Things We Saw Today: Stan Lee Gives Chadwick Boseman His Seal of Approval to Play Black Panther

Something we definitely have to look forward to is the premiere of Marvel’s Black Panther, which is set to arrive in theaters in February of next year. Yesterday, Black Panther co-creator and Marvel legend, Stan Lee, gave the actor playing the iconic character, Chadwick Boseman, his blessing. Lee said, “In 1966 we brought Black Panther to the pages of Marvel … Now this talented young man brings him to the silver screen! You have my respect!” Not a bad day for Boseman, huh? (via CBR.com)

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• Lady Gaga is being roped into Dr. Luke’s suit against Kesha. She was subpoenaed earlier this year, and will be deposed sometime in September. When initially subpoenaed, she said, that Dr. Luke was “attempting to manipulate the truth and draw press attention to their case by exaggerating Lady Gaga’s role and falsely accusing her of dodging reasonable requests.” UGH. (via The A.V. Club)
• N.K. Jemisin’s novel, The Fifth Season, is being developed for television over at TNT! (via Twitter)
• Elle Magazine observes that there are no women of color in Forbes’ Top 10 Highest Paid Actresses list.
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• Bonnie Tyler is going to be singing her classic, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” during the upcoming solar eclipse. How perfect is that? (via Buzzfeed)

That’s it from us? What have you seen out there today?

(image: Marvel Entertainment)

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Teresa Jusino (she/her) is a native New Yorker and a proud Puerto Rican, Jewish, bisexual woman with ADHD. She's been writing professionally since 2010 and was a former TMS assistant editor from 2015-18. Now, she's back as a contributing writer. When not writing about pop culture, she's writing screenplays and is the creator of your future favorite genre show. Teresa lives in L.A. with her brilliant wife. Her other great loves include: Star Trek, The Last of Us, anything by Brian K. Vaughan, and her Level 5 android Paladin named Lal.

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