While You Were Drinking: Weekend Buzz Highlights

While you were enjoying the nice weekend weather, the music world was still moving. So for those of us who aren’t hooked to RSS feeds as if they were an IV, here’s the CliffsNotes of what’s been up in music news.

Leighton Meester got a record deal
She’s famous for being Blair on the hit show “Gossip Girl”, and she guest starred a couple times on “Entourage,” but Meester is no one-trick pony. She just signed with Universal Republic and her album is out due in the fall.

Franz Ferdinand plans to release a dub album
The Scottish band is going to release a dub album June 1. Entitled Blood, the record will remix the songs from their January release, Tonight:Franz Ferdinand. Okay, so I can’t really imagine what this is going to sound like, but I must say, I’m intrigued.

Evan Rachel Wood is joining the cast of “True Blood”
Marilyn Manson’s ex will appear in the last two episodes of the upcoming season of “True Blood,” HBO’s vampire series that is campy, sexy and well, weird. Though the acting is, at times, laughable, the show is a true guilty pleasure. And, it’s not a stretch to imagine Evan Rachel Wood as a vamp, she’s got the pale skin and the creepy allure. I’ll tune in.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are coming back to the big screen...again
If you were disappointed by the last TMNT flop, a live-action movie is slated to come out in 2011. But, considering the director was in charge of such gems as Superman Returns and 10,000 BC, I’m not holding my breath.

-Lindsey Lee
Currently listening to: “Betterman” by John Butler Trio
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