TODAY'S MUST READ Self-Styled Siren debunks myths surrounding John Wayne and Sacheen Littlefeather at the Oscars in March '73. Really interesting piece as it shows you how press and stars speak about charged incidents, how incredible stories get started, how they change over time, and how often they're accepted as gospel once enough time has gone by. (P.S. Personally speaking I have always disliked John Wayne but even so, I have had trouble believing this story)
More after the jump including a biography of an Almodóvar regular, funeral screenings for Batgirl, the cult of A24, Black Panther toys, and a couple of remakes. Question: why does the entire internet call all remakes (and even some sequels) reboots now? The three separate words actually do mean three separate things...
• THR A "funeral screening" for Batgirl on the Warner Bros lot
• IndieWire smart piece on Harry Styles queerbaiting and recent comments on gay films, proving he hasn't seen any of them!
• Coming Soon the remake of Road House (1989) with Jake Gyllenhaal has started shooting
• / Film Here's a surprise. Remember how they were going to attempt Red Sonja (1985) again for a new franchise? It's still on albeit with a new star and new director
• First Impressions Almodóvar fans: new book alert! José Arroyo reviews the biography Fabiografia about Fabio McNamara, part of Pedro's scene in 70s/80s Madrid who appeared in five of the directors films
• Vulture "the cult of A24"
• Flaunt interview with Noah Schnapp (Stranger Things) who works as a lifeguard to stay "grounded" and just got accepted into his dream college
• MNPP fun posters for Shudder's "Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror" docu-series
• Deadline Simu Liu gets his first villain role in the Jennifer Lopez sci-fi film Atlas
• The Film Stage news on new projects for both directing Coppolas, Francis Ford and Sofia
• WTop News an interview with the director of Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest for its 30th anniversary
• Advocate That Texas church that was doing an unauthorized anti-gay version of Hamilton has apologized and will pay damages. Since Lin-Manuel Miranda certainly doesn't need the money the damages are going to LGBTQ organizations
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Yup, action figures for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever are already on shelves. [image source]