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Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:
• More theaters will be opening the leading Oscar contenders "La La Land," "Moonlight," "Manchester by the Sea" and "Arrival" this weekend. [The Hollywood Reporter]
• A Texas pop-music radio station has banned Madonna from its airwaves, after the singer had the temerity to use her free-speech rights to speak against Donald Trump at the Women's March on Washington. You know, because freedom. [The Huffington Post]
• George Orwell's "1984" topped Amazon's best-seller lists, after it suddenly became relevant with Kellyanne Conway's defense of "alternative facts." [Entertainment Weekly]