It’s been a crazy week with a lot of traveling and unfortunately that means that the pop culture roundup suffered a little bit as I’ve been playing catch up. If I didn’t get the roundup posted today I probably never would have, though I wish that I had been able to do a more complete survey of all that the world of pop culture had to offer. But something is better than nothing and even in its incomplete state I think I still managed to capture a lot of what has happened in the last week or so. Two trips to NYC in five days was probably excessive, but I’ll be able to share some of my adventures next week once I’ve had a chance to catch my breath over the weekend. In the meantime, check out what I was able to accomplish in this week’s slapdash pop culture roundup.
- Both Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel attempted to “white mansplain” Beyonce’s Lemonade.
- Ezra Koenig and Father John Misty explain why they have writing credits on Lemonade.
- Poor Rachel Ray is collateral damage in the Lemonade fallout.
- Rachel Roy is denying that she’s the other woman, though it’s kind of her own fault people think she is.
- Lori Loughlin had a pretty funny tweet about Lemonade:
https://twitter.com/LoriLoughlin/status/724826471911571456?ref_src=twsrctfw
- Rita Ora also denies being “Becky with the good hair.” For the record, as much as I love Jay Z, it isn’t me either.
- There will be another season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
- Nathan Fillion has been cast in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
- File this under “obviously”: Game of Thrones renewed for a 7th season.
- Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams pretended to be a clerk and crashed a GoT viewing party.
- Someone created an algorithm to predict which Game of Thrones character will die next.
- The Mountain shares his diet plan ahead of the World’s Strongest Man 2016 competition.
- Idris Elba and Joh Ridley are teaming up for a Showtime miniseries.
- Netflix picked up a time travel drama series with Eric McCormack.
- Another (unexpected) Breaking Bad character almost made an appearance on the Better Call Saul finale.
- Kelly Ripa finally returned to Live! after the news of Michael Strahan’s departure.
- Strahan will now be departing much sooner that was originally planned.
- Robert Downey Jr. will be in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- WGN renews Underground for a second season.
- HBO has renewed Veep and Silicon Valley.
- Three’s Company is the latest TV show to get a big screen reboot. If they don’t get Anna Farris to play Chrissy, I don’t know what they’re doing.
- Samantha Bee wants to add correspondents to Full Frontal.
- Jemaine Clement and Elliot Gould in talks to star in a father/son comedy.
- How do you celebrate a kickass movie heroine? By releasing her trademark shoes only in men’s sizes.
- ABC’s Uncle Buck series to debut in June.
- Tina Fey’s summer plans? Working on the Mean Girls musical.
- IFC is developing new shows from Bryan Cranston and Brooks Wheelan, among others.
- Add Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas to the long list of people canceling concerts in North Carolina.
- Father John Misty will perform in Charlotte, but will donate proceeds to a LGBT support center
- Max Greenfield is in talks to join Brie Larson in Glass Castle.
- Louis C.K. clarifies his statements about Horace and Pete putting him in debt.
- Horace and Pete’s Uncle Pete could have been played by Joe Pesci, Jack Nicholson or Christopher Walken. All three turned the role down.
- The second season of Angie Tribeca will debut in June.
- Larry Wilmore has his game plan for the White House Correspondents’ dinner.
- A Star Wars pop-up restaurant is coming to London.
- Princes William and Harry visited the Star Wars set.
- The Golden Globes want studios to stop trying to get their dramas to pass for comedies. (We’re looking at you, The Martian).
- The Blade Runner sequel has been moved to October 2017.
- Crackle has ordered a TV show based on the movie Snatch.
- Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell and Emma Stone will star in Women in Business.
- Don’t expect to see Emilia Clarke in any Terminator sequels.
- The screenplay for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be published by Scholastic.
- Season 2 of Aquarius will kick off with a two hour, commercial free premiere.
- FX’s Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll returns June 30th. Alright!
- Master of None and Transparent are among the 2016 Peabody Award winners.
