Early Buzz: NPH, 'Mad Men' theories and more

Good morning! It's supposed to be 90 degrees here today, which really makes me wish I had air conditioning. Ugh!

A few headlines selected just for you:

- Amazon has picked up five of its original pilots, including Alpha House and Betas.

- I like this clever ad campaign from PBS.

- Neil Patrick Harris will host the Emmys.

- Samuel L. Jackson is offering to read one Reddit user's monologue out loud.

- Netflix is open to doing more Arrested Development episodes.

- Wow, I didn't realize Martin Landau plays the 89-year-old millionaire in Lifetime's Anna Nicole Smith movie.

- Rick Springfield will have his first novel published next year.

- Who the heck is Bob Benson on Mad Men?

- And what's this about Megan Draper's link to Sharon Tate?

- NPR chats with cartoonist Lynda Barry.

- Our friend Zack S. writes about the "31 loose ends" from the new season of Arrested Development.

- Anthrax's Scott Ian talks about why he finds Morrissey's voice "unlistenable."

- Director Ed Wood could get a statue in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

- President Clinton has endorsed a new graphic novel.

- Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant talks about the clothes in last weekend's episode.

- Spin lists the 40 best songs of the year so far.

- Joss Whedon will judge this Much Ado About Nothing fan poster contest.

- This is an intense chart of the Stephen King universe.

- Patrick Stewart has never eaten pizza?!

- And finally, watch this man tell his life story via Etch A Sketch.