Early Buzz: Mega-Man's 25th birthday plans
Opinions are mixed on many parts of last nights #121212concert, but there are silver linings. Adam Sandler tweaked Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" in his own way ("Sandy, screw ya"—I thought the sentiment was nice at least). Read about how that song became a cultural touchstone via The Atlantic.
Paul McCartney did end up fronting a reunited Nirvana as well. Check out Cut Me Some Slack, a new song this quartet apparently recorded for Dave Grohl's upcoming Sound City documentary.
As reported by Aaron Paul, The Office'sJon Krasinski joined twitter at the urging of Jimmy Kimmel. Ladies and gentlemen, the Internet! (More Office stuff coming later…)
I'm not invited to the Okayplayer Holiday Jam, but Questlove and company made the best seasonal invite ever. (If you have the December Wired, I talked to Questlove about his return to this record label).
Thom Yorke's upcoming Atoms for Peace record (due February 2013) has been turned into a building-side GIF mural (the video will clear up your "what the heck is that?" questions).
On Monday, in honor of Mega-Man turning 25, Capcom will release a free, fan-made PC Game of Street Fighter x Mega Man.
Can you guess the only Christmas song to hit No. 1 on the pop music charts? Neatorama has the answer (hint: sadly, it's not Wham!).
Oscar Pistorius, Psy, Felix Baumgartner, and Barack Obama are just a few of the highlights in the Google Zeitgeist 2012 video (It highlights some of the most searched and important events of the year).
We talked about both Justified and The Americans on Tuesday, and those two worlds have collided yet again. The great Margo Martindale (Mags Bennett from S2 of Justified) will join The Americans for at least eight episodes this season.
I know television Sundays are a bit lonelier with The Walking Dead, Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Girls and (soon) Homeland all on vacation, but we have Bob's Burgers! BuzzFeed scored a preview of their upcoming Christmas special with Zach Galifianakis guest-starring (it airs this week).
One more holiday episode trailer: this year's Dr. Who special airs on Christmas night at 9 p.m. EST on BBC America.
Cat Power's Sun might be my favorite album of the year and this FunnyOrDie video only adds to her appeal. (And yes, I have embedded a playlist everyday this week.)
Steven Michael Quezada, aka Gomez on Breaking Bad, hosts a late night talk show called The After After Party. In celebration of its 100th episode recently, he invited pal Bryan Cranston to judge a Walter White look-a-like contest in Albuquerque. Check out a contestant gallery over at Wired.
Nightmare Magazine—I did not know that existed—has put together a list of the top 100 horror books. It's lacking in Goosebumps from what I can tell.
Finally, as past guest-blogger Rick Marshall so aptly put it regarding the trailer for Pacific Rim: "Charlie Hunnam + Idris Elba + Guillermo Del Toro + GIANT ROBOTS FIGHTING GIANT MONSTERS = Take my $ now."
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