Here's what's happening today in pop culture:
• First-day advance ticket sales for "The Hunger Games" which doesn't come out until next month broke the record set by the third "Twilight" movie. [Deadline.com]
• Harvey Weinstein's mad at the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings board, for denying his appeal of an "R" rating for his company's anti-bullying doc "Bully" so he says The Weinstein Company is considering "a leave of absence" from the ratings system. Can he do that? [Los Angeles Times]
• Sacha Baron Cohen is generating publicity for his upcoming comedy "The Dictator," by threatening to show up on the Oscar night red carpet in character. [Hollywood Reporter]