Early buzz: 'Entourage,' 'Darko' director, cult TV, more
It's Friday! Whew, what a long week. Right now I'm watching the final episode of Studio 60 -- I wasn't really a fan, but I do want to see if all of these characters found happiness before NBC gave 'em the ax.
Some headlines:
- This writer says Entourage is going downhill. I have to agree, though I think Billy Walsh is brilliant.
- We have a big story about the return of Transformers.
- Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly has cast Cameron Diaz in his next flick. (Well, his next flick after Southland Tales ... whenever we might see that.)
- What are the coolest robots in pop culture?
- TV Guide has listed the top cult shows of all time.
- Spin.com has the new video from Juliette Lewis' band, Juliette and the Licks.
- Time.com has posted a very long, sweet article about Roger Ebert.
- Look, it's Veronica Mars and Sylar! That could've made one heck of a spinoff. Here are some more Kristen Bell shots.
- Netflix has cut the price of one of its rental plans.
- TV Squad has posted the Battlestar Galactica panel at Sci Fi's digital press tour. (Here's part two.)
- Veronica Mars' Jason Dohring has landed a new gig on CBS.
- Check out seven pages of Stephen Colbert's new Tek Jansen comic book.
- Yesterday's Spice Girls announcement certainly ranks as one of the most anticlimactic band reunions of all time.
- Michael J. Fox will participate in the extras for the second-season DVD set of Family Ties.
- Stop the presses: Desperate Housewives' Jesse Metcalfe wants to start a music career.
- Jim Carrey has agreed to star in Sober Buddies, a movie that will hopefully turn out better than it sounds.
- And finally, did you hear the one about the Philadelphia couple that agreed to only communicate via printed M&M's for a month?