Early Buzz: Miranda July, 'Star Wars,' Mould and more

Good morning! Last night I caught up on Game of Thrones and then, of course, had to read something cheerful until I could fall asleep. I love dragons and Dinklage, but I'm not sure that show is so good for my health.

Headlines:

- Looks like Sinead O'Connor has gotten quite a makeover.

- Pamela Anderson appears in Morrissey's new spoken-word video.

- The Sopranos is coming to Blu-ray.

- Here's an interesting story about a woman who says she is the great-granddaughter of Mark Twain.

- Lupita Nyong'o and Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie have joined the cast of the new Star Wars movie.

- Bob Mould's new music video is up at Funny or Die.

- Watch the entire Nirvana segment from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

- Preview Dave Grohl's new HBO series, which coincides with a new Foo Fighters album.

- TMZ leaked a bunch of Star Wars pics that I'm not going to look at.

- Kristen Bell has signed on to a production of Hair.

- Rolling Stone talks to Marnie Stern.

- Miranda July has a piece in the new issue of the New Yorker.

- IFC's Garfunkel and Oates series premieres in August.

- I think handwriting is incredibly important and hate that people don't care as much about it anymore ...

- How can we save college radio?

- The Writers Guild wants a more diverse group of television writers. (Thanks, Jason G.)

- Spin names the best albums of the year so far.

- Watch an Arcade Fire performance from last week.

- And finally, here's an interesting lists of bands that make more than $50,000 a show.