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Broadway World what's next for the stars of the now-departed Broadway tv series Smash? 

Variety Johnny Depp leave the Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass... no reasons have been given but I'm guess playing real humans is too scary for him! 
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Los Angeles Times Neil Patrick Harris to host the Emmys just a few months after hosting the Tonys. With him becoming a mainstay at both I guess he'll never get to host the Oscars. 
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Today's Must Read
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Today's Must Watch
How it Should Have Ended take on Iron Man Three - really funny stuff. Gold stars to every moment in the Superman and Batman coffee break

Just Enjoy The Show

Cope and Dalton have made another spoof video of the Oscars. This one is just as offensive, though less consistently funny, than last year's (the presence of Inception in 2010 helped for the alternate reality comedy).

My favorite skewerings are of the self-pitying The Descendants and the eliptical structure of The Tree of Life "the earth. a dinosaur. a shoe. Sean Penn" and the "Rise of..." twist on the All Hell Breaks Loose finale is fun.

You know it's alternate reality and satire when Woody Allen runs screaming through the crowd. Everyone knows Woody never attends the Oscars! 

If you're interested, here's their satirical jab at the forthcoming Oscars...

I want my money back. I want my money back. just enjoy the show ♫

Sassy Gay Black Swan

Given the veritable dogpile (birdpile?) of Black Swan joking on the web for the past four month, you'd think there'd be no laughs left to wring from it. But trust Sassy Gay Friend, to choke a few more out.

I can't even decide what my favorite part is but maybe it's a tossup between the Mila Kunis bit, the awkward Natalaughter and this opening gag.

Nina: Is this heaven?
Sassy Gay Friend: No, it's the hospital. In heaven Annette Bening wins the Oscar for The Kids Are All Right. WHAT WHAT WHAT were you doing?

Oh Sassy you stupid bitch.

FWIW if you've never seen any of these The Giving Tree is still the best one.

"Chris, that was no dream"

Too funny not to share, though I was suspicious at first. Hilarious, really, all told. The video pokes good fun at Black Swan, The Social Network and Christopher Nolan's Inception in particular and has the smarts to end before the 3½ minute mark. [Thanks to Jorge for the tip]