1. Weezer’s new album Hurley, which includes guest appearances by Ryan Adams and Michael Cera, is now streaming on MySpace.
2. The Man Booker Prize shortlist has been announced, with Tom McCarthy’s novel C as bookies’ favorite to win. [via Independent]
3. Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has run out of funding, but he refuses to give up the project: “Robert Duvall is Quixote, Ewan McGregor is also there, and we are looking for new financing right now.” [via Variety]
4. Pavement is looking for someone to play guitar with them on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on September 23, and it could be you. [via Pitchfork]
5. The first cast photo from the US version of Skins leaves us feeling underwhelmed about the remake. How about you? [via Digital Spy]
1. Following the release of last week’s surprise All Delighted People EP comes a brand new Sufjan Stevens full-length on October 12: The Age of Adz. It’s his first LP in five years. [via Pitchfork]
2. Rob Thomas is working on a new show for NBC that’s called Temp and it sounds a lot like his canceled Starz series Party Down. [via TV Squad]
3. Just what you’ve been waiting for: This year Ricky’s will be offering Jersey Shore Halloween costumes. [via Gothamist]
4. An all-male spin-off of The View is currently in the works, and at the top of Barbara Walters’ wish list is Bryant Gumbel to play the show’s moderator. [via Gawker]
5. Ahem: Michael Cera is developing a new show for FX about a dude who keeps getting dumped because he’s “stuck in the limbo between childhood and adulthood.” [via Digital Spy]
This week at BuzzFeed, we readied ourselves for the 2010 Gathering Of The Juggalos — it’s this weekend! For the adventurers among you, here is what to expect, and here is a handy English/Juggalo dictionary. We could also use a Juggalo Wedding Cake Topper for this collection, if you see any. The non-Juggalos among us revisited the glory days of Mickey Rourke and Sylvester Stallone, who aren’t aging quite as well as Michael Cera. We learned that MC is also an excellent assistant weatherman. We thought these crabs should audition for Mad Men and this corgi for Baywatch. (Paging all TLC producers: Doggy Baywatch is a great idea.) Elyse Porterfield didn’t trick us, for we are a meme-savvy bunch. That is why we leave you with this collection of cats eating pizza. Happy weekend.
Featuring new compositions and tracks by Beck, Broken Social Scene, and Metric, the soundtrack to new Michael Cera flick Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is almost as enticing as the film itself.
Beck penned the tracks for fictional band Sex Bob-Omb, which features Cera’s character on bass, while BSS took on the same duties for another of the film’s made-up groups, Crash and the Boys. Highlights include Metric’s “Black Sheep” and Beck’s own ballad to the movie’s heroine, “Ramona,” while old-school tracks from the Rolling Stones and T.Rex add classic-rock cred.
Even the suggestion of Michael Cera nude seems so wrong. Now Jason Schwartzman on the other hand… Visit GQ for more images of the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World stars pants-free, and engaging in wholesome weekend activities like yoga, bike riding, and shopping. [via HuffPo]
Over the weekend, the full trailer for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World was posted online to relatively positive reception. The main criticism, as with almost all Michael Cera-related content, was that he was once again playing the role of awkward-yet-lovable teenage protagonist. And although it may be frustrating to see a young actor make so much money off of one trick, we must admit that we we’re not ready to quit him quite yet. Here’s why.
Earlier today, an angry M.I.A. tweeted out writer Lynn Hirschberg’s phone number in response to this upcoming New York Times Magazine cover story on her that she doesn’t like. While we love Hirschberg’s deadpan response to both the initial outburst (“It’s a fairly unethical thing to do, but I don’t think it’s surprising. She’s a provocateur, and provocateurs want to be provocative.”) and a followup tweet about an “unedited version” of the interview (“I have no idea what she’s talking about”), the entire thing has us thinking about what happens when celebrity/journalist relationships hit a bump in the road. Click through, and let’s explore!
What begins as standard indie romance fare (a brightly-hued wig and walk through the snow reeks more than a little of Clementine Kruczynski) but therein lies the comedy, friends. You see, Michael Cera’s typical lovable loser gets drop-kicked by one of his new lady’s “seven evil ex-boyfriends.” Can the mumbling protagonist defeat the evil exes and save the day in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World? One good sign: the movie was produced by the folks behind Hot Fuzz and Sean of the Dead, funny films that wholly touted the underdogs. Watch and see; trailer (sort of) after the jump. Read More »
