February 19, 2014 by heather7180

Pop Culture Odds and Ends – Jimmy Took Over The Tonight Show Edition

It finally happened – Jay Leno (hopefully) went off into the sunset and blog favorite Jimmy Fallon took over the reins of The Tonight Show. I’ve only been able to see one show so far, but I’ve been pleased with what I’ve seen. He seems to be keeping the same general show that he had when he was doing Late Night, which I think is a good thing. I’ll just be happy when he finally takes over his real time slot – starting the show at midnight to accommodate the Olympics is just late enough that I can’t justify staying up to watch it live. I cannot tell you how nervous I was watching the first show of his Tonight Show tenure; I think I would have been less nervous if I was up there telling jokes.

But the succession in late night isn’t the only thing that has been going on in the world of pop culture; despite the long shadow that the Olympics has shined over the landscape, a lot has been happening in the last two weeks. While you’ve been busy watching curling, I’ve been compiling all the links that you might have missed. So here’s your biweekly cheat sheet on some of the stories that you might have missed:

In honor of the man of the hour, here are 39 facts about Fallon. Please note the mention of College of St. Rose, which I drive by every day on my way to work.

See a 17 year old Jimmy in his first stand up performance:

Here’s Jimmy’s Saturday Night Live audition:

The Tonight Show is off to a good start with 7.1 rating.

Joan Rivers broke her decades long ban by appearing on The Tonight Show during Jimmy’s first show.

What does Conan think of all this? Classy as always:

Showtime has renewed Shameless and House of Lies.

This perk alone is worth becoming president – Obama has requested advance episodes of True Detective and Game of Thrones.

Jon Heder will play Jane Kaczmarek’s son in a FOX pilot.

A Fraggle Rock spinoff is coming to Hulu.

This has real potential: Gillian Flynn and David Fincher are teaming up for an HBO series.

I love this profile of Mr. Rogers from Esquire.

Indy darling Greta Gerwig has signed on to star in the HIMYM spinoff.

Cee Lo Green will not be returning to The Voice.

Ellen Page gave a moving coming out speech at the Human Rights Campaign conference.

Well this will be awesome – The Simpsons are doing an all-LEGO episode in May.

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are fans of Mean Girls.

Chris Pratt and Danny McBride are rumored to be in talks for a Knight Rider movie.

Could HBO’s Rome return from the dead?

The Rock’s football series at HBO has been picked up to series. HOORAY!

Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) wrote a movie for Kanye West. SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!!!

I did surprisingly terrible on this Oscar quiz.

A start date and a title for John Oliver’s new show at HBO have been announced.

Stephen Colbert is now the First Lady of France:

His logic is flawless.

Revenge is getting a graphic novel prequel.

For those about to rock, AC/DC are working on a new album.

There is an Adventure Time cookbook.

FOX’s Gotham just got a hell of a lot more interesting with the addition of Donal Logue and Benjamin McKenzie.

Topher Grace has launched a blog.

Romany Malco will star in Kevin Hart’s ABC pilot.

What would a Sons of Anarchy video game look like?

HBO has renewed Getting On.

Of course, I love this infographic guide to dating Seinfeld:

There will be a mini-Seinfeld reunion on TV Land’s Kirstie, which is still not enough to get me to watch Kirstie.

Y’all know I love Jerry, but his claiming that The LEGO Movie stole one of his jokes is some pretty weak sauce. Twitter landed some good burns however.

Check out Walter White’s Facebook Look Back video:

A woman was jailed for failing to return a VHS copy of Monster-in-Law nine years ago. That is not a movie worth going to jail for.

Adam Brody and Leighton Meester allegedly pulled off a secret wedding.

TBS ordered a pilot from Conan, starring comic Jimmy Pardo.

Will there be a surprise villain in the new Captain America movie?

Will Ferrell launches a female-focused film and TV production company.

This is a potentially fascinating development – are Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong’o dating?

ABC has cancelled Ravenswood.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s “atrocious singing voice” cost him a role in Moulin Rouge.

There is just so much to love in the Kraft mac and cheese ad:

Vanilla Ice as a stock boy? TOTALLY believable.

Stevie Nicks has written some Game of Thrones inspired poetry.

Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) will star in the ABC pilot Selfie.

Rose McIver will replace Kiernan Shipka in Lifetime’s follow up to Flowers in the Attic, Petals on the Wind.

Richard E. Grant and Anna Chancellor will appear on the next season of Downton Abbey.

Jim Parsons will host SNL.

Fred Armisen will be the band leader on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Here’s a look at Meyers’ first week of guests. The revamped Late Night debuts next week.

Haley Joel Osment will be in the Entourage movie.

John Travolta has allegedly had meetings about playing a Bond villain in the future.

Berlin has a Big Lebowski themed bar.

Prepare to have your mind blown: The mom of the creator of the show Terriers (R.I.P. – gone too soon) owns the terrier that won the Westminster Dog Show.

Lots of people will return for Pitch Perfect 2.

Cristin Milioti has landed a pilot at NBC.

Comedy legend Sid Caesar passed away. See Conan and Mel Brooks pay tribute:

We also lost Shirley Temple when she died at the age of 85. I had to laugh at her (unexpected) response to being asked to appear on The Simpsons.

Alyson Hannigan has already line up her post HIMYM project.

I don’t think that the reboot did that well at the theater, but here’s 26 things that you might not have known about the original Robocop.

I’m bummed that this Sherlock exhibit isn’t coming to the area.

I was so sad to hear about the passing of John Henson, puppeteer and son of Jim Henson.

CBS is considering another CSI spinoff.

James Franco is making a movie about the making of The Room.

Norman Reedus will star in a sci fi thriller Air, produced by Robert Kirkman.

The six degrees of Quentin Tarantino.

EW rounds up the references in The LEGO Movie.

If you enjoyed the movie as much as I did, you’ll get a kick out of The LEGO Movie “blooper” reel:

Ride Along 2 is happening.

Alec Baldwin will guest star on Law & Order: SVU.

Aaron Paul momentarily was laying low, but now he’s back to his awesome self, hanging out at the Cheers bar in Boston.

David Crosby underwent heart surgery and has postponed his tour.

The final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars will be on Netflix.

John Leguizamo joins The Good Wife.

Karen O will perform at the Oscars.

They are going to reboot Stephen King’s IT.

CBS has announced the midseason premiere dates for new shows Bad Teacher and Unforgettable.

See Will Arnett read school closings as Batman:

The metal band And Still I Rise features two actors that were on Days of Our Lives.

Pushing Daisies may become a musical.

Scrubs may also head to Broadway. TV shows aren’t cancelled – they just become fodder for musicals.

You can stream Beck’s new album over at NPR.

After a lot of hullabaloo and speculation, Vanity Fair has decided not to run their Gwyneth Paltrow article.

Amazon has renewed Alpha House for a second season.

A visual guide to who owns the movie rights to various Marvel characters:

The star of the National Geographic reality show, Snake Salvation, died from a snake bite. That’s some M. Night Shyamalan stuff right there – who saw THAT coming?

A full list of the BAFTA winners (aka the British Oscars).

Someone created a YouTube channel where they remove Michelle from episodes of Full House.

See Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Ryu from Street Fighter in this clip from The Pete Holmes Show:

In a desperate attempt to stay relevant, VH-1 has ordered a naked dating show.

Chicago’s WGN is developing a series about the later years of Eliot Ness.

TNT has cancelled Mob City.

Channing Tatum has a bust of Matthew McConaughey. I absolutely need one of these for my living room.

If you are caught up on Game of Thrones (or don’t mind spoilers), check out this wedding cake inspired by the show.

Elaine Stritch dropped a F-bomb on The Today Show.

Mary-Louise Parker may be returning to the small screen.

The guys behind Catfish are adapting the YA novel Nerve.

Nike will make the power laces featured in Back to the Future.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon make fun of each other for charity.

I still can’t decide how I feel about Drake, but his temper tantrum about the cover of Rolling Stone doesn’t add to the plus column.

Conan O’Brien is bringing his show to Dallas in April. Might be time to plan a visit to the Big D.

Michael Keaton confirms that he is in talks for Beetlejuice 2.

30 Rock’s Katrina Bowden has joined TNT’s crime drama Public Morals.

Check out this Parenthood/Friday Night Lights crossover on this NBC webseries:

A movie about the Katharine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy romance is in the works.

