Saturday, August 11, 2007
Britney Spears’ Hot Tub Victim Speaks
11:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Now that enough time has passed following 21-year-old music video extra Matt Salinas’s soggy, twisted night of rooftop hot tub captivity, it seems that he’s ready to go before the syndicated celebrity newsmagazine cameras – here, he spends some couch time with Access Hollywood’s – to share his experience with the world . Yes, the story is identical to the one he first told to Us, but his tale carries far more heft now that we can inspect his face for signs of lasting emotional damage. (Though it would have helped somewhat if Billy Bush had provided a doll upon which Salinas could show us the naughty places where Britney touched him.) Fortunately, it seems that our victim has pulled through his ordeal largely intact, as he practically tries to reach through the screen and high-five each and every one of us, his virtual frat brothers, and declare, “Dudes! I totally hit that!” Britney’s Boy Toy [Access Hollywood] Previously: Britney Spears Strikes Again [Defamer] More »
Short Ends: Big Brother 8 House Populated By Impressive Variety Of Bigots
10:50AM Defamer Hollywood | · As demonstrated by the above “Racism & Bigotry Sampler,” the Big Brother 8 Intolerance Cam never, ever sleeps. · Winnie Cooper is ABC News’ Person of the Week, which means she’s probably having an easier time today than TV boyfriend Kevin Arnold, who really can’t catch a break with his big-screen directorial debut. · Woody Allen reminisces about the formerly uninsurable stars who provide a glimmer of hope that Lindsay Lohan might one day work in Hollywood again. ·Amazingly, this review headlined “Stardust a Shrek for grown-ups” is not a pan More »
Brad Pitt Jurydutywatch Revisited
10:30AM Defamer Hollywood | In the excitement of yesterday afternoon’s Brad Pitt JuryDutyWatch, we somehow missed the fact that Pitt was served a Subway sandwich for lunch. (It was not disclosed whether or not he enjoyed the sandwich.) Please accept our apologies for not bringing you this crucial information in a more timely fashion. [Us] More »
Trade Roundup: Giant Fucking (Lion-Shaped) Robots Are Coming
10:00AM Defamer Hollywood | · Hollywood Out of Ideas, Five Lions, Zero Ideas Edition: With Transformers breaking so many nonsequel box office records this summer, it was only a matter of time before someone put Voltron, the other 80s cartoon/toy series about robots that do cool, transforming-related stuff (no offence to Gobots)-into the adaptation pipeline.[Variety] · In a tear-soaked promotion ceremony that begins with some lucky trainees tossing coffee in the faces of a new crop of mailroom clerks and ends with the official awarding of their golden shark fins, ICM elevates four staffers to agent status. Oh, happy day! [THR] · Stardust director Matthew Vaughn will do the feature adaptation of Marvel comic book Thor, the musclebound deity with the nicest hair in all of Norse mythology. [Variety] · NBC Universal might be trying to buy Oxygen, but Oprah and her group of investors might be turning up their nose at anything less than the $US3 billion of “BET money” Viacom paid for that network. [THR] · Hollywood Out of Ideas, Diddling Bruce Lee Edition: Warner Independent plans a noirish remake of Enter the Dragon. [Variety] More »If He’d Picked Something From The Second Album He’d Probably Be Dead Right Now
9:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Any guy insensitive enough to the tastes of his fellow bar patrons to karaoke a Coldplay song deserves whatever beating he gets. The victim in question is just lucky that the girl didn’t have a broken bottle of Bud Light handy to finsih the job. [TSG] More »
Corey’s Angel
9:40AM Defamer Hollywood | So distraught was one of our readers after watching the heartbreaking, lightly scripted Two Coreys moment where Corey Feldman devastates Corey Haim with news that a straight-to-video sequel to Lost Boys would be going forward without him (hell, even the Lesser Frog Brother probably got a call) that our compassionate operative immediately took to Craigslist to try and find the wounded Haim some companionship to get him through this difficult time. And Craigslist, that online lamp inhabited by millions of anonymous genies ready to fulfill even the most outlandish of wishes, predictably yielded help: My Lost Boy-Corey Haim – w4m – 25 My name is Sammi and I am a 25 year old girl who lives in LA. I think the song about the girl stuck in 1985 was written about me because I love all thing’s 80’s especially Corey Haim. Of course I loved Lucas, The Lost Boys and Liscence to Drive but after seeing him in the movie “Blown Away” my infatuation with him became full fledged. His is gorgeous and talented and judging by his performance in “Blown Away” I think he would be fantastic in bed. More »
Jackie Chan: By The Numbers
9:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Even though we never did finish that MBA and some crucial data are missing from the chart (it’s like The Tuxedo and The Medallion never existed!), we think we understand what Var’s trying to say about Jackie Chan’s American movie career: Without the support of a certain visionary filmmaker and a high-pitched, fast-talking sidekick, he’s just one more Jennifer Love Hewitt vehicle away from domestic obscurity. [Chart via Digital Variety] Traffic clears for ‘Rush Hour’ [Var] More »Corey Haim’s Unemployability Makes Compelling Reality TV
9:10AM Defamer Hollywood | We’re reluctant to even share with you this sad clip from The Two Coreys, A&E’s attempt at catching up with conjoined Tiger Beat fantasy-duo Haim and Feldman since their spectacular career flameouts of the late 80s. In it, Feldman is forced to deliver the difficult news that the sequel to the movie that originally introduced the lifelong friends – The Lost Boys 2: Return to Lost Boys Island: An Interactive Sing n’ Say DVD Adventure – has been rushed into production. But while Corey F. has been approached by producers for a cameo, Corey H. had not – a fact that hits the beret-sporting former teen idol hard, as he comes to realise that his limited acting gifts will never again be required (outside of highly canned reality shows that rely on the enduring entertainment value of observing wash-ups in their native habitat). The Two Coreys [A&E] More »
‘Daddy Day Camp’: The Gitmo Of Family Comedies
9:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Just when the double matrimonial punch of Licence to Wed and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry threatened to exhaust every conceivable, nuptial-themed pun, comes yet another disastrous-summer-comedy topic for North America’s headline writers to tackle: Yes, Daddy Day Camp might mark a nadir in the career of Oscar-winner and Roscoe’s Everyday Hero Cuba Gooding, Jr., as well as an inauspicious beginning for Kevin Arnold’s big screen directing career, but for the scribe who came up with the line, “Gitmo likely more fun than this camp,” we think this Murphyless sequel just might have inspired them to a new career best. Some more highlights from the Daddy Day Camp opening day review files: · ‘Daddy Day Camp’ nothing to write home about [wnyt.com] · ‘Daddy Day Camp’ lost in low-rent gag wilderness [nctimes.com] · Movie’s message lost in flatulence [Windsor Star] More »
