Fandom Friday 2/19/16

The world says goodbye to the author of the American classic To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee  

TV News

• Fan favorite Rob Benedict will return as the Prophet Chuck in Supernatural Season 11 
• Sign the petition to have Deadpool host Saturday Night Live
• Take a look at the first trailer for Orphan Black Season 4 
• Natalia Cordova-Buckley (McFarland USA) has been cast as Slingshot in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 
• Check out the trailer for the wildly popular Netflix series Daredevil Season 2 featuring The Punisher 
• Mindy Kaling announces the return of The Mindy Project on Hulu via her Instagram account 

Movie News

• Much to Kelly’s sadness, Harrison Ford will not return for Star Wars - Episode VIII 
• Ryan Reynolds crashes Hugh Jackman’s Eddie the Eagle interview 
• Transformers 6 will be a Bumblebee spinoff, slated to premiere in 2018 
• Take a look at the newest Alice Through The Looking Glass trailer featuring Pink’s “White Rabbit” 
• Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 is now filming and James Gunn has released a first look and a confirmation of new cast members 

Theatre News

• NBC’s Hairspray Live! announces its “legit” creative team and early-December airdate 
• The King & I welcomes cancer survivor and Tony Award winner Marin Mazzie back to Broadway 
• Sutton Foster and her Younger co-star Nico Tortorella will tap dance together onstage at her upcoming concerts
• Carnegie Hall’s production of West Side Story with Skylar Astin completes its casting 
• Nic Rouleau will return to his Book of Mormon Broadway roots 

Misc News

• Sports Illustrated just made history by putting a plus-sized model on the cover of their famous Swimsuit Edition
  
• Kristen Bell has joined Instagram and she’s awesome at it, just like everything else 
  
• Adidas encourages star athletes to come out with a new clause in their contracts 
• Check out this amazing Harry Potter fan who created their own Weasley Clock 
• The Golden Girls are getting the Funko Pop! treatment 
• Calvin Harris proves to be the perfect boyfriend as he congratulates his girlfriend Taylor Swift on her Grammy wins 
• Adele broke through gender norms when her son wanted to dress up to go to Disneyland 
• Kanye West continues to put his foot in his mouth when he calls Taylor Swift a “fake ass” 
• A Harry Potter concert series is coming with live performances of John WIlliams’ complete score 
• Adele and Ellen DeGeneres prank some unsuspecting Jamba Juice workers