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Does Med Men Urge Us to Self-Destruct?

“I’ll admit that there are a few things I envy about Don Draper, but desultory sex in a sh*t-brown apartment with a hooker who smacks me in the face while my kids eat Thanksgiving dinner at their new Daddy’s place isn’t on the list.” And with that, the battle over what viewers can learn from Mad Men ‘s quality-of-life issues is engaged. Thanks as always, Katie Roiphe ! [ The Awl ]

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Does Med Men Urge Us to Self-Destruct?

Emmy Spotlight: Could Modern Family’s Supporting Actors Split the Vote?

After investigating the other comedic races , it’s time to ask: Who’s running off with the 2010 Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy? This year, the question comes with philosophical underpinnings: Is it more honorable to serve a dependable, under-rewarded actor, a quartet of shiny newcomers, or a past winner? Let’s break down all the odds, including the chances of a Glee or Modern Family victory.

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Emmy Spotlight: Could Modern Family’s Supporting Actors Split the Vote?

Leonardo DiCaprio: My Competitors Kill Themselves

After he made Titanic , Leonardo DiCaprio had his first choice of roles, and he passed on a good many of them, including Spider-Man and Anakin Skywalker . But what was it like for DiCaprio before that breakthrough success? As he tells Rolling Stone , he had two main competitors for parts, but they’re both dead now.

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Why Do Our Most Technology-Obsessed Filmmakers Make Movies That are Anti-Technology?

Did the recent, eerie trailer for David Fincher’s Facebook movie The Social Network make you feel bad about spending so much of your life in front of a computer? It’s more than a little ironic, since Fincher clearly spends so much time in front of his.

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Seth MacFarlane to Head David Hasselhoff Roast

Comedy Central has just named Family Guy creator and talking teddy bear wizard Seth MacFarlane the master of the network’s David Hasselhoff Roast, airing August 15. Regular roasters Pamela Anderson, Whitney Cummings, Greg Giraldo, Lisa Lampanelli, and Jeffrey Ross will poke fun at The Hoff, as will Jerry Springer and, for some reason, Hulk Hogan. [ LAT ]

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Hollywood Ink: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Gets a Date

Sony gives The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo a date… Katherine Heigl gobbles up another mid-level rom-com… Kenneth Branagh to channel a Hollywood icon. This and more as Hollywood Ink continues after the jump.

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TV Bites: Chris Isaak Could Be Your Newest American Idol Judge

Also in this morning’s TV Bites: Brett Ratner’s Chaos gets another life… The Office promotes a cast member… Jon Hamm visits Springfield… and Dexter hires a tattoo artist.

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TV Bites: Chris Isaak Could Be Your Newest American Idol Judge

Marion Cotillard Spent Two Months Disguised as a Man Last Year

“You have this fairy quality, like you’re flitting through trees and stars,” Nicole Kidman tells Marion Cotillard in the new issue of Interview , and we’d have to agree. The Inception actress has a lot of deliciously quirky things to talk to Kidman about in their chat, whether it’s her fantasies (“I would love to go into an animal’s dream–like a lion’s or a cat’s. I’m sure that’s pretty awesome”) or the two months she spent touring Europe as a man in 2009. Wait, what?

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What’s On: Deadliest Catch’s Darkest Hour

Deadliest Catch features its most emotional episode tonight, and you can bet we’ll be glued to our seats, unless fun auditioners from America’s Got Talent or a public medical exam on Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List rivet us first.

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New Mel Gibson Tape Unleashed in All its Ugly, Baby-Hitting Allegation Fury

The conversation about whether or not Mel Gibson’s mainstream movie career is done for got even less complicated today: The actor-producer-director’s sixth published rant at Oksana Grigorieva explicitly invokes the act of both woman- and child-hitting, Gibson’s not-so-reassuring response to which you’ll find in the NSFW audio after the jump. Be warned: It’s bad.

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New Mel Gibson Tape Unleashed in All its Ugly, Baby-Hitting Allegation Fury