Pop Culture Odds and Ends – Snow Day edition

Another day, another snowstorm – I am really beginning to hate living in Upstate New York. It’s been a bad winter for everyone and the fact that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow is not a good omen. We’re getting up to a foot today and there are rumblings of a Nor’easter headed our way on Sunday. This may be the winter that finally breaks me.

Thankfully I am working from home today so I don’t have to go out in this mess and I am looking forward to participating in a conference call this morning while still in my pajamas. I feel terrible for the people who don’t have that luxury or who don’t have a very understanding boss and are bracing this weather to go into work today. Stay safe!

For those of you that are snowed in, hopefully my biweekly roundup of pop culture stories will help keep you warm and make you forget about all the white stuff piling up outside. Maybe there’s even a thing or two in here to help you keep the kids entertained.

• In honor of the weather, check out this side by side comparison of the beginning of The Walking Dead and Atlanta after 2 inches of snow paralyzed the city:

http://www.screenjunkies.com

• Jesse Eisenberg will play Lex Luthor in Batman vs. Superman; Jeremy Irons will play Alfred. Spot on casting in my opinion.

• Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight may be back on.

• It’s official – Jonathan Banks has joined the cast of Better Call Saul.

• Broadway dimmed its lights in memory of Philip Seymour Hoffman.

• Hoffman’s death will not delay the release for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.

• Roger Ebert had hoped that Hoffman would play him in a movie.

• Jimmy Fallon takes over The Tonight Show February 17^th. He gave an interview to Vulture about the transition. He also interviewed himself for Men’s Health.

• Jay Leno’s last The Tonight Show will be Thursday February 6^th. Let’s hope it sticks this time.

• You can now watch the Seinfeld-inspired episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee that was promoted during the Super Bowl.

• The greatest gift that the Obama Administration has given us is the We the People petition website, which Americans have done a great job of abusing. Now the White House will have to weigh in on deporting Justin Bieber.

• I wonder how many people lost cash betting on the Super Bowl because of The Simpsons?

• Benedict Cumberbatch dropped by Sesame Street:

 

• Courtney Love has a Pinterest account. Huh…I guess everyone really is on Pinterest.

• Scott Bakula will star in a NCIS spinoff.

• Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill are reteaming to tell the story of the accused Atlanta Olympic bomber.

• The extremely photogenic Timothy Olyphant talked sports with Sports Illustrated.

• The new season drops next week, but House of Cards has been renewed for a third season.

• A psychiatrist analyzes the characters on Girls.

• Jennifer Love Hewitt was almost Robin on How I Met Your Mother.

• Matt Damon is returning to Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Here’s some scoop on the How I Met Your Mother spinoff.

• Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has second thoughts about pairing off Ron and Hermione.

• George Zimmerman (yup – THAT Ziimerman) wants to box Kanye West. He’ll box rapper DMX instead. No good can come of any of this.

• It was only a matter of time….ABC orders a pilot about selfies.

• The 2014 Emmy awards ceremony will be on a Monday in August. What is this madness????

• David O. Russell wants Jennifer Lawrence to play the inventor of the Miracle Mop. I’d trust this duo to do just about anything.

• Speaking of J Law, her affection for Doritos posed a problem for the costume department on American Hustle.

• Interesting – Liam Neeson joins the cast of Scorsese’s Silence.

• Scorsese is also making a New York Review of Books documentary.

• The actors of Veronica Mars will be live-tweeting a re-watch of the series.

• The good people of Savannah, GA had to watch the same boring Super Bowl that the rest of us did, but they also got to watch this ridiculously epic local commercial for a personal injury lawyer:

They are the clear winners of Super Bowl Sunday.

• Keep calm and Sharknado on – both Ian Ziering and Tara Reid are officially on board for the sequel.

• Matthew McConaughey and Amy Adams will appear on this season of Inside the Actors Studio.

• McConaughey will star in Gus Van Sant’s Sea of Trees.

• Will Channing Tatum play Gambit from The X-Men? Sounds positive.

• First Lady Michelle Obama is now a fan of Scandal. I still need to get into this show!

• Howard Stern had a pretty awesome 60^th birthday party.

• Josh Gad is being considered for the Thing in the Fantastic Four reboot.

• The Ben Affleck and Matt Damon comedy gets a pilot order at CBS.

• Aaron Paul’s Need for Speed will be available in 3-D.

• This may be the most I’ve ever liked Vin Diesel – the actor posted a video of himself dancing to Katy Perry.

