Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Trade Roundup: Brad Pitt Comes Down With Acute Case Of Creative Differences
10:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Brad Pitt, finding himself unable to love the current script for State of Play, ditches the about-to-shoot project, leaving the production up Shit Creek without its A-list paddle. Said Universal in a statement. “Brad Pitt has left the Universal Pictures production of `State of Play.’ We remain committed to this project and to the filmmakers, cast members, crew and others who are also involved in making the movie. We reserve all rights in this matter.” And by “reserve all rights,” the studio means “the right to sue that pretty boy back to his Growing Pains cameo days if we can’t find someone to take his place before we lose the rest of the cast to scheduling issues.” [Variety] More »
The Strike Silences Sean Penn
9:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Deadline Hollywood Daily is debuting a series of “Speechless” videos, in which an impressive roster SAG actors (Holly Hunter! Harvey Keitel! David Schwimmer?) , take to these revenue-deficient internets to silently express their solidarity with their WGA peers. Especially mesmerizing is yesterday’s clip of the always-outspoken Sean Penn, who, forced into a rare silence by the ongoing strike, seems to calmly mouth a threat to unseen AMPTP negotiators, warning them that he’ll be waiting outside Monday’s revived contract talks ready to beat some sense into anyone who refuses to bargain in good faith. “Speechless” #3: Sean Penn [DHD] Categories/Tags: amptp, quiet protests, Sean Penn, strikewatch, Wga More »
8:15AM Defamer Hollywood | Facebook users, beware: if you’re not vigilant, the marketing partnerships the site has struck with certain companies could broadcast your bad taste to your friends, resulting in a network-wide humiliation worse than any zombie or werewolf attack: “Mike Mayer, for instance, saw a feed item saying his boyfriend, Adam Sofen, just bought tickets to No Country For Old Men from movie-ticket vendor Fandango. ‘What if I was seeing Fred Claus?” said Sofen, 28. ‘That would have been much more embarrassing. At least this was a prestigious movie.’” [MSNBC] More »
Defamer Holiday Gift Ideas: My First Crackberry
8:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the foetus who has everything? As you roam the Beverly Center in search of Christmas deals today, make sure to drop by the Baby’s First Cellphone kiosk just outside the Sony Style Store, where you can choose from a variety of miniaturised BlackBerry and Treo models featuring keyboards tiny enough to be furiously tapped by even the most delicate of second-trimester thumbs. (Sorry, folks, no iPhones, as Steve Jobs decided that amniotic fluid would smudge its touch screen, ruining its cutting-edge aesthetics.) Help that future agent growing in your trophy wife’s belly get a head start on his show business career! Call for Proposals: Designing for Next Nature [Next Nature via BoingBoing] More »
7:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Now, officially, we have seen everything: TMZ, perhaps hoping that Britney Spears will suffer another break with reality and head over to The Grove to drown herself in the mall fountain’s dancing waters as shoppers gape at her latest cry for help, is running a live video feed from L.A.’s most meticulously engineered retail destination. Stay tuned for a cameo by a trolley full of tourists who think they might have just seen Hayden Panettiere duck into the American Girl Place superstore! [TMZ] More »
Dannii Emerges The Victor In Fisticuffs With Renowned Battleaxe Sharon Osborne
1:51PM Jess McGuire | We were mildly surprised to learn today that Dannii Minogue has apparently managed to triumph over Sharon Osbourne – a woman we always suspected could hold her own with a vicious pack of hungry pitbulls if push came to shove – when the two clashed on the set of British talent show The X Factor. Sharon Osbourne said This Is It on the British talent quest The X-Factor after a feisty behind-the-scenes row with co-judge Dannii Minogue. Confidential understands tensions between Ozzy Osbourne’s outspoken wife and Kylie’s little sis had been simmering for weeks before boiling over at the weekend. Osbourne ended up storming off the set – just minutes after wishing Mini Minogue a happy 36th birthday. Officially Osbourne was miffed that two of her three acts were in the bottom two, but she is rumoured to be jealous of the attention her younger co-star has had since joining the show. Dannii is obviously much tougher than we ever gave her credit from. Perhaps she’s soaked up the scrappy catfight abilities left in Joan Collins Magical Wig Of Bitch Slapping Power which she has donned for her latest video clip? More »
Kevin, We Expected Better From You. Go To Your Room And Think About What You’ve (Not) Done For Our Queer Brothers And Sisters.
1:31PM Jess McGuire | THE GAYS: Kevin, you’re making it hard for us to get behind you! KEVIN RUDD: Erm… THE GAYS: Oh, stop it. You know exactly what we mean. Redundant to point it out, and a day or two late to boot, but this revelation is a little disappointing. Labor leader Kevin Rudd is sustaining discrimination by refusing to support homosexual marriage, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown says. Mr Rudd today said he would not change his mind on restricting marriage to heterosexuals, even if any of his children were gay and wanted to marry a same-sex partner. Speaking on the Austereo network today, Mr Rudd remained committed to his party line that marriage is between a man and woman, but admitted it was not a popular view in some circles. Under a barrage of questions urging him to allow homosexuals to marry, he said a Labor government would grant legal concessions to homosexuals, but not the legal status of marriage. “On the institution of marriage itself, our view is between a man and woman and it’s just been our traditional, continuing view,” Mr Rudd said. Asked if in the future this position would look as closed-minded as racist beliefs of the past, Mr Rudd said it was what he believed in. “I accept that. You asked me a direct question, what do I believe in, what do I stand for, what’s my party’s policy, and I have to be up front with you and say that’s it, and there is a reason for it.” (looks at watch) (waits for half-decent reason to appear) ED: We can’t really be buggered – so to speak – launching into too much details regarding our thoughts on gay marriage, but your editor once banged out a lengthy rant about the topic somewhere else so feel free to read it if you’re bored. More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
1:18PM Jess McGuire | Big ups to the Christian Television Foundation who were the brilliant masterminds behind an eighties ad campaign/Jesus-jingle we can vividly recall over twenty years later which featured a tune called “Hello My God”. But let’s not just recall it. Let’s relive it today. After the jump, an alternate 1985 version we didn’t know even existed. More »
