The Cricket's Daily 3: Laurie Anderson's goodbye to Lou Reed

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

• If you have tears, prepare to shed them as you read Laurie Anderson's sweet farewell to her husband, Lou Reed. [Vulture]

• So which celebrity won Halloween? Looks like a tie between Ellen DeGeneres (dressed as Nicki Minaj) or Heidi Klum (made up like an old woman). [The Huffington Post, USA Today]

• So the Parents Television Council, not content on being a buzzkill for the small screen, is whinging about New York's IFC Center loosening its admittance policy for the NC-17 French lesbian drama "Blue Is the Warmest Color." [New York Times]