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Modern Family Now Ransoming the Future of its Child Actors for an Emmy

How far will Modern Family’s producers go for an Emmy? They’ve already run an ad promising that Sofia Vergara will run naked down Sunset if the show wins the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy (still a less salacious ad than the one for Yogi Bear ), and now they’ve upped the ante.

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Modern Family Now Ransoming the Future of its Child Actors for an Emmy

Roots, Willy Wonka Producer David Wolper Dies at 82

Oscar-nominated producer David Wolper, the man behind smash miniseries like Roots and The Thorn Birds as well as films including Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and L.A. Confidential , died at his Beverly Hills home last night at age 82 . When your contributions to pop culture can be described both as “pertinent to a generation’s understanding of slavery” and “scrumdiddlyumptious,” you are one of a kind. [ The Wrap ]

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Roots, Willy Wonka Producer David Wolper Dies at 82