Archie, Marvel Comics introduce gay characters as culture changes
MICHAEL CAVNA
THE WASHINGTON POST
Jon Goldwater was riding his New York commuter train, just two weeks into his new job as co-chief executive of Archie Comics, when a fellow passenger tossed off a remark that blindsided him. The fresh executive had an Archie folder on his lap, Goldwater recounts,”when a woman sitting near me turned and said:’They still make those?!’ ” “It. Freaked. Me. Out,” Goldwater continues. “I almost got sick to my stomach.” Yet he also took home the underlying message from the encounter several years ago: “If we didn’t change Riverdale, we would risk becoming irrelevant.” Led […]
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Will Smith goes back to black
Celebrity American actor returns after three years out of the pictures for ‘Men in Black 3’
BOB THOMPSON
POSTMEDIA NEWS
Will Smith’s been out of pictures for three years, but he’s back with Men in Black 3 .
Suffering from third-degree burnout, Smith took a break from an incredibly successful 18-year run. The Oscar-nominated actor’s movies earned more than US$5.7 billion at the box office across the world.
The former Fresh Prince of Bel Air TV star didn’t exactly stay at home to count his money during his unofficial sabbatical, though. He was a producer on the successful 2010 remake of The Karate […]