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Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:

• So "The Interview" has become a "see it or the terrorists win" cause celebre, because the hackers who downloaded internal documents from Sony have made further threats — leading to the cancellation of Thursday's New York premiere, and prompting the Carmike chain to pull the movie altogether when it opens Christmas Day. And now democracy activists are making plans to drop DVD copies of the movie into North Korea. [NPR, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter]

• The Library of Congress has added 25 new titles to the National Film Registry, including "The Big Lebowski," "Ferris Beuller's Day Off," "Rosemary's Baby," "Saving Private Ryan" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." [Variety]

• Things that happen on live TV: Two rival pundits, who happen to be brothers, arguing on a C-SPAN call-in show, got an earful from one caller — their mom. [The Huffington Post]