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Early Buzz: Tatiana Maslany, Courtney Love, 'Simpsons'


Happy casual Friday! I have no clue what I'm doing this weekend, though I dream of sleeping in (which, to me, would mean waking up anytime after 6 a.m.). Before we get to fun features like The Week in Podcasts, enjoy these headlines:

- Zack Snyder tweeted a photo of Ben Affleck as Batman.

- Paste names the best Merge Records releases in honor of the label's 25th anniversary.

- Watch the "red band" trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine 2.

- My colleague Edna Gundersen has a great interview with Tom Petty.

- Just when you couldn't love Tatiana Maslany any more, you find out she's a big Shaun of the Dead fan.

- Courtney Love talks about a Kurt Cobain biopic.

- We have an interview with Adam West.

- Could Seinfeld be coming to Netflix?

- Here's a roundup of five "unusual" Woody Allen trailers.

- Woody Allen has already starting casting his next movie. Yay, Parker Posey!

- Get well soon, Stan Lee.

- ThinkGeek has unveiled a Flux Capacitor car charger.

- Watch a short film from the incredibly productive James Franco.

- There's a clever message hidden in The Jedi Doth Return ...

- I enjoyed the "slide" effect in this story about surprising movie remakes.

- Who makes the country's best fast food burger?

- An HBO sports mockumentary has a cool cast, including Andy Samberg, Kit Harington, Lena Dunham and Will Forte.

- Watch a supercut of computer hacking in movies.

- These images of senior citizens recreating classic movie scenes made me smile. (Thanks, Ahuva.)

- And finally, I want to drink wine out of a Simpsons wine bottle.