• There is going to be a True Romance fest in Burbank this year.

• Pharrell will perform at the Oscars.

• Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler and Rooney Mara will be part of a love triangle in an upcoming Todd Haynes movie.

• David Schwimmer (the lost Friend) is returning to TV in a pilot for ABC.

• Last time it was Liberace, this time it’s Peter Pan. Bill Murray knows how to make an entrance:

 

• New York Magazine chats with Lorne Michaels.

• Read a Friends script written by an 8 year old.

• Ex-SNL castmember Victoria Jackson is running for Congress.

• Dylan Farrow, the adopted daughter of Woody Allen, wrote an open letter to the New York Times chronicling childhood sexual abuse at the hands of the director.

• Steve Carell’s college mustache is OUTSTANDING:

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1wnd9x/was_looking_in_my_moms_college_yearbook_and_came/

• A NYC restaurant has a Beyoncé- themed Valentine’s Day menu.

• Rutgers is offering a course on Queen B.

• Red Hot Chili Peppers are heading into the studio to record a new album.

• Astute viewers noted that the RHCP’s instruments weren’t plugged in during the halftime show; Flea explains why in this post.

• Zooey Deschanel is producing an animated modern fairytale for FOX.

• NBC has (wisely) cancelled Sean Saves the World.

• My Little Pony unveils customizable figures.

• TBS has ordered a comedy competition show from Marlon Wayans.

• Lifetime is doing a sequel to their adaptation of Flowers in the Attic (which wasn’t good, but wasn’t as terrible as I had anticipated).

• I don’t know that there was any doubt, but Thor 3 will happen.

• A gag reel from Thor: The Dark World:

 

• Did you know that Tom Hiddleston originally auditioned for the role of Thor before becoming Loki? It’s true – and we have the shirtless video to prove it.

• An official LEGO Ghostbusters set is happening.

• A sequel to The LEGO Movie is already being planned; the original film will be released Friday.

• David Beckham – fan of LEGOs. He just became more perfect.

• You can now play with LEGOs online.

• Linda Cardellini has joined the Kyle Chandler Netflix drama.

• One unknown perk of winning the Super Bowl – you get to hang out with Beyoncé and Jay Z:

@BrooklynNets

• Will Ferrell is the latest celeb to do a Reddit AMA.

• I’m not even a Star Wars fan, but even I respect this AT-AT rocking horse.

• Adult Swim is adding another hour of programming.

• Billy Bob Thorton has joined the cast of the Entourage movie. Did he lose a bet?

• Bruce Willis is reteaming with M. Night Shyamalan. Bad career decisions for everyone!

• I have a lot of questions after this headline: Sara Bareilles Fires Manager, Jonah Hill’s Brother, After Grammy Brawl with Sharon Osbourne.

• HA! Shirley Manson took Buzzfeed’s “What 90s Alt Rock Girl Are You?” quiz – and didn’t get herself.

• Neil Gaimain reads Green Eggs and Ham for charity

 

• Great Scott! A Back to the Future musical is in the works.

• Penny Marshall and Lorraine Bracco will play a lesbian couple on an upcoming episode of the new sitcom Mulaney (starring comedian John Mulaney, who I saw at the Oddball Comedy Festival).

• This week in celebrity real-estate: the Magnum P.I. house and the Groundhog Day B&B are for sale. So is one of Jay Z’s old stash spots.

• Flappy Birds – the  game app that is slowly driving me insane. How can a game that seems so easy be so *($*&(* difficult??

• Eddie Cahill is headed Under the Dome.

• Tea Leone will star in CBS’s Madame Secretary about a female Secretary of State, which is obviously not based on anyone in particular.

• Bad new Amazon Prime members – a huge price hike may be coming.

• Before the Super Bowl, Aziz Ansari tweeted some Friday Night Lights fan-fiction.

• BJ Novak’s role in The Amazing Spiderman 2 has been revealed.

• Ken Marino will join Casey Wilson in NBC’s new sitcom Marry Me.

• Former Olympian Tara Lipinksi skated a The Big Lebowski-themed routine on Fallon:

 

• Watch Tyrese Gibson’s audition tape for Django Unchained.

• I blogged about the film first, but UPROXX has an interview with the director of The Great Chicken Wing Hunt.

• Michael Pitt will appear on Hannibal.

• Bradley Cooper will play a WWII-era cop in Dark Invasion.

• Dexter’s Jennifer Carpenter lands a pilot at ABC.

