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Matt Damon Is Not Pleased With Barack Obama, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Thursday edition of The Broadsheet: The Blade Runner prequel and sequel you’ve been looking forward to could be on their way… a sharp look at why the world is so interested in Charlie Sheen … Possible spoilers about The Dark Knight Rises that will blow your mind … and more ahead.

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Matt Damon Is Not Pleased With Barack Obama, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Watson Seeks Rematch After Bitter Loss to Congressman

Candid supercomputer and Movieline pal Watson vowed a comeback late Wednesday, two days after losing a Jeopardy! match to New Jersey Congressman Rush Holt. “This isn’t over by a sight,” Watson said in a brief interview.

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Bill Clinton Probably Won’t Visit 30 Rock

Bill Clinton may or may not appear in The Hangover Part II (may not, according to Ed Helms ), but one place you definitely won’t be seeing the former president is on 30 Rock . Page Six reports that Tina Fey wanted Clinton for the show’s 100th episode (airing April 20), but was shot down. “The request was made and immediately denied without asking him,” said a Clinton representative. Harsh . Is Bill holding out for a Two and a Half Men cameo request? [ Page Six ]

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5 Examples of David Letterman Eating Something He Shouldn’t

Confession: I took some heat at Movieline HQ this morning for not including David Letterman’s lotion-eating segment in today’s Late Night Highlights , but that’s only because I’ve seen the whole “Dave’s eating something he shouldn’t be” gag a few times before. Don’t believe me? Here’s a primer on all the things Letterman should have thought twice about before ingesting.

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Anderson Cooper Puts PBS on His ‘Ridicu-List’

CNN would like to portray itself as the serious, no-gimmicks news network. So why would Anderson Cooper feel the need to copycat Keith Olbermann and come up with a editorializing feature called the “Ridicu-List”? On Tuesday night, he called out PBS for editing out Tina Fey's less-than-classy jokes about conservative women being great for women, unless you need a rape kit, or are lesbian, or believe in evolution. Cooper obviously believes in taxpayer-funded conservative-bashing: COOPER: So we started a new segment on the program this week, a nightly effort to point out hypocrisy, double talk, stuff that just is downright ridiculous. We call it the RidicuList. So who's on the list tonight? Well, it's the TV network PBS for their claims about why they edited Tina Fey. read more

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MRC-TV: Bozell Addresses PBS Editing Out Tina Fey’s Anti-Palin Jokes at Mark Twain Prize Ceremony

Upon receiving the Kennedy Center's Mark Train Prize for American Humor on November 9, comedian Tina Fey trashed Sarah Palin in her acceptance speech. By the time PBS broadcast the taped ceremony, the taxpayer-subsidized network had edited out some of Fey's harsher jokes that maligned the former Alaska governor. NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell appeared in studio on today's “Fox & Friends” to address the controversy, lauding PBS for doing the right thing by making those edits. [Video follows after page break] read more

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MRC-TV: Bozell Addresses PBS Editing Out Tina Fey’s Anti-Palin Jokes at Mark Twain Prize Ceremony

Jimmy Fallon Blames NBC For Being Stingy, Squandering His Glee-tastic Emmy Opening

Instead of enjoying the fruits of his successful Emmy-hosting labor, Jimmy Fallon is stewing over NBC’ s refusal to secure the online repurposing rights to Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run.” Because of this legal oversight, NBC is unable to post Jimmy’s Glee -ful Emmy opening — the highlight of the telecast — online.

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5 Things You Should Know About Tonight’s Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion

You have already seen the insane preview for Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey two-part reunion special, but in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter , moderator and network exec Andy Cohen offers five insights that might help you better understand tonight’s first installment.

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Who Would Win in a Contest of All-Time Greatest Emmy Winners?

Many TV fanatics also consider themselves statisticians, and we’re no exceptions. Following yesterday’s Emmys, we’ve decided to look back at Emmy history, stack up the ceremony’s greatest winners, and vote for the greatest Emmy recipients in all major categories. Is Lucille Ball better than Jean Stapleton? Does Seinfeld top Cheers ? Join us for an epic battle.

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Who Would Win in a Contest of All-Time Greatest Emmy Winners?

Jon Hamm & Jane Lynch To Have A Big Emmy Dance Number?

While the rest of us were whiling our Saturday nights with frivolous frippery, NIkki Finke over at Deadline has been putting her nose to the glamor grindstone and has come up with a a couple delicious spoilers for the the big Emmy night tonight, including host Jimmy Fallon’s special co-presenters and big ‘ol opening musical number featuring Jon Hamm and a bevy of other stars.

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Jon Hamm & Jane Lynch To Have A Big Emmy Dance Number?