Fandom Friday 6/17/16

Our thoughts are with all those affected by the tragic shooting at Pulse in Orlando, Florida.  We honor those heroes that night and those who lost their lives in this horrible tragedy.  #OnePulse #PrayForOrlando

TV News

• Nashville has officially been revived and renewed for a Season 5 on CMT 
  
• Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson, and more cast members are set to return for another season of Grey’s Anatomy 
  
• Disney Channel announces a sequel to its Disney Channel Original Movie, The Descendants 
  
• The Real O’Neals star Noah Galvin slams and then apologizes to Teen Wolf and Arrow star Colton Haynes regarding his coming out 
  
• Owen Jones, a columnist for The Guardian, walks off the set when news anchors won’t address the real reason behind the Orlando Massacre 
  
• Anderson Cooper tears up while reading the names of the 49 victims of the Orlando Massacre 
  
• Jimmy Fallon addresses the Orlando Nightclub Shooting on The Tonight Show 
  
• Teen Wolf's Tyler Hoechlin joins the cast of Supergirl as Clark Kent
  
• Curb Your Enthusiasm will return for a Season 9 on HBO 
  
• Agent Carter and Sleepy Hollow star Max Brown has been cast as Prince Robert in The Royals Season 3 
  
• The Doctor Who spinoff Class has cast a gay male lead with a boyfriend 
  
• Gotham producers recast Ivy Pepper AKA Poison Ivy for Season 3 
  

Movie News

• This year at San Diego Comic-Con, you can visit the actual jail from Suicide Squad
  
• The legendary composer John Williams will return to score Star Wars  - Episode VIII and Indiana Jones 5 
  
• Take a look at the first trailer for Disney’s Moana 
  
• Mallrats 2 will be a TV series according to Kevin Smith 
  
• Spider-Man: Homecoming casts Community’s Donald Glover 
  
• Stephen Daldry signs on to direct the Wicked movie set to be released in December of 2019 
  
• Steven Spielberg wants to remake West Side Story 
  

 
Music News

• The Voice alum Christina Grimmie was tragically shot at a meet and greet in Orlando, Florida last week at the age of 22.  Rest in peace, Christina. 
  
• Adele calls out critics at her concert 
  
• Eric Clapton is struggling to play guitar after damage to his nervous system 
  
• Selena Gomez breaks down onstage while paying tribute to her late friend Christina Grimmie 
  
• Christina Grimmie’s former coach on The Voice, Adam Levine, offers to pay for her funeral 
  
• Lady Gaga and Nick Jonas speak at Orlando United vigils 
  
• Justin Bieber tears up while paying tribute to his late friend Christina Grimmie 
  

Theatre News

• Missed the Tony Awards?  Here’s a full list of the winners!
  
• Jeremy Jordan is among those set to star in West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl 
  
• JK Rowling promises a tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child so that all Potter fans can experience it 
  
• Lin-Manuel Miranda reads a sonnet as his acceptance speech at the Tony Awards this weekend 
  
• Jake Gyllenhaal, Sean Hayes, and James Corden sing “A Whole New World” during a commercial break at the Tony Awards 
  
• Check out James Corden’s showstopping opening numbers for the Tonys 
  
• Though Lin-Manuel Miranda will leave Hamilton next month, he intends to stop in from time to time 
  
• [SPOILER ALERT] Here’s everything known so far about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 
  
• The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus paid tribute to the victims in Orlando with a song from Broadway’s Next to Normal 
  
• The Palace Theatre, currently home to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, added a bright rainbow flag outside in honor of the victims in the Orlando Shooting 
  
• Hamilton is confirmed for a West End production in October of next year 
  
• Lin Manuel Miranda confirms he's leaving Hamilton, but not before the original cast is professionally filmed
  
• She Loves Me, starring Laura Benanti and Zachary Levi, will make Broadway history as the first show to be livestreamed on BroadwayHD June 30th
  
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, Idina Menzel, Nathan Lane, and more Broadway stars will come together to record “What The World Needs Now” to benefit the LGBTQ community
  
• Krysta Rodriguez and Mario Lopez join the cast of A Chorus Line at the Hollywood Bowl 
  
• A Bronx Tale, directed by the legendary Robert DeNiro, is headed to Broadway! 
  
• Lin-Manuel Miranda’s alternate, Javier Munoz will step into his place as Alexander Hamilton when Miranda leaves the production in July
  

Misc News

• Congratulations to Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher on the announcement of their second child together! 
  
• Vin Diesel shares a sweet photo of his daughter and his late best friend Paul Walker 
  
• Watch President Obama write thank you notes with Jimmy Fallon   
  
• Harry Potter stars Rupert Grint, Evanna Lynch, Bonnie Wright, and Matthew Lewis sort themselves on Pottermore and it’s great 
  
• USA swimming has banned Brock Turner from any and all events
  
• Presidential hopeful Donald Trump puts his foot in his mouth again when sending a congratulatory tweet following the Orlando Massacre 
  
• California becomes the first state to make sexual consent lessons mandatory in high schools starting next year 
  
• Disneyland Shanghai is officially open for business! 
  
• One year old Princess Charlotte makes her balcony debut with her mother, father, and older brother George 
  
• JK Rowling and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter pay tribute to park employee Luis Vielma who lost his life at the age of 22 while at Pulse nightclub Saturday night
  
• Stanford graduates protested Brock Turner’s sentencing during commencement 
  
• Across the world, monuments light up in solidarity and remembrance of the victims in Orlando 
  
• Prince William and Duchess Kate pay their respects to the victims of the Orlando Shooting at the U.S. Embassy in London 
  
• Disney donates $1 million to support the Orlando Shooting victims
  
• New couple alert!  Taylor Swift has been caught on camera cuddling up to Marvel’s Tom Hiddleston