Lady Gaga

In its 18-month existence, Glee has sold more than 13 million downloads and five million albums worldwide. Take that, Lady Gaga! The show about the songs, dances and crises of an American school choir is the television and music hit of our times.

Morgan's selection as King's replacement had been widely expected for the past few months. CNN president Jon Klein said Morgan is able to "look at all aspects of the news with style and humour with an occasional good laugh in the process".

He was shot in New York in 1980. He would have been 70 on 9 October. While visiting John Lennon's home in Liverpool last week, Yoko Ono said it didn't feel like 30 years since his death but instead "feels like only yesterday he was here with me".

The Celtic festival of Samhain was held on the day — 31 October — when spirits were believed to return to earth. Samhain also marked the beginning of winter and everything about it was dark, for that was the color of winter and the underworld. Samhain is now Halloween.