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Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 9:00AM 2020 is giving off real “series finale” vibes, gotta be honest.
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) August 22, 2020
What the world needs now is MORE MOVIE MUSICALS!
— MKB (@MatthewKBegbie) August 18, 2020
Truer tweets were never tweeted and you know it.
After the jump: Miley Cyrus, Batman ubiquity, Courtney Cox losing, Faye Dunaway being evil, and cinephile rage...
Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 10:00AM by Nathaniel R
They could play sisters!
Have you heard the news that Julianne Moore will be play Heidi, the awards-ready role of Evan Hansen's stressed out single mom in the feature adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen? Normally we'd applaud our beloved Julianne getting a juicy part but we find this puzzling given her lack of musical experience. You see there are two mom characters in the melodramatic high school set musical, Heidi and Cynthia, whose children become entangled. The show opens with a duet between them "Anybody Have a Map?" but Cynthia's role recedes thereafter and she never gets a solo while Heidi gets the 11th hour showstopper "So Big / So Small".
Here's the weird part...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 1:51PM 
The Atlantic drive-in movie theaters are having a moment. Not that there are many of them around.
Variety Anne Hathaway to star in the adaptation of the memoir French Children Don't Throw Food
The New Yorker "pandemics and the shape of history"
MNPP Dolly Parton will be reading to children every Thursday on YouTube
Variety in the land of stars getting creative during the shelter in place, Emilia Clarke is offering a virtual dinner for charity for coronavirus relief. You get to cook with her and eat with her if you're selected.
/Film Genius: Queen of Soul starring Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin delayed til later this year (in related news Respect starring Jennifer Hudson is moving to 2021. I think we know who loses in an acting cage match between the two, even if they won't be competing at the same awards show.)
Boy Culture the last time various household name artists charted on the top 40
Coming Soon remember the days when Netflix never cancelled any of their shows? Those days are long gone. October Faction and V Wars are both cancelled after their first seasons (though Locke & Key gets to stay for a second round)
Deadline Sony moves all their big ticket 2020 movies to 2021 in one swoop.
Deadline Oscar-nominated songwriter Adam Schlesinger ("That Thing You Do") of the band Fountains of Wayne in a medically induced coma due to coronavirus
Exit Music
James Corden gathered up Ben Platt and the current touring company of Dear Evan Hansen to sing "You Will Be Found". Lovely song. It starts around 2:30
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 5:23PM Oooh look at this beautiful actress roundtable cover for The Hollywood Reporter. Can't wait to see the full video.
Okay on to the link roundup since we haven't done this in some time the news is a mix of brand new to 'oops, already shoulda shared that!'
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/Film early numbers on the success of Disney+ though you'll have to take it with a grain of salt as the numbers are provided solely by Disney (just like Netflix who is free to brag on the rare occassions when they do share numbers but there's no way to know if the numbers are accurate)
Coming Soon Juliette Lewis and Mia Goth are co-starring in a female action flick called Mayday
After the jump The Little Mermaid, new projects for Paul Thomas Anderson and Damien Chazelle, Kristen Bell singing, and much much more...
