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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. “Dull Tool,” a new Fiona Apple song that will be featured on the soundtrack for Judd Apatow’s upcoming comedy This Is 40, has leaked online. Give it a listen here. (On a related note, if you missed the heartbreaking handwritten letter Apple posted yesterday that explains why she’s canceling her upcoming South… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. R. Kelly’s epic hip-hop opera, Trapped in the Closet, is apparently going to be adapted as a Broadway musical. Also: There are 85 additional chapters in the series that Kelly hasn’t even debuted yet. [via Gawker]

2. If you happen to be visiting London over the next few weeks, James Franco will… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Justin Bieber might have dominated the American Music Awards, but we’d say that MC Hammer and Psy won the night with

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Lindsay Lohan was actually pretty funny last night in the “Let Us Play With Your Look” segment on Jimmy Fallon — granted, she didn’t have to say anything. [via Pop Culture Brain]

2. “I just thought it was ridiculous. I mean, I’ve read reviews — there’s good and there’s bad in the… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Channing Tatum has been named People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. [via

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Accuser Recants Allegations Against Elmo Puppeteer, Kevin Clash

By Alison Nastasi on

“I am relieved that this painful allegation has been put to rest. I will not discuss it further,” Kevin Clash, the voice of Sesame Street’s Elmo, said after his accuser recanted recent claims of underage sex. The 23-year-old, unidentified man’s law firm issued this statement: “He wants it to be known that his sexual relationship… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. “When you see a merger between two giants in a declining industry, it can look like the financial version of a couple having a baby to save a marriage.” — In the wake of the announced Penguin-Random House merger, The New York Times writes about the death of the publishing industry. Again.… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Did you go see Skyfall over the weekend? The movie pulled in $90 million at the domestic box office, making it the biggest Bond film opening in the 50-year-old franchise’s history. [via Vulture]

2. Kevin Clash, who has voiced Sesame Street’s Elmo for the past 28 years — and charmed us all… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Musical theater geeks, drop everything: A new international trailer for Les Misérables has landed online, and unlike the previous teaser, it includes juicy snippets of “One Day More” and “Do You Hear The People Sing?” Are we the only ones getting chills?

2. A benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Sandy called… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Judy Berman on

1. Forget being re-elected; we imagine Joe Biden’s even more excited to have landed a cameo on Parks and Recreation. The episode in which he appears will air next Thursday, November 15th. We hope Leslie Knope will be able to contain herself. Check out a video preview of Biden’s appearance at