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+ Netflix’s new YA vampire series, First Kill, has a tagline that looks like something out of a fanfic I would click on immediately. Sarah Catherine Hook and Imani Lewis are headlining.
In it, when it’s time for teenage vampire Juliette (Hook) to make her first kill so she can take her place among a powerful vampire family, she sets her sights on a new girl in town named Calliope (Lewis). But much to Juliette’s surprise, Calliope is a vampire hunter, from a family of celebrated slayers. Both find that the other won’t be so easy to kill and, unfortunately, way too easy to fall for…
+ Riverdale actor Lili Reinhart is challenging bisexual sterotypes with her latest tweets.
+ Ruby Rose says she’d be happy to guest star in the Arrowverse.
+ Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon includes a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it trans milestone.
+ Angela Robinson has inked a big overall deal with Warner Bros.
+ CBS has already renewed Queen Latifah’s Equalizer for a second season.
+ Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron, and Yana Perrault are the live-action Powerpuff Girls.
+ The Prom‘s Caitlin Kinnunen and Bella Ortiz will play “millennial nun leads” in a new CW series.
+ Josie Totah says making Moxie made her feel less alone.
+ Lena Waithe partners with Def Jam to start up Hillman Grad Records.
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Heather Hogan
Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior writer who lives in New York City with her partner, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. She’s a member of the Television Critics Association, the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. You can also find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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