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on this day (August 31st) in history as it relates to showbiz
1897 Thomas Edison patents his movie camera the "kinetograph"
1987 Michael Jackson's video "Bad" directed by none other than the master Martin Scorsese premieres. It is 18 minutes long (!) because Martin Scorsese never saw a lengthy running time that didn't make him salivate. The short gave Wesley Snipes one of his earliest gigs prompting the short's switch from black and white to color as Wesley riles Michael up with a "you ain't bad!" burn.
Princess Diana, Brokeback Mountain and more after the jump...
Gurus of Gold pundits make some quick assessments as the new awards season begins Paste Magazine why isn't Billy Eichner a sex symbol yet? THR the new version of It is already causing real clowns to lose work Advocate offers up 17 LGBT tropes that need to be retired from entertainment. This list is so wide-ranging they'll be no queer characters left on TV if they follow it! /Film cool stuff: scratch off poster to track your viewing of 100 classic movies
The Daily collects obituaries and tributes to the acclaimed horror director Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) IndieWire Dunkirk arranges a special screening at Toronto to celebrate IMAX. Consider that Oscar campaign already ignited Awards Daily new stills for Call Me By Your Name. These are more likely it. The first few were so underwhelming TowleroadHeathers is getting a TV adaptation. Leslye Headland directs the pilot which has updates for the Heathers for themselves (one of them is genderqueer)
Off Cinema • The Cut good deep dive into Kathy Griffin's life post that T***p photo that got her into so much trouble • Vox winners and losers of MTV Video Music Awards • ET literal winners of the MTV Video Music Awards (though, like the Gramys, it's not an awards show that's actually about awards) • AV Club Jason Segel is having a tall person small door problem. Cute • Playbill the 29 biggest grossing Broadway shows of all time from the Cabaret revival with Natasha Richardson and Alan Cumming ($119 million) to Disney's The Lion King $1.3 billion). Hamilton is already at #18 ($242 million) and it's only been open two years! (It should be noted that these are just their Broadway grosses, not touring companies and the like.
Exit Video Seems like there's going to be a few short films about the Blade Runner world before Blade Runner 2049 opens. Here's the first one...
Cartoon hearts can break, too. I can't get over this new animated short in which a young boy's heart betrays him at school. And the feeling is apparently mutual on the internet. By the time it took me to post this between watcing it four times last night and waking up this morning to say a few words, it has been everywhere racking up millions of views and inspiringfanart already as well as official parody posters.
See the full four minute short after the jump and a few more comments after the jump. It's well worth your time...
Boy Culture want to see a web or tv series sequel to Boy Culture (2006)? Film School Rejects a new short film starring Oscar Isaac available to watch online Deadline a huge list of in-development franchises - what's the next big sci-fi fantasy hit? Coming Soon Nicholas Hoult is in talks to play the Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien in a forthcoming biopic. Those unfamiliar with Tolkien but for book jacket photos, Hoult seems like odd casting but the movie will be about his youth and service in World War I (which of course informed his iconic books)
AV ClubRaising Arizona was on the cover of a Serbian biology textbook! /FilmWonder Woman 2 is aiming for a December 2019 release date. Patty Jenkins still not confirmed to return as director MNPP has a new crush in François Arnaud Towleroad Ezra Miller kisses a male fan at Comic Con. Crowd goes wild Ceros why are directors like Christopher Nolan enamored with 70 mm? Variety Producer vows to "vigorously defend" Feud: Bette and Joan from Olivia de Havilland's lawsuit. But they might not want to harp on and on about "meticulously researched" since we spotted several errors without doing any research at all! /Film contrary to reports Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) will not be appearing in Avengers: Infinity War
A Detour to the Stage Playbill in an upcoming revival of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece (well, one of them) Company, the genders will be reversed Playbill Kathleen Turner's speaking voice is, of course, legendary but now comes word that she's going to sing on stage!!! What? She's debuting a cabaret show "Finding My Voice" in Philadelphia Broadway Blog Mandy Patinkin is taking over the lead male role in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 on Broadway for 3 weeks only. MANDY PATINKIN. Theater ManiaFrozen is deep in rehearsals now - Instagram pics of the cast
Congratulations to this poodle below from The Meyerowitz Stories who won the coveted Palme Dog
The Palme Dog is not an official prize from the festival itself but it's always fun to see who wins. Past years winners have been the utterly adorable bulldog from Paterson (2016), the Maltese from Arabian Nights (2014), Uggie from The Artist (2011) and so on. The Palme Dog people also gave an honorary to the bomb sniffing dogs working Cannes to ensure the safety of the industry professionals attending.
But wait that's not all. Two of the official Cannes juries also named their winners in advance of tomorrow's main closing night ceremony. Read about them after the jump...
Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 8:00AM 
