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Fandom Friday

7/31/2015

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RIP Bobbi Kristina Brown

TV News
  • Fuller House casts Eva LaRue (CSI: Miami) as Danny Tanner’s wife
  • Andrew Howard joins Season 3 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Have mercy!  Fuller House has begun filming
  • Olsen twins still considering joining Fuller House
  • I Am Cait premiered this week and had lots of great moments in its very first episode
  • Shawn Booth has won the heart of Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe!  And runner-up Nick Viall looks even worse than before….
  • Queen Latifah and Mary J Blige join the live production of The Wiz; Beyonce and Uzo Aduba being considered for Glinda
  • Ed Sheeran joins the cast of The Bastard Executioner
  • Sherri Shepherd returns to The View
  • Tom Cruise takes on Jimmy Fallon in a lip sync battle (see right)
  • The CW looking to pick up a dystopian series based on Little Women
Movie News
  • Rachel McAdams in talks to join the cast of Doctor Strange
  • Bryan Singer teases a Fantastic Four/X-Men crossover
  • Chris Pine joins the cast of Wonder Woman
  • Brittany Snow returning Pitch Perfect 3
  • Is Channing Tatum leaving the Gambit movie?
  • Jake Gyllenhaal admits he cried when his parents made him pass on the lead role in Mighty Ducks
  • Jonathan Aris rumored to join Star Wars: Rogue One
  • In addition to Rogue One, other Star Wars anthology films rumored to include movies focused on Boba Fett, Han Solo, and Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • Tom Cruise open to doing Top Gun 2...as long as there’s no CGI jets
  • Jena Malone to play Batgirl

Theatre News

  • Frozen’s Broadway musical gets at least a dozen more songs than the original movie
  • Taye Diggs has made his debut as Hedwig on Broadway

Misc News
  • RIP Buddy, as Demi Lovato announced the passing of her dog
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Throwback Thursday

7/30/2015

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Let’s go back to: In honor of Yvonne Strahovski's birthday today, let's remember Chuck!

Why it means something to you or to our podcast: I've always loved the show, but I finally convinced Kelly to watch it on Netflix.  I told her she'd love it and I was right!  The show is fun, charming, and perfect suited to our nerdy interests.  Even if it weren't for his other pursuits, this show would firmly place Zachary Levi as a leader amongst nerds.  Plus bonus Matt Bomer!

Where can you find it now?: Netflix!
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Music Monday

7/27/2015

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The Band: Disclosure feat. Sam Smith

The Song: "Omen"

The YouTube Link:
Where you heard it first: I literally just heard this song for the first time on the radio this morning.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: It's a catching song, but we'll have to wait and see if Disclosure and Sam Smith have captured the magic of their previous collaboration ("Latch").

Why you recommend it to our listeners: I love hearing Sam Smith's beautiful vocals over something besides a slow melodramatic ballad for a change.
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Fandom Friday 7/24/15

7/24/2015

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TV News
  • Emily Swallow (The Mentalist) has been cast in Supernatural Season 11 
  • The Flash will be suiting up in a new costume for Season 2 
  • As this round of The Bachelorette comes to an end, rumors fly about the next Bachelor: possibly fan-favorite Ben Higgins?
  • Get ready for the trainwreck known as Bachelor in Paradise! 
  • Echo Kellum and Alexander Calvert are cast as Mr. Terrific and Anarky, two recurring characters for Arrow Season 4 
  • That’s right, America.  Miley Cyrus is the host of the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards 
  • NBC to reboot Xena: Warrior Princess  
  • Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose join The X-Files as agents 
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan wants to return to Supernatural after a decade.  Other fan favorites set to return in Season 11  
  • Khloe Kardashian gets her own talk show.  Because that’s what we need on television.  More Kardashians.  
  • Watch Jon Stewart’s final Daily Show interview with President Barack Obama 
  • Watch the pilot for ABC’s reboot of The Muppet Show 
  • Disney Channel’s original movie The Descendants covers and butchers Beauty and the Beast classic “Be Our Guest” 
  • Arrow casts Sons of Liberty's Jimmy Akingbola as Baron Blitzkrieg for Season 4
  • Naomi Campbell joins the cast of American Horror Story: Hotel 
  • Teen Wolf’s Papa Argent, J.R. Bourne, and Star Trek: Voyager alum Jeri Ryan join the cast of Arrow Season 4 as a new villains  

