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Link Time! New Moon Breaks Midnight Sales Records
- New Moon tops Harry Potter and The Dark Knight for its midnight showing ticket sales — PopSugar
- Is Taylor Kitsch taking an early departure from Friday Night Lights? — Ausiello Files
- Top 10 star-crossed lovers in film — Rotten Tomatoes
- 30 Rock's Judah Friedlander talks about his hat collection and his plans to save NBC — TV.com
- Steven Spielberg and Stephen King team up to frighten the bejesus out of us with Under the Dome — MTV Movies Blog
- Vampire Weekend debut their new video for "Cousins" — Stereogum
- Jason Segel sings about how he wants to give you his phone number — and bed you — TresSugar
- Imogen Heap writes songs for Zach Braff — Spinner
Link Time!
- DJ AM's reality show, Gone Too Far, will air on Oct. 12 — Vulture
- Californication has been renewed for a fourth season — The Hollywood Reporter
- Liam Neeson will join Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks in The Next Three Days — Cinematical
- Check out Vampire Weekend's new song and upcoming tour dates — Pitchfork
- Take a sneak peek at this week's episode of Glee — Pop Watch
- Get the look: An Education's fab frocks — CasaSugar
- James Franco is calling his upcoming appearance on General Hospital "performance art." — MTV Movies Blog
- Relationship advice from the cast of Couples Retreat — Rotten Tomatoes
Buzz News Roundup, 8/8
- The Hollywood Reporter has the news that Martin Scorsese is in talks with HBO to direct a dramatic pilot titled Boardwalk Empire. Scorsese is already a producer for the upcoming show about Atlantic City gamblers in the 1920s.
- According to Variety, Pineapple Express had the best Wednesday opening ever for August. The comedy took in $12.1 million.
- Regis Philbin is following in the footsteps of Britney Spears and is set to appear on the second episode of the upcoming season of How I Met Your Mother, Entertainment Weekly says.
- The reunited Police closed its tour, the last live show ever for the band, last night in New York, reports Billboard.
- The AP reports that Philip Seymour Hoffman is slated to direct a play in London later this year.
This Just In: NME Thinks America Is Cool Again
Bad news, Buzz readers (and America): Apparently, we have all been suffering from a crisis of uncoolness for some time now. And the worst part is we didn't even know it (or, at least, I didn't)! This is all according to the British music magazine NME — but there's good news, too, since NME has now managed to find 25 American bands that are making us cool again!
Music Video: Vampire Weekend, "Oxford Comma"
"Oxford Comma" is one of my favorite songs off Vampire Weekend's self-titled album because it's catchy and laid back and perfect for summertime. The lyrics are funny, too, what with the rebellious stance the band takes on caring too much about Oxford commas (otherwise known as the serial comma. .
Record Store Day: Time to Celebrate the In-Store Purchase
As much of America learned Wednesday night from a caller's question on American Idol, this Saturday is Record Store Day, a time to celebrate independently owned record stores and, as the organizers put it, "the culture and unique place that they occupy both in their local communities and nationally."
The day is an attempt to raise awareness about the value of the in-person perusing and purchasing experience that is currently in danger of extinction as the existence of many independent stores is threatened by the download. All kinds of fun stuff is planned for Saturday, including exclusive track releases from bands like Death Cab for Cutie, Vampire Weekend, Built to Spill, and R.E.M.
Does Mainstream Success Ruin a Band for You?
I picked up the March edition of Spin Magazine only to find Vampire Weekend on the cover and immediately thought, "Wasn't it about a minute ago they were one of my bands to watch?" I was far from the first to write about them, but I still figured it would be a while before they were on newsstands everywhere.
Vampire Weekend didn't spend much time on anyone's "favorite little unknown band" list and sped straight to the bigtime.
Band to Watch: Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend doesn't sound like their name suggests. There's nothing the slightest bit spooky or goth-y about the music made by this foursome of ex-Columbia University students. Instead, their songs are joyful and upbeat, with Afropop-inspired swinging instrumentation backing smart lyrics.
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Rewind: This Week's Buzz
- Vampires, vampires, everywhere! The stars of New Moon got candid for EW, and there's even a romantic comedy about female bloodsuckers in the works.
- Need help keeping all your vampires straight? Check out my slideshow where I break down the classic myths in Twilight, True Blood, and The Vampire Diaries.
- New Moon's not the only movie to get excited about — check out these new trailers for Kick-Ass and Date Night.
- James Franco's appearance on General Hospital is just a few days away — check out this sneak peek of his guest spot.
- We said goodbye to another amazing season of Mad Men.
Rachel Bilson Spills on HIMYM, Weekend Movie Reviews and Charlize and Piven Talk About Matt
It's time for the Weekend Edition of PopSugar Rush! We've got exclusive video of Charlize Theron, Jeremy Piven talking Damon and David Arquette talking Coco last night. Also, Rachel Bilson chats about HIMYM and Kristen Bell dishes about charity looking super cute.
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