I don’t know about you guys, but I’m still reeling from last week’s episode of Game of Thrones. No spoilers, but that was intense; I had so many emotions running through my system and I couldn’t sit still. At one point, I moved from sitting on my perfectly comfortable couch to sitting on my living room floor, just because that put me closer to the TV. I don’t know why exactly I felt like I needed to be closer to the TV, but it had to be done. Every week I look forward to Sunday nights just so I can watch Game of Thrones and I’m so sad that another season is almost over. I swear, the fastest 10 weeks of the year are when that show is on. And then the very long break begins as we wait for the new season. That bums me out just thinking about it.
But one thing that you can count on to help you through the dark days of no Game of Thrones is the pop culture roundup. It’s been a crazy week and there’s probably a lot you missed, so this is a one stop shop to turn you into a pop culture expert. So kick back, relax and get your pop culture groove on with this week’s roundup.
- Orphan Black will end after 5 seasons.
- That finale had me worried, but Archer has been renewed for three more seasons.
- Kate Winslet signs on for Woody Allen’s next movie.
- Bryan Cranston will play Zordon in the Power Rangers reboot.
- Eli Roth will direct Bruce Willis in a remake of Death Wish.
- Roth will also team up with Jim Carrey to adapt the comic Aleister Arcane.
- Someone is opening a Golden Girls-themed restaurant in NYC. Expect a blog post on that down the line.
- The LEGO Movie 2 has been delayed until 2019. #EverythingIsNotAwesome
- John Boyega has joined Kathryn Bigelow’s drama about Detroit riots.
- The Wicked movie adaptation won’t hit theaters until 2019.
- Sorry Hamilton fans….Leslie Odom, Jr. is also leaving the show on July 9th.
- A woman (rightfully) dumped her boyfriend after he tried to give away her Hamilton tickets.
- WNYC explores waiting in the Hamilton cancellation line. What I want to know is WHO IN THE HELL is cancelling on tickets to see Hamilton?!?! I saw it with a sprained ankle and regret nothing.
- Phillipa Soo had joined the Amelie musical.
- A ton of Broadway stars got together to record a single to raise money for Orlando.
- #Ham4Ham was #Ham4Orlando:
- Paul McCartney, Demi Lovato, The Dixie Chicks, Beyoncé, Melissa Etheridge, Billy Joel, and Christina Aguilera all paid tribute to the Orlando victims as well.
- Penny Dreadful has been cancelled after 3 seasons.
- Leonardo DiCaprio will have to testify in a Wolf of Wall Street defamation case.
- Rihanna and Coldplay will headline Jay Z’s Made in America festival.
- Quentin Tarantino gave the AFI Conservatory commencement address.
- Take a virtual trip on EPCOT’s new Frozen Ever After boat ride
- Kim Kardashian says that Kanye has Taylor Swift approving the song lyrics that she got angry about.
- Katy Perry named her new perfume Mad Love, perhaps a shot at Swift. Taylor be beefin with everyone.
- Paul Feig has an idea for a Spy sequel – and it would mean way more Jason Statham.
- Early signs of a potential train wreck – the MacGyver reboot has been rebooted.
- Anthony Kiedis saved a child’s life during Carpool Karaoke.
- Common to star in the TV adaptation of Black Samurai.
- Jimmy Fallon got The Rock to have candy for the first time since 1989:
- The filmmakers behind Making A Murderer have a new target: Johnson & Johnson.
- The Fast and Furious franchise finally added what it was always missing: Helen Mirren.
- Chance the Rapper announces tour dates.
- Supergirl has found its Superman. Lynda Carter has also been cast as the fictional president.
- Here are when your favorite network shows will return this fall.
- Channing Tatum is releasing his own brand of vodka.
- Anna Gunn signs on for the second season of Shades of Blue.
- Check your Ticketmaster and Amazon accounts – you might have some free credits.
- American Gods brings Orlando Jones on board.
- Josh Radnor will direct the sci-fi drama The Leaves.
- Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, and Sant-N-Pepa will be celebrated at VH1’s Hip Hop Honors.
