This Is What The "Mad Men" Characters Will Look Like In The '80s

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SPOILER ALERT: Betty Francis is getting into Jazzercise.

Don Draper (Jon Hamm)

"There is a Twitter feed called ‘80s Don Draper which I’m actually quite fond of. I think he’d be far too old to be that cool or funny. I think Don would be very, very tired by the ‘80s, honestly. And hopefully happy."

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Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks)

"I hope that she continues to be a great mother, and that she continues to be a power force at work. I hope she just stays strong and healthy and happy."

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Betty Francis (January Jones)

"Jazzercise. Jane Fonda."

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Why "Palo Alto" Star Emma Roberts Doesn't Mind Being Stuck In High School

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In her latest role, the 23-year-old actress plays a teenager who falls for her soccer coach (James Franco). Roberts talks to BuzzFeed about the film and the controversial relationship, which you can preview in an exclusive clip.

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Emma Roberts has played her fair share of teenagers, from the iconic girl detective in Nancy Drew to the self-harming Noelle in indie dramedy It's Kind of a Funny Story to Madison Montgomery, the jaded starlet, witch, and "stone cold bitch who loves hard drinking, big dicks, and trouble" from American Horror Story: Coven. Now, the 23-year-old actress is back in high school for her latest role in Gia Coppola's directorial debut Palo Alto, set to open in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on May 9th before expanding into other markets.

But Roberts sees her Palo Alto character, April, a naive girl caught between a fellow student with a crush (Jack Kilmer) and a chancier flirtation with her soccer coach Mr. B (James Franco), as a change of pace. "She's a character I've never played before — so not like me," Roberts told BuzzFeed over the phone shortly after the film screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. "She's not one of these class clowns or mature-beyond-her-years kind of girls. She's a real 16-year-old girl, and she's trying to figure out all these complicated issues that are getting thrown at her."

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Dreamily shot but grounded in gritty depictions of teenage angst and confusion, Palo Alto is the most recent in a series of indies the former Nickelodeon star has sought out as she makes the transition into more adult roles, films that include her leading turn alongside John Cusack as would-be literary wunderkind Amy in 2013's Adult World and the part of the prickly pop star Rashida Jones tangles with in 2012's Celeste and Jesse Forever. But Roberts isn't in a hurry to leave teen roles behind, noting it's an incredibly rich time in one's life to be able to explore. "The reason there's so many books and movies about being a teen is because it's the beginning of so many things and the end of so many things," the actress explained. "It's just such a magical time."

For April, any magic is interspersed with some very relatable loneliness and uncertainty, particularly in her relationship with Mr. B, for whom she also babysits. Palo Alto depicts what happens between April and her teacher with a sensitivity Roberts was drawn to. "It wasn't just a gratuitous teacher-student love affair — it was really something that had a profound effect on her and probably will for the rest of her life," she said. "If it was gratuitous, then I would have been more hesitant. But it really was a catalyst for a lot of things in the movie for April."

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22 Hollywood Stars Snubbed By The Tonys

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A few years ago it seemed Tony couldn’t get enough of the TV and film actors who headed to the stage. This year, not so much.

22. Ethan Hawke in Macbeth

It's Ethan Hawke. It's Shakespeare. But it was a pretty universally panned performance.

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21. Mary Louise Parker in Snow Geese

Despite a history on stage, consensus was that Parker was not a good fit for her most recent performance.

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20–19. Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig in Betrayal

Though they are husband and wife in real life, Weisz and Craig will not be awarded for playing husband and wife on stage in this production that ended its limited run in January.

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Bob Hoskins' 17 Best And Strangest Roles

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The actor, who died Monday at 71, was an Oscar nominee who wasn’t afraid to play a video game plumber. Here’s a look at some of the greatest and oddest roles in his long career.

Pennies from Heaven (1978)

Hoskins originated the role of traveling sheet music salesman Arthur in the acclaimed TV version of Dennis Potter's dark musical, only for Steve Martin to take over in the starrier American movie remake a few years later.

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The Long Good Friday (1980)

Hoskins' film breakthrough was as Harold Shand, a London gangster trying to go straight while slowly losing control of his criminal empire, with no less than Helen Mirren at his side as his high-class gun moll Victoria.

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Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)

As the manager of morose rock star Pink (Bob Geldof) in Alan Parker's trippy film based on the Pink Floyd album, Hoskins wasn't above drugging his client in order to get him on stage.

