'Tangled' Is Your Next Unnecessary Live-Action Remake

It pains me to snark about this one because Tangled is my daughter’s favorite Disney movie, but like all things in life, a soulless live-action remake comes for us all. I’ve honestly only enjoyed two of these endeavors: Pete’s Dragon, which freaking owns, and surprisingly, The Jungle Book. That little Mowgli actor slapped. (IndieWire)

Why the “controversy” involving Dune: Part II and the Golden Globes isn’t a controversy at all. (Lainey Gossip)

Kate Middleton is reportedly gearing up to be queen real soon. (Celebitchy)

Idiots are pretty sure Trump will buy America something real nice for Christmas. (Wonkette)

Andrew wrote a new comedic short film that makes its online debut today! “Mark is an actor going through a chemistry test to find a co-star for the new CW show he’s been cast on. But when he realizes the casting director wants his feedback, he takes things too far.” (YouTube)

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Kayleigh wrote about the four underappreciated women who helped to make the film a success. (AV Club)

From Jen: RIP, The Amazing Kreskin. (Variety)

From Roxana: Weeping. “Two endangered Siberian tigers, Boris and Svetlaya, were raised together as orphaned cubs in Russia, and then reintroduced to the wild separately. But scientists found that Boris walked over 120 miles to reunite with Svetlaya.” (NYT)

The Unabomber’s brother is not exactly thrilled that ol’ Ted is still inspiring loner weirdos to murder people. (Mediaite)

At last, we have our Luca Guadagnino Patrick Bateman. (The Mary Sue)

Aaron Pierre knows what’s up when it comes to Green Lantern. (Gizmodo)

Tracy was blown away by M. L. Wang’s dark academia fantasy, Blood Over Bright Haven, and related it to her other current read, Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist. “Although these themes aren’t new to me, and Wang is not subtle in her incorporation of sexism and racism, concurrently reading Kendi’s book made some of the underlying processes and dynamics even more apparent.” Have you unexpectedly linked two books together? (Cannonball Read 16)