• Vulture "Do they really have enough champagne in Death on the Nile to fill the Nile?" funny must-read!
• IndieWire Hilarious marrieds Megan Mullaly & Nick Offerman will be hosting Spirit Awards
• MNPP a preview of NYC's annual "Rendezvous with French Cinema"
• Forbes Highest Paid Entertainers - annual list topped by Peter Jackson who sold part of his vfx firm WETA. He's now the third director to become a billionaire (after Spielberg and George Lucas)
Rumors about Blonde, Lady Gaga's congratulations, Flee's record-breaking Oscar triple, Dolly Parton's generosity, and more after the jump...
• Thrillist Soderbergh wants Magic Mike's Last Dance to get a theatrical release in addition to its plannedHBOMax bow
• /Film Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) is executive producing a docu-series for streaming service Shudder called Queer for Fear: A History of Queer Horror and will also be directing a remake of Stephen King's Christine. Nice to hear his name again!
• Out Lady Gaga graciously congratules this year's Oscar nominees
• Screen Daily Andrew Dominik addresses rumors about his Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde starring Ana de Armas
• Advocate Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) discussing his career and his body
• Towleroad Dolly Parton now covering college tuition costs for all her Dollywood employees who want to pursue further education!
ICYMI
Did you see these cute video of the Flee team hearing their movie called out not once but thrice. Lots of confetti!
Crazy vid of the “Flee” team watching themselves be nominated for an Oscar three times: Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and Best International Feature. The main animation studio is Denmark’s @suncreatures.pic.twitter.com/u964R3bQgA
— cartoonbrew.com - Animation News (@cartoonbrew) February 9, 2022
ICYMI AN ASTONISHING GOLD MEDAL SKATE
Nathan Chen skating to Taron Egerton's "Rocketman" from the Elton John biopic. Just beautiful.