Pop Culture Odds and Ends – Jon Stewart Signs Off Edition

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Well, tonight is the night. Jon Stewart’s final Daily Show episode is tonight and I’m not going to lie – I’m pretty upset about it. I’ve been watching The Daily Show for Jon Stewart’s entire run and it hurts my heart to think that after tonight that it will all be over. Back when I was teaching, he was a great tool for getting my college freshman interested in politics. I’m sure that Trevor Noah will make the show his own, but the realization that Stewart will no longer be a part of my daily routine just makes me so sad. I was a fan of Stewart before The Daily Show and I’ll be a fan after, but he’ll probably never be able to recreate the lightening in the bottle that was The Daily Show. Thank goodness for John Oliver and Last Week Tonight or I’d have to watch the news like regular people *shudder.*

But the show must go on and despite my depression over Stewart leaving, there’s still plenty of pop culture out in the world to cheer us all up. My schedule is screwy this week so you’re getting a slightly belated roundup. The good news is that with an extra day, I could find even more pop culture goodness to share with you. So without any further ado, get yourself caught up on the last eight days of the week in pop.

• People share their favorite Jon Stewart memories.

• The Daily Show set is headed to the Newseum in Washington DC.

• Yahoo has not confirmed, but Joel McHale says the sixth season of Community was its last (but there’s still hope for a movie). #sixseasonsandamovie

• IFC has ordered a new talk show featuring Community showrunner Dan Harmon.

• A new Dr. Dre album drops Friday.

• So much for rumors….Channing Tatum officially signs on for Gambit.

• Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer are friends and all is right with the world.

• Fear the Walking Dead already is getting a second season.

• Max Von Sydow will appear on the sixth season of Game of Thrones.

• Also coming to Game of Thrones – Ian McShane!

• Game of Thrones is tearing apart NFL locker rooms. FWIW, I agree with Niles Paul.

• Sounds like the end game for Game of Thrones is eight seasons. 

• Jenna Dewan-Tatum will play Lucy Lane on Supergirl.

• Alexander Skarsgard attended his movie premier in drag:

• Colin Farrell joins the cast of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

• Sorry Hannibal fans who were holding out hope – Hugh Dancy has signed on to a new show.

• ABC might give Revenge a spin-off. As long as Charlotte is not involved, I’m on board. #she’stheworst

• Shonda Rhimes explains why she killed off redacted.

• Macklemore and Ed Sheeran dropped a new song.

• Miles Teller does not come off well http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/2015/08/miles-teller-better-looking-esquire/.

• Louis CK is shadowing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

• The three former hosts of Top Gear have signed on for a new show on Amazon.

• The CW is making a “gritty” reboot of Little Women. I don’t even know what that means.

• Coach Taylor is BACK…to tell you to turn off your g*dd*mn cell phones in the theater:

 

• Here are the notable items from the Mad Men memorabilia auction.

• The “real-life Cookie Lyon” is suing Empire for $300 million.

• Adam McKay is writing an Archie Broadway musical.

• The creator of Black-ish will be one of the writers for the Shaft reboot.

• A Married….With Children spinoff might be really happening.

• Lupita Nyong’o will star in Eclipsed at the Public Theater in NYC.

• David Alan Grier will play the Cowardly Lion in NBC’s The Wiz. Shanice Williams will play Dorothy.

• Andrew Ridings (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) will play Hayden’s son on the Coach reboot.

• You can watch the unaired pilot for a Clerks TV show with Jim Bruer and Keri Russell.

• Idris Elba will be the first man to get a solo cover of Maxim:

• Nicki Minaj and Jason Statham are getting their own mobile video games.

• HBO will air two U2 specials.

• The second season of Transparent will drop in December.

• Will Smith is in talks to replace Hugh Jackman in Collateral Beauty.

• Knock, Knock – nobody’s home. Fox cancels Knock Knock Live after two episodes.

• Tavi Gevinson will appear on Scream Queens.

• Here’s a first look at Melissa McCarthy’s clothing line.

• The 4^th season of Billy on the Street will premiere on October 8^th on truTV.

• Jon Stewart made his return to standup during a surprise set at NYC’s The Comedy Cellar.

• James Cromwell has joined the cast of HBO’s The Young Pope. Diane Keaton will play a nun.

• The twins are returning to the Full House reboot. Nope – not those twins….the other ones.

• Brittany Snow will be back for Pitch Perfect 3.

• Jenny McCarthy shared a #TBT photo of her and her cousin Melissa (yes – THAT Melissa McCarthy):

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• A new app offers emojis based on FX and FXX shows.

• Humans has been renewed for a second season.

• The Jumanji remake will come out Christmas 2016.

• Jeff Garlin says that there is a 51% chance of Curb Your Enthusiasm returning.

• Lenny Kravitz’s pants split open during a show in Sweden and he inadvertently exposed himself to the masses.

Time for some trailers……

• The first trailer for Deadpool:

 

• I love this teaser for Zoolander 2:

 

• The Leftovers second season:

 

• Everest:

 

• Hulu’s The Hotwives of Las Vegas:

 

• HBO’s Vinyl:

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• David Simon’s miniseries Show Me a Hero:

 

• Stonewall:

 

• Dirty Weekend:

 

• Johnny Depp in Black Mass:

 

• Ali Larter will return for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.

• Jason Sudeikis will star in a comedy from Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

• Both of David Fincher’s series at HBO appear to be in jeopardy.

