When Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield decided to become a real-life couple while shooting The Amazing Spider-Man, some of the more jaded among us might have written it off as a well-timed publicity ploy, something for the weekly rags to obsess about in the months leading up to the film’s July 3rd premiere. But after watching this adorable video that was unearthed by BuzzFeed, we’re convinced that it’s the real deal — or at least we really, really hope it is. How cute are the two of them singing this made-up theme song together? Frankly, it’s enough to permanently erase upside Tobey Maguire from our memory.

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1. Last night Conan O’Brien paid his first visit to Letterman in 13 years, and of course the whole Tonight Show drama with Jay Leno came up in the conversation. Watch a clip of them discussing the awkward situation here.

1. Here’s an interesting roundup of everything you need to know about Facebook IPO day; the company starts trading on the stock market beginning at 11am this morning.

3. Yesterday we told you that Ridley Scott’s sequel to Blade Runner would feature a female protagonist; today we learn that Hampton Fancher, who wrote the original film, has signed on to pen the script, which will be set “some years after the first film concluded.” Things are really happening! [via Heat Vision]

4. Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain will star in a new stage production of The Exorcist that’s premiering at the Geffen Theater in Los Angeles this summer. [via ArtsBeat]

5. “Cruel Summer,” a short art film by Kanye West that may or may not be related to that project he was working on in the Middle East earlier this year, will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23. [via Pitchfork]

Bonus Buzz: 9 Cocktails To Get Drunk On During The Facebook IPO

Using a technique similar to pointillism, multimedia artist/YouTube sensation Phil Hansen transforms banana skins into his canvases, recreating some of art history’s most famous works with a push pin. As the fruit naturally browns, his designs magically appear. Crazy, right? Hansen has a book on the project due out next month, Tattoo a Banana: And Other Ways to Turn Anything and Everything Into Art, but in the meantime, click through to check out more of his work, as well as a fascinating time-lapse video of his artistic process.

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Are you as excited about tonight’s three-part finale of Community as we are? Do you need something to help tide you over until 8pm finally rolls around? Well, you’re in luck. Thanks to Michael Schmidt at BuzzFeed, we’ve got a supercut of every time that Abed has said the word “cool” (or in most cases “cool cool cool”) on the show so far — which is 102 times, for superfans who are playing along at home. There’s something oddly soothing about the repetition of it, don’t you think?

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As anyone who has watched his earlier films like Alien or Thelma and Louise can attest, Ridley Scott is a director who knows what to do with a badass leading lady. That’s why we were excited to hear that in his recent meetings on the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, it was decided that relaunched franchise will definitely feature a female protagonist. (Sorry, Harrison Ford. Apparently those rumors about the return of Rick Deckard were false.)

“I’m used to very strong women because my mother was particularly strong, and my father was away all the time,” Scott explained in a recent interview with The Daily Beast. “My mother was a big part of bringing up three boys, so I was fully versed in the strength of a powerful woman, and accepted that as the status quo. I think there are a lot of men who feel they’re being emasculated by having the woman be in charge; I’ve never had that problem… Oddly enough, I find it quite engaging to be working with a female when I’m directing. It’s kind of interesting.” [via The Playlist]

1. Are you as surprised as we are to hear that Jennifer Lopez — who is apparently contemplating leaving American Idol — topped Forbes’ annual list of the most powerful celebrities? There’s no way that she’s more powerful than Oprah. [via Gawker]

2. Larry David may be joining forces with Superbad director Greg Mottola on a new Fox Searchlight comedy that will be written by Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, and David Mandel — a team that works with David on Curb Your Enthusiasm and co-wrote The Dictator. [via Collider]

3. Morgan Freeman will join Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas in a new comedy that’s being touted as “Grumpy Old Men meets The Hangover.” Last Vegas, which tells the story of “four baby boomer buddies who gather in Sin City for the bachelor party of… a lifelong playboy who’s finally settling down with a woman half his age,” will be directed by Jon Turteltaub (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) from a script by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love). [via Slashfilm]

4. For some reason we find the news that three of The Wiggles — Purple, Red, and Yellow — are planning to leave the children’s band at the end of their current tour incredibly amusing. That just leaves one remaining original member of the group, Blue Wiggle. [via ArtsBeat]

5. My Bloody Valentine — who recently announced plans to release a new full-length and an EP of fresh material this year — also have a Japanese tour in the works for February 2013. [via Pitchfork]

Bonus Buzz: Pinsanity

If you were at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, then perhaps you caught this excellent documentary short about John Baldessari by the New York-based filmmaking duo of Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (aka Supermarché, the team behind Catfish), which was commissioned last year by LACMA. If not, now’s your chance to watch it online and learn such things as Baldessari’s exact height and his WiFi password, while seeing examples of some of his best known artworks. Oh, and in case you’re wondering why Tom Waits is the one narrating this fast-paced gem, it was at the conceptual artist’s personal request because, “He’s got a great voice.” Agreed. In fact, we think he should be required to narrate everything in life.
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Hello, readers! We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve got some major site improvements planned for the next few months, and today, we’ve got some exciting news specifically for those of you who read Flavorwire on a tablet — or perhaps you’ve already noticed the prettier views. Thanks to our new partnership with OnSwipe, the way that you see and interact with Flavorwire content on your iPad or Nook will now be optimized for a much more pleasant user experience. Or at least that’s the plan, so take some time to poke around, and let us know what you think in the comments below! On a related note, if you’ve got ideas for other changes that you’d like to see around these parts, suggestions for things that we should be covering but aren’t, or you’d just like to let us know how we’re doing, you can always drop me a line directly here. We love getting feedback from you guys, and while we can’t promise to deliver you more photos of David Bowie doing normal stuff or beautiful college libraries, we can certainly try!

We were definitely excited when we learned earlier this month that Mick Jagger would be hosting this year’s season finale of Saturday Night Live; as Judy Berman wrote at the time, “even if his acting skills aren’t up to snuff, you’d better believe that a man who’s been fronting one of the biggest rock bands in the world for half a century knows a thing or two about improv.” Now that we’ve had a chance to look at the first promos for the episode, we’re not really sure what to expect. It’s not Mick’s fault really; it just seems like Kristen Wiig doesn’t really know how to interact with him — like he’s her boyfriend’s wacky old dad, who she’s been tasked with trying to entertain for a few minutes. (On a side note: With that hair, he kind of looks like he could be her dad.) While we’ll admit that we found that bit at the :30 mark about sex and drugs pretty funny, we were underwhelmed by the spots as a whole, which is never a good sign. If Lorne Michaels was set on booking a rock icon for hosting duties, why couldn’t he have gone with David Bowie instead? Sigh. Watch and let us know what you think the comments.

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Have you ever been watching an episode of The Walking Dead and wished that you could just hop inside of the TV and waste some zombies alongside Rick & Co.? Well, if you’re headed to this summer’s Comic-Con in San Diego, then you might want to pack a pair of running shoes and your inhaler. Walking Dead comic writer Robert Kirkman — who also serves as an executive producer on the series — and his Skybound imprint have announced plans to hold a zombie obstacle course at San Diego’s Petco Park to celebrate the July 11th release of their 100th issue.

“Our fans have been reading about it, watching it and now they get to live it with The Walking Dead Escape,” Kirkman said in a statement. “We are literally transforming Petco Park into the early days of society’s collapse and San Diego is just the first city to fall.” Sounds like it could be a little too intense for us, but if this is your cup of post-apocalyptic tea, registration opens today at 12pm here. [via InsideTV]