Fandom Friday 5/1/15 - Happy May!

Bruce Jenner announces she is a woman in an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC's 20/20 Exclusive

TV News

• The first trailer for the Disney Channel Original Movie The Descendants is released 
• Evan Peters and Angela Bassett check in to American Horror Story: Hotel 
• Under the Dome adds Eriq La Salle of ER for season 3 
• NBC releases its first X-Files teaser promo 
• Grey’s Anatomy adds Joe Adler from The Mentalist 
• New Dragon Ball series Dragon Ball Super is coming this year 
• John Stamos is not happy with the unauthorized Full House movie coming to the Lifetime Channel 
• Sesame Street parodies The Avengers and they embark upon a quest to save vegetables 
• Jeremy Renner sings about Hawkeye on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon 
• Marta Kauffman, co-creator of Friends, has officially ruled out any chance of a reunion.  And Kelly cries a little bit. 
• Hulu has obtained the exclusive streaming rights to the 90’s classic sitcom Seinfeld.  Let’s gather round the Festivus pole to celebrate! 
• USA Network has a Hollywood period drama in the works from the creators of Suits 
• Comedy Central’s Larry Wilmore upset a lot of people with his segment on Bruce Jenner 
• Meanwhile, James Corden, a newcomer to the late night hosting duties, praises Jenner on his courageous move 
• McDreamy’s onscreen wife, Ellen Pompeo, speaks out about Patrick Dempsey’s exit from Grey’s Anatomy
  
• The two-hour episode of Grey's Anatomy following the death of Dr. Derek Shepard delivers some big shockers for the doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital
  
• Derek Hough injured during Dancing With the Stars rehearsal!  Though sidelined with the injury, Hough managed to choreograph a show-stopping number for his celebrity partner, Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin who will continue in the competition with pro Sasha Farber 
• A shocking elimination on Monday sends the highest scorer of the night, Hunger Games’ Willow Shields, home from Dancing With the Stars
  
• The newest Arrow promo reveals Tatsu Yamashiro (guest star Rila Fukushima) in her Katana outfit
  
• ABC's Revenge gets the ax after four seasons on the air
• Star Wars Rebels sets a premiere date of June 20th at 9:00 PM on Disney XD
  
• Ellen DeGeneres to produce a series based on Dr. Suess' classic, Green Eggs and Ham, for Netflix
• A remake of the high-school-history-class-staple film, Roots has been greenlit
  
  

Movie News

• First look of Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nightcrawler in X-Men: Apocalypse 
• Jared Leto looks nuts in the first official photo of The Joker 
• The first song from Pitch Perfect 2 entitled “Flashlight” by Jessie J has been released 
• Hot Topic will carry an Avengers-themed women’s clothing line by Her Universe 
• Rumor has it that the new Spider-Man movie will be titled Spider-Man: The New Avenger 
• Jeff Daniels is cast as David, the lead antagonist of the Divergent series’ final film, Allegiant 
• Not only is 23 Jump Street happening, but there are also plans for a female-led 21 Jump Street spinoff 
• Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game, the upcoming film Paper Towns) has pretty much caught the new Spider-Man role in his web 
• Justin Bieber landed a cameo in Zoolander 2?!
  

• Bradley Cooper and Rachel McAdams reunite for the Cameron Crowe film Aloha.  They previously starred together in the 2005 film Wedding Crashers 
• Bryan Singer releases a first look of Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner as Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse
• Josh Gad gets us even more excited about 2017's Beauty and the Beast remake saying that it will blow our minds!
• Get your whips in your Red Rooms for the first Fifty Shades Darker teaser trailer
  

Misc News

• The 2015 Tony Award nominees have been announced!  The telecast will air on June 7th. 
• Congratulations to Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder who tied the knot on Sunday, April 26 in Santa Monica, CA
• Congratulations to Castle’s Stana Katic on her marriage to Kris Brkljac....but where are the vowels in his name? 
• Kris Jenner disproves the claim that she declined to comment to ABC News regarding ex-husband Bruce Jenner’s transition interview 
• Bruce Jenner is threatening to sue CNN for illegally obtaining photos of him in a dress 
• Star Trek: Into Darkness actress Alice Eve causes a stir with a post about Bruce Jenner’s transition 
• Cirque du Soleil is producing an Avatar-themed show that will act as a prequel to the film 
• Mark Ruffalo asks a very important question: Where is all the Black Widow merchandise among the countless products for The Avengers? 
• Mark Ruffalo answers sexist questions that are usually geared toward Scarlett Johansson 
• That mom that slapped the Baltimore rioter and made the news 
• Taylor Swift’s music has a healing effect on a North Carolina teen with cerebral palsy.  After a series of seizures caused amnesia, the teenage girl heard the song “Mean” and not only remembered all the words, but slowly the rest of her memories started coming back to her. 
• A mini Lizzie McGuire reunion happened with Hilary Duff, Lalaine, and Jake Thomas and the Disney fangirls in all of us rejoice! 
• Justin Bieber crashed a prom at Chatsworth Charter School in Los Angeles and the teenagers lost their minds!  
  
• Mark Hamill releases "Skywalker Family Photos" on StarWars.com of his wife and son with him on the set of 1983's Return of the Jedi
• Following in the footsteps of classic rock bands AC/DC and Van Halen, Stone Temple Pilots is reinventing itself!  After firing their lead singer Scott Weiland in February 2013, they've found a new frontman in Linkin Park's Chester Bennington
• Spotted: Chuck Bass and Nate Archibald hanging out in Los Angeles.  Gossip Girl stars Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick reunite in LA to the joy of their fans.
• Chris Evans scares the heck out of costar and friend Scarlett Johansson during her Ellen interview
• Zayn Malik removes the "1D" on his Twitter handle, now simply @ZaynMalik....and apparently that's headline news.
• NBC is taking a page out of the streaming service business model and launches TV Everywhere!  The newest show Aquarius starring David Duchovny will premiere on May 28th on the network and the entire season will be available on NBC.com and On Demand that same day.
• Congratulations to Darren Criss who successfully began his run as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway this week!
• A Full House musical is making its way to Broadway