Pop Culture Odds and Ends – Dodgers Bandwagon Edition

I’ll admit that my interest in the World Series has significantly waned now that my Yankees have been eliminated. But I still love baseball, so I’ve got to have some kind of rooting interest, even if I’m not committing myself to watching all of the games (I was starting to feel crappy last night, so I put myself to bed at 8:30 and I barely saw the first few innings). My dad is a Dodgers fan so I’m throwing my support their way, even though goodness knows that he takes glee in the Yankees not doing well.  He may be one of the few people on the planet that was never impressed with Derek Jeter in any capacity. But I’ll forgive that and side with the family. I’d even root for my brother’s team, the Mets, if they ever make it back to postseason baseball. 😉

I’m also rooting for whoever is most likely to steal a base and win me (and the rest of the country) a free taco. Unless it’s Jose Altuve – screw that guy.

So while I irrationally hate a guy that’s just good at his job, get yourself caught up on all the pop culture that you might have missed with this week’s roundup.

Television

• There was a Game of Thrones Easter egg that adds a new layer to one character’s death.
• Hulu renewed Casual for a fourth and final season.
• Mark Ruffalo will star in a limited series for HBO based on a Wally Lamb book.
• Chelsea Handler will end her Netflix show after two season.
• FX renewed Better Things for a third season.
• Issa Rae is developing a drama for HBO set in 1990’s LA. Author Angela Flournoy is also involved.
• Casey Affleck will star in a horror drama TV series from Alfonso Cuaron.
• Mindy Kaling is producing two comedies in development in NBC.
• Sara Ramirez is joining the cast of Madame Secretary.
• Zoo has been canceled after three seasons.
• Ray Donovan has been renewed for a sixth season.
• Showtime orders Peter Moffat’s Your Honor to series.
• The oral history of the Seinfeld episode, “The Contest.”
• Steve Buscemi to replace Owen Wilson in the TBS comedy Miracle Workers.
• CBS All Access has renewed Star Trek: Discovery.
• Netflix renewed Big Mouth for a second season.
•  An American Gangster prequel series with Forest Whitaker is in development.
• Alone Together gets a season two renewal ahead of its January premiere.
• Mike Schur is developing a Mexican-American family sitcom pilot with Shea Serrano.
• Tracy Morgan’s series The Last O.G. has lost its showrunner and it will be delayed until 2018.
• Fashion Police will end in November.
• Keeping Up With the Kardashians was renewed.
• A Moe’s Tavern pop-up bar has opened in Chicago.
• Hunter S. Thompson’s life is being made into a TV series.
• Simon Helberg will produce a CIA comedy in development at CBS.
• Jane Lynch is getting a daytime show.
• Ranking all the “Treehouse of Horror” episodes from The Simpsons.
• Vince Staples wants to direct an episode of American Horror Story and I say they should let him.
• An oral history of David S. Pumpkins.
• Miles Teller is not doing the Allegiant TV movie.
• Here’s what is coming to and going from Netflix in November. And Amazon Prime. And HBO Now.

Movies

• Morgan Freeman will play Colin Powell in a biopic.
• Renee Zellweger will play Judy Garland in Judy.
• Ben Medelsohn in talks to play the villain in Captain Marvel.
• Tom Hardy will play Venom through motion-capture technology.
• A Million Little Pieces is getting a big screen adaptation.
• Michael Bay is making a live action Dora the Explorer movie for some reason.
• Channing Tatum has pulled his film about sexual abuse from the Weinstein Company.
• Nine things that you may not have known about the Scream films.
• Robert Englund says that he’s too old to play Freddy Kruegar again.
• Justin Long and Donald Faison to star in the indie film The Wave.
• A new documentary will examine Stanley Kubrick’s final film, Eyes Wide Shut.
• The filmmakers behind The Hunting Ground will make their next documentary about sexual assault in Hollywood.

Trailers

• Phantom Thread:

 

• I Love You, Daddy:

 

• I, Tonya:

 

• Lady Dynamite, season 2:

 

• Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built:

 

• Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond:

 

• Bright:

 

• Godless:

 

• Too Funny To Fail:

 

• UnREAL, season 3:

 

• The Chi:

 

• 12 Strong:

 

• Snake Outta Compton:

Music

• Confirmed: Justin Timberlake will return to headline the 2018 Super Bowl halftime show.
• Taylor Swift dropped a new single.
• They Might Be Giants are dropping some new music.
• Jason Aldean will release his cover of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t’ Back Down” to benefit victims of the Las Vegas shooting.

