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Alex Abad-Santos

Alex Abad-Santos

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos

    Culture
    Matt Damon might be Bourne againMatt Damon might be Bourne again
    Culture

    Jason Bourne lives.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    A beginner’s guide to GodzillaA beginner’s guide to Godzilla
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    Here’s what you need to know about the legendary monster before the movie’s DVD release Tuesday.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    TV
    CBS and the NFL punished Rihanna for being a victim of domestic abuseCBS and the NFL punished Rihanna for being a victim of domestic abuse
    TV

    Rihanna is more than a poster image for a crime she didn’t commit. And CBS, by pulling her song, made it that much harder to get this point across.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Movies
    Happy Hunger Games! Watch the official Mockingjay trailer hereHappy Hunger Games! Watch the official Mockingjay trailer here
    Movies

    The Mockingjay lives.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    The Strain, episode 10: All the things that suck about becoming a vampireThe Strain, episode 10: All the things that suck about becoming a vampire
    Culture

    An atypical episode looks at what it’s like when a human transforms into a vampire.

    By Emily St. James and Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Marvel knows you love Wolverine. That’s why he’s going to die.Marvel knows you love Wolverine. That’s why he’s going to die.
    Culture

    In less than a month, Marvel will put one of its favorite heroes to sleep. Wolverine, the hairy, Canadian bundle of muscle with the claws, will die on October 8, when the comic book The Death of Wolverine wraps up.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    These two senators are going to a desert island to surviveThese two senators are going to a desert island to survive
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    Senator Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) is not a household name, but he might soon be. Heinrich, and fellow Senator Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) will star in an episode of a Survivor-like Discovery Channel show called Rival Survival.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Movies
    Saturday Night Live is the next stop in Chris Pratt’s quest for world dominationSaturday Night Live is the next stop in Chris Pratt’s quest for world domination
    Movies

    On Wednesday, venerable sketch comedy institution Saturday Night Live confirmed that clown hunk Chris Pratt will be ringing in the 40th season of the show as its first host.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Space
    A beginner’s guide to DC Comics’s multiverseA beginner’s guide to DC Comics’s multiverse
    Space

    The comics giant’s Multiversity — a comic eight years in the making, that’s as much superhero action as it is quantum theory — is, according to critics, easily one of the best stories to come out of comics in the past year.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    The powerful stories of abuse and survival in #whyistayed and #whyileftThe powerful stories of abuse and survival in #whyistayed and #whyileft
    archives

    Don’t judge Janay Rice. Leaving an abusive relationship is easier said than done.

    By Alex Abad-Santos