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Early Buzz: 'Kotter,' John Hughes and more headlines


Good morning, all! Ready for some headlines?

- Fox has canceled three comedies: Dads, Enlisted and Surviving Jack.

- Read a bonus chapter about Rick Springfield from the Mad World book about '80s New Wave.

- The granddaughter of uncredited Batman co-creator Bill Finger says she's trying to get him the recognition he deserves.

- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony airs May 31 on HBO.

- Watch another trailer for 22 Jump Street.

- The New Yorker profiles the talented Dawn Landes.

- Big news, Sweathogs: Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete Series is coming to DVD.

- Hmm, Tommy Lee will play drums on the next Smashing Pumpkins album. (Thanks, Dennis.)

- I know this story has been done before, but I never tire of it: "How John Hughes Reinvented the Teen Comedy."

- The man portrayed by Jack Black in Bernie is being released from prison ... and will live in an apartment owned by Richard Linklater.

- Cher's on the new Wu-Tang album.

- Watch a reunion of the cast of Nickelodeon's Hey Dude.

- The Power Rangers are returning to the big screen.

- Peruse a chart of the most overrated and underrated movies of all time.

- Pussy Riot has joined Twitter.

- And yay, a bunch of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim art is on sale at felixcomicart.com.