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In An Effort To Shed Her Sexy Image, Olivia Wilde Jiggles Her Boobs For GQ Comedy Issue

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Apparently the Brits think Olivia Wilde is the only funny American female.

Wilde was the sole woman to appear in GQ UK's Comedy Issue and instead of making funny noises with her mouth like Paul Rudd, Robin Williams, Chris Rock, Ricky Gervais and a slew of other male comedians featured in the below promo video, Wilde proves she is funny by playing with her lady bits.

But as long as you think she's funny, not sexy, that's okay with Wilde.

"I pulled out of the Linda Lovelace biopic. I decided that it should go to someone who is not already sexualized by the public," Wilde reveals in the mag. "Linda Lovelace was an innocent. Amanda [Seyfried] will do an amazing job."

"I was very sexually mature at a very young age. I was very comfortable with it and talking about it, and once someone hears a young woman speak candidly about sexuality, it’s like, ‘Whoa!’ You get labelled," Wilde explained.

Instead of being the "hot girlfriend" role all the time, Wilde is trying to expand into comedy territory.

"I wanted to be on 'Saturday Night Live' since I was 10," Wilde said. "My father took me to a live taping on my birthday. Chris Farley was still in the cast and at the after party he had a brownie-eating contest. It became, like, a very valuable, powerful moment in my childhood. Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it."

Hmmm, coincidence that Wilde is currently dating "Saturday Night Live" star Jason Sudeikis?

Watch Wilde show off her comedic chops (and other bits) below.

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Dick Clark Is Selling This Very Strange Cave-House In Malibu For $3.5 Million

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Dick Clark has listed a Malibu home that looks like a free-standing cave, for $3.5 million, according to Trulia.

The house has a 360-degree view of the Pacific Ocean, Channel Islands, Boney Mountains, and Serrano Valley, because it's situated upon a bluff.

The house has just one bedroom and two bathrooms. Every room makes you feel like you're hidden away in a cave.

Welcome to Dick Clark's humble abode.



The living room reminds us of another famous person's house: Fred Flintstone's!



The television is hidden away inside the wall. That thing looks ancient.



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APPLE'S TV DREAM REVEALED: Embarrass Hardware Makers, Stiff Content Providers, Destroy Cable Companies

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Over the last several months, Apple's vision for television has become clearer.

Thanks to work by Wall Street analyst Gene Munster on the hardware side and the New York Post's Claire Atkinson on the content and cable side, we now have a pretty good picture of what Apple wants to do:

  • Build a TV set that is much cooler and easier to use than anything else out there
  • Charge twice as much for it
  • Assemble a "virtual cable company" with boatloads of great content by cutting deals with content providers
  • Pay the content providers practically nothing
  • Reduce cable companies to "dumb pipes" by redesigning and taking control over the television interface
  • Capture a subscription revenue stream that the cable companies now own

That seems to be the vision.

Whether Apple will actually be able to execute this vision, of course, is a different story.

According to Claire Atkinson of the Post, Apple's Eddie Cue recently approached cable companies to try to get them to dump their ugly cable boxes and let Apple redesign the "accessibility and look" of the TV interface and help manage "bandwidth" usage over the cable networks.

The cable companies, not surprisingly, assumed that Cue and Apple were smoking crack and told them to get lost.

Apple has also been meeting directly with content companies (some of which are owned by cable companies) to try to cut content-delivery deals. Apple's pitch is that it will transform the channels into apps that will be available across all of its devices.

It's not clear whether Apple would charge for each app, or bundle them like a cable company.  It's also not clear whether the apps would be "channels" or individual "shows." (The latter would be much better for consumers, but it would scare the bejesus out of content networks, which make money by packaging lots of shows into a network that they charge for.)

According to Atkinson's sources at the content companies, Apple's negotiating stance is as follows:

“We decide the price, we decide what content."... They want everything for nothing.

In other words, Apple appears to be approaching content providers in the TV industry the same way it approached content providers in the music and book-publishing worlds.  Namely:

  • Give us your content and let us package it in the way we (and consumers) want
  • Let us charge what we want for it
  • Take what we give you

Similarly, Apple is approaching TV distributors—cable companies—the same way it approached magazine and newspaper publishers. Namely:

  • Let us take over your relationships with your customers
  • Let us redesign and control the interface through which your customers get your service
  • Let us otherwise gradually convert you into a "dumb pipe."

