1) James Franco is teaching a class at CalArts in which eight students will collaborate to make a film based on D.J. Waldie's postmodern memoir Holy Land. Oh brother. [Gallerist]
2) R.I.P. Hydra Head Records. The metal and noise record label who have put out music by Isis, Boris, Sunn O))), Harvey Milk, These Arms Are Snakes and lots and lots of other bands, announced today that they'll be shutting down in December. [DailySwarm] 
3) Karen Klein, the bus monitor who was filmed being harassed by a pack of terrible 7th grade boys, finally collected her giant $700,000 check today. The money was raised via an outpouring of online donations to send her on a vacation after video of the incident was posted on Reddit. She'll donate some of the money to an anti-bullying initiative and put the rest toward her retirement. [DeathAndTaxes]
4) 81-year-old model Carmen Dell'Orefice, who looks like a million damn dollars, walked in New York Fashion Week shows for Norisol Ferrari and Marimekko this week. (She also hung out with Ryan Lochte. Oh to be a rockstar/hip-hop fly on the wall.) [DailyWhat]5) Alana Thompson (aka Honey Boo Boo Child -- like we even have to tell you that) and her mom were interviewed by Anderson Cooper today about backlash to the reality show. Alana started mugging for the camera like 2 seconds in and, well, the interview goes in a much more interesting direction. [Jezebel]
6) PSY is playing a free show this Friday in NYC as part of the Toyota Concert Series on the Today Show. Matt, Savannah and Al doing Gangam Style on the plaza in 3....2...1. [Gothamist]7) Stream Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master. (Greenwood also did the tension-filled score for PTA's There Will Be Blood.) [Stereogum]
8) And now we can add Avril Lavigne to the Celebrity Hall of Fame section of "Girls That Look Like Skrillex." [More upsetting pics at Dlisted, who totally called this.]
