More Academy Meltdown, Kathleen Kennedy Out, GRRM Coping - Fandom Pulse Daily Briefing
There’s so much news today we are struggling to keep up to get it all out, but as you can see, John put out more articles than almost ever today. We might have a record. I’m going to go see The Fellowship of the Ring in theaters tonight in the limited run. Did you get tickets?
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