The Brontës, perfect for movies

The Next Web lists women in STEM:

Callum Booth’s pick: Kathryn Parsons.
One of my favorite thought experiments is considering what career path famous people would’ve taken if they were born in a specific area.
You know, like the Brontë sisters world-building and story-creation skills making them perfect for movies. Or how Tracey Emin’s autobiographical art would flourish on YouTube. Or, as Kathryn Parsons stated, Leonardo da Vinci being attracted to the world of technology. (Cara Curtis)

In the Daily Mail, Sarah Vine talks about the possibility of a transgender James Bond:

I have no problem whatsoever with the notion of a transgender spy (or indeed Bond girl — Caroline Cossey, pictured, born male, memorably appeared in For Your Eyes Only in 1981).
But what I don’t understand is why there’s so much fuss over James Bond. 007 is the literary creation of one man, Ian Fleming. His personality is that of an unreconstructed post-war male, a womanising, show-off daredevil with more than a streak of chauvinism about him.
Yes, he’s a relic of a bygone age, but so are countless much-loved literary characters. You can’t suddenly reinvent them all for these post-PC times.
What next, Lady Macbeth re-cast as a #MeToo campaigner, or Heathcliff as a stay-at-home dad?

The Cleveland Scene announces their very own Cleveland Scene Theater Awards with nominations for the Cleveland Music Theatre production of Jane Eyre:

Best Plays of the Year: Jane Eyre, Cleveland Musical Theatre
Best Director of the Year: Miles J. Sternfeld, Jane Eyre, Cleveland Musical Theater
Best Choreographer of the Year: Martin Cespedes, Jane Eyre, Cleveland Musical Theatre
Best Costume Designer of the Year: Sydney Gallas, Jane Eyre, Cleveland Musical Theatre
Best Lighting Designer of the Year: Benjamin Gantose, Jane Eyre, Cleveland Musical Theatre.

Medium on colorblind casting:

Colorblind casting has been gaining traction in the theater for several decades, and more recently on television and film — recent productions like the 2017 television version of Howards End and William Oldroyd’s 2016 film, Lady Macbeth (an adaptation of a 19th-century Russian novella), included actors of color in minor or supporting roles. Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights (2011) saw Heathcliff played by black actors Solomon Glave and James Howson. (Joanna Scutts)

KK (Norway) recommends books for reading during the holidays:

 Hege Løvstad Toverud (50), journalist:
Anbefaler: «Stormfulle høyder» av Ellis Bell (eller Emily Bronte, som var forfatterens virkelige navn)
- Boken kom ut i 1847, og historien som nøstes opp på den forblåste herregården Wuthering Heights levner ingen uberørt. Mens stormene raser over lyngheiene avdekkes kjærlighet, hevn, bitterhet og hat, og selv om boken ikke ble særlig godt mottatt av kritikerne i sin samtid, gitt sin vaklende moral, har den gått ned i historien som en klassiker. (Translation)

Bookstr quotes some 'wildly dramatic' quotes from Wuthering Heights. Finally, some season greetings: AnneBrontë.org and the Brontë Sisters wish you a Merry Christmas.