Your host (c'est moi, Nathaniel) is weeks behind his movie game. So here's part 1 of a massive link roundup to try to catch up. Twenty-five mini stories in this one, let's go...
EW celebrates Idris Elba on their cover
The Vulture a profile of the screenwriter of The Post who was inspired to write it after reading Katherine Graham's memoir "Personal History" Meryl Streep will play Graham in the film (which is not based on that memoir but on one event in Graham's career.)
Awards Daily laments that big box office hits like Get Out and Wonder Woman are not considers shoo-in for Best Picture nominations
Variety Darren Aronofsky tapped as keynote speaker for next spring's SXSW festival
The Hollywood Reporter Disney is not moving forward with its Jack and the Beanstalk animated film named Gigantic
Playbill Glee's Lea Michele finally met Barbra Streisand
People Dan Amboyer who plays the twin of Hilary Duff's deceased fiance on Younger (long story) has come out as gay
Mirror Rob Collier believes his gay under-butler role on Downton Abbey has made it difficult for him to find other roles
More after the jump including Weinstein harassment fallout, agressive Netflix recommendations, Jonathan Groff's penchant for singing on set, and more...
The Weinstein Fallout
NYT Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and other actresses speak out about Weinstein's harassment
The Schmooze iconic fabulous Harvey Fierstein getting flak for the Harvey Weinstein hurricane
The Cut great personal piece by Liz Meriwether about her complex feelings as a victim
LA Times The Weinstein Co will probably not recover
The Guardian Weinstein's wife Georgina Chapman has announced that she's left him
Towleroad Nathan Lane says Weinstein threw him against a wall at a party.
... this sure is snowballing. Everyone has a story now. (For the record as someone only Hollywood-adjacent I had heard of various bullying behavior but never the sexual harrassment stuff until now but they're of the same despicable character trait: the desire to humiliate and control other people)
Theater
Stage Buddy current highlights from BroadwayHD, a new streaming service for theater fans
Playbill "Come From Away," a musical inspired by events following 9/11 in a small Canadian town, recoups its investment. That's a rarer milestone than you'd think for Broadway shows and since it's still going strong they'll turn a nice profit too
Playbill Secret Garden revival in Houston eyeing Broadway. I've always wondered why this musical has never made it to the screen since the story its based on has a ton of big screen versions.
Show-Score beautiful essay about finding characters that represent you somehow on stage, in this case a widow relating to Hamilton and Bandstand
RIP
San Francisco Chronicle Judy Stone, passionate film critic of the 60s and 70s has passed away
Deadline screen actor Tim Quill (Hamburger Hill, Argo) has died at just 54 years of age.
Variety Sitcom writer Bob Schiller (I Love Lucy, Maude and many more) dies at 98 years of age
Fun!
Reductress woman aggressively recommending Netflix shows to her friends
Boy Culture Germany's choral group Klangwerk 306 does a megamix of Madonna songs
Vulture adorable interview with 7 year-old Brooklynn Prince, star of The Florida Project
Exit Video
Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany on Groff's penchant for singing on the set of Mindhunter