Here's what's happening in pop culture:
• Comedian Patrice O'Neal has died at the age of 41, following a stroke last month and a long battle with diabetes. [Washington Post]
• A Sunday memorial service has been set for Kristen Merrill, a founding member of Utah's comic musical trio The Saliva Sisters, who died Nov. 21 at age 60. It will be at a bar, and "in lieu of flowers, tell a joke." [David Burger, The Salt Lake Tribune]
• A Pixar-loving California couple is returning to Utah, to buy the "Up" house in Herriman. [Katie Drake, The Salt Lake Tribune]