<div class="image-container float_right click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/523f926469bedd82399d077b-960/jim-parsons-emmys.jpg"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/523f926469bedd82399d077b-1197-898/jim-parsons-emmys.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="jim parsons emmys" width="480" style="float: right;" /></a>Jason Merritt / Getty Images</div></div><keyword id="777112" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jim-Parsons">Jim Parsons</keyword> won his third <keyword id="768299" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Primetime">Primetime</keyword> Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role of Dr. Sheldon Cooper on CBS' "<keyword id="506666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Big-Bang-theory">Big Bang Theory</keyword>." 
This was the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433588/awards?ref_=nm_awd" target="_blank">fifth consecutive year</a> Parsons was up for the award.
Parsons was up against Louie C.K., Don Cheadle, Matt LeBlanc, and Alec Baldwin.
The seventh season of "Big Bang Theory" kicks off Thursday.
Earlier this summer, <keyword id="6355065" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="tv">TV</keyword> Guide reported Parsons and co-stars Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki will <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/big-bang-theory-cast-demands-raises-2013-9" target="_blank">receive $350,000 per episode.</a>

Jim Parsons Wins Third Emmy For Best Actor In A Comedy Series

<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="Jason Merritt / Getty Images" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/523f926469bedd82399d077b-960/jim-parsons-emmys.jpg"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/523f926469bedd82399d077b-1197-898/jim-parsons-emmys.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="jim parsons emmys" width="480" style="float: right;" /></a>Jason Merritt / Getty Images</div></div><keyword id="777112" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jim-Parsons">Jim Parsons</keyword> won his third <keyword id="768299" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Primetime">Primetime</keyword> Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role of Dr. Sheldon Cooper on CBS' "<keyword id="506666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Big-Bang-theory">Big Bang Theory</keyword>." 
This was the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433588/awards?ref_=nm_awd" target="_blank">fifth consecutive year</a> Parsons was up for the award.
Parsons was up against Louie C.K., Don Cheadle, Matt LeBlanc, and Alec Baldwin.
The seventh season of "Big Bang Theory" kicks off Thursday.
Earlier this summer, <keyword id="6355065" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="tv">TV</keyword> Guide reported Parsons and co-stars Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki will <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/big-bang-theory-cast-demands-raises-2013-9" target="_blank">receive $350,000 per episode.</a>

Hyundai's Super Bowl offerings this year are pretty traditional, with family-friendly humor and big-budget stunts and stars.
"Dad's Sixth Sense" is a series of vignettes in which a father saves his young son from things like running into a lit grill or riding his bike into a car. In the final scene, the son is now a new driver and behind the wheel of a 2015 Genesis. The car's automatic emergency brake feature prevents him from colliding with a car after a pretty girl distracts him.
"Remember when only Dad could save the day?" is the punchline:<iframe width="620" height="349" frameborder="0" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RGr9t5Wfrv0?rel=0"></iframe>
Hyundai said that its "Nice" ad for the 2014 Elantra is meant for a younger audience. It stars Johnny Galecki (Leonard on the hit sitcom "The Big Bang Theory") flirting with a fellow Elantra driver.
The commercial includes Super Bowl-worthy explosions and stunts, but our favorite part is when comedian Richard Lewis ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") appears in Galecki's backseat and complains about bad clams:
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California agency Innocean produced both 30-second commercials, which will play during Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2.

Hyundai's Super Bowl Ads Feature Tender Family Moments, A 'Big Bang Theory' Star, And A Whining Richard Lewis

