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Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:02AM • TFE Nomadland collects a bunch of OFCS prizes (*updated post)
• AV Club Lovecraft Country's Misha Green will direct the next Tomb Raider. Yes, somehow they're continuing this franchise despite the super dull results last time
• Atlantic Hollywood's big studios largely aren't following Warner Bros 'dump it all on streaming' lead. And Warner Bros may have lost one of its biggest revenue-producing directors with that decision.
News of the World, superhero multiverses, child stars, and Jonathan Bailey ❤️ after the jump...
• NYT Oscar nominated screenwriter Walter Bernstein (The Front, Paris Blues, Miss Evers Boys) has died
• Next Best Picture looks at the year in horror
• Deadline Where the Crawdads Sing, a film version of the period drama bestseller has its three leads: Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, and Daisy Edgar Jones
• Cartoon Brew Several Oscar qualified shorts you can watch right now
• IndieWire News of the World is a hit on VOD and The White Tiger a hit on Netflix
• AV Club weekend box office -Liam Neeson up top with The Marksman
• MNPP Steven Yeun 11 times
• Gizmodo DC and Marvel are about to go all in on "multiverses"... but that comes with dangers of gimmickiness and alienating new audiences
• Cartoon Brew "Churn" is the new industry buzzword and it's a problem for streamers with the audience growing more fickle due to the vast array of streaming services
• Variety a new Harry Potter series in development at HBOMax (because of course it is)
Discussables
• Vulture a ranking of former Disney and Nickelodeon child stars and how powerful their celebrity is now. Be warned. This list might make you feel old; I didn't recognize four of the names and two more of them it took me a minute to be like, uh huh, her
• NYT "Everybody Loves Fran. But why?" a rather biting critiquee of Fran Lebovitz... (I personally am loving the show about her, "Pretend It's a City")
For fun
• Towleroad Meet the lesbian mom who made Bernie's viral mittens
• Tom & Lorenzo Cardi B's latest eye-popping outfit
... and Jonathan Bailey being his adorable self via Harper's Bazaar. We loved him before you did, Bridgerton fans. We're talking Broadchurch, stage musical gigs, and Phoebe Waller Bridge's Crashing back in 2016.
Reader Comments (9)
Re Jonathan Bailey, you forgot his prickish Jack in W1A, competing for the affections of a woman against Hugh Skinner.
Good cast for Where the Crawdads Sing. Love it when British actresses do southern.
PS the teaser trailer for Barry Jenkin's Underground Railroad is BEAUTIFUL!
Just discovered Jonathan Bailey is gay so will be quitting my job and traveling to the UK to start a family with him.
Another Tom Raider movie?! Why?!
Tony T - LOL. if I don't beat you to it!
Re: Fran Lebowitz, I gave "Pretend" a good shot and realized it was not for me. In my salad days in San Francisco, I would read her books while sitting on the steps of the bookstore, Paperback Traffic, and her acerbic wit was a great pleasure. Maybe I got my fill of her when I was young. It also occurred to me that only New Yorkers will enjoy her show.
If by “we” you mean you and me (and Pam, apparently), then you are correct.
@ Tony T and Greg F.: You’re both too late. #sorrynotsorry
I will never forget how disgusting and hurtful Fran Lebovitz's transphobic comments were about Candy Darling in the documentary about her life. I've been completely turned off of her ever since.
Great, more mediocre Harry Potter content. Ladies and gentleman, your new George Lucas is J.K. Rowling.