Early Buzz: Han Solo, 'The Americans' and more news

Morning, all! It's Dec. 4 and I've purchased zero presents. Egad.

Let's take a look at a few headlines, shall we? Feel free to offer gift ideas for my mother-in-law in the comments ...

- A new study finds that most silent films made in America have been lost due to decay and neglect. Sad.

- So now restaurants are replacing waiters with tablets?

- The battle over the Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett goes on.

- Did you miss Benedict Cumberbatch's Twitter Q&A?

- NBC renewed The Blacklist. (I saw this for the first time at my parents' house last weekend, and now I think I'm hooked.)

- And the latest guest on Bret Easton Ellis' podcast is ... Marilyn Manson!

- Star Wars is on Instagram.

- I agree The Americans used pop music extraordinarily well this year.

- Han Solo's blaster is up for auction.

- Turntable.fm has shut down.

- Prince will headline next year's Essence Music Festival.

- James Franco writes about cult fave The Room.

- OK, I'll accept "science" as being the word of the year.

- Ozzy Osbourne is officially a senior citizen.

- Katey Sagal reveals "What's in my bag?" for Amoeba Records.

- Check out the nominees for this year's Annie Awards.

- The Nashville Scene has a great story about how Nashville reacted when the movie Nashville came out. Can I type "Nashville" one more time? (Thanks, Zack.)

- DC Comics has renewed its All Access web series.

- The actor who played Luigi on The Super Mario Bros. Super Showhas died.

- The man who came up with the idea for Doritos Locos Tacos (but didn't make any money off it) has died.

- Ironically, Walmart is selling a knockoff of Banksy's "Destroy Capitalism" print.

- And ha, there's a blog that recreates the burger specials from Bob's Burgers. (Thanks, Chris B.)