Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:
• Neil Patrick Harris is returning to Broadway next spring, after "How I Met Your Mother" has finished its run. He'll fill John Cameron Mitchell's high-heeled shoes in the Broadway premiere of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." [New York Times]
• Don't look for Tom Hiddleston as Loki in the "Avengers" sequel, hints director Joss Whedon. [Entertainment Weekly]
• How far out do you want to pencil in your calendar for "The Amazing Spider-Man"? Columbia Pictures already has, setting the third installment for 2016 and the fourth for 2018. [/Film]