We’ve made it to March, which means we’re close to having survived this brutal winter. It’s a good thing too, because people are starting to get a little stir crazy. It seems like everyone lately – including me – has been pretty cranky and generally not in a good mood. I know that I’m tired of being cooped up and unable to plan much of anything because of the weather. So now I’m overcompensating for that by completely overbooking myself for the spring and summer. I just put something on my calendar for August and there aren’t many free weekends in between. Good for the blog, but I’ll resent this ambitious scheduling somewhere around July when I just want to relax. Obviously, I’m never happy.
But something that will make you happy is this week’s pop culture roundup. As usual, it’s chocked full of all sorts of pop culture goodness. So sit back, relax and catch yourself up on all the pop culture that you might have missed in the last week. It’s better for you than Vitamin D!
- Lady Gaga will appear on American Horror Story: Hotel.
- Empire might be going out on tour.
- Jussie Smollett (Jamal, Empire) has signed a record deal.
- Canadians are “Spocking” their currency in tribute to Nimoy (totally legal, FWIW):
- Leonardo DiCaprio will play a man with 24 personalities in The Crowded Room. #oscarbait?
- Eddie Redmayne will play transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl. #Leoofficiallynervous
- Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke to reunite in the western Magnificent Seven.
- Bill Murray will appear on Rashida Jones’ TBS comedy.
- People are riled up about this SNL sketch about ISIS.
- The Hollywood Reporter interviewed Kyle Chandler – Coach Taylor for those in the know.
- Mumford & Sons are back, with less banjo.
- Jon Stewart showed up in an unexpected place – WWE’s Raw:
- Adam Scott and David Koechner will star in the Christmas horror-comedy, Krampus.
- Chris Meloni will star in WGN’s Underground Railroad series.
- Harrison Ford is confirmed for a Blade Runner sequel.
- You can buy one of the towns from The Walking Dead on eBay (zombies not included).
- FEMA has apologized after the spoiled a major plot point about House of Cards on Twitter.
- Could any of these crazy Game of Thrones fan theories be true? (spoilers)
- Jennifer Lawrence (yay!) and Steven Spielberg (meh!) are teaming up for the memoir of war photographer Lynsey Addario.
- Kanye gave a lecture at Oxford.
- Kanye’s new album will be called So Help Me God.
- Also…this happened:
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/571087300974608384
- The Prime Minister of Israel dropped a Game of Thrones reference when speaking to Congress.
- Nick Offerman will play Ignatius J. Reilly in a theater production of A Confederacy of Dunces in Boston. ROAD TRIP!
- Madonna fell off the stage while performing at the BRIT Awards. She’s OK – and going out on tour.
- Netflix has picked up Cary Fukunaga’s drama with Idris Elba.
- Netflix will also reboot Inspector Gadget and Danger Mouse.
- Premiere dates for Orange is the New Black and Wet Hot American Summer have been announced.
- A fan of How I Met Your Mother figured out Barney’s annual salary.
- Fred Savage is returning to acting.
- Here’s a photo of a junior high Prince on the basketball team:
Another Prince-related clip from the Strib archives, looking back at his hooping days at Bryant Junior High. http://t.co/LrIQZ3LhSg—
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- Terry O’Quinn has joined ABC’s legal drama The Adversaries.
- Homer Simpson almost discovered the Higgs boson before scientists.
- Patton Oswalt went on a Twitter rant about how watching TV is better than going outside. He’s not wrong.
- Whoever buys the sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan’s secret album cannot share it legally with anyone for 88 years.
- Tickets for the Grateful Dead’s “farewell” show in Chicago are going for $15,000.
- A look at Ron Howard’s most memorable lines as Arrested Development’s narrator.
- Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer stars in Hozier’s new music video.
- John Cusack will play Brian Wilson in a Beach Boys biopic.
- Watch Stephen Colbert talk about his Catholicism…..and check out his beard!
- Oprah is closing Harpo Studios in Chicago.
- In the past week, Lupita Nyong’o’s Oscar dress has been stolen, returned and called a fake.
- Tom Ellis will play Lucifer in the Fox TV series of the same name.
- Jared Leto cut off his hair and people are FREAKING OUT.
- Viola Davis will appear in Suicide Squad.
- Mark Cuban and Ann Coulter will play the President and VP, respectively, in Sharknado 3.
- The TV movie might be delayed after a production crew strike.
- Maggie Smith might have been joking about leaving Downton Abbey after next season.
- Kelly Osbourne has left Fashion Police.
