The first few weeks after a season of Game of Thrones ends is always an adjustment period; after ten weeks of being completely immersed in and obsessed with a television show, I feel a little rudderless. Now begins the long summer television season, where there is little to offer. I hold out hope that HBO’s shows will help fill the void – True Detective was great last year – but I would much rather be spending time in Westeros. For now, I’m reading plenty of Game of Thrones fan theories to help with the transition. I just can’t quit Game of Thrones cold turkey. That would be a shock to my system. Of course, this also marks the annual faux commitment to finishing the books (I’m still stuck in the middle of book 2), which we all should realize isn’t going to happen. I miss Game of Thrones, but those freaking books are LONG.
One way to ease the pain of having to wait 9 months until one of my favorite shows returns is to throw myself into this week’s pop culture roundup, which is exactly what I did. Surfing the web looking for nuggets of pop culture goodness was a nice distraction from worrying about the fate of Game of Thrones characters. So lose yourself in this menagerie of pop culture goodness.
- Dave Grohl is a total rock star – he broke his leg on stage during a concert and came back out to finishe the show. #likeaboss
- Unfortunately this has forced the Foo Fighters to cancel the rest of the European tour and possibly additional shows, which is make you favorite blogger a little nervous as she has a ticket to their July 18th show. Speedy recovery Dave!
- Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson will return for (the potentially ill-advised) Pitch Perfect 3.
- The good news – Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight will hit the big screen Christmas Day. The bad news is that it will only hit theaters that can play 70MM. It will hit other theaters a few week later.
- Amy Poehler will play Will Ferrell’s wife in a comedy about underground gambling.
- Chiwetel Ejiofer will play Baron Mordo in Doctor Strange.
- Winona Ryder to star in a supernatural thriller for Netflix.
- A memorial for a fallen Game of Thrones character has popped up in Brooklyn. Spoilers are everywhere.
- The Halloween movie franchise is returning to the big screen.
- Aaron Paul cruelly tricked fans into believing a Jesse Pinkman spinoff was in development.
- Jack Huston has dropped out of The Crow reboot.
- Channing Tatum’s Gambit movie has a director.
- This is not a drill – Lifetime is doing an unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 movie.
- Fear the Walking Dead will help inform the mythology of The Walking Dead (in other words – they take place in the same universe).
- Daryl Dixon may get a love interest in the next season of The Walking Dead.
- Here’s the first poster for Fear The Walking Dead:
- Jurassic World made a butt-load of money. Chris Pratt already signed for the inevitable sequel.
- Even Marvel was impressed:
- Because everything has to have a fan theory, here’s one about Jurassic World.
- I surely missed most of these Jurassic World Easter Eggs.
- How much would it cost to build Jurassic World?
- Sorry parents – The Teletubbies are coming back.
- Drake turned down collaborating with Mark Ronson on “Uptown Funk.”
- Forest Whitaker in talks to star in Star Wars: Rogue One.
- Gamblers think Damian Lewis will be the next James Bond.
- Do not throw bread at the lead singer of Smashmouth. He will lose his ever loving mind.
- This is a weird trio: Demi Lovoto, Rainn Wilson and Mandy Patinkin to star in the next Smurfs movie.
- An investigation: how evil was Newman on Seinfeld?
- The Rock is a goddamn national treasure:
- Need more proof? He sideswipes a guy’s car and they wind up BFFs:
- Jon Batiste, the new Late Show bandleader, led a second line through Brooklyn.
- Dave Letterman has given his first retirement interview.
- Disney is developing Maleficent 2.
- They are also working on a third The Princess Diaries film.
- NBC has found its Dorothy for Emerald City.
- Meet the new cast of Big Brother.
- Some guy named Chris Evans who does not play Captain America is the new host of Top Gear.
- Chris Hemsworth will play the receptionist in the all-female Ghostbusters reboot.
- We’ve gotten our first glimpse of what Common will look like in Suicide Squad.
- We’ll meet Kimmy’s mother on the second season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
- The best thing about Donald Trump running for president is the boon it will be for late night talk shows. Colbert was one of the first out of the gate:
- Raven-Symone is a new co-host on The View.
- Has Grey’s Anatomy found their replacement for McDreamy?
- Olivia Benson (the TV character played by Mariska Hargitay) met Olivia Benson (Taylor Swift’s cat).
- Morgan Freeman plays to his strengths and signs up to host Nat Geo’s The Story of God.
- ABC has released its fall TV premiere dates.
- There may be some marital strife in the cards for Homer and Marge when The Simpsons returns for a new season.
- Reese Witherspoon will star in and produce an adaptation of Opening Belle.
- Showtime has renewed Episodes for a fifth season. They also renewed Penny Dreadful for a third season.
- Bradley Cooper is bringing an adaption of Hyperion to SyFy as an event series.
- Kit Harington judged Jon Snow impersonators on Jimmy Kimmel Live!:
- This might make some of you happy – Dawson’s Creek and Buffy reruns will air on ABC Family.
- John Oliver bought air time in Trinidad to deliver a message to corrupt FIFA official Jack Warner.
- John C. McGinley will coach youth baseball in Rounding Third.
- Make the remakes stop – Kindergarten Cop is getting a direct-to-video remake and maybe a TV show.
- Gwen Stefani is in and Christina Aguilera is out in the autumn edition of The Voice.
- Weird Al sang an a cappella medley in Jack White’s Third Man Records recording booth.
- Disney could lose $140 million on Tomorrowland.
- A live version of Lip Sync Battle is happening in Central Park, which means that I may have to take another day off of work.
