I am seriously over all the rain that we’ve been getting lately; it seems like every other day I’m getting notifications on my phone about the potential for flash floods in the area. While I don’t mind a little bit of rain – I do love a good thunderstorm – this is getting out of hand. I feel like we haven’t had much of a summer since there has been rain or a genuine threat of rain most days. It makes it hard to enjoy the warmer weather and do anything outside. My office picnic was derailed today because of the pending storms, which stinks because I was really looking forward to a half-day today. Instead, we’ll get to worry if the basement of our buildings will flood and if the road will close because of poor drainage. That isn’t relaxing for anyone. I feel the worst for kids who are on summer break – and the parents that have been forced to entertain them because of the crappy weather. That’s not what anybody wanted.
On the plus side – all this rain has made it easier for me to keep up with the pop culture roundups. Pending storms last night meant that I was in no mood to go out and the weather in Baltimore forced the postponement of the Yankees game so I had plenty of free time. Maybe Mother Nature really likes these weekly compilations. So if you are cooped up in the house facing yet another rainy day, here’s a look at some of the pop culture you might have missed in the last week to help occupy your time.
- The bench in Boston used in Good Will Hunting has been turned into a Robin Williams memorial.
- Fans are also remembering Williams at the homes used in Mork & Mindy and Mrs. Doubtfire.
- Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter and Will Arnett react to hearing of Williams’ passing during taping:
- This matrix of Williams’ best remembered roles illustrates his versatility.
- Williams has four more films to be released.
- Last night, The Tonight Show, Late Night with Seth Myers and Conan all paid tribute to Williams.
- The hits keep on coming; screen legend Lauren Bacall has passed away at 89.
- Here’s something that isn’t depressing…the “apparently” kid was auto-tuned:
- True Detective’s Nic Pizzolatto responds to claims that the show was plagiarized.
- Patti LaBelle is headed to American Horror Story: Freak Show.
- The Fellowship of the Ring members are taking over TV.
- Breaking Bad items may be headed to the Smithsonian.
- The Veronica Mars cast will reunite for a new webseries.
- The Foo Fighters have announced their new album title and track listing.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is getting a sequel. Read my review here.
- George R.R. Martin confirms that fans have predicted the ending of A Song of Ice and Fire, though he won’t say which theory is correct.
- An actor on Game of Thrones died days after shooting his first scene. That George R.R. Martin is more powerful than I thought.
- Jimmy Fallon is back with another pop culture parody – House of Cue Cards:
- The Justice League movie may be closer than we think.
- Vulture ranks all the dances from the Step Up franchise.
- James Van Der Beek has joined the cast of CSI: Cyber. The Beek is back!
- Uproxx rounds up everything we know to date about Avengers: Age of Ultron.
- It’s been rumored for a while, but it’s now official: Khal Drago will be Aquaman in Batman v Superman.
- Warner Brothers is currently developing two different Aquaman movies. Survival of the fittest?
- Crafty friends – someone needs to make this for me, STAT:
- Could Vin Diesel be involved with another Marvel movie?
- The new Captain America movie and Batman v Superman were originally slated to be released on the same day, but DC backed down.
- HBO’s new show Westworld has added more cast members, including Ed Harris and James Marsden.
- James Franco and Seth Rogen’s The Interview has been moved to a Christmas release.
- I have trouble accepting this is real: Franco and Rogen are teaming with Danny McBride for a film adaptation of The Sound and The Fury.
- Mixing it up, Rogen will star with Lizzy Caplan and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a Christmas Eve comedy.
- Matthew Rhys has joined the cast of Bradley Cooper’s Chef.
- All nine surviving members of the Wu-Tang Clan performed a new single on The Daily Show.
- The Rock’s mom and cousin were hit head on by a drunk driver. Both are thankfully OK.
- True Blood is a hot mess, but I’d still enjoy owning Eric Northman’s throne. Anything that has touched Alexander Skarsgard has intrinsic value.
