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Hirshhorn 'Bubble' project is up in the air Nov 2nd 2012, 00:09 The fate of the "Bubble," the seasonal inflatable structure that was supposed to rise from the top of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to create a culturally and architecturally transformative space, is up in the air. Read full article >> NBC Universal networks to air telethon for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts Nov 1st 2012, 23:05 NBC announced Thursday that it will air a one-hour celebrity-studded telethon at 8 p.m. Friday to raise money for the American Red Cross relief efforts for Sandy victims. The network also invited its commercial-broadcast brethren to lay down their November "sweep" plans that night and join in carrying "Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together." Read full article >> Joe Biden reads Top 10 List on 'Letterman' Nov 1st 2012, 22:41 Vice President Joe Biden read David Letterman's Thursday Top 10 List: Good Things About Voting Early. "Before begin I just hope everything is coming along alright in New York," Biden said before reading the list; he'd taped his delivery earlier Thursday at the Davenport, Iowa hotel in which he was staying while campaigning for President Obama. Read full article >> In other news: Bruce Springsteen applauds Chris Christie; no charges in Gene Hackman's fight with a homeless man Nov 1st 2012, 22:22 •Unrequited superfan Chris Christie got a bit of validation from his hero. The New Jersey governor is effusive in his love of Bruce Springsteen and has seen him live 130 times; the rock star, though, has largely ignored Christie, while frequently speaking in opposition to the Republican's policies. But they did see eye-to-eye on Hurricane Sandy. During his Rochester, N.Y., concert Wednesday, Springsteen (who is scheduled to perform on NBC's storm-relief telethon Friday) paid tribute to "all the people working down there" on the Jersey shore, including "the governor, who has done such a hard job this week." Read full article >> 'The Lawgiver,' by Herman Wouk Nov 1st 2012, 21:05 Most writers have a physical or mental drawer full of ideas for books that were never written. Maybe the time wasn't right, or maybe the writer wasn't up to the task. Generally, those ideas fade and ultimately disappear. Yet every once in a while, some novelist will dust off an ancient memo and say, "Hmmm, there's something here." Read full article >> Chloe Sevigny on Shelley in 'American Horror Story: Asylum': 'Her disadvantages only increase' Nov 1st 2012, 20:44 Chloe Sevigny promised Thursday that things for her "American Horror Story: Asylum" character are only going to get worse in upcoming episodes. Yes, worse than they were last night when James Cromwell did two or three horrible things in a row to Shelley, Briarcliff Manor's resident nymphomaniac. Read full article >> Love, etc.: Former child stars Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell wed Nov 1st 2012, 20:33 • Married: Evan Rachel Wood, 25, and Jamie Bell, 26, in a small ceremony somewhere Tuesday, her rep told reporters. The former child stars (she was Sela Ward's stepdaughter in "Once and Again," and grew up to be Mickey Rourke's daughter in "The Wrestler"; he was the title character in "Billy Elliott" and grew up to be the title character in "The Adventures of Tintin") first dated as teenagers. She later got briefly engaged to twice-her-age goth-rocker Marilyn Manson — but doesn't this look like a better situation for her, really? Read full article >> I want to belieb: Getting lost in the Web of Justin Bieber Nov 1st 2012, 18:58 Justin Bieber didn't make any major headlines on Tuesday. No stage barf. No stolen laptops. There wasn't a lot to talk about. Yet the talk was nonstop. That's because the 18-year-old pop singer stands as the social media age's preeminent black hole. More than 47 million fans have given him a thumbs-up on Facebook. His YouTube views are in the billions. On Twitter, where his name is tweeted roughly every second of the day, he's amassed more than 29 million followers. And when he performs at a sold-out Verizon Center on Monday night, he'll heap untold thousands onto the $14 million pile his "Believe" tour has grossed since launching Sept. 29. Read full article >> Hey, isn't that . . . ?: Judi Dench Nov 1st 2012, 18:23 • Judi Dench pacing the steps of the Folger Shakespeare Library late Thursday morning — oh, and yes, it was a film shoot. Small crew and only one other actor in the scene with Dame Judi, who wore a fabulous trenchcoat. They'll be around town the next couple days filming "Philomena," based on a true story about a woman searching for the child she gave up for adoption. Also stars Steve Coogan, though he wasn't the actor at the Folger. We're told they picked the site for its perfect Capitol dome backdrop. Read full article >> Letterman delivers Kimmel's biggest Wednesday crowd ever Nov 1st 2012, 17:50 David Letterman's visit with No. 1 fan Jimmy Kimmel churned up the biggest Wednesday audience in "Jimmy Kimmel Live's 10 year history — about 2.4 million viewers. "I'm more excited than I'm able to explain," Kimmel gushed as he introduced Letterman to his studio audience at the Brooklyn  Academy of Music. Read full article >> Chris Brown dresses as terrorist for Halloween, upsets Internet Nov 1st 2012, 16:56 Chris Brown came to Rihanna's West Hollywood Halloween party Wednesday night dressed as an Arab terrorist. While there were differing opinions on whether he and his friends, who dressed in similar ensembles, were supposed to be members of the Taliban, al-Qaeda or some lesser-known terrorist cell, most seemed to agree that this was yet another terrible choice in a line of often terrible Chris Brown choices. Read full article >> Read this: Shmuley Boteach, Jen Psaki, Martin Greenfield, Greg Merson Nov 1st 2012, 15:15 Other interesting stories in The Washington Post: Shmuley Boteach — the celebrity rabbi who starred in a reality series, counseled Michael Jackson, and wrote a book on "Kosher Sex" — is making an unorthodox bid for Congress. . . Meet Jen Psaki, the sharp-tongued traveling campaign spokeswoman, who could well become the third woman to serve as White House press secretary if Obama wins reelection . . . . The amazing true-life story of Martin Greenfield, who survived Auschwitz to become the tailor for four presidents. . . David Axelrod bets his mustache on three swing states. . . A much-hyped study of late-night comedy election bias ignores data from Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, many others. Read full article >> Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell wed; George Clooney is distantly related to Abraham Lincoln Nov 1st 2012, 13:36 A morning mix of entertainment headlines... Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell are now married. The actors got married Tuesday, according to People magazine, during what a rep for the couple calls "a small ceremony with close family and friends." The two began dating in 2005, then split for a period during which Wood was engaged to Marilyn Manson, then later reconciled. They reportedly got engaged earlier this year. As a tribute to their matrimonial union, here's Wood and Bell starring in the music video that introduced them to each other: Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends." (People) Read full article >> Study of late-night comics leaves out Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Nov 1st 2012, 00:23 Reporters who cover politics and media had their undies in a bunch Wednesday over a study conducted by the Center for Media and Public Affairs announcing, "late night TV talk show comedians have told more jokes about Mitt Romney than about all Democrats combined since the party nominating conventions." Read full article >>

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