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Early Buzz: Siri, Ad-Rock, 'SNL' and more headlines


Good morning! It's a chilly one out there, so I hope you can stay indoors as much as possible. I'm actually in Virginia right now and fly back to New York this afternoon. Because of that, I may not post as much today, but we'll be back in business tomorrow!

Some headlines:

- Saturday Night Live has added actress and comedian Sasheer Zamata to the cast.

- Stream Bruce Springsteen's new record over on RollingStone.com.

- Jerry Seinfeld answered fans' questions on Reddit.

- We have a feature about Lost alum Josh Holloway, who stars in a new CBS show.

- Will Forte tells Paper about filming Nebraska with Bruce Dern.

- Pussy Riot's Nadia Tolokonnikova penned an essay about women being tortured in Russian prisons.

- See Aubrey Plaza play saxophone in this new music video.

- Jonah Hill and Drake will host Saturday Night Live this month.

- See Nirvana dedicate a song to River Phoenix in this rare concert footage.

- Ad-Rock and Ben Gibbard have scored two films that are screening at Sundance.

- A town will temporarily change its name to Kings Landing to promote the DVD release of Game of Thrones' third season.

- Downton Abbey's season premiere got big ratings.

- The Office's Craig Robinson is getting a comedy at NBC.

- Siri has some thoughts about the movie Her.

- Showtime posted the third-season premiere of House of Lies on YouTube.

- Check out the new Simpsons Lego set.

- And of course I'm going to click on this headline: "Idris Elba Gets Sexually Aroused Putting on Bow Ties."