Pop Culture Odds and Ends – Everything Old is New Again Edition

Hollywood is all out of ideas; that is the only conclusion I can draw from this installment of pop culture odds and ends, as the links are littered with stories about reboots and spinoffs. Original thought just doesn’t seem to exist anymore. Chances are if you loved something in the last 20 years, you’ll get to experience it all over again with a new version for the next generation. I’m not necessary against the idea of recycling ideas, but it is happening way too frequently now. Is nothing sacred?

While I sound like a crabby old lady and tell some kids to get off my lawn, enjoy your biweekly roundup of pop culture stories that you might have missed.

• Marvel has announced that they will develop four original series for Netflix that focus on Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage, followed by a The Defenders miniseries.

• A stage adaptation of The Princess Bride is in the works.

• The Broadway adaptation of Big Fish is ending its run early.

• Jagged Little Pill will be a Broadway musical.

• David Cross will appear on Community. Also appearing – Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan.

• The 4^th season hasn’t aired here yet, but Downton Abbey has been renewed for a 5^th season.

• Dan Stevens has joined the cast of Night at the Museum 3. He left Downton Abbey for this?

• The CW has given all their new shows a full season order.

• 21 new characters will appear on Game of Thrones this season. Here’s the list and the actors attached. *spoilers*

• In case you were wondering, Angela Lansbury ain’t too happy about the Murder, She Wrote reboot.

• Ron Burgundy and Daft Punk hung out in Amsterdam.

• Jennifer Lawrence stepped off the red carpet to comfort a crying fan. If she and Aaron Paul ever team up, they will rule the world.

• You can now buy Harry Potter stamps.

• The NY Times has a story on Fallon taking over The Tonight Show in February. He says he has his first guest in mind; I’ll be happy to do it Jimmy!

• R.I.P Blockbuster Video.

• The last ever rental from Blockbuster couldn’t be more appropriate (did you read that sentence in your head in Chandler Bing’s voice? I did.)

• A local sports anchor did his entire segment as Ron Burgundy for Halloween:

 

• Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang is 20 years old. We’re getting old, pals. But Wu

• Ghostface Killah will appear on VH1’s Couples Therapy.

• Ke$ha wrote a farewell to Eastbound and Down for Rolling Stone.

• American Horror Story was renewed for a 4^th season. Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett have been approached to return. Connie Britton has also expressed a desire to make an encore appearance.

• Speaking of AHS, Stevie Nicks will make an appearance this season.

• Ghost is becoming a TV show.

• Notre Dame alum Regis Philbin re-enacted the Janitor’s speech from Rudy:

 

• Bill Cosby is developing a new family comedy and is rebooting Fat Albert.

• The always awesome George Clooney gave an interview to Esquire.

• Drew Barrymore is pregnant with baby #2. Congrats!

• ABC is doing a limited series on Catherine the Great.

• Jigsaw may be back.

• Adam McKay wants to make a movie about Ron Burgundy’s dog and kid going on adventures. I would totally watch this.

• Dave Grohl played with the Zac Brown Band at the CMAs.

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will have a Thor crossover episode.

• A sequel to Layer Cake is being made without Daniel Craig or director Matthew Vaughn. Jason Statham will star.

• A study found that PG-13 movies are actually more violent than R movies.

• Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy took their kids trick or treating together.

• Kate Upton may be the female lead in the Entourage movie. I didn’t think it was possible for me to want to see this movie any less. I was wrong.

• Lifetime has cancelled The Client List.

• The game Temple Run may become a movie.

• Oh man – I love these Comedy Central spots featuring Loki:

 

• Ali G is coming to FXX as part of a deal with Sacha Baron Cohen.

• This animatronic baby was almost in Twilight: Breaking Dawn. That thing is terrifying.

• A Hunger Games theme park could happen.

• Hear The National’s song from the Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack:

 

• Lorde covered Tears for Fears for the soundtrack as well:

• Cinemax has bought an exorcism show from Robert Kirkman.

• Britney Spears new album, Britney Jean, will feature a duet with her younger sister Jamie Lynn.

• The History Channel is remaking Roots. 10 years ago I would have thought this was maybe an OK idea, but now that the History Channel lineup features shows about aliens and Swamp People, they have lost all credibility.

• Sounds like Girls’ Adam Driver may play Nightwing in Batman vs. Superman.

