It’s March! I spent all day Sunday watching women’s basketball and now I’m going to spend all night tonight trying to figure out who to vote for in Natalie’s Canon vs. Fanon March Madness tournament.
+ Our Batwoman, Javicia Leslie, was very happy to be on Ellen! And very happy to be talking about her mom! I kept thinking her dog was gonna pop up there!
+ Wallis Day has been cast as the new Kate Kane, which Nic and Carmen and Natalie talked about right here, and which Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries talked about right here.
+ Ding Dong, addy’s home — it’s time for the press about St. Vincent’s new album, staring with this Esquire profile.
+ Sharon Stone explains how that scene from Basic Instinct came to be.
+ Australian reality TV has a biphobia problem.
+ Lucy Lawless on how Xena turned her into a queer icon.
+ Ellen’s talkshow is losing millions of viewers and ad dollars.
+ That’s a wrap on Pose. 😭
At 3:40am ET, we called a series wrap on POSE.
There are no words to describe the abundance this show and these people brought into my life.
LIVE. WERK. POSE. FOREVER #posefx pic.twitter.com/p2g1v1uMJ5
— Janet Mock (@janetmock) March 20, 2021
+ Showtime has revealed premiere dates for The Chi and Black Monday; hopefully news about Gen Q will be coming along soon.
+ Kyndra Sanchez will take over the role of Dawn in season two of the Baby-Sitter’s Club as Xochitl Gomez has been cast as America Chavez in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
+ Burden of Truth will end with season four.
+ Natalie Morales and Nicole Byer have joined the adult voice cast for the new Rugrats revival.
+ Cheryl Dunye shares her film school syllabus.
+ Jane Lynch joins ABC’s Bucktown.
+ Hayley Kiyoko’s up next in The Cut’s “Scent Memories” series.
In sports news, Scientific America posted something good. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trans-girls-belong-on-girls-sports-teams/
I got all the way through that “My Queer Trek” piece, w/o knowing it was written by Pandora Boxx. I love Pandora Boxx! One of RPDR’s first great comedy queens.