I’ll admit that this year I kind of checked out on baseball. My Yankees just weren’t very good and I was a little emotionally exhausted from going to so many retirement ceremonies and final games for the players that I had been watching since I got into baseball. I needed a break; I didn’t go to a single Yankee game this year and the two games I did go to (Atlanta and Washington DC) I wasn’t all that engaged in. But I have to say that the playoffs have really drawn me back in, especially the Cubs historic run into the World Series. I love an underdog – I am a Buffalo Bills fan after all – so I’m always rooting for the Cubs to break their curse and finally win the Wold Series again. I don’t know that they’ll actually pull that off tonight as Cleveland has been more than a worthy opponent, but it’s been kind of thrilling to watch. My only complaint is that I am old and these games last too long. I’ve been exhausted for weeks. Whoever walks away the champion tonight, it’s been a fun ride and it has reinvigorated my love of baseball. Now the Yankees just have to be good next year. Hope spring eternal.
But even if you aren’t into baseball, you can still be excited since it’s also pop culture roundup day. And who doesn’t love that? As usual, I’ve scoured high and low to bring you the best that the world of pop culture had to offer in the last week. So get yourself caught up….and Go Cubs go!
Television
- Sherlock season 4 will debut on January 1, 2017.
- Bryan Fuller out as showrunner for Star Trek: Discovery, but will stay on as a producer.
- HBO will air a limited series based on J.K. Rowling’s crime novels written as Robert Galbraith
- Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner is doing an anthology series for Amazon. Psst….Jon Hamm doesn’t have much on his plate right now.
- Not super surprising – NBC is working on a Will & Grace revival.
- TV Land has found its Heathers for its TV remake of Heathers.
- Jennifer Lopez will star in NBC’s Bye Bye Birdie Live!.
- Ryan Murphy is planning an American Horror Story crossover season of Coven and Murder House.
- Spike TV has picked up an event series about Waco that stars Taylor Kitsch and Michael Shannon.
- Jim Gaffigan will be a regular on the third season of Fargo.
- Patti LuPone will appear on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
- Bernadette Peters and Paul Guilfoyle have joined the cast of The Good Wife spin-off, which now has a title.
- Billy Eichner will have a recurring role in the Netflix comedy Friends From College.
- HBO is considering bringing back The Night Of for another season. I hope it’s about the cat.
- Planet Earth II will debut on BBC America in January.
- Diablo Cody and Ian Brennan are developing a synchronized swimming comedy series for Fox.
- A Muppet Babies reboot is coming.
- Kaitlin Olson’s new comedy The Mick will debut January 1 after the NFL doubleheader.
- Raven-Symone is leaving The View for a That’s So Raven spinoff at Disney.
- Westworld’s Jimmi Simpson will appear on NBC’s This Is Us.
- Netflix renewed Frontier, starring Jason Momoa, before the series premiere.
- Production has resumed on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
- I never actually thought this was in doubt, but REDACTED is reportedly returning for Stranger Things second season.
- Hamilton’s Javier Munoz will appear on an episode of Quantico.
- Jai Courtney will attempt to romance Amy Poehler in Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later.
- This list of celebrities that would go to Westworld if it was real made me laugh.
- Mindy Kaling and Ed Weeks are developing a comedy for ABC about a lesbian couple.
- Fox has cut back on its series order for Making History, which hasn’t debuted yet.
- Bianca Del Rio from RuPaul’s Drag Race will star in two comedy specials on Logo.
- Fox has ordered a second season of Lucifer.
- Haley Joel Osment will play a pot farmer for a new Amazon sci-fi series.
- The Cruel Intentions TV series is officially DOA at NBC.
- Adam and Naomi Scott are producing a comedy at NBC.
- Netflix will have more subscribers than cable by 2017.
- Baskets will return to FX in January.
Movies
- J Law isn’t the only Zelda Fitzgerald in town; Scarlett Johansson will star in a second biopic.
- The Day of the Dead parade in Spectre inspired Mexico City to host one in real life.
- The Incredibles 2 will debut in 2018, but Toy Story 4 has been pushed back to 2019.
- Johnny Depp is joining the Fantastic Beasts movie franchise.
- Ice Cube has teamed with Disney and the director of Hamilton for a modern musical take on Oliver Twist. Cube will star as Fagin.
- Disney is working on a live-action Snow White remake.
- Kevin Hart is in negotiations to play Santa Claus in Dashing Through The Snow.
- Topher Grace joins the cast of the crime noir thriller, Under The Silver Lake.
- Catherine Keener will appear in Soldado, the sequel to Sicario.
- The Wrinkle In Time film adaption has added more people to the cast, including Zach Galifianakis.
- Oscar Isaac will star in the romance Life Itself.
