Early Buzz: Harper Lee, 'The Office' and more
Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had an excellent Free Comic Book Day, Star Wars Day, Kentucky Derby, Cinco de Mayo and all the rest. I had a great time chatting with Isabella Rossellini last night, and I'll let you know when it goes online!
Some headlines:
- Check out this new Arrested Development poster.
- The L.A. Times has a long story about the end of The Office.
- A Mister Rogers biopic could be in the works.
- Gareth Keenan investigates! Mackenzie Crook talks about his role on Game of Thrones.
- To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee has sued to regain the book's copyright.
- NPR talks to comedian/Dad Is Fat author Jim Gaffigan.
- Hear a new Lauryn Hill song.
- Publishers Weekly explores "how graphic novels became the hottest section in the library."
- Watch Metallica perform The Star-Spangled Banner at a Giants game over the weekend.
- Some readers offer their best Chewbacca roars.
- In this video, J.J. Abrams and Simon Pegg talk about Star Wars.
- In case you can't get enough Marc Maron interviews lately, here's another.
- The Academy has changed some voting rules in regards to documentaries, foreign films and more.
- Celebrity Rehab is kaput, thank goodness.
- Zach Braff talks about his Kickstarter campaign.
- I like these pics of "food and drink requested by famous musicians backstage."
- Watch Thom Yorke perform Karma Police solo on The Jonathan Ross Show.
- TheNew York Times has a good roundup of upcoming Blu-ray releases.
- I'm surprised that Netflix doesn't think a Firefly revival would attract a large enough audience.
- Half of The Smiths reunited the other night (Morrissey not included).
- Peruse these Mad Men characters and their comic-book counterparts.
- This subway-style map of the best movies of all time is pretty great.
- "The 20 Most Skintight Superhero Costumes."
- And finally, can you ace this Game of Thrones butt quiz?