I have nothing clever or interesting to share this week, so we’ll get right to the reason that you’re here – the pop culture roundup. As always, I’ve curated the best that the world of pop culture has to offer to keep you up to date on things you might have missed. Enjoy!
Television
- The ninth season of The Middle will be its last.
- There was a lot going on in last week’s episode of Game of Thrones, so you’d be forgiven for not catching the cameo by Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard.
- Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, and Isabelle Huppert have joined Matthew Weiner’s new series, The Ramanoffs.
- Vin Diesel is rebooting Miami Vice for TV.
- David Letterman is coming out of retirement for a new series for Netflix.
- A Karate Kid sequel series with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka is coming to ming to YouTube.
- The CW announces the dates for its superhero cross-over events.
- The Will & Grace reboot will ignore the original series finale. The reboot already earned a second season.
- The tenth season of Modern Family will likely be its last.
- Allison Williams has joined Benedict Cumberbatch’s Showtime series.
- ABC has postponed their Little Mermaid musical.
- Maya Rudolph will play the mom in Fox’s A Christmas Story musical.
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend will get a new theme song and opening credits in season 3.
- Starz is developing a series based on Ascendant.
- The Black-ish spinoff has a new name: Grown-ish.
- Tina Fey has joined the second season of Great News.
- HBO renewed Ballers and Insecure.
- Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Pilou Asbæk hung out at a football match:
- You too can dress like the Night’s Watch on Game of Thrones; all you need is an IKEA rug.
- Sylvester Stallone will guest star on This Is Us.
- Fox is considering bringing back King of the Hill.
- This is Us lost one of its Emmy nominations.
- Peter Krause will join Angela Bassett in Ryan Murphy’s new drama for Fox.
- ABC has renewed Match Game, Pyramid, and Celebrity Family Feud.
- Fox has ordered a new singing competition show, The Four.
- The second season of 13 Reasons Why adds new actors, including Kelli O’Hara.
- CBS All Access picks up new shows from Will Ferrell and Ridley Scott.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! is returning to Brooklyn in October.
- John Lithgow may return for a story arc in season two of Trial & Error.
- Fox is developing a legal drama from Empire co-creator Danny Strong (aka Doyle from Gilmore Girls)
- Netflix’s Anne With an E will have an all-female writers room for its second season.
- Matt LeBlanc explains why Joey was mysteriously wearing a sling in an episode of Friends.
- Roseanne and A Different World will soon be streaming on Amazon.
- The Television Critics Association Awards were handed out.
Movies
- Chiwetel Ejiofor is in talks to voice Scar in The Lion King. Alfre Woodard and John Kani have also signed on.
- Marwan Kenzaari will play Jafar in the live-action Aladdin. Nasim Pedrad will play Jasmine’s friend.
- Hayley Atwell will co-star with Ewan McGregor in Christopher Robin.
- Amazon has snatched the rights to Aaron Sorkin’s Lucille Ball biopic starring Cate Blanchett.
- Richard Madden will join Gillian Jacobs in Netflix’s Ibiza.
- Ruth Negga joins Brad Pitt’s sci-fi film Ad Astra.
- The funniest line from the Thor: Ragnrarok trailer came from a Make-A-Wish kid.
- Ryan Reynolds shared the first look at Josh Brolin as Cable in Deadpool 2:
- Melissa McCarthy will play one of Boston’s first female cops in a drama for New Line.
- Elle Fanning and Selena Gomez have joined the cast of Woody Allen’s new movie.
- Milla Jovovich will be the villain in the Hellboy reboot.
- Eminem is producing a battle rap comedy.
- Jennifer Garner will once again kick ass in the action-thriller Peppermint.
- Clint Howard joins the cast of the Han Solo movie that his brother Ron is directing.
- Disney plans to pull all its movies from Netflix and develop its own streaming service.
- Chris Pratt’s Cowboy Ninja Viking is slated for a 2019 release.
Trailers
- Mother!:
- Death Wish:
- Goodbye Christopher Robin:
- American Horror Story: Cult:
- Narcos, season 3:
- Disjointed:
- The Gifted:
- The Deuce:
- Top of the Lake: China Girl:
- Leatherface:
- Stratton:
- Mr. Robot, season 3:
- Bodied:
Music
- JAY-Z’s music video for “Moonlight” is a reenactment of Friends with an all-black cast.
- This news makes me very happy – Jack White is quietly recording a new solo album.
- LL Cool J will become the Kennedy Center’s first hip-hop honoree.
- Miley Cyrus announced a new album.
- Here’s a ranking of all 165 Pink Floyd songs.
- A Matchbox Twenty show was delayed by bees.
Stand-up
- The New York Comedy Festival has announced its 2017 headliners.
- Ilana Glazer and Phoebe Robinson are going out on tour.
Theater
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has announced its Broadway cast and when tickets will go on sale.
- Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key will make their Broadway debuts in Steve Martin’s new play.
- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 will close in September.
- Carrie Coon is returning to the stage in the Off Broadway show Mary Jane.
Books
Odds and Ends
- Beyoncé may be looking to buy an ownership stake in the Houston Rockets.
- This week in pop culture real estate – the house that inspired Pet Sematary is on the market.
- Harry Potter’s childhood home is also up for grabs.
- Actor Tom Wopat (aka Luke Duke) was arrested for indecent assault and drug possession.
- Usher is being sued by three people who claim he exposed them to herpes.
- Suge Knight has reportedly been indicted for threatening to kill director F. Gary Gray.
- Taylor Swift is suing a DJ for sexual assault and Twitter cannot handle the courtroom sketches.
- Andy Samberg and wife Joanna Newsom welcomed their first child.
- Aaron Carter has come out as bisexual.
- Chris Pratt and Anna Faris are separating. Love is dead.
- Real Housewives of New York’s Luann D’Agostino and hubby Tom are divorcing.
- Amber Heard and Elon Musk are apparently no longer dating.
- Actor Robert Hardy, who played Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter movies, has died. He was 91.
- Actor Haruo Nakajima, the original man to don the Godzilla suit, has died. He was 88.
- Actress Barbara Cook has died. She was 89. She originated the role of Marion in The Music Man on Broadway.
- County music legend Glen Campbell has passed away. He was 81.
Mashups and Supercuts
- “Baby Got Back” gets a country make-over:
- Chris Martin turned Linkin Park’s “Crawling “ into a ballad:
- A newly discovered video of Möterhead covering David Bowie:
- Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” if he rapped about syrup sandwiches:
- A heavy metal cover of The Simpsons theme:
- The cast of Game of Thrones sings “Ice Ice Baby”: