Link It On
Lenny Amy Poehler interviews her teen fan, the Tony nominated Sydney Lucas who was so brilliant in Fun Home: The Musical (she just left the show *cries*)
AV Club in terrifying news: Disney is fast-tracking a Cruella de Vil picture from the 50 Shades screenwriter called simpley Cruella
The Guardian interviews Benicio del Toro on Sicario and music as part of his acting process
Playbill Broadway and music giants are uniting on December 3rd in NYC for a Centennial tribute to Frank Sinatra: slated to appear are Bernadette Peters, Sutton Foster, Sting, and Christina Aguilera. More names TBA
Comics Alliance & Superhero Hype celebrate the best Cosplay at New York Comic Con this weekend - that Marvel Girl is something else. Straight outta the X-Men pages I tell ya.
Boy Culture cuteness - Carol Channing with teddy bear
Pajiba yes, Natalie Dormer is aware that people think Kermit the Frog's new pig girlfriend Denise looks like her
Detroit News my hometown paper interview Tippi Hedren (The Birds, Marnie) for some reason so check that out
Awards Daily Sasha on Aaron Sorkin and the art of the symbol in Steve Jobs
Variety MTV's adaptation of Terry Brooks "The Shannara Chronicles" is coming in January. I read a couple of those books a million years ago and none of this even sounds/looks vaguely familiar. But maybe I just don't remember it?
Variety ...and BBC is doing "The Last Kingdom" because YA fused with fantasy is hot right now after the cultural dominance of Hunger Games / Game of Thrones the past handful of years.
ICYMI
The first 10 days of October were so crazy busy: final reports from NYFF, the opening of The Martian and a sneak of Carol, wild acclaim for Steve Jobs and the opposite for Pan on their shared opening weekend, that we're sure you've missed some choice goodies. Be sure to check out the Hail Caesar! teaser, our interview with Victoria star Laia Costa, Photograph 51 with Nicole Kidman hitting the stage, and a list of Ridley Scott's favorite actors.
The biggest news for us here at The Film Experience was the announcement of the 81 movies in competition for Best Foreign Film. We've already interviewed directors from or reviewed 11 of them: Argentina's The Clan, Austria's Goodnight Mommy (now in theaters), Colombia's Embrace of the Serpent, Dominican Republic's Sand Dollars, France's Mustang, Germany's Labyrinth of Lies (now in theaters!), Hungary's Son of Saul, Norway's The Wave, Portugal's Arabian Nights Volume 2, Sweden's A Pigeon Sat on a Branch, and Taiwan's The Assassin with more to come.
Reboot the World. Bring it On
Remember when Bring It On (2000) made our top ten list of Best High School Movies Ever Made? Don't you wish that they hadn't made all those terrible straight-to-dvd sequels for Bring It On so that the world could demand an actual Bring It On sequel? EW reunited the principle cast for their latest issue.
Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union, and Kiki are still sexy. And cute. and popular to boot. Okay maybe less popular (sigh) but still awesome. And to quote our friend Joe Reid:
Congratulations to Jesse Bradford, Nobel Prize winner in the field of Could Get It
Video Du Jour
I'm sorry but Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman on the same couch being embarrassed about their childhood names? The Graham Norton Show is always a delight for actressexuals. Please someone gif the part w/ Meryl's glasses askew or any of Nicole's dorky grimaces.
And, because, a bonus video: Julianne Moore cracking us up doing Taylor Swift lyrics on "the Late Late Show"
Always the years.
Always the love.
Always The Hours Ladies.
Reader Comments (12)
Doctor Fate: Simple, timeless AND looks cool both on and off the comic page. If Doctor Strange is a success, I'd expect WB to greenlight his movie IMMEDIATELY. (Because if you can make THAT guy work, you could easily make his cooler looking counterpoint work.)
Doctor Strange: I know he has fans, but his iconic look, though still cool but anachronistic on the page, is a MESS off the page. Those costume designers have their work cut out for them in creating something that's just as cool in live-action.
Carrie Mulligan is lucky, being between Meryl and NIcole and also for being Carey Mulligan
Woof Jesse Bradford!
Just watched Bring It On for the first time in a while about a week or two ago and I really do wish they had made a legitimate sequel, so I'm right there with you on wishing the Direct To Video films didn't happen. Also, and I'm sure I'm in the minority on this, but I much prefer Bring It On to Mean Girls. Obviously, they don't have a lot in common but one has stayed in the public consciousness much more than the other and I just never got why (besides, the Lindsay Lohan heat and four lead girls being insanely sexy at the time).
Saw the Norton show and was delighted with all 4 women... I found nicole the wamest and fuzziest I had seen her in a long while...
When Nicole and Meryl launched into that conversation about the importance of selecting projects that "matter" and make a contribution... I was like Carey Mulligan, sitting in the middle and swooning in awe of these two goddesses.
The Norton interview's so cool. Nicole's particularly sweet and they share a few anecdotes and the like. Can´t wait to see her play!
Jesse Bradford is still hot
I love the Reunions issue. It never disappoints. Scott Foley and Scott Speedman are on the cover and I wouldn't kick them out of bed for eating crackers, either. And I never even watched "Felicity"!
"This is awful, why are you telling me this?!?" Oh Nicole. LOVE.
And, gosh, Jess Bradford. It's just not fair.
I watched the full Graham Norton episode on YouTube and it was of course everything. They even dedicated part of the conversation to The Actressexual Film of the Aughts, The Hours! It's too bad Julianne didn't have anything to promote in the UK. I need that reunion.
And Carey mentioned that Nicole sent her flowers after seeing her in Skylight on Broadway. I love hearing stories of actresses supporting each other. <3
Nicole's meercat TV Commercial (Arnie's done one as well)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co6sXBuGp80