Fandom Friday 1/8/16

The Force is strong! Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens topples Avatar at the box office to become the highest-grossing film in U.S. history!!

TV News

• Kanye West auditioned for American Idol
• Check out the Vikings Season 4 trailer
• Robbie Amell will return to The Flash….with a twist!
• Nostalgia takes over in the first photos for Fuller House
• Firefly alum Jewel Staite to guest star on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
• Check out the trailer for Daredevil Season 2 on Netflix!
• HBO renews Girls for a sixth and final season
• Ronda Rousey to host Saturday Night Live on January 23rd with musical guest Selena Gomez
• After fan and showrunner outcry, Netflix will restore the cut 18 minutes in their streaming version of the Lost series finale
• Rizzoli and Isles will end after a final seventh season
• Crystal Reed will return to Teen Wolf Season 5B in the February 23rd episode entitled “The Maid of Gévaudan”
• Matthew Morrison (Glee) is cast in a recurring role on The Good Wife
• A Deadwood movie may be coming to HBO
• Lip Sync Battle returns with a husband and wife face-off between Channing and Jenna Dewan Tatum that included Adam Rodriguez, lap dances, snow, and Beyoncé herself

Movie News

• [SPOILER ALERT] Did a Funko POP! Figure accidentally spoil part of Captain America: Civil War?
• Can this Star Wars fan theory for Rey please be true?
• Emma Stone is in talks to play the fur-loving lead in a live-action Cruella de Vil movie from Disney
• Take a look at the all-new poster for the highly anticipated live-action Disney film, The Jungle Book

Theatre News

• Congratulations to Pitch Perfect stars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin on their engagement!
• Everyone’s favorite person, AKA Emma Watson (Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films), “can’t wait” to see Noma Dumezweni as Hermione in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Matthew Morrison (Glee) hands over the reigns to his role as J.M. Barrie in Broadway’s Finding Neverland. On the Town’s Tony-nominee Tony Yazbeck will take over the lead role on January 26th. He will play opposite Kelsey Grammer who returns to the company on January 19th.
• Glenn Close may be taking her Tony-winning character Norma Desmond to the big screen in a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Sunset Boulevard
• Take a look at the new cast for FOX’s Rocky Horror Picture Show live telecast which will air this fall

Misc News

• Missed the People’s Choice Awards? Here’s a complete list of the winners
• Arrow and Teen Wolf star Colton Haynes perfectly addresses his sexuality on Tumblr
• Twitter is considering changing their character limit from 140 to 10,000!
• More Star Wars parody Twitter accounts surface: Bad Father Han and Very Lonely Luke
• George R.R. Martin confirms that he has missed two deadlines and Winds of Winter will not be out by Spring 2016
• Demi Lovato and Fall Out Boy make the parody sequel to N*Sync’s “It’s Gonna Be Me” that we didn’t know we needed
• Congratulations to former American Idol contestant Matt Giraud and his wife Aleena on the birth of their son, Beckham Everest Giraud