Robin Williams' Death Dominates the Conversation

— -- quicklist:1title: Robin Williams Dominates Every Social Media Site as the World Remembers a Legendtext: The passing of comedic legend Robin Williams on Monday has prompted an overwhelming reaction from around the world, as social media outlets and search engines are flooded with those remembering the icon and those looking for more information on his life and tragic death.

The hashtag #RobinWilliams continues to trend on Twitter and Facebook, with social media tracking site Topsy recording almost a million tweets about the comedian within the last 24 hours. Williams is currently the number one Google trend as well, with over 10,000,000 hits today.

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quicklist:2title: James Franco Goes Blondetext: James Franco posted a photo to his Instagram account on Wednesday showing off his new blonde locks with the caption “That Late 90s bleached look.” Just a few hours later, Franco posted photos of popular 90s boy bands with the caption, “I’m in ALL the BOYBANDS! Meeeeeyooowwwwww!” so it seems he is truly embracing his new look.

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title: Toronto Raptors Fined $25,000 Because of Draketext: The Toronto Raptors are being fined $25,000 by the NBA for a comment that rapper Drake made about Kevin Durant at a recent concert, ESPN reports. The NBA reportedly deemed Drake’s comment a public recruiting pitch, which ESPN said is a violation of the NBA’s anti-tampering rules.

“Before we leave, I just want to show one of my brothers something,” Drake reportedly had told the crowd. “You know, my brother Kevin Durant was kind enough to come to the show tonight and watch us. I just want him to see what would happen if he came to play in Toronto. Let him know what could happen.” The crowd reportedly then broke into wild applause and a “KD” chant.

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quicklist:4title: Patti LaBelle Joins ‘American Horror Story’ Casttext: Patti LaBelle with be joining the cast of “American Horror Story: Freak Show” for four episodes, Billboard reports. Season four of the popular FX series will star Jessica Lange as a German expat managing one of the last American freak shows in the country. LaBelle will reportedly be playing a local townie who begins to uncover the deadly secrets of the circus.

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quicklist:5title: ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff Sneak Peektext: “Breaking Bad” fans were treated this weekend to a sneak peek of the show’s spinoff “Better Call Saul.” The spinoff will follow “Breaking Bad” lawyer Saul, played by Bob Odenkirk, and fans will get to see what happened to the character after he was last seen mysteriously heading out into the distance in the “Breaking Bad” series finale. The highly anticipated spin-off is set to air on AMC in February.

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