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Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:
• French author Patrick Modiano has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. The Swedish committee cited Modiano, whose work is little known outside France, "for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation." [The Guardian]
• It's official: There will be a new "Ghostbusters" movie, directed by Paul Feig ("Bridesmaids," "The Heat") — who envisions a female-led cast, and promised to cast "hilarious women" to catch ghosts. [Entertainment Weekly]
• Jay Leno is coming back to TV, for a CNBC show about cars. [The Hollywood Reporter]