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Today, a U.S. Appeals court ruled that the FCC’s indecency rules were “unconstitutionally vague,” and overturned the commission’s entire slate of indecency rules.
This ruling was in response to cases of “fleeting” expletives or incidents, like the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction or Bono uttering the f-word at the Golden Globes; the court felt that there “is ample evidence in the record that the FCC’s indecency policy has chilled protected speech.”
But the impact of this ruling will reverberate much more than you think; the court threw out the entire set of indecency rules the FCC had been using since 1978, after a radio station played George Carlin’s ‘Seven Dirty Words’ routine on the air. The court just felt that it didn’t pass constitutional muster that, for instance, the commission could judge that the use of ‘bulls–t’ in an ‘NYPD Blue’ episode was indecent, but the use of ‘d–k’ and ‘d–khead’ were not.
Of course, most people who have never been a fan of the commission’s random indecency rules could have told you that years ago. But the big question now is: what does this mean for the broadcast networks?
That answer seems pretty easy: Until the FCC can come up with an indecency policy that can be deemed constitutional, the broadcast networks are likely going to use this opportunity to push the envelope even further than they do now, especially after 10PM.
Sam Mendes, Kate Winslet
For many best-actress Oscar winners, the award has been a bad-luck charm for matters of the heart. More than a handful of leading ladies have parted ways with their significant others after snagging a statuette — from the Golden Age of Hollywood (Bette Davis and first husband Harmon Nelson) to the ’70s (Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould) to the turn of the millennium (Helen Hunt and Hank Azaria). In the past week, Kate Winslet split from Sam Mendes, while Jesse James has apologized to his wife, 2009 Academy Award best-actress winner Sandra Bullock, after reports of infidelity surfaced. The future of Bullock and James’ relationship is unclear, but the so-called “curse” has reared its ugly head frequently of late. Let’s take a look at the last 10 best-actress winners:
Report: Sandra Bullock moves out out amid model’s claim of infidelity by Jesse James
Julia Roberts
Won Oscar for: Erin Brockovich (2000)
Status at the time: dating Benjamin Bratt
In June 2001, three months after Bratt escorted Roberts to the Oscars (where he untangled her gown’s long train as she made her way to the winner’s podium), the pair announced their break-up. Each is now married with children.
Halle Berry
Won Oscar for: Monster’s Ball (2001)
Status at the time: married to Eric Benet
A year after becoming the first black actress to win in the lead category, Berry split from her musician-husband of two years, who later entered sex-addiction rehab. The couple divorced in 2005.
Nicole Kidman
Won Oscar for: The Hours (2002)
Status at the time: divorced from Tom Cruise
Kidman’s story throws a twist into the trend, as she achieved tremendous professional success after her 2001 split from Cruise. She earned an Oscar nomination for Moulin Rouge before winning for The Hours. Three-time nominee Cruise remains Oscar-less. (Cruise ex Penelope Cruz would also go on to win her own supporting actress Oscar for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.)
Charlize Theron
Won Oscar for: Monster (2003)
Status at the time: dating Stuart Townsend
Together since meeting on the set of 2002’s Trapped, Theron and Townsend had promised not to marry until same-sex couples are granted the same privilege. The vow is moot now: The two split earlier this year.
Jesse James apologizes to Sandra Bullock: “I deserve everything bad coming my way”
Hilary Swank
Won Oscars for: Boys Don’t Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Status at the time: married to Chad Lowe
Swank infamously forgot to thank Lowe in her acceptance speech for Boys Don’t Cry, but made up for the slight five years later when she won Oscar No. 2. Less than a year later, the couple, who had been together since 1992, announced their split.
Reese Witherspoon
Won Oscar for: Walk the Line (2005)
Status at the time: married to Ryan Phillippe
Phillippe and Witherspoon, who have two children, was the poster couple for young Hollywood love. Their fairy tale ended in October 2006 when they separated after seven years of marriage — just seven months after Witherspoon picked up her Oscar. Their divorce was finalized in 2007. Witherspoon later dated Jake Gyllenhaal, an Oscar nominee for Brokeback Mountain the same year she won her golden guy.
