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- Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard prepping five new albums
- Len Wiseman signs on to direct Total Recall remake. Consider that a divorce.
- Pitchfork debuts interactive concert series POV
- The trailer for Yogi Bear: Pretty much what you'd expect
- Russell Brand looking to play real-life swordsman, as opposed to naughty metaphorical one
- Watch the first episode of Showtime's The Big C right now for free
- The trailer for Thor: Even the gods have daddy issues
- Paul Giamatti to bring his signature sputtering rage to role of Nikita Khrushchev
- Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron possibly collaborating on H.P. Lovecraft film
- Damon Lindelof rewriting Alien prequel, maybe
- Lindsay Lohan's father puts his feelings into song
- CBS declares that people over 40 are totally old
- Titanic II is real and there's a trailer
- Hope you like "the Old Spice guy," because you'll be seeing a lot more of him
- Non-media-dominating Jews demand that Showtime cancel Oliver Stone series
- The trailer for The Virginity Hit: Will Ferrell and Adam McKay present the next generation of teen sex romps
- Work for The A.V. Club in Chicago: Entry-level copyeditor position open
- Plastic Bertrand forced to admit he didn't actually sing "Ca Plane Pour Moi"
- In an effort to address its lack of gay characters, CBS to finally add some lesbian softball players
- Comic-book origins, elite secret teams, ass-kicking females, Brett Ratner: The Unknowns has it all
- AMC developing Western drama Hell On Wheels
- Ad Age reporter takes Mad Men to task for unrealistic portrayal of lunches
- Tommy Wiseau offers his "Top 10 Tips For Making A Sex Tape"
- Twilight Singer Greg Dulli embarking on first solo tour
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Jul 30
Overly distracting actors
A reader asks us all to ponder actors who are so familiar, idiosyncratic, or otherwise distracting that they take us out of the story. -