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Also: Al Pacino is honored by President Obama and spends the following day drinking espresso alone, King's Speech director thinks he can still be friends with the pregnant fiancée he ditched, and Michael Bloomberg's birthday menu.
Also: A John Galliano sighting in London, Karl Lagerfeld touches the Adele third-rail, M.I.A.'s marriage may be on the rocks, and Demi Moore's meeting with intuitive healers and mediums in rehab.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your fiveminutes (or less) of attention. Today: What Al Franken thought of Mitt Romney 18 years ago, proof that it's easy to sing like Adele, and a tennis temper tantrum for the ages at the Australian Open.
Sean Penn and former co-star Maria Conchita Alonso accuse each other of being pigs and communists at LAX, Rep. David Wu is still hanging around Capitol Hill, and Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde are dating, but don't try snapping a photo of them.
Also: Tom Cruise got food poisoning from a "bad prawn" and a Scientology chef took the blame, eleven GOP senators went out for steaks with Herman Cain, and Adele's vocal cords are in good hands
Also: More fallout from the Kardashian-Humphries split, Adele's rep denies the singer has throat cancer, and Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't let her kids beat her in bowling, and George Soros responds to his ex-squeeze's lawsuit.
Plus: Eddie Murphy could be lifting his SNL embargo this weekend
Also in video: Jay Leno counters by letting someone else make a funny phone call
Plus: an open mic reveals Madonna's real feelings about hydrangeas
Also: Matthew Fox has legal troubles on the horizon
But her Adele cover has divided fans
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