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image"><a title_source="House of Cards/Netflix" title_caption="Kevin Spacey makes one of the largest salaries on TV for his " House="" of="" Cards="" role="" according="" to="" a="" new="" report="" from="" TV="" Guide.="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53f7436becad04705edb5833-960/frank-underwood-president-house-of-cards-9.png"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53f7436becad04705edb5833-1200-600/frank-underwood-president-house-of-cards-9.png" border="0" alt="frank underwood president house of cards" /></a>House of Cards/NetflixKevin Spacey makes one of the largest salaries on TV for his "House of Cards" role, according to a new report from TV Guide.</div></div></div>There's a big reason Kevin Spacey made the jump to Netflix.
According to a new TV salary report from TV Guide, Spacey is making <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/PhotoGallery/Highest-Paid-TV-Stars-2014-1085693/1085698">$500,000 an episode</a> for his lead role on the Emmy-winning political thriller "House of Cards."
TV Guide reports that number includes producer's fees and profit participation.
Season 2 of the series, which launched in February, had 13 episodes. That puts the actor's salary at $6.5 million. 
The figure places Spacey into an elite club on network television that make over $500,000 per episode. According to TV Guide that includes Mark Harmon for "NCIS" ($525,000), "Two and a Half Men" actors Jon Cryer ($650,000) and Ashton Kutcher ($750,000), and "The Big Bang Theory" stars Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, and Johnny Galecki who just netted $1 million per episode salaries. 
On the series, Spacey plays a ruthless democratic house whip, Frank Underwood, who strategizes his way to the top of the White House.
"House of Cards" received 13 Emmy nods for season 2 including Outstanding Lead Actor (Spacey), Outstanding Lead Actress (Robin Wright), and Outstanding Drama Series.
TV guide predicts the streaming service could eventually pay Spacey a $1 million salary for his role.
"House of Cards" has been renewed for season 3 which is expected to air on Netflix next year.

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Kaley Cuoco and Karl Cook are separating after 3 years of marriage. Here's a timeline of their relationship.

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55a01c35ecad045307f7425b-1195-896/mayim-bialik-kunal-nayyar-big-bang-theory-comic-con.jpg" border="0" alt="mayim bialik, kunal nayyar, big bang theory, comic-con">Ethan Miller/GettyMayim Bialik and Kunal Nayyar speak onstage at Inside "The Big Bang Theory" Writer's Room panel during Comic-Con.</img></div></div></div>"The Big Bang Theory" stars Mayim Bialik and Kunal Nayyar made a surprise appearance at the show's San Diego Comic-Con panel on Friday.The panel peeled the curtain back on the show's history and making, and featured its Emmy Award-winning writers and creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. Nayyar, who plays shy, effeminate <a title="Astrophysics">astrophysicist</a> <a title="Raj Koothrappali">Raj Koothrappali</a>, joined the panel as moderator.Early in the discussion, Nayyar asked the writers whether or not they read any of the multitudes of "Big Bang Theory" fan fiction floating around on the internet. Writer and producer Steve Holland said that once they opened Pandora's box, the writers became addicted to it."We kind of got wrapped up in it," said Holland, who admitted to reading it out loud in the writers' room.One story that caught their interest took place during a season eight episode titled "The Prom Equivalency," and followed the off-camera escapades of Amy Fowler, Bialik's brilliant, quirky neurobiologist character.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55a01cb5eab8eac14ef7425b-687-515/big-bang-theory-the-prom-equivalency.jpg" border="0" alt="big bang theory, the prom equivalency">CBSMayim Bialik appears opposite Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, and Jim Parsons in "The Prom Equivalency" episode of "The Big Bang Theory."</img></div></div></div>"It started out as a joke," Holland says, "then we got into the story."At this point in the panel, Bialik was welcomed on stage and invited to read some original fan fiction - penned by the show's writers - that captures a heated moment between her and Nayyar's characters. They took to the podium, cleared their throats, and stood close."Amy looked at <a title="Raj Koothrappali">Koothrappali, staring at the stars through his telescope. She had always thought of him as a friend, but now, </a>something was different," Bialik read from the script. "She spent her life studying the brain, but she had a feeling tonight, this swami of love was going to teach her about another organ."Nayyar looked up, stared at the woman next to him, and crooned, "Have you ever read '50 Shades of Grey?' I'm about to introduce you to '50 Shades of Brown.'"The crowd screamed with delight."Amy replied, 'That doesn't make sense," Bialik said. "'Grey' was the main character's last name.""That kind of semantic nit-picking," Nayyar retorted, in a husky bravado, "is going to get you a spanking.""Oh my. Then I should point out 'semantic' is the wrong word, you sexy beast from the third world."The bit continued for a minute longer, and the audience ate up every second."Big Bang Theory" returns to CBS for its ninth season this fall. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/walking-dead-season-6-trailer-2015-7">The first trailer for the new 'Walking Dead' season just dropped and looks as terrifying as ever</a></h3> <div> <div> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="xmOTc1djpYlOh-ekudplDSJyclTF0FNr" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> <script> if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'xmOTc1djpYlOh-ekudplDSJyclTF0FNr',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); </script> <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div> </div> <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script> </div>