Meanwhile, Apple is building a TV set that analyst Gene Munster thinks will be "the biggest thing in consumer electronics since the smartphone."

ipad-standThis TV, Gene says, will change the way consumers consume content. To picture what it looks like, he tells us to "imagine a sheet of glass," with "no bevels or edges."  This TV, Gene has previously said, will cost twice as much as a regular TV.

So...

Apple's dream appears to be very close to every consumer's dream, which is "Let me watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it without paying an arm and a leg for it."

Because this dream is powerful and logical, consumers will support it. And we have no doubt that, eventually, the dream will become reality.

However, standing in the way of the dream becoming reality is the massive, extremely rich, and extremely threatened TV industry, one that has resources and power that the puny music companies, book publishers, and magazine and newspaper publishers can only, well, dream of.

Unless Apple is willing to fork over billions and billions of dollars in content fees, we think Apple will face fierce resistance from content providers in its plan to transform their content into "apps."

Unless Apple is willing to allow cable companies to keep control of their customers, we think it will face fierce resistance from cable companies in its plan to change the "accessibility and look" of the TV interface.

And, unless Apple figures out how to win over both content providers AND cable companies, we think consumers may well resist paying twice as much for Apple TVs as they pay for regular TVs, regardless of how cool the Apple TVs look (Yes, a "sheet of glass" with no bevels or edges sounds really cool. But TVs already look pretty cool).

Tim Cook smileNow, Apple doesn't have to win this war all at once, of course.

And winning all at once is presumably not its plan.

Also, Apple has a huge, secret weapon in this war, a weapon that gets stronger all the time.

What's that weapon?

Hundreds of millions of iPhone and iPad owners, all of whom would love to watch TV content on their iPhones and iPads and don't currently have convenient ways to do it.

In the next year or two, Apple can sell a few million TVs, cut some content deals, offer an "alternative" interface that the cable companies can't control and start to try to win over consumers and build up negotiating leverage that way.

And, in a few years, when Apple's tens of millions of TV customers can be lumped together with hundreds of millions of iPhone and iPad users, and consumers have gotten used to "what I want when I want it,"  Apple will have some serious negotiating leverage.

That's probably Apple's plan.

And it's a smart plan.

But if Apple manages to execute that plan, it will destroy the economics and power of today's TV industry, both on the content side and the distribution side.

And don't think the TV industry doesn't know that.

SEE ALSO: Apple's TV "Will Be The Biggest Thing In Consumer Electronics Since The Smartphone"

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Watch Brand New Charlie Sheen Ad Where He Almost Shoots Someone With A Crossbow—Here's Today's Ad Brief

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King of Crazy Town Charlie Sheen has emerged from his high on "Charlie Sheen" haze and is starring in a new ad for DirecTV in which he role plays Platoon with a cable subscriber (above). Sheen actually starred in a different ad for DirecTV in 2007. This is a big ad week for the self-proclaimed warlock: his rejected Super Bowl Fiat 500 ad was leaked yesterday.

Watchdog Million Mom's protest against Liquid Plumr's sexual innuendo-lade ad caused to commercial to go viral, resulting in a million-view week.

WPP, whose portfolio includes Y&R and Ogilvy, had a 43 percent increase in profits for Q4.

After his twin brother nearly died of leukemia, Droga5 copywriter Graham Douglas dedicated himself to figure out an innovative way to save thousands of lives. Click here to see how he did it.

Crispin Porter + Bogusky has added Applebee's to their food repertoire. CP+B also handles Domino's, Arby's, and Kraft's accounts.

DraftFCB San Francisco has hired Donald Tench, a former CP+B senior interactive producer, and Goodby Silverstein & Partners alumnus Jon Drawbaugh.

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A 'Desperate Housewives' Star Is In Court After Show Creator Hit Her 'Upside The Head'—Here's Today's Buzz

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  • Demi Moore is out of rehab and on vacation in an "undisclosed location."
  • After "a bumpy last few months," Goldie Hawn has left the soon-to-be HBO show "The Viagra Diaries." Who should be her replacement?
  • Janet Jackson officially passed on being an "X Factor" judge. Even though she was never officially offered the job in the first place.

                        

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Here Are Shazam's 20 Most Requested Songs Of All Time

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When you're not grooving out to your iPod or listening to your Pandora playlist, you're probably looking for new music like us.

If that's the case, you're most likely one of the more than 180 million people who use Shazam, the mobile app that allows users to recognize any song by simply listening to it.

