Fast Track: Christopher Hitchens, R.I.P.

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Friday.

Christopher Hitchens, R.I.P. (Los Angeles Times)

Joe Simon, the creator of Captain America, has also died. (Los Angeles Times)

The surviving Beach Boys will reunite and tour and record a new album. (Wall Street Journal)

In Israel, “The Hangover,” becomes “Before the Wedding, We Stop in Vegas.” (Los Angeles Times)

Demi Moore says she doesn’t have immediate plans to change her Twitter handle: @mrskutcher. (Los Angeles Times)

Britney Spears is engaged (again). (Us)

Lady Gaga is reportedly the top-earning woman in music, with $90 million this year. (Forbes)

Clint Eastwood’s family is going to get its own “Kardashian”-style reality show. (TMZ)

“The X Factor’s” Nicole Scherzinger had a close encounter with a group of gun-toting locals during her most recent trip to Mexico. (New York Daily News)

Meanwhile, Christian Bale and a CNN news crew ran afoul of Chinese police while en route to visit a noted civil rights activist. (Los Angeles Times)

Katy Perry has been named MTV’s artist of the year for 2011. (CBS News)

Actor David Cross says making “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” was the most unpleasant experience of his career. (New York Daily News)

--Patrick Kevin Day

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