Early Buzz: Jeff Tweedy, 'Thrones,' comics and more
Happy Monday! I hope you had an awesome weekend. Shall we kick back with a few headlines?
- Watch a 15-minute preview of the new season of Game of Thrones.
- On Jimmy Fallon's last Late Night, he sang The Weight with the Muppets.
- Woody Allen has written a response to Dylan Farrow's open letter.
- Preview the new HBO comedy from Mike Judge, which stars T.J. Miller.
- Jeff Tweedy is going to appear on Parks and Recreation?!
- This actress was promoted to a series regular on Game of Thrones.
- What happens when you plug in the locations from Kerouac's On the Road into Google Maps? You get this free manual of driving directions.
- Here are the nominees for Slate's second annual comics prize.
- Neil Patrick Harris accepted his Hasty Pudding Award.
- "22 Things the New York Times Has Called a 'Guilty Pleasure.'"
- Here's a piece about how The Lego Movie looks like a stop-motion flick when it's not.
- What a great idea (for a great cause): Will Ferrell has challenged the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith to a drum battle!
- Clint Eastwood saved a man by using the Heimlich.
- I love this person's doodles of train commuters.
- You love zombies. You love beavers. Meet the Zombeavers. (Thanks, Zack.)
- And finally, I want to go to "Dumb Starbucks."