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Early Buzz: Tilda, Spike, Doritos and more news


Morning, all! It's a hot one here, and I'm anticipating some bad smells on the subway. Before I head out, enjoy these headlines:

- Community has been renewed ... by Yahoo.

- Denis Leary is returning to FX with a rock 'n' roll comedy.

- Ian McKellen's Vicious sounds great; I need to see it!

- See the trailer for The Skeleton Twins, a new movie starring Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig.

- Tilda Swinton did a Q&A on Reddit.

- Here's a ranking of all of Spike Lee's films. Even the "duds" are pretty great.

- Laura Palmer's house from Twin Peaks is for sale. Yikes.

- The enigmatic Liv Warfield performs for Paste BN.

- Watch the premiere of HBO's The Leftovers online.

- The Doritos "mystery flavors" have been revealed.

- Kevin Smith visited J.J. Abrams' Star Wars set.

- Not only is the original Trapper Keeper back, you can now get one for your iPad.

- NPR lists the best albums and songs of 2014.

- Rolling Stone lists the best movies and TV of 2014 (so far).

- Jenny Slate teaches you how to wash a dog.

- As we learn in this Kim Gordon/Raymond Pettibon essay, sometimes you shouldn't meet your idols (or see them do Q&As).

- Bruce Springsteen will debut a short film on his website next month.

- Dolly Parton is the greatest.

- And this piece made me laugh: "What the f-- is going on in Transformers: Age of Extinction?"