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Fandom Friday 1/15/16

1/15/2016

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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 
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