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Brazil (1985)

In Terry Gilliam's surreal portrait of a totalitarian, bureaucratic nightmare state, Hoskins was firmly on the side of the man as Spoor, one of two Central Services workers making the life of protagonist Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) more difficult.

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51 Times Brennan Did Not Approve On "Bones"

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She is not impressed, everyone. Not. Im. Pressed.

From Season 2's "The Boneless Bride in the River," when there are no bones in a victim.

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With the impossibly knowledgeable and guilelessly arrogant polymath Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan as its main character, Bones spends a lot of time letting its heroine judge the just-average people around her. The big-eyed Brennan, played by Emily Deschanel, has been scoffing on Fox for nine seasons, and she's got a lot of disapproval hot buttons, as catalogued below. Bones is the unsung shade queen of network television.

Never change, Bones. Never change.

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Target of judgment: Booth says, "Nothing says junkie like your gonad's axis." He means the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis. Doofus.

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How Many British Movies Have You Seen?

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Anglophile? Cinephile? This quiz is for you.

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How Much Of A "Sex And The City" Fan Were You Actually?

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“We’re so over we need a new word for over.”

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MTV Launches New Campaign To Address “Complicated, Thorny” Race, Gender, And LGBT Issues

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The network’s president, Stephen Friedman, talks to BuzzFeed about the “Look Different” campaign. Coming soon: “Untitled Whiteness Project” and “Racial Bias Cleanse.”

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MTV is launching a new campaign to appeal to younger viewers by tapping into the issues affecting them right now: race, gender, and sexual identity, the network's president, Stephen Friedman, told BuzzFeed.

The network's new "Look Different" campaign — a combination of on-air and digital content, plus social media, which will be officially announced later today — is aimed to "accelerate [the] fight against racial, gender & LGBT inequality," according to a press release.

"What [we've] found is that these issues are a little bit of a third rail and there's not a place for people to have the dialogue," Friedman told BuzzFeed in an interview. "Our audience feels really strongly about fairness and equality, yet they don't even really have the language to talk about it or the forum."

The "Look Different" campaign will roll out over the course of several years in three phases: The first will focus on racial bias, the second will focus on gender bias, and the third will focus on anti-LGBT bias. Much of the on-air and digital content, which will be hosted on lookdifferent.org, is aimed at dismantling implicit biases and combating microaggressions, brief and often non-intentionally offensive verbal slights that have damaging effects on members of minority groups. (Get an exclusive sneak peek at an example of that project below.)

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A new MTV PSA aimed at combating microaggressions.

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In particular, Friedman said, the network hopes to give young people — especially young white people — the language to talk about a topic in which they're deeply interested, but also, he said, uncomfortable talking about. He cited original research conducted for MTV by David Binder Research, which consisted of surveys given to a U.S. representative sample of the network's current viewers between the ages of 14 and 24 over the past three months.

"You look at our white audience: They said only 30% of them growing up ever talked about race. So, that's 70% that are not talking about it," Friedman said. "Half of our audience in general doesn't feel comfortable even having a conversation around gender, around LGBT issues, or race. So the question was: Why?"

MTV's study also found that 8 in 10 young people felt that bias is at the root of social issues such as prejudice and racism. Yet, despite these findings, a majority of young people felt they didn't engage in bias themselves. Two-thirds of young white people in particular felt that social progress, such as having a black president, demonstrates that people of color now have the same opportunities as whites. Though those members of MTV's audience who were surveyed may have had good intentions, the study showed that there was a disconnect between the way many millennials believe in having an equal society and understanding the historical and systemic inequities that continue to keep us from attaining one.

Friedman, himself fluent in the web's current language of race and the digital conversation about it, described "colorblindness" as the main source of this disconnect, as it's the notion led many young people to believe that talking about race is inherently racist or bad.

"[They] feel like [they're] going to step on a landmine if [they] say the wrong thing," Friedman said. "The heart of that made us realize there's an opportunity to look at these issues, dive in, and create a real forum — whether it's through our spots on air or online — to have a conversation that excavates this very complicated, thorny issue."

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Which TV Shows Have Been Renewed, Which Have Been Canceled, And Which Ones Are We Waiting To Hear About?

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In May, the broadcast networks order their new shows, set their schedules, and make fans cry with cancellations. Here’s where things stand now.

