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P and P: Published just last month, Leanne Shapton’s Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry has been optioned by Paramount, with Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman set to produce and star in the romantic-comedy adaptation. The book takes the form of an estate-auction catalogue, with entries depicting the course of the now-expired relationship between Morris, a photographer in his forties, and Doolan, a food columnist in her late twenties.

Redeem now A new paper "reaches the conclusion that less linguistically diverse countries tend to prosper," according to The Economist. The magazine cites the work of Bodo Steiner and Cong Wang, economists at the University of Southern Denmark, who explored the relationship between linguistic fragmentation and social capital in countries. Social capital is kind of a sticky term, but the Harvard Kennedy School defines it as such: This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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Book of the dayFictionReviewThe French satirist is uniquely placed to anatomise the impotence and rage of an embittered bureaucrat “My desire to displease masks an insane desire to please,” Michel Houellebecq wrote in Public Enemies, his epistolary exchange with the philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy. “But I want people to like me ‘for myself’, without trying to seduce, without hiding whatever is shameful about me.” To some extent one reads Houellebecq precisely for his willingness to risk being loathed.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 8, episode 5, of “The Masked Singer,” “Muppets Night,” which aired Oct. 26 on Fox. Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Talk show host Jerry Springer, as well as actor Kat Graham (“The Vampire Diaries”) were revealed in the latest double masking on “The Masked Singer,” as the show’s Wednesday night episode celebrated “Muppets Night.

AB out ... TO in? Terrell Owens is hoping that's the case now in Tampa Bay ... saying this week that after Antonio Brown got the boot from the Buccaneers on Sunday, he wants to step in and fill the void on the team's roster. TO made the announcement on "Getcha Popcorn Ready with T.O. and Hatch" -- which airs every Sunday at 8 p.m. on Fubo Sports Network -- saying he truly believes he can fill in for Brown during Tampa's playoff run.

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Joe Rogan is, without a doubt, one of the most talented personalities in the MMA industry. Not only is the UFC commentator and analyst an MMA expert, but he is also a stand-up comedian, actor, and host of his own podcast show. Joe Rogan runs his own podcast program, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience,’ and it is doing extremely well. On the show, Rogan invites guests from various professions to discuss topics such as psychedelics, technology, politics, science, and much more.