Geeking Out

  • Congratulations to Frances Bodomo, who won four grants at Sundance to pull together a full length production of her short film Afronauts.
  • The Man of Steel sequel, already fueling heated discussions for months, has been delayed by about a year.
  • Your latest Star Wars script updates and casting rumors, this time featuring Breaking Bad actor Jesse Plemons.
  • We’re perplexed by these “first look” stills from The Giver. Why is Jonas so old? Why is Taylor Swift in this movie?
  • Starfleet Grads: just like the rest of us. Poor Chief O’Brien.
  • Speaking of Starfleet, here are some Star Trek: TNG hair and makeup tests!
  • NBC is planning another live musical show, this time Peter Pan. We’re already anticipating the tweets.
  • Nintendo is losing money and intends to make some changes to their business model.
  • If you missed the tweets, read the Storify of Latoya Peterson’s Twitter conversation about why there isn’t a Jezebel or Hairpin equivalent for WOC.
  • “The line between progress and tokenization is a thin one.” A piece on Kordale and Kaleb, the gay Black couple whose Instagram went viral recently.
  • Do you know Aida Overton? Learn about this vaudeville performer who refused to be a stereotype.
  • Getty Publications have made available to the public – for free! – over 250 of their art catalogs, downloadable as PDFs.
  • Autostraddle reviews multi-contributor zine Every/Body, exploring perspectives on body and gender issues.
  • Did we need more reasons to love Elementary? Series creator Robert Doherty has Idris Elba at the top of his list for stars he’d love to have on the show.
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