Thursday, March 13, 2008
Amy Winehouse Round-Up: Pity Party At Pa Winehouse’s Joint
4:18PM Clem Bastow | We’ve always gone in to bat when it comes to Dad Winehouse, aka Mitch, as he clearly has Amy’s best interests at heart (he certainly doesn’t seem to hail from the Culkin/Barrymore/Lohan school of parenting).
Well, he’s now come out and opined that perhaps some of Amy’s pain comes from the protracted affair he conducted when Winegums was younger (with a woman he would later leave Ma Winehouse, Janis, for and marry).
Mr Winehouse said he thought at the time that Amy had forgiven his deception and coped with her parents splitting up.
He told a BBC programme: “I should have left earlier, I should have left sooner. There was not really a negative response from Amy (when I left), but she definitely became a lot more independent.
“Perhaps deep down she felt her parents were splitting up, she could not rely on them to stay together and that it was about time she learned to look after herself.
“I thought Amy was over it pretty quickly – in fact it felt at the time Amy felt no effect at all.
“Maybe she could not articulate it in words, but she certainly did it with music.”
So, hang on, in talking about how he thinks he’s partly to blame for Amy’s troubles, he says that she coped well with the breakup? Hmm.
In any case, we’re pleased to see that Mitch and Janis are taking a more active role in Amy’s life after their misguided “we’ll just wait for her to come home” routine of a few months ago. Perhaps Mitch can have a few words with Jamie Spears about this sort of stuff. More » 
Even Corey Surprised To Find His Fifteen Minutes Extended
11:32AM Clem Bastow | Groan…
It was bad enough that Corey Worthington Delaney has been being paid to do DJ gigs and promotional appearances (”Add a touch of cockspankness to your function today! Call 1800-COREY now!”) and hadn’t actually been done away with when he was “bashed” in a shopping mall.
Now it seems that the cultural oracle that is MTV Australia has allowed him at least another few weeks in the spotlight with a nomination in the upcoming MTV Australia Awards:
In one of the more unconventional categories, the television moment award, Corey Worthington’s A Current Affair interview will be up against Snoop Dogg’s MTV citizenship campaign, The Chaser’s War On Everything’s APEC stunt, skateboarder Jake Brown’s X-Games 45ft (15 metre) stack and stand, and A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila.
Happy to extend his 15 minutes of fame, Worthington said he was pleased to be up against fellow bad boy Snoop Dogg.
“It’s cool to be considered for an MTV award, and to be included in such great company,” he said.
“My vote’s for one of my favourite acts, Snoop Dogg. I’d love to meet him.”
Hopefully this time around, Snoop Dogg will be allowed into the country for the awards, Corey will – shirtless and wearing his “famous” yellow sunglasses – attempt to greet Snoop, something like what John Mayer demonstrates here, and Snoop Dogg will pop a cap in his bitch ass. More » Abc2 Feels The Need For Inane Chatter And Awkward Interviews
11:05AM Clem Bastow | Just when you thought Your ABC™ was the last bastion of quality programming and thoughtful news and current affairs coverage, think again! ABC2 are evidently keen to make a move on the breakfast ratings as part of their new programming push.
Evidently there’s a feeling that Sunrise et al have moved away from news somewhat and that there’s room for Aunty to step in and fill the gap (for all those breakfast viewers who actually want more than Grant Denyer doing something funny in a rural context, or the latest Il Divo record).
ABC managing director Mark Scott has announced a number of new digital services to be introduced by the national broadcaster this year, including the creation of a 24/7 online streaming content website from a new continuous news centre by a specialist production team.
Media understands part of this initiative will include a breakfast TV news and current affairs program capitalising on the organisation’s extensive news resources. Initial plans include placing cameras in ABC radio studios to allow live ABC2 broadcasting of key interviews from the popular AM and local breakfast programs.
The new program, which is yet to be staffed, is expected to capitalise on the space left by Seven’s Sunrise and Nine’s Today, which have moved into softer breakfast territory.
Our dream ABC breakfast team would be something to the tune of Kerry O’Brien and Maxine McKew, naked, having breakfast in bed with occasional musical interludes provided by our favourite local artists, also naked.
Oh, sorry, did we say that out loud? More » 
“Intellegent” Lara Bingle To Revive Flagging Fhm Empire
10:26AM Clem Bastow | We’re fascinated by Lara Bingle here at Defamer Australia, though – it must be said – largely not because of her brainpower (really, who are we kidding – it’s because of her norks).
So, we stifled more than a few guffaws when we read this morning that FHM, which is struggling for sales in the face of classier mens’ rags like GQ and Men’s Style, is apparently after Lara for a revamped style of photoshoot, to treat both model and reader with a little more intelligence.
Except, what’s that? Apparently when it comes to News Ltd, FHM and Lara Bingle, there’s no “i” in “team”, and neither is there a second one in “intelligent”:
But wait, there’s more! It are evun moar intellegent!
Oh dear. We know that News Ltd’s brilliance has little do do with FHM, but this sort of publicity – when you’ve just tanked $1m in phone sex advertising in order to lift the tone of your mag, and are talking about stories being written more “intelligently” – doesn’t really bode well for your revamp. More » 
The Owen Wilson Comeback Tour Hits Its First Speedbump
10:00AM Molly Friedman | Despite heading back to work and getting his girl back, it looks as if all isn’t entirely well in Owen Wilson’s world. The NY Post is reporting that Wilson showed up at a private party in Miami over the weekend, where he was snapped attempting to dance across the water of a pool by a local paparazzo named Manny Hernandez. And while we tend to trust the celebrity over the pap in situations like this, it is worth noting that this is offence number two in Wilson’s post-rehab paparazzo bullying file. As you might recall, he and Fotog Fighter king Woody Harrelson got into a brawl with the press in Peru back in December. More »
Japanimators Ensure Britney Spears Has Illustrated Panties On At All Times
9:55AM Seth | We teased you yesterday with just a few still frames from Britney Spears’s new video for “Break The Ice,” but we can now premiere the full version in all its uncut, Japanimation glory. (It premiered on something called the blackoutball.com, which you could only access with two secret words, and we would never tell you what those were even if they weren’t “danger” and “victory.” Oh, darn–we gave it away!) Directed by Robert Hales after Britney watched his Lovestoned clip for Justin Timberlake and specifically requested the director, we’re informed that no Louis Vuitton proprietary Cherry Blossom patterns were harmed during production. It looks nothing like her, but it’s kind of cool. Enjoy! blackoutball.com More »
9:40AM Seth | And in the debate over which cartoonish, nearly-identical-looking summer blockbuster Hulk is cooler, we’ll have to go with the one that looks less like the colour of Green Giant frozen peas, and more like the colour of Green Giant canned peas. [incrediblehulk.marvel.com] More »
9:40AM Seth | And in the debate over which cartoonish, nearly-identical-looking summer blockbuster Hulk is cooler, we’ll have to go with the one that looks less like the colour of Green Giant frozen peas, and more like the colour of Green Giant canned peas. [incrediblehulk.marvel.com] More »
