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Lawyer. Writer. Columnist. Geek. Eternal optimist. Fangirl since the dawn of time. Hates the color yellow, olives and cigarettes. Has a recurring nightmare where she’s forced to choose between sports and books. Falls in love with fictional characters.

BBC Announces New ‘Harry Potter’ Documentary

For us Potter fans, even the little breadcrumbs are big news. This is not a little breadcrumb, though. BBC has announced a documentary aka interview with J.K Rowling, which will revolve around the  opening of The British Library’s Making of Harry…

‘The Gifted’ Casts Garret Dillahunt as Ahab

Roderick Campbell, aka Ahab, is coming to The Gifted! Deadline is reporting that Garret Dillahunt (Justified) has been cast in the role, and will recurr on the first season of the FOX drama. The comics version of Campbell is a good man…

J.J. Abrams to Write and Direct Star Wars: Episode IX

Look, we get it. We do. J.J Abrams did an amazing job with The Force Awakens. We’re all big fans. But Disney had a chance here, a chance to take a real step forward, a chance to make a difference,…

Joe Alwyn Joins Cast of ‘Boy Erased’

For those of you who don’t know Joe Alwyn, we have a feeling he might just become a household name after Boy Erased. The movie, which has just began filming in Atlanta, is a coming of age and coming out drama from…

‘Stop and Fangirl’ Episode 34: Your Fave is Problematic – James Cameron and Joss Whedon Edition

Here at Fangirlish we continue to support your right to fangirl over any fandom you desire – whether that is a book, a TV show, a movie, or even sports. That’s why we have  Stop and Fangirl!  So you can feel  happy –…

‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Roundtable: The Good, the Bad and the Incest

Another season of Game of Thrones is in the books – and we certainly have a lot of feelings to unpack. From the good (it was about damn time, Jaime, it was about damn time) and the bad (Cersei being…

Harry Potter: Today is 19 Years Later

It’s funny to think that it’s been over 20 years since the first Harry Potter book came out. Twenty years. More than half my life, more than half Harry’s life. Today, in another universe, Albus Severus is walking towards the…

‘Game of Thrones’ 7×07 Review: Bring Down the Wall

Did you read that like the song? Tell me you read that like the song. That’s about the only thing that’s going to make this shit storm of a season finale of Game of Thrones feel better. And I mean…

Fandoms and Misogyny: From Supergirl to Outlander

I’ve been thinking about this subject a lot lately, especially after the flack Melissa Benoist caused for using a line from the show to make an equivalence suggesting that losing her boyfriend (Mon-El), felt to Kara like losing her entire…

‘Stop and Fangirl’ Episode 32: Women Writers in Hollywood

Here at Fangirlish we continue to support your right to fangirl over any fandom you desire – whether that is a book, a TV show, a movie, or even sports. That’s why we have Stop and Fangirl!  So you can…

ABC Orders Drama ‘Romeos and Juliets’

And if you think that sounds weird, wait till you read the description. Because no, this is not a second coming of Still Star-Crossed (WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME ABC, WHY?). This is just …eh…

How ‘Game of Thrones’ Failed Arya and Sansa Stark – and sisters everywhere

If you’re like me you’ve been looking forwards to Starks reuniting, in any capacity, since they were first separated, back in Season 1. Hell, if you’re like me one of the top moments of the series so far is Jon…

‘Game of Thrones’ 7×06 Review: It’s the End of the World as We Know It

Holy … You can imagine what comes after that. Because what other way is there to start this review? No, really, what other way is there? It’s not that we loved Viserion – he was named after Dany’s jackass brother,…

New ‘Designated Survivor’ Trailer Promises Kiefer is Back

Well, Designated Survivor is coming back soon, which, of course, means Kiefer is coming back soon too. And though, sadly, we still don’t think we can get him as our actual President (we can’t, right? Someone checked?), we can at…

Five Things We Want From ‘Once Upon A Time’ Season 7

I’m going to start this with a caveat – I’ve been very vocal about the fact that, for me, Once Upon A Time should have ended with season 6. Storytelling wise, in my opinion, it was time. Now, I don’t…

Obi-Wan Kenobi Film in the Works

We have a very good feeling about this.  And it’s not just because we’ve been waiting for an Obi-Wan Kenobi film since Episode III came out, no. THR is reporting that Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stephen Daldry is in early talks regarding a film…

Win a Visit to the Set of the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel

J. K. Rowling is a pretty awesome woman. She wrote Harry Potter, she is the pen behind Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, she regularly calls out stupidity on Twitter, and her charity, Lumos, helps children worldwide. That aforementioned…

‘The X-Files’ Announces Casting News for Season 11

With The X-Files Season 11 set to premiere in 2018 it’s about time and filming starting just about now, it makes sense that we’d start getting out first casting announcements for the new season, other than, you know – Mulder,…

Game of Thrones 7×05 Review: Unconventional Allies

When the enemy you’re fighting is anything but conventional, sometimes you’ve got to go for unconventional methods. That’s about the only way. This is, of course, a nice way of saying: WTF Jon? What the actual fuck? Who here thinks…

‘Dumbo’ Live-Action Movie to Feature Big Names

Did you know we’re getting a Dumbo live-action re-telling? Of course you did. But did you know the big names that are set to star on the Tim Burton helmed remake? Well, I’m going to go over them anyway, even…

25 TV Couples That Deserved Better

TV giveth, TV take it away. That’s the deal not just with shows, but sometimes, with TV couples. We fall in love with two people, with their interaction, with the love they have for each other …and then they’re brutally…