• Ryan Phillippe is also headed to ABC.

• A filmmaker has raised $11,000+ to adapt a piece of Sherlock slash-fiction.

• There is a Sherlock themed café in Shanghai.

• Pitch Perfect 2 will be released May 15, 2015. Elizabeth Banks will direct.

• Gucci has named Jessica Springsteen (daughter of Bruce) an equestrian ambassador.

• Helen Mirren twerked after receiving the Hasty Pudding award at Harvard.

• Robert Evans is producing a series based on 70s era Hollywood.

• Adam Brody sat down with Nylon and doesn’t imagine his The O.C. alter-ego Seth Cohen had a very rosy future.

• Conan is the king of the remote segments; in this one, he tries to sell some of his old memorabilia:

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• Daniel Radcliff will play Lee Atwater in the upcoming film College Republicans.

• The Oscars rescinded their nomination of Alone Yet Not Alone for Best Original Song.

• The cover for Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue has been revealed:

Julia Roberts is one lucky duck!

• For those of you who are so inclined: 20 Twitter accounts to follow during the Olympics.

• I kind of wish that this was coming North – a The Walking Dead obstacle course.

• Top Chef renewed for a 12^th season.

• Grace Gummer is joining the cast of Halle Berry’s Extant on CBS.

• The Writers Guild Awards were handed out last weekend. Here’s the full list of winners.

• The Cure is releasing a new album.

• Disney is reviving Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers.

• NBC has ordered more episodes of Chicago P.D.

• Tony Hale will appear on NBC’s About A Boy.

• CW has ordered a pilot for a Supernatural spinoff.

Trailers:

• Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West (Red Band – NSFW):

 

• Kevin Costner’s Draft Day:

 

• Transformers: Age of Extinction:

 

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2:

 

• 24: Live Another Day:

 

• Vampire Academy:

 

• Liam Neeson in Non-Stop:

 

• From Dusk Til Dawn – the series:

 

• A trailer for the video game Thief:

 

• The Amanda Knox story inspired a feature film, Face of an Angel:

 

• The final Divergent trailer:

 

• Star Wars National Football League helmets.

• Mila Kunis is the new face of Jim Beam.

• No big whoop – just Leonardo DiCaprio, Lenny Kravitz and Bradley Cooper hanging out at a NYC pizzeria Super Bowl weekend.

• Another interesting trio: Aaron Paul, Rob Thomas and Bill Murray at a Kings of Leon concert:

@ThisisRobThomas

• Don’t hold your breath for an honorary Beastie Boys street in NYC.

• Animator Arthur Rankin, Jr., who was responsible for holiday classics like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, passed away.

• Cher and Cyndi Lauper are going on out tour together. THAT will be a fun show!

• Universal TV is developing an adaptation of Stephen King’s Ayana.

• A lawsuit will prevent Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City from collecting any royalties from their song “Good Time” for the time being.

• Tumblr of the week: Awkward Taylor Swift Dancing.

• Twitter account of the week: @Shining_Twins

• Kit Harrington (Jon Snow from Game of Thrones) will co-star in a WWI biopic.

• This week is Beatles week at Late Night with David Letterman.

• Is there a strategy to winning on Jeopardy?

• Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks are reuniting for a project.

• Lauren Cohan (Maggie, The Walking Dead) is loaning her voice to Archer.

• Reggie Watts has a new web series.

• You’d be surprised how similar Willy Wonka and Walter White are.

• 2 coaches featured on the reality show Friday Night Tykes have been suspended.

• Bill Hader may join Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck.

• The ladies behind the hilarious show Broad City are going out on tour.

• This artist reimagined Hipster Batman and Hipster X-Men.

• As a fan of the original cult classic, I was impressed with this trailer for a fake Warriors reboot:

 

• Ice-T and his wife CoCo are hosting a talk show.

• There were beer drones? Why am I just hearing about this now that they are grounded?

• Olivia Newton-John will do a residency in Las Vegas.

• Ron Perlman has been cast in Amazon’s Hand of God.

As always, we end with the Supercuts and Mashups

• A supercut of Oscar visual effects winners:

 

• A Superman vs. Jesse Eisenberg supercut:

 

• Grumpy Cat in Frozen:

• This supercut ignores the so-called plot of the first 3 Transformers movies and just focuses on the actual transforming:

 

• A mashup of every Harrison Ford movie:

 

• Mr. Freeze sings “Let it Go”

 

• And finally, a supercut of all of Tina’s moans on Bob’s Burgers:

 

Spring can’t get here quickly enough!

