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Masters of the Universe Review: Mattel’s Plastic Franchise Ambition Falls like Toy Soldiers.
Starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes and Idris Elba, Masters of the Universe brings Mattel’s iconic He-Man mythology to the big screen in a fantasy adventure about power, destiny and the battle for Eternia. In Hollywood, toys are us. Mattel's confidence has acquired, from the marketplace of ideas, the force of historical inevitability. The atom-bomb-vanquishing commercial triumph of Greta Gerwig's Barbie transformed a century-old toy manufacturer into Hollywood's latest

Akinwande Jordan
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Rüdiger's Post-World Cup Move: A Sierra Leone Gala, Not a Vacation
A DMV artist Dez designed a one-of-one boot, an architect built the pitch deck that helped land the funding, and Antonio Rüdiger spent his post-World Cup window turning both into real money for Sierra Leone's kids. Here's the creative work behind the Antonio Rüdiger Foundation Grand Gala. By Sahndra Fon Dufe, Editor-in-Chief, Black Film Wire Antonio Rüdiger hosts inaugural Antonio Rüdiger Foundation Grand Gala, Washington D.C., July 21, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Most players wh

Sahndra Fon Dufe
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