Early Buzz: 'Portlandia,' Joni Mitchell and more

And a pleasant morning to you! I hope your week has been happy and productive — last night I watched Evocateur, the Morton Downey Jr. documentary I mentioned last week. It's pretty interesting and includes lots of footage of people wearing wacky '80s outfits. Check it out on iTunes if you can.

Headlines:

- IFC has renewed Portlandia for two more seasons.

- Take a look at Rob Lowe as JFK in a new TV movie.

- Singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs writes a moving essay about her decision to come out.

- James Franco writes about Strangers on a Train.

- I was just listening to this Joni Mitchell interview yesterday. It's fantastic.

- We have an interview with Joss Whedon.

- Watch the new trailer for 300: Rise of an Empire.

- Here's a new Wolverine trailer.

- Parker Lewis' Corin Nemec has filed a lawsuit after breaking his leg on the set of a film.

- Here's a list of children's TV show controversies.

- The creator of Downton Abbey says he's glad (a certain character) is dead.

- The Beatles' Octopus's Garden is becoming a kids' book.

- Katee Sackhoff tweeted about gun safety, then lost about 100,000 Twitter followers.

- Did Shia LaBeouf scoop Edward Snowden five years ago?

- Our own Claudia Puig did not like Man of Steel.

- The guy who plays Hodor on Game of Thrones is a DJ in real life.

- Ha, check out this Tumblr: KanyeWesAnderson.

- And finally, enjoy some sci-fi bread recipes.