Here's what's happening today in pop culture – in a special all-animal edition of The Daily 3:
• Singer-songwriter Fiona Apple has canceled her South American tour, she told fans in a long hand-written letter she posted on Facebook, because she wants to stay home and care for her dying dog. [Entertainment Weekly]
• Uggie, the canine co-star of "The Artist," is releasing his "autobiography," and like most celebrity memoirs, there's a shocking admission: He once killed a kitten. [The Huffington Post]
• Director Peter Jackson is denying claims that 27 animals were killed during production of "The Hobbit." [The Hollywood Reporter]