Speed Read: Who Won The X Factor Last Night?

• Folk duo Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton won The X Factor last night. The couple was on Team Simon. Watch their tearful final performance above.
• Paul Rudd has been cast as Marvel's Ant-Man. In other news, insects have never looked so good.
• Will Duck Dynasty go on without Phil Robertson? His family says they "cannot imagine the show without him."
• How I Met Your Mother sets an early series finale to air on March 31, 2014. It may also set a world record: two kids sat on a couch for nine years!
• Harry Potter is making a comeback! J.K. Rowling is producing a prequel play in the UK based on his years living under the stairs.
• Figure skater Brian Boitano came out as gay just before the Sochi Olympics. This was his second big news of the week — President Barack Obama appointed him to the Olympic delegation a few days ago.
• Katie Couric's daytime talk show, Katie, is officially canceled after two years, and she's on the move to Yahoo News.
• Nigella Lawson's assistants were found not guilty of fraud. They were acquitted of the $1.1 million charges.
• Theatergoers at The Apollo in London, England, were shocked when the roof collapsed in the middle of a performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time last night. There were no fatalities but at least 75 injuries.

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• Last night, the White House announced that it will grant "hardship exemptions" to anyone who had their prior coverage canceled and believes Obamacare offerings are unaffordable.
• North Korea threatened South Korea via fax yesterday, saying they will "strike mercilessly without notice."
• Ellen DeGeneres responded to her prize winner Cherilyn McGraw's husband's tragic death in Australia, asking everyone to respect Cherilyn's privacy.
• Better double-check your holiday travel plans: Winter ice and snowstorms on the East Coast and tornadoes in the South will turn anyone into a grinch.
• A group of New Yorkers took their love for A Charlie Brown Christmas to the next level, organizing a flash mob of the iconic dance scene in NYC. Here comes the nostalgia:

• Selena Gomez canceled her tour of Asia and Australia, saying she needs to "spend time on myself."
• Farrah Fawcett's longtime lover Ryan O'Neal finally won custody of her Andy Warhol portrait, the only item he has from their nearly 30 years together.
• Bill Gates was a random Reddit user's Secret Santa, and he surprisingly didn't give her a computer.
• A Craigslist user is offering $40K a year to attend Harvard University for him. We'll be right back.
• The world's first robot astronaut is ready for space! The humanoid bot was made as a companion for solo travelers, which Sandra Bullock could have really used in Gravity.
• There are real-life Barbie Dreamhouses — and you can visit one in Essex, England.
• Your daily dose of cute: Kristen Bell may have a double meltdown after seeing this baby skunk in a onesie cuddling a stuffed sloth from The Croods.