Driven to distraction
It’s time for the annual deciphering of the Mad Men promo poster, with the final-season effort featuring Don driving away from somewhere in the sunset. “He looks a little unwound,” is creator Matt Weiner’s cryptic hint.
I am a byte now
In news that made us go “Oooh”, the new Antony And The Johnsons album will be produced by the Warp dream-team of Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke.
That’s the spirit!
Miles funnier than anything seen at the Oscars was Fred Armisen and Kristen Bell’s opening montage at the Independent Spirit Awards, which crammed in Birdman and Whiplash parodies, and a cameo from Miles Teller. Watch here.
Love game
Novak Djokovic made a brief turn in a Belgrade production of David Mamet’s Sexual Perversity In Chicago last week. Rumours that Andy Murray will be gouging out his eyes in Sarah Kane’s Blasted remain unconfirmed.
Old dog, etc
Shocking news for anyone who thought it would outlast the sun and the stars themselves: old duffers detective series New Tricks is to end after 12 series.
Mellow gold
“It’s just one of those things that plays out, like a top that spins”; Beck remains totally chill about that Kanye Grammys diss, man.
Let it gore
Finally, it’s the claymation mashup of Frozen and The Thing we’ve been waiting for, featuring lashings of blood-red Plasticine. Watch here.
