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TIME’S WEEKLY TAKE ON WHAT POPPED IN CULTURE

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Melissa McCarthy appeared on The Daily Show dressed in a kimono covered with images of Jon Stewart’s face.

‘James Dean makes it look super cool and easy, but it’s actually really hard to hold a cigarette in your mouth and walk.’

ELISABETH MOSS, actor, describing how difficult it was to film her memorable Mad Men hallway scene

Starbucks is introducing six new Frappuccino flavors, including red velvet, lemon bar and caramel cocoa cluster.

Liu Dejian, founder of Chinese game developer NetDragon Websoft, spent 600 million yuan ($100 million) constructing this building, which pays homage to Star Trek’s U.S.S. Enterprise. It houses his company’s offices.

Disney greenlighted a TV show based on the hit movie Tangled; it will air in 2017.

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Supermodel Kate Moss was reportedly escorted off an easyJet flight from Turkey to London on June 7 for “being disruptive.”

Some fans complained that Diana Ross’s first tweet–“I am on Twitter now and loving it”–wasn’t as quirky as it could have been. Here’s how other celebrities made their #marks:

Beyoncé’s “big” announcement on Good Morning America–assumed to be music-related–was about her vegan diet.

A new statue of one of Bulgaria’s most famous rulers has been widely mocked for having glow-in-the-dark eyes.

The world’s tallest cow, 6-ft. 4-in. (193 cm) Blossom, died at age 13.

‘APOLOGIZING TO A VERY NEEDY CAT FOR BEING GONE SO LONG.’

@TaylorSwift13 December 2008

‘I’LL BE HONEST, JUST CREATED THIS TO SAY THAT ANY OTHER “TWITTER-ERS” AREN’T ME. FLATTERING … JUST NOT ME.’

@AnnaKendrick47

July 2009

‘NICE TO (SORT OF) MEET YOU. IT’S AMAZING HOW QUICKLY 140 CHARAC’

@ActuallyNPH

November 2009

‘TODAY I INTERVIEWED A SQUIRREL IN MY BACKYARD AND THEN THREW TO COMMERCIAL. SOMEBODY HELP ME.’

@ConanOBrien

February 2010

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