The free London-based app has been around since 2002, allowing 200 countries to identify music, buy it, view lyrics and more. So, whether you're at the theaters, riding backseat in the car or watching a commercial and hear an unfamiliar tune, you can easily identify—or "tag" it as Shazam likes to say—which is pretty handy if you're on the go. 

Currently, the most tagged songs include David Guetta's "Turn Me On," Nicki Minaj's "Starships," and Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know"—which got us wondering what the most tagged songs of all time. 

Shazam broke down the most requested tracks both worldwide and in the U.S. for us. No surprise that Adele tops both. 

Last year, the six-time Grammy winner was their most identified artist with 6.9 million tags for hits "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You," according to Shazam.

The lists are pretty similar (not shocking, since over one third of Shazam's users are American); however, there are some differences. The U.S. is over "Moves Like Jagger" and Jennifer Lopez, but we can't get enough of Jay-Z and Kanye.  

Compare the most requested songs after the break >>

Shazam's Most Tagged Songs Worldwide Of All Time

1. Adele: Rolling In The Deep
2. Foster The People: Pumped Up Kicks
3. Adele: Someone Like You
4. LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock: Party Rock Anthem
5. Pitbull Feat. Ne-Yo & Afrojack & Nayer: Give Me Everything
6. Edward Maya Feat. Vika Jigulina: Stereo Love
7. Flo Rida: Good Feeling
8. Alexandra Stan: Mr. Saxobeat
9. Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera: Moves Like Jagger
10. The Black Eyed Peas: Just Can't Get Enough
11. Train: Hey, Soul Sister
12. Gotye Feat. Kimbra: Somebody That I Used To Know
13. Ke$ha: Tik Tok
14. Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull: On The Floor
15. Taio Cruz: Dynamite
16. Bruno Mars: Just The Way You Are
17. Lady Antebellum: Need You Now
18. Cobra Starship Feat. Sabi: You Make Me Feel...
19. Martin Solveig & Dragonette: Hello
20. David Guetta Feat. Usher: Without You 

U.S. Most Tagged Songs Of The Past Five Years

1. Foster The People: Pumped Up Kicks
2. Adele: Rolling In The Deep
3. Edward Maya Feat. Vika Jigulina: Stereo Love
4. Flo Rida: Good Feeling
5. LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock: Party Rock Anthem
6. Adele: Someone Like You
7. Pitbull Feat. Ne-Yo & Afrojack & Nayer: Give Me Everything
8. Jay-Z & Kanye West: Ni**as In Paris
9. J Cole: Work Out
10. Jeremih Feat. 50 Cent: Down On Me
11. Ke$ha: Tik Tok
12. Train: Hey, Soul Sister
13. Taio Cruz: Dynamite
14. The Black Eyed Peas: Just Can't Get Enough
15. Bruno Mars: Just The Way You Are
16. Neon Trees: Animal
17. Lady Antebellum: Need You Now
18. David Guetta Feat. Akon: Sexy Bitch
19. Cobra Starship Feat. Sabi: You Make Me Feel...
20. Bad Meets Evil Feat. Bruno Mars: Lighters

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Watch Miley Cyrus Prank Khloe Kardashian In New 'Punk'd' Reboot Promo

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"Punk'd" is back and it's no joke.

But this time, Ashton Kutcher's not in front of the MTV camera—he's just producing.

The March 19th premiere of the reboot and subsequent "Punk'd" season are doing things a little differently this time around.

Instead of just Kutcher playing pranks on celebrities, stars get to "punk" each other.

Check out the below promo featuring Miley Cyrus and Kelly Osbourne pranking reality TV staple Khloe Kardashian. What clever trap have the two sprung on Kardashian? Let's just say it's a little less elegant and a lot more like a dirty America's Funniest Home Video.  

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Another promo has had yet another star punking his equally famous friend. Justin Bieber takes on the modest pop star Taylor Swift with the ultimate wedding crash catastrophe. Check it out here. 

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Will you want the return of Punk'd? The show will air on Thursdays at 10/9c on MTV.

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25 Things You Don't Know About Newly Single Kaley Cuoco—CBS' 'Big Bang Theory' Sweetheart

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kaley-cuoco-big-bang-theory-8-simple-rulesKaley Cuoco announced today that her engagement to musician/addiction specialist Josh "Lazie" Resnik is off.

