Early Buzz: 'The Goldbergs,' Slayer and more news
Morning, everyone! First of all, thank you so much for all the kind comments about my Seinfeld/depression story yesterday. Another thing I'm very grateful for is the support from all of you guys!
A couple reminders: You still have time to enter our Doctor Who contest, and I'm taking your questions for Friday's Mailbag. Now for a few headlines:
- The Athens, Ga., restaurant that inspired the title for R.E.M.'s album Automatic for the People is closing. (Thanks, Alan.)
- Here's a quiz where you have to determine who said it: Andy Warhol or Lady Gaga.
- Did you catch Marilyn Manson's cameo on Eastbound & Down?
- The A.V. Club has a feature about the riot grrrl movement.
- So how come The Goldbergs isn't set in a specific year?
- Renowned Chicago chef Charlie Trotter died Tuesday.
- Check out the first official pic from the third season of Sherlock.
- I love this video that shows a street performer randomly approached by the pop singer famous for the song he's playing!
- CW is developing a new DC Comics series based on Hourman.
- I think we knew this was coming, but it's official that Nikki Finke and Deadline are parting ways.
- Wired tackles "the implausibility of Thor's physics-defying hammer."
- Aw, look at Alyson Hannigan and Joss Whedon.
- TheNew York Times talks to David Letterman, who has created a new humor book with artist Bruce McCall.
- Check out a book of Jim Henson's never-before-seen journals and sketches.
- Comedy Central's digital production studio has added six new shows.
- Stream a new Black Flag record.
- Pitchfork has introduced a new app.
- PBS animates a rare interview with Jerry Garcia.
- Slayer is reissuing 10 albums on vinyl next month.
- Gael Garcia Bernal has joined the cast of the Amazon show co-written by Jason Schwartzman.
- Ha, Steven Soderbergh has posted a log of everything he watched and read in 2009. (I kind of want to do this next year.)
- BuzzFeed has a list of little-known facts about SpongeBob SquarePants.
- And finally, here's a funny supercut of all the "making love" in Woody Allen movies.