Chris Rock Has Been Testing Out Oscar Diversity Controversy Jokes

Chris Rock has been testing out Oscar diversity controversy jokes

The Oscar host was a surprise guest Thursday night at Judd Apatow’s regular comedy event at Largo’s in Los Angeles. According to the New York Observer’s Andy Wang, Rock “has an impressive arsenal of material to hone between now and the ceremony.” He noted that Rock also “explained why he wasn’t abandoning the ceremony … and riffed on the absurdity of one particular boycott. That bit included a withering, perfect punchline involving two celebrities, but Mr. Rock knew it was too lewd to get by the Oscars censors.” PLUS: New study finds that diversity is a TV and movie problem.

Hillary Clinton to visit Steve Harvey

Clinton is returning to her hometown of Chicago to surprise Harvey’s studio audience for a show airing Wednesday.

Researchers announce a “Charlie Sheen Effect” in HIV prevention

“Charlie Sheen’s disclosure was a potential earth-shaking event for HIV prevention in the United States,” says the lead author of a study on the Sheen effect published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine.

Justina Machado to star on Netflix’s One Day At a Time Latino remake

The Six Feet Under alum will take on the Bonnie Franklin role, with Rita Moreno playing her mom.

Lip Sync Battle is getting a kids spinoff

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Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue features “The Girls of Archer”

Check out the FX animated female characters in their bathing suits.

Khloe Kardashian hasn’t watched The People v. O.J. Simpson

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Teenage Mulder and Scully will be featured in X-Files young adult novels

The X-Files Origins novels will be set in 1979, when Mulder was 17 and Scully was 15. PLUS: David Duchovny wants to do more X-Files episodes.

The Walking Dead’s Jesus speaks

Tom Payne says of visiting social media last night, “it was pretty fun. I was a bit scared to; you’re always apprehensive – there are a lot of people to please and the fans are very intense and very particular about what they want to see, so I was a little bit worried about it.” PLUS: What viewers should know about Jesus

Once Upon a Time is bringing back Neal

Michael Raymond-James is returning as the fan fave to the ABC drama series.

Friday Night Lights alum Aimee Teegarden joins ABC’s Notorious pilot

She’ll play the daughter of a felon, who becomes a criminal defense attorney to prove her father’s innocence on the ABC legal drama pilot.

IFC orders Hank Azaria’s Brockmire and Dana Gould’s Stan Against Evil

One is a comedic horror story, the other revolves around a minor league baseball announcer.

Mark Feuerstein joins the Prison Break event series

The Royal Pains star will play Sarah Wayne Callies’ character’s husband on the nine-episode revival.

2 Mob Wives stars were banned from Big Ang’s wake

Brittany Fogarty and Karen Gravano were reportedly bidden from attending Saturday’s wake by Big Ang’s ex-husband.