Tapes 'N Tapes' upcoming tour will be sponsored by video-game developer 2K Sports (Billboard). The band also appears on the soundtrack for the game Major League Baseball 2K7, alongside acts including Pixies and The Thermals.
Extras will end with a single finale episode, instead of a third season, just like Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's UK version of The Office, BBC News reports.
The Guardian learns that revered author Gabriel García Márquez skipped his own birthday to go to Cuba and hang with Fidel Castro.
A May episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent will guest-star Peter Bogdanovich and David Cross, among others, according to an NBC press release. (Via The Futon Critic.)
Actress Carol Burnett has sued the makers of Family Guy for using an old janitor character of hers in its massive grab-bag of pop-culture tangents, the Associated Press reports.
And speaking of the rewards of ripping little pieces of what others make, YouTube is launching its annual Video Awards.