Actor Samuel L. Jackson has become the latest Hollywood figure to call the Tea Party racist, and also briefly weighed in on the Rick Perry “N*ggerhead” controversy, when New York Magazine‘s Dan Amira and Catherine Coreno caught up with him at a benefit for the Children Of Bellevue’s Reach Out And Read program Monday night. Jackson also said he didn’t think the controversy surrounding Perry’s hunting camp would hurt the candidate, saying, “He’ll actually gain respect from a lot of people that he didn’t have respect from before.”

After winning the Florida GOP straw poll yesterday, presidential candidate Herman Cain appeared on Fox News, where he responded to comments made by actor Morgan Freeman on CNN accusing the tea party of racism.

Despite what the internet says, Hollywood movie stars Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson are not dead. Rumors of their respective demises have been greatly exaggerated, according to the NY Daily News.

The duo appear to be the latest victims of a popular vein of internet hoax that recently struck both Morgan Freeman and CNN. Either that, or they’re involved in the most macabre promotion ever for their 2002 film I Spy.

He says it was an “inside joke between friends.” You know, the kind of inside joke that forces CNN to issue a statement confirming that actor Morgan Freeman is, in fact, not dead. That kind of inside joke.

His name is C.J. Wiley, but he goes by the nickname “C. Jizzle,” and–as he says in his Twitter bio–”can you dig it, jive turkeys?”

They’re definitely not digging it at CNN

Nevermind.

You may have heard about the non-death of legendary actor (and voice of CNN) Morgan Freeman. Word hit the Twitterverse around 5 p.m., thanks–apparently–to a Breaking News tweet sent out–accidentally, it would seem–by CNN: “Breaking News: actor Morgan Freeman has died in his Burbank home.”

With all the big stories in this election, there was one smaller story that is just too bizarre to be missed. On Politico, Ben Smith has been following the tale of B.J. Lawson, who just lost his congressional campaign in North Carolina and is getting in quite a bit of trouble for saying that Morgan Freeman voiced one of his campaign ads. Now there’s a war of words between the candidate and MEI Political, the company behind the ad, over whether or not they lied to him about the soundalike.

The CBS Evening News is making a major change – and it involves Morgan Freeman.

The iconic actor, who is generating Oscar buzz for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela in Invictus will be the new “voice” of the program. A celebrity as the voiceover guy – three is now officially a trend.

During the 2008 Presidential campaign, The Onion satirically asked “Do We Really Want Another Black President After The Events Of Deep Impact?” Now that the electorate has answered that question in the affirmative, you would think that fictional black Presidents would see some sort of progress in the area of the world not ending. While there may not be a deeper meaning to 2012′s political trappings, it certainly is an interesting coincidence.