- Anthrax’s Scott Ian got to live out his dream on Sunday by playing a walker on The Walking Dead.
- Mireille Enos will star in Shonda Rhimes’ The Catch.
- A version of Saturday Night Live is headed to…China?
- To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist is doing a live show.
- Allison Janney will return to Masters of Sex.
- Will Forte did a Reddit AMA.
- A bunch of Harry Potter fans are crowdsourcing turning a Polish castle into a permanent College of Wizardry.
- I don’t know how I missed this, but Larry David was on 60 Minutes:
- Rob Kazinsky will play the titular monster in Fox’s Frankenstein pilot.
- Superman himself, Dean Cain, has joined the Supergirl pilot.
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner (aka Theo Huxtable) has joined the Fox pilot 48 Hours ‘Til Monday. Sarah Chalke and Rob Riggle are also attached.
- Danny Pudi will star in a pilot for NBC.
- Jane Lynch to star in a CBS comedy pilot.
- Michael Epps will play the lead in ABC’s Uncle Buck pilot.
- Heather Graham has been cast in a Fox pilot. Have we run out of Flowers in the Attic movies?
- Adam Savage remade the Overlook Hotel maze from The Shining:
- JoAnna Garcia Swisher also landed herself a CBS pilot gig.
- Wilmer Valderrama has joined the pilot for Fox’s Minority Report.
- You can now buy an official Katy Perry Super Bowl halftime show Left Shark costume.
- FXX has renewed Man Seeking Woman.
- I’m bummed that IFC has cancelled Garfunkel and Oates, though I’m not surprised.
- Jim Gaffigan is going out on tour.
- Drew Barrymore is releasing a collection of autobiographical essays.
Time for some trailers….
- A new season of Community is almost here:
- Season 3 of Orphan Black:
- A new trailer for Get Hard:
- Yet another new trailer for Fast & Furious 7:
- A sneak peek at the new season of Childrens Hospital:
- Rosamund Pike will star in The Deep Blue Good-Bye.
- Was there a secret nod to Jean-Ralphio’s future on the finale of Parks and Recreation?
- Here’s a list of all the books – real and fictional – mentioned on Parks and Recreation.
- Marlon Wayans will debut a comedy/variety series this summer on NBC.
- This Batman-themed hotel room in Taiwan conveniently rents by the hour.
- A Back to the Future-themed Monopoly set is coming.
- Carly Rae Jepsen dropped a new single:
- Henry Rollins has launched a podcast.
- Here’s the synopsis for the book Armada, the second book from the author of Ready Player One.
- My Morning Jacket is planning a new album.
- New releases on vinyl will now come out on Fridays.
- Here’s the scoop from the Rutgers course on Beyoncé.
- HBO Go is finally available on PlayStation 4.
- Kacey Musgraves has released a new single.
- I think this Friday the 13th coffee table would be a nice addition to any home.
- Judge Judy signed a contract extension through 2020. She earns $47 million a year. A YEAR!
- Shia Labeouf now has a rattail:
- Watch Susanna Hoffs sing a Bangles song at karaoke. Isn’t that, like, cheating?
- James Cameron is launching the first all-vegan elementary school.
- Some Brooklyn hipsters want to open a museum in their apartment devoted to Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding. I’d check that out.
- This kid ain’t having it when his local newspaper pulls his favorite Sunday comics.
- Taylor Swift – baby whisperer:
- Sarah Michelle Gellar will lend her voice to Star Wars Rebels.
- Britney Spears lost her hair extensions mid-performance.
- I missed this Wreck-It Ralph Easter Egg in Big Hero 6.
- Taylor Swift will be godmother to Jamie King’s second child.
- Ludacris and his wife are expecting their first child.
- Carrie Underwood and hubby Mike Fisher welcomed a baby boy.
- Sara Gilbert and wife Linda Perry welcomed a son as well.
- A contestant on America’s Next Top Model was slain in a triple homicide.
- The actor who played Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld has passed away.
As always, we end with the supercuts and mashups.
- A Wes Anderson supercut:
- What is Wes Anderson directed X-Men?
- A supercut of people karaoking the greatest song of all time:
- A supercut of advice from Frank Underwood:
- Kelly Clarkson and Jimmy Fallon do the history of duets:
- House of Cards, the sitcom:
- A supercut of fake movies in real movies:
- A Whiplash/The Muppets mashup.
- Fifty Shades of Wayne:
- And finally, Who’s the Boss of Wall Street?
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