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VIDEO: Susan Boyle Gags on The View

· Susan Boyle sings like an angel...except when she gets a frog in her throat and can't finish "O Holy Night" on The View. It's awkward, but for the 40ish or so seconds before she bails, it's also breathtakingly beautiful. What? She has a good voice, OK?! Click ahead to watch, and stick around for more Buzz Break.

· CBS has fired the entire on-air team from The Early Show and replaced them with the weekend crew. Don't worry, Harry Smith fans: The newsman will still stay with the company. [NYT/Media Decoder]

· FX has announced the premiere date for its boxing drama, Lights Out: Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 10 p.m. [Press Release]

· The recovering Michael Douglas has confirmed that Steven Soderbergh's Liberace will start shooting in either May or June of next year. [THR]

· Am I the only one sick of Johnny Depp regurgitating the same old stories about the apprehension of Disney executives when he unveiled his vision of Captain Jack in the original Pirates of the Caribbean? Didn't think so. [VF via Vulture]

· Hate to end on a bleak note, but this Esquire.com piece about Randy Quaid and his wife Evi is a truly sad portrait of madness. No pithy jokes here, folks. This one is a slog. [Esquire]