"I'm not engaged anymore," the 26-year-old actress dished to "Entertainment Tonight."

So in honor of Cuoco's new singledom, we are taking a look back at the multidimensional life of CBS' favorite primetime blondie.

Cuoco plays the sexy waitress-turned actress, Penny, on CBS' hit Thursday night comedy, "The Big Bang Theory."

But where was she prior to taking orders at the Cheesecake Factory?

Before Cuoco was "Lord of the Nerds," she was the original teen queen ruling ABC primetime as Bridget Hennessey on "8 Simple Rules," alongside the late John Ritter.

And, she didn't start there. Cuoco has been in the business since the age of five, modeling and acting in commercials, playing a mini Ellen DeGeneres and headlining in movies among Hollywood A-listers Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Bacon.

If that isn't enough, she rides horses, kick boxes and starred in a cheesy horror flick with a former Backstreet Boy member. (And you thought the N*SYNC gang were the only ones who went on to make movies.) 

Check out 22 years in the life of the tennis playing, drum-playing, singing vegetarian.  

1990-1991: She was a Barbie Girl...

When Cuoco was young she starred in a number of commercials including a few Barbie ads at age six. 

She also starred in an Oscar Mayer commercial at age five. Our bologna has a first name, it's K-A-L-E-Y.



1992: She starred in her first TV movie.

1992: Cuoco had her first major role in a TV movie, "Quicksand: No Escape."

The film featured Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson.

You can watch the trailer here.  



1994: She played Ellen DeGeneres on screen.

Two years later, Cuoco played a younger version of Ellen DeGeneres on the prime time series "Ellen."



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Scarlett Johansson Is Going 'Psycho' In New Film About Alfred Hitchock

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Scarlett Johansson PsychoScarlett Johansson's next role will require lots of shower time.

According to Variety, The 27-year-old starlet has officially signed on to play "Psycho" actress Janet Leigh in "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho."

The story, based on the book by Stephen Rebello, will chronicle how the late director's small 1960 movie turned into one of the greatest horror films of all time. Although Alfred Hitchcock was at the height of his career when he made the movie, no studio wanted to produce such a seedy film so Hitchcock raised funds himself.

And now, a slew of Hollywood A-listers are coming together to bring Hitchock's untold story to light.

Sir Anthony Hopkins will play the legend himself, Hitchcock, while Dame Helen Mirren will play the part of his wife, Alma Reville.

Sacha Gervasi, of "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" fame, will direct and if all goes according to plan, Variety says Johansson's role should give her a career boost a lá Michelle Williams' Oscar-nominated performance playing Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe in last year's "My Week With Marilyn."

And per The Hollywood Reporter, looks like Scarjo will be stripping down just like the original, doomed Marion Crane character.

We can't wait to see the usually stone-faced Scarjo re-enact this famous scream scene. Watch below.

                      

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The Kardashian Sisters Are Being Sued For Millions Of Dollars Over Diet Pills

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Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian are being sued for $5 million regarding their QuickTrim dieting supplements, according to TMZ. The pills which are supposed to allow users to "keep up with the Kardashians'" trim physiques don't work, according to legal documents acquired by TMZ

Shocker. 

Four customers claim the Kardashians made false claims when reporting via Tweets and commercials that they used the products to slim down.

They're seeking $5 million in damages for the deceptive marketing, claiming that the diet pills' main ingredient, caffeine, is not recognized as a safe or effective weight loss product by the FDA.

QuickTrim advertisements show the Kardashian clan in skimpy bikinis flaunting their fit bodies while promoting the pills.

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However, should we be surprised by this lawsuit?

Jillian Michaels of "The Biggest Loser" has been sued four times for diet supplements she has backed. 

Michaels endorsed Maximum Strength Calorie Control two years ago before receiving lawsuits claiming the miracle drug didn't work. The diet pill touted the phrase,"Two Capsules Before Main Meals and You Lose Weight... That's It!"

Previously, Michaels was sued three times for other supplements including a $10 million action against "Triple Process Total Body Detox & Cleanse" for a drug that supposedly contained dangerous ingredients. 

The now pregnant Snooki most recently endorsed Zantrex-3 High Energy Fat Burner for helping her lose weight; however, diet experts disapprove of the product. Will she be the next to be slapped with a lawsuit?

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Here's A Closer Look At Justin Bieber's New $100,000 Electric Wheels

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If you haven't heard, teen sensation Justin Bieber was just given a $100,000 Fisker Karma by Usher and his manager.

