Fandom Friday 4/24/15

THAT death on Grey's Anatomy. The world says goodbye to a fan favorite character. 

TV News:

• Everybody Loves Raymond star Sawyer Sweeten takes his own life at age 19. Our thoughts are with the Sweeten family.
  
• Mitch Pileggi will be returning to The X-Files in its limited return run
  
• Daredevil renewed for a second season with Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez taking over as showrunners
  
• Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood to headline the as-yet-untitled Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff
  
• Boy Meets World beloved characters Eric, Mr. Feeny, and Shawn (played by Will Friedle, William Daniels, and Rider Strong, respectively) are all reprising their roles on Girl Meets World
  
• Rumors of a Galaxy Quest TV show are surfacing
  
• NBC’s Chicago Fire drops significantly in ratings as a key character exits the show
  
• Lip Sync Battle has been renewed for a second season of amazing battle pairings
  
• USA Network cancels Sirens after two seasons on the air
  
• More and more unfolds about the Full House follow-up series
• Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari and co-creator Mike Schur sell a new comedy series to Netflix
  
• Academy Award Nominee Gabourey Sidibe and Ta’Rhonda Jones are promoted to series regulars on Fox’s breakout hit Empire
  
• Fox releases first photo of Lea Michele in Scream Queens

Movie News:

• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Doctor Who, Beyond The Lights) to play Plumette, the feather duster, in the live-action Beauty and the Beast
  
• Ewan McGregor to play Lumiere in the live action Beauty and the Beast (EDIT: We previously reported that Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin would play the part of the enchanted candelabra, but we were mistaken.  Sorry!)
  
• JJ Abrams and Chewbacca reenact Lady and the Tramp
  
• Stanley Tucci joins the cast of the live-action Beauty and the Beast as new character Cadenza, an enchanted piano.
  
• Simon Pegg currently writing a “kick-ass” role for Idris Elba in Star Trek 3
  
• CinemaCon was the place to be!  Disney premiered Pixar’s Inside Out and Warner Brothers debuted the title art for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

• The first clip of Ant-Man is released!     -->
• **SPOILER**, who plays the **SPOILER** in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron, will appear in Captain America: Civil War (AKA Avengers 2.5)
• Robert Downey Jr. walks out of a press interview after being asked about his troubled past
• Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner apologize for sexist comments about Black Widow (one better than the other)

• Tyler Perry joins the cast of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
  
• Universal announces release dates for the remainder of the Fifty Shades trilogy: Fifty Shades Darker will be released on February 10, 2017 and the final installment, Fifty Shades Freed, will be released February 9, 2018
  
• Fast and Furious 8 will be released April 14, 2017

Misc News:

• Bobby Drake (Iceman) comes out as gay in All-New X-Men #40
• Legendary soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo to join MLS’ Los Angeles Galaxy in 2018
• One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson is starting his own record label

• <-- JJ Abrams shares some Twizzlers with Chewbacca and recreates the iconic scene from Lady and the Tramp with everyone’s favorite Wookiee
• Rainbow Rowell releases the cover art for her spinoff book Carry On
• Sandra Bullock is named People’s Most Beautiful Woman at age 50

• Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland denies his involvement with Art of Anarchy (a band that included members of Guns ‘N Roses and Disturbed) stating that he only ever sang as a “side project” until they found their own lead singer
• Chris Pratt and the Apparently Kid get up to some hilarious shenanigans on Ellen
• Jacob Lescenski of Las Vegas, Nevada asked his gay best friend Anthony Martinez to prom. Martinez, who is a part of the prom committee has never had a date to the prom, but it doesn't matter, because he has the greatest best friend a person could ask for.

And, in conclusion, anyone who says Steph Curry shouldn't be MVP is lying to you: