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Congrats to SA... STEPHEN AMELL TO RECEIVE “CINEMACON® MALE STAR OF TOMORROW AWARD” CinemaCon Official Press Release http://cinemacon.com/press-release/stephen-amell-to-receive-cinemacon-male-star-of-tomorrow-award/ This was retweeted by GB... https://twitter.com/JustJared/status/710639244549558273 ETA: According to my Google search, previous winners of CinemaCon's Male Star of Tomorrow Award include: Chadwick Boseman (2014), Armie Hammer (2013), Taylor Kitsch (2012) and Chris Hemsworth (2011). In 2015, CinemaCon apparently didn't give separate gender awards and gave Britt Robertson the Star of Tomorrow Award.

A Merlance shipper posted her fan encounter with CD and KC at HVFF-Chicago and got their takes on the Tommy/Laurel romance... http://smoakqueenfan29.tumblr.com/post/141205577627/my-merlance-shipping-heart

Maybe not just Oliver but also Felicity and the rest of TGA learn that, in order to continue fighting crime in Star City effectively, sometimes they have to kill and the rest of the time they don't. Regarding Felicity succumbing to the darkness, wasn't Felicity's back story partly about her not succumbing to the darkness? Not becoming an evil hacktivist like Cooper? In the Hallucination Felicity episode, she said that she used to be that angry Goth girl (probably due to abandonment issues) but not any more. ETA: IMDB is now listing a one-week break after 419 and a one-week break after 422.

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Flash, Bones, Gilmore Girls, Legends, NCIS, Five-0, Outlander, PLL, S.H.I.E.L.D. and More By Michael Ausiello / March 17 2016, 11:28 AM PDT http://tvline.com/2016/03/17/legends-of-tomorrow-season-2-cast-superhero-dc-spoilers/

Great Lengthy interview with Andrew Lincoln (I've quoted a few excerpts)... Andrew Lincoln: ‘I’m employed to go on a zombie frenzy killing spree' Stuart Jeffries Tuesday 15 March 2016 14.05 EDT http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/15/andrew-lincoln-im-employed-to-go-on-a-zombie-frenzy-killing-spree

To refresh your memory, here's EW's recap of 4x07... Arrow recap: 'Brotherhood' http://www.ew.com/recap/arrow-season-4-episode-7

This article is partly about MG's writing the AoS comics, but also includes some Arrow questions (I've quoted part but not all of them)... INTERVIEW: Marc Guggenheim talks Representation in DC’s ARROW and the Marvel Universe Pleasant Hill Conspiracy 03/17/2016 BY ALEXANDER JONES http://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-marc-guggenheim-talks-representation-in-dcs-arrow-and-the-marvel-universe-pleasant-hill-conspiracy/ We’ve always been honest with everyone. At the beginning of the year we talked about the lighter tone, but we always said: the show is never going to be The Flash. The Flash has its own tone in our little Arrowverse. Flash is Superman and Arrow is Batman. The biggest change we’ve made is that instead of responding to that darkness with more darkness in Arrow, we’re responding with some more hopeful lightness. At the flash forward at the grave, we’ve been very intentional in having Oliver say: “in the past I would have blamed myself.” Jones: How did team Arrow decide to utilize the excellent Neal McDonough as the big bad of Arrow season four? Guggenheim: Me, Wendy Mirecle, and Greg Berlanti wanted to cast McDonough last year but it didn’t work out for a variety of reasons....

Someone's hoping for a Quentin flashback... The cast of ‘Arrow’ needs to go to Fresno to solve THIS mystery By Donna Dickens @MildlyAmused | Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016 4:39 PM http://www.hitfix.com/harpy/the-cast-of-arrow-needs-to-go-to-fresno-to-solve-this-mystery

Negative review of Green Arrow #50... Best Shots Reviews: INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN #1, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW #1, EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #8, GREEN ARROW #50 by David Pepose Date: 16 March 2016 Time: 05:30 PM ET http://www.newsarama.com/28427-best-shots-reviews-international-iron-man-1-legends-of-tomorrow-1-extraordinary-x-men-8-green-arrow-50.html

Sleepy Hollow - Episode 3.18 - Ragnarok - Press Release Posted by SpoilerTV at Wednesday, March 16, 2016 http://www.spoilertv.com/2016/03/sleepy-hollow-episode-318-ragnarok.html

Ugh, my head hurts! I guess I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around the fact that they would actually, for-real, for-real, kill off Laurel. Incidentally, here's an entire article on the Ghost!Felicity theory... 'Arrow' Season 4 episode 16 spoilers: Why Felicity could still be heading to the grave March 16, 2016 21:33 IST By Mangala Dilip http://www.ibtimes.co.in/arrow-season-4-episode-16-spoilers-why-felicity-could-still-be-heading-grave-670973 On the flip side, what if Ghost!Laurel appears to Oliver later in the season?

More hilarious joke tweets from Laura Hurley...

What got me right away was this guy saying that Oliver needs a personal life and then saying that too much time was spent on Oliver's relationship with Felicity - apparently he doesn't consider Oliver's romantic relationship part of Oliver's personal life.

This writer thinks Arrow should, among other things, give Oliver a personal life, darken the tone, don't kill Laurel (no spoilers, just spec), and end Olicity for good - usually I quote excerpts that I like, but this time I'm quoting excerpts that either befuddle me with their illogic or make my blood boil with anger... Arrow: 9 Ways They Can Still Save Season 4 Connor Briggs-Morris 17 Mar 2016 http://whatculture.com/tv/arrow-9-ways-they-can-still-save-season-4.php

According to Google, YVR is Vancouver International Airport - so KC is back in Vancouver. If it turns out that the Arrow producers/cast have pulled a big one over on us and that Laurel is not the one in the grave, it will now be the biggest shocker of the entire series... https://twitter.com/MzKatieCassidy/status/710283679721873408 If Laurel is the one in the grave, then we'll probably see tons of post-mortem media analyses of 'what went wrong with the Laurel character', as well as a few 'Arrow has jumped the shark' articles - not to mention damage control interviews by the EPs. Just like with Sara's death, I expect that there will likely be an initial ratings drop and then an eventual bounce back to the normal ratings range.

More on S3 renewal... ‘Gotham’ Renewed for Season 3 at Fox, Paul Reubens Joins Cast Daniel Holloway MARCH 16, 2016 | 06:00PM PT http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/gotham-renewed-for-season-3-paul-reubens-1201732091/

Gotham has been renewed for Season 3... http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/gotham-renewed-for-season-3-paul-reubens-1201732091/

Here's her dubsmash video - her hair still looks longish, but more layered... Katie Cassidy You know you wanna shoop ‪#‎dubsmash‬ @tommycole | ARROW Published on Mar 16, 2016, by Arrow TV12

For Galavant fans... ‘Galavant’ Star Joshua Sasse To Play the Male Lead In The CW Pilot ‘No Tomorrow’ by Nellie Andreeva • March 14, 2016 1:46pm http://deadline.com/2016/03/joshua-sasse-cast-male-lead-no-tomorrow-the-cw-pilot-galavant-1201720110/

Now I'm not sure whether to post cast twitter pics in this thread or the Social Media thread (dated today)... https://twitter.com/MzKatieCassidy/status/710183271238344705

FYI - remaining March comic cons... Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience, March 24-26, 2016 Paul Blackthorne, Charlotte Ross, Alex Kingston and Summer Glau http://saltlakecomiccon.com/ WonderCon 2016, March 25-27, 2016 (Los Angeles, CA) Marc Guggenheim (as part of LoT panel on Mar. 27; no Arrow panel) http://www.comic-con.org/wca http://www.ksitetv.com/arrowflash-spinoff/warner-bros-tv-announces-wondercon-2016-plans/101633/

https://twitter.com/PaulBlackthorne/status/709853044712800256

This is interesting... More Than A Show: The Secret To TV Franchise Success Posted By: GossipandGab.com on: March 15, 2016 http://gossipandgab.com/100147/more-than-a-show-the-secret-to-tv-franchise-success The above article linked to this 2014 article: Arrow Has Given DC Comics the Best On-Screen Superhero Franchise Eric Dodds @doddsef April 10, 2014 http://time.com/56472/arrow-dc-comics-best-superhero-franchise/

I never read the comics, so this was interesting to me... The Comic Book Origins of the Justice League MARCH 15, 2016 7:48am PT by Graeme McMillan http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-v-superman-comic-book-875645

Positive media reviews of HVFF-Chicago (no spoilers)... Heroes & Villains Fan Fest Chicago 2015: A fun DC TV fan experience 11:00 am, March 16, 2016 http://www.hypable.com/heroes-and-villains-fan-fest-chicago-2015/ Heroes & Villians Chicago 2016 Thomas Friesner March 15, 2016 4:20 PM MST http://www.examiner.com/article/heroes-villians-chicago-2016