Fandom Friday 1/15/16

The world mourns the loss of two great talents. 
RIP David Bowie. 
RIP Alan Rickman. 

On a personal note, Kelly would like to say goodbye to her friend Andrew who passed away last weekend.

TV News

• Supergirl casts Laura Vandervoort (Smallville) and Jeff Branson (Days of Our Lives) as recurring characters Indigo and Master Jailer
• Fan-favorite characters Rufus and Bobby to return to Supernatural this season 
• The Vampire Diaries and The Originals will cross-over this season 
• Take a look at the first photos of Teen Wolf Season 5B’s big bad, The Beast 
• Once Upon A Time recasts Gaston (again) with Wes Brown (True Blood, Heart of Dixie) 
• Scream Season 2 gets a premiere date 
• Outlander Season 2 will premiere in April, according to this new video 
• Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert,  and Conan O’Brien pay tribute to fallen legend, David Bowie
• Kelly’s head explodes as a Friends reunion is finally announced!
• Could Michael-Raymond James (fan-favorite character Baelfire/Neal Cassidy) be returning to Once Upon A Time for the 100th episode?
• Agent Carter Season 2 will tie into Doctor Strange and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 
• Two Argent ancestors are cast for an upcoming Teen Wolf flashback episode 
• Heroes: Reborn gets axed after its lackluster attempt at a reboot 

Movie News

• Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now), Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars), Dave Franco (Neighbors), Scott Eastwood (The Last Ride), Logan Lerman (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), and Blake Jenner (Glee) are among a dozen actors on the shortlist to play young Han Solo in the upcoming Star Wars spinoff movie 
• A Deathly Hallows alternate ending depicts Draco helping Harry defeat Voldemort 
• Disney to release an unaltered, original cut of the Star Wars trilogy 
• Creed director Ryan Coogler will direct Marvel’s Black Panther 
• John Boyega teases a darker Star Wars - Episode VIII 
• Quantico’s Priyanka Chopra is in talks to join Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Zac Efron in the Baywatch reboot film 
• George Miller has two more Mad Max movies planned 
• J.J. Abrams surprises fans with a trailer for a Cloverfield sequel 
• The Silver Chair film is coming and may reboot the Narnia series

Theatre News

• The new Hermione, Noma Dumezweni, speaks out on the backlash of her casting 
• Hot teacher fantasy: Broadway baby Darren Criss is now teaching a musical theatre master class in New York City 
• The Sara Bareilles musical, Waitress rounds out its all-star cast 
• Tony nominee Kate Baldwin cast as Anna in The King and I in the Lyric Opera of Chicago 
• NBC announces Hairspray! as its next live musical 
• Adam Lambert joins the cast of FOX’s Rocky Horror Picture Show 
• Debra Messing joins the ABC television remake of Dirty Dancing starring Abigail Breslin as Baby 

Misc News

• Missed the Golden Globe Awards?  Here’s the complete list of winners 
• And just out yesterday, here is the complete list of all those lucky Oscar nominees! 
• Teen Wolf star Charlie Carver comes out as gay on Instagram 
• Apple iOS 9.3 introduces “Night Shift” 
• Emma Watson launched her own book club on GoodReads and her first selection is My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem 
  
• Beyonce joins Coldplay as a halftime performer for Super Bowl 50 
  
• James Corden releases another installment of “Carpool Karaoke”; this time with music superstar Adele 
  
• Nyle DiMarco, America’s LAST Top Model has a Nylon spread that has finally hit newsstands 
  
• Take a look at the beautiful concept art for Disneyland once the new Star Wars Land opens 
  
• A new wave of Rey-centric Star Wars toys are coming! 
  
• Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac has an adorable lightsaber battle with Room’s Jacob Tremblay at an after-party 
  
• Jennifer Lawrence causes a stir when she calls out a reporter for being on his phone in the press room at the Golden Globes 
  
• Baseball legend Monte Irvin, one of the first players to break the color line, passes away
  
• Could their hiatus be the end of One Direction? 
  
• Harry Potter fans around the world pay tribute to the late Alan Rickman with a wand salute at Hogwarts Castle and a lily outside the potions classroom in Orlando, Florida and a tribute at Platform 9 ¾ at King’s Cross Station in London 
  
• Universal Studios Hollywood is already planning a Diagon Alley expansion for its as-yet-unopened Wizarding World of Harry Potter 
  
• Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood in the Harry Potter films) shares the most touching tribute to Alan Rickman yet