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Fandom Friday 5/29/15

5/29/2015

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"In Memoriam": Those we lost due to character deaths and recasts in this past television season

TV News
  • A new Teen Wolf trailer has us even more pumped for the upcoming season!
  • Peter Capaldi will be coming along for Doctor Who’s return to San Diego Comic-Con
  • Thanks to Miley Cyrus (wait...what?!), Netflix renews Grace & Frankie for a second season
  • The pilot for USA Network’s Mr. Robot starring Rami Malek is available for free online
  • Lucy Liu has been tapped to direct an episode of Season 3 of Graceland on the USA Network 
  • Trevor Noah tries out the Daily Show desk for the first time
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar enjoys mini-reunions with her Buffy the Vampire Slayer costar Alyson Hannigan and her Cruel Intentions costars Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair
  • Lori Loughlin (Aunt Becky) and Bob Saget (Danny Tanner) are both returning for Fuller House
  • Ryan Seacrest books his first post-American Idol gig: a new show called Knock Knock Live that helps ordinary people fulfill their dreams

Movie News

  • Batman chases The Joker in a new behind the scenes video from the set of Suicide Squad
  • Fox is planning a reboot of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 
  • Warner Bros. releases the first trailer for the remake of Point Break
  • John Williams promises original trilogy themes in the score for Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens
  • Chris Pine is in talks to star in Wonder Woman
  • Tilda Swinton may be starring alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange
  • More characters (and maybe who will play them) are revealed for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • The first photo of Independence Day 2 shows Jeff Goldblum on the set
  • Fast & Furious 8 will be set in New York
  • Tom Hardy has the perfect response to a sexist question posed about Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Paul Rudd dodges bullets in the newest movie poster for Ant-Man
  • More information is revealed about Andy Serkis' Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens character Supreme Leader Snoke
  • No one is more excited than Josh Gad for Beauty and the Beast in 2017

Theatre News
  • Allegiance, the musical featuring George Takei, completes its cast 
  • Former Smash co-stars Andy Mientus and Krysta Rodriguez return to their beginnings in Spring Awakening in Deaf West End theatre, blending spoken English and ASL into the production
  • Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black) will join Jennifer Hudson onstage in The Color Purple
  • Darren Criss, Vanessa Hudgens, and Brandy Norwood are among the stars in this year’s Stars in the Alley concert in New York City 
  • Jim Parsons returns to New York’s Broadway stage in the newest one-man show Act of God based on the tweets of the Tweet of God account on Twitter
  • The Tony Awards announce Bradley Cooper, Bryan Cranston, and more as presenters
  • The benefit performance of Bombshell (the fictional musical that won the also-fictional Best Musical Tony in the short-lived NBC show Smash) has completed its cast

 Misc News 
  • The world says goodbye to comedy great and Ben Stiller’s mom, Anne Meara
  • Congratulations to Keira Knightley and her husband James Righton on the birth of their first child!
  • Congratulations to the Golden State Warriors on making it to the NBA Finals!
  • Stephen Curry’s daughter Riley steals the show during post-game interviews 
  • Proving to us that she really is Luna Lovegood, Evanna Lynch writes a letter to a homophobic fan
  • Harry Potter inspires the naming of the Dementor wasp….and keep it the heck away from us!
  • Even lion cubs can’t get enough of Kellan Lutz
  • HBO Now is coming soon to Android devices
  • Female comedians like Amy Schumer and Lena Dunham break down stereotypes in a round-table interview with The Hollywood Reporter
  • Kanye and North West are “virtually” unrecognizable in the newest add-on to the Kim Kardshian: Hollywood game 
  • Justin Bieber proves that he really can sing when he covers Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love to You”
  • The teacher who offered to cancel finals if Taylor Swift calls him goes viral!   
  • Lily Collins confirms her relationship is back on with Mortal Instruments co-star Jamie Campbell Bower
  • Rachel McAdams looks like she’s shooting a new movie, but during Memorial Day weekend, she played Maid of Honor to her little sister Kayleen McAdams
  • JK Rowling shuts down the infamous Westboro Baptist Church with another hilarious tweet! But seriously, are these people at WBC even for real?
  • Forbes releases its list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women and Beyonce and Taylor Swift make the list
  • In celebration of 18 years since My Best Friend’s Wedding, Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney confirm that they really are still best friends
  • The Kardashian sisters continue to prove their lack of social grace as Khloe Kardashian posts another insensitive photo online
  • In honor of Memorial Day, Chris Pratt posts a video teaching his son Jack the Pledge of Allegiance 
  • Demi Lovato is the new face of mental health campaign “Be Vocal: Speak Up for Mental Health”
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