- Henry Rollins almost played Negan on The Walking Dead.
- Steven Spielberg has promised not to kill Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones 5.
- Sicario will likely be a trilogy.
- Watch Scott Ian from Anthrax get a Game of Thrones makeover:
- Looking at the current line of succession on Game of Thrones.
- Everyone’s favorite GoT Wildling Kristofer Hivju (aka Tormund) just landed a role in Justice League.
- Someone illustrated the Targaryen family tree.
- The Game of Thrones cast (at least those who survive) will get a big pay bump for season 8.
- This dude is a Jon Snow doppelgänger:
- Game of Thrones is getting its own Con.
- The guy who plays Wun Wun isn’t a giant, but he is 7 feet tall.
- Hannibal Buress has joined the cast of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Donald Glover will also appear as will Martin Starr. And Beasts of No Nation’s Abraham Attah has just signed on.
- Monopoly the Musical? Sure…why not?
- Shrek may be making a return.
- The cast of RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race 2 has been revealed.
- She Loves Me will be the first Broadway show to be livestreamed.
- Ricky Gervais’ new David Brent mockumentary will be available on Netflix.
- Domhnall Gleeson will star along Margot Robbbie in a biopic about the creator of Winnie The Pooh.
- Kanye West added another new song to The Life of Pablo. #He’llNeverBeSatisfied
- Governors Ball had to cancel Kanye’s performance because of weather, so they are giving his a new festival to headline.
- Jeff Garlin will be the director and star of Netflix’s Handsome.
- Zac Efron is back in the musical game, joining Hugh Jackman in the P.T. Barnum biopic.
- James Corden and Kevin Hart had a rap battle:
- Joel McHale will play a futuristic matchmaker for Hulu. Patton Oswalt will also appear in the anthology series.
- Lady Gaga in talks for Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born remake.
- Harry Styles rumored to be playing Mick Jagger in upcoming biopic.
- Regina King will return for the third season of American Crime.
- An IBM programmer just built a real-life sorting hat.
- Versace used an unreleased Price song during a fashion show.
- The CW announces the new cast of MADtv.
- Alexander Skarsgard praised the kissing prowess of his True Blood co-star Ryan Kwanten. The fan fiction writes itself.
- Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell to star in The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
- J.J. Abrams is developing a TV series about Michael Jackson’s final days.
- John Stamos is heading to Scream Queens.
- Kristin Chenoweth has joined Hairspray Live!
- There is going to be a live Cheers theater show.
- Ryan Reynolds paid out of pocket to use Bea Arthur’s likeness in Deadpool.
- Doctor Who is getting a new writer and a returning character.
- The star of the new Pixar short, Piper, is pretty dang adorable.
- Wilmer Valderrama will appear on NCIS.
- A new Childish Gambino album is indeed coming.
- Orange Is The New Black’s Samira Wiley will appear on You’re The Worst.
- This is disappointing – no Adult Swim series have been created by women.
Time for some trailers….
- Next year’s Oscar contender (you heard it here first), The Birth of a Nation:
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children:
- Ben-Hur:
- The Fundamentals of Caring:
- David Brent: Life on the Road:
- All Eyez on Me:
- The Lovers and the Despot:
- Westworld:
- Ron Howard’s documentary, The Beatles: Eight Days A Week:
- The Strain, season 3:
- Difficult People, season 2:
- Storks:
- The Young Pope:
- Outlaws and Angels:
- Ozzy & Jack’s World Detour:
- Almost Christmas:
- Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life:
- Gleason:
- Morris From America:
- American Honey:
- Roseanne For President:
- The Girl With All The Gifts:
- Pistol Shrimps:
- Looking: The Movie:
- I, Daniel Blake:
- A 15-album Weird Al deluxe box set will be released next year.
- Real Time with Bill Maher will air special live shows during the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
- Evan Peters thinks Quicksilver and Deadpool should have a Marvel team-up.
- Netflix will release the EDM comedy XOXO.
- Fun Home will end its Broadway run.
