Today we learned that J.J. Abrams will officially not helm Disney's new, possibly ill-advised seventh episode of the Star Wars franchise. Here we break down the odds on the existing short list, because it's actually quite a long list.
Today: CNN power couple John King and Dana Bash are splitting, Larry David struggles with parking lot meters just like us, and Darren Aronofsky plans to put Russel Crowe on a boat with a ton of animals. What could go wrong?
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One anonymous blogger's headline pretty much sums up why some artists were born for advertising: "Darren Aronofsky Needs Just 30 Seconds to Turn You off Meth Forever."
Today in film and television: The Rum Diary had a no good, very bad weekend, Justin Timberlake has been offered a role in the new Coen Brothers movie about folk singers, and CBS is Americanizing one of Israeli's TV's most popular shows.
Plus: The Tommy Lee Jones contract snafu that keeps on costing Paramount
Plus: Fox responds to the "Black Swan" intern lawsuit
Plus: Wolverine could be learning the way of the samurai in Canada
Plus: Hollywood agencies want to be in the Mel Gibson business
All hands on deck for Aronofsky's 'Black Swan' followup
Even when he's selling plumping mascara, the Black Swan director makes the shots his own
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