• The Rock will star in Seal Team 666.

• The restaurant that provided R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People with its title is closing.

• The third Game of Thrones beer from Brewery Ommegang will be released in the spring.

• RJ Mitte (Walter Jr./Flynn on Breaking Bad) is launching a music career.

• Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray is stopping by The Neighbors on ABC.

• It’s never too early to start thinking about the Oscars. Variety looks at the leading candidates.

• A list of the animated films in contention for an Oscar nomination has been released.

• Bruno Mars released a new Gorilla remix featuring R. Kelly and Pharrell:

 

• If you looking for some clarification about the ending of Thor: The Dark World, Slash Film has got you covered. *SPOILERS*

• ABC gave a full season order to Trophy Wife and The Goldbergs. Super Fun Night also had extra episodes ordered.

• Law & Order: SVU and the Chicago Fire spinoff will do a cross-over episode.

• 10 Things I Hate About You is getting a spinoff.

• Zac Efron broke his jaw.

• Jimmy Fallon let Harrison Ford pierce his ear. For reals:

 

• Independence Day 2 has been moved to summer 2016 (with or without Will Smith).

• John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson will star in the adaptation of Stephen King’s Cell.

• The Fifty Shades of Grey movie won’t be released until February 2015.

• Miley covered Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness”

 

• Listen to Mariah Carey’s new single, “The Art of Letting Go.”

• Tina Turner has given up her U.S. citizenship.

• Actress Katey Sagal has released a new album.

• The CW is rebooting Tales from the Darkside.

• A new initiative tries to get people to read and recite the Gettysburg Address. Plenty of politicians have participated, but so have Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien and Louis C.K.

• Pet Sematary is also getting a remake.

• Vulture has created some New Girl paper dolls. They also created AHS tarot cards. They were crafty this week.

• Music publishers are trying to shut down websites that feature song lyrics.

• Starz is developing an 80s set FBI porn drama.

• A fan gave The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus her breast implant. Now THAT is a memorable gift.

• ABC has ordered a pilot from two King of the Hill writers. It will be an adaptation of the UK series Bad Education.

• I liked this sweet LEGO commercial:

 

• Even though her last series crashed and burned, Anne Heche is getting another comedy at NBC.

• What does your favorite TV show say about you?

• Jay Z is launching a cologne line.

• Carrie Fisher is joining Legit.

• 15 things you might not know about The Colbert Report.

• The wrecking ball sculpture at GVSU will be reinstalled; it was removed after students rode it to parody the Miley Cyrus video.

• Charmin tweeted, and then deleted, a pretty spectacular Thor pun.

• PBS will air Hugh Jackman’s performance in Oklahoma! on Friday.

• The Wiggles have inexplicably written a song for the U.S. Rugby team.

• Idris Elba attached to star in the thriller Bastille Day.

• These Breaking Bad engagement photos are kind of great.

• Midwest people – there will be an open casting call for the new Star Wars movie in Chicago. The new film is slated for release December 2015.

• Lady Gaga is doing a concert in space.

• Rutgers plans a Springsteen theology class.

• Ylvis’ hit “The Fox” is going to be a children’s book. I’m guessing the same will not happen for their follow up song “Massachusetts.” Definitely not for kids (NSFW either):

 

• The 80s slasher film Sleepaway Camp is being eyed for a reboot.

• The director of  some of the Fast & Furious franchise will helm the next Bourne movie.

• Steven Sorderberg posted a list of everything he watched and read in 2009. This sounds like a possible project for the blog in 2014!

• Zombie movies turned into art.

• HAHA….sorry Packers, but Dawson delivered a pretty good burn:

 

• Grantland goes behind the scenes with Maury (“you are NOT the father.”)

• FOX has ordered yet another animated comedy from Seth MacFarlane.

• The Duck Dynasty cast will be in the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade.

• Conan called a horse race at Santa Anita.

• Jon Favreau is in talks to direct the live action Jungle Book reboot.

• FOX has ordered a pilot from The Big Bang Theory’s Jonny Galecki.

• NBC has ordered 5 more episodes of Sean Saves the World, which is 5 too many.

• Icona Pop and Sky Ferreira are joining Miley Cyrus on tour.

• Beyoncé fans have started a petition asking her not to attend Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s wedding. For the record, I would totally attend a Kimye wedding.

