Today's news you might've missed:

• Questlove of The Roots tipped off his Twitter followers to pay close attention to the song the band played as Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann dropped by "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Monday, and according to reports, it turned out to be Fishbone's "Lyin' A-s B-–." Host Fallon has since tweeted that Questlove is "grounded." In a statement to ABC News, Questlove says, "The performance was a tongue-in-cheek and spur of the moment decision. The show was not aware of it and I feel bad if her feelings were hurt. That was not my intention." [Questlove's Twitter/Jimmy Fallon's Twitter/ABC News]
• Ewan McGregor is making a play for the small screen. The 40-year-old actor has landed a role in HBO's adaptation of lauded novel "The Corrections." McGregor will portray the middle child, Chip, in the network's take on Jonathan Franzen's fictional Midwestern family. [THR]
• Speaking of book adaptations, Aaron Sorkin says he's "strongly considering" taking on the task of penning the Steve Jobs biopic. "Right now I'm just in the thinking-about-it stages," Sorkin said. "It's a really big movie and it's going to be a great movie no matter who writes it." But c'mon, who better than Mr. "Social Network" for the job? [E!]
• If this is true, it's beyond adorable: Angelina Jolie and adopted son Pax hung out with the 8-year-old's biological grandmother on his first trip back to his native country, Vietnam. [Us Weekly]
• As we're sure the Barbies have heard, Nicki Minaj is back in the studio, and is looking to drop her next album in early 2012. [Billboard]