Early Buzz: Big Star, Donald Glover and more news
Good morning, guys! Hope your week got off to a good start — last night I enjoyed some episodes of Axe Cop, the new Fox animated series based on the comic. It's just as wacky and wonderful as I hoped it would be! I'll remind you about it again closer to the premiere.
Headlines:
- TheNew York Times has a great profile of Gaby Hoffmann.
- Lauryn Hill has started serving her three-month prison sentence for tax evasion.
- Consequence of Sound has an oral history of Big Star.
- Here's a cool story about a 16-year-old girl who worked with Jay-Z on his new album.
- Could Michael Jackson have starred in a Doctor Who movie?
- Donald Glover will have a reduced role on Community next season.
- Dragon*Con has cut ties with its co-founder, a man facing trial for child molestation.
- Watch a teaser for M.I.A.'s new documentary.
- See the poster for Spike Lee's Oldboy remake.
- Pearl Jam has announced a fall arena tour.
- Eastbound & Down has recruited Django Unchained actor Omar Dorsey.
- Randy Travis has been hospitalized and is in critical condition.
- We have a list of 20 essential Elvis songs.
- Whoa, it's a 12-foot statue of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.
- Here's a roundup of the best directors on Twitter.
- Taco Bell is now offering a burrito stuffed with Fritos.
- Someone has made a supercut of all the pie and coffee scenes on Twin Peaks.
- From The Onion: "True Blood Characters Openly Talking About How They Can't Wait for Episode to End."
- And finally, if Anchorman were an 8-bit game, it might look like this.