Fandom Friday 8/7/15

After 17 seasons, the world says goodbye to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart! 
The best moment of the evening?  Stephen Colbert brings Jon Stewart to tears with his farewell speech

TV News

• Take a look at the first images of ABC Family’s Shadowhunters 
• Supergirl casts Jenna Dewan-Tatum (Witches of East End) as Lucy Lane and Chris Browning (Sons of Anarchy) as Ben Krull/Reactron 
• Jon Stewart takes one final jab at Fox News and causes the Daily Show studio to go up in flames 
• Game of Thrones casts legendary actor Max Von Sydow as The Three-Eyed Raven for Season 6 
• Legends of Tomorrow casts Falk Hentschel as Hawkman and Casper Crump as Vandal Savage
• Check out Stephen Colbert’s first commercials for The Late Show  
• Ian McShane (Ray Donovan, American Horror Story) joins the cast of Game of Thrones 
• The Originals casts Andrew Lees as Lucien, Klaus’ first sire.  He previously worked with Originals stars Phoebe Tonkin a_nd Claire Holt on H2O: Just Add Water 
• The Leftovers adds Ann Dowd as a new series regular 
• Looking’s TV movie is set for 2016 
• UnREAL’s Constance Zimmer joins the cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for Season 3 
• John Stamos tweets a photo of Nicky and Alex Katsopolis on the set of Fuller House (Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, now 24, will both be reprising the roles they played at 5 years old)  
• ABC Family’s Young & Hungry star Emily Osment joins the cast of CBS’ Mom for Season 3 
• Glee’s Darren Criss is in talks to join American Horror Story: Hotel this Halloween 
• Watch the first trailer for Marvel and Disney XD’s new Guardians of the Galaxy animated series 
• Community is cancelled after 6 seasons
• Downton Abbey will resume with its sixth season this January on PBS 
• Famke Janssen (the X-Men films) and Kendrick Sampson (The Vampire Diaries) join the cast of How to Get Away with Murder for Season 2 
• Scream is renewed for a second season by MTV 
• Empire Season 2 adds diva Mariah Carey as a guest star 
• Teen Wolf Season 5 finds its Desert Wolf in Marisol Nichols from NCIS 
• The Wiz Live! on NBC casts newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy; she joins existing cast members Queen Latifah, R&B artist Mary J. Blige, Glee’s Amber Riley, Uzo Aduba of Orange is the New Black, and comedian David Alan Grier 
• The Flash casts Insurgent’s Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West, Iris West’s nephew and the future founder of Teen Titans 
• It’s official!  Prison Break will return to FOX for a limited series event 
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine casts SNL alum Bill Hader as the new captain 
• American Horror Story: Hotel adds Madchen Amick (Twin Peaks, Witches of East End) to its cast 
• FOX orders a new pilot called Star by the Lee Daniels, the co-creator of the hit show Empire 
• Check out the trailer for the second season of Empire
• Take a look at what the Liars will look like after the Pretty Little Liars Season 6B time jump

Movie News 

• The new Fantastic Four trailer has a cameo from a beloved Marvel character  
• Jurassic World 2 may find other countries around the world creating new species of dinosaurs 
• The new Deadpool teaser trailer is so much fun for Ryan Reynolds’ character 
• The first trailer for 2oolander is here! 
• No seriously, there’s a movie in production called Troll: The Rise of Harry Potter, Jr.  We thought it was a joke too. 
• After much confusion, Channing Tatum has officially signed on as X-Men’s Gambit 
• The extended edition of the Hobbit trilogy will open in theatres this October with The Battle of Five Armies receiving an R-rating from the MPAA 
• Colin Farrell joins the cast of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Graves 
• 10-year-old Faith Wood-Blagrove from the UK beats out thousands of hopefuls at an open casting call to land the role of Modesty in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
• Sony releases a schedule of upcoming releases for new and rebooted films coming our way 
• The newest promos for The Scorch Trials ask us to “Trust in WCKD” 
• The first full trailer for the highly-anticipated Deadpool movie is here!                (WARNING: Please be aware that this is a Red Band Trailer and contains language and graphic scenes that are not intended for those of you under the age of 17)

 Misc News

• Congratulations to Zooey Deschanel and Jacob Pechenik on their marriage and the birth of their daughter! 
• Congratulations to Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross on the birth of their daughter Jagger Snow Ross 
• Congratulations to Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux! Rumors suggest they finally got married earlier this week
• Girls everywhere mourn as Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale file for divorce 
• Will and Jada Pinkett Smith crush rumors of divorce 
• The newest Harry Potter fan theory has all the fans rethinking things yet again.  Could Dumbledore really be the personification of Death?!
• Felicia Day’s Geek & Sundry hires Rob Manuel as the new editor-in-chief 
• Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones AKA the female Ghostbusters visit Boston Children’s Hospital in costume 
• William Shatner will write a book about the life of Leonard Nimoy 
• Kyle Chandler’s beloved Friday Night Lights character, Coach Taylor, makes a return in new “No Texting During Movies” ads 
• Check out what’s new on Netflix for the month of August! 
• One Direction releases the first Zayn-less single, “Drag Me Down” 
• Zayn Malik calls off his engagement to Perrie Edwards of Little Mix via text message and looks like a complete d*****bag to all women everywhere 
• Alexander Skarsgard shows up to the premiere of his new movie, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, in full drag 
• Rapper 50 Cent files for bankruptcy 
• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Kim Richards is arrested for shoplifting 
• Jessica Alba’s Honest Company sunscreen has some real problems, according to the photos posted on social media by its consumers 
• R&B singer Miguel gives writing credits to Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan on his new single “Leaves”, which sounds a lot like the Pumpkins’ 1995 hit "1979"
• One of the animators of the Disney classic The Lion King draws a beautiful tribute to Cecil the Lion 
• There really is no hope left: Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy announce their separation via Twitter 
• Author Isaac Marion has finally completed the sequel to Warm Bodies entitled The Living 
• Jimmy Fallon celebrates Harry Potter’s birthday on July 31st with an appearance from drunk Ron Weasley 
• Amanda Seyfried donates her hair to Locks of Love 
• Taylor Swift introduces her godson, Leo Thames Newman (son of Jamie King and husband Kyle Newman) to the world via Instagram 
• Joe Jonas and girlfriend Gigi Hadid embrace their celebrity couple name: GI Joe  
• Taylor Swift almost gets grabbed offstage by a fan during her performance of "Bad Blood" in Canada this week while on her 1989 Tour
• Congratulations to Louis Tomlinson!  He’s going to be a dad!  Those of us here at ALNM hope the child is as flamboyantly gay as possible, just to mess with Louis’s mind