I’m still adjusting to life in a world where Breaking Bad is over. I find that I’m having trouble getting into my Fall TV shows – I’ve already dropped Once Upon a Time, Boardwalk Empire and Modern Family from sheer lack of interest and I’m pretty meh on the new pilots (more on that later this week). Episodes of Sons of Anarchy are beginning to pile up as well and I haven’t bothered to watch the premieres of Revenge or Homeland yet, so their days with a season pass may be numbered. The good news is that this general apathy means that I have a lot more time to surf the web in search of pop culture goodness to share. So really, my loss is your gain. Kick back and enjoy the fruits of my labor in this week’s edition of my pop culture round up
- Happy 63rd birthday to the Peanuts gang!
- CNN looks at where the cast of Harry Potter is now.
- Parks and Recreation’s Nick Offerman (aka Ron Swanson) has written a memoir.
- Jimmy Fallon is going out on tour – sadly nowhere remotely near me.
- Boardwalk Empire is getting a fifth season. I bailed on it this year. Too boring.
- Also back for season 5 – Bob’s Burgers! Hooray!
- The cover for the upcoming Ron Burgundy memoir has been released.
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown has been renewed by CNN.
- We are getting not one, but TWO, Mister Rogers films on the way.
- American Horror Story has Jessica Lange locked down for one more season after this one. At this point I can’t imagine the show without her.
- Peter Dinklage made a stop by Sesame Street:
- Usher and Dinklage’s GoT co-star Lena Headey also recently made appearances.
- Mumford & Sons are planning a lengthy break.
- Guess I don’t need to catch up – BBC has cancelled Copper.
- I am not super impressed with Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience, Volume 2. It just sounds like a lot of songs that were (rightfully) scrapped from the first album.
- Ken Jeong will star and produce in a medical comedy for NBC. Please tell me this means less Chang on Community.
- Jennifer Lawrence will have a cameo in the new Dumb and Dumber movie.
- J Law will also appear in the new film adaptation of East of Eden. Busy lady!
- Who doesn’t love a Halloween themed programing? TV Tango has rounded up 360 of them airing this month. That seems a little excessive.
- Justified is adding three new cast members. I’m pretty excited for Michael Rapaport.
- Miley Cyrus’ new album Bangerz is streaming over at iTunes.
- Mia Farrow says that her son Ronan’s father may be Frank Sinatra, not Woody Allen.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on Twitter.
- Alamo Drafthouse has scrapped their plans for a Manhattan location. Disappointing.
- Friend of the blog Jon Hamm is preparing for throat surgery. Get well soon!
- Rapper Phonte has made some pretty pitch perfect comparisons between rappers and TV shows.
- Kanye and Jimmy Kimmel are in a Twitter feud.
- The opening credits for American Horror Story: Coven has been released and they are unsurprisingly terrifying.
- I failed you people…the all Plinko edition of Price is Right aired and I forgot to mention it (and I forgot to DVR it). Fear not – you can watch the whole episode online. The people at The Atlantic have come up with the strategy for how to beat the game.
- Game shows are becoming sticklers for pronunciation – contestants on Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune were both penalized recently.
- A blooper reel from This is The End.
- Robert DeNiro will replace James Gandolfini in an HBO miniseries.
- CBS has renewed Unforgettable.
- All good things must come to an end; Adam Scott will only do two more The Greatest Event in Television History specials. The next one will air November 4th.
- Conan O’Brien’s Linked In page is hilarious.
- A new film starring Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, Alexander Skarsgard and…..Taylor Swift? Be afraid, Skarsgard. Be very afraid.
- Well, this sounds dreadful – Modern Family may spin off Rob Riggle’s character.
- Jay Z was interviewed by Vanity Fair.
- It’s been far too long since we’ve had a new Britney Spears video. The wait is over:
- John Noble will have a recurring role on Sleepy Hollow.
- This week in pop culture real estate: the house from Steel Magnolias and Eminem’s childhood home.
- An adaptation of the novel Sisterland is coming to TV.
- Construction has resumed on the monstrosity of a home that was featured in the documentary Queen of Versailles. Excellent film if you haven’t seen it.
- Vulture compares and contrasts the U.S. and Turkish versions of The O.C.
- I was a big fan of ALF back in the day. Watch him sing “Berzerk” by Eminem:
- ABC orders a fairytale musical comedy pilot from the creator of The Neighbors, because why have one genre when you can have them all.
- Kevin James is headed back to TV.
- I’m kind of sick of all the Wizard of Oz reboots under consideration, but this book series sounds interesting,
- The Avett Brothers played some Metal on Fallon:
- Death is coming to Springfield – a major character on The Simpsons will die. Who will it be?
- NBC wants an adaptation of the D.C. comic Constantine.
- Danielle Fishel (Topanga on Boy Meets World) is releasing a memoir as well.
- These Batman and Superman leg lamps are kind of cool:
- ABC is eyeing an origin series for Batman’s Commissioner Gordon. It’s official – now everyone is doing superhero TV shows.
Breaking Bad in over *sob* but that doesn’t mean I still don’t have some links
- Bryan Cranston and Dean Norris both appeared on the pilot for Pamela Anderson’s V.I.P. Mind blown.
- Someone listed the White family home for sale on Craigslist.
- Sadly, I did not win tickets to the Breaking Bad finale viewing party. These photos from the event make it look like I missed a hell of a time.
- This one is for my friend Brigette:
- Aaron Paul lends his vocal talents – and his catchphrase – to the single “Dance Bitch”
- Someone over on Tumblr created a GIF wall of the character’s first and last appearances on Breaking Bad.