• More trouble at HBO – production has halted on the Lewis and Clark miniseries.

• Member of The Grateful Dead will play with John Mayer.

• Rainn Wilson is narrating the new Dr. Suess book.

• Wyatt Cenac, Ana Gasteyer and Oscar Nunez to star in a pilot for TBS.

• An oral history of Wet Hot American Summer.

• An oral history of the making of The Aristocrats.

• The new Ghostbusters visited some sick kids in the hospital:

 

• Jimmy Kimmel is bringing his show to Brooklyn once again.

• Mariah Carey will direct a movie for The Hallmark Channel.

• Archie Panjabi will stop by Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

• Ben Mendelsohn will return for the second season of Bloodline.

• Mindy Kaling is doing a book tour.

• Kunal Nayyar will guest star on The Mindy Project.

• The Mindy Project’s Ike Barinholz will release an essay collection.

• Jake Gyllenhaal in talks for the Boston Marathon bombing movie, Stronger.

• Carla Gugino will replace Christian Hendricks (impossible!) in Cameron Crowe’s pilot Roadies.

• This mural was painted by a guy who is going places – one Chris Pratt:

• The ratings for I Am Cait took a tumble during its second week.

• The upcoming season of The Leftovers will be different than the first.

• Metallica’s Lollapalooza set is available for download (for a nominal fee).

• The most interesting factoid from this story about Rooster McConaughey (brother to Matthew) is that he has a son named Miller Lyte.

• Showtime will debut a new Jimi Hendrix documentary in September.

• Syfy has ordered a show about blood-drinking cars.

• Destination America will air a live exorcism.

• Maria Menounos will replace Giulinan Rancic on E! News.

• My birthday is next month – someone should buy me this 7 ft. Baymax sofa bed:

• Vince Vaughn and Andrew Garfield to star in a WWII drama directed by Mel Gibson.

• Michael Shannon will join Jessica Lange on Broadway.

• Bill Clinton will be the first guest star on the new season of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk.

• Gwyneth Paltrow has unveiled a line of hip-hop handbags, because of course.

• Unexpected crusaders – Jack Gleeson and Kevin Bacon think there should be more male nudity in Hollywood.

• Darren Criss may check in to American Horror Story: Hotel.

• Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges will star in Comacheria.

• Gaslight Anthem are taking a break after they finish their current tour.

• Ronda Rousey will be a spokeswoman for Carl’s, Jr.

• For her role in Ricki and the Flash, Meryl Streep received guitar lessons from Neil Young.

• NBC has cancelled Welcome to Sweden.

• MTV has renewed Scream for a second season.

• 1000 musicians play Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters to ask Dave Grohl to come and play in Cesena, Italy:

 

• Being the sweet guy that he is, Dave Grohl agreed to come play….in Italian!

• An examination of all the times the gang tried to be good people on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

• Christina Applegate turned down the leading role in Legally Blonde.

• Steve Guttenberg regrets turning down Sharknado.

• Bad Boys 3 and Bad Boys 4 will come out in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

• Starz has renewed Black Sails for a 4^th season.

• Antonio Banderas will star in a detective drama for Starz.

• Rod Stewart is reuniting Faces.

• Yankee Candle is now selling a Luke Bryan-scented candle.

• Cindy Crawford is developing a show for NBC.

• The guy who directed the Poltergeist reboot will also direct the adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy’s.

• At least one book store is offering refunds for people who bought Go Set a Watchman.

• TV Land has cancelled The Soul Man.

• Ian McKellen is narrating a documentary about Muslim drag queens.

• Yoko Ono and Death Cab for Cutie are collaborating on an album.

• Kim Kardashian’s selfie book tanked.

• Oh the (tragic) irony….a Law & Order director has been arrested for child pornography.

• Drea de Matteo is engaged to the bassist from Whitesnake.

• The B-52’s Kate Pierson and Monica Coleman tied the knot.

• Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are expecting a baby girl.

• Ashlee Simpson and new hubby Evan Ross welcomed a daughter.

• Charlize Theron has welcomed her second child.

• Rumblings have started up again that Beyoncé is preggers.

• Zooey Deschanel secretly got married and less secretly had a baby girl.

• Another piece of my childhood is gone – Rowdy Roddy Piper is dead at 61.

• Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale to divorce after 13 years.

• Reba McEntire and her husband of 26 years are calling it quits.

• And this one REALLY hurts – Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy have confirmed the end of their romantic relationship.

• Cecil the lion will live on……as a Beanie Baby. Profits will got to the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit of the University of Oxford.

 

As always, we end with the mashups and supercuts…..

• Doug Funnie sings “Trap Queen”:

 

• Hetfield the Cat combines Metallica and Garfield:

 

• Steel Panther, Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus covered some Def Leppard:

 

• Hillary Clinton gets the Mad Max treatment on the cover of Mad magazine:

• Linkin Park meets Smashmouth:

 

• Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard joins Paul McCarthy on stage at Lollapalooza:

 

• The Kelly Clarkson covers continue; this time it’s “Wrecking Ball”:

 

• Tina Fey’s Beyoncé game is strong:

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• “Uptown Funk” sung by the movies:

 

• A Taylor Swift/Harry Potter mashup:

 

• The Muppets cover “Jungle Boogie”:

 

• This Game of Thrones remix is really catchy:

 

• And finally, two of my favorite things combined – Breaking Bad and Seinfeld: