1.
Patton Oswalt improvised an entire, very detailed potential plot of
Star Wars Episode VII in this clip of
Parks and Recreation. Can someone broker a meeting between his agent and
JJ Abrams?
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2. The
New Inquiry released a
free supplement entirely devoted to
Spring Breakers, with contributions by Joshua Clover, Durga Chew-Bose and Cord Jefferson.
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3.
HBO ordered a pilot for a series about three thirtysomething gay friends living in San Francisco, bringing on David Marshall Grant of
Brothers and Sisters and Sarah Condon of
Bored to Death. Is it way too soon to say we're excited about this? [via
Hollywood Reporter]
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4. The
AV Club is calling this "the worst Radiohead tattoo that has ever existed." Yes, this tattoo is gross, but is it really
Thom Yorke?
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5. We've thought cupcakes were over for a while, but this WSJ
article on the steady decline of Crumbs proves it: "the chain is suffering from a larger problem: gourmet-cupcake burnout." [via
LAist]
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6.
David Sedaris' new collection,
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls is out and
according to NPR it's mostly great except for Sedaris' forays into fictional monologues. On the monologues, NPR writes: "Sedaris' targets, with their exaggerated stupidity, seem too obvious."
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7. We want this basketball-hoop-meets-living-room-chair. [via
Design Boom]
8. In case you were wondering: here's what
Al Pacino thinks about
Julian Schnabel. Pacino will be Creative Time's gala in honor of Schnabel on April 30 at the Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg. [via
GalleristNY]