But what's a Fisker, you ask? Good question.

Before it became a full fledged automaker, company founder, former Aston Martin Design Chief Henrik Fisker, opened the eponymous Fisker Coachbuild.

This was a step back in time, to when high quality cars were fitted with a body of the owner's choosing. Fisker Coachbuild took cars, like the BMW 6-Series, and added its own bespoke body to create one-of-a-kind automobiles.

Five years ago, Fisker decided to expand and build his own cars. The company's intent is to make eco-friendly cars that also look great.

Fisker's first car is the one that was gifted to J. Biebs, the Karma. A simple way to think of it is as a luxury Chevy Volt.

But it is actually a bit more than that.

You can definitely see some Aston Martin elements in the design.



The Karma runs two, 200 horsepower, electric motors in the rear wheels.



When the charge runs out, which happens around 50 miles, a small four cylinder engine works as a generator to keep a charge in the batteries and to operate the electric motors.



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ROLLING IN THE DEEP (PILE OF CASH): Guess How Big Adele's Post-Grammy Sales Boost Is

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Adele GrammysAdele really is "Rolling in the Deep." Deep in cash, that is.

In the wake of the singer's six Grammy wins last month, her 2011 album "21" has sold over 730,000 copies–up from 237,000 copies the week before, reports Forbes.com.

And according to Billboard, that is the biggest sales gain in Nielsen SoundScan history (excluding albums released on an irregular schedule), which has been tracking data since 1991.

And it seems Adele has the Grammys telecast to thank for her whopping 207-percent sales increase that also put her back at number one (for her 23rd consecutive week—that's longer than even Whitney Houston's Greatest Hits album) on the Billboard chart.

After Houston's death on the eve of the Grammy Awards, during which Adele performed and picked up six awards, the telecast drew a record-breaking audience of 39.9 million—beating Oscar ratings for the first time since 1984.

A SoundScan gain for an album hasn't been as notable since March 2003, reports Billboard, when Norah Jones' "Come Away With Me" jumped from No. 3 to No. 1, selling 621,000 (up from 144,000 the week previous).

And coincidentally, Jones' jump was caused by the Grammy Awards, too.

Only three other albums have seen a larger unit gain in a week than Adele's "21," but all were due to irregular debuts or off-cycle releases.

Check out the list, according to Billboard, below:

1.) Eminem's The Eminem Show jumped from 285,000 to 1,322,000 on June 8, 2002 in its first full week on the chart -- and second week at No. 1 (a gain of 1,037,000). Its 285,000 debut at No. 1 was engineered by an early release, and, at most, only three days of sales. After its first full week in stores, it then incurred the massive jump in sales.

2.) Pearl Jam's Vitalogy zoomed from 10,000 to 877,000 on the chart dated Dec. 24, 1994 -- its third week on the chart. The album was released on vinyl LP first (debuting at No. 55 on Dec. 10 with 34,000) before falling to No. 173 with 10,000 the next week. Once the CD was released, it flew to No. 1 with 877,000.

3.) The Notorious B.I.G.'s Life After Death went from 6,000 to 690,000 in its second week on the chart -- April 12, 1997 (gain of 684,000). However, its bow at No. 176 with 6,000 was owed to early sales, pre-official street date, that forced the title onto the list prematurely. The next week, after its first official week in release, it jumped to No. 1.

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100 Years Of Universal Pictures' Ever-Changing Logo

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Universal Pictures is celebrating the big 1-0-0 with a new look.

A brand spanking new logo—created by visual effects artists at Weta Digital, the New Zealand-based company that did the effects for The Lord of the Rings saga—will debut onscreen before Dr. Seuss' The Lorax on March 2.

According to the press release:

The visual dynamic of the new logo was inspired by satellite imagery that illustrated a view of the world on a clear night from space. Rather than focusing on the continents and physical boundaries that separate people, the new view is highlighted with tiny points of bright lights that pop across the globe symbolizing the thousands of communities brought together by their shared love of film.

This is Universal's seventh logo in a century, and the evolution is a visually astonishing testament to how far the industry has come in visual effects.







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The 6 Biggest NC-17 And R-Rated Controversies in Film History

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Before any film is released, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) gives it a G, PG, PG-13, R, and in some extreme cases, X or NC-17 rating.

