Early Buzz: 'Home Alone,' 'Ant-Man,' 'Weird Al,' more
Hey there! It's a lovely day in the neighborhood, although I'm still going through a box of Kleenex an hour. Fa la la.
Some headlines:
- The Atlantic catches up with Kel Mitchell, who co-starred on Kenan & Kel way back when.
- Whoa, it appears Shia LaBeouf is an expert in stealing other people's material.
- The Hollywood Reporter has a piece in defense of LaBeouf.
- Paul Rudd may star in Ant-Man.
- It's true, I never noticed this in Home Alone.
- HBO will air a tribute to James Gandolfini Dec. 22.
- If only networks would learn from this Duck Dynasty debacle and stop exploiting people on reality TV ...
- This story wonders whether artist Marina Abramovic has sold out, and whether it matters.
- Zach Braff's Kickstarter film is headed to Sundance.
- What are TV's best holiday episodes?
- Watch a holiday edition of Zach Galifianakis' Between Two Ferns with Samuel L. Jackson and Tobey Maguire.
- See photos of Doctor Who's Christmas special.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic won a big lawsuit against his record label.
- Ha, a reporter doing "man on the street" interviews in London happened to run into Henry Winkler.
- Here are some great soundtracks from 2013.
- What were the best musical moments in movies this year?
- OK, Vice wins with its "Top 50 Albums of 2013" list. The first entry: Christian Workout Power Pack.
- It seems the thing to do this year is to jazz up the ol' TV yule log.
- Paste rounds up the best holiday beers.
- And there's nothing like Megadeth in ugly holiday sweaters.