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Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 10:57AM
NATHANIEL R in Cheyenne Jackson, Chris Evans, Christian Bale, Eternals, Jacob Elordi, Lena Waithe, Lindsay Lohan, SXSW, The Emperor's New Groove, Woody Allen, links, politics

Tik Tok "Pull the lever, Kronk" - a genius bit of Emperor's New Groove lipsyncing
Hulu Lady in a Cage - don't forget to watch as we're discussing it on Monday night. And boy is there a lot to discuss!
Matt Reeves pics of the new Batmobile in The Batman (2021)
Coming Soon Superhero Christian Bale will now be a supervillain. He's facing off with Natalie Portman and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Love and Thunder (2021)...

More after the jump including Jacob Elordi, SXSW, The Eternals, Twenties, Chris Evans, and more...


My New Plaid Pants "The Golden Trousers" in full. Love this annual movie award tradition
Deadline Cheyenne Jackson to co-star in a new sitcom with Mayim Bialik
AV Club You can now hire Lindsay Lohan to repeat her famous Mean Girls lines to you for $250
The Atlantic interesting piece on Lena Waithe, her new series Twenties, and the burden of representation and what happens to "mediocre art" that's still essential
VMan terrific photoshoot of rising star Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) who has an erotic thriller coming up called Deep Water (with Ana de Armas)
/Film a very busy schedule for post-Captain America Chris Evans including a Bermuda Triangle sci-fi movie

Coronavirus and the movies
/Film after No Time to Die’s schedule move other would be blockbusters (like Black Widow) are staying put (mostly) for now
Austin Chronicle SXSW is cancelled due to "preparedness, not panic"
THR Cannes is not cancelling despite rumors that it might - they’re still on schedule to announce their lineup on April 16th and launch on May 12th.

Controversies
Boy Culture Sherry Pie disqualified from RuPaul's Drag Race S12 due to catfishing online... but the season is already filmed. Hmmm
Towleroad not everyone is giving former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock an easy time about coming out after years of actively fighting against LGBTQ rights. Good for Jonathan Van Ness!
Kenneth in the (212) Woody Allen memoir dropped by publisher
Variety Onward banned or altered in various countries due to a single vague lesbian reference

RIP
Nicholas Tucci (You're Next) has died at 38
Peter Saide, NY theater actor, passeds away at 36 a couple of weeks ago. We were very sad to hear about this at TFE HQ. You may recall we were smitten and interviewed him right here for his wonderful work in Off-Broadway's Desperate Measures. We thought he had such a bright career ahead with a golden voice and matinee idol looks. 

Older news...
W Magazine Tilda Swinton and Pedro Almodovar are making a short film together.
The Atlantic Why are all politicians right now so old?
Cinema Blend more details (which have been coming at a steady clip) about the two gay characters in Marvel's Eternals -- we personally don't want to congratulate Marvel just yet as we've seen how pathetic "exclusively gay moments" actually are onscreen after studios try to hype them up prerelease for "credit" only to be revealed as blink and you miss it background stuff. Still furious that that Alien Covenant movie got credit for having gay characters when they were only showed to be gay in online clips that weren't actually within the movie! 

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