February 2, 2008

Silence, Mon Schnabel

Posted by Seth at 12:30 PM on February 2, 2008

young-rehab.jpg· Sean Young: Drunk, and wanting Julian Schnabel to get on with it already. The Julie Chen version. The video. The rehab announcement.
· On the bed! On the floor! On a towel by the door! She's fucking Matt Damon!
· ET and The Insider compassionate Heath Ledger-next-to-some-drugs-video story kill. But do fellow stars deserve the credit?
· We got SAGgie Fever! Travolta's got Middle Earth Fever. Ryan Seacrest just has regular fever.
· What's Angelina hiding under that tent? Why's she just drinking water?? It's twins, silly! Yayyyyy!
· The Wolf Man loses a perfectionist, but does it gain a Ratner? Not necessarily.
· Another week of Britney insanity we can barely keep track of, so just click here.
· Tom Cruise and John Travolta nearly fall for the old Heath Ledger's Dad Needs a Plane Ticket to America swindle.
· Ryan Seacrest, sweaty teens, muscle suit, tennis ball cannon: Do the math.
· Stewie Griffin: Gay.
· Jessica Alba is damned if she's hot, damned if she's knocked up.
· Mr. Phil's image-rehab media tour.
· Celebrate Josh the only way Katherine Heigl knows how.
· Kirstie Alley is not amused, person making jokes about her Nicole Kidman's outfit at the back of Us Weekly!
· While you enjoy high blood alcohol levels and linebackers this weekend, your tweenage daughter will be enjoying Miley Cyrus in 3D.
· When 50 Cent Made Paris Cry: In words and pictures.

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Katherine Heigl Brings Her Rousing 'Emasculation Of Joshua' Tour To Harpo Studios

Posted by Mark Graham at 12:11 PM on February 2, 2008

Fresh off an exhilarating birthday bonanza and an electrifying stop on The Late Show with David Letterman, Katherine Heigl brought her nicotine-stained 27 Dresses promotional tour to the Oprah show earlier this afternoon. Being the consummate pro that she is, she did NOT let the opportunity slip through her fingers to knock her new husband Josh "Call Me Joshua" Kelley down a few pegs.

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Star Jones Celebrates Her Last Show With A Hooker

Posted by Mark at 11:58 AM on February 2, 2008


· Wasn't it only yesterday that they announced Star Jones' show was getting dumped? These TruTV people work fast.
· Our wishlist for the guy to fill William Katt's tights in the Greatest American Hero movie, in order of desirability : John Krasinksi, Steve Zahn, Willie Aames, Justin Timberlake. (Please, Will Ferrell, let this one go.)
· This is what your condo will look like if you choose to pay a sure-to-be obscene sum to live in the new Grove in Glendale.
· Orderlies at UCLA psych ward are now apparently transcribing Britney Spears' calls for TMZ.
· We agree with Rambo Review Kid: Shitdicknipples kind of sucks.

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Posted by Mark Graham at 11:26 AM on February 2, 2008

whas.jpgReady to experience 'The Ultimate'? The MTV Movie Blog reported earlier today that writer/director David Wain is contemplating putting together a musical adaptation of Wet Hot American Summer, the 2001 cult fave that is to comedy nerds what Strunk & White is to English majors. Even though we're almost 100% certain that Wain pulled a fast one on the cub reporter and has no serious intention to make this happen, the sheer possibility that it might one day happen is enough to make us pound a 2-liter of bug juice. Now pardon us while we go hump a refrigerator. [MTV Movie Blog via Lindsayism]


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'Make Me A Supermodel' Now Basically The Reality TV Version Of Pervy Coco Screen Test Scene From 'Fame'

Posted by Seth at 10:56 AM on February 2, 2008

We've already admitted to you our growing fascination with thinly veiled child-sex-trafficking game show Make Me A Supermodel. (Small side note: Has the term "supermodel" lost all currency? Is it now the fashion world equivalent of the term "porn star," with any XXX-come-lately to successfully wrap a dp scene instantly elevating themselves to the level of a Courtney Cummz or Naomi St. Clair? But we digress.) Forced to up the naked ante from last week's naughty boudoir challenge, producers dispensed with all manner of propriety, and had the remaining contestants strip bare for a drawing class.