I think my desk needs some of these new action figures from The Goonies, Pulp Fiction and Back to the Future.

Cameron Crowe’s next movie will be released at Christmas.

Stephen King will release a new book in November.

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias will bring The Fluffy Movie to theaters this summer.

An interview with the creators of the video game featured in Her.

Esquire has a story on The Warriors.

While I’m still very bummed about Derek Jeter’s retirement, you have to admit that his dating history is pretty dang impressive:

Even I am not immune to the charms of the Jamaican bobsled team and their theme song.

Wait – it THIS what I’m missing by not watching the Olympics? A Swedish skier paid tribute to ODB by yelling “Wu-Tang is for the children.” I may have to reconsider my hardnosed stance.

If for some reason you want to learn the dance from the beach episode of Girls, there’s a tutorial for that.

Ron Howard is in talks to direct The Jungle Book.

Tumblrs of the week: 90s Figure Skating and Shoshi Games.

Will Forte’s pilot has been picked up to series by FOX.

J.K. Rowling is writing another book as Robert Galbraith. Doesn’t that kind of defeat the purpose?

The Murder, She Wrote reboot may be dead (ha!), but Octavia Spencer already landed another pilot.

If at first you don’t succeed……Charlie Sheen is engaged to a porn star. What could possibly go wrong? For those playing along at home, this will be Sheen’s 4^th trip down the aisle.

Well that didn’t take long – Insane Clown Posse and their Juggalos have already been kicked out of their prospective Gathering site.

A&E has ordered more episodes of Wahlburgers.

Jay Leno once appeared on an episode of Good Times. It was his first acting gig.

Black Widow will have a larger role in Avengers 2.

Trailers:

The first Guardians of the Galaxy trailer debuted last night:

Jake Gyllenhaal has a dual role in The Double:

A teaser for the 2^nd season of Inside Amy Schumer:

Tom Hardy in Locke:

Christopher Meloni in Surviving Jack, a new sitcom at FOX:

A trailer for the second season of Orange is the New Black. I can’t wait!!

John Cusack in Drive Hard

Nicolas Cage in Joe:

An extended trailer for the Spanish language version of Breaking Bad:

I’d watch that.

The Purge: Anarchy:

A teaser trailer for the new season of Veep:

Bob Casale of Devo has passed away.

This Game of Thrones puzzle is pretty badass.

Simon Cowell is a dad.

Dylan Minnette and Jack Black will co-star in the Goosebumps movie.

A chef in Detroit has made a menu based on Radiohead’s Kid A.

Mark McGrath, Judd Hirsh and Vivica A. Fox have joined the cast of Sharknado 2. That makes me sad for Judd Hirsh.

Bethany Frankel’s talk show was cancelled.

Community’s Joel McHale will host the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Christina Aguilera is engaged.

Katherine Heigl is the latest celeb to turn to crowd funding to finance a project.

Rosie Perez discusses her feud with Jennifer Lopez in a new memoir, which is the first I’m hearing of a feud with J Lo.

I’ve got my doubts about this one – Lifetime is developing a movie about Jesus’ lost early years.

Lifetime has also ordered the dystopian thriller The Lottery to series.

A Pixar artist turned 25 classic R-rated movies into family-friendly drawings.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogan are re-teaming for a Christmas movie.

Julianne Moore and Zach Galifianakis have joined Ellen Page in Freeheld.

Ralph Waite from The Waltons has passed away.

Comedy Central has revealed what comedians are getting half hour comedy specials in 2014.

The CW renewed a bunch of shows.

Nick Jonas has joined DirecTV’s MMA drama.

A mini Full House reunion will happen on ABC’s The Neighbors.

Do with this info what you will – Martha Stewart’s celebrity crush is Christian Bale.

Matt Groening lists his favorite 10 episodes of The Simpsons.

Madonna has launched a skin care brand.

Lil Kim is going to be a mom.

As always, we wrap up with the mashups and supercuts

I don’t even want to tell you how long I played this Sesame Street/Street Fighter game.

The same goes for Sesame Street’s answer to Flappy Birds – Flappy Bert.