• What in the HELL did Lucky magazine do to Kerry Washington? Step away from the Photoshop.

• Ghostbusters III is rumored to be filming in Cleveland. Jonah Hill and Emma Stone are rumored to be attached.

• ABC has bought a comedy from Kristen Schaal.

• Tumblrs of the week: It’s Always Sunny is Asgard and Mr. Men & Little Miss Game Of Thrones

• Cast and plot points have been revealed for Horrible Bosses 2.

• The CW is developing a drama based on DC Comics iZombie.

• Ridley Scott is attached to a drama about football concussions.

• Cougar Town will return in January!

• Oprah had a yard sale and made some mad cash.

• Rumors that a certain actress wouldn’t be appearing much in season 2 of Orange is the New Black may have been exaggerated.

• FOX apparently believes that Romeo and Juliet and drag racing go together.

• Janis Joplin is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

• This one is for my pal Jen K: Ben Stiller almost made a movie with Mike Piazza.

• Damon Wayons Jr. is sticking around New Girl for the rest of the seson.

• What do Kanye, George W. Bush and Bryan Cranston have in common? The will all appear in the latest David Blaine magic special.

• From Dusk Til Dawn is coming to TV and will star Don Johnson.

• Pitbull will host the American Music Awards.

• The Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul may be both a prequel and a sequel.

• The latest single from former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) only sold 393 copies.

• Channing Tatum isn’t the only one; Chris Pratt was also a stripper back in the day.

• There will be a reality show featuring the New Kids on the Block cruise.

• There will also be a reality show about Wahlburgers, the restaurant owned by Mark and Donnie Wahlberg.

• Donald Sutherland will star in and co-write an animated pirate movie.

• There will be a spinoff form The Conjuring, focusing on the Annabelle Doll. I’m already scared.

• A Keith Moon biopic is in the works.

• Red Sox DH David Ortiz came in third in Boston’s mayoral election.

• Justin Bieber is no longer the king of Twitter.

• Kate Mulgrew is penning a memoir.

• Oscar the Grouch and Grumpy Cat hung out. The opposite of hilarity ensued.

 

• SOAPnet will no longer exist after December 31^st. I’ll miss my Gilmore Girls re-runs.

• The future for an Ender’s Game sequel is unclear.

• Nine Inch Nails made their U.S. network TV debut last week. It only took 25 years.

• The Onion will cease print publication.

• Glee may be ending, but Lea Michele may get her own spinoff.

• Return dates for Justified and Archer were announced.

• Lauren Manzo from Real Housewives of New Jersey is engaged.

• Martin Starr will appear on The Goldbergs.

•  Lady Gaga redesigned the USA Today logo.

Trailers

• A teaser trailer for Looking on HBO.

 

• Doctor Who 50^th Anniversary Trailer:

 

• Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe in Winter’s Tale:

 

• How I Met Your Mother is doing an all rhyming episode. Here’s a sneak peek:

 

• The new Robocop trailer:

 

• Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones:

 

• A Case of You with Peter Dinklage, who frankly deserves better:

 

A teaser trailer for Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent:

 

As always, we end with the supercuts and mashups:

•  Cats remake The Hunger Games:

 

• A supercut of celebrities doing their best Matthew McConaughey impressions.

• A fake 30 for 30 trailer for the big game from Space Jam.

• I shouldn’t have found this M.C. Thor “Hammer Time” rap as funny as I did.

 

• Jimmy Kimmel re-cut Thor: The Dark World to be a romantic comedy (Thor Actually):

 

• Sherlock gets the Friends opening credits treatment:

 

• And finally, David Hasselhoff “sings” the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song:

If that doesn’t make you smile, I don’t know what will.

Happy Wednesday!

Pop Culture Odds and Ends – Breaking Bad Edition

I normally have a lot of Breaking Bad info in these pop culture roundups, but with the show recently returning for its final eight episodes ever (SOB!), there was more awesome info than normal this week. I’m not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, so sprinkled throughout the roundup is an abundance of links related to the show. And for the love of all that is holy, if you aren’t watching this show get to steppin’. You are missing out! So kick back and bring yourself up to speed on all the pop culture that you may have missed over the last two weeks. Let me be your pop culture curator.

