Boo-Boo Linky
Friday, June 26, 2015 at 8:10AM 
W Magazine Taraji P. Henson, always fun, talks about getting the acting bug, auditioning for Precious and falling in love with "Cookie" on Empire even though she didn't want to do TV again
AV Club Taraji also has a new leading film role as civil rights activist Ann Atwater who in 1971 had meetings with the Klu Klux Klan leader on reducing violence.
IndieWire a fun interview with the always amusing Jennifer Coolidge, who hopes to get a wider range of roles. "maybe I should write something"
BBC RIP "Avengers" star Patrick Macnee
Variety John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig, Rabbit Hole) will be honored at OutFest this year. He needs to stop being honored and start making another movie.
Empire Aaron Eckhart to star in new thriller shot in real time. It's called Live! Eckhart's one of those actors I root for even though he keeps making movies I don't want to see. (sigh)
Vanity Fair is always trying to make Jennifer Lawrence happen. She already happened of course ;) but they just don't quit with the love fest -- they're already pushing for Oscar #2
New Yorker for any of you rebels who haven't been feeling Inside Out here's a negative review from the always interesting Richard Brody on "the curse of the Pixar universe"
/Film a new Star Trek started filming. Rumored title is Star Trek Beyond
Emmy Voting Ends Today
I know you diehard cinephiles are probably relieved that we won't be talking about TV so much next week but we hope you cinephiles who don't differentiate between screen sizes anymore (there seem to be more and more of you) have enjoyed this experiment. We have to keep experimenting to keep the site alive you know. In case you missed any of our FYCs here's an index of the acting writeups -- we tried to cover as many different series as possible during those -- our final ballots for drama and comedy, as well as guest blogs from Cara Seymour (The Knick) and Ann Dowd (The Leftovers) which we were super proud to host. It was fascinating to hear some of what went in to creating those memorable and surprising religious figures.
Happy Pride Month
THR on today's young male movie stars courting gay audiences. They're trying to make "Stromo!" happen. But isn't it already called "Hetemo"?
MoMA acquires the original rainbow flag which is now 37 years old. Happy birthday flag.
Showtune to Go!
And let's combine "Pride" with "Emmy Voting" for the finale. Since neither Jonathan Groff nor Sutton Foster are likely to receive Emmy nods for their terrific work in Looking and Younger respectively, we want them to know that they are loved. And obsessed over. In many places if not on Emmy voter ballots. So here's Jonathan's tribute to Sutton Foster in Anything Goes. It has 283,000+ views on YouTube so at least 190,000 other people besides me have watched it! And yes I've probably shared it before but it bears watching again.
and again.
and again.
and again.
Reader Comments (10)
Jennifer Coolidge > Jennifer Lawrence
yes.
Eckhart's one of those actors I root for even though he keeps making movies I don't want to see. (sigh)
Sounds like someone who has yet to hear his Howard Stern interview. Eckhart is a pig to actresses.
I love the TV coverage specially when there's nothing much to see at theatres. Movie moguls you really need to reconsider the calendar.
Can Jennifer Lawrence please give back the first Oscar she won (and her nomination for American Hustle'), take time away from the spotlight, and get some education / grow up?
She's easily my last favorite celebrity of the moment.
Love Jennifer Coolidge. So glad to see such a talented yet overlooked actress rewarded.
I only want "Stromo" to happen so I can get a t-shirt that says "NO STROMO" on it under a picture of the ship from Alien and the word would need to happen for that to ever make any sense to anybody
This sentence from the Brody review of 'Inside Out' is the most unintentionally funny thing I have seen all week:
"In lieu of the mysteries and wonders of life, instead of big dreams and big fears, in place of the cosmic sense of childhood infinity that Terrence Malick thrillingly got at in “The Tree of Life”..."
Hilarious. Just so so clueless. I love it.
@Jan-Agreed!!!!
I really am quite sick of Jennifer Lawrence. The fake hair extensions, the chopsticks in her mouth, $20 million per movie and too many points, the whole drunk package is really quite unappealing. Increasingly, there is nothing darling about her. Maybe she and Chris Pratt reflect the current dumbing down of movies and what constitutes popular, but I don't have to like it.