Pop Culture Odds and Ends – The Bills are in the Playoffs (!!!) Edition

It finally happened – the Buffalo Bills are once again going to the playoffs. I honestly didn’t know if I would ever get to experience this as a fan; I wasn’t part of the #BillsMafia when they last made a playoff appearance in 1999 and there wasn’t much in my time as a fan to give me much hope. Up until this year, I had only seen one winning season as a fan. Going into the game Sunday, I was trying not to get my hopes up – a lot of things had to go right for the Bills to end their playoff drought. And if years of watching the Bills have taught me anything, it’s that things rarely go right for us. So New Year’s Eve was quite the emotional roller coaster; people at the bar were watching me watch the game because I’m pretty sure I had at least one nervous breakdown. Even when the Bengals scored their final touchdown to knock out the Ravens, I refused to celebrate until the clock hit zero and the game was official – and then I started crying and hugging people (including total strangers). That’s what being part of a tortured fan base will do to you.

I have no idea how far the Bills will actually make it in the playoffs, but just getting this particular monkey off their back is really enough for me. Sorry Seattle Mariners – you now wear the playoff drought crown. You have my sympathies.

So while I figure out if I should set up a GoFundMe page to get me to the playoff game in Jacksonville, catch yourself up on the pop culture that you may have missed over holiday break.

Television

• A Mad About You revival is apparently in the works at NBC.
• Showtime has canceled White Famous after one season.
• Gillian Anderson will leave The X-Files after this season.
• Netflix renews She’s Gotta Have It for a second season.
• The second season of A Series of Unfortunate Events returns to Netflix in March.
• Netflix has ordered a second season of Dark.
• Rose McGowan is getting an E! docu-series that will feature her fight against sexual harassment in Hollywood.
• Ed Sheeran will cameo on The Simpsons.
• Here is when your favorite shows are returning in 2018.
• FX gives a full season order to Ryan Murphy’s Pose; sadly, Tatiana Maslany will not appear in the series after all.
• Don’t go on Jeopardy! if you don’t know the difference between gangsters and gangstas.
• Disney has decided not to go forward with an animated Haunted Mansion series, but you can watch a teaser.
• A What We Do In The Shadows spinoff is coming to TV this year.
• Gravity Falls has redubbed the voice of the character originally played by Louis C.K.
• Hoda Kotb will replace Matt Lauer as co-anchor on Today.
• Here is the all-time points winner of Whose Line Is It Anyway.
• Here’s what is coming and going from HBO in January. And Hulu.

Movies

• Netflix has ordered a sequel to Bright.
• Idris Elba and Jessica Chastain would be interested in It: Chapter 2.
• Cooper Andrews has joined the cast of Shazam!.
• Daniel Day-Lewis made an actual dress from scratch to prepare for his role in Phantom Thread.
• Ferdia Shaw to play the lead in the Artemis Fowl movie. Judi Dench and Josh Gad will also star.
• Go figure – Vin Diesel is 2017’s top-grossing actor.
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants reunited:

Didn’t think anything could beat kicking off the new year with the #TIMESUP initiative, but then… pic.twitter.com/WLbtL6f8qV

— Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) January 2, 2018

• Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek movie to be penned by Mark L. Smith, the screenwriter of The Revenant.
• Nick Cannon and Chris Brown (yup – that Chris Brown) are making a women’s basketball movie.
• The untitled Cloverfield sequel has been pushed to April 2018.
• The original Michael Myers will return for the new Halloween movie.
• The director of Gerald’s Game wants to do a sequel to The Shining next.
• The biggest move flops of 2017.
• A Star Is Born will be released October 5, 2018.
• Here are the 100 best reviewed movies of 2017, per Rotten Tomatoes.
• A deleted scene from The Breakfast Club has surfaced.

Trailers

• Overboard:

 

• End of the F**cking World:

 

• A Futile and Stupid Gesture:

 

• Death Wish:

 

• Mom and Dad:

 

• Euphoria:

 

• Step Sisters:

 

• The Looming Tower:

 

• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again:

 

• Scorched Earth:

 

• Roseanne:

 

• Fifty Shades Freed:

 

• Den of Thieves:

 

• Paddington 2:

 

• Slender Man:

 

• Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block:

 

• Half Magic:

Music

• Justin Timberlake is dropping a new album on February 2^nd.
• Eminem, The Weeknd, and Beyoncé will headline Coachella this year.

• Eminem is a busy guy – he’ll also headline the Governors Ball with Jack White and Yeah Yeah Yeah.
• Drake and Lil Wayne released a new Family Feud freestyle.
• Jay Z released a video for Family Feud that is sadly only currently available on Tidal.
• Frank Ocean may be hinting at a new album release.
• Ariana Grande may be teasing some new music.
• Kendrick Lamar released a music video for “LOVE.”
• Tom Petty’s music publisher is suing Spotify.
• John Williams will write a new theme for Solo: A Star Wars Story.
• The best live jazz performances of 2017.

Stand-Up

• A list of the top 1,000 comedians.
• The best comedy specials of 2017.
• Ricky Gervais has a second stand-up special heading to Netflix.

Books

• The best romance books of 2017.
• The editor’s comments on Milo Yiannopoulous’ manuscript are brutal.

Theater

• Des McAnuff will lead a Donna Summer musical to Broadway in April.
• Hamilton ticket prices hit $1,150 during the holiday week.

Odds and Ends

• Hollywood actresses, writers, producers, and talent agents have launched a new campaign to stop sexual harassment.
• John Oliver says that he tried and failed with his confrontation of Dustin Hoffman about sexual harassment.
• Male stars will also wear black to the Golden Globes to highlight sexual misconduct problems in Hollywood – though it seems like most of them wear black anyway.
• Facebook has the exclusive streaming rights to the Golden Globes red carpet pre-show.
• Rolling Stone founder Jann Warner accused of sexual assault.
• Ringo Starr and Barry Gibb were knighted.
• Will Smith is now on Instagram.
• Saint West, son of Kimye, was hospitalized for pneumonia.
• YouTube star Logan Paul facing backlash after posting a video showing a dead body.
• After an injury, Carrie Underwood had 50 stitches in her face.
• Real Housewives of New York’s Luann de Lesseps was arrested for battery.
• Laura Dern is apparently dating NBA player Baron Davis.
• Paris Hilton and actor Chris Zylka are engaged.
• Maria Menounos married Kevin Undergaro live during New Year’s Eve broadcast. Steve Harvey officiated.
• Khloe Kardashian has finally confirmed she and Tristan Thompson are expecting. You’re move, Kylie.
• American Ferrera and Ryan Piers Williams are expecting their first child.
• Chip and Joanna Gaines are expecting their fifth child.
• Jamie Lynn Spears and Jamie Watson are expecting.
• Jessica Alba and Cash Warren have welcomed their third child.
• Jordan Feldstein, manager of Maroon 5 and brother of Johan Hill, has died. He was 40.
• Actress Heather Menzies Urich, who played Louisa in The Sound of Music, has died. She was 68
• Actor Alfie Curtis has passed away. Star Wars fans will know him from his role of Dr. Cornelius Evazan.
• Author Sue Grafton has died. She was 77.
• Actress Rose Marie has died. She was 94.

Mashups and Supercuts

• Ed Sheeran covers Eric Clapton’s “Layla”:

 

• Watch Gaten Matarazzo’s band cover Paramore:

 

• Sean Astin reprises his three greatest film roles:

 

• Did Karl Pilkington predict two storylines from Black Mirror season 4? *spoilers*

 

• LEGO Stranger Things:

 

• Star Wars meets “War Pigs”:

 

• Stranger Things episode imagined as paperback book covers:

 

• Every Stan Lee cameo ever:

 

• Lake Street Dive covers “Take On Me”:

 

 

Pop Culture Odds and Ends – I’m An Auntie Edition

He made us wait for it, but my nephew finally made his glorious debut on this planet last week. Kudos to my sister-in-law ushering this perfect little creature into our lives. It’s amazing how much he has changed all of us already and he isn’t even a week old. So far being an auntie is pretty easy – I show up, hold the baby for a while, and then get to bail if he gets fussy. Honestly, this is kind of a perfect arrangement. And it’s amazing how biology works – obviously this isn’t my kid, but when I look down at him in my arms, I’m pretty sure that I would take a bullet for him. Hopefully that theory is never tested, but who knows – it’s too early to determine how good he’s going to be at life choices.

Meanwhile, the pop culture world keeps spinning, so while I ooh and ahh over this baby get yourself caught up on everything that you might have missed in the last week with this installment of the roundup.

Television

• The WGA strike is looking likely – see how it will affect your favorite television shows.
• Fox orders another season of the X-Files revival.
• Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon to star in Fahrenheit 451 for HBO.
• Never a good sign – NBC has pulled Powerless from its line-up.
• Amazon has ordered a second season of Patriot.
• Crackle has renewed Snatch and SuperMansion.
• A Rick and Morty fan paid $14,700 for McDonald’s Szechuan sauce.
• TBS renewed The Detour for a third season.
• AMC is bringing back Into The Badlands for a third season.
• Netflix is rebooting the cult Japanese TV show Monkey and people have some concerns.
• Hulu has ordered a Locke and Key pilot.
• Here’s who will appear in Marvel’s New Warriors sitcom.
• A drama series based on the life of Snoop Dogg is in development.
• Riverdale will be recasting the role of Reggie (currently played by Ross Butler).
• Mark Consuelos will play Veronica’s dad on Riverdale.
• Netflix’s pot dispensary comedy Disjointed premieres in August. Kathy Bates stars.
• Rosario Dawson won’t appear in The Punisher.
• Michael Mann may make a miniseries about the Vietnam War.
• Supergirl has cast General Zod.
• Olivia De Havilland has no time to comment on Ryan Murphy’s Feud.
• National Geographic Channel has picked up Jay Z’s docuseries on race.
• Jack White’s docuseries American Epic hits PBS in May.
• Younger gets a fifth season at TV Land.
• National Geographic has renewed the anthology series Genius.
• Lifetime has picked up a stalker drama series from Greg Berlanti.
• Jason Alexander’s “modern-day Partridge Family” series has been picked up.
• Despite their off-screen split, Tarek and Christina El Moussa will be back for another season of Flip or Flop.
• Sir Mix-a-Lot is getting a house-flipping show on the DIY Network.
• Here’s what’s coming to Hulu in May. Here’s what’s leaving Netflix. And leaving HBO.

Movies

• Get ready parents – we now know when Frozen 2 will arrive.
• Deadpool 2 will hit theaters June 1, 2018.
• Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen will play Timon and Pumbaa in The Lion King.
• Michael K. Williams joins Chris Evans in the true-life drama Red Sea Diving Resort.
• Michael K. Williams will also play Miles Davis.
• The release date for Indiana Jones 5 has been delayed a year.
• Dwayne Johnson will reportedly return for Fast and Furious 9.
• Meanwhile, a Fast and Furious spin-off with Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham is rumored to be in the works.
• Madonna is getting the biopic treatment. So is Vince McMahon.
• Callum Turner in talks to play Newt’s brother in the new Fantastic Beasts movie.
• Jeff Goldblum will appear in Jurassic World 2.
• Margot Robbie will play Elizabeth I.
• Morgan Spurlock’s next documentary subject will be brains.
• Clint Eastwood’s next film will depict the 2015 Paris train terrorist attack.
• Martin Scorsese may make a film with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro and someone needs to make this happen.
• Awkwafina is the latest cast member of the adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians.
• The Netflix movie Outlaw King may reunite Chris Pine and Ben Foster.
• Ken Jeong, David Koechner, Tituss Burgess, and Peyton List join the drama Departures.
• Will Smith is in talks to play Genie in Aladdin.
• Take this with a grain of salt – news about the Avatar sequels.
• Taissa Farmiga will star in the Conjuring spin-off The Nun.
• Chris Rock and Adam Sandler to star in a Netflix movie from Robert Smigel.
• Guillermo del Toro’s next film will arrive in December.
• Danny Pudi’s comedy Tiger Hunter will be released in the fall.
• Luke Hemsworth will star in the sci-fi drama Encounter.
• Ang Lee may direct Gemini Man.
• Vince Vaughn is producing a documentary about relations about police and race relations. I’m sure that will end well.
• Twitter may have convinced Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o to be in a film together.

