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SNL Tries To Duck Casting Controversy With Kerry Washington To Host

SNL quickly releases host announcements to refute lack of diversity claims; Charlie Hunnam seemingly overstepped his boundaries before departing 50 Shades; Alexis Bledel is trying to play half her age in a new movie; and India has a new superhero, thanks to Marvel. Read… 10/16/13 11:50am Today 11:50am

Read… 10/16/13 11:50am Today 11:50am

Kenan Thompson Thinks Black Women Aren't Funny Enough for SNL

Kenan Thompson Thinks Black Women Aren&#39;t Funny Enough for <i>SNL</i>

Two point nine percent. In 38 years, a mere 2.9% of Saturday Night Live's cast has been both female and black. But according to a man who played Pierre Escargot on national television for half a decade, the reason Saturday Night Live has no black women on air is because black women aren't good enough to be on SNL. Read… 10/15/13 4:17pm Yesterday 4:17pm

Read… 10/15/13 4:17pm Yesterday 4:17pm

Captain Phillips Is a Lie: Real Captain Is No Hero, According To Crew

<i>Captain Phillips</i> Is a Lie: Real Captain Is No Hero, According To Crew

Despite opening to a strong $26 million this weekend, the Tom Hanks starrer Captain Phillips has found itself in hot water: The real crew from the Maersk Alabama that was taken by Somali pirates state that the film account of their hijacking was less based on a true story and far more an account of revisionist historical fiction. Read… 10/14/13 4:39pm Monday 4:39pm

Read… 10/14/13 4:39pm Monday 4:39pm

It Costs Almost $11K A Second To Advertise During The Big Bang Theory

It costs $326,260 to air a 30-second commercial on The Big Bang Theory. Breaking it down further, that is $10,875.33 a second. To put that in perspective, the average American makes $52,100 a year, which is $25.04 an hour, 41 cents a minute, and less than a cent per second. The Big Bang Theory makes almost 2 million… Read… 10/14/13 2:51pm Monday 2:51pm

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Breakdowns: Madonna Called Someone "Enslaver" During 12 Years A Slave

Madonna gets banned from a movie theater for poor use of insults; Charlie Hunnam drops out of 50 Shades of Grey because no reason, definitely not cold feet or anything; Bill Murray won't be able to come to your parties for a few weeks—he's got a REAL job to do—and Edward Norton will be trying to save a show that should … Read… 10/14/13 12:47pm Monday 12:47pm

Read… 10/14/13 12:47pm Monday 12:47pm

40 Days of Dating Will Not Die: Now They Have A Book Deal

Forty Days of Dating, the ever-grating performance art re-enactment of He's Just Not That Into You, will soon be coming to the literary world. Creators Timothy Goodman and Jessica Walsh, not content to keep their romantic misery to themselves, will be releasing a book chronicling the 40 days they spent in 2013 trying… Read… 10/11/13 2:35pm Friday 2:35pm

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Here's Kanye West Ranting for Over Eight Minutes Straight on Kimmel

The first thing you should know about Kanye West's manic episode on tonight's Jimmy Kimmel Live is that he had some shit in the left corner of his mouth for a large portion of it. That was very distracting, and made everything he said that much harder to take seriously. Read on Gawker 10/10/13 1:48am 10/10/13 1:48am

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Did Katherine Heigl Have this Hollywood Reporter Story Edited?

Between slamming her Grey's Anatomy writers, being fired by her publicists, and recent unsurprising reports of insane behavior towards cast and crew on her films, it's no secret that Katherine Heigl is hard to work with. But did she bully The Hollywood Reporter into dropping a mention of her in an interview with Shonda … Read… 10/09/13 5:25pm 10/09/13 5:25pm

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Twitter Enters Another TV Partnership To Make You Stop Watching TV

Twitter Enters Another TV Partnership To Make You Stop Watching TV

Hot on the heels of their desperate partnership with Nielsen, Twitter and Comcast-backed NBC Universal have entered into a partnership that will help you stop watching television on your actual television, because really, why would you do something crazy like that? Read… 10/09/13 4:11pm 10/09/13 4:11pm

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