TEAGAN & SARA finally drop a video for the 80s-ish "Closer." YEASAYER discusses and performs songs from Fragrant World at World Cafe. FREELANCE WHALES also stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. JD McPHERSON stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set. ALLEN TOUSSAINT plays live in Studio 1a at KUT. U2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)," ripped from the premiere, for extra retro goodness. RECORD EXEC JOE SMITH recorded interviews with many of the popular music figures of the 20th century, including Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Garcia, Tony Bennett, Bo Diddley, Mick Jagger, Little Richard, Dick Clark, Burt Bacharach, Ruth Brown, and David Bowie, which are now streaming from the Library of Congress. GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR: Their reunion is profiled in the New York Times, with a cameo from director Judd Apatow. LED ZEPPELIN will be on Letterman tonight, but may not play. THE PITCHFORK READERS' POLL: Voting is open. WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 threepeats with 17.4 million on a 60 percent drop; that's marginally better than Part 1, but lagging Eclipse in the series. Skyfall places again (but could possibly lead when actuals come in) with 17 million on a 52 percent drop, with a 246 million domestic haul against a 200 million budget (and over 600 million elsewhere). Lincoln shows again with just over 13.5 million on a 47 percent drop, with an 83.6 million total against a 65 million budget. Rise of the Guardians holds the fourth slot with 13.5 million (and could beat Lincoln ultimately) with 13.5 million, with a ~49 million domestic total against a 145 million budget. Life of Pi again rounds out the Top 5 with 12 million on a 47 percent drop, with a 48 million total against a 120 million budget. Below the fold, Killing Them Softly opened in seventh place with 7 million against a 15 million budget, and the Collection opened in tenth with 3.4 million. GABRIEL AUBRY drops his restraining order against Olivier Martinez. KRISTEN STEWART & ROBERT PATTINSON: Still on rocky ground. HUGH HEFNER & CRYSTAL HARRIS are engaged (again). LINDSAY LOHAN hired a priviate investigator to dig in to the life of the woman who accused her of assault. DENNIS QUAID has filed for divorce from his wife Kimberly, six weeks after she got the ball rolling by filing for separation. HARVEY WEINSTEIN and Georgina Chapman are expecting a baby in early spring. THE UNITED STATES: The Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency plans to dispatch hundreds more spies overseas, bringing the total to 1600 over the next five years. SYRIA: Government forces continued to bombard rebel strongholds in the outskirts of Damascus. EGYPT's supreme court suspended work after Islamist demonstrators blocked judges from entering their chambers. Opposition groups called for demonstrations on Tuesday to protest a referendum on a draft constitution. IRAQI security officials have claimed that Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the head of al Qaeda in Iraq and its Islamic State of Iraq, has been captured. The reports of Baghdadi's arrest have not been confirmed. PARROT, Gangnam Style. PERLA the CAT repeatedly saves her owner's life when the girl suffers chest pain attacks. A TINY CHAMELEON is the first of its kind born in a British zoo. BRITAIN'S SMALLEST DOG embarked on her first walk - despite being too tiny to fit the littlest of leads.
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