Things We Saw Today: Gillian Anderson Keeping Hannibal VERY Close to Her Heart

We all got really excited when Gillian Anderson got cast as a series regular on Hannibal. Apparently, she’s excited too! So excited, that she’s keeping her Funko Hannibal figure very close to her heart. Awww. (via Twitter)

• The Oxford English Dictionary is considering adding a gender-neutral honorific! If you don’t like Mr, Mrs, Miss, or Ms, you can now use Mx. It’s already on official documents in the UK. (via The Independent)
• We love the geek girl sounds of The Doubleclicks, and we know you do, too! That’s why we’re telling you about their latest Kickstarter campaign, which is in support of their latest album, President Snakes. According to them is “the most honest and personal album we’ve ever created.”

Sir Dipping Sauce, age 45. Having a lot of fun making these figures from FondX! Each piece is modeled, then assembled so it’s a little different than working with a non-edible material like clay. Dipper is made from 15 separate pieces, while Mabel has about 22. Just waiting on Mabel and this Gravity Falls cake is good to go! ✨⚠️❓ #GravityFalls #GravityFallsWeek #Food #Cake #CakeDecorating #Fondx #Fondant #DipperPines #Disney #NerdacheCakes #Nerdy #Geek #Tumblr #Fandoms #MabelPines #Figures #Caljava #BillCypher #Cute #Sculpting A photo posted by Ant Roman (@nerdachecakes) on May 7, 2015 at 11:48am PDT

Check out this awesome Gravity Falls cake created by Nerdachecakes! Isn’t it adorable? (via Instagram)

• Because Fifty Shades of Grey wasn’t hilarious enough all on its own, Marlon Wayans has decided to create a spoof of the film a la Scary Movie. It’s called — wait for it — Fifty Shades of Black. You’re welcome. (via The Hollywood Reporter)
• Director Ava DuVernay’s African-American Film Releasing Movement has launched its second annual membership drive in support of distributing films by filmmakers of color. (via The Wrap)

We can’t even with this. Funko Pop! figures. The Breakfast Club. TOGETHER AT LAST. You know you want them. (via Hot Topic’s YouTube channel)

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Teresa Jusino (she/her) is a native New Yorker and a proud Puerto Rican, Jewish, bisexual woman with ADHD. She's been writing professionally since 2010 and was a former TMS assistant editor from 2015-18. Now, she's back as a contributing writer. When not writing about pop culture, she's writing screenplays and is the creator of your future favorite genre show. Teresa lives in L.A. with her brilliant wife. Her other great loves include: Star Trek, The Last of Us, anything by Brian K. Vaughan, and her Level 5 android Paladin named Lal.

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