Trailers

• The Keepers:

 

• Cloak and Dagger:

 

• Kingsman: The Golden Circle:

 

 

• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, season 3:

 

• Hidden America, season 2:

 

• The Beguiled:

 

• Once Upon A Time:

 

• The Exception:

 

• Churchill:

 

• Pirates of the Caribbean 5:

 

• Wrestling with Chyna:

 

• Blood Drive:

 

• Batman and Bill:

 

Music

• Here’s the full track list for the soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
• Another new song from Frank Ocean.
• Bruce Springsteen unveiled a new protest song.
• Elton John cancels performances after being hospitalized with a “potentially deadly” infection.
• Bill Murray is making classical music and going out on tour.
• Lana Del Rey and the Weeknd collaborated on a new single.
• Harry Styles is doing a week long residency on The Late Late Show with James Corden.
• Paramore has released a new single.
• Roger Waters reveals first album in 24 years.
• Kenny G gave a surprise performance on a flight.
• Listen to John Melencamp’s new album here.
• Elvis Costello will perform at the Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after-party.
• Jawbreakers will reunite. So will Bananarama.
• Tori Amos has a new album coming out.
• Dinosaur Jr. and Built To Spill will play classic albums live at Riot Fest this year.
• Sony and Dr. Luke have reportedly parted ways.
• Billy Joel has sold out Madison Square Garden 40 times since 2104.

Stand-up

• Michelle Wolf had landed a HBO stand-up special.
• Netflix announced premiere dates for stand-up specials from Maria Bamford, Norm Macdonald, and Sarah Silverman.

Theater

• Chris Evans is headed to Broadway (and I assure you, I will follow).
• Baayork Lee will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award.
• The Tonys will bring back the Best Sound Design categories.
• Jordan Fisher reveals the Hamilton cast tradition for each King George.

Books

• Gabrielle Union’s memoir has a title.
• Judd Apatow is writing another book about comedians.
• Marc Maron’s new book is coming out in October.
• Lena Dunham is taking her Lenny Letter newsletter out on tour.
• Things we learned from Kelly Osbourne’s new memoir.

Odds and Ends

• The 2017 Peabody Award winners were announced.
• Julia Roberts was named “Most Beautiful Woman” for a fifth time by People, which seems like overkill.
• Richard Simmons allegedly issued a statement about his recent hospitalization.
• The residents of Woodstock, Alabama are conflicted over the podcast S-Town.
• Norman Lear is launching a podcast.
• Larry David’s daughter Cazzie has a new webseries.
• The kids who crashed their dad’s BBC interview have gotten their own YouTube series.
• Rob Lowe is the new Colonel Sanders.
• John Waters is hosting his own summer camp for weirdos.
• An ant has been named after Radiohead.
• Derek Jeter and Jeb Bush are part of a group that has purchased the Miami Marlins.
• Beyoncé has launched a scholarship program.
• Sharon Purser (Stranger Things’ Barb) came out as bisexual.
• I really want this story about Tom Hardy chasing down a moped thief to be true.
• Heath Ledger’s sister dispels the rumors that the role of the Joker contributed to his overdose.
• Former Bachelor Chris Soules arrested for leaving the scene of a fatal car accident.
• Serena Williams and fiancée Alexis Ohanian are expecting their first child.
• Jesse Williams and wife Aryn Drake-Lee are set to divorce after five years of marriage.
• Amber Heard and Elon Musk are apparently a thing now.
• Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne are engaged.
• Author Robert M. Pirsig has died. He was 88.
• Musician Cuba Gooding Sr. died. He was 72.
• Actress Erin Moran has passed away at 56.

Mashups and Supercuts

• A mashup of Star Wars and The Room:

Oh hi Mark! pic.twitter.com/6K83Dhb24N

— PistolShrimps (@PistolShrimps) April 22, 2017

 

• James Corden and Kevin James do some karaoke:

 

• Ludacris rapped Llama Llama Red Pajama:

 

• The Real Grouches of Sesame Street:

 

• Silence of the Lambs as a rom-com:

Pop Culture Odds and Ends – Almost the Oscars Edition

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It’s T-minus four days until the Oscars and once again my Oscar death race has kind of petered out as we cross the finish line. I’m still hoping for a strong finish this weekend, but I’m punting the Best Foreign Film, Best Original Song and all the Shorts categories because they are impossible to track down or were only available for a limited time and I missed them. This is probably the latest in the process that I’ve still had some of the performances in the acting categories to watch, which is more a testament to the fact that I don’t really want to watch Steve Jobs or 45 Years than anything else. I totally forgot about the documentary features, which I do want to see, so it may be a long weekend of Netflix and no chill for me. Got to stay focused. The upside of this is that since I’ve accepted that I’m not going to be able to see everything, I can continue my boycott of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was already ruined for me anyway. Children do not quite grasp the concept of “spoiler alert.”

But my laziness with the Oscar death race does not extend to the pop culture roundup; instead of watching the remaining Oscar nominees, I’ve been scouring the web, near and far, to find the best that the world of pop culture has had to offer in the last week. I’ve put together quite the smorgasbord of pop culture stories, so go ahead and get yourself caught up while I pour over movie times and streaming options.

• Amy Adams will star in the TV adaptation of Gillian Fynn’s Sharp Objects.
• Octavia Spencer and Taraji P. Henson will play mathematicians in Hidden Figures.
• Josh Hutcherson is attached to star in a Hulu pilot from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
• As Downton Abbey comes to an end, here’s a look back at all the awful stuff that’s happened to Lady Edith.
• Justice League: Part One will start filming this spring.
• Kurt Russell has officially signed on for Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2.
• Martin Freeman’s role in Captain American: Civil War has finally been revealed.
• HBO has renewed Vinyl.
• This entire Twitter exchange between Chris Evans, Ryan Reynolds and Robert Downey Jr. is glorious.
• Lip Sync Battle, Jr. is in development.
• Has this Ghostbusters toy reveled the villain for the reboot?
• I’m having a surprisingly hard time getting people to stay at the American Horror Story Murder House, which was listed on AirBnb.
• Joe Manganielle will star in History’s eight-episode Navy SEAL drama.
• A portrait of Frank Underwood will hang in the Smithsonian during election season.
• Quentin Tarantino already has Ennio Morricone lined up for his next film.
• Julianne Moore is in talks for Kingsman: The Secret Service 2.
• So the Grammys mistook two random people in the audience for Ed Sheeran’s parents.
• Rihanna and Drake get steamy in her new video for “Work” (NSFW):

 

• Anna Diop will be part of the 24 reboot.
• X-Files prequel novels will follow a young Mulder and Scully.
• Keira Knightley is in talks for Barbra Streisand’s Catherine the Great.
• Jeff Bridges set to star in David Milch’s adaptation of Shadow Country.
• Not only is Amazon doing a series with Woody Allen, but they have picked up his next movie as well.
• Daniel Craig has reportedly made his decision about playing James Bond again.
• Vanessa Hudgens will star in the NBC DC Comics pilot, Powerless. Danny Pudi and Alan Tudyk will bring the show some nerd cred.
• Steve Martin performed his first stand-up in 35 years. He opened for Jerry Seinfeld.
• The ill-advised Dirty Dancing series reboot has found its Johnny Castle.
• Jon Hamm helped save a hummingbird because he’s perfect in every way.
• Comedy Central’s Review will end after its upcoming abbreviated third season.
• Probably connected – Andy Daly to star in an ABC comedy pilot.
• A mysterious wealthy investor has offered to fund a Happy Endings movie. Make this happen!
• Vikings’ Clive Standen will star in the Taken TV series.
• Adele’s son wore a Frozen Anna costume to Disneyland. How is this movie still this popular?
• The audio of Kanye’s pre­-SNL meltdown has leaked.
• There is a petition to have Deadpool (not Ryan Reynolds) host SNL.
• Deadpool has responded (NSFW):

