The Cricket's Daily 3: Jon Stewart's doing OK

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Here's what's happening today in pop culture:

• A bearded Jon Stewart checked in, via Skype, with "The Daily Show" – to talk about his break to direct a political drama, "Rosewater." [The Hollywood Reporter]

• Another day, another incident of Alec Baldwin going nuts on Twitter at a reporter. [Entertainment Weekly]

• There are lots of stories about James Gandolfini's funeral out there, but Matt Zoller Seitz' account is particularly touching. [Vulture]