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Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 8:00AM
NATHANIEL R in Best Animated Feature, Jake Picking, MidSommar, Middle Eastern Films, Olivia, Rock Hudson, The Witch

CBS Olivia Newton John, our beloved child hero, is battling cancer for the third time. It's stage four this time but she's determined to outlive the statistics.
MNPP Jake Picking cast as young Rock Hudson in Ryan Murphy's upcoming series Hollywood (which takes place in the 1940s). Exactly how many series does Murphy launch at any one time? No wonder people say The Politician is a mess.

After the jump LGBTQ horror, Angelina ❤️ Michelle, advances in de-aging technology, Animated Feature Oscar hopefuls, and more...


/Film Universal wants more Jordan Peele movies. They've got a five year first-look deal.
IndieWire on the de-aging VFX this year from Captain Marvel to Gemini Man and The Irishman
Advocate "16 horror films that only LGBTQ people understand" -a truly random but obviously Carrie is on there and we're glad to see Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In cited.
Cartoon Brew thinks The Last Fiction will become the first Iranian animated feature to qualify for the Oscar race... but didn't Persepolis do that already? Or is that movie considered too French to be Iranian despite its topic/ancestry? 
Cartoon Brew another film that is vying for that unofficial "foreign" slot in the Animated Feature race is the French film I Lost My Body which will stream on Netflix soon. Dev Patel voices the lead in the English language dub.
NYT Jessye Norman, the legendary opera star, had died at 74
Cinematic Corner "visual parallels: The Witch and MidSommar

Exit Video
Ah... Angelina Jolie had a crush on Michelle Pfeiffer in Grease 2 and Scarface (didn't we all?)

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