• The Foo Fighters have a new album coming in 2014 – let there be much rejoicing.  I’d better start saving my pennies so I can finally see them live.

• N’Sync is rumored to be reuniting at the MTV VMAs on Sunday, which now forces me to watch the VMAs. I’m skeptical as I’m not sure what Timberlake gets out of this. But I do hope it happens.

 

• A bunch of people in Connecticut called 911 when their cable went out Sunday night. I can’t blame them – who wants to miss Breaking Bad?

• Jimmy Fallon is doing a Breaking Bad parody. This will be amazing.

 

• If you were worried about the fate of one of the characters in the season finale of True Blood, worry no more (spoilers, obviously)

• Kim Kardashian used Instagram to very effectively shame Katie Couric. Well played, Kimmie.

• The Huffington Post looks at the average caloric intake on The Gilmore Girls.

• This Treme cookbook sounds pretty tasty.

• Pro golfer Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretzky (daughter of NHL legend Wayne) are engaged.  Her ring is pretty impressive.

• Christina Hendricks wants to appear on Game of Thrones. Someone make this happen!

• Kelly Clarkson and a British museum are vying over a Jane Austen ring. I’m sympathetic to the museum, but Clarkson won the ring fair and square.

• It’s hard to get excited about football season when you root for the Bills, but I do love when the Manning brothers do commercials:

 

• More on Breaking Bad: 10 ways Walter White is like Scrooge McDuck and a pretty mindblowing theory (spoilers galore)

• Kevin Hart has a new animated webseries.

• This might necessitate a road trip: Joe Manganiello will star in the Yale Rep production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

• One of David Sedaris’ short stories is being adapted for the big screen.

• Bryan Cranston was in his high school chemistry club.

• Jeremy Renner: house flipper extraordinaire.

• This is an interesting casting rumor (emphasis on rumor) – could Charlie Hunnam play Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey film adaption? By the time this movie comes out, will anyone still care?

• Brad Pitt was allegedly deemed “too dumb” to serve on an art museum board.

• Comparing the make-up in Back to the Future to what the actors actually look like 30 years later (Thanks to Art for the tip!)

• The History Channel is doing a miniseries on Houdini starring Adrien Brody.

• CBS is developing a Wizard of Oz medical drama.

• Now You See Me is inexplicably getting a sequel.

• There is already an animated version of Badger’s epic Star Trek script pitch on Breaking Bad.

• Watch a bunch of librarians re-make “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys. Librarians are good people.

• Kanye allegedly turned down American Idol.

• TBS renewed a bunch of shows I don’t watch.

• Friday Night Lights, the movie? Make it happen!

• I’m all for being creative and finding a song that fits your personality, but this bride walked down the aisle to Buckcherry’s “Crazy Bitch.”

• HBO has released a trailer for the new season of Girls:

 

• NBC is clearly in the Jonathan Banks (Mike, Breaking Bad) business. After a guest appearance on Parks and Recreation, the actor will be a regular on Community.

A quick break for the depressing stuff:

• Writer Elmore Leonard has passed away after suffering a stroke. I never read any of his books, but I love Justified, which is based on one of his characters. R.I.P.

• Lisa Robin Kelly, who played Topher Grace’s older sister Laurie on That 70s Show, died. She was 43.

• Oscar nominee Karen Black lost her battle with cancer.

• Lee Thompson Young, who appeared on Rizzoli & Isles, was found dead of an apparent suicide.

• The stuntman who parachuted into the Olympics as James Bond has also passed away.

OK – back to the more lighthearted links.

• Blog fave Dean Winters (Dennis the beeper king on 30 Rock) is headed to the new Andy Samberg comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

• Oprah gives away cars when she is just a guest on a show. Mental note – get in the audience when Oprah is on a talk show.

• Justin Timberlake has released the track list for The 20/20 Experience Part Two.

• A trailer for the new season of Homeland:

 

• Lindsay Lohan will appear on Eastbound and Down.

• Jay Leno’s last night on The Tonight Show will be February 6^th. Believe it when you see it, Jimmy.

• Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper on Mad Men) will star in Lifetime’s Flowers in the Attic movie. Hasn’t that poor girl been through enough?

• Mark your calendars: the third installment of Adam Scott’s The Greatest Event in Television History drops on November 7^th. Nothing is confirmed, but speculation is that they are doing the opening credits from Too Close for Comfort.