Time for some trailers…
- X-Men: Apocalypse:
- The Girl on the Train:
- The Founder:
- Café Society:
- Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates:
- Independence Day: Resurgence:
- Weiner:
- The Infiltrator:
- The Do-Over:
- De Palma:
- Danger Mouse:
- Watch J.J. Abrams and Chris Rock’s discussion from the Tribeca Film Festival.
- Here are the Tribeca Film Festival winners.
- Paula Abdul and New Kids on the Block are headlining this year’s Mixtape Festival.
- Lifetime is developing a “Shakespearean Horror Anthology” series.
- Lifetime is also making a series about the life of Selena Gomez.
- James Franco had a Ziggy Stardust-themed birthday party.
- Mariah Carey had a Mariah Carey-themed birthday party.
- The Disney Channel is planning a four-day movie marathon.
- Nina Dobrev in talks to join Ellen Page in the Flatliners remake.
- Adam Devine to star in the comedy Paternity Leave.
- Pamela Anderson will officially appear in the Baywatch movie.
- Zac Efron will host a foodie documentary series for MTV.
- MTV is reviving Cribs for Snapchat.
- TBS’ ensemble comedy Wrecked will debut in June.
- Turner Classic Movies and Criterion are teaming up for a new streaming service.
- Here are the docs that Documentary Now! will reference in their second season.
- An oral history of Geraldo Rivera’s special that opened Al Capone’s vault. I remember that show vividly.
- Jerry Seinfeld will moderate a discussion between Margaret Cho and an unhappy audience member from one of ther shows.
- Will there be a John Cena Elementary School?
- People once again names Jennifer Aniston “the most beautiful woman.”
- Bill Cosby’s criminal case will resume.
- A lawsuit by the executive producer of Bones reveals that the popular show lost millions of dollars.
- SNL’s Pete Davidson is reportedly dating Larry David’s daughter.
- Nicki Minaj’s brother was indicted on child rape charges.
- Chloe Grace Moretz and Brooklyn Beckham (son of David and Victoria) are now Instagram official.
- In the wake of Doris Roberts’ passing, the Everybody Loves Raymond panel at ATX has been cancelled.
- Apparently just looking like Shia LaBeouf is enough to get you punched in the face.
- Scott Nimerfro, who was a writer/producer on Hannibal and Pushing Daisies, has died. He was 54.
- Actress Madeleine Sherwood died. She was 93.
- Guy Hamilton, who directed 4 Bond movies, passed away at 93.
- Former WWE star and frequent reality show participant Chyna (Joanie Lauer) passed away at 45.
There’s been an overwhelming reaction to the passing of Prince last week….
- Who knew that Maya Rudolph has a Prince cover band?
- Princess joined D’Angelo on The Tonight Show:
- 13 live Prince performances that you can watch online.
- Here’s Prince’s rain-soaked Super Bowl performance.
- A look back at Prince’s guitars.
- Stephen Colbert and Jon Batiste pay their respects to Prince:
- Sadly, Prince had just started writing his memoirs a month ago.
- Frank Ocean penned a letter in honor of Prince.
- Madonna paid tribute to Prince; I had no idea that they dated.
- Justin Timberlake spoke about the influence Prince had on his career.
- The many hairstyles of Prince:
- Prince put his own spin on a number of covers of other people’s songs.
- 7 things you didn’t know about Prince.
- Prince died without a will.
- Watch Prince take the stage at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
- James Corden’s tribute:
- The Minnesota Twins paid tribute to their native son.
- Rap songs that sampled Prince’s music.
- Broadway paid tribute as well. Here’s the cast of The Color Purple:
- And the cast of Hamilton:
- Here is a compilation of other Prince musical tributes.
- Spike Lee hosted a Brooklyn block party in honor of Prince.
- This time-lapse video of the creation of a Prince sand painting is incredible:
- Ellen DeGeneres thanked Prince for coming on her show when no one would.
- Jimmy Fallon shares the time he and Prince played ping pong:
As always, we end with the mashup and supercuts….
- Stephen Colbert and Sturgill Simpson write a song about Waffle House:
- Sesame Street pays tribute to A Tribe Called Quest:
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