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Eva Mendes For CK Fragrances: A Floral Blend of Gin, 'Cane and Boozy Burps?

Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 10:36 AM on February 2, 2008

EvaMendes2.jpgCalvin Klein has always been a fan of drugged-up stars, but this morning's announcement that the designer picked Eva Mendes to star in his Spring `09 fragrance campaign makes him look less like a "fan," and more like a druggie Obsessive (uh, get it?). Klein, of course, is not only the man behind those heroin chic denim ads featuring (ahem!) Kate Moss in the 90s, but he's also been in and out of the revolving rehab door once or twice himself. While TMZ reports that the designer's decision to feature Eva in ads for the spring spreads came hours before her announcement, we're starting to wonder if Klein isn't just some pill-popping, powder-snorting design wiz like the rest of 'em.

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Dr. Drew Leads Emotional Intervention To Figure Out How Non-Addict Joanie Got On 'Celebrity Rehab'

Posted by Mark at 10:13 AM on February 2, 2008


Last night's installment of Celebrity Rehab delivered perhaps its most poignant moment since decided to convert the Pasadena Recovery Center into a melancholy-tinged version of its Surreal Life house. In a move we'll assume is generally unnecessary inside the walls of a rehabilitation facility, Dr. Drew and his troubled, semi-famous charges staged an intervention on behalf of Joanie Chyna in a desperate attempt to figure out why, exactly, she's on the show; as an avowed non-alcoholic or drug-abuser, Joanie's very presence was so bedeviling to her fellow addicts that such a drastic measure was required to puzzle through the mystery of her casting.

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Posted by Seth at 9:29 AM on February 2, 2008

stg.jpgIt's been nothing short of a whirlwind for STG Chris Bernheisel since the bubbly, bribe-bearing Kelly Clarkson interpretist was introduced to the world on Tuesday night's episode of American Idol: He already has appearances lined up on TV Guide Channel's Idol Chat (where he'll meet the King of Idol Casualties Justin Guarini), and Access Hollywood "plans to fly him to L.A. soon" to talk hair product with Billy Bush. Still, the brass ring of famewhoring STG appearances so far remains out of reach, despite haven't now sent 71 videos to Ellen DeGeneres begging to appear on her show. We humbly suggest she take him up on his offer, before the next package winds up containing something far more oozing and Iggy-head-shaped than a relatively harmless videotape. [Reality Blurred]

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Jessica Alba, By The Numbers: Rotten To The Core

Posted by Mark Graham at 8:51 AM on February 2, 2008

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Our first indication that something might be awry with Jessica Alba's career came not when that guy on TRL told her that getting pregnant was "Not cool, dude", but rather when we saw the one-sheet for her new movie, The Eye. While certainly a captivating Photoshop job (ish), we found it fairly bizarre that Lionsgate would choose NOT to use the beautiful visage of one of the most lusted-after actresses in the world to promote their film. But then we did some research on Rotten Tomatoes and realized something very important. Save for fanboy fave Sin City, no one really seems to have liked any of the films she's starred in.

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Wesley Snipes Proves He Can Still Dodge Bullets, Avoids Conviction For Tax Fraud And Conspiracy

Posted by Mark at 8:41 AM on February 2, 2008

The Wesley Snipes Totally Fucking Insane Tax-Avoidance Trial of the Century finally came to a close this afternoon in a Florida courtroom, where the Passenger 57 star and IRS Most Wanted Fading Action Hero was acquitted of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges, but was convicted of a lesser count of failing to file tax returns, a development that reduces his potential jail time from 16 to 3 years. His co-defendants, the renegade accountant and charismatic tax-protest-leader-cum-minister who will be portrayed by Paul Giamatti and Katt Williams (respectively) in the eventual, lightly fictionalized buddy-fugitive comedy based on this wild chapter of Snipes' life, were not so lucky, earning convictions on the aforementioned fraud and conspiracy charges.

