How exactly is it July already? It feels like this summer is just flying by; it’s hard to believe that Independence Day is this Saturday – wasn’t it just Memorial Day? Things that I’ve planned that seemed so far away are now coming up in rapid succession; after a few weekends off, I’m back to being booked until the end of August. Time just needs to slow down a little bit. Ferris Bueller was right: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
As usual, I’ve searched high and low to round up all that the world of pop culture has to offer. Check out what you may have missed in the last seven day’s with this week’s potpourri of pop culture.
- Crisis averted – the Foo Fighters tour will go on.
- Vulture ranks every episode of Seinfeld. I agree with their top pick.
- J.K. Rowling announced that there’s going to be an original Harry Potter play.
- Cheryl Burke has also quit her gig hosting the Miss USA Pageant.
- NBC has renewed Aquarius for a second season.
- Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris have replaced Jay Z and Beyoncé as highest earning celebrity couples.
- Taraji P. Henson will star in a civil rights drama, The Best of Enemies.
- Emma Watson and Tom Hanks will star in The Circle.
- Howard Stern is leaving America’s Got Talent.
- This happened the day after I visited the Seinfeld pop-up:
- Amazon has renewed Transparent for a third season.
- In honor of Jon Stewart’s last month as host, Comedy Central is streaming every episode of The Daily Show.
- The Guardians of the Galaxy sequel officially has a title.
- There are already plans for a 4th Star Trek movie; the third movie hasn’t even started filming yet.
- True Blood’s James Frain is heading to Gotham.
- Alex Trebek’s attempt at rapping is pretty painful.
- Neve Campbell is headed to House of Cards.
- Wayward Pines might get a second season.
- Will Ferrell’s baseball special will debut on HBO September 12th.
- Will Ferrell gave a pretty great wedding toast for strangers:
- Charisma Carpenter joined the cast of Scream Queens.
- Rose McGowan spoke out against sexism in Hollywood and was dropped by her agent.
- Stop what you’re doing – Silent Norma from Orange is The New Black was in a 70s punk band.
- This could mean something or it could mean nothing – Kit Harington is replacing Robert Pattinson in Brimstone.
- Emilia Clark can pull off a surprisingly solid Valley Girl accent. #Khalessifromthevalley
- Anna Gunn will star in a female-driven Wall Street movie.
- A leaked Game of Thrones audition tape may give clues as to what to expect in season six.
- Explore Tyrion Lannister’s chambers with this interactive website (spoilers).
- SNL’s Vanessa Bayer could do a one-woman Friends show:
- A remake of Back to the Future will happen over Robert Zemeckis’ dead body.
- Some Marvel characters may turn up in Spider-Man movies.
- Is Chris Pine in line to play one of the Green Lanterns.
- There is an on-set “therapist” for the cast of Suicide Squad.
- Ben Affleck may direct his own Batman movie.
- Affleck and Matt Damon are producing a FIFA movie.
- A Clueless musical is in development
- Olivia Munn shows off her skills for X-Men: Apocalypse (that’s boyfriend/NFL QB Aaron Rodgers in the background):
- Not so fun fact – the eyes of Disney princesses are literally bigger than their stomachs.
- Jason Katmis’ relationship drama received a pilot order from HBO.
- James D’Arcy and Enver Gjokaj are returning for season 2 of Agent Carter.
- Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Jason Sudeikis have joined Garry Marshall’s Mother’s Day.
- Jon Hamm stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- A former member of the Blue Man Group speaks about his experience. Sadly, it isn’t this guy:
- Sarah Silverman is returning to Masters of Sex.
- Bugs Bunny and Scooby Doo are returning to TV.
- Tony Hale will star in a comedy about the infamous War of the Worlds radio play.
- After the kerfuffle with the Ben Affleck episode, PBS is putting Finding Your Roots on hiatus.
- Joey Fatone is hosting an N’SYNC lip sync battle in Cleveland.
