Pop Culture Fix: Kate Moennig Misses Sarah Shahi Like Shane Misses Carmen

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Hi, friends! I hope you’re enjoying a nice day off today! And if you’re not, I hope your workday / schoolday is going as smoothly as possible! Here’s your Monday Pop Culture Fix!

+ Kate Moennig misses Sarah Shahi like Shane misses Carmen.

+ Dickinson’s got a new trailer to kick off its final season.

+ Speaking of Emily Dickinson, Molly Shannon’s role in Wild Nights With Emily got some well deserved praise from Vulture this week.

+ The Kristen Stewart Oscar campaign has begun!

+ Beanie Feldstein hopes Monica Lewinsky will be seen in a “different light” after Impeachment: American Crime Story.

+ The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword got a remake this summer, and kicked off a debate that’s surrounded a lot of recent Zelda games — what is up with these queer-coded villains? 

+ The CW has cancelled The Republic of Sarah. 

+ BET renews The Ms. Pat Show for a second season.

+ There’s a gay lady on season three of The Circle. 

+ Peacock’s Queer as Folk reboot adds some familiar names.

+ Kasi Lemmons will direct the Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody biopic.

+ Why did it take Dancing With the Stars 30 seasons to feature a queer pairing?

+ Lance Bass wants to host a season of The Bachelor with LGBTQ contestants.

+ Nun stories are about to become your pop culture obsession.

+ My personal root Elisabeth Shue answers all of Vulture’s questions about Adventures in Babysitting. 

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Heather Hogan

Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. She's a member of the Television Critics Association, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, and a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram.

Heather has written 1718 articles for us.

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