Movie News 
  • Benicio del Toro is in talks to play Star Wars: Episode VIII’s villain  
  • Disney is planning a live-action Sword in the Stone film from the writer of Game of Thrones 
  • Chris Columbus is interested in directing more Harry Potter films that are set after the events of The Deathly Hallows 
  • Check out the first full-length Mockingjay: Part 2 trailer!  
  • Kevin Feige discusses the plot of Captain America: Civil War 
  • Disney to tease Captain America: Civil War, The Force Awakens, and, most importantly, Finding Dory at D23 Expo 
  • James Horner’s final film score will be The Magnificent Seven 
  • These are your Magnificent Seven: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Lee Byung-hun, Luke Grimes, Wagner Moura, and Matt Bomer 
  • Enter to win a role in the next Star Trek movie (which Idris Elba was finally confirmed to be in via dance off) 
  • Rumors swirl that 50 Shades Darker has cast Charlize Theron and Henry Cavill 
  • We’ve reached a new low: Sony has an Emoji movie is in the works 
  • Jaimie Alexander spills that Lady Sif plays an important role in Thor: Ragnorok, and that there will be references to the film in Captain America: Civil War 
  • The new trailer for The Scorch Trials gives you a glimpse of The Cranks and Janson 
  • Jurassic World sets its sequel for June 2018 
  • Space Jam 2 could finally happen with basketball star LeBron James  
  • Take a look at Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) as King Arthur in Guy Ritchie’s upcoming film  

 Misc News
  • Country star and coach of The Voice Blake Shelton announces his divorce from Miranda Lambert 
  • Daniel Radcliffe proves he can rap in this video taken of him at a karaoke barin California
  • Amy Heckerling, the original director of the 90’s classic Clueless, is developing a jukebox musical version of the beloved movie 
  • Daniel Radcliffe tries his hand at a “normal” job and acts as receptionist for Nylon Magazine 
  • Caitlyn Jenner takes home the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs and everyone complaining needs to listen to her speech and stop talking  
  • Rob Gronkowski refuses to name something that can be deflated on Celebrity Family Feud 
  • Surfing champion Mick Fanning fights off a shark during competition.  Seriously. 
  • Nicki Minaj uses her Twitter to point out racial inequality at the VMAs and Taylor Swift takes it personally. Then the media blows it out of proportion. 
  • Joey Fatone, Nick Carter, and AJ McLean team up for a film that could just be a continuation of the music video for "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" 
  • Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars start a fake Twitter war mirroring Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift 
  • 6-year-old Avery Huffman received a very special phone call from Princess Anna of Arendelle after Kristen Bell learned the little girl had an inoperable brain tumor. 
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Throwback Thursday

7/23/2015

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Let’s go back to: Clueless
Released on July 21, 1995, Clueless was a modern-day retelling of Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma.  The movie told the story of 16-year-old Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone) growing up in posh Beverly Hills with her huge mansion, her best friend Dionne (Stacey Dash), and trying to "save the world" one makeover at a time.  The movie also starred the late Brittany Murphy as Cher's pet-project makeover and friend Tai Fraser and Ant-Man himself, Paul Rudd as Cher's step-brother Josh.

