This Leaked 50 Cent Audition Tape For American Gangster Is My Favorite

Beejoli Shah · 10/22/13 02:16PM

An intrepid tipster just leaked us this video of 50 Cent auditioning for a role in American Gangster, the 2007 Denzel Washington drama about drug kingpin Frank Lucas' rise to power, and there is nothing about this that is not amazing in every way.

Sarah Silverman's No Good Very Bad Failed NBC Pilot Is Now On YouTube

Beejoli Shah · 10/22/13 12:11PM

The only thing better than watching the fall TV season's rodeo of failures is getting your hands on failed network pilots—the first episodes of the shows that didn't quite make it to air. Comedian Sarah Silverman just released her failed NBC pilot, Susan 313, and given that this pilot was beat out by a show about a veterinarian and his pet monkey that lasted six episodes should tell you all you need to know about just how abysmal it was.

Beejoli Shah · 10/22/13 02:01AM

The cherry on top of a San Francisco Giants shit sundae this fall is news that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian were engaged Monday night at AT&T Park, E! reports. West rented out the stadium and proposed in front of friends, family, and likely, the entire Keeping Up With The Kardashians kamera krew.

Breakdowns: Netflix May Release A Little More Orange Is The New Black

Beejoli Shah · 10/21/13 02:16PM

Netflix is hinting at a little more Crazy Eyes while we all wait desperately for Season 2; NPH remains the best at everything ever (except hosting the Emmys, but neither here nor there); the BBC is now taking on bad reality TV fare; the Wikileaks movie had nowhere near the impact of actual Wikileaks.

EXCLUSIVE: CBS Picks Up The Back 9 Episodes Of Its Fall Comedies

Beejoli Shah · 10/18/13 01:12PM

After sacrificing We Are Men to the gods of bad television, I've learned from an inside source that CBS just picked up the back 9 episodes on their remaining newcomer comedies: Mom, The Millers, and single-cam surprise The Crazy Ones.

Breakdowns: George Lucas' First Directing Paycheck Was Just $2500

Beejoli Shah · 10/18/13 12:01PM

George Lucas' first directing paycheck is almost a tenth of a percent of his current one; Bryan Cranston is funny in a "you had to be there" kind of way; Paula Deen's portrait was hung at a Food Network event last night, and not just to be burned in effigy; Dreamworks is taking a page out of the Universal playbook and developing a crappy movie based on a cheap toy.

Gravity Screenwriter And WB Are Reteaming To Make Gravity Underwater

Beejoli Shah · 10/17/13 03:19PM

Hollywood has long been a predictable place. Liked a movie? Here are its six sequels. Vampires are out? Don't worry, there are twenty werewolf movies and TV shows lurking around the corner. Faux fur application too costly? Let's resurrect the zombie genre!

Beejoli Shah · 10/16/13 02:26PM

Lost's Damon Lindelof, one of the most prolific showrunners on social media today, has deactivated his Twitter account—apparently after the detractors got to be too much. Internet trolls? You don't say.

Chris Hemsworth Underwent Intense Training For His Latest Role

Beejoli Shah · 10/16/13 12:48PM

Undergoing intense physical training for a grueling stunt-heavy role is nothing new: Jennifer Lawrence trained for months for The Hunger Games, the Mission: Impossible stars underwent three hours a day of physical defense training, even Joseph Gordon-Levitt couldn't just rest on his bike riding laurels. The latest dispatch from stunt training hell? Chris Hemsworth and his grueling two months of learning how to use a computer.

SNL Tries To Duck Casting Controversy With Kerry Washington To Host

Beejoli Shah · 10/16/13 10:50AM

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.

Beejoli Shah · 10/15/13 05:44PM

Kate Hudson is changing the world one pair of leggings at a time. With the breathy awe usually reserved for life-changing charity startups, Hudson waxes poetic about her stretchy offerings.

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

Beejoli Shah · 10/15/13 03:17PM

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.