The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

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1. Between accusations of his antisemitism and the fact that he’s not even planning to show up at the banquet, do you think the Academy is starting to regret giving Jean-Luc Godard an honorary Oscar? [via NYT] 2. So that’s not good: “Show Zero,” which was touted as the warm-up for Conan O’Brien’s upcoming TBS show, was pretty disappointing, filled with “dated comedy and embarrassingly overt product placement.” [via Vulture] 3. Leonardo DiCaprio is going to play Dr. HH Holmes, one of the most prolific serial killers in Chicago history, in a film adaptation of The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. [via Deadline] 4. Kim Kardashian has been spending time in the recording studio with The-Dream. [via TMZ] 5. Paramount has bought a new film project from True Blood creator Alan Ball that is allegedly “a dark comedy with a twist.” He will both direct and produce. [via Deadline]

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