Fast Track: Joss Whedon, Guillermo Del Toro and more Comic-Con awesomeness
A roundup of Friday morning’s arts and entertainment headlines:
Joss Whedon is officially directing “The Avengers.” (Los Angeles Times)
Guillermo del Toro will revamp Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” franchise. (Los Angeles Times)
GLAAD gives the CW high marks for diversity. (The Envelope)
Oksana Grigorieva claims Mel Gibson said, “I want Jew blood on my hands.” (Radar Online)
Can Mindjolt do for video game developers what MySpace did for musicians? (Wall Street Journal)
Justin Bieber will guest-star on “CSI.” (Los Angeles Times)
Elton John is working on an “Animal Farm” musical. (Deadline Hollywood)
Accidental Internet stars are hitting the talk show circuit. (New York Times)
Justin Bieber will guest star on “CSI.” (Los Angeles Times)
Lindsay Lohan is being forced to drink from the “nasty sink in her cell.” (TMZ)
Wanna chat with “Kids Are All Right” director Lisa Cholodenko? You can. (Los Angeles Times)
Michelle Rodriguez and Robert Rodriguez sling tacos at Comic-Con. (Movieline)
“Mad Men” is coming back and Don Draper may be the Devil. (Los Angeles Times)
Billy Corgan collapses during Smashing Pumpkins show in Florida. (Pop Eater)
-- Patrick Kevin Day
Twitter Trends in Los Angeles
* #oneofmyfears * SHINee * Inception * TGIF * Modification * Rising * Loan * iPhone * #ff * Comeback * Scott Pilgrim
Google Trends
1. whale 2. venables 3. tropical storm bonnie 2010 4. stress tests 5. shirley sherrod 6. rangel 7. north korea 8. miranda kerr 9. milwaukee flooding 10. mcdonald s
More to Read
The biggest entertainment stories
Get our big stories about Hollywood, film, television, music, arts, culture and more right in your inbox as soon as they publish.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.