1. There are some troubling rumors that Amy and Rory (played by Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill) will be leaving Doctor Who at the end of the current season. More details (along with a few spoilers) here.

2. A slightly squashed down version of famous French architect Jean Nouvel’s hotly-debated MoMA tower has been approved, and construction on the project — which is 1,050 feet, 200 feet shorter than the original design — is expected to start soon. [via The Measure]

3. The lineup for this year’s New York Comedy Festival has been announced, and it includes big names like Louis C.K., Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Bill Maher, Wanda Sykes, Russell Peters, Kathy Griffin, and Norm Macdonald. Schedule information and locations are still TBD, but mark your calendars for November 9 to 13. [via ArtsBeat]

4. Stay classy: According to The Sun, Amy Winehouse’s former husband Blake Fielder-Civil — who is currently serving a two-year prison sentence in Leeds for armed robbery and firearm offenses — is planning to write a tell-all book about his relationship with the singer. [via NME]

5. If the original cut of Drew Barrymore’s video for Best Coast left you wanting more Donald Glover, you can check out the 10-minute extended version of “Our Deal” here.

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Well, it was only a matter of time. As the Anthony Weiner story devolves into further ridiculousness, the media is following suit — to hilarious results. On Friday night’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill Maher and Jane Lynch performed a dramatic (and totally, awkwardly verbatim) reading of Anthony Weiner’s Facebook exchanges with Las Vegas blackjack dealer Lisa Weiss, complete with flirtatious looks, moaning, and Jane Lynch’s smooth comic brilliance. And trust us, when you have a script this good, it doesn’t matter that Maher is giggling uncontrollably to himself. Click through to watch the video, but be warned: as you might expect, the audio is definitely NSFW.

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Our friends at Comedy Central worked the red carpet at the New York Comedy Festival‘s Stand-Up For Heroes event, eschewing traditional celebrity reporting to play a game of “Would You Rather?” with Dan Rather, taunt Brian Williams about his newscaster rivalry with Jon Stewart, and temporarily fluster comedian Lisa Lampanelli, otherwise known as the Queen of Mean.

If you live in New York and want to check out some festival offerings, Tracy Morgan plays Carnegie Hall tonight, and Bill Maher closes out the festival on Sunday at Lincoln Center; you can also catch Andy Sandberg that same evening at Town Hall.

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“I think it’s just people who send this to somebody else, and it’s there way of saying if you’re moved by this the way that I am, we’re both wonderful people. And it absolves us of being the people who normally watch these singing contest shows and actually laugh at people like this.”

- Bill Maher believes the Internet popularity of Susan Boyle, who he describes as “the lovely Scottish troll with a voice of an angel,” is all about our unconscious guilt. He then takes the viewer through the next year of her life — from the Carnie Wilson by-pass surgery to to Scientology to putting out a gansta rap album, Frumpstyle. Watch the entire clip over on TV Squad.