Early Buzz: Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, 'Spinal Tap,' more
Hi there! I hope you're beating the heat with fun activities; last night I considered watching a movie but wound up drinking wine and cleaning out a closet instead.
Headlines:
- Some long-lost Bob Dylan recordings have been found in a New York apartment.
- The Broadway version of Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway is closing.
- Lucy Lawless is heading to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- A new Best Buy ad borrows several elements (including music) from Rushmore.
- The New Yorker is offering free access to its articles this summer.
- Hear the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rap song.
- Have you heard Woody Allen's podcast appearance?
- Jack White has launched a publishing imprint, Third Man Books.
- Watch Richard Linklater's appearance on The Daily Show last night.
- My cool colleague Brett Molina talked to incredibly cool Sigourney Weaver.
- Rob Reiner reflects on Spinal Tap in the latest ep of Sound Opinions.
- Get ready for the seedless mango.
- Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson re-imagine the doc Mistaken for Strangers as a play.
- GQ asks Wil Wheaton to define the word "geek."
- Ripley's is holding another strange mail contest.
- Did you know they've now introduced Peanut Butter Cheerios?
- What are the happiest and unhappiest cities in America?
- And finally, Hootie & the Blowfish now have their own craft beer.
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