• Ha! Billy Ray Cyrus does look like fat Mac:

 

photo from Uproxx

• Steve Carell will play a murderer in the upcoming Foxcatcher.

• Wrap your head around this: Sir Mix-A-Lot is 50.

• The collected wisdom of Chris Rock.

• If at first you don’t succeed….HBO has ordered a pilot from David Milch.

• Prince is now on Twitter, which given his method of spelling seems like a natural fit.

• Also now on Twitter is the Boss, Bruce Springsteen. You know I gave him a follow!

• This a teen who died of cancer turned down the opportunity to find out the ending of Breaking Bad. The first episode of the final season was dedicated to his memory. I hope they have AMC is heaven.

• The creator of Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23 is back at ABC with a new show. No hard feelings, I guess.

• Tumblrs of the week: Mad Rock (a Mad Men/30 Rock mashup), Hot-Dog Legs and, of course, the robot generated Scenes from The Wire.

• Smalls from The Sandlot was arrested for headbutting a cop.

• The Red Clay School District broke a Lego Guinness world record. Congrats!

• A pilot for a mermaid comedy from a Sex and the City writer has been ordered by (shocker) NBC.

• The full cast and plot of The Expendables 3 has been revealed.

• Whoa – it’s Walter, Jr. from Breaking Bad:

 

Photo from Uproxx

 

• KISS bought an arena football team.

• A tweet from Sons of Anarchy creator and showrunner Kurt Sutter makes me very nervous.

• Illustrations of quotes from Orange is the New Black. Are you watching???

• The chicken fight from Family Guy was never one of my favorites, but kudos to these two stunt women for the live action re-enactment:

 

• Tina Fey is back with a new comedy.

• There is a Freaks and Geeks themed party in Brooklyn this Friday. I wish I could go!

• Last night in Boston there was a gourmet pairing of food and Pulp Fiction. I think I need to move to a bigger city.

• Timothy Olyphant will guest star on The Mindy Project, which I guess means I have to start watching The Mindy Project.

• This new trailer for season 3 of Revenge has piqued my interest:

 

• Marg Helgenberger is returning to CSI.

• Alfred Hitchcock would have been 114 last week. Slate created some infographics in honor of the incredible director.

• The Real World is heading back to San Francisco. I can’t believe this show is still on.

• Yup – this makes TOTAL sense- the director of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter may direct a Ben-Hur reboot.

• Curious where the coordinates from this week’s Breaking Bad really lead? Here’s the clever answer.

• The following sentence is not a Mad Lib creation: Rapper Coolio is auctioning off his royalties to finance his culinary career.

• The new channel FXX, which will show new episodes of The League and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, launches September. Use this handy website to find out if FXX is available on your cable system (Phew- it is for me!). The network is off to a promising start with a Parks and Recreation marathon.

• This slowed down version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” is pretty cool:

 

• John Cena will be absent from the WWE for 4-6 months.

• Aaron Paul did a reddit AMA.

• Kanye will appear on Kris Jenner’s talk show.

• Someone on reddit has applied the rules of Zombieland to The Walking Dead.

• The house from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is for sale.

• Uproxx looks at fan favorite TV characters who started as extras. Gonzo was an extra?

• CBS is looking for “a male frat bro to do a keg stand” for their show Reckless. I might know some people.

• The great Dick Van Dyke thankfully escaped unscathed when his car burst into flames. That man is a national treasure.

• Game of Thrones has re-cast Tommen Baratheon.

• This Avril Lavigne music video is a little nuts:

 

• A film about killer squirrels? I am SO IN.

• The Mayor of Rio de Janeiro has offered to fully fund Woody Allen’s next film if he’ll make it in his city.

• As a big Double Dare fan back in the day, I had to check out this interview with former host Marc Summers.

• The White House Twitter account made a Mean Girls reference:

• Willie Robertson from Duck Dynasty surprised a couple on their wedding day.

• My birthday is a month from today and I would sure like it if someone bought me this Breaking Bad Lego set.

• A short story by Stieg Larsson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy) will soon be published.

• The lead singer of The Calling was kidnapped and beaten.

• Another pop culture roundup, another American Horror Story: Coven teaser:

 

• Demi Lovato will appear on Glee.

