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Here's what is happening in pop culture:
• "Maleficent" was named best movie at the People's Choice Awards — but, then, Adam Sandler won an award, so one should be careful letting people choose things. [Entertainment Weekly]
• The steamy S&M drama "Fifty Shades of Grey," opening Feb. 13, has skated through the MPAA with an R rating, not only for the strong sexual material and graphic nudity, but for "unusual behavior." [Variety]
• Jon Stewart spoke for a lot of us after the attack on Paris' satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo: "Very few people go into comedy as an act of courage, mainly because it shouldn't be that." [The Hollywood Reporter]