Today's talk you might've missed:

• Cue the "Jaws" theme music - the sharks are on the way.

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• "Game of Thrones'" Pedro Pascal lives! Now that he's been killed off in perhaps the most brutal way possible on HBO's "GOT," Netflix has snapped up the actor for a drama series called "Narcos." [Deadline]
• Life advice from Jane Fonda to start your weekend: "Ask questions, stay curious. It's much more important to be interested than interesting." [THR]
• Lupita Nyong'o is on fire right now. Following her "Star Wars" casting announcement, it's been revealed that she's going to star in and produce an adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "Americanah." [EW]
• All's fair in love and music between Katy Perry and John Mayer. [Cosmopolitan]
• Who's really behind Maleficent's menacing cheekbones? 50 Cent.

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Today's talk you might've missed:

• This is sure to start an argument. HBO says "Game of Thrones" has surpassed "The Sopranos" as the most popular show in the network's history. While "The Sopranos" averaged 18.2 million viewers an episode, a record set in 2002, "GOT" averages 18.4 million.
• With both "Maleficent" and ABC's "Once Upon A Time" performing well, Disney is trying to bring more of its classic characters to life. You can expect a live-action "Beauty and the Beast" from Bill Condon any day now. [Variety]
• Darren Aronofsky is going to try TV next. He's adapting Margaret Atwood's "MaddAddam" trilogy for an HBO series. [Deadline]
• The cast of "Insurgent" is filling out. First Naomi Watts and Octavia Spencer signed on, and now "Lost's" Daniel Dae Kim. [EW]
• Justin Bieber: Still sorry. [E!]
• "Family Guy's" Peter Griffin stole Rihanna's look, but she apparently approves. [Rihanna's Twitter]

• Demi Lovato's hair is now purple and silver, which just barely distracts us from her theory on aliens:

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• Justin Bieber is making Usher sad. [People]

Today's talk you might've missed:

• Will Smith is in talks to star in a movie based on a 2009 GQ article called "Game Brain," about traumatic brain injuries in the NFL. [Variety]
• Mariah Carey's album sales have proved "Elusive" with her 14th effort; the new release landed at No. 3 but only sold 58,000 copies. [Billboard]
• Here's how Rihanna and her sheer dress celebrated after she won the Fashion Icon award at the CFDAs:

• George R.R. Martin isn't definitely going to write eight books for his "Song of Ice and Fire" series - but he isn't ruling it out, either. [EW]
• Today in celebrity apologies, Pharrell Williams is saying sorry for wearing a Native American headdress on the cover of Elle UK. [BuzzFeed]
• So Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden are supposedly dating now. [RadarOnline]
• While Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smith are dating only on a "technicality." [People]
• And La Toya Jackson is engaged. [People]
• Younger Kardashian sibling Kendall Jenner has moved from being "model" to "topless model" in the new issue of Interview.

Today's talk you might've missed:

• "No matter how fast you run, no matter how far you go," you won't be able to escape the oncoming onslaught of promotion for Dwayne Johnson's "Hercules." At least this trailer delves into the plot, though:

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• It looks like director Scott Derrickson is about to get strange ... since he's been named the frontrunner to helm Marvel's "Doctor Strange." While no official announcement has been made, Derrickson's Twitter tells another story. [Variety]

• It looks like Angelina Jolie's "Maleficent" success is going to be short-lived. "The Fault In Our Stars," debuting Friday, has broken a pre-sales record for top-selling romantic drama. [Variety]

• Remember Johnny Depp in "Blow"? The guy his character was based on, George Jung, is now out of prison. [TMZ]

• We hope Lindsay Lohan doesn't depend on her mom for rides. Dina Lohan's driver's license has been suspended for a year and she's been sentenced to 100 hours of community service in connection with a DWI case. [People]
• About that time Brad Paisley took a selfie with members of the Westboro Church ...

• If you don't know who the "Ryan Lewis" is in "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis," you're not alone. These people have absolutely no clue what he does, either:

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