Today: NBC decides to keep a beloved show around, VH1 renews a be-hated show, and Cameron Diaz smartens up.
Today in books and publishing: Tom Hanks reads Stephen Colbert's children's book for adults, gamers are going to be getting a taste of Henry David Thoreau, and Yertle the Turtle is too politically charged for British Columbia.
Today: Jen considers a risque role, a legendary rap album comes to life, and Tom Hanks might go seriously Disney.
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Also: Drew Barrymore pregnancy rumors are swirling, more fallout from the bar brawl involving Monaco's Prince Pierre Casiraghi, and Jeremy Lin has turned down "millions" in endorsement deals already.
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich botched a joke at a congressional hearing Thursday, telling Attorney General Eric Holder "You must feel like Tom Hanks in Groundhog Day."
It was bound to happen some time soon, but it appears that 2012 is the year that web-based television -- webivision? -- will go mainstream.
Today in books: Universal options Erik Larson's non-fiction chiller In the Garden of Beasts as a possible Tom Hanks vehicle, Niall Ferguson threatens to call in the lawyers over a bad review, and the many theories about literary criticism's decline.
Why the video of Hanks dancing isn't as surprising as the Web thinks it is
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