The Link Stuff

• Salon remembers the 'gentlemanly gruffness' of Fred Ward (Tremors, The Right Stuff), who has passed away at 79. We will remember him best from Henry & June, Big Business, and Short Cuts. 
• IndieWire interesting report on how the streamers are all doing. It was a rough quarter given the expensive (to streamers and viewers) content wars but HBOMax is holding steady and AppleTV got an enormous boost from CODA's Best Picture Oscar win.
• Harvard Film Archives posters of queer movies over the decades from multiple countries

Character actor James Hong, Stephen King adaptations, a royal role for Christopher Walken, smoking hot silent film stars, and more after the jump...

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Would you rather?

Would you rather...

• resist pasta with Henry Golding?
• practice hula hoop skills with Catherine Zeta-Jones?
• do yoga with Kerry Washington?
• get tatted with LaKeith Stanfield?
• cosplay Audrey with Illeana Douglas?
• weightlift with Taron Egerton?
• suck on something blue with Yoo Ah-in?
• consider the zucchini with Sutton Foster?
• skinny dip with Orlando Bloom?
• or eat Chris Hemsworth's cake?

Pictures are after the jump the help you decide.

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Would you rather?

We haven't done one of these in a month or two. So let's gaze at pretty Celebrity instagram pics.

Would you rather
...meditate with Chris Hemsworth?
...take a hike with Helen Hunt and pup?
...go horseback riding with Hilary Swank?
...relax in Mexico with Tessa Thompson?
...get a face mask with Alan Cumming?
...attend storytime with Sandy Powell and Glenda Jackson?
...hit the waterfall with Luke Evans? 
...admire Stacey Abrams with Kerry Washington?
...get fit with Viola Davis?
... or revive Cruella DeVil with Glenn Close?
...do a press day with Nicole Kidman?

Pictures are after the jump to help you decide. 

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Emmy Review: Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

by Juan Carlos

We now reach this hotly contested category, consisting of Emmy favorites, Oscar winners, and a breakout performer. Aside from Regina King and Cate Blanchett, pundits were trying out several combinations of who would fill the remaining slots, especially with the decrease from six to five nominees. Unbelievable is competing for Limited Series, but neither of its widely predicted leads Merritt Wever or Kaitlyn Dever made it. Previous Emmy winners and nominees that were also in the running but didn't make it included Reese Witherspoon, Michelle Dockery, Helen Mirren, Ellie Kemper, and Aunjanue Ellis.

Without further ado, let's consider the lucky five who were nominated...  

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Would you rather?

This is our excuse to share Instagram photos we love this past week or so, so please indulge us. Answer the question in the comments. Would you rather...

real fishness pride

• cosplay mermen with KJ Apa?
• shop for bathroom tiles with Christina Hendricks?
• do posture exercizes with Alec Utgoff?
• dress-up and read storybooks with Channing Tatum?
• dance to WAP with Laverne Cox?
• have espresso with Salma Hayek?
• arrive in Venice stylishly with Pierre Niney?
• stage a one-man musical like David Dastmalchian?
• relax in the pool, Mariah blasting, with Kerry Washington?
• watch Cape Fear with Juliette Lewis herself?

Pictures are after the jump to help you decide. (If there's a gif you should click for the video)

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