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Bradley Cooper is in talks to voice Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy. Chris Carter is still holding out hope for a third X-Files movie, that Simon Pegg may find his way into. Katee Sackhoff wants to play Harley Quinn in a … Continue reading
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Rashida Jones is developing a new dramedy for the CW with her sister, Kidada Jones. Executive producer Mark Rubin says adding playable female soldiers to Call of Duty: Ghost was about acknowledging existing fans. Bless. WORF SHOW. Let it happen … Continue reading
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Tom Hiddleston will be Captain Hook alongside Christina Hendricks in Disney’s new animated film, The Pirate Fairy. More news from the D23 Expo includes casting updates for Pixar’s next few films like The Good Dinosaur and Inside Out. Harrison Ford thinks … Continue reading
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Big news: Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, making her the first woman to hold the position in 30 years, and the first African American woman ever! Let this sink in for you. … Continue reading
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Some of our favorite action ladies (Danai Gurira, Maggie Q, Michelle Rodriguez, to name a few) got together for the “Women Who Kick Ass” Comic Con panel, held in the acclaimed Hall H, the convention’s largest venue. Grantland had a darker … Continue reading
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Felicity Jones drops some new details about Spider-Man 2. Martin Freeman wraps up filming the remaining two Hobbit films. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has a release date! Mark your calendars for 9/24! Gail Simone has gathered a formidable team to write for the new Red … Continue reading
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Check out the amazing trailer for Wadjda, the first Saudi Arabian movie directed by a woman. Anime fans! There’s a Studio Ghibli documentary headed your way, hitting Japanese cinemas in the fall, and our hearts… forever. Two of the most watched shows in … Continue reading
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Teaming up with advocacy group in Ireland, Ben and Jerry’s have re-branded some of their ice cream flavors to feature Irish celebs who support marriage equality. Question is, how do we get our hands on these in the US? You … Continue reading
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We may have an Alma Coin! Julianne Moore in talks to play the enigmatic President Coin of District 13 in the final Hunger Games movie, Mockingjay. Cameron Diaz as Miss Hannigan in Annie? Can she pull it off? A biophysicist talks about scientific plot … Continue reading
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Whoa! Congrats to Issa Rae, who’s been tapped to play Nina Simone in an upcoming biopic about Lorraine Hansberry. Rae is also getting ready to make her network television debut as writer and co-producer of Shonda Rhimes’ upcoming ABC comedy … Continue reading
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Snowpiercer international trailer is here! See lots of badassery, and Tilda Swinton with prosthetic teeth being very classist and shouting a lot. Either way, we can’t wait. Still want to ponder and talk about ASOIF even though Season 3 just … Continue reading
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Check out this candid and enlightening chat with Kerry Washington and Don Cheadle about life in Hollywood. First look at Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Long running comic series Fables is being adapted for the … Continue reading
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The puppet version of MST3K classic, Manos: The Hands of Fate has reached its Kickstarter goal. Gene Kim’s undergraduate thesis film for NYU Tisch features ballerinas and big guns. Grumpy Cat movie: Is this how far we’ve come? Or fallen? Anita Sarkeesian‘s second … Continue reading
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Steven Universe is Cartoon Network’s first series created by a woman, Rebecca Sugar, and it looks pretty awesome. A mystery actresses on Game of Thrones has stated that she will not do anymore nude scenes for the show. (Link contains some … Continue reading
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A Medieval Times movie is in development, and pretty much everyone agrees it won’t fly on brand alone. Here’s hoping it’s not too terrible? NBC is rebooting Dracula with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the title role, directed by Steve Shill (The … Continue reading
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