Early Buzz: 'Ghostbusters,' Jack White, Stipe, more

I'm spending this rainy morning daydreaming about my upcoming beach trip. While I debate which old pair of jeans to transform into shorts, enjoy these headlines:

- Vanity Fair has a piece about the making of Ghostbusters.

- Hear Michael Stipe's first new music since the R.E.M. breakup. (He doesn't sing!)

- Jeff Bridges is going on tour with his band this summer.

- The Hollywood Reporter has an interesting roundtable with Chuck Lorre, Mike Judge, Jenni Konner, Mike Schur, Armando Ianucci and Marc Maron about what it's like to run a TV comedy.

- Bob Mould talks to NPR.

- A new Guided by Voices video is up at Funny or Die.

- Don Henley isn't happy with Okkervil River and Frank Ocean.

- Lee Chamberlin, an original cast member of The Electric Company, has died.

- Michael Ian Black appears in a funny new animated spot for Klondike Kandy Bars.

- J.J. Abrams wants people to stop leaking Star Wars photos.

- Game of Thrones' viewership is nearing a record set by The Sopranos.

- PBS' Blank on Blank animates a Philip Seymour Hoffman interview.

- Watch Jack White's new music video.

- BuzzFeed talks to Full House alum Dave Coulier.

- Showtime renewed Penny Dreadful.

- This piece looks back at the sitcom NewsRadio.

- Can you pass this Tom Cruise hair quiz?

- Watch Twin Twin Peaks, a work of fan fiction set after the second season.

- And finally, Walking Dead pinball is on the way.