Earth to TV execs
Dear UK commissioners: could one of you please buy new Fox sitcom Last Man On Earth, which sees the great Will Forte lay waste to an abandoned planet and has been getting rave reviews in the US.
My little Poehly
Footage has emerged of a 20-year-old Amy Poehler’s first ever TV pilot, a semi-improvised, counter-culture comedy called RVTV that makes not one ounce of sense. Watch here.
You’ve got to doff DiCap
In a move that screams “Seriously guys, Oscar now please”, Leonardo DiCaprio is to play a man with 24 personalities in true-story tale The Crowded Room.
Vic Reeves big nights out
Celebrating a quarter of a century in the business, Vic and Bob are heading out on their first tour in 20 years. “I promise not to mention football, JLS or apricots during the performances,” promises Bob.
Hamster Cage
The video for Do, Re And Me, the new single from weirdo folkies Andrew Jackson Jihad, sees an animated Nicolas Cage join a cult of intergalactic hamsters. Which doesn’t really sound all that far-fetched, really. Watch here.
Neill and repent
Chiming with the views of most people who saw it, Neill Blomkamp says he “fucked up” his satirical sci-fi Elysium. “I just didn’t make a good enough film,” he groaned.
Crustacean nation
“We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs”: Kanye West’s Oxford Guild lecture went just as you’d expect.
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