- Lewis Black will have a limited Broadway engagement.
- A Ghostbusters animated series in coming in 2018.
- Metallica’s James Hetfield will lend his voice to Skylanders Academy.
- Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel are doing a digital series about Uber experiences.
- Norman Reedus and Greg Nicotero are opening a restaurant.
- The creepy nun from The Conjuring 2 is getting her own spinoff.
- Here’s what’s coming to HBO Now in July. And Amazon Prime. And Netflix.
- Ben Schwartz has joined Sam Rockwell in the comedy Blue Iguana.
- Xzibit will be a season regular on the third season of Empire.
- Here are the celebrity panelists for the Match Game reboot.
- Selena Gomez is the latest person to do Carpool Karaoke:
- Future Carpool Karaoke participant will be Michelle Obama.
- Early reviews of Independence Day: Resurgence ain’t great.
- Ron Perlman and Kelsey Grammer will lend their voices to Guillermo Del Toro’s Trollhunters.
- South Park could live on a video game series once the show is finished.
- Alison Brie is pretty chill about her fans who fetishize her feet.
- The oral history of Doug.
- Talk about commitment – someone did a magazine-length parody of The New Yorker.
- Demi Lovato took a break from social media; it lasted 24 hours. .
- Could the Spice Girls replace Sporty and Posh on tour?
- A contributing factor of Tom DeLonge quitting Blink-182? UFOs.
- Pewdiepie (ask your kids) was evicted from his apartment.
- Eddie Redmayne became a father for the first time on Father’s Day.
- Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are giving their daughter a sibling.
- The Beyhive raised $82,000 for the Flint water crisis at Beyoncé’s Detroit concert.
- Selma Blair was taken off a flight on a stretcher after a mid-flight freak out.
- A rant by the star of The Real O’Neals almost tanked the whole damn show.
- Bill Eichner and Ross Matthews got into a Twitter dustup. Even Andy Cohen got involved.
- Andrew W.K.’s brother golfed in the U.S. Open.
- Kevin Hart’s home was burgled of $500,000 worth of stuff.
- Sharon Tate’s family is not happy with how her murder is handled on Aquarius.
- Some of David Bowie’s hair is going on the auction block.
- Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston are possibly dating or staging a photo opportunity, depending who you believe. Based on this W Magazine shoot, Swift is a lucky woman.
- Snoop Dogg paid tribute to his wife on their wedding anniversary:
- Frank Ocean penned a message in the wake of the Orlando shootings.
- Meat Loaf collapsed on stage.
- Both Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez fell of stages this week.
- Iggy Azalea has kicked Nick Young to the curb.
- Someone finally spilled the beans on Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx dating.
- Anne Hathaway has been named a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador.
- Kerry Washington designed a purse to raise money for victims of domestic violence.
- Actor Anton Yelchin died in what sounds to be a freak accident. He was 27.
- Ron Lester, Billy Bob on Varsity Blues, has died. Co-Star James Van der Beek paid tribute.
- Ann Morgan Guilbert has passed away at 87. She was best known from roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Nanny.
- Author Lois Duncan (I Know What You Did Last Summer) has passed away at 82.
- Prince Be of P.M. Dawn has died. He was 46.
As always, we end with the mashups and supercuts….
- DJ Earworm’s Summermash ‘16:
- They Might Be Giants meets Star Wars: The Force Awakens:
- Here’s Michael Shannon lip-syncing “It’s the End of the World”:
- If Game of Thrones, season 6 episode 9 took place entirely on Snapchat:
- A vintage cover of “Black Hole Son”:
- I expect this watermelon Night King at my next BBQ:
- The evolution of Pixar:
- Ghostbusters vs Luke Skywalker:
- American Psycho with a female lead:
- I have been this person:
- Doom 2 meets Seinfeld’s apartment:
- The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra covers “The Boys Are Back In Town”:
- Star Squad:
- Jon Snow’s Play of the Game:
I love, love, love this reimagining of Hamilton as a video game – especially the “….and Peggy” bonus round:
- And finally, Barney covers “Big Poppa”: