Saturday, March 15, 2008
Is It Just Us, Or Do Snoop And Barbara Walters Have Some Palpable Sexual Chemistry?
10:54AM Seth | Today on The View, Snoop Dogg demonstrated his signature yoga position, sideways-facing fucked-up-in-this-bitch. [The View] Distressing news out of ShoWest: Global warming trends will force the price of a medium-sized bucket of movie theatre popcorn to rise to an astonishing $199.95 in the coming year. [LAT] The warrant for Richard Gere’s arrest for publicly shaking Shilpa’s Shettys has been lifted. Watch out, India: He’s coming back for your women! [Yahoo News] Are you a healthy young man with a deep desire to go to Coachella, but not the means to afford those hefty admission prices? Fear not. Sperm For Tickets can help. [spermfortickets.com via b3ta] Hey, you. Yeah, you! Don’t be a shmuck! Photocopy your wallet, dumbass! [Consumerist] More »
Mike Myers’ Secret Heartbreak: The Tears Behind All Those Laughs
10:11AM Mark Graham | Feeling hungry? Try snacking on our Dirt Sandwich, a wild and woolly compilation of the moments in celebrity infotainment programming this week that made us simultaneously groan, chuckle and hurl. As always, we demand politely beg Intrepid Defamer Videographer™ Molly McAleer to watch hours of Harvey Levin’s babbling in order to bring you the week’s best and worst moments. This week’s reel includes the secrets behind Mike Myers’ “informal spiritual quest” (whatever the fuck that means), Mark McGrath uttering the word “Fattergories” and the revelation of “which Hollywood hottie has THE best bod in the biz” (which, btw, is a question that comes up several times per day here at Defamer HQ). Enjoy! WATCH VIDEO More »
Are Ryan Phillippe’s Abs Enough To Convince Audiences To See An Iraq-Themed Movie?
9:40AM Molly Friedman | Judging from the TV ads and posters for Stop-Loss, the film looks as if it would be just another teen flick where pretty boys with pretty faces chase some equally pretty girls with equally pretty faces. However, director Kimberly Peirce’s first film since Boys Don’t Cry is actually a big, serious movie about the plight of soldiers fighting in Iraq. But before you go and tune out the film solely on the basis of it being another one of those dirge-like films, it’s worth noting that THR is predicting that this may be the very first movie centered around the War in Iraq that actually breaks through with both critics and audiences: “The recent boxoffice fate of Iraq movies has prompted Paramount to take a notably careful approach that downplays the war. The movie is being sold as an MTV Films picture with an attractive young cast (Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt) that will lure people to theatres for other reasons.” More »
8:39AM Molly Friedman | We’d love to know which friend and/or hired friend was around when Lindsay Lohan decided to become a clothing designer, because the blessed soul who must have said, “Wellll….maybe you should start with something a bit simpler?” just saved us from a full collection of billowy rock t-shirts and Pat Benatar head bands. Not to mention the inevitable up-all-night habits she would have picked up trying to put together rack after rack of pieces. Instead, we’ll only have to suffer through a line of leggings, Lindsay’s trademark accessory (so trademark, in fact, that she allegedly wore them for 21 days in a row recently). As long as there’s at least one style with easy-to-use and very subtly hidden coke pockets, we won’t complain one bit. [People] More »
8:39AM Molly Friedman | We’d love to know which friend and/or hired friend was around when Lindsay Lohan decided to become a clothing designer, because the blessed soul who must have said, “Wellll….maybe you should start with something a bit simpler?” just saved us from a full collection of billowy rock t-shirts and Pat Benatar head bands. Not to mention the inevitable up-all-night habits she would have picked up trying to put together rack after rack of pieces. Instead, we’ll only have to suffer through a line of leggings, Lindsay’s trademark accessory (so trademark, in fact, that she allegedly wore them for 21 days in a row recently). As long as there’s at least one style with easy-to-use and very subtly hidden coke pockets, we won’t complain one bit. [People] More »
Tom Cruise’s Scientology Birthday Bash: What Really Happened
8:14AM Seth | If you’ve yet to catch a glimpse of the latest semi-outrageous Tom Cruise video to hit the blogspots, sure to lift your spirits as high as it lifts page views for our evil blogging overlord’s gossipy domain, then get thee there, pronto. You’re all but certain to delight in the lighter side of the Clear Crusader, the guest of honour at his own extravagant birthday festivities. (Highlights: Tom applauding and laughing hysterically at a movie theme; Tom singing Bob Seger; and, believe it–Tom doing The Worm.) Meanwhile, the great minds at Gawker Media Video Laboratories–headed by lead scientist Richard Blakeley–have already made some landmark advances in the creepy-viral-video-parodying field. Enjoy. WATCH VIDEO More »
Do They Keep The Editors Of ‘Big Brother’ Trapped In That House, Too?
7:37AM Mark Graham | The second installment of our newish feature, Scrambled Eggs, comes to us courtesy of an eagle-eyed friend of Defamer, People Paula. But before we get into the contents of the clip at hand, we’ll give you a quick refresher on what exactly makes a Scrambled Egg. It’s a term we invented to describe those glorious moments that happen in television shows when a bored (or possibly stoned) editor cuts an inexplicable and altogetherly out-of-context image into a scene, likely as an inside joke for themselves. Got it? Good. Now that your memory has been rebooted, we are glad to present this Scrambled Egg from Wednesday night’s episode of Big Brother. As the Chenbot attempts to engage the castmembers of the 412th season of the show in some casual conversation while they dangle from some sort of unusual swinging device (forgive us, we haven’t followed the show since the days of Dr. Will and Mike Boogie), the show’s sleep-deprived editors make what can only be described as an unusual choice for a cutaway shot. More »
The Jake And Reese Love Train Makes A Stop At Mozza
7:09AM Seth | PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so send them in often–the fate of the universe relies upon it! Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put “sighting” or “PrivacyWatch” in the subject line so we don’t lose them) and tell everyone about the time you noticed Dennis Rodman manhandling a minor at Koi. More »
Madonna’s Most Explicit Album Cover Yet Comes On The Eve Of Her 50th Birthday
6:20AM Molly Friedman | If we saw our mother spreading her legs on billboards and in the window displays of old-fashioned CD stores, we’d probably either disown her, change our names or move to Mars. Unless, of course, she was Madonna. Then we might just have to put the poster up in our rooms. Madge is turning 50 this year, and she’s not letting that stop her from putting out her single most explicit album cover to date. Even Erotica’s open lips and Confessions On A Dance Floor’s spread eagle from behind don’t compare with the artwork for Hard Candy, which features the B12 shot lover posing as an S&M-inspired boxer (of sorts) waiting to “kick your ass” (just as Madonna promised the album would do). But just because Madonna’s putting it all out there now doesn’t mean her more suggestive covers weren’t ten times sexier. More »
