Linking & Housekeeping
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 11:30AM Pajiba Strange news. Johnny Depp did not report to work as planned. Work being continued cashing in of his 2003 brilliance as Jack Sparrow. What is afoot?
Interview on the evolution of Chlöe Sevigny
Comics Alliance tiny Ant-Man billboards. Here's to clever marketing !
Cleo have any of you seen Adventure Time? Thinkpieces on this animated show intrigue
Attitude Giorgio Armani urges you to not dress so "gay"!
The Kenneth in the (212) was The Former Bruce Jenner inspired by Belinda Carlisle?
Instagram meet Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's son
Towleroad RuPaul recap. Conjoined twins extravaganza
All the FUN of a serious and rare medical condition without the humanity and decency that even American Horror Story provided
Cool Projects
Cinematic Corner is hosting a "White Swan Black Swan" blog-a-thon -- now through the end of the month - which looks at dual personae.
Nick's Flick Picks has gathered his own secret TBA jury for a screening/retrospective of the entire Cannes Competition lineup of 1995 from the utterly gorgeous Shanghai Triad through the Palme D'Or winner Emir Kusturica's Underground to the provocation that was Kids. Ambitious!
Antagony & Ecstasy continues reviewing reader requested films (this time it's Evita) for a donation to the American Cancer Society. I urge you to all do this. It's a great cause and Tim is a great critic. He's doing a few reviews for fellow TFE staff (including me) in June.
True Story
Sunday night I dreamt that Meryl Streep had died suddenly and unexpectedly. The nightmare was so real that when I woke up Monday morning i was in an absolute panic wondering how I could possibly write about such a loss and feeling bad about every time I complained that she said yes to everything rather than carefully picking her projects. The nightmare was so real that I immediately googled Meryl Streep and was greeted by happy news instead of sad. La Streep was actually in the news that very morning but for funding a screenwriting workshop for women over 40. Whew and Awesome. And what The Dissolve said...
Whatever we did to deserve this woman, it wasn't enough.
71 Days Until Magic Mike Matt XXL
More character posters keep emerging.. so here's Matt Bomer. With Horn, Pettyfer, and McConaughey absent this time around, does he get an expanded role? In addition to being ridiculously pretty, he's said to be a very nice fellow in real life as told to us by actress and co-star Kathy Deitch.
TFE News
Apologies that 'April Showers' never got off the ground this month as a returning blog feature, though they definitely fell from the sky. Overplanning, TFE's great sin! But that won't stop up from committing it again and again.
TO CLOSE OUT APRIL: Sci-Fi / Artificial Intelligence theme week, Broadway stuff (Tony nominations in just one week), 9 to 5 party (tomorrow night - join us for some mowie wowie) a couple of Campions (In the Cut & Bright Star) and the completion of the April Foolish Oscar Prediction charts. No really. Stay tuned.
COMING IN MAY: The Orson Welles Centennial, 1979 Smackdown and Sidebars, and finally some 2015 movies to be excited about, discuss, and get us back to the movie theaters including: Mad Max Fury Road, Avengers Age of Ultron, Far From The Madding Crowd, Hot Pursuit, Saint Laurent, The D Train, Pitch Perfect 2, Aloha, and Tomorrowland.
Reader Comments (9)
Why does Streep never produce? You'd think it would be up her alley.
So glad to see you spreading word on Sati's glorious White Swan/Black Swan blogathon!
@Ryan
I agree...I'm shocked she doesn't have her own production company by now. I would love to see her produce films where she can act with other greats from her generation, i.e., Lange, Sarandon, Field, and Spacek.
@Nat
I'm NOT joking, I had a similar nightmare about Meryl suddenly dying a week ago....
@Ryan
As far as I know the only (TV) movie Meryl has produced was First Do No Harm in 1997.
I fairly believe she gives money to some of her movies, but maybe she doesn't want to be labled as a producer.
More April Showers! It's one of my favorite features.
I kind of hope to never meet Matt Bomer in real life because if he ever smiled at me, i would erupt into a fit of giggles and make a complete ass of myself.
I'm guessing the actress Chloe talks about having to apologize to recently was J.Law. Shame since she is one of the few candid voices out there.
Adventure Time is funny and clever but if I watch any more than two episodes in one sitting I start to feel like I've mainlined a candy necklace.
Chlöe Sevigny really is one of the coolest people in the world. Bold, brave, impossibly stylish and a kick-ass actress. The film industry needs more of her.
Depp needs to keep hiding until he finds a decent script.