Good morning, my wonderful PopCrunch fam! Hope you’re well. Here’s your AM linkage:

-Mary J. Blige opened Game 6 of the World Series with a beautiful rendition of our National Anthem….

-Say it ain’t so: Cheaters is staged?!

-Brain Bleach! Does RHOA’s Hereè — er — Shereè have a sex tape?

-Speaking of The Real Housewives, don’t forget that the affluent ladies of Orange County return to Bravo for a full season of drama and catfights tonight @ 10/9c….

-Hannibal Lector has been cast in the lead role in Andy Garcia’s new Hemingway biopic…

-Gucci Mane and Usher bask in the “Spotlight…”

-Matthew McConaughey has taken a characteristically-carefree approach to turning 40: “Just keep livin,” he says.

-Paging Chris Brown! Oprah’s Domestic Violence Double Standard…

-Ugly Betty isn’t the only Friday night series suffering a ratings slump; CBS has ordered fewer episodes of its veteran crime drama Numb3rs….