Pop Culture Odds and Ends – Happy Thanksgiving Edition

Hooray – it’s almost Thanksgiving, though honestly I am more excited about the 4 day weekend than the actual holiday. I’ve been running around way too much in the last week and I really just need a few days to relax and get myself back on track. I’m looking forward to just sleeping in and taking it easy and watching a shameful number of movies. I’ll enjoy the turkey dinner and the moment to reflect on all that I’m thankful for (which is a lot), but I’m really ready for some R&R. The last two weeks have kicked my butt.

Before you head off to spend some time with your loved ones and eat some stuffing, get yourself up to speed on the world of pop culture with your biweekly pop culture roundup. It’s on the long side this week, so there’s plenty to keep you occupied over the long weekend. Plus you never know when you’ll have to make small talk with a relative and there is a little bit of something for everyone in this roundup. So pour over this collection of links before the tryptophan kicks in.

• GQ has a great interview with Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad.

• Someone indexed every death in the Game of Thrones books (so far):

• Whew – Paramount will block the proposed It’s a Wonderful Life sequel. There is a God

• NOOOOOO!!!!!!!! They are remaking Road House. It has better include the line “I used to f*ck guys like you in prison” or it will be complete sacrilege.

This week in Ron Burgundy news:

• Great news – Paramount has moved up the release date for the film by two days.

• Will Ferrell will host the 6pm episode of SportsCenter on ESPN December 6^th – in character.

• The Channel 4 gang sang “Afternoon Delight” at the Australian premiere:

 

• 12 fun facts from a visit to the Anchorman 2 edit bay.

• Hot Topic is turning Black Friday into Burgundy Friday.

• I’m actually super bummed that I won’t see this – Burgundy will call a pro curling event in Winnipeg.

• Emerson University renamed their communication school after Burgundy – for one day.

• Burgundy took over Conan last week and sang a campaign song for Toronto Mayor and crack enthusiast Rob Ford:

 

• Ron Burgundy tries to understand Doctor Who.

• There was a live reading of the original Anchorman to raise money for charity.

• Baxter got his own movie poster:

 

• I wrote earlier this week about an unexpected death on Family Guy; fans didn’t take the development well and 40,000 of them have signed a petition demanding the character be brought back.

• The new Britney Spears album is streaming on iTunes.

• This article looks at how Friends decided to pair off Monica and Chandler.

• The Mindy Project is going on hiatus due to low ratings. Other shakeups at FOX – Dads has been removed from the schedule despite receiving a full season order and Brooklyn Nine-Nine is moving to 9:30 (in The Mindy Project’s old slot).

• The Monty Python reunion show sold out in 43 seconds. The gang is now doing 5 shows instead of just one.

• The actor that plays King Joffrey says he’s retiring from acting once he’s done on Game of Thrones.

• Bruce Springsteen is releasing a new album in January 2014. Happy day!

• EW looks at 12 big changes made in the film adaptation of Catching Fire.

• The forthcoming The Walking Dead spinoff may be a prequel.

• Netflix is bringing back The Killing for one more season. This show has nine lives!

• FXX has struck a deal that will allow episodes of The Simpsons from the first 24 seasons to be streamed on-line.

• This isn’t a pairing I would have come up with: Oprah and Diablo Cody are working on a new HBO comedy.

• This one is for my mom: FOX Japan is going to air the first 10 season of NCIS non-stop and in order over 10 days.

• Stevie Nicks is apparently having a good time over on American Horror Story: Coven since she is sticking around for another week.

• Sadly, Jessica Lange will be leaving the series after next season.

• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland will go on hiatus.

• Jeopardy! recently poked some fun at the Houston Astros’ terrible season in one of their answers.

• Chris Hemsworth and his wife are expecting baby number 2.

• Kelly Clarkson is pregnant.

• James Franco and Seth Rogan did a parody of Kanye’s video for “Bound 2”:

Surprisingly, Kim and Kanye (neither known for their killer sense of humor) apparently found it funny.

• The Hollywood Reporter did a lengthy eye-opening feature on the treatment of animals in Hollywood.

• George Takei is now in the fragrance game.

• The Heat may not be getting a sequel, but two minor characters will get a spinoff.

• Sigh…..CBS is going forward with How I Met Your Dad. That horse is dead – stop beating it.

• Winona Ryder indicated Beetlejuice 2 might happen.

• Anjelica Houston wants to be on Downton Abbey.

