The All-Star Game brought thousands of people to Cincinnati this past week — most importantly, celebz! Snoop Dogg, Josh Hutcherson, Ciara and tons more famous types stopped by the city, so it only made sense that hometown Indie Pop crew Walk the Moon joined in on the fun. Watch them love on Cincy:
Walk the Moon has far surpassed local band status, so much so that their tunes are being co-opted for something more sinister than an MLB All-Star Game — pregnancy announcements. This is the year 2015 and people are horrible about shoving every life event down the collective throat of everyone on the Internet, but this really might be the worst one yet. #birthcontrol
True Detective’s second season has reached its midpoint (yes, already) and that shit can still be hard to follow. At a certain point, all the disheveled men and highway shots and rail project talks just start to blur together. We Get the World We Deserve (a reference to Season One) is a handy little blog with graphic depictions of TD characters and plot points. If that doesn’t help, at least there’s a lot less people to keep track of after last week’s episode…
Big ups to A.V. Club for pointing out that Velcoro’s partner/sloppy detective Teague Dixon is also Warren from There’s Something About Mary. Show off that range, W. Earl Brown!
Amy Schumer’s first major film opens this week, in case you haven’t noticed the comedian’s takeover of all media over the past few months. Let’s be clear: Amy Schumer is bae. She’s smart, funny and talented. I love her Comedy Central show and just her in general as a human (in my mind). But if we don’ back off on some of the Amymania, girl is gonna get thrown out to the curb like Lena Dunham. Attention, world: it’s OK to like more than one funny, outspoken non-stick figure at one time!
Anyway, here’s an interview with Schumer with Jon Hamm stepping in as her Trainwreck co-star Bill Hader.
The Comic-Con to end all comic-cons returned to San Diego for the 45th year last weekend, and with it came a treasure trove of celebrity panels, exclusive trailers and epic costumes. What used to be a fest devoted to comic books and sci-fi/fantasy movies has expanded into an overall celebration of all pop culture (Last Man on Earth, Food Network and Gumby all had a presence at this year’s event.)
Peep some of the best cosplay here and here, and find trailers for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, The Walking Dead and new companion series Fear the Walking Dead and more here.
Fans of zombie media and those of boy bands have to be some of the most enthusiastic in all of fandom. So, naturally, a zombie movie starring former boy banders would be a huge success, right? That’s what Syfy is banking on with its upcoming flick, Dead 7. The Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter wrote, directed and will star (!!!) in the movie alongside bandmate A.J. McLean and *NSYNC’s Joey Fatone. What more could you ever possibly want?
Japp’s, Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar, Wiseguy Lounge and Newberry Bros Coffee all made The Bourbon Review’s list of the country’s top 75 bourbon bars. Cheers!
Lachey’s Bar, the A&E reality series about…Lachey’s Bar in Over-the-Rhine, premieres tonight. Tune in at 10:30 p.m. after Wahlburgers and Donnie Loves Jenny, as part of what is apparently A&E’s Last Grasp at Fame time block. Read more about what’s on TV this week here.
As if Comic-Con trailers weren’t enough, two more just dropped that look great. And by great, I mean Amy Poehler + Tina Fey; Jennifer Lawrence — ‘nough said.
This article appears in Jul 15-21, 2015.