I don’t know about you, but this last week has been kind of a crazy one – between Halloween, Daylight Savings Time and Election Day, there was just a lot going on. Even though I didn’t have to take anyone out trick or treating or worry about anyone’s sleep cycle getting thrown out of whack, there was just something about the last seven days that felt a little off. Maybe it’s the Thera-Flu that I’ve been guzzling every evening in an attempt to shake this cold that’s been bringing me down. Whatever it is, I’m glad that things have settled down bit – well, as settled as my life ever is.
I was worried that the pop culture roundup would be a little light this week, with so much attention focused on other things, but thankfully that wasn’t the case. After being momentarily distracted, the pop culture machine continued to pump out all sorts goodness for us to consume. Thank goodness for that! So without further ado, here are some of the pop culture stories that you may have missed while you were trick or treating, oversleeping and voting.
- December 18th will be a very sad day for me – the last episode of The Colbert Report.
- Game of Thrones actors have signed a contract extension and are getting big raises. Hooray!
- Metallica is doing a week long residency on The Late Late Show.
- Not to be outdone, U2 will be on The Tonight Show every night the same week.
- Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie will appear in The Night Manager miniseries for AMC.
- That sound you heard earlier today was the sound of thousands of hearts breaking. Benedict Cumberbatch is gettin’ hitched:
- Rumors of a new surprise Beyoncé album were greatly exaggerated.
- There will, however, be a Beyoncé biography in 2015.
- Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but don’t expect Jamie Dornan to go “the full Monty” in Fifty Shades of Grey.
- Tom Hiddleston and Idris Elba will appear in some capacity in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
- Vince Gilligan had an entire category dedicated to him on Jeopardy!
- Even Kendrick Lamar digs “Shake It Off.”
- Fox has cancelled its reality show Utopia. That was $50 million well spent.
- Once again the Neil Patrick Harris family wins Halloween:
- Joel McHale has extended his contract with E! through 2016.
- J.K. Rowling dropped six new stories on Halloween.
- NBC has cancelled both Bad Judge and A to Z. Yet somehow The Mysteries of Laura lives on.
- Lily Rabe is returning to AHS: Freak Show, playing the same character that she played on AHS: Asylum.
- Creator Ryan Murphy has confirmed that all the seasons are connected.
- Taylor Swift has pulled all her music from Spotify.
- True Detective season 2 has announced some new members of the supporting cast.
- A look at Frank Costanza’s most psychotic outbursts on Seinfeld.
- After the crash of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two, NBC may pull the plug on Space Race.
- Netflix is developing a live-action Richie Rich.
- There is also an American Gigolo series being developed. A reboot for everyone!
- Christopher Nolan doesn’t like post-credit sequences.
- The production of Star Wars: Episode VII has officially wrapped.
- Laura Dern and Judd Apatow are teaming up for a comedy about “obsessive female football fans.”
- Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet trolled his Twitter followers by saying the show had been cancelled.
- Some details on CBS’ Supergirl.
- Amy Poehler played Game of Thrones trivia with George R.R. Martin on Late Night:
- Conspiracy theory of the week: Frozen and The Shining are the same movie.
- Channing Tatum is officially getting his own Gambit movie.
- Jay Leno will appear as a guest on The Tonight Show Friday. Watch out Jimmy – it’s a trap!
- Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter will reportedly turn up in Ant-Man.
- Christian Bale had bailed on Jobs, but Seth Rogen will play Steve Wozniak.
- Season 4 of Arrested Development is being recut to tell the story in chronological order.
- Fox is working on a Peter Pan drama.
- Woody Harrelson and Cameron Diaz will host SNL.
- Lifetime has cancelled Witches of East End.
- Here’s some scoop on Clerks 3.
- Kathy Griffin will take over for the late Joan Rivers on Fashion Police.
- It’s still a crappy song, but Taylor Swift is donating all the proceeds from “Welcome to New York” to NYC schools.
- Norman Reddus denies rumors that he asked Walking Dead producers to not make the character he plays gay.
- Disney’s The Finest Hours gets a 2016 release.
Time for some trailers….
- Furious 7:
- Minions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- A first look at Chappie:
- A final Annie trailer:
- A Most Violent Year:
- McFarland, USA:
- The final Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 1) trailer:
- Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever:
- A new season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee:
- A teaser for the new season of Archer:
- A look at the new season of Girls:
- The Bradley Cooper movie Limitless may be a TV show.
- Kyra Sedgwick will star in and produce a comedy for HBO about an ex-nun.
- Walking Dead ratings have once again beaten Sunday Night Football.
- Hulu has ordered a show from Jason Reitman.
- Are Archer and Futurama the same show? This infographic makes a compelling case:
- Emma Watson dedicated her BAFTA award to her dead hamster.
- Stephen King isn’t too impressed with Room 237.
- Thanks to Vulture, you can now design your own virtual Sons of Anarchy leather jacket.
- The cast of Sons will appear on Conan on November 11th.
- Amy Poehler did a Reddit AMA.
- NY Magazine interviewed Jon Stewart.
- You can watch the HBO doc Banksy Does New York on HBO Go before the November 17th premiere.
- R.L. Stine wrote an entire short story on Twitter.