- Kyle MacLachlan is headed to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Someone is writing erotic fan-fiction about Guardians of the Galaxy’s Groot (yup – the tree).
- Does a deleted scene from Captain America: The Winter Soldier hint at a standalone Black Widow prequel? (Maybe).
- Here’s a Groot soundboard to use as you see fit.
- Comedy Central has renewed @midnight.
- There is a Field of Dreams butter sculpture at the Iowa State Fair.
- Brothers Manning rap about fantasy football:
- The lawsuit that Dave Hester filed against Storage Wars is over. No hard feelings – he’s back on the show.
- Universal Pictures has acquired the film rights to Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles.
- Release dates have been announced for not one, but two more LEGO movies.
- Amazon’s latest beef is with Disney.
- Michael C. Hall will star in a miniseries based on one of Stanley Kubrick’s unproduced scripts.
- Emma Stone may be coming to Broadway in Cabaret.
- There has been a drive-by shooting on the set of the N.W.A. movie.
- The Hobbit is the latest pop culture to inspire a series of beers.
- Larry David will write and star in a play for Broadway, which probably means no more Curb Your Enthusiasm.
- You can watch the first episode of Cinemax’s new show The Knick online.
- Allison Williams had her first flying lesson in preparation for her role as Peter Pan:
- Jenji Kohan, creator of Orange Is The New Black, once wrote a pilot for a Busta Rhymes superhero show. Somebody best dust that off, because someone needs to make that pronto.
- In honor of SNL’s 40th season, It’s Sugar will sell novelty items based on the show, including Pete’s Famous Schweddy Balls.
- Homeland will debut on October 5th with back-to-back episodes.
- Ryan Hansen (Party Down) has joined the cast of Bad Judge. That’s unfortunate (for him).
- A Joss Whedon biography will be hitting shelves.
- What Seinfeld terms are you likely to hear in every day conversation? I use #4 routinely.
- This is photoshopped, but it made me laugh: The ladies of Mambo No. 5 – in Coke bottles:
- Culture Club is reuniting and going out on tour.
- Taylor Lautner will play Andy Samberg’s son in Cuckoo. It doesn’t seem like that math should work.
- Justin Theroux says that Zoolander 2 is in talks again, though he may not direct.
- Epix will show Nebraska in color, against director Alexander Payne’s wishes.
- Steven Spielberg may direct a remake of West Side Story.
- Helen Mirren returns to Broadway in The Audience.
- Dog the Bounty Hunter is hunting MMA fighter “War Machine” after his brutal assault of his ex-girlfriend.
- Paris Hilton earned nearly $3 million in four nights as a DJ. I’m not doing something right.
- Rory Gilmore and Pete Campbell are now married.
- Vulture looks back at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nintendo game, of which I was a fan.
- Gillian Anderson’s first book will be released in October.
- The Tennessee Aquarium named one of their otters after Benedict Cumberbatch.
- Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel may have divorced 20 years ago, but she was spotted in the front row of his most recent MSG concert, dancing to “Uptown Girl.”
- Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton have entered talks to star in a film about the Catholic Church child molestation scandal.
- Jason Sudeikis brings back his Coach Lasso character for NBC Premier League coverage:
- Best line: “I think I literally have a better understanding of who killed Kennedy than I do what is offsides.” <pause> “It was the mob.”
- Wait…Lifetime hasn’t made a movie about Marilyn Monroe already?? That seems like a no-brainer.
- Lifetime is also making a biopic about Brittany Murphy.
- After a tour bus accident, Kings of Leon have cancelled a bunch of shows. The concert here was the first to be axed.
- Adam Sandler’s Pixels has been bumped to July 2015.
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Kaitlin Olson will appear on New Girl.
- A petition has been started for Weird Al to perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl.
- Last week I mentioned a guy who started a Kickstarter for Kenny Loggins to perform in his living room. If he reaches his goal, Kenny Loggins is IN.
- Girl Meets World was renewed for a second season.
