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The Guardian talks to Armie Hammer about the peach scene in Call Me By Your Name and more - Hammer also recently got in a good dig at conservative asshole James Woods who is upset by the age difference in the film
Awards Daily Joey ranks the 101 greatest Will & Grace guest stars. Yes, 101.
Decider the 24 best episodes of Will & Grace prior to the revival
THR Netflix is losing some very major TV series on Oct 1st so if you always wanted to complete 30 Rock or Friday Night Lights, you'd best be bingeing...
More after the jump including Cher, Jane Fonda, This is Us, and Hugh Hefner's death...
Tracking Board a female led "Kung Fu" reboot (though they're referring to it as more of a sequel to the 1970s series) is supposedly actually going to cast Asian stars in the main roles (if so it'll be the first network Asian drama for networks... though we've had Asian sitcoms and Asian leads on cable series, we haven't had a primarily Asian network drama ever. Can you believe it?)
Playbill Anne Jeffreys, star of the Topper tv series, I Married an Angel, and the original Tess Trueheart in the early Dick Tracy films has died at age 94
Variety talks to This is Us creator about Jack's death on the show. I have to admit I have found the whole thing rather distasteful in the "mystery" slow reveal of it. I'm tired of TV shows using something as painful as death for something as cheap as "mystery" and "reveals" and such. (Otherwise I really love the show)
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Theater Mania The Cher Show, a jukebox musical about the life and career of Cher will premiere in Chicago this coming Sumer before a Broadway run. No casting announced yet but good luck filling those shoes.
Playbill Broadway's Mean Girls musical tickets go on sale this October 3rd. If you love Mean Girls you know why it's October 3rd! I'm so excited that Kerry Butler has got Tina Fey's part. Kerry Butler is obscenely underappreciated
Washington Post Bruce Springsteen is coming to Broadway for a special very pricey engagement ($75 lottery tickets though). How might this change the way things happen on Broadway when it comes to special events and rock acts?
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Variety an opinion column on the dark side of Hugh Hefner's sexual liberation and the Playboy legacy. I find these conversations fascinating but I do question why people aren't more willing to admit that these things ARE consensual. There's so much talk about how horrible it is for women but Playboy bunnies were not part of a sex slavery ring. They chose it... for money, for fame, for security, for whatever private reasons. It seems disingenuous to remove the question of complicity altogether from these conversations about the male gaze (though it does obviously make it easier to judge whoever is gazing). Speaking of consensually gazed upon...
Pamela Anderson is very upset about the news of Hefner's death.
CNBC Julia Louis-Dreyfus has announced that she has breast cancer. She's used the announcement not to focus on herself but to advocate for universal healthcare (even though she's wealthy and has insurance). This is what you call heroism and leadership. Love her. Too bad our elected officials are neither heroes nor leaders.
USA Today on the way public conversation about breast cancer has changed over the decades
Kotobukyia is launching a new statue series called "ikemen" (handsome men). The first character is every ass-man's favorite 'super' Nightwing.
funny haha
The Hairpin "why not one surprise free month of rent per year?"
Mashable ...and let's leave off with Jane Fonda's death stare when Megyn Kelly asked her about plastic surgery. You do not come for Jane Fonda. She is iconic, fabulous, and better than you* (you being whomever, but Megyn Kelly obviously)