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Sam Cooke sings “A Change Is Gonna Come.” I thought this was triply appropriate. It’s simultaneously from Rolling Stone’s Top 5 Greatest Singers (see below), a former “Daily Song” here at AKA William, and the song itself is telling us that a change is gonna come. 1, 2, 3. Triple.

Rolling Stone announces The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. The top 5?

1) Aretha Franklin
2) Ray Charles
3) Elvis Presley
4) Sam Cooke
5) John Lennon

Stan Lee to create gay superhero for Showtime. And since it’s Showtime, you know we’re gonna be seeing some nekkid superhero (like Vampire Bill!). He’s going to have the power to heal people. Wait, is Stan Lee gay?

Patrick, one of three members of the self-titled “Team Rainbow” on the new season of Top Chef, packs his knives. Knives, I said.

Enter Gizmodo’s Mars Photoshop contest: “Use Photoshop to show us what the Mars Phoenix really discovered that the government doesn’t want us to know about.”

Michael Moore to make new documentary focusing on the economy

Two new women added to the Saturday Night Live cast

My girlfriend, Rachel Maddow, is not entirely a saint. Not yet, anyway. Last night she had to make some correction to some misinformation she presented earlier in the week in her “Ms. Information” segment. Apparently, she mispronounced the location of the Greenland military base, Thule. She pronounced it “Thool.” But it’s actually pronounced “Too-lay.” Says Ms. Maddow, “Humiliating.”

Were we headed for an Ice Age before our oil addiction got us drunk and warmed things up?

Study finds working at work increases productivity

Seann William Scott finally bares his ass in his new movie “Role Models.” (Do I have to say NSFW if I already said he bares his ass? Okay, the link is NSFW.)