50 shades of grey

At long last, our national nightmare is over: Universal and Focus Features have found their leads for the upcoming adaptation of '50 Shades of Grey.' Dakota Johnson of 'The Social Network' has been cast as Anastasia Steele, the college student who enters into a dominant/submissive relationship with enigmatic businessman Christian Grey because fairy tales do come true, or something. Charlie Hunnam

Though there are still many decisions yet to be made, Universal and Focus features are adapting '50 Shades of Grey' for the big screen, and the latest news is that 'Anna Karenina' director Joe Wright is currently Universal's top choice for the job.

'Captain Underpants' the popular children's book series appears to have beat out the very scandalous '50 Shades of Grey' according to the American Library Association's list of the most controversial books for 2012.

Kelly Marcel, the woman who is writing the script for the first installment of "50 Shades of Grey" says she is aiming for an NC-17 Rating. So not only will the movie be a hot one for the ladies, but for the guys that will be forced to watch too!

With all the buzz on the internet wondering who will play the leading man in the "50 Shades of Grey" movies, E.L. James is offering up her insight.

On a recent promotional stop for ‘The Campaign‘ stars Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis got a little goofy with “mommy porn” novel ‘Fifty Shades of Grey.’ Watch the comedic pair read excerpts from the wildly popular — and wildly terrible — novel.

There's this book that every woman I know is reading and though I haven't read it, women who have say, "Oh, you should!" Perhaps I'll wait for the audio book of the steamy novel "50 Shades of Grey" but I'll be waiting a long time if I want to hear Ellen Degeneres read it. She's hilarious in this video...but admits she may not be the right person for the job.