Time created a supercut of all of Hollywood’s highest grossing movies.

I love this New Orleans style cover of Guns N Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine”

This year’s best movie nominees recreated in LEGOs.

This couple breaks up – using 154 movie titles:

A supercut of hit songs from 2000, which appears to have been a very dark time for music:

A supercut of cats in movies:

As a former Greek, I was amused by this The Wolf of Wall Street parody, The Wolf of Phi Psi:

And finally, Billy Ray Cyrus has redone Achy Breaky Heart as a hip-hop jam. For reals, people:

October 16, 2013 by heather7180

Pop Culture Odds and Ends – I’m sick edition

So it turns out, dear readers, that I am indeed a mere mortal and occasionally I feel under the weather. Right now I’m battling either a nasty cold or a light flu; I’m not sure if it has made up its mind yet as to what it is. This has knocked me down for the count – my boss took one look at me yesterday and sent me home, where I slept most of the day and watched a lot of wedding-related programming which seems to comprise a lot of the daytime TV schedule. I’m feeling slightly better today, but I’m also hopped up on enough cold medicine to take down an ox. The good news is that I seem to have stopped coughing; the bad news is I’m exhausted walking from one room to the next.

However, I must soldier on. I couldn’t leave you without your pop culture roundup. That would be heresy. I just can’t guarantee that everything is spelled right and that the order of links makes total sense. I tried my best, but I can’t make any promises as to coherency. So while I try the difficult act of breathing without getting winded, kick back and enjoy the pop culture goodness that I’ve assembled.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Paul Rudd are rumored to be front-runners for Ant-Man

Discovery has ordered a TV drama about the Five Families from the men who wrote Goodfellas.

Charlie Hunnam has quit the Fifty Shades of Grey film adaptation. I think this was a good career move for him, though he was the only reason I had any interest in the movie.

Jon Bon Jovi walked a fan down the aisle in Vegas.

Speaking of Sin City, Adele is rumored to be considering a Vegas residency. If this is true, I am so there.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the next two Golden Globes.

This makes me tremendously excited – SyFy is doing a Muppet-building contest show.

The nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced.

We have our first casualties of the fall TV season: ABC cancelled Lucky 7 while CBS cut bait with the dreadful We Are Men.

Bill Murray may join Cameron Crowe’s new movie. Bradley Cooper is already attached.

If you love those Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy commercials for Dodge as much as I do, you’ll be happy to know that he made SEVENTY of them.

Captain America Chris Pine will appear in Horrible Bosses 2.

Peter Dinklage will star in an upcoming comedy at Paramount.

Watch Tom Hanks play around on a giant piano keyboard (with a little help from Sandra Bullock):

Bullock also showed off her rap skills:

Susan Sarandon and her daughter Eva Amurri are attached to a pilot for NBC.

Netflix has ordered a drama from the team behind Damages.

The Gone Girl film adaptation is slated for an October 3, 2014 release.

The Simpsons will have guest vocals from Judd Apatow, Channing Tatum, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann and Seth Rogan.

Nick Offerman will also make an appearance in Springfield in another episode.

Somebody give Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen their own buddy comedy already. These guys are killing me with their Twitter photos.

Anthony Hopkins wrote a fan letter to Bryan Cranston about Breaking Bad.

The good people of Albuquerque sure did love Breaking Bad – fans posted an obituary for a character in the local paper and a steakhouse hosted a “memorial” service.

A fan bought Walt’s underwear for almost $10,000 at a Breaking Bad auction.

In case you were wondering, Britney Spears was not a fan of the show’s finale. Bryan Cranston responded.

I’m generally not all that excited for The Walking Dead, but I am pretty psyched that Michael Cudlitz (Southland) has joined the cast.

Lost episodes of Doctor Who are now available on iTunes.

Whoa – Marilyn Manson without makeup is a trip.

Will Ferrell and John C. Riley are pairing up again for a new movie.

Hugh Jackman raised almost $2 million for charity from his birthday benefit concert.

Woody Allen’s next film will be called Magic in the Moonlight and will star Colin Firth and Emma Stone.

File this under things that make you go hmmm….Japanese school kids perform “Day Man” from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

IFC has renewed Comedy Bang! Bang!

