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Morning Deal Report: Jon Hamm on the Howl

Fans of Mad Men’s Don Draper may see some irony in the fact that the actor who portrays the beatnik-scorning ad exec has taken a role in Howl, the upcoming movie centering on Alan Ginsberg’s obscenity trial. “Hamm will star as defense attorney Jake Ehrlich, whose life was the inspiration for the TV series Perry Mason,” Variety reports. The cast also includes James Franco, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels.

Another alien invasion is on the way.

DVD Digest for July 1, 2008

This week, one of the great writers of the twentieth century gets some Criterion love, plus plenty of Blu-Ray releases to last for the rest of the summer.

Aronofsky Takes Up Residence In Riverview Towers

If Lost is too straightforward and predictable for your television palette, take heart: The Hollywood Reporter reported last week that indie film darling Darren Aronofsky is currently developing a new series for AMC, the network that's recently out-HBO-ed HBO with edgy, critically-acclaimed new shows like Mad Men and Breaking Bad.