Posts by Zach Dionne
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NBC Creates Comedy Playground to Discover New Talent
Two prime-time slots and a digital series await the fresh-faced writers who can impress 18 comedy all-stars including Amy Poehler, Adam McKay, Aziz Ansari, Maya Rudolph, Jason Bateman, and Adam Scott.
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Please Stop Calling Me ScarJo, Says ScarJo
Also in the Afternoon Links: A KFC/‘Game of Thrones’ meal deal, a plot to kill Archie, and an old-fashioned video of a reporter falling off a boat.
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Listen to Three New Songs From Nicki Minaj, the Roots, and Future ft. Kanye West
Kanye raps about gilding Kim’s posterior, Nicki goes H.A.M., and the Roots unveil their first single from the upcoming concept album ‘& Then You Shoot Your Cousin.’
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Drew Goddard Is Probably Directing ‘The Sinister Six’
“Goddard wrote the script for this first of what Marvel and Sony hope will be a new film franchise that shapes up as an Avengers-like all-star team of bad guys,” Deadline writes. Sony plans to release a ‘Spider-Man’ or ‘Spider-Man’-affiliated film every year. This one will probably tie in with Alex Kurtzman’s ‘Venom’ project.
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Peter Mayhew, the One and Only Chewbacca, Is Doing ‘Episode VII’
Also in the Afternoon Links: The most badass ‘Godzilla’ trailer yet, a harrowing tale about the Human Barbie, and some Valyrian-forged ratings for ‘Game of Thrones.’
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Report: Chelsea Handler Talking to CBS About a Late-Night Show
The about-to-retire E! host could be a strong candidate for Craig Ferguson’s 12:30 a.m. slot, or even the successor to ‘Late Show With David Letterman.’
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Box Office Top Five: ‘Captain America’ Is the Captain of America
‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ finally cracked the top five, and ‘Noah’ and ‘Divergent’ are both slowing at a rapid pace.
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‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Will Be Around Until at Least Season 12
Also in the Afternoon Links: Patton Oswalt waxes nostalgic about a life of reading Stephen King, ‘Orphan Black’ gets a Season 2 trailer, and Bryan Cranston is writing a ‘Breaking Bad’ memoir.
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CBS Tried to Get John Oliver Into the Late-Night Fold Before HBO Came Calling
“The pitch was for Oliver potentially to occupy the 12:30 time slot currently filled by ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson’ in the event Ferguson does not re-up his contract at the end of 2014,” ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ writes, “or possibly for Oliver to launch a different show that would be syndicated by CBS.”
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Wu-Tang Has a $5 Million Offer on That One-of-a-Kind Album
Also in the Afternoon Links: More new (free!) Drake, the first seven minutes of FX’s ‘Fargo,’ and some exciting news about Tarantino’s ‘The Eightful Eight.’
