Studio Brass Mull Releasing Super Gross NC-17 Cut of Fifty Shades Film
If you were worried that the theatrical release of Fifty Shades of Grey couldn't possibly do the source material (lol) justice, some good news: the film's producer hinted today that there may be two versions of the film released — a regular-ass R-rated version to which you can take your father-in-law or precocious…
Fifty Shades Auditions Reel Was Heavy on the Comedic Mismatches
If only Christoph Waltz really had auditioned for and been cast as Christian Grey, we’d have all the proof we needed to know that the universe is lorded over by an omnipotent being (probably a platypus) that takes a special interest in casting decisions on movies made about erotica bestsellers. Waltz would be so…
The Fifty Shades Movie Has Bound and Gagged Its Two Leads
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You're staring into the bright, beautiful faces of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. Dakota Johnson (of Social Network semi-renown) and Charlie Hunnam (of robot vs. giant lizards fame) have been cast as the leads in movie adaptation of EL James's extremely popular Fifty Shades of Grey.
At Long Last, Porn Is Getting Its Very Own Academic Journal
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Smutty doodles, nudie pixxx, and elaborately-staged sex shows were important way before the Internet, but the Internet greatly facilitates the dissemination (te-he-he) of porn, so it only makes sense that academics have decided that the world can no longer do without an academic journal (that no one will ever read)…
Fifty Shades of Making It Rain at Random House: E.L. James Is…
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Not only was E.L. James' cult sadomasochistic masterwork Fifty Shades of Grey far and above the bestselling Random House title this year, it single-handedly helped keep Random House parent company Bertelsmann maintain overall group profit levels despite stagnant conditions in its TV, magazine, and music publishing…
Anonymous Says It's Confirmed That Emma Watson Will Be the Big-Screen…
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In her ongoing effort to scrub the adorable residue precocious witch Hermione Granger left all over her acting career, Emma Watson may end up portraying Anastasia Steele, the heroine of a contemporary classic in the annals (heh) of erotic fiction, on the big screen. Or so says the reinvigorated Fifty Shades of…
From Dirty Book to Dirty Movie: Fifty Shades Gets a Female Screenwriter
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The soon-to-be major motion picture event Fifty Shades of Grey just got a screenwriter and her name, according to an announcement from Universal Pictures and its subsidiary Focus Features, is Kelly Marcel.
Meet the Grump Who's Married to Fifty Shades of Grey's E.L. James
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Everyone, meet Niall Leonard. Niall Leonard, meet everyone. You've probably never heard of Niall before, but chances are that you know his wife, Fifty Shades of Grey poetess E.L. James. A fellow writer, Leonard has acted as James' proof reader throughout the early developments of the Fifty Shades series and has also…
Woman Wants Out of Her Slave/Master Marriage
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After signing an explicit agreement that she would become her husband's "slave," a saleswoman in Padua is suing for divorce, claiming that her partner physically abused her during their marriage and that he's stalked her since their split. Insert your obligatory Fifty Shades life imitates art imitates porn imitates a…
Stores May Now Know Too Much About Their Customers’ Fifty Shades…
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According to Uproxx, this Fifty Shades of Grey masturbating kiosk is located in a Sainsbury's, which is a chain of supermarkets in the U.K. that apparently specializes in dirty books and special vibrator batteries. Oh, and those shortbread cookies that are so maddeningly delicious. This display should remind everyone…