Here are some of the tops news stories of today…

• Check out a new promo pic from X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Gambit (Taylor Kitsch), government name Remy Lebeau can be seen in the aftermath of some serious action in the above photo. It’s official, I’m beyond excited about this movie! [Latino Review]
• It looks as if Loreal Cosmetics aren’t the only one’s coming under fire for white washing their models. Some are questioning whether or not Vanity Fair magazine brightened the complexion of  Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto in a recent photo. Check out her pic and draw your own conclusion.  [Extra Whore Dinery]
• We knew it was going to happen sooner or later. A company by the name of  Veidt Enterprises have created a Watchmen video game. It’s only available on the company’s website, and it’s a whole 8 bits. Talk about nostalgia. [Cinematical]
• The children’s comic The Ghouly Boys is getting adapted for the big screen. Mandate pictures is producing the film, while Sam Esmail will pen the screenplay. [THR]
• Get ready for this year’s WonderCon! The schedule for the 2009  comic event has officially been released. The annual convention takes place in San Francisco, CA and lasts for three days starting March 1. [Superherohype]

There is something about Danny Boyle films. No matter how dark, honest, and gruesome they are, you always walk out of the theater with some kind of hope. Not hope for yourself, but hope for the world. That this world can be a better place and there are people out there, individuals that make it so. Slumdog Millionaire is just that, it is the perfect balance of the harsh realities and the true beauty of life in one awe-inspiring package.

The TV show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” appears to be the backbone of the story until you realize that the show is actually a vehicle for love. Jamal (Dev Patel), is a boy from the slums who somehow manages to make it to the top. Of course, this is unbelievable to anyone on the show, so they try and torture the truth out of him. What they don’t know is that the reason he doesn’t quit, the reason he doesn’t take the money and run is because he is hoping that the love of his life Latika, who he knows is a fan of the show, might be watching. The longer he’s on the show, the better the chance of her seeing him.

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