A break for some trailers:
- AMC dropped a teaser trailer (emphasis on teaser) for Better Call Saul during their Breaking Bad marathon:
- This sneak peek at the Saved by the Bell Lifetime movie is all I could have hoped for:
- Adrian Brody in The History Channel’s Houdini:
- Tommy Lee Jones in The Homesman:
- The final season of Sons of Anarchy full length trailer:
- The Theory of Everything:
- Another look at The Penguins of Madagascar:
- A full length trailer for Boardwalk Empire:
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel:
- A trailer for The Best of Me, the latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation:
- Kristen Stewart in Camp X-ray:
- John Cusack and Ryan Phillippe in Reclaim:
- Robert Pattinson’s sister auditioned for The X Factor UK.
- Here’s Steve Buscemi’s not at all creepy elementary school photo:
- Lady Gaga was hospitalized for altitude sickness in Denver.
- Lee Daniels’ next film will be about a wrongfully imprisoned athlete.
- Kim Kardashian is releasing a book of selfies, which is possibly the most Kim Kardashian thing ever.
- Michael Cera pulled a Beyonce last night and released a surprise album – partially a surprise because who would expect Cera to release an album?
- The cast of Broadway show The Lion King broke into song on a subway car in NYC.
- Sorry Montana – The Dude has no interest in being your Senator.
- A-Rod has been cut from the animated family film Henry & Me.
- Ciara and Future have called it quits, three months after the birth of their son, amid rumors of infidelity.
- The Daily Show now has a podcast.
- Former SNL star and current crazy person Victoria Jackson has lost her bid for elected office.
- America has spoken – Tina Belcher (from Bob’s Burgers) was picked as the best character currently on TV.
- Justin Bieber is headed to anger management.
- Actors have been selected to play Missy Elliott and Timberland in the Aaliyah biopic.
- Well this is weird…you can bid on a pair of Willie Nelson’s braids in Waylon Jennings’ estate auction.
- Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper, will be released on Christmas.
- Yvette Nicole Brown will appear on CBS’ The Odd Couple reboot.
- I wish I had an iPhone just so I could get this sweet Game of Thrones case:
- USA has renewed Suits.
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is heading back to Broadway.
- 22 apparently is old age at the Teen Choice Awards, since Selena Gomez won a career achievement award.
- Pitbull is getting his own SiriusXM radio station.
- Dane Cook will do a comedy special for Showtime.
- ABC has officially canceled Black Box, which is unsurprising since I’ve never even heard of the show.
- Geena Davis will appear on Grey’s Anatomy.
- Jay Z’s mom has opened a restaurant in Newark. Road trip!
- Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir abruptly canceled all his upcoming tour dates.
- Robert Downey Jr.’s son charged with felony drug possession.
- Soap star Charles Keating has died. He was 72.
- TBS and MTV have grabbed the cable rights to The New Girl.
- Get your popcorn ready…..Terrell Owens will guest star on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Michael Bay does not plan to direct the next Transformers movie.
- Actor Danny Murphy, who appeared in There’s Something About Mary, has passed away.
- A dude from True Blood is engaged to a chick from The Hunger Games.
- Danity Kane has called it quits once again.
As always, we end with the mashups and supercuts
- Ha – The Baby-Sitters Club covers updated for 2014:
- Keeping Up With the Kardashians with the Kardashians edited out is just a snapshot of Bruce Jenner’s life:
- These Game of Thrones transit maps are outstanding:
- Ginuwine’s “Pony Time” meets Home Improvements:
- These posters prove what I already know – Groot should be in every movie:
- A LEGO recreation of The Walking Dead trailer:
- Iconic movie slashers reimagined as Scooby Doo villains:
- Pinky and the Brain meets Pulp Fiction:
- Arcade Fire covered the Back to the Future theme:
- Muppets + Beastie Boys = Perfection:
- And finally…you wouldn’t think a mashup of Frozen and Fifty Shades of Grey would work, but it does:
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