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Young Da Vinci Action Movie Still Planned, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Happy Tuesday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Christian Bale’s awards horse enters the gate… A rare unadaptable Stephen King book may yet find its way to the screen… Andy Samberg and NBC draw an SNL lawsuit… and more.

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Young Da Vinci Action Movie Still Planned, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

So Much For #RatnerFreeOscars! AMPAS Stands by Producer: ‘It Will Not Happen Again’

I’m still waiting for anyone from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to bother replying to my request for comment about yesterday’s Brett Ratner “rehearsing is for fags” imbroglio , but AMPAS president Tom Sherak has officially weighed in on the controversy: “He knew it was wrong and he issued that response as quickly as any human being ever has. The bottom line is, this won’t and can’t happen again. It will not happen again.” So much for the #RatnerFreeOscars ; it was nice to imagine while it lasted.

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Benicio Del Toro, Others Linked to Outcry Over Academy’s ‘Discriminatory’ Puerto Rico Ban

Benicio Del Toro, Jimmy Smits and Esai Morales are among the stars named in a protest of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new rule to block Puerto Rico from competing in the Foreign-Language Oscar race.

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Benicio Del Toro, Others Linked to Outcry Over Academy’s ‘Discriminatory’ Puerto Rico Ban

Academy Civil War Brewing Over 2012 Oscar Hosts?

The Great Oscar Host Debacle of 2011 remains an open wound today at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, from which Academy president Tom Sherak ruminated about the efficacy (or lack thereof) of James Franco, Anne Hathaway, and/or any comics who might have assumed their places. But the real fun starts, however, with the told-you-so moment supplied by an anonymous, “high-ranking Academy member.”

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See James Franco and Anne Hathaway Casually Rub Shoulders With a Giant Oscar

“OK, Anne and James, in this one, just lean on that ten foot tall statue and look as casual as possible. No, more casual. That’s it! James, you’re a casual tiger right now!” Oh, sorry, I was just pretending to be the photographer of this brand new promotional still featuring Oscar hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco. This picture tells you absolutely nothing about what kind of job the pair will do on Feb. 27, but it does reinforce what you already knew: Francaway make quite an adorable couple, in a rom-com poster-ready sort of way. Click ahead to see.

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