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Taylor Swift...I can't even begin to process this... just total nonsense... Jennifer Hudson, Rebel Wilson, Idris Elba, Judi Dench, James Corden I can't even begin to process this... there isn't enough coffee in all of America to make sense of what I'm looking at right now. Just... nothing. Absolutely nothing. Ian McKellen So, they finally dropped the cast list for that new movie adaptation of the legendary musical... and honestly? I’m already losing my mind. Just looking at these names... I can't even... Cats... honestly, what was anyone thinking? Just a complete mess... Which Englishman composed it...? Andrew Lloyd Webber...The film was directed by an Oscar winner... Tom Hooper... (The King's Speech... honestly, where do we even begin? It’s one of those films that just sticks with you, but man, the tension in those scenes... it's almost suffocating. Watching the struggle to find a voice when everything is riding on it... it really hits home. The performances were top-tier, obviously, but there's something about the way they handled the historical weight of it all that felt so heavy... intense......given that he’s the one responsible for the script... Lee Hall (Billy Elliot... what a powerhouse. Just when you think you've seen everything, a story like this hits you right in the gut. It’s raw, it’s messy, and it’s absolutely brilliant... truly captures that struggle for identity against all odds.).

The musical was actually adapted from the original work... T. S. Eliot... „Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats...It’s based on that 1939 collection that Webber always claimed was his absolute favorite growing up... The whole thing follows a single night in the lives of the Jellicles, just a bunch of cats heading out to play. One by one, they step up to share their stories with their old, kind leader, who has to make the ultimate call: which cat deserves to ascend to that metaphorical feline heaven for a fresh start in a brand-new life... The absolute peak of the musical is "Memory"—this heavy, nostalgic longing for a glorious past and a desperate plea for a second chance, sung by the chosen cat at the end. And get this: the setting never even changes! The entire plot unfolds right there in a massive junkyard. There isn't even any spoken dialogue; it's all non-verbal communication between the songs... It’s actually the fourth longest-running show in history across both Broadway and the West End. We're talking 21 years straight on Broadway and 18 on the West End. You've got characters like Rum Tum Tugger, Mr. Mistoffelees, Macavity, Jennyanydots, Old Deuteronomy, Grizabella, and Skimbleshanks... and honestly, over 50 million people have sat through it by now...

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Yesterday, Disney finally dropped the news about who's playing Ariel in their upcoming live-action version of The Little Mermaid.

It’s Halle Bailey. I have absolutely no clue who she is... apparently, her big claim to fame is being part of that hip-hop duo Chloe x Halle and showing up in some show called Grown-ish. Just... what?

The Hollywood libtards—you know, the same crowd as that irritating Chrissy Teigen—are losing their minds because they picked a Black person to play Ariel. Meanwhile, most of the comments I've seen aren't even remotely positive.

Take Disney's Instagram post, for example: View on instagram

Regarding the casting, director Rob Marshall said: "After an extensive search, it was abundantly clear that Halle possesses that rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence, and substance - plus a glorious singing voice - all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role," according to the director's comments on Bailey.

As for the rest of the cast, word is we'll see Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, Jacob Tremblay (that kid from the movie 'room') as the yellow fish, and Awkwafina as Scuttle the seagull.

Filming is set to kick off in 2020.

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The ceremony is set for January 6, 2019.

Here are the nominations:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
A Star Is Born
If Beale Street Could Talk
BlacKkKlansman

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Capernaum
Girl
Never Look Away
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike, A Private War

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem DaFoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron, Tully
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, Vice
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun
John C. Reilly, Stan and Ollie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice

Best Director – Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam McKay, Vice
Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Green Book

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Justin Hurwitz, First Man
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns
Marco Beltrami, A Quiet Place
Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs
Ludwig Göransson, Black Panther

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“All the Stars,” Black Panther
“Girl in the Movies,” Dumplin’
“Revelation,” Boy Erased
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born
“Requiem for a Private War,” A Private War