Saturday, December 8, 2007
Trump Denies Leaving $US10,000 Tip, Claiming He’s Victim Of Hoax Intended to Make Him Seem Insanely Generous
10:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Yesterday, the Los Angeles restaurant world–nay, the entire world–was stunned by Derober.com’s report that billionaire real estate developer/reality TV personality/premium-steak magnate Donald Trump, looking to reward the attentive service of a couple of pasta dishes and eclipse the onetime largesse of comparatively stingy superproducer Jerry Bruckheimer, left a $US10,000 gratuity for a lucky Buffalo Club waiter, a move that briefly established the mogul as The Greatest and Most Generous Tipper in the World. Today, Trump went into full denial mode, telling Page Six that he’s wasn’t even in California on the day of the alleged tipping, and that he’s the victim of a vicious hoax he believes was perpetrated by the attention-craving Santa Monica eatery: “This was done by the stupid restaurant to get publicity,” he said. “. . . It’s not my signature.” More »
Katherine Heigl Loved Making ‘Knocked Up,’ She Just Didn’t Love The Movie Itself, Or Something Like That
9:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Unlike Judd Apatow’s last movie, which was hailed by 40-year-old virgins the world over as being the first sensitive portrayal of their shared predicament ever committed to screen, Knocked Up was less embraced by potential knocked-uppees, who felt the female lead had greatly settled for a less-than-ideal lot in life. Star Katherine Heigl addressed her misgivings with some of her character’s choices in a recent Vanity Fair, a statement that sparked much debate, and one that she now feels the need to qualify: “It’s important to me to take a minute and clarify the quote about Knocked Up in Vanity Fair,” Heigl tells Usmagazine.com. “I was responding to previous reviews about the movie the interviewer brought to my attention. More »‘Sex And City’ Teaser Trailer Fiercely Protects Movie’s Incredible Secrets
9:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Nearly having had the Sex and the City movie ruined for us by the spoiler-riddled publicity photo New Line issued at the conclusion of the first day’s shoot, we pledged to pay absolutely no attention to any coverage of the project until it reaches theatres next spring, hoping to preserve the many shoe-shopping, cougar-humping, and everyone-dies-old-and-alone surprises the SATC gang has in store for us. But with the official release of the movie’s teaser trailer, we just couldn’t keep that promise, plunging ourselves into the 42 seconds of mind-blowing footage with such reckless, lusty abandon that by the time the clip concluded, we found ourselves spinning around in our desk chair like Carrie Bradshaw in the middle of that briefly glimpsed banquet hall, so dizzy with excitement that we forgot how we came to be wearing this wedding gown. Sex and the City [sexandthecitymovie.com] Previously: Sex And The City: The First Photo Of The First Day Of Production [Defamer] More »
Filipino Farmers In Crisis: Help Us, Angelina Jolie, You’re Our Only Hope
9:30AM Defamer Hollywood | The life of beneficient Hollywood superstar/globetrotting United Nations Goodwill Ambassador is not an easy one; just when she thinks she may have finally found a break in her schedule that might allow her to spend more quality time with her well-meaning, monosyllabic life-partner and their multicultural brood of adopted refugees, trouble erupts in a far-flung village, its imperiled residents shine their Jolie Signal (the gun-toting silhouette of Lara Croft) against the darkened night sky, and our heroine iis torn away from her family once again: A leftist farmers’ group has asked the United Nations to send Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to visit the Philippines to check on the rising number of people displaced by army offensives in the countryside. More »The Week In Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Ass
9:15AM Defamer Hollywood | Unquestionably, Jennifer Love Hewitt’s arse has seen better weeks. Its “hang” has been discussed in great detail on The View, it’s been forced onto the cover of People against its will, and the celebrity-obsessed media, always ready to descend like cellulite-craving vultures the minute even an inch of slightly dimpled skin is exposed, have continued to ignore its size 2 owner’s public plea for privacy during these difficult times. Current TV laments this sorry state of affairs, compiling two-and-a-half jam-packed minutes of all the rump-related coverage we’ve been subjected to over the previous five days; perhaps now that we’ve all gotten this out of our collective system, Hewitt’s embattled buttocks can finally know some peace. Tough Love [Current.com] Previously: Leave Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Ass Alone! [Defamer] More »
‘Golden Compass’ A Guaranteed Better Time At The Movies Than Last Kidman-Craig Adventure
9:00AM Defamer Hollywood | At long last, The Golden Compass, New Line’s high-stakes attempt at launching yet another massively profitable fantasy franchise, opens today, though the buzz on the Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig movie is lukewarm at best (currently a 44% Tomatometer score). Will director Chris Weitz prove he can effectively trade in pastry-penetration for shiny magical trinkets and talking CGI polar bears, or would the overstuffed and overlong epic, as frigid as Kidman after a cosmetic emotion-removal procedure, not even manage to inspire Andy Samberg to roll out of bed this Sunday with a box of freshly baked cupcakes for a matinée showing? A sampling of what the critics are saying: More »
Hybrid Blanchett-Britney Monster Unleashed To Destroy Actress’s Oscar Hopes
8:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Is Variety secretly trying to destroy Cate Blanchett’s Oscar chances? In an illustration for a strange satirical piece that connects films from 2007 with tenuously related tabloid stories, they’ve disturbingly grafted Blanchett’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age head onto Britney Spears’ spangled-underthings-clad, MTV VMAs-era form, creating a pop-star/monarch abomination that will surely haunt the dreams of any Academy voter unlucky enough to flip to page B3. Surely, any distant chances the actress had of drawing a nomination for Elizabeth have been ruined; if the actress has any hope of saving her universally acclaimed performance in I’m Not There from the taint of the poorly timed unveiling of Frankencate, she’d better beg the Weinstein Company’s PR team to immediately cover the trades in For Your Consideration ads showing how completely she transformed into a young Bob Dylan in a desperate attempt to push that terrifying monster from the industry’s memory. To hell, with the truth [Variety] More »