• Jesse Plemons (Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad) will appear on HBO’s adaptation of Olive Kitteridge. Let’s hope this goes better than The Corrections.

• Seinfeld movie posters.

• The cast of Pitch Perfect is making a holiday album.

• Lauren Bacall will appear on an episode of Family Guy.

• Mark Wahlberg is down to take over Iron Man (hypothetically).

• Conan imagines Jack McBrayer as the newest drug kingpin on Breaking Bad.

• I’m surprised it took so long; watch a guy crowd surfs in order to “Come on Down” On The Price is Right:

 

• Bradley Cooper may star in a Lance Armstrong movie.

• Nick Swisher’s wife  Joanna Garcia Swisher (aka the other woman) will appear on Once Upon a Time as The Little Mermaid

• Lady Gaga and Perez Hilton are in a Twitter feud.

• Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark on Game of Thrones) adopted her direwolf.

• Benedict Cumberbatch had a message for the papzrazzi trying to get spoilers on Sherlock:

 

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• Robin Thicke is suing Marvin Gaye’s family over “Blurred Lines.”

• The Heart, She Holler, starring Patton Oswalt, will be back for a second season on Adult Swim. It’s a rally weird show, but I kind of dug it.

• In this trailer for Fading Gigolo, watch Woody Allen act as a pimp for John Turturro. There’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.

 

• A Ron Burgundy autobiography will hit the shelves in November.

• Lifetime has renewed Devious Maids.

• I’ve always like Donal Logue, so I’m not surprised he helped a stranger propose. P.S. Terriers is now streaming on Netflix – do yourself a favor and watch this late great series.

• What if Breaking Bad took place entirely on Facebook?

• J.J. Abrams released a mysterious trailer on Monday.

Turns out it was for a book.

• Patton Oswalt and Bob Odenkirk have joined the cast of Kitchen Sink, which already had a pretty cool cast.

• Listen to the Breaking Bad theme played on meth lab equipment:

 

• Based on their success with the great webseries Burning Love, Yahoo is launching five new series.

• The Weinstein Company has signed an exclusive streaming deal with Netflix.

• Britney Spears has posted a mysterious countdown clock on her website.

• The Hillary Clinton miniseries may never go into production after Republicans threw a big hissy fit.

As always, we end with the mashups and supercuts

• Mean Girls mashed up with Book of Mormon

 

• Here are some super cuts of movie clichés. First up “You just don’t get it, do you?”

 

• Phone numbers that start with 555:

 

• Superheroes introducing themselves:

 

• Vulture put together a supercut of all of John Oliver’s explanations for Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show absence.

• Nerdist put together a Breaking Bad/Saved by the Bell mashup:

Dustin Diamond was available? I’m shocked.

• Behind Elysium (A Behind the Candelabra/Elysium mashup)

 

• The opening of Adventure Time done in Legos:

 

• Charlie Brown meets Smiths lyrics.

 

Another installment of a Seinfeld/Game of Thrones mashup:

 

• An 80s style sitcom spinoff for Jesse Pinkman.

• Ha! Thor meets Arrested Development in Thorested Development:

 

• A Fat Albert remix of “Blurred Lines”

• Breaking Bad recut as a romantic comedy:

 

• President Obama “sings” Demi Lavato:

 

• Listen to “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in the style of other divas:

 

• TV superdad Sandy Cohen gives relationship advice.

• We Are Never Ever Gonna Cook Together (Taylor Swift/Breaking Bad parody)

 

• And finally – Walter White “sings” “My Way”

Pop Culture Odds and Ends– Lots of videos edition

Happy Wednesday! The sun is actually shining today, which gives me hope that the rain is behind us for a while. I was so over the dreariness. The good news about all the rain is that it gave me plenty of time to hole up and surf the web in search of pop culture stories to share with you, my dear readers. I found more videos of interest than usual, so this week is more audio/visual heavy than usual. Why read when you can just click a button and watch? Enjoy your biweekly roundup of all things pop!

• The Colbert Report has an hour long special with Sir Paul McCartney tonight (June 12^th)

• The Dumb and Dumber sequel that would reunite Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels has been dropped by Warner Brothers. Directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly are shopping the project to other companies. Countdown until the inevitable Kickstarter?

• Umm….Will Ferrell’s mini-series parody on IFC sounds AH-MAH-ZING.

