Cereal offender
Usher has adopted Vince from the Mighty Boosh’s promotional technique of hiding his work in cereal boxes, making new track Clueless available in packets of Honey Nut Cheerios.
Evil revival
Helping us to forget all about that wretched 2013 reboot, a new TV series of The Evil Dead has been commissioned and will feature original star Bruce Campbell.
8-Bitcom
Too Many Cooks, Adult Swim’s fake-sitcom viral sensation, has already been given the 8-Bit cover treatment, which thankfully reduces its maddening theme tune to a manageable three minutes. See it here.
It’s all over now
In “what might have been” news, it’s been revealed that Bob Dylan signed on for a “slapstick comedy series” on HBO in the 90s, only to back out at the last minute.
This is the new shit
Marilyn Manson’s new album The Pale Emperor has the most Manson-y song titles imaginable. Sample tracks: The Mephistopheles Of Los Angeles and Third Day Of A Seven Day Binge.
Making plans for Nigel
The famously camera-shy Nigel Farage is taking time off from his day job of not being an MP to appear on posh Googlebox stars Steph and Dom’s forthcoming spin-off show.
Low watermark
Nicki Minaj has revealed that the major inspiration for her new album The Pink Print is new-age wailer Enya. Well, duh, obviously.