- Jason Statham will return for Furious 8.
- Mr. Robot has already snagged a second season at USA.
- A musical based on The O.C. is happening in L.A.
- Friday’s taping of The Tonight Show had to be cancelled when Jimmy injured his hand, requiring surgery:
- The CW announced their fall premiere dates.
- Fox also announced some premiere dates.
- Sequels to both Lucy and Columbiana are in development.
- Catching up with the members of Kids Incorporated.
- Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre were in the studio together.
- Lifetime has given Christina Ricci’s Lizzie Borden series the axe.
- Chris Pratt channeled Jason Statham in this cut SNL skit:
- NeNe Leakes is leaving The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
- Tom Hardy will return for the third season of Peaky Blinders.
- Lifetime is remaking The Bad Seed.
- AMC has ordered a series from the showrunner of Dexter.
- A post on Ron Perlman’s Instagram account hints that Hellboy 3 is happening.
Time for some trailers….
- Michael B. Jordan in Creed:
- Fear the Walking Dead:
- I am Chris Farley documentary:
- Two Tom Hardys for the price of one in Legend:
- Heroes Reborn:
- Rooster McConaughey’s reality show has a trailer:
- Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis in Sleeping With Other People:
- Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman in Secret in Their Eyes:
- A trailer for Tig Notoro’s Netflix documentary:
- Season 2 of BoJack Horseman:
- Batkids Begin:
- Kristen Wiig and Zach Galifianakis in Masterminds:
- Ethan Hawke in Ten Thousand Saints:
- Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension:
- The Hallow:
- Watch the original unaired pilot of Married With Children (with different children).
- E.L. James did a Twitter Q&A that went about as well as you might expect.
- A Sweet Valley High reboot is in development.
- Marlon Wayans wants to make White Chicks 2.
- Channing Tatum is learning card tricks from a magician for Gambit.
- Paul F. Tompkins is ending his web series Speakeasy.
- The director of Blackfish has selected her next project.
- Most of the restaurants “saved” on Kitchen Nightmares are now closed.
- Conan is headed to Comic Con – here are his guests.
- Here’s a first look at the new Ghostbuster uniforms and proton packs:
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- Queen announced an official beer named after “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
- Cooter from Dukes of Hazard has weighed in on the confederate flag controversy.
- A Prairie Home Companion is getting a new host.
- Lady Gaga’s dog stars in an ad for Coach.
- Family Feud finally toppled Wheel of Fortune in the game show ratings.
- This is an odd pairing – Kevin Spacey and Megyn Kelly will collaborate on a TC series about White House staffers.
- Patsy Cline will perform again – as a hologram. You know how I feel about this.
- Iggy Azalea threw Britney Spears under the bus for their failed collaboration.
- Katy Perry is beefing with some nuns. I kid you not.
- Bobbi Kristina Brown has been moved to hospice care.
- Shia LaBeouf was hospitalized after a head injury on set.
- Sadly the rumors were true – Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are getting divorced.
- Jennifer Love Hewitt gave birth to a baby boy – her second child with hubby Brian Hallisay.
- Evangeline Lilly and partner Norman Kali are expecting their second child.
- Joni Mitchell is recovering from an aneurysm.
- Dustin Diamond was sentenced to four months in jail.
As always, we end with the supercuts and mashups…..
- A supercut of news bloopers:
- We all know that I’m a Kanye supporter, but he should leave “Bohemian Rhapsody” to Queen:
- Dogs dressed up as Minions:
- Father John Misty covers Arcade Fire:
- Florence + The Machine paid tribute to the Foo Fighters at Glastonbury:
- A mashup of M83 and Men at Work:
- Grand Theft Arthur:
- Game of Thrones deaths recreated in pixels (obvious spoilers):
- Nicolas Cage as all the characters on Game of Thrones:
- And finally, a mashup of The Avengers and Wizard of Oz:
