MOVIE BUZZ: The casting director of Shelter , a Julianne Moore/Jonathan Rhys Meyers horror movie about to start filming, was fired after putting out a call for inbred-looking people to play West Virginia hillbillies. West Virginians were not amused. We wonder, don’t they have makeup artists for that sort of thing? Interestingly, a British government minister only got a slap on the wrist for his recent comments about British Muslims’ inbred look.

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1. Film’s Casting Call Wants That “Inbred” Look
2. Casting Director Fired After Seeking Actors with That “Inbreeding” Look
3. Casting Notice: Look “Unusual?” You Can Be In Julianne Moore’s Pittsburgh Movie
4. W.Va. Boils at “Inbred” Epithet; Movie Casting Director Fired
5. Casting Director Fired After W.Va. Protests New Film That Uses Negative Stereotypes
6. Brush Your Tooth: Casting Call Wants That Inbred Look
7. Downing Street Rebuke for Minister Who Warned of Birth Defects in Pakistani Cousin Marriages
8. Minister Warns of “Inbred” Muslims

CULTURE BUZZ: Miss Teen South Carolina answers a beauty pageant question about American ignorance by showing off some of her own. Watch as Miss Upton attempts to answer the following: “Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the United States on a world map. Why do you think this is?”

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1. The Video: Miss Teen South Carolina Tries To Answer A Question
2. Update: Pageant Contestant Explains Her Answer
3. “Hey, Americans can too find the U.S. on a map!”
4. All About Miss South Carolina Teen USA
5. Video: Miss S.C. Teen USA’s Geography Pop Quiz
6. Miss South Carolina Teen USA Homepage
7. Transcript Of Her Answer
8. Watch Lauren Upton answer several other questions (video)
9. South Africans For Miss South Carolina (Facebook group)
10. Lauren Caitlin Upton explaining herself on the Today Show (video)
11. Map Of Miss Teen South Carolina’s Response
12. Very Short List loves the Upton video
13. View From Australia: “Beauty queen’s blonde moment”
14. The Future of Our USAmerica for the Iraq and Asian countries