled about vaccines, Kennedy is now switching lanes, assuring that Americans they will have assess to vaccines if he becomes president.

Sounds a lot like someone who asked the masses to inject bleach in their body to beat coronavirus, right? Someone who just loves to claim all credit for getting the COVID-19 vaccine to the public, but is also anti-vaccine, prefers criticizing everyone who supports vaccinations, and recently announced he will “not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate?”

Yeah, that “someone” noticed this uncanny similarity as well and hurried to Truth Social to reprimand Junior, who was recently interviewed by Bill Maher.

“He said that “No Vaccine is safe and effective,” and then said “I would never say that, I’m not anti-vaccine!” Where did that come from? Maher defended the vaccine, which Junior’ actually seemed to agree with (WOW!), and then told him that his poll numbers have crashed. No Republican can vote for this guy. MAGA2024!”

You tell him, Donny… even though Republicans are still voting for you despite your inability to stick to your narrative. Still, Trump doesn’t need this not-so-subtle display of admiration from RFK Jr. when he has the likes of Eric Trump counting supporters at his court trials only he can see and singing ballads about his father’s “toughness” and “stamina.”

That’s the problem with trying to multitask — you are bound to slip up sooner or later and get labeled as too incompetent to be trusted. Marjorie Taylor Greene is feeling the consequences of the same as her efforts to be Donald Trump’s advocate have been pushed out of the limelight thanks to a new dream that has been shown to the ex-president by his freshly chosen champion.

Yep, this new fantasy would be right up there with his advice to inject yourself with bleach to beat COVID-19 and saying her can stop the war on Ukraine in a day. But Marj first — it’s the least we can do when Trump is cruelly and deliberately not acknowledging her desperation to be once again liked by him.

While you and I were enjoying our weekend, Green sidelined beating her drum to attack Mike Johnson and started scouting the streets of NYC to find at least one MAGA vehicle that proudly flaunts its support for the GOP presidential election candidate, then taking its picture, multiplying that one vehicle to the entire population of New York, and then proudly posting both in hopes of getting back in Trump’s good books after relentlessly weakening the Republican party with her narcissistic agenda.

At least, those in her comments acknowledged her diligence and shrewd Sherlock Holmes skill.

It’s not like Trump ever gave MTG his undivided attention — his scattered and twisted psyche can barely manage to be coherent — but whatever minor percentage of awareness he does possess has now been diverted to openly lauding and thanking daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. Why? Well, the newly minted RNC chair has left no stone unturned in her attempt to be a useful part of the Trump campaign. 

Nope, mooching money from the RNC to fund her father-in-law’s mounting legal troubles is not the only thing on her to-do list:

• Daydreaming about a physical altercation between Joe Biden and Donald Trump

• Time-traveling to the future where the U.S. has 81 states for Trump to exploit

In a Newsmax interview, Eric Trump’s equally unhinged wife claimed that the RNC is actively questioning election integrity and has lawsuits in 81 states. Given the unhinged promises Trump keeps making and his baseless boasts, there are two possibilities – either Lara’s “81 states” comes straight from Trump’s fever dreams or they will soon join his list of things to accomplish.

• Lamenting Donald Trump’s fate as the most badly treated president in the history of America

In exchange for her attempts to paint Trump as a victim who has been wronged time and again, Lara has been the subject of the former POTUS’ Truth Social posts where he doesn’t hesitate to thank her.

This acknowledgment of her hard work to sugarcoat his stained reputation is just the latest in the long line of glowing praises Trump has reserved for his “very talented daughter-in-law” which is a far cry from how he has been treating poor MTG.