Now, in one of the most controversial decisions ever to come out of the MPAA ratings system, a new documentary chronicling the effects of bullying on young kids, aptly titled "Bully," was given an R-rating by the MPAA for "some language." 

After launching an appeal (so that bullied kids of all ages are able to see the film) against the rating and losing, the documentary's distributors, The Weinstein Company, released a statement that they are considering a "leave of absence from the MPAA for the foreseeable future." 

But this isn't the first time the MPAA has had backlash from filmmakers for their rating system. 

"Bully" (2012)

The documentary about bullying in schools was given an R rating due to violent language. 

During the appeal process by The Weinstein Company, "Bully" director Lee Hirsch and one of the kids from the film, Alex Libby, implored the MPAA to change the rating from an R to PG-13. 

They made the claim that kids should be allowed to watch the film because it'll promote less violence if they see the effects bullying has on a child's emotions. 

Weinstein and Hirsch lost the appeal. By one vote. 



"Blue Valentine" (2010)

The dark relationship drama starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams was originally given the dreaded NC-17 rating because of scenes of oral sex onscreen between the couple. 

When the rating news came out, the cast, crew and production company were outraged. Gosling even accused the MPAA of sexism.

"How is it possible that these movies that torture women in a sexual context can have an R rating but a husband and wife making love is inappropriate?" The actor said. 

Ultimately, the MPAA agreed and with a unanimous vote, they changed the rating to an R. Williams ended up getting an Oscar nomination for the role. 



"The King's Speech" (2010)

Another MPAA vs. Weinstein debacle. 

The Best Picture Oscar winner was slammed with an R rating for a scene that involved Colin Firth's King George IV saying the f-word at least 10 times in an angry attempt to use cursing as a means to curing his stuttering.

Apparently the cut-off for dropping the f-bomb for a PG-13 film is one. This is apparently to protect kids from over-exposure to the negative word.

Have the MPAA officials ever walked the halls of a public school? 

Weinstein didn't dispute this rating too much. Instead the company set a terrible precedent of releasing an edited, PG-13 version of the film a few months after it won Best Picture. 



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See What Stars Wear Courtside At NBA Basketball Games

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Of all the team sports, basketball is my favorite to watch. Not only is it fast-paced, entertaining and just generally fun, it also tends to draw the biggest celebrity fanbase. Whether someone is sitting courtside supporting their man, or just there for the overall thrill of it all, the pictures of the stars on the sidelines are sometimes as entertaining as the game itself.

Being as last night was not just the Oscars, but also the 2012 NBA All Star Game, I decided it was time for me to commemorate some of my favorite beauties who take to the stadiums. Oh, and the ladies I've featured in the above gallery don't exactly wear jerseys and sweats. They sport $3,000 shoes and carry the most coveted handbags in all of the land, and I can't get enough of it.

Click through to learn how you should really be dressing when you're hitting a basketball game!

This post originally appeared at Stylecaster.

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Beyoncé made some waves last week when she appeared at a basketball game for her first post-baby date night with her hubby Jay-Z.  However, this look from last year is my favorite Beyoncé courtside moment of all. This is exactly how I would want to dress. Slim jeans, a simple top, and Christian Louboutin Daffodil pumps decked out in Swarovski crystals. 



Khloé Kardashian

Khloé Kardashian is sort of the ultimate courtside wife, and she knows how to play the part. Sparkles, sparkles, and more sparkles characterize her outfits, and like Beyoncé, she has a predilection for sky-high Louboutins. 



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Oh, and did I mention she has a purple Birkin that matched her hubby Lamar Odom's team, the Lakers, colors? Now that he's been traded to the Dallas Mavericks, she has been rocking her lime green Birkin a little bit more.



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15 Rejected Star Wars Merchandise Items That You'd Love To Buy

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Imagine a world in which you could grab a cold beer from your Han Solo in Carbonite mini-fridge and recline into the fat of a Jabba the Hutt bean bag chair after a long day of work.

Click here to see the merchandise>>

A long, long time ago, toy designer Jason Geyer had the opportunity to create merchandise for Star Wars: Episode One, The Phantom Menace. Geyer and his team came up with hundreds of incredible ideas for Star Wars products.

While LucasFilm and Pepsi produced a light saber flashlight and a Jar Jar Binks soda bottle topper, the glorious Princess Leia headphones and many other amazing ideas never made it into the production.

