Early Buzz: R.E.M., NPH, Jack White and more

Morning, all! I'm feelin' fine this morning after seeing a great evening of comedy. A couple things before we get started: I'm looking for your stories about dads and pop culture for a series next month. Also, you still have some time to enter our Popeye giveaway.

I'm in a crazy-long meeting for most of the day, but I'm not going to deprive you of headlines:

- R.E.M.'s complete catalog and many rarities have been remastered for iTunes. Hooray!

- Neil Patrick Harris has written a "Choose Your Own Adventure" autobiography.

- I love that Molly Ringwald has joined the cast of the Jem movie.

- Yep, Miley Cyrus covered The Smiths. (It's actually not bad!)

- Esquire talks to Mike Mills.

- Stephen Malkmus played Letterman the other night. Here's the video.

- Spin talks to Conor Oberst.

- Did Louie reference Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise?

- See a trailer for Syfy's The Wil Wheaton Project.

- Here's where Mad Men shot the Burger Chef scenes.

- What would David Lynch's Return of the Jedi looked like?

- Watch the trailer for Happy Christmas with Lena Dunham.

- What are the best book recommendation services?

- The Black Keys talk about Jack White's beef with them.

- Speaking of White, here's an interview with him from NPR.

- Some sketches from The Maya Rudolph Show are on Hulu.

- A memorable face from Buffy is being auctioned ...

- And finally, who on earth names their kid Subaru or Kyndle?