 

• Kendrick Lamar will induct N.W.A. into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• Anna Gunn has joined an ABC sitcom pilot.
• Superstore earned a second season on NBC.
• Ryan Reynolds may sign up for Life, a sci-fi thriller form the writers of Deadpool.
• A new pilot from Amy Poehler will reunite Kevin Nealon and Elizabeth Perkins.
• Netflix’s One Day at a Time remake casts Justina Machado in Bonnie Franklin’s role.
• FX has renewed Baskets.
• Mad Men’s Jessica Paré is joining the cast of Amazon’s The Interstings.
• Gillian Anderson would like to play a Bind villain. Your move, Hollywood.
• The View will be back for a 20^th season.
• Djimon Hounsou has joined Wayward Pines.
• Golden Girls are exploding – the are getting Funko figures and possibly an adult coloring book.
• Here’s what is coming to Netflix in March. Here’s HBO Now’s March additions and Hulu’s offerings.
• Doctor Who will come to Amazon Prime in March.

Time for some trailers…..

• Orphan Black, season 4:

 

• Hulu’s The Path:

 

• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, season 2:

 

• Pete’s Dragon:

 

• Netflix’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny:

 

• Absolutely Fabulous (the movie):

 

• The documentary Fastball:

 

• Kill Your Friends:

 

• The Walking Dead: Michonnne:

 

• Flight of the Conchords will reunite for the Newport Folk Festival.
• Henry Winkler has joined Bill Hader’s HBO comedy pilot.
• Justin Long will star in ABC’s soccer comedy pilot, Dream Team.
• Demian Bichir is now a part of Alien: Covenant.
• Oscar Sunday, Ava DuVernay, Ryan Googler and Hannibal Buress are doing a free event in Flint, Michigan.
• Jean-Claude Van Damme will star in an action-comedy series for Amazon. It sounds kind of bananas.
• Metallica has been named 2016 Record Store Day Ambassador.
• If they make a Metroid movie, Ronda Rousey wants in.
• B.J. Novak is still coming up with ideas for Michael Scott.
• Casey Affleck and Stephen Colbert had a very awkward interview on The Late Show.
• American Crime’s Taylor John Smith to play the lead in NBC’s Cruel Intentions sequel series.
• Both History Channel and truTV are getting into the late-night comedy game.
• Niecy Nash sticks with what she’s good at and will play an aspiring police officer in a Fox comedy pilot.
• Channing Dungey is the new president of ABC Entertainment Group, the first black person to lead a major broadcast network.
• This week there was not only a mini-The Office reunion…..

Hey West Coast, sorry I can't watch You, Me and the Apocalypse live with you tonight but I'm at dinner with these jokers! @angelakinsey #oscarnunez #ymata Starts in 5 mins Riverside, San Diego, Rialto, Pasadena!

A photo posted by Jenna Fischer (@msjennafischer) on Feb 18, 2016 at 7:53pm PST

 

• but a Destiny’s Child reunion as well:

🍾🎈❤️

A photo posted by kellyrowland (@kellyrowland) on Feb 21, 2016 at 12:06pm PST

 

