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Populist: Items of interest this week

Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande. Photograph: REX

Gourd almighty

In what might be a tiny bit of an overreaction, Ariana Grande called the police after a fan sent her a 42lb pumpkin for Halloween, along with a bunch of dog and cat calendars.

Mitch ado about nothing

Good news for stupid people: Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz is recutting the show’s tricksy, time-jumping fourth season so that it’s now told in chronological order.

Pianist redaction

A Croatian pianist is attempting to have a negative review of one of his performances removed from the internet under the Right To Be Forgotten law. Robbie Williams’s lawyers: assemble!

Frostie reception

In ‘we’re all infantilised idiots now’ news, the UK’s first breakfast-cereal cafe is set to open in east London.

Come as you aren’t

A digital agency has imagined what album covers might look like zoomed out: witness Nevermind baby swimming with sharks, or Bieber getting busted by the Feds. See them here.

The life thematic

In what is less a story than a collection of things we like, Wes Anderson and Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh are collaborating on “an important and sizeable theme park”.

Furry Christmas everybody

Made-for-TV film Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever sounds absolutely terrible... until you find out that its lead moggie is voiced by the superbly sour Aubrey Plaza. Watch trailer here.

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