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The KKK Is Going To Ask Paula Deen To Be Their New Resident Chef In 3…2…

“Nothing goes with apple pie quite like a huge dollop of racism, y’all!” Last year, Lisa Jackson, the former GM of the restaurant in Savannah that Paula Deen owns with her brother Bubba Hiers (Reminder: His government name IS Bubba Hiers) sued both of their butter-covered asses for treating her like shit lukewarm margarine during [...]

Google Launches New AdSense Scorecard To Help Publishers Better Understand Their Sites’ Performance

Google launched a new scorecard in AdSense today that allows site owners to see how their properties are performing relative to other AdSense publishers. The scorecard is organized into three categories: revenue optimization, site health and Google+ (because everything Google does needs to have a bit of Google+ built-in). For each of these, Google assigns a rating between one and five and suggests improvements for increasing traffic and revenue.

Anna Kendrick & Jeremy Jordan To Star In Musical Adaptation ‘The Last 5 Years’

BREAKING: Behind The Candelabra scribe Richard LaGravenese will write and direct The Last 5 Years, the film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s musical. Anna Kendrick, who saw success in last year’s music-based pic Pitch Perfect, will star with Tony and Grammy nominee Jeremy Jordan. Told through emotionally powerful and comic songs from their individual perspectives, the musical is a deconstruction of the love affair and marriage of Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress, and Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist. From Lucky Monkey Pictures and Sh-K-Boom Records, Lauren Versel, Kurt Deutsch, LaGravenese and Janet Brenner are producers, and Steve Norman is co-producer. The pic begins shooting this week in NY, with CAA handling domestic sales and The Exchange shopping international. Kendrick is repped by CAA, Jordan by ICM Partners and Schachter Entertainment.

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ITV Pays $30M for Controlling Interest in ‘Hatfields’ Producer ThinkFactory

ITV is acquring a 65 percent controlling stake in Thinkfactory Media, producer of the Emmy award-winning "Hatfields & McCoys," for $30 million.

The British company will also have an option to buy the remaining 35 percent of the company, beginning three years from now. Thinkfactory joins ITV's growing number of U.S. production businesses, including Gurney Productions and High Noon Entertainment.

Thinkfactory was founded in 1992 by producer Leslie Greif, and creates such reality shows as "R&B Divas," "Preachers' Daughters," "Marriage Bootcamp: Bridezillas" and "The Hook-Up." It also produces dramas including "Texas Rangers" and last year's "Hatfields & McCoys" for History, as well as "Hit Men" for Spike and "Whitey" for A+E Networks.

"We're gathering real momentum in building a substantial US presence, which is central to our strategy of creating a strong international content business," said ITV chief executive Adam Crozier. "The acquisition of Thinkfactory Media is clearly a further significant step forward in achieving that goal."

Added Greif: "We are thrilled to team up with Paul Buccieri and ITV, one of the world's most respected names in television. While retaining the independent spirit that keeps Thinkfactory Media creative, this relationship not only allows us to continue producing top-quality scripted and unscripted content, but enhances the potential for global distribution and our continued success in the marketplace." 

James Franco Disses ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ (Again), Says It’s All About the Benjamins

Multi-hyphenate James Franco has more jobs (and hobbies) then one can count, but it's his latest piece of work that's buzzing around the web.

Franco wrote a critical take about "Man of Steel" for Vice, but much of the attention on the piece  is actually based on what he said about Spider-Man, not Superman.

Franco, who attended the "Man of Steel" premiere incognito because he believes Henry Cavill does not like him based on their history filming "Tristan and Isolde," says he really enjoyed "Man of Steel." But that's perhaps the least interesting part of the Vice article.

In the piece, Franco jumped right into taking shots at "The Amazing Spider-Man" movies, which are essentially a quick reboot of his own "Spider-Man" trilogy with Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi.

Franco distinguishes between the old and new versions by calling the current series one that "arose even before there was time to bury the corpse of the old one and enshroud it in the haze of nostalgia."

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He writes, "I don't have a huge emotional attachment to the Spider-Man franchise as a subject, my biggest sentimental ties are to the people I worked with on those films: Sam, Toby, Kirsten (Dunst), the late and great Laura Ziskin, and the hundreds of others who worked with us. I don't really feel much distress over its being remade, for many reasons, but what is interesting to me is that it has been remade so quickly—and the reasons why."

The reason? "The answer is, of course, money. We are in the film business, and the studios are owned by large corporations who want to make money."

And make money the film certainly did. Marvel recently announced third and fourth installments of "The Amazing Spider-Man."

Not being a fan of the remake is not new for Franco. In an interview with MTV News earlier this year, the actor referred to "The Amazing Spider-Man" as being, "Eh."

"I mean, they could have strayed a little bit more from the original," Franco said. "It's like, 'Why?' Well, I guess they made a lot of money. Congrats. Good for them. Sam and I moved on, we made 'Oz.'

Ratings: ABC Wins With NBA Finals, ‘Voice’ Finale Steady With Spring, Down From Fall

NBC's "The Voice" season finale matched the ratings for last spring's finale, but was down from December's finale, according to preliminary numbers. ABC won the night, thanks to Game 6 of the NBA Finals, according to preliminary numbers.

Though ABC's numbers are approximate due to the nature of live sports, the network currently holds first place in the advertiser-sought 18-49 demographic with a 5.4 rating/14 share and second in total viewers with 13.7 million. Game 6 of the NBA Finals drew a 6.5/18, down 24 percent from the early numbers on last year's Game 6 but still the best ratings for the night, and was the most-watched show of the evening with 16.1 million total viewers.

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Prior to the game, ABC aired "Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Night," which had a 2.6/9 with 7.6 million total viewers; and the pre-game show, which took a 3.8/12 and drew 10 million total viewers.

NBC was second in ratings but first in total viewers with a 3.8/11 and 14 million. Facing the NBA Finals in many parts of the country, the season finale of "The Voice" at 9 p.m. drew a 4.3/12 -- even with last May's finale, but down 12 percent from the fall season finale -- and had 15.3 million total viewers, 3.4 million more than the May finale and the largest total viewership for a "Voice" finale in the show's history.

"America's Got Talent" at 8 was even with last Tuesday for a 2.2/9 and had 11.4 million total viewers.

Univision was third in ratings and fifth in total viewers with a 1.5/4 and 3.7 million.

Fox took fourth place in ratings and total viewers with a 1.4/4 and 3.9 million. The network aired "So You Think You Can Dance" throughout its primetime slate, which was down 18 percent in the demo compared to last week.

CBS, which aired repeats throughout the night, was fifth in ratings and third in total viewers with a 0.9/3 and 6.4 million.

CAA Signs Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck, Oscar-Winning Helmer Of ‘The Lives Of Others’

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck has returned to CAA. Henckel von Donnersmarck blazed on the scene after the German filmmaker wrote and directed 2006′s The Lives Of Others, which won him the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and generated $77 million at the worldwide box office on a $3 million budget. A bright man who speaks five languages, he was expected to soar in Hollywood, but that ascent has been a slow one. He has bounced in and out of numerous project since then, and directed the Angelina Jolie-Johnny Depp film The Tourist, which disappointed in the U.S. comparative to that star power but grossed a solid $278 million worldwide. He had most recently been at UTA.

Universal Rescues ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ With Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels

Universal Pictures and Red Granite have rescued the Farrelly brothers' sequel "Dumb and Dumber To" out of turnaround from Warner Bros. and New Line.

Red Granite will finance the $35 million comedy and handle foreign sales, while Universal will distribute in the U.S..

"Dumb and Dumber" stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels will return to reprise their roles as dim-witted best friends Lloyd and Harry, respectively.

Sean Anders and John Morris wrote the original script, which has since been rewritten by directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly, who will produce with Red Granite's Joey McFarland. Universal exec Jon Mone will oversee the project for the studio.

Warner Bros. will retain a participation stake in the PG-13 sequel, which was packaged by CAA and WME.

Deadline first reported the news.

George Zimmer: Fired By Men’s Wearhouse!

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Hike, India’s Mobile Messaging Upstart, Expands Language Support & Adds Offline Messaging, Stickers & More To Fuel Growth

There's no room at the digital inn for more mobile messaging apps, but that's not stopping them crowding in. Hike, an Indian mobile messaging app that's only been around six months but has amassed more than five million registered users in that time, is doubling down on its home market while expanding its accessibility further afield too.

Broadway Box Office Up 6% After Tony Awards

Broadway's biggest night provided a nice lift to the box office as overall ticket sales jumped more than 6 percent after the Tony Awards.

Cash registers rang out along the Great White Way to the tune of $24.8 million as ticketbuyers rushed to catch the big award winners, according to numbers released by the Broadway League. The average gross for a show increased from $898,524 to $952,699.

One of the biggest beneficiaries of the awards love was Best Play winner "Vanya and Sasha and Masha and Spike." Its weekly box office jumped more than 18 percent to $654,304.

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The box office take for Best Musical victor "Kinky Boots" increased 4 percent last week to $1.47 million, while Best Revival of a Musical winner "Pippin" enjoyed an 8 percent boost to more than $1 million.

Best Revival of a Play winner "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" closed last spring, so it wasn't able to cash in.

Even some of the shows that came up short on Tonys night -- like "Matilda" and "Annie" -- got a bump from the prime time exposure.

"Matilda" rose 4 percent to $1.2 million, and "Annie" climbed 7 percent to $962,027. "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" got a massive 19 percent goosing to $1.1 million.

Ratings for the Neil Patrick Harris hosted telecast were also up more than 20 percent, representing the largest numbers for the Tony Awards since 2009.

FX Greenlights Comedy Pilot From Simon Rich & Broadway Video

EXCLUSIVE: FX Networks has given a pilot order to Man Seeking Woman, a half-hour comedy pilot from former Saturday Night Live writer/humorist/novelist Simon Rich and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video. The project,  based on Rich’s book The Last Girlfriend On Earth, is described as a sweet, surreal, and bitingly funny look at the life and death stakes of dating in New York City. Jonathan Krisel (Portlandia, SNL) is set to direct the pilot from a script by Rich. The two are executive producing with Broadway Video for FX Prods. If Man Seeking Woman goes to series, it will make 28-year-old Rich one of the youngest series creators ever. He already became the youngest writer in the history of SNL, where he spent four seasons from 2007-2011 before segueing to a writing job at Pixar Studios. Rich, son of former New York columnist Frank Rich, was still an undergraduate at Harvard, where he edited The Harvard Lampoon, when he landed a two-book deal at Random House, His first book, Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations, was nominated for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. His first novel, Elliot Allagash, was optioned by Jason Reitman. The Last Girlfriend On Earth, Rich’s fifth book, was published in January. Man Seeking Woman joins two other comedy pilots ... Read More »

Customer Outreach Startup Intercom Raises $6M Round Led By The Social+Capital Partnership

Intercom, a startup promising to help online businesses to communicate with their customers in a more personalized way, has raised a $6 million Series A. I wrote about the company last month, when Facebook's Paul Adams joined Intercom as its new head of product design. At the time, Adams told me that Intercom's work matches his own belief that businesses' interactions with customers have to become more personal and relationship-based.

Blackboard Co-Founder Michael Chasen Raises $12.75M Series A For SocialRadar, A New Take On Location-Based People Discovery Apps

If you thought the "ambient location" craze has passed, prepare to be surprised. A company called SocialRadar is announcing today that it has raised $12.75 million in Series A funding from NEA, Grotech Ventures, and others including Steve Case, Ted Leonsis, Dave Morin and Kevin Colleran for a mobile, location-based people discovery app arriving first on the iPhone.