2 'Big Bang Theory' stars made a surprise Comic-Con appearance and read '50 Shades of Grey' fan fiction on stage

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image"><a title_source="MTV" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/534b5b006da811ed28620888-960/taylor-swift-conan-obrien.png"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/534b5b006da811ed28620888-1200-600/taylor-swift-conan-obrien.png" border="0" alt="taylor swift conan obrien" /></a>MTV</div></div></div>While the "Mad Men" season 7 premiere and "Game of Thrones" aired, MTV also aired its annual Movie Awards.
Host Conan O'Brien opened the show with a pre-recorded segment where he met with MTV brass to figure out an opening gag that would work for today's youth.
"Who cares about funny? Kids don't laugh anymore," said O'Brien. "They see celebrities and they go 'Woo.'"
Just like that, the late-night host attempted to get 50 celebrity cameos on screen. 
From Martin Scorsese and Russell Crowe to Taylor Swift and Kaley Cuoco, see who Conan tracked down.
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<a href="http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/04/13/mtv-movie-awards-opening-troy-miller/">According to Entertainment Weekly</a>, it took director Troy Miller three weeks to film and edit all of the scenes around O'Brien's late-night schedule. 
Each celebrity cameo - there are 49 (50 including Conan) - took an estimated 5-8 minutes to film. 
Here's the full list of celebrity cameos:
1. Andy Samberg 2. Seth Rogen 3. Sarah Silverman 4. Ice Cube 5. Elijah Wood 6. Chris Pratt 7. Jessica Alba 8. Ashton Kutcher 9. Anna Faris 10. Danny McBride 11. Ed Helms 12. Jason Bateman 13. Lupita Nyong'o 14. Adam Sandler 15. Russell Crowe 16. Jennifer Connelly 17. Emma Watson 18. Anthony Hopkins 19. Logan Lerman 20. Shaun White 21. Rosario Dawson 22. Willie Nelson 23. Blake Griffin 24. Taylor Swift 25. Martin Scorsese 26. James Franco 27. Paul Rudd 28. Aziz Ansari 29. Grumpy Cat 30. Carrie Brownstein 31. Fred Armisen 32. Skrillex 33. Demi Moore 34. Banksy (a.k.a. Tracy Morgan) 35. Tom Arnold 36. Simon Helberg 37. Melissa Rauch 38. Mayim Bialik 39. Johnny Galecki 40. Jim Parsons 41. Kunal Nayyar 42. Kaley Cuoco 43. Mindy Kalin 44. Adam Scott 45. Ellen Page 46. Charles Barkley 47. "Jack Nicholson's" middle finger 48. Katy Perry 49. Jack White 50. Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien's Elaborate MTV Movie Awards' Opening Took 3 Weeks To Make

<div class="image-container float_right click-to-enlarge" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><a title_source="Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images" title_caption="Kaley Cuoco's hair mishap at the 2013 SAG Awards." class="zoomin" href="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/517abf2e6bb3f7d763000005-960/kaley-cuoco-sag-1.jpg"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/517abf2e6bb3f7d763000005-1559-1169/kaley-cuoco-sag-1.jpg?maxX=400" border="0" alt="kaley cuoco SAG" width="400" style="float: right;" /></a></div>Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images<keyword id="1179744" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kaley-Cuoco">Kaley Cuoco</keyword>'s <keyword id="23927" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hair">hair</keyword> mishap at the 2013 SAG Awards.</div>Kaley Cuoco finally revealed what was up with her odd look at this year's SAG Awards. 
"The <keyword id="506666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Big-Bang-theory">Big Bang Theory</keyword>" star was <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2269418/SAG-Awards-worst-dressed-Jane-Lynch-Nancy-ODell-Kaley-Cuoco-Sophie-McShera-list.html" target="_blank">slammed in January</a> when she showed up to the ceremony with bangs. 
(Reviews called her hair "<a href="http://perezhilton.com/cocoperez/2013-01-28-kaley-cuoco-2013-sag-awards-red-carpet" target="_blank">far from bangin</a>'" and compared it to <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2269418/SAG-Awards-worst-dressed-Jane-Lynch-Nancy-ODell-Kaley-Cuoco-Sophie-McShera-list.html" target="_blank">helmet hair</a>.)
Last night, she appeared on "<keyword id="345460" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jimmy-Kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</keyword> Live!" and explained to the late-night host she wore fake bangs to hide a black eye and six stitches received on set of "The Big Bang Theory." 
According to Cuoco, she received the injury from co-star Johnny Galecki while attempting to pull a prank on the show's crew for the gag reel. 
"Johnny and I decided, now that we have the scene, let's do a prank where he actually fake punches me, and I go flying out of frame," shared Cuoco.
The punch ended up being real, leaving the actress bleeding on set; however, she had no clue she was really injured.
"They [the crew] thought I went under [the table] and sprayed blood on my face," said Cuoco. "I had cracked my head open and I had blood squirting down my face. I didn't even know. I had no idea."
When it came time for the SAG awards, Cuoco decided to cover up with fake bangs.
"I wanted to wear them because it covered my eye and I was really insecure about this huge black eye," said Cuoco. "These bangs who I've named Bev almost ruined my entire career."
See Cuoco describe her set injury below: 
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Now, see her with the eyebrow-raising wig below: 
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Later in the show, Kimmel's sidekick Guillermo let the wig fly off attached to a set of colorful balloons mimicking Disney film, "Up":
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Kaley Cuoco: 'Fake Bangs Almost Ruined My Career'

