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Glee Cast to Rock Tonys

Broadway vets-cum- Glee stars Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele will perform at the 2010 Tony Awards on June 13 at Radio City Music Hall. Perhaps they’ll chirp “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” under a giant screen with Sue Sylvester on it. I’d settle for that, since a full-choir rendition of “We Will F*ck You” seems like a bit of a long shot. [ Zap2It ]

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VIDEO: Bruce Willis Shows Us How to Buy Vodka, Because Why Not

It’s wacky celebrity video day! Mere hours after we all hoisted a margarita to Gwyneth Paltrow’s taco-making expertise , here we have Bruce Willis selling Sobieski Vodka for some reason (I’m sorry you didn’t get the call, Leelee). It’s all part of an advertising strategy that somehow warranted a New York Times profile despite adhering to the decades-old gambit of “Hire celebrity to sell product.” Meh. They’re no Seagram’s wine coolers.

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Tate Donovan Bites the Dust

As we’ve learned from the plights of Patton Oswalt and Ryan Devlin this spring, no one is ever really safe from the pilot season recasting phenomenon. The latest actors to be cut just as their pilot goes to series are Tate Donovan and Christina Chang, who were quietly dismissed from ABC’ s superhero series No Ordinary Family after creator Greg Berlanti decided there wasn’t much he could do with their characters. Both actors were told that they could still maybe return to the series in guest star capacities. [ EW ]

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Is The Big Bang Theory’s Cast Worth a 285% Raise?

The telegenic nerds of The Big Bang Theory are renewed for their fourth season, but months ahead of their new time-slot debut, the show’s three main stairs want hefty raises : a 285-percent increase from $65,000 to $250,000 an episode. Big Bang Theory ‘s ratings jumped in season three to about 14.2 million viewers each week, nearly double its first season draw. Still, a six-figure raise is the kind of maneuver usually associated with a bona-fide frontliner like Charlie Sheen, not ensembles (unless you count Friends ). Is this trio in the wrong?

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On Demand: Indie Insurgency

Ultra-indies (and Noah Baumbach) dominate the week on-demand — all the better to feed your inner malcontent, opt out of the “event” movie business, and keep it cheap and at home…

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Muppet Entourage Manages to Make Even Joe Biden Look Adorable

Vice president Joe Biden and his wife Jill were the guests of honor at Wednesday night’s eighth annual Sesame Workshop Gala, where the couple was recognized for their efforts on behalf of military families. The event raised $2.2 million for the organization, no doubt aided by its “‘huge’ surprise when Snuffleupagus made a rare public appearance.” I hope Biden’s microphone was off; you know how emotional he can get over big f***ing deals . [ Sesame Workshop ]

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Sarah Silverman Loses It

The sexual oversharing stakes were recently upped when Alison Brie wrote a story about her early days as a self-described “Queen of Copulation.” Now it’s Sarah Silverman’s turn, and in an excerpt from her new book published on Nerve, she details the bloody loss of her virginity. It’s actually kind of sweet, and the only objectionable gross-out joke comes at Mario Cantone’s expense. Who knew? [ Nerve ]

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QUACK-QUACK! Where to Find This Week’s Awesomest Critical Skirmish

So there’s this documentary called Burzynski opening this week in New York City. I haven’t seen it and had never even heard of it before last night. But oh, what an introduction at The Village Voice , where critic Ella Taylor — perhaps still rinsing bile residue after her Sex and the City 2 takedown — absolutely trashed the film, its subject and its director. And then came the defenders trashing Taylor. Wait — what the hell is a Burzynski again?

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SHOCKER! Eat Pray Love Receives PG-13 on Appeal

Sony and director Ryan Murphy may not have had much to say about their strategy to reverse Eat Pray Love ‘s initial R-rating, but either way it worked. Murphy and producer Dede Gardner successfully (and perhaps predictably) made their case for a softer rating, turing an R for “brief strong language” into a PG-13 for “brief strong language, some sexual references and male rear nudity.” Yeah, it makes no sense to me either, but all that matters is that all those pending mother-daughter bonding trips are on . [ THR ]

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Hollywood Ink: Sam Mendes Dumps 007 — For Now