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Just want to give mad props here to all parties involved for dragging this conversation between two unlikely strangers out. Can't say that I saw it going where it did after an innocent enough, 'Hey'.

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Back in August, Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan decided to bring their TV Land sitcom The Jim Gaffigan Show to an end, but it turns out that we actually won’t have to wait too much longer to see more of Jim Gaffigan on our TVs. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he has just joined the cast of Noah Hawley’s critically acclaimed FX anthology series Fargo for its upcoming third season. Gaffigan will reportedly be playing a police deputy named Donny Mashman who works alongside another cop played by Carrie Coon from The Leftovers. Also, Donny Mashman is a really good name for a Jim Gaffigan character.

Season three of Fargo will reportedly be set in 2010 and deal with the aftermath of the show’s first season. Nobody from that season is expected to appear, but Ewan McGregor (playing two brothers in his first recurring TV role), Mary Elizabeth ...

For one night only, Rush: Time Stand Still, a documentary narrated by Paul Rudd that looks at the legendary band’s 40-year career and what might be its final tour, will play in more than 490 theaters via Fathom Events. The event also includes a 20-minute long short, which won’t be on the home video, called “Rush: A Salute to Kings,” featuring interviews with Gene Simmons, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Taylor Hawkins, Chad Smith, and more pronouncing their fandom.

It’s a documentary brimming with talent, but the spotlight isn’t reserved solely for celebrities, as the official theatrical trailer—provided exclusively to The A.V. Club—shows Time Stand Still paying service to some of rock’s most devoted fans. Promising an intimate look at these diehards, bassist Geddy Lee expresses his appreciation for those who have supported Rush along the way, “People pat us on the back ...

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Three days after a short teaser debuted online showing Keanu Reeves’ animal-loving hitman-turned-vigilante getting all dolled up for the social event of the professional killer’s year, an expanded trailer for John Wick: Chapter 2 premiered this afternoon at New York Comic Con. Clocking in at a minute and 47 seconds, the kinetic, gorgeously shot trailer builds on the previously-released teaser, sending our hero on an intercontinental rampage spanning from New York to Rome (and potentially points beyond).

The trailer was revealed during a panel about the film, where Reeves explained that the sequel reveals “a little more” about John Wick’s backstory while also deepening the mythology behind exclusive killer-for-hire hotel The Continental, including a sinister-sounding subgroup called “The ...

Finally, the long wait to make yourself super-depressed about the state of the world and where we’re all headed is almost over! Yes, soon you can again plunge into the dark melancholia of experiencing a near-future society in which our own technology has destroyed something fundamental about our humanity, because Black Mirror’s new season is debuting this month on Netflix. On October 21, six all-new episodes of the dystopian anthology series will be released, and as this trailer shows, the series has lost none of its penchant for taking the seemingly inevitable next steps of technological evolution and demonstrating how it will doom us all to an endless unhappy existence. From Bryce Dallas Howard’s “solid popularity arc” reflecting our new obsession with rating everything to what looks like some sort of immersive wargames experience, the show continues to explore the dark underbelly of progress—though the little ...

Block & Tackle is John Teti’s column about pro football.

The Kansas City Chiefs’ road matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers did not go well for the visiting team, as the Chiefs forgot to set their alarm clocks and didn’t wake up until the fourth quarter of the game in which they were ostensibly participating. The final score was 43-14 in the Steelers’ favor. NFL statisticians are still reviewing the footage, though, and they may have discovered more Pittsburgh touchdowns by the time you read this.

The rout was on early: At halftime the Steelers had already built a 29-0 lead. This created a dilemma for NBC, which was contractually obligated to televise this game but morally obligated to entertain its audience, Little Big Shots notwithstanding. Thus, with the outcome in little doubt, Sunday Night Football shifted into blowout mode. Most people change the channel for blowout mode, but ...

Nine times out of ten it never plays out like this, but right here have a slam dunk.

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Microsoft’s Gears Of War 4 comes out next week, introducing a whole new generation of gamers to Locusts, Hordes, and the glories of guns with chainsaws on the end. Among those newfound gaming neophytes: Conan host Conan O’Brien, who somehow convinced yet another high-profile video game studio to let him mercilessly mock their output as part of his popular Clueless Gamer segment.

As always, O’Brien is teamed up with a guest, there to provide commentary, jokes, and, in this case, some medicinal relaxation. Wiz Khalifa was on hand to play through selected portions of the game’s bloody campaign, accompanied by what appears to have been some fairly pungent pot, all the better to survive a dry recitation of the game’s needlessly complex backstory.

The finished segment is heavier on weed jokes (and potato salad) than actual gameplay, but it does feature a few good moments ...

With so much of Showtime’s return to Twin Peaks next year still appropriately shrouded in mystery, even to the cast members who are ostensibly part of it, fans have been left to hang on every drib and drab of casting information, tweet, or wordless preview—clinging to the tiniest evocation of the show’s distinctive atmosphere solely for the familiar feelings they stir, regardless of whether they offer anything new or, frankly, substantive to merit the attention.

Anyway, here’s a clip of Angelo Badalamenti playing a synthesizer.

Billed as an “extended tease” (a phrase that’s probably far sexier than it delivers—though your mileage may vary), it finds the show’s original composer hunched over his keyboard, eyes closed in musical ecstasy, plucking out the swooning, melodramatic strains of “Laura Palmer’s Theme.” Badalamenti’s head floats through the shadows of the Pacific Northwest forest, bringing ...

Once upon a time, on the day of a big anticipated album release, you’d have to wake up early, fight your sister for possession of mom’s car keys, drive 35 minutes to the nearest mall, park near the south entrance close to where the Sam Goody was located, and then rush inside only to be told by an aloof college-aged clerk that they won’t start unboxing that album until after lunch. Today, all you have to do is open your cell phone and fire up Spotify. And if that’s too much work for you, just scroll down to the embed below and within seconds you’ll be listening to Bon Iver’s first new album in five years, 22, A Million, still warm from the streaming presses and accompanied by many listening events and some kind of weird newspaper.

The A.V. Club gave 22, A ...