<div class="image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5241b74aecad049d12832365-800-400/big-bang-theory-jim-parsons-equations-1.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="big bang theory jim parsons equations" width="800" />Sonja Flemming / <keyword id="6360415" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="CBS">CBS</keyword></div></div>Fans of the "<keyword id="506666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Big-Bang-theory">Big Bang Theory</keyword>" can rejoice as the seventh season of the CBS show kicks off Thursday.
The series, following the lives of four nerdy, socially awkward scientists* is the <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/news/most-watched-tv-shows-top-25-2012-2013-1066503.aspx">most-watched comedy on television</a> and loved for its geeky references. 
Viewers also know it's inundated with a ton of physics jargon. Most episodes include a whiteboard with scientific equations can be found in the background of Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon's (<keyword id="777112" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jim-Parsons">Jim Parsons</keyword>) apartment. 
However, is it real? 
Yes. 
UCLA Physics professor Dr. David Saltzberg has worked as a science consultant on the show since 2007. 
Saltzberg does everything from calculating science experiments for the crew to checking the accuracy of jokes on the series, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/09/23/224404260/the-man-who-gets-the-science-right-on-the-big-bang-theory">according to NPR</a>. 
<div class="image-container float_right click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="" title_caption="Saltzberg has been working with the " Big="" Bang="" Theory="" crew="" since="" class="zoomin" href="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5241bacceab8ea7e7322a3aa-960/david-saltzberg-big-bang-theory.png"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5241bacceab8ea7e7322a3aa-463-347/david-saltzberg-big-bang-theory.png" border="0" alt="david saltzberg big bang theory" width="480" style="float: right;" /></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTl1fA2sc6E">The Z World / YouTube screencap</a>Saltzberg has been working with the "Big Bang Theory" crew since 2007.</div></div>The professor's job also includes reviewing unfinished scripts that contain brackets reading "Insert Science Here." 
Saltzberg <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTl1fA2sc6E" target="_blank">says he landed the role after receiving a call from a friend</a> who's an astrophysicist at University of Hawaii saying sitcom creators were searching for an physicist. 
Originally the show's co-creators and executive producers Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre came to Saltzberg looking for a grad student looking for a grad student to fill the consultant role. 
"If we're going to write about geniuses, we better damn well have one around," <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTl1fA2sc6E">said Lorre in an interview</a>.
When something is outside of the physics realm, Saltzberg gets advice from star Mayim Bialik. 
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/07/15/mayim.bialik.big.bang.theory/index.html" target="_blank">Bialik has a PhD in neuroscience</a> to complement her neuroscientist character, Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler. 
And all the math work on the whiteboards in the background? That's Saltzberg's doing as well. 
From NPR: 
"He makes sure the whiteboards are correct. For every new episode, they're covered by a fresh scrawl of formulas dreamed up by Saltzberg and admired by physicists for their scrupulous accuracy - and occasional shoutouts to what's happening in the world of science." 
They've become something of a fan favorite with Saltzberg often receiving feedback on the equations from viewers.
So when tuning in Thursday, make sure to look out for the white boards in the background. 
Watch an interview below with Saltzberg:
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*Simon Helberg's character Howard Walowitz isn't technically a scientist as he's the only one of the group who doesn't have a PhD. Rather, he's an engineer.

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