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• In "what-could-he-possibly-be-thinking?" news, Common will be making an appearance on a track from the new Jonas Brother's album. Not that you should, but you can here it here.
• The new comic series Batman & Robin hit stores this week. It involves Dick Grayson (the original "Robin") taking over for the deceased Bruce Wayne, and Bruce's son, Damian, taking over as Robin. Evidently, it's not bad. Interesting...
• The guys in Band of Horses spin-off band Grand Archives have a new album coming out in September called Keep In Mind Frankenstein. The first track out there is "Silver Among The Gold". You can download it by right-clicking here, or listen to it right here:

• And the battle rages on:

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• Hugo Weaving has signed on for The Hobbit.
• My Name Is Earl is now officially dead. TBS won't be picking it up. I'm still holding out hope USA will do the world a favor and resuscitate Life.
• Lots of weird news today... Kris Allen is reportedly "flattered" by Adam Lambert's "crush". This whole thing is going to get out of hand...
• Heidi Montag, The Hills star who's made it a point to broadcast her Christianity in I'm a Celebrity... is reportedly posing for Playboy. Nothing else really needs to be said.
• CNN actually considers this to be news:

• Norm MacDonald was Conan's lead guest last night, and he is one of the funniest people alive:

• Neko Case performed another single from Middle Cyclone on The Tonight Show last night. Same show, different host:

• Last but not least, Cheap Trick has covered the original 80s Transformers theme for the new movie, and it is remarkably cheesy. Enjoy:

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• Ultimate music festival Bonnaroo begins today. This year's standouts include Passion Pit, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, TV on the Radio, Beastie Boys, Phoenix, Public Enemy, Girl Talk, Bon Iver, Neko Case, and Band of Horses, amongst others. Pitchfork has a pretty nice rundown here, including where you can watch live performances and a complete schedule.
• Dave Letterman has gotten into a bit of controversy for making jokes about everyone's favorite idiot, Sara Palin, and her family; he wound up sort of apologizing for it last night.
• Apparently, things are otherwise going well for Dave, as he has closed the ratings gap with Conan over the course of the first week, and actually beat out The Tonight Show for the first time in quite a while on Monday Night. It will be interesting to see how things play out amongst the viewers now that we have two hosts who are more similar in style. Obvious statement of the day: DVRs are good.
• Sounds like the new G.I. Joe movie has had some serious issues. Man, this thing is gonna bomb.

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