Early Buzz: 'Sleeper,' U2, Beck and more

Happy Friday! Thanks for being patient while I was away yesterday — I spent a few hours on the set of a TV show and had the best time. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait until after Thanksgiving to hear all about it, so stay tuned ...

Your headlines:

- U2 released a new song.

- Whoa, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are bringing Ed Brubaker's Sleeper to the big screen.

- Ha, imagine finding Courtney Love's phone in a cab ...

- This photo of the Buffy cast at their first San Diego Comic-Con is hilarious.

- Pitchfork is introducing a print publication.

- It's cool to see the set of the original Addams Family in full color.

- Beck has revealed some details about his new album.

- Marc Maron talks to Edgar Wright on the latest episode of WTF.

- Patti Smith is a Hunger Games fan (and has a mockingjay pin).

- Sarah Silverman did a Reddit Q&A.

- Pharrell has released a 24-hour music video. How Warhol of him.

- Watch the video for Arcade Fire's Afterlife.

- Morrissey hates the royals, loves Russell Brand.

- Yep, the Monty Python gang will reunite in July.

- This Doctor Who drinking game made me laugh.

- Jimmy Fallon, Paul Rudd and John Goodman are among the hosts of upcoming, dude-heavy episodes of Saturday Night Live.

- This report of a college kid landing a role in the new Star Wars movie sounds more than a little questionable.

- BuzzFeed celebrates Neil Gaiman. (I interviewed him this week.)

- And wait, the new Oxford American includes two discs of Tennessee music? I must get it immediately!