• Congrats to Kate Winslet on her pregnancy. This will be her third child, her first with new husband Ned Rocknroll (still the best name ever).

• Johnny Depp is FIFTY! How the f*&k did that happen?

• I’ll be interested in how this works: a Choose Your Own Adventure movie is being developed. I loved those books!

• A new trailer has been released for the next Hobbit movie:

 

• Also recently released – a trailer for the newest Woody Allen movie Blue Jasmine. Look – It’s Louis CK!

 

• Happy belated birthday to the wonderful Peter Dinklage. He turned 44 yesterday. I could watch this scene of him slapping Joffrey all day long.

• That was quick – after a solid opening weekend, The Purge is getting a sequel.

• Even faster – Man of Steel hasn’t even opened and its sequel has been fast-tracked.

• The guy who plays Hodor (Hodor!) on Game of Thrones is also a DJ.

• What’s that you say? Baseball and boy bands? You have my attention.

 

• Carey Mulligan has reportedly turned down the role of Hillary Clinton in an upcoming biopic. I’m kind of glad – I didn’t think she was right for the part anyway.

• It’s good to be king; CBS had 12 of the top 25 rated TV shows of last season.

• I’m slowly working my way through the Fast and Furious franchise, which I guess will have to include this short 20 minute film, Los Bandoleros, which ties up some of the loose ends of the series (thanks to Chris T for the tip!)

• Laraine Newman and company nail this Girls parody:

 

• One more reason to love Amy Poehler: she knows her Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary.

• A Duck Dynasty Christmas album is on its way.

• MTV promises to be all about music for TWELVE WHOLE HOURS  on July 4^th.

• Pizza Hut Canda has unveiled a Cheesy Beef Poutine Pizza. That is reason alone for a visit to our neighbors to the North. FYI – I tried the Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich from Dunkin Donuts; it’s not amazing, but it was better than I expected. Don’t judge me.

• The Writers Guild of America rated the 101 best written TV series of all time.

• Peter Mayhew, best known for play Chewbacca, was briefly detained by TSA because of his lightsaber inspired cane.

• Christoph Waltz is attached to a detective thriller based on a real case. It sounds pretty interesting.

• Mumford & Sons have cancelled a bunch of tour dates.

• Portlandia has been renewed for two more seasons.

• Bob Saget couldn’t help but stop by a familiar location while on a trip to San Francisco

• Yet another compelling reason for me to buy a house: more wall space for Seinfeld quotes on typographic posters.

• Another cast member that I don’t care for is leaving Revenge.

• Must.Buy.Breaking.Bad.action.figure.

• True Blood returns for its 6^th season on Sunday. Here’s to hoping that it’s better than last season; as you may recall, I was not too impressed.

 

• FX has cancelled Brand X, but isn’t out of the Russell Brand business.

• It’s déjà vu all over again – HBO has cancelled Eastbound and Down (again).

• James Franco has written an essay on American Psycho.

• Next time I’m in Florida, I may have to swing by Universal Studios and have a drink at a fully functional Moe’s Tavern.

• Jennifer Love Hewitt is having a good month – she announced her pregnancy and got engaged.

• Diablo Cody now has a sidekick for her new talk show on TBS.

• The new season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee drops tomorrow at noon:

 

• Tenacious D’s Festival Supreme comedy lineup looks pretty fantastic.

• If you believe the scuttlebutt at UK gambling agencies – and who doesn’t – Rory Kinnear may be the new Doctor on Doctor Who.

• The Wizard of Oz will get a limited IMAX release in September.

• Tim Tebow just signed with the New England Patriots on Monday and the prop bets are already out. The signing also received the Taiwanese animation treatment.

I didn’t watch the Tonys – Game of Thrones and Mad Men own my Sunday nights – but looks like I missed a hell of a show.

 

Note to Seth MacFarlane – THAT is how you host an awards show. Full slate of winners (and the shows that are now impossible to get tickets to) can be found here.

• I love when TV shows reference other TV shows. Here are the 12 best Game of Thrones mentions on other shows.

• Attention all Juggalos – Insane Clown Posse is getting their own show. I’ll admit – the episode of their webseries that I saw was kind of amusing.