- This is cool – T-Pain performing without Auto-Tune
- Sam Smith is rumored to be doing the latest James Bond theme song.
- A ranking of all of Jigsaw’s traps in the Saw franchise.
- Vulture talks to Sarah Koenig, the host of my favorite podcast Serial.
- The new cast of Celebrity Apprentice has been announced.
- Uma Thurman will replace Mary-Louise Parker in NBC’s The Slap.
- Lil Jon flew across the country to vote when his absentee ballot didn’t arrive.
- Excerpts from Lena Dunham’s book have led to accusations that she molested her sister.
- Tom Hanks will write a book of short stories.
- The Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar! will hit theaters February 2016.
- The Mentalist will end after this season.
- Watch Prince’s eight minute set from SNL:
- Dean Norris will guest star on American Dad.
- NBC is developing a legal drama based on the life of Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer.
- Louis C.K. is no longer on Twitter.
- Clay Aiken will not be heading to Congress.
- Michael Bay may direct a film about Benghazi.
- Jon Stewart confirms that NBC approached him to host Meet the Press. That would have been weird.
- Jason Bateman to star in and direct IPO Man.
- NBC executives worried that Monica was “too promiscuous” on Friends.
- HBO is making a Hello Ladies movie.
- There will also be a Magic City movie.
- Michael Showalter is developing a sci-fi comedy for FX.
- Syracuse University offers a class on Doctor Who.
- Zombie mode is returning in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
- Speaking of which, Conan reviewed the game in his latest installment of “Clueless Gamer”:
- Grand Theft Auto V is adding first-person mode to upcoming versions of the game.
- You can now play 900 plus old-school video games on your computer.
- Here’s a first look at the design of the George Lucas Art Museum in Chicago.
- Agent X, starring Sharon Stone as the first female VP, has been picked up at TNT.
- Dancing with the Stars is going out on tour.
- This week in pop culture real estate: the brownstone from Breakfast at Tiffany’s is for sale.
- The inevitable Guardians of the Galaxy porn parody has arrived.
- The Japanese horror movie Otoshimono is getting an American remake.
- Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts and Elle Fanning to star in Three Generations.
- Don’t expect to see Bullseye in Netflix’s Daredevil.
- LEGO Clue? MUST have!
- Jon Hamm was on @midnight:
- David Hyde Pierce is directing a Broadway musical.
- Kid Rock surprised a fan that has Down’s syndrome on his 30th birthday.
- The Seven Dwarfs ride at Disney’s Magic Kingdom caught on fire.
- Could LL Cool J and Jessica Chastain be joining the Marvel family?
- Julia Stiles, Ray Liotta and Anthony Hopkins will star in Go With Me.
- Now that Toys R Us pulled the Breaking Bad figures, angry parents want the Kardashian Kids clothing removed.
- Parenting advice from Homer Simpson.
- Ridley Scott is producing a 2001: A Space Odyssey sequel as a miniseries for Syfy.
- Trent Reznor is working with Apple on a new project.
- Justin Vernon from Bon Iver is launching his own music festival.
- A staff writer at The New York Times is suing the folks behind American Hustle over “science oven” related slander.
- There are five people named Freddy Krueger living in the U.S.
- Iggy Azalea will be in Furious 7.
- Ben McKenzie dressed up as an older version of Commissioner Gordon, the character he plays on Gotham:
- Phish transitioned into playing “We are the Champions” at a San Fran show when the Giants won the World Series.
- Wes Craven has launched a new comic series.
- Carnegie Hall will start livestreaming concerts.
- Tom Magliozzi, co-host of NPR’s Car Talk, passed away at the age of 77.
- Vanilla Ice helped a couple with their baby announcement.
- Orson Welles’ unfinished film may be released next year.
- Christopher Meloni, Michael Cera and Lizzy Caplan are starring in a digital series.
- Don’t expect Keira Knightley to reprise her role in any future Pirates of the Caribbean films.
- Pippen is closing on Broadway.
- Nathan Fillion is putting together a team for the zombie apocalypse. I like where his head’s at:
- Wu-Tang Clan has unveiled the album art for A Better Tomorrow.
- After a six month absence, Rihanna has returned to Instagram.
- Suge Knight and Katt Williams were arrested for stealing a camera.
- Syfy has renewed Ghost Hunters and Paranormal Witness.
- For the Star Trek: The Next Generation fans in your life: A Wesley Crusher hoodie.
- A writer from Malcom in the Middle is developing a comedy for CBS.
- Mad Men’s Jessica Paré is pregnant.
- Robert Downey Jr. and his wife have welcomed a baby girl.
- Another one of the kids from 19 Kids and Counting has gotten married.
As always, we end with the supercuts and mashups
- Here’s a supercut of kids dancing to “Shake It Off”:
- A compilation of Ellen scarring celebrities:
- The Mr. Men and Little Miss books re-imagined for Millennials:
- The Real Housewives of Horror:
- The cast of Breaking Bad sings “Crystal Blue Persuasion”:
- Middle school students did a shot-for-shot remake of the Ghostbusters trailer:
- A supercut of Kramer stealing Jerry’s food on Seinfeld:
- And finally, last night wasn’t a great night for President Obama, but The Tonight Show had him “Shake it off”:
