Today's must read: Megan Garber at The Atlantic has a fascinating piece on sexual dignity and freedom (in current pop culture like Good Luck To You Leo Grande, Grace & Frankie, and Hacks) and the fall of Roe v Wade (in current reality)
More after the jump including BIFA awards changes, Todd Haynes long banned Superstar, Steven Yeun's role in Nope, Jodie Foster's new role, and the Pride cover for British Vogue featuring actresses Cynthia Erivo, Cara Delivingne, and Ariana DeBose...
• IndieWire first images from The Woman King which stars Viola Davis, Sheila Atim, Lashana Lynch and more...
• Out Heartstopper's cast at London Pride Parade
• Empire James Cameron might not be directing all the Avatar sequels but hand the reigns over to someone else
• The Playlist The "Happy Sad Confused" podcast talks to Baz Luhrmann about Elvis who also talks about stars who auditioned for Moulin Rouge!
• EW Great interview with Todd Haynes about his career (he also mentions that Superstar, his long banned movie about The Carpents, told with dolls, has been remastered and he believes it will find a way legally to being released again. Yayyyyy. If you haven't seen a bootleg know that it's so so good)
• Jupiter's Claim <-- new website connected to Steven Yeun's character, apparently a former reality tv star, in Jordan Peel's Nope
• Deadline Dune: Part Two begins filming on July 21st in Budapest. The release has also been pushed back a month to Nov 17th, 2023
• Esquire an interview with Joe Kerry, "Steve" on Stranger Things
• AfterEllen Jodie Foster will lead the 4th season of True Detective
• Advocate Manu Ríos (Elite) has joined the ensemble of Almodóvar's gay cowboy short film
• Deadline BIFA joins the growing trend of gender-neutral acting awards, though they've smartly added categories with that decision. There will now be five categories: Lead, Joint-Lead, Supporting, Breakthrough, amd Ensemble
Finally...
Here's the British Vogue Pride Cover with 12 beauties. Because this is an LGBTQ+ cover from British Vogue, it's naturally heavy on British models. You can read the cover story here but here's more on each of them.
British Vogue August 2022 cover by Mert Alaş and Marcus Piggott
From left to right: Actress/model Cara Delevingne, actress/singer Cynthia Erivo (who recently came out as bi), Oscar-winning triple-threat Ariana DeBose, model Jordan Barrett, and model/podcaster Munroe Bergdorf are on the front of the cover, followed by model Sheera Ravindren, photographer/model Cameron Lee Phan, model Aweng Chuol, model Nathan Westling, model Valentina Sampaio, makeup and drag artist Gottmik, and poet/activist Kai-Isaiah Jamal in the foldouts.