• Lauren Hill will perform her first show since being released from prison.

• Orphan Black returns in the US on April 19^th.

• FX has picked up The Strain for series.

• Arcade Fire is asking their fans to dress up for their new tour.

• Chris Brown has been sent to rehab.

• Outkast may reunite at Coachella this summer.

• Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are starring in a new special on E!

• Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA taught a class at the University of Toronto.

• Scarlett Johannsson’s voice work in the upcoming Spike Jonze film Her cannot be considered for a Golden Globe.

• An Underground Railroad miniseries is coming to FX.

• In a Q&A with Chef Mario Batali, he revealed that he ordered 200 pairs of orange Crocs when he heard that they were retiring his signature footwear.

• The person behind the Seinfeld 2000 Twitter account made a music video for Arcade Fire’s song “Here Comes the Night Time.”

• AMC has ordered two new drama pilots.

• The Purge 2 will be released June 2014.

• Zach Braff may have pulled off the greatest photobomb of all time:

• A Star Wars burlesque show now exists.

• Sutton Foster and Amy Sherman-Palladino are reuniting for a Broadway show. (R.I.P. Bunheads)

• Once Upon a Time has cast an actor from Covert Affairs for a guest role.

• Watch Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul read the Breaking Bad finale for the first time (spoilers if you aren’t current):

 

• Wilmer Valderrama has joined the cast of the From Dusk Till Dawn TV show.

• Dave Chappelle sat down for a rare interview with a local news station in Minneapolis.

• You can watch the pilots of HBO’s new comedies Ja’mie: Private School Girl and Getting On online.

• A&E has officially renewed Longmire for a third season, which makes me happy.

• You can explore Middle Earth in Google Maps.

• For those of you that can’t get enough of Jennifer Lawrence (and who can?), here’s a photo of her in junior high.

• Mad Max: Fury Road will be released in 2015.

• Adam Brody (The O.C.) and Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) are engaged.

• I wish this is had happened when I was just there – a kid dressed up like Harry Potter and tried to find the Hogwarts Express in Penn Station.

• Wait….George Brett had something to do with Lorde’s hit song “Royals?”

• Batkid is back on the case, this time rescuing Pitbull from the Joker on Good Morning America.

• Tori Amos is releasing a new album and going out on tour in 2014.

• U2 has released a new song for the movie Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

• Kanye West may have another album by next summer.

• Something to buy your favorite Game of Thrones fan for the holidays: A Dragon Egg Cookie Jar.

• Well here’s a headline you don’t see every day: “Photo of Rick Springfield’s Buttocks Shown to Jury, Which Start Deliberating Today in Injury Lawsuit.”

• I’m not a Doctor Who fan, but the series was honored with a Google Doodle last week in honor of its fiftieth anniversary.

• The Doctor Who 50^th anniversary special drew 10 million viewers in the UK.  The special also had plenty of Easter eggs for the die-hard fans.

• USA network has cancelled Necessary Roughness.

• More Doctor Who: The BBC created an interactive map that allows fans to explore the time travel adventures of all 11 Doctors.

• The surviving members of the Beastie Boys penned an open letter explain their dispute with toymaker GoldieBlox. Their song “Girls” has since been pulled from the commercial.

• Willie Nelson’s tour has been put on hold after a bus accident involving his band.

• James Franco and Chris O’Dowd are on their way to Broadway.

• Wiz Khalifa and Adele are collaborating? Interesting.

• According to this graphic, many Sesame Street character have mental disorders.

• Once Upon a Time co-stars Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas are expecting a baby.

• Jon Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift and Prince William performed “Livin’ on a Prayer” at a gala.

• Anna Gunn and Jacki Weaver will appear in the U.S. adaptation of Broadchurch.

• You can now watch a short film, Aningaaq, which sheds light on the other side of Sandra Bullock’s call in Gravity.

• I like The Vampire Diaries, but all the relationships can be confusing. TV Guide has a relationship roadmap for the show to help keep everything straight.

• Watch Robert DeNiro’s audition for the role of Sonny in The Godfather:

 

• Empire has a Q&A with George R.R. Martin, who should spend less time giving interviews and more time finishing the damn book series.

• Well….that was short lived – MSNBC fired Alec Baldwin.

• Lifetime has renewed Witches of East End.

• Comedy Central has picked up @midnight for 40 more weeks.

• The Friday the 13^th franchise will release a new film in 2015. True story – though I am a horror fan, I’ve never seen any of these movies.

