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Published: May 8, 2012
1. The case for Samuel L. Jackson as Hollywood’s most bankable star. [PopWatch/EW via CNN]
2. “Mad Men” paid $250,000 for the use, in the most recent episode, of the Beatles song “Tomorrow Never Knows.” [RS]
3. The Beach Boys, complete with Brian Wilson, performed last night on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.” Fallon also interviewed Wilson and Mike Love. [Stereogum]
4. J.J. Abrams will produce “Revolution,” a show about a world without energy, for NBC. [Vulture]
5. Watch Action Bronson perform while wading through a crowd of Princeton students. [Pigeons and Planes]
Previously: Sofia Vergara, Andre 3000, “Southland,” Ben Stiller, and Adam Yauch