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Awaiting news: The Bachelor, Betrayal, Black Box, Castle, Celebrity Wife Swap, Dancing With the Stars, Grey's Anatomy, The Goldbergs, Last Man Standing, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Middle, Mixology, Modern Family, Nashville, The Neighbors, Once Upon a Time, Resurrection, Revenge, Scandal, Shark Tank, Suburgatory, Super Fun Night, The Taste, Trophy Wife

Renewed: None yet!

Canceled: Back in the Game, Lucky 7, Mind Games, Killer Women, The Assets, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Previously renewed shows premiering this summer: The Bachelorette, Mistresses, Motive, Rookie Blue, Wipeout

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Awaiting news: About a Boy, America's Dream Builders, The Biggest Loser, Believe, Community, Crisis, Dracula, Growing Up Fisher, Hannibal, Law & Order: SVU, The Night Shift (premieres on May 29), Parenthood, Revolution, Undateable (premieres on May 29)

Renewed: The Blacklist, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Grimm, Parks and Recreation, The Voice

Canceled: Ironside, The Michael J. Fox Show, Sean Saves the World, Welcome to the Family

Previously renewed shows premiering this summer: America's Got Talent, Hollywood Game Night

Note: The renewal of Celebrity Apprentice took awhile, and the premiere date for that season has not been announced.

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CBS

Awaiting news: Bad Teacher, The Crazy Ones, Friends With Better Lives, Hostages, Intelligence, The Mentalist, Reckless (premieres on June 29)

Renewed: 2 Broke Girls, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, CSI, Elementary, The Good Wife, Hawaii Five-0, Mike & Molly, The Millers, Mom, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest, Survivor, Two and a Half Men, Undercover Boss

Canceled: We Are Men

Previously renewed shows premiering this summer: Big Brother, Under the Dome, Unforgettable

Came to an end: How I Met Your Mother

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Fox

Awaiting news: Almost Human, American Idol, Dads, Enlisted, Gang Related (premieres on May 22), Rake, Surviving Jack

Renewed: Bob’s Burgers, Bones, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Family Guy, The Following, Glee (for its final season), MasterChef Junior, The Mindy Project, New Girl, The Simpsons, Sleepy Hollow

Canceled: Raising Hope, Us & Them (it still doesn't have an airdate for its premiere), The X Factor

Previously renewed shows premiering this summer: So You Think You Can Dance

Forever in limbo: The Cleveland Show

Note: The return of 24 is designed as a "limited series," and therefore I'm not including it. But that doesn't mean it couldn't come back again next summer, or some other time.

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How Many Iconic ’90s Films Have You Seen?

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Sure, you probably saw Forrest Gump and There’s Something About Mary , but what about What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and Kids ?

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Due to space limitations, not every '90s film could make the list. Let us know in the comments which ones you think should've been included.

Don't Worry, Adam Driver Will Still Be On "Girls"

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HBO confirms to BuzzFeed that Driver will be returning for Season 4 of the comedy in the wake of the announcement that he’s been cast in Star Wars: Episode VII .

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Girls fans may have been momentarily concerned when Adam Driver, who plays Hannah's (Lena Dunham) boyfriend on the HBO comedy, was officially confirmed as a cast member for J.J. Abrams' upcoming film Star Wars: Episode VII .

But fret not: Driver's Major Barbara-quoting thespian character will be back for Season 4 of Girls, which began shooting about two weeks ago in New York and will continue to feature Driver's character, Adam, per usual.

The actor remains a regular cast member on the Dunham-created comedy, which is slated to return in 2015, and "is still a part of this show," an HBO spokesperson told BuzzFeed. Producers of both Girls and Star Wars: Episode VII, which begins shooting in London in May, are said to be working together to sort out the scheduling.

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Why "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" Is A Better Romance Than Superhero Story

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The latest Spider-Man movie covers a lot of familiar web-slinging territory, but the relationship between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy is still impossibly good.

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Watching 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man felt like listening to a close cover version of a song that not so long ago used to be all over the radio. Even in the reboot-ready superhero genre, there was something a little exhausting about the new series' arrival only five years after Sam Raimi wrapped up his hit Spider-Man trilogy. The film hit many of the same beats millions had watched just a decade prior — the bite, the discovery of powers, the death of Uncle Ben, the costume, the girl, the bruising battles.

Of the elements that were added to the revamp, not all of them clicked — like the odd Spidey-POV shot (which has been improved in the sequel, out this Friday) and a storyline involving Peter Parker's parents, which continues to weigh down the franchise in its newest installment. But The Amazing Spider-Man did do something right in reworking Peter (Andrew Garfield) into a moodier, skateboarding loner rather than the classic nerdy underdog.

