American Gods Looks to Lose Two Cast Members in Season 2
The television adaptation of hit Neil Gaiman book American Gods may lose two key cast members for its second season.
Gillian Anderson will not be returning to American Gods, according to the Los Angeles Times, and Variety reports Kristin Chenoweth is unsure if she will star in Season 2.
Gillian Anderson says she will not reprise her role as the powerful new god, Media, due to the departure of showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, who left the series over creative differences with producer FremantleMedia.
Valve Pulls Official Backing from Dota 2 Tournament
Valve is pulling official backing from a Dota 2 tournament in the Philippines due to new government regulations on drug testing.
The Dota Team made the announcement, stating that they believe the new regulations are an unreasonable infringement on the privacy of players. Full details are available on the official Dota 2 blog.
The new policies require players to be subjected to drug testing and screening in order to enter the country to participate in the tournament, according to Kotaku. Specific drugs being tested for include marijuana and crystal meth.
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Golden Globes: All the TV and Movie Winners
The 75th Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Seth Meyers, are now officially in the books!
On the TV side of things, Big Little Lies garnered quite a bit of recognition. In addition to winning Best Miniseries, Laura Dern, Alexander Skarsgard, and Nicole Kidman all received awards for their performances in the HBO show. It was also a solid night for the The Handmaid’s Tale. The Hulu show won Best Drama Series, and Elisabeth Moss received the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series.
With regard to movies, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the big winner, taking home several awards, including Best Motion Picture Drama. Lady Bird also scored a couple wins. The film won Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Saoirse Ronan won the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Star Trek: Jonathan Frakes on Directing Discovery
As Star Trek: Discovery makes its return after its mid-season hiatus for "Chapter 2" of the CBS All Access series' first season, the crew of the titular ship are joined by a Trek veteran -- Jonathan Frakes. The once (and future?) Riker beamed in to direct the tenth episode of the season, "Despite Yourself," which brings Michael Burnham, Captain Lorca, Ash Tyler and the rest into some very unfamiliar (for them anyway) territory.
Frakes of course is a veteran director at this point. While he still acts and does some voice work here or there, he has essentially transitioned behind the camera. And he got his start in the center seat on Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he shot some of the more popular episodes of that series before jumping to the big screen for Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection. In the years since he has helmed other features and a ton of TV, but of course his return to the corridors of a Starfleet vessel are a moment for the man who invented his own form of sitting in a chair. I jumped on the phone recently to speak with Frakes about his return to Star Trek. As we talked, a blizzard was heading to the East Coast, threatening to ruin (or at least postpone) Frakes' plan to join the annual Star Trek Cruise. Alas, we don't have transporters yet! But instead we get the following highlights from my conversation with him.
Star Trek: Jonathan Frakes on Directing Discovery
As Star Trek: Discovery makes its return after its mid-season hiatus for "Chapter 2" of the CBS All Access series' first season, the crew of the titular ship are joined by a Trek veteran -- Jonathan Frakes. The once (and future?) Riker beamed in to direct the tenth episode of the season, "Despite Yourself," which brings Michael Burnham, Captain Lorca, Ash Tyler and the rest into some very unfamiliar (for them anyway) territory.
Frakes of course is a veteran director at this point. While he still acts and does some voice work here or there, he has essentially transitioned behind the camera. And he got his start in the center seat on Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he shot some of the more popular episodes of that series before jumping to the big screen for Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection. In the years since he has helmed other features and a ton of TV, but of course his return to the corridors of a Starfleet vessel are a moment for the man who invented his own form of sitting in a chair. I jumped on the phone recently to speak with Frakes about his return to Star Trek. As we talked, a blizzard was heading to the East Coast, threatening to ruin (or at least postpone) Frakes' plan to join the annual Star Trek Cruise. Alas, we don't have transporters yet! But instead we get the following highlights from my conversation with him.
Golden Globes: All the TV and Movie Winners
The 75th Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Seth Meyers, are now officially in the books!
On the TV side of things, Big Little Lies garnered quite a bit of recognition. In addition to winning Best Miniseries, Laura Dern, Alexander Skarsgard, and Nicole Kidman all received awards for their performances in the HBO show. It was also a solid night for the The Handmaid’s Tale. The Hulu show won Best Drama Series, and Elisabeth Moss received the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series.
With regard to movies, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the big winner, taking home several awards, including Best Motion Picture Drama. Lady Bird also scored a couple wins. The film won Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Saoirse Ronan won the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Michael Pena Talks Ant-Man and the Wasp
Michael Pena may have hinted that a third Ant-Man movie could be in the cards.
Although they are both parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the actor, who plays Luis opposite Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang/Ant-Man, had never previously met Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor, until they made 12 Strong, the military drama opening later this month.
When asked by IGN if he discussed the MCU on the set of 12 Strong, he told IGN: “We talked about it on the first day. It's a whole different kind of club to be in, the Marvel Universe. I don’t know if they'll use me for the third movie, I still really don't know. It's cool to make a little bit of a mark on that Marvel Universe and it's kind of a cool club, they run a really cool studio.”
Michael Pena Talks Ant-Man and the Wasp
Michael Pena may have hinted that a third Ant-Man movie could be in the cards.
Although they are both parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the actor, who plays Luis opposite Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang/Ant-Man, had never previously met Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor, until they made 12 Strong, the military drama opening later this month.
When asked by IGN if he discussed the MCU on the set of 12 Strong, he told IGN: “We talked about it on the first day. It's a whole different kind of club to be in, the Marvel Universe. I don’t know if they'll use me for the third movie, I still really don't know. It's cool to make a little bit of a mark on that Marvel Universe and it's kind of a cool club, they run a really cool studio.”