Why it means something to you or to our podcast:  It's been 20 years since the movie has been released and it still means a lot to those of us in our 20's and 30's.  Clueless became famous for its ridiculous outlook on life in Beverly Hills and for its interesting take on vocabulary.  We will always remember words like "as if", "Baldwin", "buggin", and so many other original words said by Cher and her friends.  I recently told my 24-year-old cousin about this movie telling her, "It's like Mean Girls for the 90's".  For those of us who remember and love Clueless, that's what we compared Mean Girls to.  Even 20 years later, we still remember that Cher is a "virgin who can't drive" and when you see a stop sign, you "totally pause".  And we will always remember our first time driving on the freeway, hoping that it will be far less traumatic than when Dionne's boyfriend Murray (Scrubs' Donald Faison) helped her drive on the freeway for the first time.  My point is, that for those of us who grew up in the 1990's, this movie is iconic -- a piece of movie history.  

Where can you find it now?: Clueless can be found streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.  You can also see Paul Rudd as Ant-Man in his first solo film, which is out now, and in next year's Captain America: Civil War.  Check out the movie's original trailer right here!
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Disneyland Raffle Winners!

7/20/2015

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We want to thank all of you who participated in our raffle over Comic-Con Weekend in order to win tickets to Disneyland.  We're proud to say that 100% of the proceeds have gone to CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange County.  At the end of the weekend, we picked two winners:

Lisa Mazzanti of South San Francisco, California
and
Kerry Mormello of Newark, Delaware

Congratulations, ladies!  You will each be receiving 2 One-Day Park Hopper tickets to the Disneyland Resort to be used any time in 2016!  Have a great time at The Happiest Place on Earth and thank you so much for supporting our little podcast and CHOC Children's Hospital's annual fundraiser CHOC Walk in the Park presented by The Disneyland Resort.
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ANT-MAN (SPOILER-FREE) REVIEW

7/20/2015

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What Is It: Ant-Man is the origin story of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) as Ant-Man as well as the final film in Phase II of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  The film also includes the original Ant-Man, Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), as well as his daughter Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly).

My experience: I saw the film opening weekend and was disappointed to see how empty the theater was.  A lot of the easter eggs Marvel slipped in seemed largely ignored by the audience, and even half the people there left before the mid- and post-credits scenes had come up.  I myself found the film to be enjoyable even though it clearly isn't one of the stronger MCU films.  I actually liked it more than Age of Ultron due in large part to Paul Rudd's performance and scene stealers Michael Peña, T.I., and David Dastmalchian.

Why You Should See It: This film does a good job of tying itself into MCU, thanks to a few significant cameos.  And you should DEFINITELY stay for the post-credits scene featuring some early footage from Captain America: Civil War.

The Future: Paul Rudd will be portraying Ant-Man in the next MCU film Captain America: Civil War, due out May 16, 2016.
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Music Monday

7/20/2015

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The Artist: One Direction

The Song: "Happily"

Where you heard it first: Ever since my lovely co-host Christina left Orange County, I've been on a One Direction kick and finally started to listen to their albums all the way through.  This song was one of the ones I've never heard before that popped out at me.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: While I do not consider myself a Directioner at all, I do occasionally like their music.  That being said, I pretty much only enjoy their more upbeat songs and this song is definitely one of those.  It makes the listener smile and want to sing along to it, even if, like me, you don't know the words.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: Even if you're only the occasional One Direction listener like I am, I think you'll like this song.  As far as I know, it was never a big single for the band, but it certainly has the potential to be.  One Direction is one of those groups that reminds me of the good old days of 90's boy bands and that makes me happy.  Even though I'm almost 30, I still like listening to their fun, upbeat sound from time to time.
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Fandom Friday 7/17/15

7/17/2015

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Happy 60th Birthday, Disneyland!!
“As long as there is imagination in the world, Disneyland will never be complete.” 
                                                                        - Walt Disney, opening day speech, July 17, 1955

Check out this year's Emmy nominations!

