Saturday, December 13, 2008
Would You Like That Original Recipe Or Extra Slutty?
10:42AM Seth | Kathie Lee riffs on two chicks who climbed into a KFC sink and photographed themselves bathing. That last zinger really earns her some kind of Get Out of Defamer Free card. “”Tara Reid has checked herself into Promises Treatment Centre. We appreciate your respect to her and her family’s privacy at this time,’ Reid’s rep tells ET.” We have to admit, we’re completely stunned by this news. Tara Reid still has representation? Michael Phelps’s one-man show, Boooook!, is garnering much critical acclaim! American Idol has decided they’ve had enough of Giving Back. Hey—no bitching; we got a Karaoke Master to crown. Wheel in the next contestant! Um. Yeah. This. More »
James Lipton Holds Conan O’Brien Hostage In Tense, Four-Hour Standoff
9:30AM Kyle Buchanan | Look into the eyes of Inside the Actors Studio host James Lipton, and what do you see? A wild sycophancy that has led the man to the edge of a nervous breakdown, perhaps?
Stephen King Makes Urgent Year-End Appeal For ‘Funny Games,’ Jason Statham
8:28AM STV | No flu shot can yet immunise us from the annual plague of Top 10 lists; the best you can hope for is a weaker, less-contagious strain than last year’s. Stephen King gives us hope. More »
Hugh Hefner’s Teenage Sons Have Had Enough of His Monkey Business
8:07AM Kyle Buchanan | Is there a teenage boy alive who can’t appreciate the simple pleasures of face-kicking twin sisters or a menagerie of marsupials? There are two, in fact, and they are the teenage sons of Hugh Hefner. More »
Wes Anderson Directs Brad Pitt in Ad for Wacky Japanese Sensibility
7:46AM Kyle Buchanan | Royal Tenenbaums director Wes Anderson doesn’t typically work with two-time Sexiest Man Alive winners (keep trying, Schwarzbaum!), so to imagine what the director could do with Brad Pitt doesn’t come easily. More »
Golden-Era Movie Heartthrob Van Johnson Dead at 92
7:27AM STV | Back in the days before teen heartthrobs were photographed in front of baby penises at the local novelty store, Van Johnson was a wholesome young star America could stand behind. And now he’s dead.
‘Karate Kid’ Remake To Make Do Without Karate, Miyagi or Valley
7:07AM Kyle Buchanan | Call us 80’s purists if you must (it’s a fair charge — after all, these Betamax tapes of Space Camp aren’t gonna watch themselves), but when remaking The Karate Kid, some things are essential. More »
A Studio Letter To Washington
6:49AM Seth | AMPTP sent a letter to Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, and Diane Feinstein, “excoriated SAG leaders.” A bailout hearing could follow, should they produce “some facetime with Ben Stiller and that adorable Farrell fellow.” [Variety] More »
Success of ‘Twilight’ Spares World From Remake of ‘Near Dark’
6:23AM STV | The 1987 vampire classic Near Dark has been on the industry’s equivalent of death row for a while, with Michael Bay producing a remake for Rogue Pictures. But Twilight just issued a stay of execution. More »
