• Variety Lee Pace talks about his new projects and a possible Pushing Daisies reunion
• IndieWire wait, what? Is this the 1990s again? Adriane Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Unfaithful) is making a new erotic thriller. It's called Deep Water and Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are set to co-star
• /Film Disney animators have "huge resentment" of the new Lion King... and with good reason, too
After the jump an Academy election, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Meryl Streep screaming, and lots of fascinating thoughts on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood...
• Deadline Makeup Oscar winner Lois Burwell (Braveheart) and Casting Director David Rubin (Wild) set to face off in the next Oscar election for President. Either one would be a first Academy President from their field. Laura Dern is not planning to run, sorry gays and gals!
• MNPP Kelvin Harrison Jr (Luce) two times
• Out Julianne Hough says she's not straight. But she's married to a man and doesn't specify what she is. Hmmm...
• /Film restored teaser to the original Spider-Man (2002) featuring the twin towers -- I remember this happening so well.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood mania
• BuzzFeed beautiful measured piece from Alison Willmore about the controversies surrounding Tarantino's onscreen women
• Screen Crush you can watch the movie at the same theater that Sharon Tate visits within the movie
• Filmmaker Magazine a fun interview with Arianne Phillips about her costumes for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• ASC Magazine interviews Robert Richardson on the cinematography of Once Upon a Time ...Hilariously, despite three Oscar wins, he doesn't think he's a very talented DP
• The Atlantic a fascinating take on the movie from Caitlin Flanagan who points out -- and it's important contextually in the essay -- that she is from the same generation as Taraninto. I noticed this article was upsetting a lot of people on Twitter so I read it. The sentences that people are definitely up in arms about (Manson's "empowered women") are 100% satirical. But people have currently (and have always had) problems understanding satire.
• Vulture All the movies and TV shows referenced in the dense movie -- I noticed some of these but not all of 'em.
Stage (and a little screen)
• Playbill the 10 most-produced plays and musical from high school drama departments currently -- it's a pretty depressing list (the musical portion that is) apart from Into the Woods and Little Shop of Horrors.
• Variety Almost Famous (2000) is getting the stage musical treatment in London and has just announced its cast. Casey Likes who will play the lead is making his stage debut at just 17 years of age.
• Playbill Six is coming to Broadway - it's a pop concert style musical about Henry VIII's wives. So we FINALLY have an original score musical coming this season (you'll remember that we were lamenting how dire the season is looking with less "original" new musicals than we've literally ever seen in our 19 years in NYC.)
Today's Listen
King Princess converted Streep's Big Little Lies scream into a dance track! Meryl is the queen of all cultures