I mentioned in a previous blog post that I had booked a vacation later this month. And while I’m very excited for it, apparently the universe has decided that I really need to earn this vacation before I take it. It’s been a chaotic few days and it looks like more chaotic days are on the horizon. As someone who likes planning and deadlines, this is not my favorite way to go through life. Things will eventually settle down, but until then I’ll just have to enjoy this wild ride that I’m on. I’m T-minus 15 days from being on a plane and I’ll just have to keep my eye on the prize to get through this craziness.
Thankfully for all you, I planned ahead on this week’s pop culture roundup, so it is not a victim of all the busyness that has befallen me. So while I take a deep breath and prioritize, get yourself caught up on all the pop culture that you may have missed.
Television
- The Writers Guild of America avoided a strike.
- UC Berkely is offering a six-week course on the linguistics of Game of Thrones’ Dothraki.
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau weighs in on Jamie/Cersei Game of Thrones theories.
- Arya Stark will share screen time with Ed Sheeran during his Game of Thrones appearance.
- A certain fan-favorite Game of Thrones character would be down to return as a White Walker.
- Fox has cancelled Pitch.
- HBO is developing a TV adaptation of Wag the Dog.
- This makes me happy – Sundance has renewed Hap and Leonard for a third season.
- Damien Chazelle’s proposed new TV show will be a musical set in Paris.
- Jesse Eisenberg and J.J. Abrams are developing a comedy series. Eisenberg would star.
- Hilary Swank to star in Danny Boyle’s limited series for FX.
- A Roseanne reboot may be in the works.
- You can stream the full version of songs from the Bob’s Burgers episode “The Laser-inth.”
- You The Jury was cancelled after two episodes.
- The host of the Gong Show revival sure looks a lot like Mike Myers.
- MTV canceled Sweet/Vicious.
- Ryan Seacrest will be Kelly Ripa’s new co-host on Live.
- The second season of Wrecked debuts on TBS next month.
- Nasim Pedrad joins the second season of People of Earth.
- The Tick will debut on Amazon in August.
- Fox is testing out a new game show from Judge Judy.
- Gordon Ramsey is opening a Hell’s Kitchen-themed restaurant.
- Amazon renews Z: The Beginning of Everything.
- Prince’s family is rumored to be interested in a reality show.
- BET has ordered a late-night talk show from Chris Rock and Robin Thede.
- Production on The Last Ship has halted while Eric Dane seeks treatment for depression.
- Downton Abbey lives on with an immersive exhibition tour.
- Adam Levine paid tribute to Christina Grimmie on The Voice.
- Andrea Savage’s comedy “I’m Sorry” debuts on truTV in July.
- A&E is giving up on scripted television.
- Parks and Recreation’s Jim O’Heir won a Daytime Emmy.
Movies
- Jeremy Renner will play Doc Holliday in a new biopic.
- Kevin Hart wants to remake The Great Outdoors.
- Melissa McCarthy is teaming up with the Jim Henson Company for an R-rated comedy about the search for a puppet serial killer. This is so up my alley.
- Ewan McGregor in talks to play an adult Christopher Robin for Disney.
- After Fyre Fest, Seth Rogen and The Lonely Island are working on a film about a music festival that goes horribly wrong.
- The black and white cut of Logan will hit theaters soon.
- Timothy Olyphant, Lee Pace, and Jason Sudeikis will star together in a new movie.
- The release of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Dolittle delayed to avoid Star Wars: Episode 9.
- A live-action He-Man movie is moving closer to reality.
- The cast of The Godfather reunited at the Tribeca Film Festival.
- The Rock shares details about the plot of his upcoming movie Rampage.
- Lea Thompson to star in a new film adaptation of Little Women.
- The Wonders from That Thing You Do! reunited.
- Kate McKinnon, Brian Tyree Henry, and Allison Tolman join the indie comedy Fam-i-ly.
- James Cromwell will turn up in Jurassic World 2.
- A Firestarter reboot is in development.
- Ridley Scott says that Alien 5 is dead.
- M Night Shyamalan’s new movie will be titled Glass and will be a sequel to Unbreakable and Split.
- Johnny Depp crashed Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride in character and people freaked the hell out.
- Susan Sarandon, Cheryl Hines, and Christine Baranski are in for the Bad Moms sequel.
- Robin Williams’ final movie has a release date.
- An oral history of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
Trailers
- Wonder Woman:
- House of Cards, season 5:
- It Comes At Night:
- Cars 3:
- The Big Sick:
- Blood Drive:
- Colossal:
- Baby Driver:
- Baywatch:
- 47 Meters Down:
- GLOW:
- Tulip Fever:
- There’s…….Johnny:
- Gook:
Music
- Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff are reuniting for European festival dates.
- Janet Jackson is resuming her tour.
- Katy Perry has a new single.
- The Gorillaz new album has arrived.
- Macaulay Culkin will play Kurt Cobain in a Father John Misty music video.
- Haim’s new music video was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
- Harry Styles is going out on a world tour.
- Apple Music might bring back R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet,” which is the best news I’ve heard this week.
- When a Metallica tribute band had their equipment stolen, Metallica stepped in to help.
- Radiohead is releasing a 20th anniversary edition of OK Computer.
- Every song from Kendrick Lamar’s new album is charting on Billboard’s Hot 100.
- Stevie Nicks and Lana Del Ray will collaborate.
- Billy Ray Cyrus will now just be known as Cyrus.
- Beyoncé’s Lemonade is coming to vinyl with a 600 page book.
- The Melvins are going out on a North American tour.
- Nick Cave and Warren Ellis will score the Netflix movie War Machine.
Theater
- The Tony nominations were announced.
- James Earl Jones to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Tonys.
- The 2017 Drama Desk nominations have been announced.
- Michael Moore is planning a Broadway show about the Trump presidency.
- Cate Blanchett will star in All About Eve in London.
Books
- Jason Segel is writing a dystopian YA novel.
- Michael Mann’s prequel to Heat will be a novel.
Odds and Ends
- Somebody’s grandma was a Scarlett Johansson doppelganger in her youth. Johansson heard about it and invited her to be a guest at the Rough Night premiere.
- Johnny Depp clarifies that he paid $5 million – not $3 million – on a cannon to blast out Hunter S. Thompson’s ashes. Get it right, people.
- Fixer Upper’s Chip Gaines is being sued for fraud.
- Jeff Goldblum gave away sausages in Australia. #notaneuphemism
- Some famous faces appeared on Humans of New York.
- Jimmy Kimmel shares details of his son’s birth and heart disease:
- Ciara and Russell Wilson welcomed a baby girl.
- Charlotte Rae revealed that she has bone cancer.
- DMX has entered rehab.
- Val Kilmer did a Reddit AMA where he appears to confirm he had cancer.
- Shannen Doherty’s cancer is in remission.
- Bollywood star Vinod Khanna has died. He was 70.
- Director Jonathan Demme passed away. He was 73.
Mashups and Supercuts
- Ed “Shape of You” gets the Carnatic music treatment:
- Hook recut as a horror movie:
- The Simpsons channel The Big Bang Theory for their coach gag:
- Batman v Superman recut as a buddy cop movie:
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tony Hale switch roles:
- Metallica’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls” on bells:
- Someone mashed up Star Wars and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band:
- The Muppets cover “Ignition”: