1. If you blinked during last night’s Super Bowl half-time show, then you might have missed MIA flipping off the crowd while performing “Gimme All Your Luvin” with Madonna and Nicki Minaj, but now it’s all that anyone is talking about. The official apology from NBC: “Our system was late to obscure the inappropriate gesture and we apologize to our viewers.” [via THR]

2. Chronicle, Fox’s low-budget new movie about a group of teen boys with superpowers, topped the Super Bowl weekend box office (which is usually a total wasteland), taking in an estimated $22 million. Daniel Radcliffe’s thriller Woman in Black surprised everyone by coming in second place with $21 million, followed by The Grey, which made about $9.5 million. Not so lucky? That Drew Barrymore saves the whales movie. [via ArtsBeat]

3. The @CormacCMcCarthy Twitter account, which counts Margaret Atwood and Jack Dorsey among its followers, has been exposed as a hoax — news that isn’t entirely surprising given the famed novelist’s belief that “anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.” [via Guardian]

4. Harrison Ford is in talks to resurrect his Rick Deckard character in Ridley Scott‘s new Blade Runner film. Does this mean that it’s going to be a sequel as opposed to a reboot? [via Vulture]

5. Here is that slightly-extended version of The Avengers trailer that debuted last night. There’s not a lot of new footage, but you do get a better look at Mark Ruffalo’s take on the Hulk and the army that Loki has amassed.

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1. Even though former Joy Division bassist Peter Hook took it to be “quite the compliment,” Disney has decided to stop selling its Unknown Pleasures-inspired Mickey Mouse t-shirt. According to a company rep, “As soon as we became aware there could be an issue, we pulled it from our shelves and our online store to review the situation further.” [via P4K]

2. Steven Spielberg is in serious talks to direct a new movie about Moses for Warner Bros that will hopefully remind you more of Braveheart than The Ten Commandments. Says an insider: “There have been glossy versions of the Moses story but this would be a real warrior story.” [via Deadline]

3. Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier who stole our hearts in The Artist, is apparently retiring. “He may do a couple of little things here and there because he enjoys them,” explains his owner, “but I don’t want to put him through long hours anymore. He’s getting tired.” [via Vulture]

4. “We have been working on this show for over a year and we wanted to partner with the right people. DJs are the new rock stars, it feels like the right time to make this show.” — Simon Cowell discusses his next reality project, which will see him partner with Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith’s production company.

5. Are we the only ones who think that NBC giving Rainn Wilson from The Office his own spin-off about life at Schrute Farms is a really horrible idea? Did this network learn nothing from its misguided decision to air Joey? [via EW]

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1. Members of India’s Sikh community are outraged following a joke that Jay Leno made about Mitt Romney’s summer home; it turns out the building in the photo accompanying the bit was the Golden Temple, the holiest site in the Sikh religion. A formal complaint had been lodged with the State Department in Washington. [via AP]

2. Ben Stiller is working with Jonathan Safran Foer on a new comedy for HBO called All Talk; the show, which focuses on a Jewish family in Washington, DC, will reportedly be “politically, religiously, culturally, intellectually and sexually irreverent.” Alan Alda is in talks to star opposite Stiller, who is also planning to direct and executive produce the project. [via THR]

3. NBC just ordered up 10 new pilots (eight of them comedies), news that we find rather overwhelming so early in the morning. Luckily, Vulture has broken it all down for us.

4. The principal cast of The Book of Mormon — including recent Tony winner Nikki M. James — has extended their contracts through February 2013. If you haven’t seen this Broadway musical yet, consider this your cue to finally finagle some tickets to the perpetually sold-out show. [via EW]

5. Carnival Films, the UK film company behind Downton Abbey, are unhappy that PBS has launched a range of jewelery based on two of the show’s characters, Lady Mary Crawley and her sister, Lady Sybil. Apparently, these unauthorized products are a “must have for all ladies of quality.” [via The Guardian]

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Earlier today an interesting little rumor started by a sharp-eyed New York Post reader started to make the Internet rounds. The claim? That former Office star Steve Carell made “an unexpected, unannounced cameo” in last week’s “Trivia” episode as a member of The Queerenstein Bears team. While the dude in the screenshot accompanying the report certainly looks a lot like the actor (with a bushy beard, some under-eye bags, and a few extra pounds, mind you), NBC is now saying that he was just an extra — and definitely not Carell. Are you as oddly disappointed by this news as we are? It would have been kind of funny to see him sneak into the background a few episodes this season, Patton Oswalt-style, don’t you think? [via AV Club]

It looks like that Save Greendale campaign worked: Today, at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, NBC president Robert Greenblatt confirmed that Community will return from its hiatus. “Community is coming back,” he told The Daily Beast in an interview that preceded his TCA appearance. “We just had to get some stuff moved around for midseason, but it’s not going anywhere. I can’t say anything about next season yet, but the fact that people think it’s gone… I need to fix that.” Of course, the news would be a whole lot more reassuring if Greenblatt had also provided a return date — but, as faithful Community fans have always done, we’ll take what we can get. (But, in case you hadn’t heard, what we really want is six seasons and a movie.)

Although she has more than a handful of projects in the works, we haven’t seen much from Kill Bill star Uma Thurman lately. Now comes news that the actress will be appearing in several episodes of NBC’s Smash — the Broadway-centered story with Anjelica Huston and Will and Grace‘s Debra Messing. About a group of stage stars and songwriters working on a musical centered on Marilyn Monroe, Thurman is expected to play “a famous and somewhat difficult movie star” considering a part in the production. She’d appear in a multi-episode story arc. Have you been tuning into Smash, and would you be happy to see Uma take center stage for a while?

1. Ryan Seacrest may be taking over Matt Lauer’s anchor spot at Today. Our gut instinct is that this would be horrible, but given the number of thrilling moments Kathie Lee’s unlikely presence on the morning news show has bestowed upon us all, maybe it’s a good thing? [via THR]

2. Here is the new Hype Williams-directed video for Willow Smith’s song “Fireball,” which features an appearance by Nicki Minaj in an insane pair of rainbow-colored Mukluks making crazy faces. [via Vulture]

3. Deadline reports that Mindy Kaling will executive produce a new “animated comedy project” for NBC about a team of female high school volleyball players. While we’re not exactly thrilled by the premise, Kaling will also be voicing one of the characters, so at least there’s that to look forward to.

4. After that recent incident with Michelle Bachmann on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Questlove must now clear every song that The Roots play on the show “with three different NBC execs.” We bet he’s thrilled about that. [via NYP]

5. And finally, in case you missed it, Alec Baldwin quit Twitter yesterday in the wake of his dust up with American Airlines. But he’ll be back! “Let’s play a game called Mass Unfollowing,” he wrote. “I want to crash this acct and start again. But, tonight at 10 PM NY time, unfollow me.” [via EW]

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Earlier this week, our own Jason Bailey pointed out that NBC’s decision to bench Community from its mid-season schedule was likely a sign that network had decided that the show’s audience was pretty much set at this point. That’s why we’re happy that Deadline is reporting that thanks to a new deal between Sony and Hulu Plus, all three seasons of Community will now be available through the site’s premium streaming service. Sounds promising, right? Hopefully this move will help attract the new viewers that the show needs in order to survive, or at least provide NBC with enough financial incentive to keep it going for a few more seasons. If nothing else, it might provide fans with some much-needed consolation once the series goes on an indefinite hiatus later this month. Also worth noting: Last night’s episode of Community did a tiny bit better than Parks and Rec in the ratings. Not that we want to see it happening at the expense of our friends in Pawnee, but maybe the tide is finally turning for the good ol’ GCC gang.

With 30 Rock back in January, NBC has pulled Community from the network’s midseason schedule. Well, let’s be honest: the ratings just haven’t been there despite a huge fan base, and the show has struggled. While not an official cancellation, it may not bode well for the comedy series next year. NBC is also benching Maria Bello’s Prime Suspect — its fate also uncertain. The Voice, Who Do You Think You Are?, and Celebrity Apprentice will also be returning with 30 Rock. Whitney, Up All Night, Rock Center with Brian Williams, and Harry’s Law all saw a little shuffle-roo. The network is aiming to beef up their Monday and Thursday night lineup. Community fans: do you trust NBC’s promise of a “brief” hiatus, or is this really it? [via Deadline]

1. Hollywood big shot Brian Grazier has stepped in to replace Brett Ratner as the producer of this year’s Oscars. Despite some initial speculation, Grazier now says that there’s no way that he’s going ask Eddie Murphy to reconsider his exit as host. [via Deadline]

2. Ricky Gervais says that NBC wants him to host this year’s Golden Globes, but with only two months to go before the event, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is still unsure. One potential reason for the holdup: Deadline reports that there’s at least “one A-lister who is threatening not to attend if Gervais emcees.” Any guesses who it is?

3. The Criterion Collection — or at least 46 of its titles — is now available on iTunes! But wait, there’s a catch: even if you purchase a film, you won’t have access to the extensive special features, which is kind of the whole point, right? [via Slashfilm]

4. A list of the musicians who will be making cameo appearances on Season 2 of Portlandia includes Eddie Vedder, Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, Johnny Marr, and Joanna Newsom. [via THR]

5. The Rolling Stones (apparently sans frontman Mick Jagger) are meeting up in a London studio later this month, sparking rumors of a 50th anniversary show. Keith Richards denies the reports: “We’re just going to play a little together, because we haven’t played for three or four years. You don’t necessarily want to rehearse or write anything – you just want to touch bases.” [via NME]

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