Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:
• Canadian author Alice Munro, a specialist of the short-story form, has been given the Nobel Prize for Literature. [Washington Post]
• The Los Angeles Times' letters section will no longer run letters from people who deny evidence that humans are causing climate change because, the editors say, such letters are factually inaccurate. (In other words, the evidence is plentiful.) [Salon]
• "We Are Men" and we are cancelled: CBS has canned the freshman sitcom, and will bring back "Mike & Molly" in November. [The Hollywood Reporter]