Early Buzz: 'House of Cards,' Cumberbatch and more
Happy Monday! I hope you had a fantastic weekend; yesterday a restaurant accidentally delivered $85 worth of pierogis to my house, so that was a highlight.
How about we kick things off with headlines:
- Charlie Hunnam dropped out of Fifty Shades of Grey, which sounds like a good career move to me.
- We have a feature about the documentary 56 Up, which airs on PBS tonight.
- Will the second season of House of Cards be its last?
- Benedict Cumberbatch did a Reddit Q&A.
- We have a wrap-up of the news from New York Comic Con.
- If the cast is any indication, FX's Fargo is going to be amazing.
- Ha, I wish I'd seen this Banksy work ("Sirens of the Lambs") on the streets of New York.
- The Observer talks to Paul McCartney.
- And whoa, I really wish I'd bought his work on the street.
- Here's the set list for the show Neutral Milk Hotel performed Friday.
- Here are some rare Nirvana interviews conducted by Metal Hammer.
- New Peanuts animated shorts based on Charles Schulz's strips are in the works.
- Which superheroes are most popular on social media?
- This guy in Netflix's customer service department is pretty entertaining.
- David Letterman really loved Cage the Elephant.
- Cartoonist Steve Niles and his wife lost almost everything they own in a flood. Here's how to help them.
- And finally, what a great Bob's Burgers sketch by artist Tony Moore. (Thanks, Zack.)