A new study has found that Hollywood is becoming more obsessed with showing underage female characters in sexual situations.

The biggest Hardee's franchisee has refused to run a racy TV ad for the No. 4 U.S. fast-food chain's new Biscuit Holes because it is pushing the boundaries. Ben Mayo Boddie, chairman of Boddie-Noell Enterprises Inc.

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By Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON -- When Cher invoked a four-letter expletive during her acceptance speech at a televised awards show, federal regulators deemed it indecent. So, too, when NYPD Blue detective Andy Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) used dirty words.

By MELISSA RAYWORTH Uh-oh. The FCC's indecency fine against CBS for Janet Jackson's televised breast-baring at the 2004 Super Bowl was dismissed recently.