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Here's our compendium of pop-culture news you may have missed while you were doing more important things over the long holiday weekend.   ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/27/11

Fed up with the lack of royalty checks coming his way from outlets like iTunes and traditional DVD sales, Louis C.K. decided to release his latest stand-up special, Live at the Beacon Theater, for only $5 on his website. In only ten days, the album has already grossed $1 million.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/22/11

Niche shows can be a tricky sell for a long run. That HBO decided to mercy kill How to Make It in America yesterday with the same axe that claimed the head of Eddard Stark might not come as a surprise.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/22/11

We're not prone to fits of hysterics, but the news of not one, not two, but thirty-two new chapters in R. Kelly's legendary hip-hopera "Trapped in the Closet" has us popping open the New Year's champagne a few weeks early and hunting down our Trapped in the Closet DVDs (What? Like you don't have them).  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/21/11

It's no secret that James Franco is one of the busiest men in the business. From  taking and teaching college classes to films and voiceovers and fine art, to divining the spirit of Tennessee Williams, Franco marches to the beat of every single drum. But can one man do it all?  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/21/11

Here's our compendium of pop-culture news you may have missed while you were doing more important things over the weekend.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/19/11

Woody Allen returned to the theater this season with a contribution to the collaborative effort Relatively Speaking, a trio of one-act plays directed by John Turturro, and featuring, alongside Allen, works by Ethan Coen and Elaine May.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/16/11

This week, Scott got back from Israel just in time to have a meeting with super-cool band and DJ duo Crystal Castles.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/16/11

In Ed Sanders' Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, The Fugs, and Counterculture in the Lower East Side (Da Capo), he revisits the gritty streets which inspired his soulful, dissonant songs.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/14/11

Molly McAleer's personality is like your best friend's older sister—the kind that would berate you for you shoes, haircut, and music taste, but only in a way that made you want to wear better shoes, get a better haircut, and listen to better music.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/13/11