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Posted by Mark at 7:27 AM on February 2, 2008

indy-jones-mtv.jpgThe latest promotional Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull breadcrumb tossed to fans by morsel-hoarding studio Paramount is MTV's exclusive Indy Standing Atop Some Crates In That Government Warehouse photo, a more than worthy follow-up to previous installments in this series like Indy Sitting In A Chair While Wearing A Fedora and Indy And His Knuckleheaded Greaser Kid Shining Flashlights At Something. We suppose we're to believe that the aging adventure has returned to the Raiders artifact repository to look for the Ark, perhaps in an attempt to knock some good sense into Shia LaBeouf, threatening that if he doesn't get off the dope soon, Dad will pry open a container and let God's unleashed, righteous fury melt that shit-eating grin right off his punk face. [MTV News.com]

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Paris Hilton's Tear-Drenched Super Bowl Defeat

Posted by Seth at 6:54 AM on February 2, 2008

panel-paris.jpgUnexpectedly moved by the NY Post's heart-wrenching story of how Paris Hilton was reduced to tears by 50 Cent's demand that she immediately cease her unauthorized booty-shaking activities and "get the fuck off the stage" at her own Super Bowl party, we pass along the tale in the only way that made sense to us: in comic book form. After the jump, Paris's pain, splayed across six action-packed panels:

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'Moment Of Truth' To Gently Scandalize America 13 More Times

Posted by Mark at 5:51 AM on February 2, 2008

· After two high-rated (but Idol-boosted) episodes of The Moment of Truth, Fox picks up 13 more episodes of their lie-detecting semi-sensation. Evil mastermind Mike Darnell renews his promise to fix the show's pacing problems, and claims that even though these first two episodes have largely failed to shock, they've still been effective enough to induce a number of planned contestants to drop out. [THR]
· Sounding a characteristically gloomy note on the State of the Strike on Day 89, Var points out that even though the WGA and AMPTP have been engaged in informal talks, no date has been picked for the start of formal bargaining, say that "some" worry that the strike will drag on long enough for SAG to walk out in July and "stay out at least into the fall" with the scribes, and claim there's a "tacit deadline" to make some progress before CEOs storm out of negotiations again. Hear that, writers? Doomsday clocks are ticking everywhere, so better take whatever deal's on on the table, whether or not it's a good one! [Variety]

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Britney Prefers In-N-Out's 'Double Double' To Hospital Jello and Apple Juice

Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 5:48 AM on February 2, 2008

SLUTFI013108_02.BRO.jpgAh, the In-N-Out. Referencing the famed burger chain makes us salivate just typing its name and, as it turns out, The Package (shocker!) feels the same way. United States Weekly reports that Brit, unimpressed (or just oblivious to) UCLA Med's appetizing, slightly-edible array of hospital-food-for-the-nutballs, ordered in a "double cheeseburger, fries and a drink" at around 4:42pm yesterday. Perhaps suffering from meth-induced hallucinations, our girl had manager Sam Lufti fetch the grub for her at rush hour's peak (as seen in the pic above), the greasy bag reportedly arriving in a quickspeed 21 minutes (In-N-Out! You never fail to astonish us.) One question, though: How exactly does someone manage to stuff themselves senseless while wearing a straitjacket?


[Photo Credit: X17]

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Posted by Seth at 4:56 AM on February 2, 2008

mendes-rehab.jpgIt's not always easy to be able to look in the mirror and admit to oneself that perhaps you've been having 2 Much 2 Drink (or 2 Snort/Pop/etc...) lately, so we applaud Eva Mendes's decision to voluntarily submit herself to the detoxicizing miracle workers at Cirque Lodge. If they can tame the fire-eyed Cokepant Demon that was Lindsay Lohan, we have no doubt that whatever self-medicating bumps Mendes has encountered along the road will be smoothed away by the fresh Utah air and some sober-horseback-riding therapy. [TMZ]

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Posted by Mark at 4:44 AM on February 2, 2008

schnabel-dga.jpg Cornered at an amfAR benefit and asked to comment upon The Only Interesting Thing To Happen In This Strike-Crippled Awards Season yet again, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly director Julian Schnabel offered only this controversy-defusing shrug to a disappointed stringer apparently hoping to get him on the record about Sean Young's hasty retreat to rehab: "It's fine... You know what? I didn't have anything interesting to say anyway, so I should beg her to come with me wherever I go!" As far as we can tell, there was no disingenuous follow-up query about whether Schnabel planned to ask Young to be his Oscar date. [Us]

