Timothée Chalamet to Play Young Willy Wonka in Upcoming Movie Musical
Timothée Chalamet will play a young Willy Wonka in the Warner Bros. prequel film Wonka, which follows the early life of the world’s most famous chocolatier. The plot details of the upcoming film are being kept under wraps, but we do know it is a musical, and that characters from the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory like Charlie Bucket will not be included.
Alexandra Huynh Named National Youth Poet Laureate
Eighteen-year-old poet Alexandra Huynh was named the new National Youth Poet Laureate this past Thursday. Since the announcement last week, Hyunh says she’s been “swimming in a pool of gratitude” and that she hopes her writing can inspire others to look to poetry to “process emotions and create change in communities.” The full National Youth Poet Laureate ceremony, including a reading of all of the finalists’ poems, can be viewed here.
Hulu Releases Love, Victor Season 2 Trailer and Key Art
Love, Victor is coming back for a second season on June 11, and Hulu has released a new trailer and key art from the show. In a press release, Hulu said that the second season would find “a newly out of the closet Victor entering his junior year at Creekwood High. But being out brings with it new challenges, as Victor faces a family struggling with his revelation, a heartbroken ex-girlfriend in Mia, and the difficulties of being an openly gay star athlete — all while navigating the excitement of his relationship with Benji.” The series is inspired by and set in the same world as Becky Albertalli’s Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda and subsequent novels from the “Simonverse.”
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Books Like Mama Mia!
Mamma Mia! fans, summer is around the corner. And summer is the perfect time to read these books that are perfect for people who love Mama Mia!