- The often-rumored Wet Hot American Summer prequel has reared it’s head again, but maybe we shouldn’t get too excited

- More Muppets: interview with co-writer Nick Stoller

- Jon Hamm signs on for three more years of “Mad Men,” guaranteeing at least 7 seasons of the show with both Hamm and showrunner Matthew Weiner

- Some of the more wordly items from J. Crew’s “In Good Company” partnership

- A Pitchfork interview with Louis C.K.

Pitchfork: Some of your humor comes from thinking before reasoning– the immediate reaction before logic sets in. That seems like a useful way to handle material that some people might consider offensive.

C.K.: When I say awful things, I think it’s clear to the audience that I just stumbled into a terrible part of my brain. It’s just where my brain goes first. The difference is that I said it out loud. That’s all. It’s just a big excuse to say awful things. But people know that. They intrinsically trust somebody: He’s just fucking around. People get tired of processing life in a linear way. When you watch my show or my stand-up, you’re opening the top button on your coat and sitting back, but with your brain. When I say vulgar things, it’s usually not to be mean or sexually charged. It’s just a dumb lashing-out in a direction that’s inappropriate.

- Vulture: Girl Talk Gives Vulture His Ideal 154-Track Backyard-Barbecue Mix

- Recommended listen: NPR’s latest All Songs Considered Podcast examines some of the best music of the year through June

- Interview with Michael Ian Black about, among other things, Comedy Central, “Michael and Michael Have Issues,” the Wet Hot American Summer 10th anniversary and his awesome podcast Mike and Tom Eat Snacks (aka MATES), which I highly recommend

AVC: You mentioned on Twitter at one point that you had TV AIDS, or something to that effect.

MIB: I think I said I am TV AIDS. I haven’t figured out a way to be on television and not get the show cancelled. So I would say AIDS is actually less life-threatening than I am at this point. You can live with AIDS now. For years! You can’t necessarily live by putting me on your television show. 

- Interview with Emma Stone

- After a bigger-than-expected $54 million opening weekend, looks like there is plans for another Planet of the Apes sequel

- Vulture: See a Supercut of Swirling Michael Bay Hero Shots

- Flavorwire: Will the Emmys Come Down to ‘Mad Men’ vs. 'Friday Night Lights’?

- There will possibly be two more seasons of “Breaking Bad” on AMC

- A second, longer Moneyball trailer has been released

- Details on a lost Hitchcock film that was just found in New Zealand

- Flavorwire’s 10 Albums You Need to Hear in August includes new albums from Beirut, Stephin Merritt, and Jay-Z/Kanye

- The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog’s must-see bands for this weekend’s Lollapalooza

- Michael B. Jordan’s (aka Wallace from “The Wire” aka Vince from “Friday Night Lights”) first job

- A recap with video clips from the Wet Hot American Summer 10th anniversary celebration in Brooklyn earlier this week