Sorry folks….there’s no witty intro this week. It’s straight down to business. Catch up on the pop culture that you may have missed in this week’s roundup.
- Here’s really the only news you need – Adele is releasing a new album, followed by a tour next year (allegedly).
- If you missed out on Beyonce and Jay Z’s On the Run tour, it will air as a special on HBO. Guess I didn’t have to go to Philly (yes I did).
- Whoa – there was a lost Seinfeld episode that was never filmed.
- I may be the only person delighted by this news, but Homestar Runner is coming back!
- In case you have been living under a rock – Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are expecting the world’s best looking baby.
- Christopher Walken will play Captain Hook in NBC’s live version of Peter Pan.
- George R.R. Martin has some words for those who don’t think he’ll finish the Song of Fire and Ice series.
- Jonah Hill and Scarlett Johansson are in talks to join the new Coen brothers movie.
- So Marvel decided to make Thor a woman for some unknown reason.
- As someone who cares about grammar, I enjoyed Weird Al’s “Blurred Lines” parody:
- Katy Perry has expressed interest in playing Cher in a Clueless musical. As if!
- We have a bunch of new details about Better Call Saul.
- Yahoo may also save the recently cancelled Enlisted.
- Could Colin Farrell and Taylor Kitsch star in the next season of True Detective? I hope so. #Texasforever.
- ABC has announced its fall premiere dates.
- The new Fantastic Four movie won’t be based on the comics.
- Martin Sheen and Sam Waterson will play lovers in the new Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie.
- The Jungle Book has found its Mowgi – and he’s adorable.
- Ariana Grande’s show, Sam & Cat, was cancelled by Nickelodeon.
- The unaired episodes of Don’t Trust the B in Apt. 23 will air this summer on LOGO.
- New seasons of Orphan Black and Broadchurch are coming in 2015.
- Whoa…this statue in Philly sure looks like Ron Swanson:
- The Tupac musical is already closing on Broadway.
- From the corrections department – the video that I posted off the 29 impressions in one song was a hoax.
- Could Mark Wahlberg be the next Six Million Dollar Man?
- You can watch James Franco’s short film starring Michael Shannon.
- Katherine Heigl wants to do a sequel to 27 Dresses; doesn’t think she’s difficult.
- Hope you weren’t too excited for the Spiderman spinoffs; you may have to wait awhile.
- Hellboy 3 probably isn’t happening.
- Despite rumors to the contrary, Orange Is The New Black has not been cancelled.
- Nathan Fielder did a Reddit AMA. So did Boba Fett.
- People are rating the Grand Budapest Hotel on Trip Advisor.
- Garth Brooks will kick off his tour in Chicago on September 4th. He is also involved in a huge clusterf*ck in Ireland
- The final season of Boardwalk Empire will debut September 7th.
- Paris Hilton has a new music video, which clearly means we have angered the gods:
- BBC America has picked up the rights to the historical drama The Last Kingdom, based on the book series The Saxon Stories.
- Bradley Cooper’s revival of Elephant Man on Broadway has been delayed.
- Thomas Jane to star in a drama on SyFy.
- Lena Dunham is going out on a book tour.
- A new study found that The Tonight Show is less a talk show and more a variety show.
- 10,000 people applied to be extras on Game of Thrones.
- Drake’s new album has a title.
- The woman who accused singer Conor Oberst of rape has recanted, admitting that she made it up for attention.
- Entertainment Weekly sorted celebrities into Hogwarts houses.
- See Sir Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes:
- Jason Momoa would like to be in the American Gods adaptation.
- Elle Fanning will star in the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s How To Talk To Girls at Parties.
- You can watch a documentary about the making of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia online.
- Rosie O’Donnell is returning to The View and former co-worker Elisabeth Hasselbeck ain’t too pleased.
- Joss Whedon brought back Firefly….sort of.
- Bruce Springsteen made a post-apocalyptic short film. Why? Because he’s The Boss.
- Chris Columbus will be involved in the new Gremlins and Goonies films.
- There are some cool prototypes over at LEGO Ideas….including a Mary Poppins playset.
- Hulu debuted their reality show spoofing series, The Hotwives of Orlando.
- Katy Perry’s song “Birthday” is scientifically proven to make you happy. I dispute these findings.
- Tumblr of the week: It’s Better With Batman.
- Sandra Bullock allegedly faced stalker during a home invasion. Scary stuff.
- Zachary Quinto and Emma Robert to appear in Michael with James Franco.
- A new Rainbow Brite cartoon is in the works.
- Someone created a playlist of every song mentioned in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower.
- This is pretty cool – a look at the visual effects on Game of Thrones (spoilers):
- CM Punk will do red carpet coverage at the Alternative Press Music Awards.