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Helen Mirren
Won Oscar for: The Queen (2006)
Status at the time: married to Taylor Hackford
Mirren and Hackford — himself an Oscar winner for the 1979 short film Teenage Father — are still together. The couple began dating in 1986 and wed in 1997.
Marion Cotillard
Won Oscar for: La Vie en Rose (2007)
Status at the time: dating Guillaume Canet
The French actress is still with her French director-actor-beau, who was previously married to Diane Kruger.
Kate Winslet
Won Oscar for: The Reader (2008)
Status at the time: married to Sam Mendes
Winslet finally got her hands on a long-awaited Oscar last year — 10 years after Mendes won best director for American Beauty. The two, who have a son and raise Winslet’s daughter from her first marriage together, announced their split earlier this week. They worked together on 2008’s Revolutionary Road — about a disintegrating marriage.
Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes split
Sandra Bullock
Won Oscar for: The Blind Side (2009)
Status at the time: married to Jesse James
Less than two weeks removed from Bullock’s win, reports of James’ infidelity surfaced. Tattoo model Michelle “Bombshell” McGee told In Touch she had an 11-month affair with the motorcycle builder last year while the actress was filming The Blind Side in Atlanta. James calls the majority of the reports “untrue and unfounded” and has apologized to his wife and his three children from previous relationships. “It’s because of my poor judgment that I deserve everything bad that is coming my way,” he said. Bullock reportedly has moved out of the couple’s home.
Betty White
How hot is Betty White these days?
Days after landing a Saturday Night Live hosting gig and a guest spot on The Middle, she has signed on as a regular for TV Land’s first scripted series, Hot in Cleveland, The Associated Press reports.
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The sitcom stars three other funny ladies, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick, as Los Angeles pals who wind up in Cleveland and decide to stay there because the locals find them glamorous. White, 88, will play the trio’s feisty caretaker. The six-time Emmy winner previously was attached just for the pilot.
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Production on Hot in Cleveland, which has been picked up for 10 episodes, is slated to begin soon with a target on a June premiere.
Betty White
Mark your calendars and set your TiVos: Betty White will host Saturday Night Live on May 8 — and she’s bringing some other funny ladies with her.
Joining the Golden Girl for the special Mother’s Day episode are six former SNL players, most of whom are moms: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch.
Betty White will appear on Saturday Night Live
At 88, White will be the show’s oldest host ever, and the gig will also mark her first time as host — a debut that was a long time coming. SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels tells USA Today that he has “always wanted” the beloved comedienne to host, but White turned him down three times.
“It’s so New York, and I’m not New York at all,” she says. “But my agent said he’d divorce me if I didn’t do it, and I love my agent.”
The Facebook campaign imploring SNL to book White “took on a groundswell” following her Super Bowl Snickers commercial, Michael says, and “validated that, ‘Oh, that’d be fun.’”
Betty White looks back and ahead on her golden career
“It isn’t something we would have said no to,” he says. “It was the outpouring of affection from fans, and we feel the same way.”
While White has no children of her own — except for Pontiac, her golden retriever — Michaels says she’s the perfect Mother’s Day host because “she’s the mother of us all in comedy, so it will be a celebration of Betty White.”
Emmy Award
NBC will air the 62nd annual Emmys live on both coasts, The Wrap reports.
Emmy ceremony moving to August in 2010
NBC has opted not to tape-delay the 2010 ceremony for the West Coast when the ceremony is telecast Aug. 29. NBC says the live broadcast is a first for the Emmys.
The announcement comes barely two months after NBC broadcast the Golden Globes live from coast to coast for the first time, attracting 16.9 million viewers. In comparison, 14.9 million viewers tuned in for the 2009 Golden Globes ceremony.