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A Big Loss For 'True Blood'

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The man who created "True Blood" is about to put a stake in it ... sort of.

The creator of the HBO vampire-filled, steamy series, Alan Ball, will be stepping down as its showrunner after the fifth season, the network confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. Forbes was first to hint at the news.

"'True Blood' has been, and will continue to be, a highlight of not only my career but my life," Ball, who earned an Emmy for "Six Feet Under" and also won an Oscar for writing "American Beauty," said in a statement. "Because of the fantastic cast, writers, producers and crew, with whom I have been lucky enough to work these past five years, I know I could step back and the show will continue to thrive as I look forward to new and exciting ventures."

If "True Blood" is picked up for another season, Ball, the man who made Sookie Stackhouse a household name, will stay on as an advisor. "If we proceed to Season 6, the show will remain in the very capable hands of the talented team of writers and producers who have been with the show for a number of years," HBO said in a statement.

Ball teased "True Blood's" fifth season in 2011 at Comic-Con, including how Eric turned Pam into a vampire, the debut of other supernatural creatures and "a business venture that involves people of both sexes taking their clothes off for some kind of supernatural purpose."

Also coming in Season 5, former "Law & Order: SVU" star Christopher Meloni's very old (and powerful) vampire character. When viewers last saw the residents of Bon Temps in Season 4, Alcide (Joe Manganiello) confessed his feelings for Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Tara (Rutina Wesley) took a bullet to the head. No official premiere date for "True Blood" Season 5 has been announced, but it should be Summer 2012.

Up next for Ball, he will serve as an executive producer on "Banshee," a new Cinemax series about a criminal posing as a sheriff in Amish Country.


Custody Battle OVER

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Kelsey and Camille Grammer's custody battle is officially over.

According to TMZ, the former couple will share joint custody of their two kids, 10-year-old Mason and 7-year-old Jude.

Camille and Kelsey's divorce has been in the spotlight since they first announced their split in July 2010. Camille, who stars on Bravo's "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," made it known on the reality show that she "begged" her ex to stay.

"I was reduced to basically nothing. I'm crying and begging him, please just reconsider...It was a very difficult decision for me to make to file for divorce ultimately but I had no other choice. He was already gone," she said on last year's season finale.

Merely weeks after their split was finalized in February 2011, Kelsey married former flight attendant Kayte Walsh, 27 years his junior. Walsh and Grammer confirmed in January 2012 that they are expecting twins.

TMZ reports that the Grammers have not yet reached a financial agreement, but that a settlement is imminent.

Because they have no prenup, Camille may be entitled to half of Kelsey's earnings during their 13-year marriage. She reportedly asked for $50 million in the divorce settlement, claiming their community assets total $120 million.

Case Closed for Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner

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All charges from a physical altercation between Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner have been dropped .

Nadia Tonova: Sacha Baron Cohen Can't Make Profiling Funny

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Did you watch the Academy Awards? Catch Sacha Baron Cohen on the red carpet spilling ashes down the front of Ryan Seacrest? Pretty hilarious, huh?

For Arab Americans, not so much.

Cohen was buffooning as a fictitious Arab dictator to promote his upcoming film. There was plenty of buzz over the fact that he made a mess of Seacrest's Burberry tuxedo, but not much of an outcry about the blatant Arab stereotype.

Arabs are among the few cultures that Hollywood still exploits with impunity. Routinely, we are profiled as unsavory or sultry characters -- generally terrorists, dictators, sheikhs, oil tycoons or Bedouins. But it's not just Hollywood that perpetuates this imagery. These stereotypes are promoted through the media, law enforcement, our courts, legislatures, Congress and our political candidates. They become an ugly message that trickles down to the general public: Arabs and Muslims are untrustworthy; they are un-American; they are... fill the blank.