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Casey Affleck Clearly Not Versed In How To Behave Around 'Dancing With The Stars' Also-Ran Royalty

Posted by Seth at 4:26 AM on February 2, 2008

Having only recently declared him the Most Adorable Thing Ever, we must admit the video above might force us to reexamine our Casey Affleck position. Showing all the ill-tempered signs of someone who's survived a childhood rife with Ben-inflicted noogie and wedgie abuse, Affleck's SAG Awards interaction with Lisa Rinna demonstrates the most shocking disregard for pre-awards-show social conventions we've seen since Jeremy Piven openly questioned the salvageability of Billy Bush's very existence at the 2006 Emmys.

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Universal Wants Brett Ratner's Agent To Know He's Not The Only 'Wolf-Man'-Saving Game In Town

Posted by Mark at 4:02 AM on February 2, 2008

Following the recent Ain't It Cool report that Universal, desperate to find a director willing to step in on incredibly short notice to replace the recently departed Mark Romanek on The Wolf Man, had already decided that Brett Ratner was the hacky Messiah who could deliver them to the On-Time And Near-Budget Promised Land, comes word that the studio is still performing its due diligence by meeting with other candidates who might not be scared off by having to work with the strike-locked script Romanek developed. Among those THR says Universal is considering for the gig: Frank Darabont, James Mangold, Joe "Hidalgo" Johnston and Bill "Dreamgirls" Condon (!). Even with this report, Ratner still seems like the obvious choice, as he's previously proven he's unafraid to jettison a screenplay the moment it interferes with his blockbuster-making vision. [THR]


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Hannah Montana Tweens Set To, Like, Totally Go To The Movies This Weekend And Stuff

Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 3:46 AM on February 2, 2008

miley_cyrus_bikini_sm.jpgYesterday, Fandango.com released a gushing statement to the press declaring that Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert had officially become their "best-selling concert film ever." Now, Var tells us this morning that the tweeny 3D release may be a biggie in more ways than just pre-sale ticket figures; some pundits are projecting that the concert movie could trump Jessica Alba's The Eye at the B.O. this weekend. The larger question, though? Have tweenybops become the new target demo for box office breakouts? Or will the potentially sold-out-everywhere Montana movie just turn out line upon line of horndogs recently captivated by those recently surfaced Miley Underwear pics?

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Sarah Silverman Is Fucking Matt Damon

Posted by Mark at 2:52 AM on February 2, 2008


To celebrate the 5th anniversary of boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel's ascension to ABC's late night throne, Sarah Silverman decided it was time to come clean--in song, unsurprisingly--about the torrid, fuck-filled affair she's been having with secretly devious Hollywood Nice Guy Matt Damon, who's quietly been delivering carnal payback for years of being Kimmel's sign-off joke ("Apologies to Matt Damon, we've run out of time," etc) in the form of erotic pillow fights, up-against-the-minibar penetrations, and Scrabulous-enhanced trysts with the cuckolded host's longtime partner.

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Exclusive: Kirstie Alley's Lawyers Demand That 'US Weekly' Fire Writer Who Cracked A Scientology Joke

Posted by Mark Graham at 2:15 AM on February 2, 2008

kirstiealley.jpgDefamer just managed to get our grubby mitts on a secret copy of a strongly-worded letter that "Actress" Kirstie Alley's legal team over at Goldman & Kagon recently sent to US Weekly. In it, the firm asks that United States Weekly sever their relationship with fashionista/comedienne Danica Lo because of an innocuous Scientology joke she made at the expense of billion-year contract escape clause benifitee Nicole Kidman. The joke in question ran in the "Fashion Police" section of the mag and referred to an outfit Kidman wore to the Australian premiere of The Golden Compass, which the tony Miss Lo described as being "specifically designed [to repel] Scientologists." Um, zing? The legal letter and offending picture follow after the jump.

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