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Pennywise In Every Shot Of CHEERS Opening
For your nightmares: Jesse McLaren edited Pennywise, from Stephen King’s IT, into every opening shot of Cheers and it’s terrifyingly awesome. You can see it here.
Red Sonja Gets New Director!
Jill Soloway, creator of Transparent, will now be directing and writing the film adaptation of Red Sonja, the Marvel character created in 1973 by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith. Soloway will be the first nonbinary director for a comic film adaptation of this scale. Read more details here.
New Oxford Professor Of Poetry
In equally exciting and depressing news: Alice Oswald has become the first woman to serve as Oxford professor of poetry, which she won by a substantial margin. The position was established–wait for it… over 300 years ago. Learn more about Oswald, her poetry, AND the position’s past scandals here.