We’ve started a weekly tradition here on Atom Insider: Giving a shout-out to some of our friends around these here internet parts holding it down in the realm of movie journalism and pop culture. Each week, we’ll bring you a hand-picked selection of the most thought-provoking pieces, the funniest takes, and other interesting bits and pieces you might have missed, all gathered for your entertainment.

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In Today’s Weird Facts: With Rami Malek winning an Academy Award, that means the cast of Twilight now has an Oscar winner among them – no, seriously. – Pajiba

Wonder Why: 2000’s Wonder Boys was a flop when it was released…but is actually pretty great, in retrospect – Birth.Movies.Death.

In An Editing Bay Far, Far Away…: In case you missed it, certified Star Wars geek Topher Grace and friend Jeff Yorkes hid away for a weekend while their wives were out of town and churned out a Star Wars trailer edit and it’s…honestly, it’s magnificent. – Film School Rejects

And in more Star Wars-related news…

Hoth & Haute Couture: The costumes for Disneyland’s new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge theme park are kind of amazing, y’all. – Cinemablend

Netflix & Whatever-The-Opposite-Is-Of-Chill: Bless Lauren Harano for putting together a list of all the hot guys starring in movies currently on Netflix. You’re doing good work over there. – Popsugar

Stark Reality: Ana Dumaraog over at Screen Rant has an interesting theory that Tony Stark’s fate in Avengers: Endgame has been teased since Captain America: Civil War. – Screen Rant

Grind & Hustle, Hustle & Grind: Success in the film industry can be fleeting. Even when it outwardly appears a person has “made it,” they might be sleeping in their car. Chris Osborn writes about how to survive in Hollywood. – Talkhouse

Horror Hardware: The horror experts over at Bloody Disgusting put together an all-horror alternative Oscars list. Take a look and see if you agree with their picks. – Bloody Disgusting

First Man Of VFX: Damien Chazelle’s First Man won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for a reason – it literally advanced VFX technology. – iO9

ICYMI…

Idris Elba’s rap game is strong:

And Brie Larson’s dress for the Captain Marvel UK premiere was AH-MAY-ZING:

And last but not least…remember the campaign to get the rat from The Departed edited out of the last scene? Wellllll…

Rat-Itude Adjustment: Warner Bros. shut down the Kickstarter campaign citing copyright infringement. Womp womp. – Indiewire

 

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