Idris Elba Joins Taylor Swift for Upcoming Movie Adaptation of ‘Cats!’

Idris Elba Joins Taylor Swift for Upcoming Movie Adaptation of ‘Cats!’

Two time Golden Globe award winner, Idris Elba, will be joining the movie adaption of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats! Is there anything this guy can’t do?   It’s been rumored for a long time that he could become the new face of 007, but this is still unconfirmed. What we do know, however, is that he is up for the role of Macavity in the musical inspired by T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Though Cats! is currently on pre-production, Elba’s castmates will include Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden and MetteTowely just to name a few.   Image via GIPHY …

Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, Sir Ian McKellen, and James Corden Set to Star in New ‘Cats’ Adaptation

Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, Sir Ian McKellen, and James Corden Set to Star in New ‘Cats’ Adaptation

It looks like the infamous Broadway musical Cats is currently being adapted to the big screen with the most all-star of all-star casts and we are just pulsing with excitement!!   via GIPHY   Jennifer Hudson, Sir Ian McKellan, James Corden, and Taylor Swift have officially been named as four of the luminaries leading this brand new cinematic opus. The film is also set to be directed by Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables) and written by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) so it is already abundantly clear that this major motion picture will be something major, indeed.    via GIPHY   The beloved kitten …

Taylor Swift’s New Album Is Stuffed With Literary References, It’s Basically a Library

Taylor Swift’s New Album Is Stuffed With Literary References, It’s Basically a Library

Taylor Swift has graced the planet with yet another full studio album, Reputation, which premiered on November 10th. This time around were looking at a fifteen song compilation for Taylor’s tenth year in the game as she tries to embrace modern pop in the midst of a string of PR disasters that have dogged her in recent years; beefin’ with the likes Nicki Minaj and Kim and Kanye West.   Image Via The Daily Beast   Since her last album, 1989, Taylor has deleted her social media history, has not promoted Reputation in any way and her first critics were her die hard fans who she invited to listen to …

Today Was a Fairytale, and Taylor Swift is the Disney Villain

Today Was a Fairytale, and Taylor Swift is the Disney Villain

If you’ve seen Taylor Swift’s newest music video for ‘Look What You Made Me Do,’ or the lyric video, or her new line of serpent specific merch, or have been on the internet, it shouldn’t surprise you that the pop princess has fully embraced her new reputation as a capital-S Snake.   You know who else is a big-ass snake? Jafar.   Image Courtesy of Bustle   Disney’s Wiki article on Jafar is surprisingly in-depth and surprisingly really harsh.    Like numerous clinically-diagnosed psychopaths, Jafar wears a metaphorical mask of normalcy, establishing himself as a cool-headed schemer and gaining the …

Look What Taylor Swift Has Made Us Do!

Look What Taylor Swift Has Made Us Do!

At the end of Taylor Swift’s new video for Look What You Made Me Do, a version of herself states that she would ‘very much like to be excluded from this narrative.’ It’s referencing the caption of a post she made last year about her ongoing feud with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, which began with West dubbing Swift ‘that bitch’ in his song Famous. With so many different narrative threads explored within this elaborate video, it begs the question of which narrative does Swift want to be a part?    Via Giphy   LWYMMD and the accompanying video (a mash-up of almost-too-many references, styles, and images to decipher) have not gone …