The NYPD's widespread surveillance of Muslims and New York Mayor Bloomberg's refusal to do anything about it is just the most recent example. Another is the FBI training material that included biased and inaccurate depictions of Muslims. We're routinely regaled with ignorant statements from political leaders, whether they're city planning commission members voting against a legal Islamic school because of "traffic concerns"; state lawmakers pandering to voters with "anti-Sharia" legislation, (as if the U.S. Constitution were inadequate protection against religious intrusion in our legal system); or presidential candidates talking about how they will keep Muslims out of their cabinet.

So, why don't we speak up more vociferously against this widespread profiling?

Over the past decade, Congress has passed a laundry list of laws that have had a chilling effect on the free speech and assembly of Muslim and Arab Americans. These started with passage of the sweeping USA PATRIOT Act -- which facilitated wiretaps, surveillance and detention of Americans and immigrants without charge -- and continues through today. The most recent measure, passed in December as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), allows the military to indefinitely detain people far from any battlefield, including on American soil -- without charge or trial -- based on suspicion alone.

These measures are not just parked on the books as tools to be deployed against the next big terrorist plot. They are effectively targeting -- and quieting -- millions of law-abiding Americans. Muslims last year filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security saying they are routinely detained, questioned and even handcuffed as they attempt to cross the U.S.-Canada border. The Muslims said they are asked about their worship habits, including how often they pray, whether they attend prayers at a mosque and who else worships with them.

Human rights and immigration activists throughout the country this week are remembering Alex Martinez, a U.S. citizen who was shot 13 times by Border Patrol and law enforcement officials in Washington state on Feb. 28, 2011, after his father called 911 and, speaking Spanish, requested medical attention for his son.

The kind of bias and profiling that led to Martinez's death mirrors the experiences of too many other Americans, whose accents, national origin, skin color or clothing makes them targets. Not all of these stories end in the kind of tragedy that took the life of Alex Martinez, but the result - both cumulatively and on an individual level - is exacting a costly toll on our society by dividing and silencing Americans.

In 1940, Earl Warren, then the attorney general of California, issued this caution against bigotry:

It should be remembered that practically all aliens have come to this country because they like our land and our institutions better than those from whence they came. They have attached themselves to the life of this country in a manner that they would hate to change and the vast majority of them will, if given a chance, remain the same good neighbors that they have been in the past regardless of what difficulties our nation may have with the country of their birth. History proves this to be true... We must see to it that no race prejudices develop and that there are no petty persecutions of law-abiding people.

Those are important words to remember this week as we contemplate the NYPD, Alex Martinez, and yes, even the damaging lunacy of Sasha Baron Cohen.

Nadia Tonova is director of the National Network for Arab American Communities, a coalition of 23 Arab American organizations throughout the United States. Click here to listen to Arab Americans recount their post 9/11 experiences through StoryCorps.

Artists Go Nuts With Angie's Right Leg

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By now, most of you have heard about Angelina Jolie's awkward right leg thrust at the Oscars on Sunday, which spawned a Twitter account with 35,000 viewers. Why did this pose happen? And more important, how many of you decided to Photoshop the leg into hundreds (if not thousands) of weird photos in a practice now known as "legbombing?"

BuzzFeed featured an insane number of these leggy new mashups already today, and we're sure there's no end in sight now that Pininterest is on board.

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We now have the "Calgary Edition" of legbombing. (Yes, it involves hockey.) You can see Jolie's leg with the Statue of Liberty and Darth Vader; it is even featured in "Napoleon Crossing The Alps," the iconic painting by Jacques-Louis David. The gam has also made us consider Whistler's Mother in a whole new light.

A slideshow of some leggy art is below. What's been your favorite art version of Jolie's leg so far?


PHOTOS: Street Named After Late Comedian Bernie Mac

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CHICAGO -- A sign bearing the name of the late comedian Bernie Mac has been raised over a street in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood.

About 200 people, including his widow Rhoda McCullough, daughter Je'Niece McCullough and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, gathered Tuesday on a corner near the home where he grew up.

Je'Niece McCullough says she hopes renaming the street Bernie Mac Street reminds people "they can do whatever they want to do in life."

Mac, born Bernard McCullough, died in August 2008 at age 50 from pneumonia complications, after suffering from sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease.

