Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:
• If you have tears, prepare to shed them as you read Laurie Anderson's sweet farewell to her husband, Lou Reed. [Vulture]
• So which celebrity won Halloween? Looks like a tie between Ellen DeGeneres (dressed as Nicki Minaj) or Heidi Klum (made up like an old woman). [The Huffington Post, USA Today]
• So the Parents Television Council, not content on being a buzzkill for the small screen, is whinging about New York's IFC Center loosening its admittance policy for the NC-17 French lesbian drama "Blue Is the Warmest Color." [New York Times]