• Kevin Spacey gave Woody Allen a Netflix subscription.

• Pitbull and Ke$ha co-star in a new music video:

 

• Sadly, Angelina Jolie did not buy Brad Pitt a heart shaped island for his 50^th birthday.

• Tumblrs of the week: Upworthy: Springfield and Histagrams

• The Broadway musical Matilda is headed to the big screen.

• Patton Oswalt’s new comedy special will air in January on Epix.

• Javier Bardem offered Blackbeard role in Peter Pan origin movie.

• This is fantastic – a guy live tweeted a couple breaking up.

• Jennifer Love Hewitt got married and gave birth to a baby girl.

• Journey guitarist Neil Schon and White House crasher Michaele Salahi are getting married on pay-per-view. Don’t be giving Kimye ideas.

• Vulture has a roundup of all of Ruxin’s putdowns on The League.

• Frankie Munitz has suffered a second mini-stroke. The actor is 27 years old.

• Michael Chiklis is developing a TV show based on his comic book Pantheon. Show of hands – who knew Chiklis had a comic book? Me neither.

• I’m not one to tell people how to spend their money, but $27,000 for a Magic: The Gathering card seems like a bad investment.

• A J.R.R. Tolkien biopic is in development.

• Jimmy Fallon will host SNL in December with musical guest Justin Timberlake (shocker!)

• SyFy has bought the horror project The Woods from the co-creator of Chuck.

• Mad Men has a Christmas album, available only at Target.

• Flavorwire interviews Joel Hodgson on 25 years of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

• Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are developing the DC Comic’s Sleeper.

• Baz Luhrmann may direct a Napoleon miniseries for HBO.

• The A.V. Club looks at what it is like to be a contestant on The Biggest Loser.

Trailers:

• Every new trailer for HBO’s True Detective makes me more and more excited for this show:

 

• A teaser for the new Chicago Fire spin-off, Chicago PD:

 

• Sherlock Season 3:

 

• The obviously NSFW trailer has arrived from Lars von Trier’s upcoming film Nymphomaniac

 

• Season 3 trailer for HBO’s Girls:

 

• A trailer for Devil’s Knot – yet another film about the West Memphis Three:

 

• Another trailer for one of the movies I am most looking forward to this winter, American Hustle:

 

• Kellen Lutz stars in Hercules: The Legend Begins:

 

• A new trailer for Muppets Most Wanted:

 

• Wait….we’re getting another A Haunted House movie? Who asked for this?

• Norman Reedus (Daryl, The Walking Dead) will have a supporting role in The Crow reboot.

• ABC Family has released its 25 Days of Christmas schedule.

• An actor from Smash will be making a guest appearance on The Good Wife.

• Rolling Stone has a list of 50 things Millennials have never heard of.

• HBO is developing F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Last Tycoon for series.

• Cary Elwes is writing a Princess Bride memoir. I’ll be reserving my copy ASAP.

• Some deleted scenes from one of my all-time favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption:

 

• I always knew It’s Sunny in Philadelphia was ahead of its time. Does this mean kitten mittens are next?

• Whoa – Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle album was released 20 years ago. I am feeling old.

• The Wolverine sequel will be based on an existing comic book plotline.

• Mia Waskiowska and Johnny Depp are both returning for Alice in Wonderland 2.

• Sundance Channel may adapt A Visit From the Goon Squad.

• Aaron Paul has joined the cast of Fathers and Daughters (also starring Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried).

• Kevin Bacon’s daughter is Miss Golden Globes 2014.

• Clint Eastwood’s daughter married Jonah Hill’s brother and immediately wants an annulment.

• Boogie Nights almost went directly to video.

As always, we end with the mashups and supercuts:

• Mad Men without the smoking:

 

• Reaping Ball – a Hunger Games/Miley Cryrus mashup:

 

• The Wolf of Bedford Falls (It’s a Wonderful Life re-cut to look like The Wolf of Wall Street):

 

• A Rob Ford/New Jack City remix:

 

• A Rob Ford/Chris Farley mashup (Farley would have been amazing playing Ford on SNL):

 

• Team Coco put together a supercut of season 3 of Conan:

 

• The Sesame Street gang did a Hunger Games parody:

 

• And finally……a Dawson’s Creek/The Walking Dead mashup, Governor’s Creek:

 

The blog is probably going to take a few days off for the holidays, unless I just can’t help myself. Best wishes for a very happy Thanksgiving and Hanukkah!!!!