The comedian is best known for his stand-up performance in the Original Kings of Comedy, a tour that showcased several popular contemporary black comedians, and the hit comedy series "The Bernie Mac Show."

Lynn Casper: PHOTOS: A Feminist Twist On The Deck Of Cards

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What started as a podcast featuring the bands of my friends and their friends has now turned into a platform for LGBTQ musicians and our allies to get their music out into the world. With a year's worth of weekly podcasts under our belt, Homoground has grown into a full-fledged media company that books and promotes events and artists. By using music and other creative forms of media as our main driving force, we hope to make people more aware of social issues and things that affect them and the people around them.

On Mondays, we kick off the week with a fresh mixtape created by bloggers, activists, DJs, filmmakers, etc. Every Thursday, we feature new and independent musicians on episodes of our podcast, which are available via our website and iTunes. Throughout the year, we book shows and events in various cities to take our online efforts into the physical world. Music had a large role in forming our identities, especially growing up in small, Southern towns. So it only makes sense for us to create a way for others to access the things we didn't have access to as teenagers.

Our latest project, Feminist Playing Cards, is a custom deck of playing cards featuring more than 52 musicians illustrated by 14 artists. The cards feature musicians from different generations and genres: Tori Amos, Joan Baez, Edith Piaf, Joanna Newsom, Nina Simone, Patsy Cline, and many more (you can see examples of illustrations of these musicians in the slideshow below).

It is important for us to preserve the history of these musicians, who have not only contributed great music to the world but have also contributed to the advancement of women's rights. Some of these musicians were the first women to make accomplishments in their respective genres. Still others led a life of activism and community organizing. For example, Tori Amos co-founded the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), a toll-free help line in the U.S. connecting callers with their local rape crisis center.

By combining feminist ideas with music and art, we are putting our own stamp on something that has been around since the ninth century and documenting our own history, which is often neglected. Throughout history, playing cards were largely controversial. The style of the deck varied tremendously depending on the culture and its access to technology. The images on early card decks featured only men, reflecting the dominating role they had in the royal courts. Even today, many cultures still do not include a queen or any female in their decks, and men dominate many poker tables. A Google search for "women playing cards" brings up a link to purchase "Nude Women Playing Cards" as the first result. Even the pin-up cards that I came across portray women as sexual objects and "often depict[ed] idealized versions of what some thought a particularly beautiful or attractive woman should look like."

The artists involved in the project include Emily Henderson, Andrea Rae Georgas, Ramsey Beyer, Lauren Denitzio, Liz Prince, Marissa Paternoster, Clare Brown, Jacki Sullivan, Brandi Lee, Cristy Road, Ginny Maki, Citizen A, Tressa Patten and Kay Kelley. Many of these artists are heavily involved in their DIY communities and have contributed immensely to the feminist movement through various outlets, including music, zines, and of course their artwork.

From the beginning, this has been a very collaborative project. Each artist was given the freedom to decide on the musicians they chose to draw. Since we're limited to a certain number of cards, we can't include everyone in the deck, but we have definitely listened to suggestions and tried to implement them where we can. This is just our first deck, and if all goes well, who knows what we'll have in store for you next!

We are currently raising money on Kickstarter to produce and manufacture these cards. You can help us turn this vision into reality by visiting our Kickstarter page.

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Jennifer Garner Gives Birth

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Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have become parents for the third time, welcoming a baby boy, a source tells Us Weekly.

The newest addition to the Affleck family, whose name has yet to be revealed, joins big sisters Violet, 6, and Seraphina, 3.

Garner and Affleck, one of Hollywood's favorite couples, announced they were expecting their third child back in August, saying they were "thrilled" to be adding to their often-photographed family.

The couple decided not to find out the sex of the baby ahead of time, or at least decided not to make it public, but Garner dished to Ellen DeGeneres on her show about the possibility of have a baby boy in September.

"It would be so weird to have a boy," Garner told DeGeneres, and said her daughters had already picked out a name for the baby if it was girl.