• The band Portugal. The Man scored some familiar faces (if you are a It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fan) for their newest short:

 

• Speaking of It’s Always Sunny – if you ever wondered what the guys were saying backwards in the end credits each season, wonder no more:

 

• Y’all know I have a weakness for terrible Lifetime movies, but this one sounds slightly promising: Christina Ricci will play Lizzie Borden.

• A Muppets’ stage show? Oh pretty pretty please make this happen.

• The sequel to 21 Jump Street will be called 22 Jump Street. Makes sense, though I would have gone with 21 Jump Street: Even Jumpier.

• I love these covers of songs from Bob’s Burgers. This one is by The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt and it’s great.

• Looks like I’m planning a trip to DC this fall – An Anchorman exhibit opens at the Newsuem in November.

• Warner Brothers gave up their rights to Friday the 13^th and South Park for a piece of the new Christopher Nolan movie.

• Will Arnett will appear on The Simpsons.

• Big Brother 15 will debut on CBS on June 26th

• Samuel L. Jackson reads the iconic “I am the one that knocks” monologue from Breaking Bad. My head just exploded.

 

• Tublrs of the week: Suri’s Burn Book (Suri Cruise throws some shade at other celebrity kids) and Hipsters who dress like Jackie (as in Aunt Jackie from Roseanne).

• Yay! NBC renewed Hannibal.

• A trip to the “Happiest Place on Earth” is going to cost you.

• Do you have a cat that is also a fan of Indiana Jones? Then I have a gift for you.

• John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin fame is writing an opera.

• HBO has greenlit a pilot from Lorne Michaels and two former Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writers.

• This is kind of cool: Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” reimagined in different musical styles through the decades:

 

• Kanye has confirmed his collaborators for his upcoming album Yeezus. He’s doing something right – Kanye also recently got the video game treatment with the creation of a RPG.

• One thing Kanye ain’t lacking is confidence, as evidenced by this New York Times article with the self-proclaimed “visionary.” The most ridiculous quotes are here.

• The Hollywood Reporter spoke with Scott Thorson (Liberace’s Ex) about HBO’s Behind the Candelabra (a must see – Michael Douglas and Matt Damon are fantastic and you have to see Rob Lowe to believe it).

• Uproxx has a roundup of casting news and some other info about Sons of Anarchy.

• Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell announced that he has Hodgkin Lymphoma.

• A writer at McSweeney’s compared Taylor Swift’s lyrics to “22” to what it’s actually like to be 22.

• If you missed it, Google had a wonderful Google Doodle earlier this week honoring the late great Maurice Sendak:

 

• Look for Alvin and the Chipmunks 4 in 2015. Shows how much I know – I didn’t even know that there had already been 3 movies.

• Holliday Grainger (The Borgias) has joined the cast of the live action reimagined Cinderella.

• While waiting for a Green Day concert to start, an Bohemian Rhapsody sing-a-long broke out:

 

• Wanda Sykes will have a comedy special on OWN (Oprah’s network).

• Showtime has renewed Nurse Jackie for a 6^th season.

• Leo continues to surprise me with his role selection – he’s currently attached to play Rasputin.

• A Christmas Story, the Musical returns to New York this holiday season (but not on Broadway).

• Watch a young Ryan Gosling on Goosebumps.

• Singer Jon Marco isn’t famous, but he’s trying to make a name for himself with a video that features recreations of several 80s movies. Not so sure about the song, but I’ll give him points for creativity.

 

As always, we end with the mashups and supercuts:

• A supercut of this year’s best TV drunks.

• I refuse to tire of these Daft Punk mashups. This one is with moments from the Bill and Ted’s franchise:

 

• Sex and the City debuted 15 years ago last week. To celebrate, here is a mashup of all the guest stars on the show (I remember almost none of them).

• Spoilers abound in this Princess Bride/Game of Thrones mashup, so proceed with caution:

 

• Mad Men reacts to the Red Wedding on Game of Thrones (SPOILERS – but seriously – that episode was almost two weeks ago. Catch up already)

 

• A supercut of all the fake websites on Arrested Development:

 

• A mashup of animals who can’t handle mirrors:

 

And finally, these supercuts of NBC’s Brian Williams make me giggle uncontrollably. Damn you Fallon – you’ve done it again:

• Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang”

 

• Warren G’s “Regulate:”

 

• The pièce de résistance– NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton”

 

Have a great day!