He still got beat up by bullies, but in defense of someone else. He was awkward, but not hopeless — a contemporary interpretation — and when he developed a crush on Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), she liked him back before he suited up and started serving up justice. The result was that The Amazing Spider-Man had an actual, adorable two-sided romance in the midst of all its swinging through the city and encounters with the Lizard, one that skipped the usual twists by letting Gwen in on Peter's secret early and having her guess that he'd promised her dying dad (Denis Leary) to stay away.

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And Garfield and Stone have brought their warm, irrepressible chemistry to the sequel, which wraps its unwieldy two-and-a-half villains around a love story that's still so sweet and immediate, it tends to dominate the proceedings, making it feel like Jamie Foxx's Electro, Dane DeHaan's Green Goblin, and Paul Giamatti's Rhino are just there to complicate the relationship between Peter and Gwen. The romance in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is its best part, while the superheroics already show signs of fatigue, with the film doubling up on its baddies rather than building them out and giving them understandable motivations.

That's in part due to the unfortunate briskness with which the script — written by (since split) blockbuster collaborators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci along with Jeff Pinkner, — serves up its antagonists. Ignored Oscorp electrical engineer Max Dillon (Foxx) goes from adoring Spider-Man to hating him after an accident juices him up into the glowing blue Electro, feeling irrationally betrayed because the plot seemingly requires him to. Harry Osborn (DeHaan) shows up as Peter's previously unmentioned, years-absent best friend, and while the two have a nice scene together catching up alongside the DUMBO waterfront, Harry accelerates into desperate and ruthless, then green and evil, with disappointing economy.

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27 Things To Remember From The "24" Series Finale

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After going off the grid for four years, Jack is back. But before he returns, let’s look back on where we last left Mr. Bauer.

Remember Meredith Reed (Jennifer Westfeldt)? She's the journalist who tries to expose that the assassination of Omar Hassan (Anil Kapoor), the president of the Islamic Republic of Kamistan (IRK), was ordered by the Russian government.

But President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones) has her arrested to prevent the press from printing the truth. And that starts a string of events in which Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) tries to publicize the huge cover-up.

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Then, Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin) and President Taylor have a phone conversation about the assassination and how Jack believes the orders to have President Hassan killed came from Mikhail Novakovich (Graham McTavish).

And that despite Charles' attempts to keep her in the dark, President Taylor needs to know that Russian President Yuri Suvarov (Nick Jameson) actually gave the orders. But Charles doesn't realize that Jack is listening to the call and recording him.

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Jack takes Charles' right-hand man, Jason Pillar (Reed Diamond), hostage in order to gain entry into the United Nations perimeter.

Jack needs to get in undetected in order to set up his sniper rifle to kill President Suvarov as retribution for his crimes.

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Jack also has Jason stitch up his open wound.

BECAUSE NOTHING CAN KILL BAUER! Not even running around (literally) while he bleeds from the abdomen.

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The "Star Wars: Episode VII" Cast Officially Revealed

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The J.J. Abrams-directed sequel to 1983’s Return of the Jedi begins principal photography this May.

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69 Lessons "Girls" Taught You About Jobs, Boys And Life In Your Twenties

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“Sometimes being stuck in my own head is so exhausting it makes me want to cry.”

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1. There will come a time when your parents cut you off.

2. They just can't keep bankrolling your groovy lifestyle.

3. You can love someone too much.

4. And it might make them love you less.

5. If you've just drunk opium tea, avoid your parents.

6. You shouldn't turn up late to your own abortion.

7. No stuff gets up around the side of condoms.

8. It's OK to be a virgin in your twenties.

9. Particularly if you're the least virginy virgin ever.

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10. If you're not sure who your boyfriend's sleeping with, take an STD test.

11. And if the results come back positive, tell all your previous sexual partners.

12. If your second biggest baggage is that you just bought four cupcakes and ate one of them in your bathroom, you're doing OK.

13. Contracting HPV just means you're adventurous.

14. Sometimes, people you didn't think were gay are gay.

15. It's a good idea not to fall for the father of the kids you babysit.

16. If you can't make eye contact with him while you have sex, he's probably not the guy for you.

17. It's not OK for your boss to touch your bum.

18. If he does, don't offer to sleep with him.

19. Never read someone else's diary.

20. And if you do, don't turn its contents into a song.

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