Books

• A new Sam Shepard novel, completed before his death, will be published in December.

Podcasts

• The Rock is producing a new podcast series that will investigate historical figures.

Stand-up

• Sebastian Maniscalco announced a theater tour.
• Michelle Wolf’s dubut stand-up special will drop in December.

Theater

• Jane Krakowski and Chris Diamantopoulos join A Christmas Story: Live!.
• Bruce Springsteen will reportedly extend his Broadway run.
• Lee Pace will play Joe Pitt in Broadway’s Angels in America.
• The cost of subscription to BroadwayHD will decrease.
• Michael Moore is taking his Broadway show on the road.
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will head to Australia after its Broadway run.

Odds and Ends

• Kid Rock is not running for Senate.
• Billy Joel and wife Alexis welcomed their second child. Joel has a daughter from his marriage to Christie Brinkley.
• Jamie Pressly welcomed twins with partner Hamzi Hijazi.
• Blac Chyna is apparently suing the entire Kardashian/Jenner family.
• Michelle Williams was battling depression during her Destiny’s Child days.
• John Stamos and Caitlin McHugh are engaged.
• Jamel Parrish and Chris Long are engaged.
• Ewan McGregor has reportedly split from his wife of 22 years – and may be dating his Fargo co-star Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
• Roman Polanski is accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year old model.
• Not a good week for Marilyn Mason – his bassist Twiggy Ramirez was kicked out of the band over sexual assault and domestic violence allegations and former guitarist Daisy Berkowitz passed away.
• Actor Brent Briscoe had died. He was 56.
• R.I.P. Gord Downie, the frontman of Tragically Hip. He was 53.
• Actor Robert Guillaume has passed away. He was 89.
• Legendary musician Fats Domino has passed away. He was 89.

Mashups and Supercuts

• La La Land 2049:

 

• The Twin Peaks soundtrack mashed up with “The Loco-Motion”:

Listening to the Twin Peaks soundtrack again. You really can get a gloomy version of The Loco-Motion out of the main theme tune. pic.twitter.com/tO3egPzVbD

— Andy (@alreadytaken74) October 18, 2017

 

• The Walking Gingerbread:

 

• Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 as a horror movie:

Pop Culture Odds and Ends – Overtime Edition

Today feels like it should be Friday since I’ve already logged a lot of hours in the office this week. Monday I put in a whopping 15 hours, leaving around 11 pm to return a mere eight hours later. It’s been both physically and mentally exhausting and this week feels like it is dragging on.

Luckily I got a jump start on the roundup over the weekend, so despite the long hours I still can deliver a heaping dose of pop culture goodness on time. So while I hope to see life outside the office more this week, get yourself caught up on all the pop culture that you might have missed.

Television

• Redacted’s fate on Game of Thrones may have been confirmed (spoilers, obvs).
• This Game of Thrones casting may debunk a popular fan theory (more spoilers, obvs).
• The Game of Thrones actors are reportedly not receiving scripts for season 8.
• Wyatt Cenac to star in a late-night weekly docuseries for HBO.
• The second season of Netflix’s Mindhunter will investigate the Atlanta child murders.
• NBC is now trying to make a TV adaptation of Nancy Drew
• Amazon will no longer produce the drama series starring Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore.
• Larry David to host SNL next month.
• Here’s the story behind Curb Your Enthusiasm’s theme song.
• ABC is developing the comedy the Real Fairy Godmother starring Kristin Chenoweth.
• Being Mary Jane to end in 2018 with a two-hour movie special on BET.
• Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Will Reiser are developing a comedy series at ABC.
• Liv Tyler joins the second season of Hulu’s Harlots.
• Shakira Barrera will join the second season of G.L.O.W.
• ABC is working on a serial killer comedy produced by Jack Black.
• CBS is developing an Asian-American basketball comedy from some fold from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
• Comedy Central’s The President Show moves to primetime.
• The cast of SpongeBob SquarePants picks its top five favorite episodes.
• Roswell is being rebooted with an immigration twist.
• A Christmas Story Live has cast its Ralphie.
• Name That Tune may be getting a reboot at CBS.
• Supermarket Sweep is returning.
• Another week, another Friends fan theory.
• Here’s what is coming and going from Hulu in November.
• Butch Hartman, the creator of Fairly OddParents, is developing three new series.
• Andy Cohen will replace Kathy Griffin on CNN’s New Year’s Eve celebration with Anderson Cooper.