- Shameless’ Cameron Monaghan is set to star in the supernatural thriller The White Devil.
- The Death Wish remake from Eli Roth has cast its lead villain.
- Tom Hardy will play Al Capone in Fonzo.
- Gerard Butler will return for Angel Has Fallen, the sequel to Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen.
- I wouldn’t hold your breath for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3.
- Kate Bosworth will play Sharon Tate in a new biopic.
- There’s a new Rambo movie in development that doesn’t feature Sylvester Stallone.
- Michael Fassbender will play two androids in Alien: Covenant.
- The Flash movie has lost its director (again).
- Former Deadpool director Tim Miller will now helm the Sonic the Hedgehog movie.
- Amazon will release Ben Stiller’s dramedy Brad’s Status, starring Stiller, Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson and Jenna Fischer.
Trailers
- Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk:
- 24: Legacy:
- Life:
- Rules Don’t Apply:
- The Crown:
- Dreamland:
- Split:
- Frank & Lola:
- The Eyes of My Mother:
- xXx: The Return of Xander Cage:
- Gifted:
- David Blaine: Beyond Magic:
- Fuller House, season 2:
- 20th Century Woman:
Music
- Adele is the subject of this month’s Vanity Fair cover story.
- A final A Tribe Called Quest album will drop on November 13th.
- Taylor Swift wrote a song for Little Big Town. Place your bets on which ex this one is about.
- Neil Young announced a new album, Peace Trail.
- Metallica released a new song, “Atlas, Rise!”
- Run the Jewels are going out on tour.
- Kesha has recorded 22 songs that are still waiting to see the light of day.
- Avenged Sevenfold’s new album will feature…..Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
- You can now stream Westworld’s instrumental covers of Radiohead and others.
- The Weeknd announced 2017 tour dates.
- Japandroids have announced a new album.
- Smashmouth and the Oakland A’s got in a Twitter dustup. 2016 keeps getting weirder.
- Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, and Bill Hader’s Talking Heads parody band will play Tenacious D’s Festival Supreme.
Books
- The Outlander book series will end after the 10th novel.
- R.L. Stine is writing a Marvel comic book.
Theater
- The Color Purple will end its Broadway run in January.
- David Tennant will return to West End to play a modern-day Don Juan.
Halloween Leftovers
- Kelsey Grammer was Sideshow Bob for Halloween.
- Bette Midler dressed up as her Hocus Pocus character for Halloween.
- Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner did Halloween together.
- Taylor Swift borrowed Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool costume.
- Shonda Rhimes got in “Formation” for the holiday.
- The Rock’s daughter inspired his Pikachu costume.
- Beyonce and Jay Z turned themselves into Barbie and Ken:
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- Tony Hawk’s Larry David costume is spot on.
- Amy Schumer and boyfriend Ben Hanisch channeled Stranger Things.
Odds and Ends
- Are Drake and Taylor Swift dating? Who knows, but it’s a fun combination to think about.
- The Smithsonian will honor Aziz Ansari, David Lynch, and OK Go.
- Bono was named one of Glamour’s “Women of the Year”
- Ciara and Russell Wilson are expecting their first child together.
- Idris Elba was in a kickboxing match over the weekend.
- The Muppets will lead the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade this year.
- Zayn Malik opens up about his struggles with an eating disorder while in One Direction.
- The Internet has been arguing over whether this is a photo of Tom Hanks or Bill Murray:
- Prince Harry is allegedly dating Suits actress Meghan Markle.
- Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx, who were allegedly dating for three years, have allegedly broken up.
- Mariah Carey and fiancé James Packer have called it quits.
- Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman to divorce after 11 years of marriage.
- Amber Tamblyn and David Cross are expecting a baby girl.
- Tippi Hedren says that she was sexually assaulted by Alfred Hitchcock.
- In addition to child pornography charges, Glee’s Mark Salling is now under investigation for rape.
- Actor Michael Massee has passed away.
- Kevin Curran, who was a writer and producer for The Simpsons, has died.
- Tony award winner Tammy Grimes has died at 82.
- Natalie Babbitt, author of Tuck Everlasting, has passed away.
- Per Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer is battling cancer.
- Tom Sizemore is being sued for allegedly running over a stuntman with a car while drunk.
Mashups and Supercuts
- In honor of the World Series, a fictional Cubs/Indians mashup:
- Tina Turner meets Queen:
- Bryan Cranston does a dramatic reading of Little Mix’s song, “Shout Out To My Ex”:
- Quantico’s Jay Armstrong Johnson paid tribute to Hocus Pocus:
- The Ghostbusters theme played on pumpkins:
- David S. Pumpkins makes every movie scarier:
- SPOILERS A LEGO recreation of the deaths in The Walking Dead season premiere:
- The Goonies recut as a thriller:
- A Stranger Things Christmas: