Saturday, October 6, 2007
Britney Spears Goes The Lazy Stripper Route In ‘Gimme More’
8:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Now that we’ve gotten a look at the official video for Britney Spears’ “Gimme More” being unleashed on the world today (all of those de facto “making of” clips documenting the conditions under which it was created really whetted our appetite for the finished product), we think we better understand what was going on in her disastrous™ VMAs performance: when Britney wandered that MTV stage like a tranquilised stripper, she was just trying to remember the moves presented to her in a five-minute crash course in gentleman’s club choreography she largely ignored on the “Gimme More” shoot, becoming disoriented by the presence of background dancers and the vexing absence of a pole. In any event, enjoy the latest video evidence that Spears’ career comeback is proceeding about as successfully as her family life. Britney Spears’ “Gimme More,” The Video: In Which Our Heroine Takes To The Pole [Idolator] Britney Spears’ “Gimme More” Video: It’s Not Pretty [Jezebel] More »
Owenwatch
8:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Like a butterscotch foal taking his initial, wobbly steps outside of the womb, Owen Wilson turned up at last night’s The Darjeeling Limited premiere last night, putting in one of his first public appearances since, you know, the situation. We’ll have our Stallion back soon, it seems. [CNN.com] More »L.A. Braces As Lindsay Lohan Departs Cirque Lodge Wellness Facility
7:45AM Defamer Hollywood | People reports that Lindsay Lohan’s journey at Cirque Lodge has drawn to a close, the I Know Who Killed Me star having been photographed checking out of the Utah detox facility earlier today. Accompanying her was newly reconciled father Michael Lohan, dutifully helping to load several suitcases full of cokeless apparel into an awaiting vehicle. More »
Prehab: Nipping The Next Generation Of Lohans In The Bud
7:30AM Defamer Hollywood | In today’s Variety Youth Impact Report, a special section in which the trade publication spotlights the precocious performers who will one day either rise to Fanningesque domination of the industry or challenge Lindsay Lohan’s Herbie: Fully Loaded record for most hangover-induced missed call times, experts from Hollywood’s various child-exploitation vocations suggest that their cherubic moneymaking machines might more effectively generate commissions if kept tuned-up with some preventative maintenance. Call it “prehab”: “A ‘prehab’ (program) would be terrific for young artists,” says acting coach John Kirby. “However, most of the time, because of their desire to fit in and a great desperation for popularity, it becomes difficult to hold onto so many of the original values they were taught.” [...] More »
Lawsuit Reveals Price Is Right’s ‘Atmosphere Of Terror’
7:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Even after his departure from a 35-year tenure hosting the Price is Right, cat-sterilisation fanatic Bob Barker still finds himself party to yet another in a long string of harassment lawsuits from disgruntled female employees: nine in 13 years, to be exact, with all plaintiffs represented by the same guy – attorney and mutesmodels’ rights advocate, Nick Alden. The latest complainant suggests she was demoted from P.A. to the far more demeaning rope-and-pulley-tugging duty after she testified against Barker in an earlier lawsuit: [Deborah] Curling, whose job was initially screening contestants for the show, said she was in a “pleasant working environment” for many years. But after she testified in the wrongful termination suit of a former production assistant, she was moved from that job to one working backstage, she claims in her court filing. More »
Inside ‘The Kite Runner’ Rape Scene
6:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Because we’re sure there’s nothing you’d find more pleasant on a Saturday morning than the further discussion of the filming of a juvenile rape scene so culturally inflammatory that a studio may now find itself responsible for the welfare of the movie’s displaced child actors until they reach adulthood, we turn to Slate’s Kim Masters’ ongoing coverage of the dilemma now faced by Paramount and The Kite Runner’s filmmakers, who, of course, say they never could have foreseen that their commitment to staying true to their source material would put the kids in jeopardy. But what exactly is in the controversial scene that Paramount’s Afghan-culture consultants now fear may not foster the open and honest dialogue they’d hoped for? Reports Masters: The filmmakers have repeatedly said they had no inkling of the danger during the making of the film. “Nobody that we were working with [in Afghanistan] ever said this could be anything but a positive thing for these kids and their families and for their culture,” says producer Rebecca Yeldham. “There was such joy and enthusiasm for the sincerity and seriousness of our approach.” [...] More »
Lexicon
6:00AM Defamer Hollywood | “He-vage,” as we learned just moments ago, is “male cleavage,” and not to be confused with “he-vag,” the visible result of the “penile tuck” manoeuver. The story that follows compliments George Clooney on the way he tastefully rocks one of the aforementioned terms, but we’ve already forgetten if it’s the chest or the genital variety [Daily Mail] More »Short Ends: Sharon Osbourne Bringing A Knife To A Crazy Gunfight
5:45AM Defamer Hollywood | We understand why Sharon Osbourne was all whooped up on Ellen, but our money would be on Courtney Love if their feud ever came to blows. If Osbourne had ever taken a look at Love’s batshit MySpace blog, she’d know she’d be the one fighting out of her crazy-class. · This is what happens when you trust a guy named the Sultan of Sleaze with your money. ·We’re probably no more than three days away from the announcement that Chris Tucker will star in the remake of Escape from New York. · A magnificent cock moves on, filling us with indescribable sadness. More »
Rosie O’Donnell Recalls Happier Times With Onetime Lube-Mentor Barbara Walters
5:30AM Defamer Hollywood | When Rosie O’Donnell joined Roseanne Barr on the stage of a New York comedy club last night, she stunned audiences when she abandoned her regular prop-comedy act involving a cardboard standee of Elisabeth Hasselbeck and a black Sharpee with which to scrawl Hitler moustaches. Instead she revealed yet more stunning insights into her abrupt departure from The View, and into her tangled, beyond icky relationship with Barbara Walters: Rosie started off by saying, “When I was fired by Barbara Walters” – the first time she didn’t stick to “The View’s” spin that her departure from the show was by mutual agreement. [...] More »