Movies

• The “untitled Han Solo movie” now has a title.
• A Settlers of Catan movie is in development at Sony.
• Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie has a title – Phantom Thread.
• Angelina Jolie will lend her voice to The One and Only Ivan.
• Tyler Perry to play Colin Powell in Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic.
• Gal Godot is in talks to star in the post-WWII revenge thriller Ruin.
• Josh Boone to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman.
• Riz Ahmed in talks with Netflix to star in their adaptation of Hamlet.
• Cher has joined the cast of the Mamma Mia! sequel.
• Jay Roach and Tina Fey to team up for a drama about Kent State.
• Michael Mando to join Jesse Eisenberg in The Hummingbird Project.
• Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz to star in the comedy We Are Unsatisfied.
• The Addams Family are getting an animated movie from the director of Sausage Party.
• Giovanni Ribisi will return for all four Avatar sequels.
• Netflix won the bidding war for the rights to Power, a spec script that was getting a lot of attention.
• Beetlejuice 2 may still happen – a new writer has been hired.
• Vanessa Hudgens and Annaleigh Ashford join the J-Lo rom-com Second Act.
• Guillermo del Toro is making a documentary about fellow filmmaker Michael Mann.
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross covered the Halloween theme.
• The Harry Potter soundtracks are getting a vinyl box set.

Trailers

• Stranger Things 2:

 

• Black Panther:

 

• She’s Got To Have It:

 

• Blockers:

 

• Godless:

 

• SMILF:

 

• All I See Is You:

 

• The Alienist:

 

• Michael Jackson’s Halloween:

https://twitter.com/CBS/status/920439870321020930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

• Thoroughbreds:

 

• Mayhem:

 

• The Work:

 

• Bad Lucky Goat:

 

Music

• Eminem is not a fan of Donald Trump’s presidency.
• Sia is releasing a Christmas album.
• Pink picks the five best songs she’s ever written.
• Weird Al Yankovic announced 2018 tour dates.
• Will Smith has a new song.

Books

• Tom Hanks’ book about typewriters has been released.
• George Saunders wins the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Lincoln in the Bardo.

Stand-up

• Kevin Hart announced a new stand-up tour.
• Brian Regan’s Netflix special debuts in November.

Theater

• The Tony Awards will air June 10, 2018.
• The musical War Paint will close earlier than expected on Broadway.

Odds and Ends

• Ed Sheeran was injured in a bicycle accident.
• Tyler, the Creator has another Converse collaboration.
• Charles Schultz’s home – and a lot of Peanuts memorabilia – was destroyed in the California wildfires.
• Rihanna is getting a street named after her.
• David Letterman sent Conan O’Brien a horse.
• Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander have allegedly wed.
• Gucci Mane and Keyshia Ka’oir were married.
• Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are engaged.
• Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs hare reportedly called off their engagement.
• Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur has passed away. He was 96.
• Comedian Sean Hughes has died. He was 51.
• Project Runway contestant Mychael Knight has reportedly died. He was 39.
• Actor John Dunsworth has passed away. He was 71.
• Game of Thrones actor and audiobook narrator Roy Dotrice has passed away at 94.

Mashups and Supercuts

• Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, and The Lonely Island play “I’m On a Boat” with classroom instruments:

 

• The team behind Angry Birds are apparently fans of Iron Maiden:

 

• Puddles Pity Party covers “The Sound of Silence”:

Pop Culture Odds and Ends – October Baseball Edition

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been a terrible baseball fan this year. I only went to Yankee Stadium once all season (though it was a double-header) and I haven’t watch many games. Usually I’m glued to the TV or listening to the games on the radio, but when you start going to bed at 8 pm on a regular basis because your life has become very overwhelming, you tend to miss a lot. Thankfully, things have improved slightly which has coincided with the Major League Baseball playoffs, so I am once again back to screaming at the TV and hoping that the Yankees continue to outperform expectations. This is the first sign that I’m starting to feel like myself again. Hopefully the Yankees don’t get eliminated tonight so this feeling continues.

So while I hope that the Cleveland Indians are doing something to anger Jobu, get yourself caught up on all the pop culture that you might have missed with this week’s roundup.