- People are starting to name their babies Archer, which is a solid move in my book.
- Django is also now a more popular name than Andrew.
- Netflix Enhancer for Chrome makes it easier to stream movies and multitask.
- Rob Lowe and Candace Bergen will star in the Lifetime movie Beautiful and Twisted.
- Sigourney Weaver reprised her role as Ripley for the Alien: Isolation game.
- A documentary about Batkid is raising funds through crowdsourcing.
- Ben Kingsley will appear in a King Tut event series on Spike TV.
- Alec Baldwin is in talks for Mission: Impossible 5.
- Archie will be killed in an upcoming comic book, taking a bullet to save his gay best friend.
- Hodor (Hodor!) is DJing a “Rave of Thrones” tour in Australia.
- Kerr Smith will appear on the new season of Criminal Minds.
- Someone created Game of Thrones sigils for all 50 states:
- Jane Krakowski has joined Adam Sandler’s sci-fi comedy Pixels.
- This guy does a pretty solid Peter Griffin impersonation.
- All seasons of South Park are now available on Hulu.
- The Facts of Life alums Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields are reuniting for a TV movie.
- The Big Bang Theory’s Melissa Rauch will star in a new film, The Bronze.
- Blink-182 is working on a new album.
- Jenny Lewis gets Kristen Stewart, Brie Larson and Anne Hathaway for her new music video.
- Penelope Cruz and Sacha Baron Cohen will star in Grimsby.
- Cinemax has ordered a second season of The Knick before it debuted.
- Karyn Parsons, best known for playing Hilary on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, now runs an organization that makes animated short films about influential African-Americans.
- Robert Redford will play Dan Rather.
Your weekly trailer break:
- Katt Williams’ new standup special, Priceless:
- A new look at Gotham:
- And another:
- A new address from President Snow to promote the new Hunger Games film:
- A red band trailer for Scarlett Johansson’s Lucy:
- Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken:
- Daniel Radcliffe in Horns:
- Benicio Del Toro as Pablo Escobar in Paradise Lost:
- Disney’s Big Hero 6:
- The official trailer for the new season of Doctor Who:
- Apparently Ryan Reynolds is still allowed to make movies; his latest is The Captive:
- Reese Witherspoon in Wild:
- A trailer for the theatrical re-release of Ghostbusters:
- I’d go see this – an Off-Broadway musical about stand-up comedy starring actual stand-up comedians.
- George Clooney called out The Daily Mail over a story about his future mother-in-law.
- Star Trek friends…here’s a phaser that serves as a remote control for your TV.
- Tim and Eric are going out on tour – and will be joined by John C. Reilly
- To raise funds for two theaters, House of Cards is raffling off a chance to eat BBQ and rehearse a scene with Kevin Spacey.
- Kim Kardashian’s game is set to make 200 million American dollars.
- Bill Burr ranted about how terrible dance music is, so a DJ turned said rant into dance music:
- Steven Soderbergh is making an 80s themed pilot starring Jennifer Grey for Amazon.
- It took five hours a day to put David Bautista in make-up for his role in Guardians of the Galaxy.
- Guillermo del Toro is working on a small black and white movie.
- Justin Bieber has been charged with misdemeanor vandalism.
- An 8th grade metal band just landed a million dollar record deal with Sony.
- Beck’s sheet-music collection is being turned into an album.
- R. Kelly is planning a dance album. So is Dolly Parton. Imagine if the two of them teamed up!
- An American Psycho musical will play Off-Broadway next year.
- Brooks Wheelan won’t be returning to SNL:
- Noel Wells and John Milhiser are also not returning.
- A bunch of cast members from Baywatch are making a movie – where they can’t reference Baywatch.
- Guy Ritchie welcomed his third child with Jacqui Ainsley.
- Poppy Montgomery is pregnant with a baby boy.
- Robert Downey, Jr. and his wife are expecting a baby girl in November.
- Jersey Shore’s JWoww gave birth to a baby girl.
- Jeff Goldblum is engaged.
- Nick and Vanessa Lachey will be the parents to a baby girl.
- Billy Joel’s mother Rosalind passed away. She was 92 and loaned her name to one of her son’s songs.
- She-Ra got a makeover:
- Here’s an oral history of the early days of LucasArts.
As always, we end with the mashups and supercuts
- Brett has been shot a lot on Archer:
- Greenpeace tries to be a total buzzkill with “Everything Is Not Awesome”
- A third mashup of dancing in movies:
- Someone reimagined Michael Keaton movies as Mortal Kombat:
- Saving Private Ryan in the style of The Expendables:
- LEGO pays tribute to Doctor Who:
- A supercut of every fight from the Transformers movies:
- And finally….someone recreated the opening credits of The Sopranos in Grand Theft Auto: