Early Buzz: Fiona Apple, Cumberbatch, earworms and more
It's Friday! I hope you've had a wonderful week that includes something to look forward to this weekend. Personally, I just wanna go to bed at 8 tonight and read one of the 17 things I've put on my Kindle. (Anyone read The Flamethrowers? What did you think?)
Headlines:
- Russell Johnson, the Gilligan's Island actor who played the Professor, has died.
- One of the last surviving Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz has died.
- More sad news: Dave Madden, who played Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family, has died.
- And I hate to start the day on such a grim note, but wrestling pioneer Mae Young died this week, too.
- I like some things that are posted on Jezebel, but I think offering $10,000 for untouched Lena Dunham photos is embarrassing and misguided.
- Check out Shirley Jones on General Hospital.
- Love the headlines on this Beau Bridges interview.
- The FX series Archer is releasing a country album.
- Jack Gleeson, who plays King Joffrey on Game of Thrones, has a lot to say about celebrity culture, and much of it is pretty insightful.
- We have a positive review of Sherlock's return.
- Orange is the New Black star Michelle Hurst (Miss Claudette) was seriously injured in a car accident.
- Fiona Apple has released a new song.
- The Atlantic has a story about why songs get stuck in your head.
- McDonald's made a mistake with its new Adventure Time toys.
- Watch a teaser for Showtime's Penny Dreadful.
- In a different universe, Victoria would've been the mother on How I Met Your Mother.
- See Benedict Cumberbatch in 10 early roles.
- True Blood has recast hot vampire James.
- Here's a roundup of silly ways studios have spoiled their own movies.
- Here's a story about Andy Warhol's eight-hour film, Empire.
- Henry Rollins' radio playlist is like an iTunes shopping list for me.
- And finally, it's Betty White's 92nd birthday. Sign her card.