"Daisy Duck Affleck," Garner said. "I can see us going that way."

Garner and Affleck met on the set of 2003's "Daredevil" and were married in 2005.

Check out photos from Garner's third pregnancy below:


Lindsay Lohan Vows To 'Not Let Anyone Down'

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NEW YORK -- Lindsay Lohan says she's "clean and sober" and "a homebody" these days. And she likes it that way.

The troubled starlet's career in recent years has been upstaged by legal and personal problems. But she's on a comeback that now has brought her to NBC's "Saturday Night Live," which she hosts this week.

She acknowledges in an interview for NBC's "Today" show that repairing her damaged reputation could be a lengthy process.

She admits in the interview that airs Thursday that "it could be scary for people to invest in me."

Her next project is playing Elizabeth Taylor in a biopic that she says will start production soon.

With that film as well as the "SNL" gig, she vows to "not let anyone down, especially myself."

Brazilian Man Uses Jack Nicholson's Face on Fake ID

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And now in your daily dose of the absurd: Brazilian news channel Globo (equivalent to the BBC or CBS, according to our esteemed Portuguese-speaking colleagues) has reported that a 41-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for using a fake ID with actor Jack Nicholson's picture on it.

That's right: Jacko's unsmiling mug (which you can view here) was apparently the suspect's idea of a smooth ruse, despite Nicholson's some 50 years in Hollywood, 12 Academy Award nominations and age (74).

According to the report, the suspect attempted to use the fake ID (along with other falsified documents) to open up a bank account in the Boa Viagem neighborhood in the south of Recife. The ID bore the name Joao Pedro dos Santos, while the aforementioned Nicholson picture bore no resemblance to the man who presented the card. He was arrested and taken to the police station, where he proceeded to deny everything to authorities, according to Erivaldo Guerro, the officer in charge of the case. The suspect, meanwhile, was sent off for a mental evaluation at a nearby hospital.

Samantha Ronson Talks Unhealthy Relationships, New Album

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The renowned DJ Samantha Ronson is back in the spotlight, and for once it's on her own accord. Her name was a staple in the tabloids a few years ago, when she began stepping out with the then-party girl Lindsay Lohan. In a new interview with The Daily Beast, Ronson talked, albiet vaguely, about her tumultuous relationship with the actress and its influence on her new album, Chasing the Reds.

"When I first started making the record two years ago, my life was so public,” Ronson said. "I didn’t want to make a record where people would say, ‘This song is about that.’ But I think there’s also a way to keep things specific and private without losing a connection with the listener.”

She's not exaggerating about her personal life being public. Her relationship with Lohan, which was on-and-off from 2008 to 2010 or so, was hard to miss, filling the pages of celebrity weeklies and blogs. Lohan often played coy about her relationship with Ronson as well.

"I don't want to classify myself," she told Harper's Bazaar in 2008. "First of all, you never know what's going to happen — tomorrow, in a month, a year from now, five years from now. I appreciate people, and it doesn't matter who they are, and I feel blessed to be able to feel comfortable enough with myself that I can say that."

Though Ronson doesn't specifically mention Lohan, The Daily Beast questioned Ronson about lyrics from her song, "Sometimes When You Win, You Lose."

“I just wanted to find some peace with you / You needed the noise as proof / And we started this war on the same side / Now I feel just like a hostage in the room / But I’m trying to find a way out alive."

Ronson wouldn't confirm the song was about her relationship with Lohan -- but she didn't deny it either.

“Maybe they’d be right. Maybe they’d be wrong,” she told The Daily Beast when told that listeners would likely presume the lyrics were referring to Lohan. “I wrote that song when I was with the person that it’s about. They knew what it was about when I wrote it."

“Most people would assume that it’s figurative, that it’s about emotions. But maybe it’s not. Maybe it’s actually literal,” Ronson added. “It was not a healthy relationship.”

But now it looks as if both Ronson and her former paramour have moved onto bigger and better things. Lohan is slowly getting her life back on track after a year filled with felony theft charges and numerous probation hearings. She's set to host "Saturday Night Live" March 3 and will portray Elizabeth Taylor in an upcoming Lifetime movie and vows to ""not let anyone down, especially myself."

