Early Buzz: 'Dunces,' 'Thrones,' Lego and more
Good morning, everybody! I hope you're having a splendid week; yesterday's 65-degree weather really put a spring in my step.
I've been told the Batman event I mentioned yesterday has sold out and tickets are now being sold to watch it on a screen in another room. Holy moly. Also, I wanted to pass along the news that longtime Pop Candy reader/contributor Zack Smith has launched an Adventure Time podcast. Check it out, and don't forget you only have a few more hours to enter our Adventure Time giveaway this week!
Headlines:
- See some new promo photos for Mad Men.
- How on earth did Between Two Ferns get Barack Obama?
- Could A Confederacy of Dunces be headed to Broadway?
- We have a story about a new zombie documentary called Doc of the Dead.
- The actor who plays Hodor on Game of Thrones came out as gay in an interview.
- Yeah, I'd watch a '70s-set rock 'n' roll drama from Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger.
- Read Out magazine's new interview with Neil Patrick Harris.
- The Thrones executive producers know how the books end.
- Variety has a cover story about how the Muppets "got their mojo back."
- Simpsons producers still don't know who will take the place of Mrs. Krabappel.
- Neil Young reached his Kickstarter goal in one day.
- Here's a Star Wars-themed parody of Pharrell's Happy. (Thanks, Tim.)
- Katie Holmes may return to TV.
- A couple stars of Bob's Burgers did a fun Q&A on Reddit.
- Keith Richards has a children's book on the way.
- Here's what The Flash's suit looks like on the new CW series.
- Ha, NBC wanted to make a show about The Money Pit?
- Please stop trying to make "normcore" a thing.
- Cool Lego keyboard.
- Mmm, why not make Harper Lee's cracklin' cornbread tonight?