Early Buzz: How would you rate 'Walking Dead'?
Good morning!
Hope everyone had a great weekend. For most, it's a shortened week, meaning lots of people taking vacation and half-empty offices. I spent most of the weekend getting soundly trounced in multiplayer Halo 4 matches, but I did get a chance to catch The Sessions. Almost 15 years after winning the Academy Award for As Good as It Gets, Hunt may be rejoining the Best Actress nominee list this year.
OK, let's get to it...
The final Twilight movie raked in $141.3 million this weekend. And Steven Spielberg's Lincoln pulled in a hefty $21 million despite playing on only 1,775 screens.
A list of all the winners from last night's American Music Awards can be seen here.
Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot of Sound Opinions did their annual "Turkey Shoot," highlighting either the worst, or most disappointing albums of 2012. Some were expected (see Green Day, WZRD), but Fiona Apple fans will likely take issue with one of Jim's selections.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's appearance may have been the highlight on a very lukewarm Saturday Night Live, even without dropping a Springsteen lyric.
Activision touted that its Call of Duty: Black Ops IIpulled in a half-billion dollars... in its first day.
Cool invention of the day: a book vending machine.
The New York Times interviewed the recently retired Philip Roth.
Roger Ebert reports that Netflix will soon "expire" The Big Lebowski from its "Instant" watch queue on December 1. Bummer.
The Los Angeles Times talked with Jeremy Shada, who voices Finn on Adventure Time.
Deadspin has some handy Thanksgiving culinary advice for those most likely to bring a bag of Doritos and a two-liter of Mountain Dew to a potluck.
A.V. Club gave last night's episode of The Walking Dead an A-. What would you give it?
And two things that happened last week that are still stirring up some talk...
ABC canceled666 Park Avenue and Last Resort. In a related article, Entertainment Weekly asks if fan-based campaigns to keep low-rated shows on the air actually work.
Foodies have probably taken some delight with TheNew York Times vs. Guy Fieri feud. Here's the article that started it all. Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams spared neither the Times nor Fieri in her column.