For more from Ronson, head over to The Daily Beast.

Whitney Houston's Death To Be Ruled Accident

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Whitney Houston's demise was a tragedy—and a tragic accident at that.

The pop icon's sudden death on Feb. 11 is expected to be officially ruled an accident, a source with knowledge of the ongoing investigation confirms exclusively to E! News.

New O.C. 'Housewife': Other Ladies Don't Get My Jokes

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Heather Dubrow, the newest addition to "The Real Housewives of Orange County" cast, stopped "Good Day LA" (weekdays, 7 a.m. PST on Fox) Tuesday to visit with her old friends, Steve Edwards and Jillian Reynolds. Dubrow first met the "GDLA" team back in the 90's, when she was still Heather Paige Kent, a struggling actress who appeared in many short-lived sitcoms such as "Jenny", "Stark Raving Mad" and "That's Life."

Edwards, who is very open about his disdain for the "Housewives" franchise, seemed surprised that Dubrow joined the show, and after watching a clip of a conversation between Dubrow and fellow "Housewife" Alexis Bellino, asked her if she was perhaps too smart to relate to her co-stars. Dubrow answered carefully. "I'll let you form your own opinion about that," she said, but added that the women don't seem to get her humor.

A clip from Tuesday night's episode reinforced the disconnect. In a scene where Dubrow met with Bellino to try to get their rocky new friendship on track, Bellino mentioned she was a morning show anchor, and Dubrow asked if she was more like a Jillian Barberie (Reynolds' name from a former marriage) or a Katie Couric. Bellino looked confused and didn't seem to know who Jillian Barberie was, but realized she was "not a Katie Couric," so she chose the former.

But fear not: Dubrow also reported that her fellow "Housewives" started to get her jokes after getting to know her a little better. "I would say now that I've become friends with Tamra and Gretchen, they'll say to me, 'Oh, now I get that joke from the first episode!'"

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Ryan Murphy Planning Mega-Musical With Cameron, Reese, Gwen and Bey

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Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Murphy walk into a restaurant and come out hours later with an idea for the craziest star-studded musical-comedy feature film this side of "Rock of Ages." It's not a terrible joke, but apparent Hollywood reality. As first reported by Deadline.com (and later confirmed by both EW.com and THR), the "Glee" creator is talking about teaming with three of Hollywood's biggest female stars, Beyonce and Andy Samberg (obviously) for "One Hit Wonders."

The musical would focus on three rival performers (Diaz, Witherspoon, Paltrow) who each had one successful single in the '90s; down on their luck, the trio joins forces as a way to get back into the spotlight. The idea is that Samberg and his Lonely Island troupe (Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) would write original music for "Wonders," while Beyonce's role is currently unknown. (If you like to believe Internet commenters, one wrote on Deadline.com that Blue Ivy's mama would play the woman who actually sang the three one-hits released by Diaz, Witherspoon and Paltrow's characters.)

While Paltrow and Witherspoon are noted for their strong singing voices (see Paltrow's work on "Glee" and in "Country Strong" and Witherspoon's role in "Walk the Line"), Diaz has been known throughout her career for a lack of vocal prowess. In "My Best Friend's Wedding," she famously shrieked through a karaoke version of "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" and in 2008 the actress told the Associated Press that she found performing live on stage "impossible."

Sony picked up Murphy's pitch for the comedy, though the studio hasn't confirmed deals with anyone just yet. Murphy previously worked with Paltrow on "Glee," and is busy with his adaptation of "The Normal Heart." Let's hope hell doesn't freeze over before this cuckoo-bananas production gets off the ground!

[via Deadline.com]

Will These Celebrities Have Leap Year Babies?

