Mandy Moore

New show ‘Pen15,’ which debuted on Hulu over the weekend, is a hilarious, R-rated look at awkward middle school adolescence in all its embarrassing glory playing out somewhere between ‘Freaks & Geeks’ and Netflix’s animated series ‘Big Mouth.’ It’s one of the best new shows of the year.

Plus: Ethan Hawke, Darren Aronofsky, VR, Superchunk, Todd Rundgren, ’This is Us,’ free beer koozies, and more.

The Roots @ Highline Ballroom (photo) tonight in NYC * Phish @ Jones Beach Theater * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Mandy Moore @ Highline Ballroom * Neil Innes of the Rutles @ BB King’s * Isis, Pelican, Tombs @ Irving Plaza * Sessions at Santa’s w/ Skint, Light Asylum (DJ) @ Santos * Emilie Simon, Holiday Shores @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Love Is All, Real Estate, The King Left @ Maxwell’s * Rock Plaza Central, Suckers, John Reichmann @ The Bell House * Art Brut, Murder Mystery, Les Sans Culottes @ Mercury Lounge * Bushwick Book Club: Watchmen w/ Franz Nicolay, etc @ Goodbye Blue Monday * Afrobeat Fest w/ BLK JKS, Geko Jones, Uproot Andy, Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew, Blue Nefertiti’s Paris@Night, Yacouba Diabate, Mamodou Konate, Afrobeat Radio DJs @ Knitting Factory Mandy Moore is playing a free early show at the Highline Ballroom tonight for those who buy her new album, Amanda Leigh, from Best Buy…

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Ryan Adams will release the digital-only EP (Lost Highway/UMe), exclusively via iTunes on February 10, 2009. Extra Cheese features six previously issued tracks plus the previously unreleased “Hey There, Mrs…

a catch up post…. Mandy Moore and rumored beau Ryan Adams were spotted shopping at Meltdown Comics and Collectibles and Vintage Gear Guitar Shop in Los Angeles yesterday…