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Tuesdays in November are a lot like Saturdays in March. You know what I mean? No? Oh well, ponder it and take your daily dose of news.

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And lo, on humpday the world became enamored once more with Michael Jackson. Let’s find out why.

• -The slew of reviews for This Is It come in today and rank it currently at 73 percent on the Tomatometer. [RT]
• -Thanks to ?ustlove, Kel from LatinoReview, Matt Patches and wesprs–we know Kenny Ortega is a cockblocker gangsta. [Twitters]
• -Current user Bryan Lloyd (neé NeoDobby) wasn’t as thrilled about It. It being his car keys. [Current]
• -Zach Galifianakis will play an agoraphobic man in a Boston town house, Amy Adams his call-girl girlfriend. Wow. [Variety]
• -Adam Sandler will embrace his inner Eddie Murphy and play both Jack and Jill. [Variety: the Sequel]
• -The Essential Michael Haneke Collection has an abiding sadness to it, no? [Twitch]
• -It was not that popular at midnight in Harlem. [NYT ArtsBeat]
• -The Invictus trailer. Sure. [Apple]
• -Dominc Monaghan takes over Current this Friday. It’ll be a…LOST HOBBIT…SOMETHING…damn it. [Current]

Oh snap, there’s news and today is officially a day. Let’s rock it:

• -Adrien Brody will lead the cast of the Nimrod Antal directed, Robert Rodriguez produced/written Predators. [Current]
• -A look into the legitimate world of matching an actor up with a charity proves the scene from Bruno was sadly real. [Indie Eye]
• -RZA joins Todd Phillips’ Due Date with Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. [Variety]
• -Samuel L. Jackson will star in the adaptation of Same Kind of Different as Me. Whatever. [Variety]
• -Paul Schrader is still making a Bollywood film. It’s called Xtreme City. Can’t be the YUKIO MISHIMA SONG I made up, though. [Variety]
• -You noticed those last three links were all from Variety? Why? Because…it’s the spice of life. [Instant Rimshot]
• -Go away. Listen to the fox.

-John Lichman