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Jen and Ben are out of the running, but a batch of pregnant celebrities just may give birth to some very unique kids. As if having famous parents and what are sure to be the best birthday parties ever isn't enough, these soon-to-be famous kids could pop out today -- February 29th, 2012 -- making them official Leap Babies. It's still up for debate whether this is a desirable position to be in. Several non-celebrity parents are averse to the idea so it’s safe to say that the stars could be reticent to give birth on a date that doesn't always exist. But if Hollywood is really a playground for the young, what better way to start kids off than always being four times "younger" than everyone else?

Here are 10 sets of celebrity parents who could be having Leap Year babies.


George Clooney 'Doesn't Give A Sh*t' If People Think He's Gay

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He's long been the subject of rampant tabloid speculation over his sexuality, but George Clooney says he doesn't mind.

In a new interview with The Advocate's Brandon Voss, the 50-year-old Hollywood hunk comes clean about those paparazzi rumors while revealing intimate details of his so-called "bromance" with "Ocean's Eleven" co-star Brad Pitt and speaking at length about his much-publicized support for marriage equality.

"I think it’s funny, but the last thing you’ll ever see me do is jump up and down, saying, 'These are lies!' That would be unfair and unkind to my good friends in the gay community," Clooney said. "I'm not going to let anyone make it seem like being gay is a bad thing. My private life is private, and I’m very happy in it. Who does it hurt if someone thinks I'm gay? I'll be long dead and there will still be people who say I was gay. I don't give a sh*t."

As for his relationship with Pitt, Clooney clarifies that while the pair is frequently photographed together at award shows and other events, "the truth is that we see each other very rarely, maybe a couple times a year." He went on to note, "I've had great fun spending time with my friend again over the awards season. Not only do I enjoy him as a person and respect his talent, but I also love what he does in the world. I can’t speak highly enough about how hard he works at making the world better."

So why does "The Descendants" star -- who will next be seen in Dustin Lance Black's play "8," about California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage -- feel so passionate about marriage equality? "It's always been this albatross that stood out to me as the final leg of the civil rights movement," he told Voss. "Well before Prop. 8, I've made the point that every time we’ve stood against equality, we’ve been on the wrong side of history. It’s the same kind of argument they made when they didn’t want blacks to serve in the military, or when they didn’t want blacks to marry whites. One day the marriage equality fight will look as archaic as George Wallace standing on the University of Alabama steps keeping James Hood from attending college because he was black. People will be embarrassed to have been on the wrong side."

Read the full Advocate interview here.

Check out other celebrities who've faced rumors about their sexuality below:

New 'Mad Men,' New Joan

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Christina Hendricks has played Joan Holloway, the sexy, saucy office manager at '60-set ad agency, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce on "Mad Men" for four season. When we left her in the Season 4 finale (i.e. forever ago), Joan had married a doctor and became a homemaker, even though she found herself pregnant with her former boss' (Roger Sterling played John Slattery) child.

Hendricks covers the upcoming issue of BlackBook and talked to the magazine about the upcoming, long-awaited Season 5 of "Mad Men" (which premieres with a two-hour episode on Mar. 25). "Last year was building up to what was going to happen with Don and Betty, and although there's that, so much happens with each character this season that we were all like, 'Whoa,'" Hendricks told BlackBook. "All I can say is a lot happens to Joan."

The actors are typically tight-lipped about what's to come on "Mad Men," but Hendricks did talk about the parallels in Joan's life and Hendricks' in the five years she's been on the show. "Just as I have changed, and as significant things have happened in my life, like getting married and moving into a new home, Joan has gotten married and gotten pregnant," Hendricks explained. The changes have softened the brassy character, who, Hendricks adds, "was a lot bitchier than she is now. She's mellowed out and wised up. With the more responsibility that she's gotten at work and in her life, she can't be as flip as she was. There's a lot more on her shoulders these days."

Hendricks' co-star John Slattery told HuffPost TV in late January that "Mad Men's" season 5 is "the best yet." He added: "We were all commenting that it felt like the first season. We've somehow circled back after all the details and all the plot development that's happened with everybody ... it's kind of circled back to the sort of tunnel vision on each character and various elements of each character that they've dialed in on. It's somehow simpler."