• I’m still not fully on board with a Marry Poppins sequel, but if you have to do it Emily Blunt is a good choice.
• A live-action Astro Boy movie is in the works from the writers of San Andreas.
• Speaking of San Andreas, a sequel has been confirmed. The Rock, Carla Gugino and Alexandra Daddario will return.
• In his non-existent free time, The Rock will also co-host the 2016 MTV Movie Awards with Kevin Hart.
• True Blood’s Kelly Overton will play the titular character in Syfy’s Van Helsing series.
• Emma Watson is taking a year off from acting to focus on feminism and personal development.
• @TheTweetofGod has ended his run on Twitter.
• New details on the John Wick sequel.
• A&E has cancelled Unforgettable.
• Tony Danza may return to TV in a NBC family comedy.
• Jayma Mays has been cast in NBC’s pilot The Trail.
• Vulture has a piece on why the legacy of Stan Lee is in question.
• Sorry Canadians – you can still host Jeopardy! but you can no longer be a contestant.
• Morgan Freeman’s voice is now an option on Waze, fulfilling his ultimate destiny.
• The Ninth Circuit has ruled against the sergeant who filed a lawsuit over The Hurt Locker.
• Lionel Richie once sent Dave Grohl 500 muffins.
• Based on this first photo from the set of the Baywatch movie, I don’t feel so bad that I not a strong swimmer 😉

EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: #BAYWATCH Day 1. My character "Mitch Buchannon" just gave @zacefron's character "Matt Brody" the all important beach speech about what it means to have manly "Alpha balls". Zac's ad-libbed responses were brilliant! Talented and great dude. World get ready to have some fun, 'cause the beach will never be the same again. #OnSet #BAYWATCH #Day1 #AlphaBalls #NowWhoNeedsMouthToMouth?😂

A photo posted by therock (@therock) on Feb 22, 2016 at 3:23pm PST

 

• The complete history of Johnny Depp’s moonlighting as a rock musician.
• IFC has ordered two new comedy series: Stan Against Evil and Brockmire.
• David Attenborough will return to narrate a sequel to Planet Earth.
• VH1 is turning the hip-hop movie The Breaks into a series.
• The great Stockard Channing is starring in a NBC comedy pilot.
• Amazon orders a comedy pilot from Jill Soloway (Transparent).
• Abigail Spencer will star in NBC’s drama pilot Time.
• America’s Next Top Model will return – without Tyra Banks.
• Wyclef Jean did a Reddit AMA and it did not go well.
• Shia LaBeouf is hanging out in an elevator for 24 hours in the name of art.
• The crowd at an iHeartRadio event booed Kris Jenner while she introduced Culture Club.
• Here are the lineups for the third season of Adam Devine’s House Party
• Chrissy Teigan has a new cookbook.
• Goo Goo Dolls are going out on tour.
• Sylvester Stallone was once arrested for throwing a chicken at someone.
• Kesha’s request to be released from Sony has been denied.
• A comprehensive guide of the Kesha/Dr. Luke legal battle.
• Jack Antonoff has offered to produce new music with Kesha and Taylor Swift gave her $250,000.
• Celine Dion will livestream a tribute to her husband during her first Vegas show following his death.
• Vanessa Hudgens is under investigation for graffiti on federally protected red rock.
• Saint West has made his Instagram debut – and he’s damn cute:

SAINT WEST

A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Feb 22, 2016 at 8:57am PST

 

• Ne-Yo and Crystal Renay got hitched over the weekend.
• Paramore’s Hayley Williams has married New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert.
• The Game and Young Thug have dragged their children into their beef.
• Douglas Slocombe, the cinematographer behind the original Indiana Jones trilogy, has passed away at 103.
• Mob Wives star Angela “Big Ang” Raiola lost her battle with cancer. She was 55.
• That’s So Raven’s Orlando Brown was arrested for alleged battery and drug possession.
• This one hurts…..Harper Lee has passed away at 89.

As always, we end with the supercuts and mashups:

• The Martian recut as a musical comedy:

 

• Eva Longoria does a dramatic reading of Spice Girls’ “Wannabe”:

 

• A supercut of ever Academy Award winner for Best Special Effects:

 

• KCeeLo & The Sunshine Band:

 

• Barney is a lot less annoying when he’s doing Notorious B.I.G.:

 

• Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” sung in 20 different styles:

 

• Make that 21 different styles:

 

• Hotline Bing:

 

• And finally, Winter is Trumping: