1. Salma Hayek is teaming with ABC to develop an eight-hour miniseries adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which already inspired an incredibly successful Broadway musical. Any casting suggestions? [via TVLine]

2. Last night Julian Casablancas inexplicably tweeted fake cover art for The Strokes’ upcoming album, which is due out in March. At least we think it’s fake… [via Vulture]

3. Baz Luhrmann is thinking about shooting his upcoming film adaptation of The Great Gatsby in 3D, which leads us to believe it’s going to be more of an Australia for the director than a Moulin Rouge. [via Forbes]

4. Ryan Murphy has confirmed that Gwyneth Paltrow will reprise her role as Holly Holliday for two episodes of Glee in the spring; the plotline will involve her subbing for the sex ed teacher and (briefly?) dating Mr. Schuester. [via EW]

5. A Weekly World News story claiming that Facebook is shutting down on March 15th — because “managing the site has become too stressful” for Mark Zuckerberg — sent the Internet into a tailspin. Obviously it’s about as true their latest Bat Boy sighting. [via Gawker]

Bonus link: First Peek At 2011 No Pants Subway Ride

Today at Flavorpill, we wished that we had a job that required more pretty pencils. We celebrated the sartorial greatness that is Forever 21. We listened to Lil’ Kim diss Nicki Monaj in a track entitled “Black Friday.” We made a mental note to DVR Bob’s Burgers, a new animated series featuring two of our favorite comedians, Eugene Mirman and Kristen Schaal. We wondered if the Google/Groupon rumors were true. We learned that the Strokes scrapped the original studio recording of songs for their upcoming album. We added some interesting new blogs to our RSS readers. We discovered that back in 1957, Donald Duck co-hosted the Oscars. We watched the Diplo-directed clip for Robyn’s “Dancehall Queen.” We sorted famous film and TV characters into Hogwarts houses and decided that we’d definitely want to be in Ravenclaw with Liz Lemon. And finally, we wanted to go for a ride in one of the 100 best movie spaceships — specifically Discovery One from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

1. The New York Times’ latest standards editor Phil Corbett banned writers from using the word “tweet.” Or did he? [via The Awl]
2. Watch the low budget trailer for Glenn Beck‘s upcoming thriller The Overton Window, a book about a who young man who “finds himself in the midst of a massive fight to protect the country he loves from nefarious forces that threaten to corrupt it.” [via EW]
3. The creators of The Jersey Shore are on the hunt for “12 lucky guys and gals who are keepin’ it country and want to party their asses off” to star in a new reality show called Party Down South. [via TMZ]
4. Yesterday Apple‘s iPad suffered from an iLeak, and 114,000 user accounts — some belonging to very important people! — were affected. [via Gawker]
5. So, how did The Strokes‘ first live gig since October 2006 go last night? [via NME]

Quote of the day: “Somebody could write a whole monograph on how deliberately and artfully [David Foster Wallace] deploys the modifier ‘sort of.’” – Jonathan Franzen

For the past several years, summer music mega-fest lineups have been cause for concern. Just last year, Lollapalooza headliners included Depeche Mode, Tool, Jane’s Addiction, and Lou Reed. Paul McCartney, Morrissey, The Cure, and My Bloody Valentine were among the bold-face names at the generally forward-thinking Coachella. Meanwhile, at Bonnaroo, things looked even bleaker: Bruce Springsteen, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, and Phish (playing not one but two sets!) took the top spots. What was this, I Love the ’90s (and the ’80s… and the ’70s… and the ’60s)?

Finally, that all seems to be changing. In a little over a week, fans at Coachella will look forward to headlining performances by Jay-Z, Gorillaz, and Muse. With today’s announcement of the Lollapalooza 2010 lineup, it looks like summer music festivals may finally have entered the 21st century.

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1. The guessing game is finally over and the 2010 Lollapalooza lineup has been announced; Arcade Fire, the Strokes, Lady Gaga, Green Day, Soundgarden, and Phoenix are the headliners. [via P4K]
2. Hasn’t Ri Ri already been through enough? Now she’s embarking on a summer tour with Ke$ha. [via EW]
3. The first reviews for Tina Fey and Steve Carell‘s new comedy Date Night aren’t so hot. We’re not surprised, but kind of disappointed. [via Vulture]
4. The upcoming Mighty Boosh movie will be set in the Arctic and is hopefully the first in a trilogy. [via Chortle]
5. Thanks to a “powerful meditation,” Deepak Chopra is blaming himself for the Baja earthquake. [via AOL News]

Bonus link: People staring at Marina Abramović

Musicians are by no means monogamous. Often their loyalty is not to the single entity of a band, but rather to the grander scheme of the things, the music itself. Take Gorillaz (by way of Blur) frontman Damon Albarn, who just announced that he’s going solo again on the side under the guise of Prince Barry. Or Thom Yorke branching out from Radiohead with his once anonymous band who we now know as Atoms for Peace. After the jump, we’ve compiled a playlist of our favorite tracks from some recent indie side projects. As always, leave a comment and let us know who we left out.

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We couldn’t. A few hints: His name starts with A and ends with T. His band hit it big during the garage-rock resurgence of 2001. He is notable for his (former) afro, which might explain why we were in the dark. The answer and some video, in case you missed his cameo, after the jump!

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Last night on The Tonight Show, Julian Casablancas performed “11th Dimension,” a track from his upcoming solo album Phrazes for the Young. He also did some awesome dance moves, presumably to make up for the lack of the Strokes behind him — though we have to admit he’s always been something of a ham onstage. Here we identify and rate the different 10 moves; watch the video and let us know your own thoughts.

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1. This morning the US filed papers asking the Swiss authorities to hand over Roman Polanski so that he can be tried in LA. [via WaPo]
2. Julian Casablancas says there is a “disagreement” among the Strokes over whether the new songs for their upcoming album are complete. [via NME]
3. Eyes on the pies: Comedian Soupy Sales has died at 83. [via LAT]
4. Screw the critics: Obama has given Where the Wild Things Are his presidential seal of approval. [via EW]
5. Philadelphia video artist Ryan Trecartin has won the first $150,000 top award in the Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts; view his YouTube channel here. [via Philadelphia Inquirer]

Bonus link: Meet the Georgetown University Sophomore Who’s Hiring a Personal Assistant

Yes, we got to hear the new solo album by The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas. Yes, it’s really, really good. Yes, it’s not due out until November 3rd. Enough questions already. After the jump, look for a track-by-track breakdown of Phrazes for the Young. Read More »