TV News
  • The Twin Peaks revival has been pushed back to 2017
  • FOX casts Broadway hottie and Graceland star Aaron Tveit as Danny Zuko in Grease! Live and ALNM’s Christina flips out
  • The first trailer for season 5 of Homeland is here!
  • Once Upon A Time casts Elliott Knight and Joana Matrass as Merlin and Guinevere
  • Arrow casts Neal McDonough (Justfied, Captain America) as Damien Darhk, a new series regular for Season 4
  • Check out the first look at MTV’s new series The Shannara Chronicles starring Austin Butler (The Carrie Diaries), Manu Bennett (Arrow), and John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings)
  • Watch the first trailer for American Horror Story: Hotel when Lady Gaga checks in
  • NBC digs Hannibal's grave out and moves its air date to Saturday's
  • Bran is back in Game of Thrones Season 6, according to his actor Isaac Hampstead-Wright
  • The Vampire Diaries casts three bad-ass women as villains for Season 7
  • Sleepy Hollow casts Mrs. Ian Somerhalder, Nikki Reed, as Betsy Ross for Season 3
  • TLC finally cancels 19 Kids and Counting after it was revealed that Josh Duggar abused his own sisters
  • The X-Files teaser trailer is here with your first looks at Scully and Mulder
  • The Originals casts Jason Dohring (Veronica Mars) for Season 3
  • Sleepy Hollow and Bones will crossover this fall

Movie News
  • Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler join the cast of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • The first set photos of the new cast of Ghostbusters show these butt-kicking ladies in their costumes and the reboot of the Ecto-1
  • A new trailer for Saoirse Ronan’s film Brooklyn is released
  • Chris Evans (Captain America) and Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes) are rumored to make appearances in Ant-Man. This comes after Anthony Mackie (Falcon) and Hayley Atwell (Agent Peggy Carter) have already been confirmed to make appearances in the film
  • Ryan Reynolds assures everyone that a Deadpool trailer is being released online soon
  • Tilda Swinton confirms she's a part of the cast of Doctor Strange
  • Watch the first trailer for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's movie Sisters 
  • Dan Aykroyd says he'll be making a cameo in the all-female reboot of Ghostbusters
  • Disney announces a live-action prequel to Aladdin starring the Genie.....but it just won't be the same without Robin Williams!
  • A new trailer for Pan was shown at Comic-Con last weekend
  • Check out the first look at Oscar Isaac's villain Apocalypse in the upcoming X-Men movie
  • Michael Cera (Arrested Development, Juno) is cast as the voice of Robin in the Lego Batman movie 

MIsc News

  • JK Rowling is better than all of us as she geeks out about Wimbledon and defends Serena Williams
  • Johnny Depp visits an Australian children’s hospital dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow to the delight of the little patients
  • Jennifer Hudson surprises the grooms at the wedding reception of the first same-sex couple to be married in her home state of Texas
  • Broadway baby Jonathan Groff calls out Madonna for texting throughout his entire performance in Hamilton
  • The casts of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter are engaged in an all-out Dubsmash war
  • Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice star Jesse Eisenberg gets in big trouble for comparing his Comic-Con experience to genocide
  • Chris Evans gets in on the fun of the Marvel Dubsmash War
  • Emma Stone finally speaks out about whitewashing in Aloha
  • Rumer Willis to head to Broadway for her debut in Chicago 
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Throwback Thursday

7/16/2015

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Let’s go back to: To Kill A Mockingbird

Why it means something to you or to our podcast: This is one of my favorite books ever, as well as one of the greatest films in American cinema.  There's been a lot of hoopla about it lately to bring it back into the public eye.

Where can you find it now?: The recently released Go Set a Watchman could technically be considered an early draft of To Kill A Mockingbird, featuring an adult Scout twenty years later.  There's been some controversy about the release concerning both the intentions of the publishers as well as the fact the Atticus Finch, one of the great all time American fictional heroes, is portrayed in a much darker light than the classic novel.

Will you be reading the new book?


-C
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