And fellow "Mad Men" star Elisabeth Moss added: "Matt [Weiner] said... this season is about every man for himself. I just thought that was so interesting ... I'd never heard him say it before, but I think that is the most perfect way of describing this season. And I think that's the parallel to Season 1 as well."

Read BlackBook's complete interview with Christina Hendricks and see stunning new photos at Blackbookmag.com.

Also, check out the slideshow below of the "Mad Men" cast sharing their favorite episodes with HuffPost TV:

Watch Jon Hamm And Kristen Wiig Awkwardly Cover-Up Sex In 'Friends With Kids'

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Kristen Wiig may have only been Jon Hamm's third favorite sex buddy in "Bridesmaids," but she's got his full attention in "Friends With Kids." The pair play the never-ending honeymoon couple -- sex before dinner! -- in the new romantic dramedy, written by Hamm's real-life girlfriend, Jennifer Westfeldt.

The new film focuses on Westfeldt and Adam Scott, playing two longtime besties who wake up in their 30s and realize everyone they know got married and had kids. Spurred on by biological clocks, they come up with a foolish-proof plan: have a kid together, and then look for their respective Mr. and Ms. Rights.

Filled with R-rated laughs and wryly observed commentary on modern relationships and friendships, "Friends With Kids" also co-stars Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Megan Fox and Ed Burns. It's out in theaters on March 9.

Will Jean Dujardin Fix His Teeth?

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Whiter than white teeth often seem to be a requirement when it comes to the Hollywood set. But now, after winning an Oscar for his role in "The Artist," is French star Jean Dujardin proving that celebrities can shine even if their teeth don't?

"When it comes to that million-dollar smile, Jean is looking like he's fallen a couple hundred thousand dollars short," Phillip Bloch, a stylist for the stars, tells me. "In fact, his should be pearly whites are looking more like Lindsay Lohan's gnasher's prior to her dental makeover."

Bloch isn't alone in thinking that Dujardin's smile could use an overhaul.

"For his smile, I would definitely recommend in-office whitening, Invisalign to align his teeth, then porcelain veneers," said celebrity dentist Debra Glassman, who has signed pictures from Diane Sawyer and Jennifer Hudson in her office.

Invisalign straightens the teeth with a series of clear aligners. Unlike metal braces, you can remove them to brush and floss your teeth. Both Katherine Heigl and Whoopi Goldberg reportedly used the system without anyone knowing.

"Now that [Dujardin] is successful, he is going to have a ton of new stylists, agents, managers and publicists who will want to work with him, and unfortunately they will all want to change him," InTouch news editor and "Taking New York" star Marianne Garvey tells me.

"At first they always say they won't let Hollywood change them, but they always do," she continued. "English lessons and fixing his teeth will be first on the list. Ben Affleck, Zac Effron, Nic Cage, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Nicole Kidman, Celine Dion, Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore and even Tom Cruise all have very different teeth now than they did when they first became famous. Jean will be next."

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Megan Smolenyak: Michelle Obama's Ancestors: The First Lady's Multicultural, Great Migration Past (VIDEO)

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Several years ago, I conducted extensive genealogical research into the heritage of Michelle Obama. A few of my discoveries -- particularly those pertaining to the Shields branch of her family tree -- made news at the time, but there's much that I've never shared, so I've decided to blow the dust off of a video I made back in August 2009.

This is a simple, homemade video (in two parts) -- a narrated PowerPoint -- and subsequent research has revealed more than what's included here (for more insight, please read this recent, seven-part series and/or the "Finding Melvina" and "Road to a First Lady's Roots" chapters of my book, Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing), but I hope you'll enjoy this overview of the remarkable family history of our First Lady.



Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Chicago Beginnings (part 1)

Michelle Obama's Ancestors: The Great Migration (part 2)

Michelle Obama's Ancestors: The Great Mixing (part 3)

Michelle Obama's Ancestors: LaVaughn Johnson (part 4)

Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Fraser Robinson (part 5)

Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Rebecca Jumper (aka Coleman) (part 6)

Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Purnell Shields (part 7)


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