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September 7th, 2012

Al Pacino is reportedly attached to a project in which he’d portray Joe Paterno, the iconic Penn State football coach who died last January, shortly after his career ended in disgrace when it was determined he had helped cover up longtime defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky’s serial rape of children.

The movie would be based on “Paterno,” the just-released and controversial biography by sportswriter Joe Posnanski.

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January 22nd, 2012

The Westboro Baptist Church plans to protest Joe Paterno’s funeral.

Margie Phelps, the WBC’s lawyer and daughter of leader Fred Phelps, announced the group’s intention on Twitter.

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January 21st, 2012

Late Saturday, CBS Sports incorrectly reported that Joe Paterno had died at 85.

Family spokesperson Dan McGinn has refuted the rumor, as have Paterno’s own sons Jay and Scott on Twitter.

The only official responses to the Paterno report, at this time, are that it’s “not true” and “false.”

Again: There is absolutely NO news at the moment.

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November 18th, 2011

Joe Paterno has lung cancer, his son revealed on Friday.

The embattled former Penn State football coach is said to have a treatable form of the disease.

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November 18th, 2011

Wow.

This is, without a doubt, the most ridiculous “exclusive” we’ve seen in a long time.

According to HollywoodLife, the “final straw” in Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher‘s imploding relationship was… Kutcher’s tweet about Joe Paterno being fired amid the Penn State alleged child rape scandal.

Seriously.

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November 17th, 2011

One of the most upsetting stories in recent memory has been the Penn State child rape allegations that emerged earlier this month.

“South Park,” known for challenging taboos, aired an episode on Wednesday that made explicit reference to the scandal.

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November 10th, 2011

Ashton Kutcher was slammed by his Twitter followers on Wednesday night after voicing support for Joe Paterno, who was fired as Penn State head football coach amid a child sex abuse scandal.

The university dismissed its president and Paterno in the wake of charges that former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky raped a number of boys over a period of many years, and that his actions that were not properly addressed by school officials.

Kutcher, apparently not realizing why Paterno was canned, dug himself into a big hole with his initial response to the news.