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Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:
• "Weird Al" Yankovic is releasing eight videos in eight days to tout his new album, "Mandatory Fun," kicking off with "Tacky," a satirical salute to Pharrell Williams' "Happy." [Entertainment Weekly]
• After a year on "Saturday Night Live," Brooks Wheelan was given the ax — and it says something that the most notable thing he did all season was a tweet announcing he got fired. [Vulture]
• Director Randall Miller and producer Jody Savin turned themselves in to authorities in Georgia, after they were indicted with manslaughter charges in the death of film crew member Sarah Jones on the set of the indie movie "Midnight Rider." [The Hollywood Reporter]