Caroline Manzo is officially leaving The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

The kid from Iron Man 3 has landed the lead in Jurassic World.

Madonna has been banned from the Alamo Drafthouse movie theaters for texting during a film. I like how these people operate.

The A.V. Club has a story on an old favorite of mine, Homestar Runner.

Kate Walsh has joined the cast of FX’s Fargo.

Britney Spears’ new album has a name – her name.

Michelle Williams took her daughter to visit the Dawson’s Creek set.

Actor Kumar Pallana, who was a regular in Wes Anderson films, has passed away. He was 94.

The Rock will appear in the earthquake movie, San Andreas.

The cast of Modern Family played Family Feud on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

AnnaLynne McCord joins the cast of Dallas.

After 20 years of playing the same character on multiple shows, Richard Belzer is retiring Detective Munch.

Lady Gaga and The Muppets are making a Christmas special. This could either be amazing or terrible. I don’t see any middle ground.

Oy. Lifetime is now developing a Wizard of Oz related show. That brings the number of active Oz related projects to five,http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a523293/wizard-of-oz-inspired-drama-red-brick-road-in-development.html

A new Wizard of Oz exhibit has opened in Maine.

The showrunner for The Daily Show has left.

Fox has a shortlist for their Fantastic Four reboot.

The NFL owners passed a rule that the league can force a team to participate in HBO’s Hard Knocks.

I’m concerned that Eminem doesn’t actually know what year this is – he drops a Monica Lewinski reference in his new song “Rap God.”

Speaking of Marshall Mathers – his daughter was selected as Homecoming Queen. That makes me feel old.

We’ll probably never see it, but there is a short that fleshes out the back story of one of the characters in Gravity.

It is rumored that Marvel has at least five additional TV projects in development. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D has received a full season pickup.

The rapper Pitbull has opened a charter school in Miami.

20 fun and obscure facts about Scrubs.

Trailers

Michael Bay and Starz are teaming up for a new pirate show:

Sarah Silverman’s new HBO special:

I’m really looking forward to Will Ferrell’s Spoils of Babylon mini-series on IFC

George Clooney and Matt Damon head up an all-star cast in Monument Men

This documentary on Calvin & Hobbes looks great

The trailer for Avalanche Sharks, SyFy’s newest terrible movie, has been released:

Ad Week has an interesting story on how much it costs to run a commercial on different TV shows.

The guy from Blur is working with actor Idris Elba on new music.

FX has landed a WWII miniseries from Danny Boyle.

CBS has ordered a pilot from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

The writers of Elementary and Sleepy Hollow engaged in a good natured Twitter fight.

Proving that nothing makes any sense, FOX has ordered additional episodes of Dads.

Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton have a new duet on Rogers’ album.

MTV has renewed Teen Wolf for a 4^th season.

Michael B. Jordan auditioned for the new Star Wars movie.

Snoop Dogg has changed his game once again.

Elizabeth Berkley revisited her Saved By The Bell roots on Dancing with the Stars:

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is doing a whole week dedicated to Pearl Jam.

The adorable Sophia Grace and Rosie, best known from their appearances on Ellen, have a new deal at NBC.

The details of the new Eminem cd have been leaked.

The second season of House of Cards will probably be its last.

Alexander Skarsgard stars in the music video for Cut Copy’s “Free Your Mind.”

I would totally sign up for this cult.

Quentin Tarantino has released his list of favorite movies of 2013 so far. Some interesting choices.

Seth Rogan is planning to make a Christmas stoner movie. Makes sense to me.

Vulture has an update on the Mean Girls musical.

Meg Ryan is attached to an NBC pilot.

The bad news is that NBC’s Thursday night comedies are tanking in the ratings; the good news is that means Community could return at any time.

Craig Robinson (The Office, This is The End) was detained in the Bahamas for drug possession.

Jennifer Lawrence’s film adaptation of the book The Glass Castle may have a director.

As always, we end with the mashups and supercuts:

A compilation of the times that Stephen Colbert has broken.

An Archer/Top Gun mashup:

Someone mad a Pokemon/King of the Hill crossover:

And finally, here’s a supercut that theorizes that Tom Hank’s career is just one long movie:

August 21, 2013 by heather7180

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.