- I would totally read this book:
- My pals over at Grantland put together an In Memoriam video for BB’s fallen:
- The Joy of Tech imagined if George R.R. Martin wrote Breaking Bad.
- A compilation of all the horrible things that befell Jesse Pinkman.
- Funny or Die gave Huell his own fictional spin-off.
- This is the song that played over the final credits. Perfection.
- See how you do on the Breaking Bad superfan quiz (I got 43/50).
- You can watch Walter White’s physical evolution in one mega-long GIF.
- A Breaking Bad tribute set to Green Day’s “Good Riddance”
- Don’t worry about Cranston – he already has some work lined up on How I Met Your Mother.
- The owners of Dollywood have purchased the Harlem Globetrotters. The possibilities for this combination are endless.
- Glee’s Naya Rivera was a proud sister when her brother scored his first touchdown in the NFL:
- IFC has ordered a TV show from comic duo Garfunkel and Oates. Looking forward to it!
- Adele is rumored to be attached to a Dusty Springfield biopic.
- I would totally have this LEGO kitchen island in my home. It’s so colorful!
- The cast of The Big Bang Theory are looking for a bigger payday.
- The developments in the latest Bridget Jones book may upset fans.
- A bunch of Muppets were inducted into the Smithsonian.
- Two guys dressed as Oompa Loompas were involved in a street fight in Britain.
- You can read an edited excerpt from Dave Eggers’ upcoming new novel, The Circle.
- Martin Freeman will appear on FX’s adaptation of Fargo.
- Watching Conan play Grand Theft Auto V had me literally laughing out loud.
- Patton Oswalt will guest star on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- Alanis Morissette is being sued by her former nanny.
- A&E has cancelled Hoarders.
- Six songs are ready for the Dr. Horrible sequel.
- The Atlanta Braves did a “Blurred Lines” parody:
I enjoyed it, but I’m still not rooting for you in the playoffs. #TeamDodgers
- For those of you who don’t normally watch baseball but want to get into the playoffs, GQ compares playoff teams to pop culture to help. Ha – the Red Sox are the Lannisters!
- I may have to buy this Friday Night Lights fanzine just for the Tim Riggins paper doll.
- See the original pitch documents for Lost, which sounds like a very different show.
- Kelly Clarkson lost her fight for the Jane Austen ring that she won at an auction.
- Kevin Smith has announced his next project; sadly it isn’t Clerks III (yet).
- ABC has renewed Mistresses.
- Nicole Kidman’s Grace of Monaco has been delayed until Spring 2014.
- Watch The Hound from Game of Thrones sing the Rolling Stones. Wait – what??
- Lifetime has cancelled Army Wives.
- It has been revealed when the new Captain America film takes place in the chronology of the Avengers’ universe.
- Vulture ranks all of the ESPN 30 for 30 documentaries. I am a fan of the series, though my personal rankings look very different (I was a much bigger fan of The Band That Wouldn’t Die).
- The new Sleigh Bells album is streaming over at Rolling Stone.
- Roger Rabbit is returning in a new e-book.
- The band GWAR covered Billy Ocean. For reals.
- NBC has cancelled Camp.
- Characters from Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy and American Dad got Simpsonized:
- The good people on Reddit debated the marital success rates for Disney Princesses.
- The sister of Chris McCandless, the guy from Into the Wild, is releasing her own memoir.
- 50 things learned from a set visit to Thor: The Dark World.
- Kurt Russell has joined Fast & Furious 7.
- Harry Weinstein wants Scream 5 to be the last of the franchise. He should have spoken up sooner.
Stop! Trailer Time!
- HBO’s new comedy, Getting On:
- A new trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug:
- The latest from Chris Lilley, Ja’mie King: Private School Girl (I can’t wait!!):
- Aziz Ansari has a special coming out soon on Netflix:
- A Case of You with Justin Long, Sam Rockwell and Peter Dinklage:
- Disney is planning a live action Cruella de Vil film.
- Justin Bieber’s bodyguards carried him up the Great Wall of China.
- A dubstep version of the Pokémon theme song? Sure – why not.
- NBC has ordered its first pilot for 2014.
- This year’s crop of The Voice contestants have a real Hollywood pedigree: Kaley Cuoco’s sister and the woman who played Dottie in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (or voiced Tommy Pickles on Rugrats for my younger readers) both auditioned.
- This guy at a Willie Nelson concert apparent subscribes to “dance like no one is watching”
- The Huffington Post looks at all the times Jennifer Aniston has been rumored to be pregnant.
- Libby from Lost will appear on Young and the Restless.
- Horrible Bosses 2 is slated for a Thanksgiving 2014 release.
- FX has renewed The Bridge.
- Christoph Waltz is in talks to play the villain in Tarzan.
- The excellent BBC show Broadchurch is getting a U.S. remake. I’m skeptical.
- Nathan Lane has joined David Milch’s HBO pilot.
- Guillermo del Toro made the couch gag for this year’s The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror.
- Adam Sandler apparently turned up at Andy Samberg’s wedding in character from their movie That’s My Boy.
- Kim Kardashian will voice an alien on American Dad.
- Barneys and Jay Z have partnered for “A New York Holiday” campaign.
As always, we wrap up with the mashups and supercuts
- A mashup of MacGyver and Archer:
- A mashup of Breaking Bad and Need for Speed:
- Who can resist a Sesame Street mashup? Certainly not me.
- “Get Lucky Wit It”
- And finally – the cast of Breaking Bad sings the N’Sync classic, “Bye, Bye, Bye”