- If you do your engagement photos in Central Park, you might get photobombed by Amy Schumer (which is frankly reason enough to get engaged).
- How the movie Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead (a movie film near and dear to my heart) achieved cult status.
- The release of Ridley Scott’s The Martian has been moved up to October.
- Christina Applegate is attached to the euthanasia comedy Youth in Oregon.
- Blake Griffin explains “Trap Queen” (seriously – people cannot be this stupid).
- Disney replaced almost the entire voice cast of The Good Dinosaur.
- The Full House reboot is looking for a “vivacious black woman” to be Mrs. Danny Tanner.
- Evan Peters will reprise his role as Quicksilver in X-Men: Apocalypse.
- Chris Pratt tries out running in heels:
- Don’t expect to see Hayden Panettiere or Zachary Quinto in Heroes: Reborn.
- Colin Quinn will star in an off-Broadway show directed by Jerry Seinfeld.
- Conan has created a Spotify channel featuring all their musical guests.
- John Cleese and Eric Idol are going out on tour.
- Mindy Kahling: Burger Curator. That’s like my dream job.
- Vanity Fair interviewed True Detective’s Nic Pizzolatto.
- J.K. Rowling will release a new book using her alias Robert Galbraith.
- Leonard Roberts has joined the cast of Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story.
- Per Fred Savage, there will never be a The Wonder Years reunion.
- Lauren Graham’s TV daughters finally met:
- Staten Island Summer, a film from SNL’s Colin Jost, will hit Netflix next month.
- Katherine Waterson will star opposite Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beast And Where To Find Them.
- Elizabeth Banks is in talks to direct the adaptation of the YA book Red Queen.
- Woody Harrelson will play President Lyndon B. Johnson.
- This headline speaks for itself: Rooster McConaughey, Matthew’s brother, will star in a cowboy version of Shark Tank.
- Lou Diamond Phillips will play serial killer Richard Ramirez (aka The Night Stalker).
- A student in upstate NY used her Make-A-Wish to have Bill Hader help her pull off a senior prank.
- Matthew Vaughn is writing Kingsman 2.
- Asa Butterfield is reportedly no longer in the running to play Spider-Man.
- Also not playing Spider-Man – Carl from The Walking Dead.
- Everything we know so far about the second season of Fargo.
Time for some trailers….
- A trailer for Will Ferrel and Kristen Wiig’s Lifetime movie (which may be the best thing that ever happened to me):
- Disney’s Zootopia:
- Spectre, the new James Bond movie:
- The Fantastic Four:
- A new spot for Ant-Man:
- Wale will host Seinfeld Remix on TBS this summer:
- Bill Murray and Bruce Willis in Rock the Kasbah:
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.:
- Jeremy Sisto in Break Point:
- Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson in Regression:
- A red band trailer for The Overnight:
- A new Peanuts trailer:
- Sharknado 3:
- Season 2 of The Leftovers:
- Production has stopped on David Fincher’s HBO series.
- Now that Parks and Recreation is over, Amy Poehler and Mike Schur write each other Leslie Knope fan fiction.
- Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny will co-star in Look Away.
- Mean Girls is getting a mobile game.
- Check out the WALL-E LEGO set.
- Matt Ryan and Judith Light will join Keira Knightley on Broadway.
- Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has landed at Amazon.
- Jody Hill and Danny McBride will team up again for The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter.
- Leighton Meester (Blair Waldorf to Gossip Girl fan’s) covers The Cardigans “Lovefool.”
- Naya Rivera is writing a tell-all memoir.
- The first leg of Janet Jackson’s fall tour has been announced.
- Duran Duran also announced a new album and tour.
- Metallica played the National Anthem before Game 5 of the NBA finals:
- Mariah Carey will replace Kate Upton in the Game of War commercials.
- Slayer’s new album will be encased inside a 7-pound metal eagle. Obviously.
- This sounds like the setup of a joke: William Shatner, Henry Winkler and George Foreman will travel to Asia for a reality series.
- This summer Sprite cans will feature rap lyrics.
- Some of Harper Lee’s personal letters will be auctioned off at Christie’s.
- Benedict Cumberbatch and wife Sophie Hunter are the proud parents of a baby boy.
- Kevin Spacey is an honorary knight. Aren’t all knights kind of honorary at this point?
- Rick Ross was arrested for possession of weed.
- Emma Roberts and Evan Peters have reportedly called off their engagement. Good thing they are now starring on two different Ryan Murphy shows.
- Kristen Stewart’s mom confirms that her daughter is dating her female assistant (which just seems bad for business).
- John Stamos got a DWI over the weekend.
- Sadly the great Christopher Lee passed away.
- Pro wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes also recently passed away.
- Country music singer Randy Howard was killed in a shootout with a bounty hunter.
- Rapper Pumpkinhead has passed away at 39 years old.
As always, we end with the mashups and supercuts….
- Star Wars meets Ocean’s Eleven:
- Here’s a smooth jazz version of the Game of Thrones theme:
- An 8-bit version of Jurassic Park:
- A supercut of characters checking out the contents of their fridge:
- Jurassic World meets Aladdin:
- I have no idea why, but I found this supercut of the opening credits of forgotten 1995 TV shows strangely fascinating:
- The Real Housewives of Westeros:
- Seth MacFarlane sings Cyndi Lauper songs as Family Guy characters:
- A Game of Thrones version of “Pinot Noir” from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt:
- What if David Lynch directed The Shining?
- The Full House opening isn’t quite as wholesome when recreated in Grand Theft Auto V:
- And finally….Orphan Black meets Clueless:
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