Geyer posted many of the rejected concepts—most of which were killed at lower levels and never even made it to Lucasfilms or Pepsi execs—on Actionfigureinsider.com.

Who wouldn't want to recline in the fat of Jabba the Hutt?



He's so squishable.



For the tween girl demographic.



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Lindsay Lohan's 3 Best 'Saturday Night Live' Moments

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Lindsay Lohan is desperately seeking a Hollywood comeback.

And what better way to show the world she's still got it than by doing an hour of live sketch comedy television on "Saturday Night Live."

Lohan hosted the show Saturday night to lukewarm reviews but did score this season's second highest ratings. Whether or not the troubled actress sees a career boost out of it remains to be seen.

Take a look at Lilo's three best moments below. Think she's still got "it"?

1.) The Monologue

Jimmy Fallon, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig and Kenan Thompson help Lohan open the show by joking about her checkered past.

 2.) "The Real Housewives of Disney"

 The best part of Saturday's show came from a parody sketch of Bravo's "Real Housewives" series entitled "The Real Housewives of Disney" in which Lohan plays Rapunzel

But leave it to Kristen Wiig to steal the spotlight as a disgruntled Cinderella

 3.) Scared Straight

Lohan plays herself in jail. 'Nuff said. It would have been funny if it weren't so obvious Lohan was reading cue cards the entire time.

Now check out what Olivia Wilde is doing to get laughs>>

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A 7th Advertiser Pulls Out Of Limbaugh's Show After The Slut Incident

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NEW YORK (AP) — A flower company is the seventh advertiser to pull its ads from conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh's radio program in reaction to his derogatory comments about a law student who testified about birth control policy.

ProFlowers said Sunday on its Facebook page that it has suspended advertising on Limbaugh's program because his comments about Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke "went beyond political discourse to a personal attack and do not reflect our values as a company."

The six other advertisers that say they have pulled ads from his show are mortgage lender Quicken Loans, mattress retailers Sleep Train and Sleep Number, software maker Citrix Systems Inc., online data backup service provider Carbonite and online legal document services company LegalZoom.

ProFlowers had said on Twitter that posts it received about Limbaugh's remarks affected its advertising strategy. ProFlowers is an online flower delivery service.

Limbaugh called the 30-year-old Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute" last week after she testified to congressional Democrats in support of national health care policies that would compel employers and other organizations, including her university, to offer group health insurance that covers birth control for women.

He apologized to Fluke on Saturday after being criticized by Republican and Democratic politicians and after several advertisers left the show.

Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks Inc. hosts Limbaugh's program, one of the country's most popular talk radio shows. The company is supporting Limbaugh, whose on-air contract with Premiere runs through 2016.

"The contraception debate is one that sparks strong emotion and opinions on both sides of the issue," Premiere Networks said in a statement emailed Sunday by spokeswoman Rachel Nelson. "We respect the right of Mr. Limbaugh, as well as the rights of those who disagree with him, to express those opinions."

Clear Channel Media and Entertainment operates more than 850 radio stations in the U.S., and Premiere says it's the largest radio content provider in the country, syndicating programs to more than 5,000 affiliate stations.

When asked which companies or organizations were the largest advertisers on Limbaugh's show, Nelson said that that information was "proprietary." Nelson declined to say how much revenue the company will lose with the advertiser defections or how much revenue Limbaugh's show brings in.

Clear Channel's parent company was taken private in 2008 by private equity firms Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital.

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Christina Hendricks And Olivia Munn Latest Victims Of Phone Hacking, But The Topless Photos Are Fakes—Here's Today's Buzz

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20 Celebrities Who Insured Their Body Parts For Millions

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We insure our homes, our cars and our lives; however, when it comes to Hollywood, some stars have much more at stake. 

Powerful singing voices, quads and even smiles come at a price. If anything ever happened to the Boss' vocals, David Beckham's legs or Julia Roberts' killer smile, they would be out of a paycheck. 

Therefore, it makes sense that the biggest A-listers would take out insurance policies to cover their assets. We've compiled twenty celebs who reportedly have policies on everything from legs to vocals. 

From Jennifer Lopez to Heidi Klum, see how much celebrities bodies are worth. 

Bette Davis

Body Part: waist

Insurance: $28,000

(via Glamorati)



Jimmy Durante

Body Part: Nose

Insurance: $50,000

(via Christian Science Monitor)



Dolly Parton

Body Part: Bosom

Insurance:
$600,000

(via ABC News)



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