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Things We Saw Today: Everything Is Awesome! At the BAFTAs, Anyway

Take that, Oscars.

By Feb 9th, 2015, 7:30 pm

The LEGO Movie got the appreciation it so richly deserved at the biggest awards ceremony in filmmaking: the BAFTA Awards. Fun fact: There used to be an award show people really liked called the “Academy Awards” or  “Oscars,” and then everyone got the sense that they were out of touch and stopped caring.

Quick, what’s the name of your Black Canary-themed band? We both know you’ve thought of one.

  • Reese Witherspoon started her own production company because women “deserve better” from Hollywood. Do better, Hollywood. (via Huffington Post)
  • A goat herder/weed sciences major will save us all from the spread of radioactive plutonium with a perfect combination of her two interests. (via Yahoo News)

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This is the poster for the XX horror short film anthology with female leads directed by four women. Safe to say we’re in. (via Dread Central)

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