On the Linkfront

VF Hollywood Charlize Theron's son loves Emily Blunt... and Frozen
Pajiba posits that Grease 2 is the superior Grease and a feminist triumph
Gothamist On the Waterfront is coming back to movie screens on April 24th and 27th as a Fathom Event. It's rarely seen on the big screen, so go
Variety there is a Three's Company movie in the works. Because.
Guy Goald "The Garlic Awakens"

The Retro Set the 8 most cinematic Duran Duran music videos. They stole from Mad Max, The Night Porter and even Indiana Jones
Towleroad This is awesome. Salt Lake City is renaming 900 South (a pretty cool street as it goes in SLC) "Harvey Milk Blvd". In related news: SLC must have changed a heap since I lived there for this to happen
NY Post Cher: The Musical. It could happen on Broadway
The New York Times Abolitionist Harriet Tubman is coming to the $20 bill. Albeit in 2020. That'll be a fun follow up to the HBO biopic starring Viola Davis (if that one is still on... who knows?)

Vulture Mark Harris's must read piece on Hollywood's strange disrespect for Melissa McCarthy, ICYMI
Pop Matters Duncan Sheik talks about his music for American Psycho on Broadway 
Tracking Board interesting casting: Debra Winger and Tracy Letts will co-star in The Lovers for A24 as a couple planning to break up but having second thoughts  
Stage Buddy Jose interviews Joachim Trier on his first English language film Louder than Bombs

RIP
Variety famous wrestler and TV reality star Chynna, who even played superheroine She Hulk in a porn parody, is found dead in her home 
Guardian remembers director Guy Hamilton who made four James Bond films (including Goldfinger) and other films like Force 10 From Navarone and The Mirror Crack'd 

Oops
We forgot to share the first trailer to Oscar hopeful The Birth of a Nation. If you haven't yet seen it, here it is. 

Comments

[Marcos]

It would seem the Harriet Tubman project is still a go:
http://allblackmedia.com/viola-davis-harriet-tubman-movie-at-hbo/

[Robert G]

Grease 2 is a lot of fun. I have a friend whose secret password to enter her summer art compound is singing Cool Rider with the choreography. So worth it.

[Ben]

Can also add Prince to the RIP section. :(

[JB]

Co-sign Pajiba. Grease2 4 lyfe.

[Steven]

Chyna was awesome and was part of my enjoyment in the Attitude era for the WWE. It's a shame the way she was ousted from the company by her ex-boyfriend and his cunt of a wife as their recent tweets are just total bullshit.

[forever1267]

Thanks for the Duran Duran and Cher links! Sad about Prince, though. #80sTeen

[DJDeeJay]

So much YES to that McCarthy article. People complain that she supposedly plays the same big, gross character all the time and then St. Vincent comes out and...people keep complaining anyway. It doesn't make sense.