Television

• It sounds like we definitely aren’t going to see the final season of Game of Thrones until 2019. One reason – production will shut down for Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie’s wedding.
• Fear the Walking Dead and The Walking Dead will crossover.
• Idris Elba will star in a semi-autobiography comedy series.
• Sally Field joins Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in the Netflix series Maniac.
• A Bob’s Burgers movie will hit theaters in 2020.
• Mr. Mercedes has been renewed for a second season.
• Mr. Robot returns tonight – here’s where we left things at the end of season 2.
• A V for Vendetta TV show is in development.
• An adaptation of the book Sweetbitter is coming to Starz.
• The 4^th season of Survivor’s Remorse will be its last.
• The Tonight Show is still losing ground in the late-night wars.
• The Grey’s Anatomy firefighter spinoff has cast two Broadway stars – Okieriete Onaodowan and Barrett Doss
• Fox has given a production commitment to a new comedy from New Girl creator Liz Meriwether. Lake Bell will star and direct.
• Disney Channel renews That’s So Raven for a second season.
• Netflix has released a Stranger Things mobile game.
• Apple picks up the Steven Spielberg and Bryan Fuller’s Amazing Stories reboot.
• Apple has cancelled its Elvis biopic series.
• Jerry Seinfeld admits that he sometimes regrets the Seinfeld finale.
• Showtime will premiere the BBC comedy Ill Behavior.
• The McDonald’s Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce rollout did not go well.
• ABC has given a script commitment to comedian Trae Crowder, knows as the Liberal Redneck.
• Netflix gives a series order to the sci-fi drama Raising Dion. Michael B. Jordan to executive produce and co-star.

Movies

• Jessica Williams joins the cast of the Fantastic Beasts sequel.
• Nicole Kidman will star in the thriller Destroyer.
• The Fast and Furious cast are feuding again.
• Linda Cardellini to star in the James Wan horror-thriller The Children.
• Assuming Gambit is ever made, Gore Verbinski may direct.
• Sylvester Stallone will direct Creed 2.
• O’Shea Jackson, Jr. is in talks to join Seth Rogen’s Flarsky.
• Will Arnett and Kristen Bell have joined the Teen Titans Go! movie.
• Leah Remini has joined the cast of J Lo’s rom-com Second Act.
• Bill and Ted 3 will be titled Bill and Ted Face the Music.
• Corey Feldman and Corey Haim are getting a Lifetime biopic.
• The Psych movie will debut on USA in December.
• Disney is no longer doing the animated film Gigantic.
• Darren Aronofsky will be the keynote speaker at SXSW.

Trailers

• Star Wars: The Last Jedi:

 

• Molly’s Game:

 

• Castle Rock:

 

• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel:

 

• Jack Ryan:

 

• Justice League:

 

• Pacific Rim Uprising:

 

• Beyond Skyline:

 

• Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams:

 

• Wheelman:

 

• Future Man:

 

• Happy!:

 

• Marvel’s Runaways:

 

• Mayhem:

 

• Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.

 

• The Man in the High Castle:

 

• Roman J. Israel, Esq.:

 

• Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie:

 

• X-Files, season 11:

 

• Constantine:

 

• Replicas:

 

• Mosaic:

 

Music

• Here are your 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees.
• The Game of Thrones concert tour will return in 2018.
• Lin-Manuel Miranda has released a new relief song for Puerto Rico.
• Run the Jewels will open for Lorde on her tour.
• Eminem’s producer says that they’ve finished a new album.
• The Jesus Lizard are going out on tour – their first live dates since 2009.
• Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings final studio album will be released.
• St. Vincent released a new single.
• The Wu-Tang Clan ranks the best 5 solo LPs of Wu-Tang members.
• Belle and Sebastian will release three new EPs.
• Vulture attempts to rank all 139 of the Clash’s songs, from worst to best.

Theater

• Bryan Fuller wants to resurrect Pushing Daisies as a Broadway musical.
• Lauren Ambrose and Diana Riggs are headed in Broadway in My Fair Lady.

Stand-up

• Netflix will stream Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen’s next Hilarity for Charity event.
• Kathleen Madigan is going out on tour.
• Patton Oswalt’s Netflix special has a new trailer.

Books

• Here are the books nominated for the 2017 National Book Awards.

Odds and Ends

• Netflix will be raising its prices.
• A biologist in New Zealand named a wasp after a Harry Potter villain.
• James Woods is retiring from acting.
• Harvey Weinstein fired from his company after his history of sexual harassment and assault came to light.
• Glee’s Mark Salling plead guilty to child pornography charges.
• Nelly has been arrested for alleged sexual assault.
• Frankie Muniz has no memory of staring in Malcolm in the Middle.
• Shakira and Gerard Pique may have split up.
• Comedian Ralphie May has passed away. He was 45.

Mashups and Supercuts

• Miley Cyrus and Jimmy Fallon had a lip sync battle:

 

• Julia Roberts acts out her film career on The Late Late Show:

 

• Game of Thrones as anime: