Saturday, May 3, 2008
Katie Holmes’s Weird Sonogram Issues, And Other Tom & Oprah Highlights
11:10AM Seth | Still want more OT (Oprah/Tom)? We’ve compiled the interview’s best moments. And yes, he addresses the indoctrination video you watched here. Verdict? Oprah: Asked the tough questions. Tom: Depressed. [Oprah.com] Yikes. We’d hate to see what Kanye would have written if EW had given his tour a B-minus. [kanyeuniversecity.com via Idolator] Now you can linger over assistant Jonathan’s lovingly collaged FRIENDS 4 EVA!!! farewell poster for Jack Donaghy from last night’s 30 Rock. [Videogum] It’s time for accused Uma-stalker Jack “Tee-Hee” Jordan to have his say: He’s humiliated! (Now that we think of it, Tee-Hee is the greatest nickname ever. Dibs!) [Reuters] “Hey, Gary! Good weekend? What?!” [People] The assault charges against Rod Stewart’s retarded son have been dropped. [AP] Angelyne has the developers of the W Hotel over a barrel. Attagirl! [LAT]
Remember The Days When The Last Person Paris Hilton Wanted To Be Was Nicole Richie?
10:50AM Molly Friedman | It’s tough to remember (or believe) that once upon a time, Nicole Richie was merely Paris Hilton’s chubby, recently-rehabbed, dread-locked sidekick. She made a name for herself by starting fights in clubs and providing a crude antidote to the far more glamorous Paris during the first season of The Simple Life. Fast-forward five years later (just like in Lost!); Richie has managed to outshine Hilton’s star status not by doing anything in the way of “work,” but instead by transforming into a style icon with a fiance and baby to boot. And lately, Paris seems to be doing everything in her power to copy her former lesser half’s life, from her choices in fashion and boyfriends to her recent and sudden slim-down. More »
Which Star Just Told Us She Has A Fake Butt?
10:15AM Mark Graham | If you are on the hunt for comfort food for your brain, look no further than this week’s flavor-packed installment of Dirt Sandwich. Each week, our superstar videotrix Molly McAleer puts her very sanity on the line for you, the loyal Defamer reader, as she pours through over a dozen hours of infotainment shows looking for moments of high camp from TV journalism’s lowlifes. This week’s episode features only the hottest of hott topics, including Miley Cyrus’ initial reaction to Annie Liebovitz’s now controversial Vanity Fair spread (”Annie took, like, a beautiful shot”), Donny Osmond’s nationwide manhunt for a gentleman caller willing to date his sister, Harvey Levin drooling over some new Halle Berry pics and, of course, the appearance of a cow on the set of Extra. And no, we’re not talking about Dayna Devon. Enjoy! WATCH VIDEO More »
Despite Appearances, Drunken Lindsay Lohan Not Actually Shilling For Liquor Industry
9:55AM Defamer Hollywood | Seemingly no day this week would be complete without the unauthorized use of a celebrity to further a lesser entity’s cause. First we had Uwe Boll borrowing Michael Bay to pimp his new film, and not 24 hours later, the American Beverage Institute placed a full-page ad in USA Today featuring Lindsay Lohan as the poster child — literally — for drunken driving. Arguing against laws that would require “ignition interlocks” — or built-in breathalyzers — in every new vehicle off the assembly line, the ABI’s ad uses Lohan’s mugshot to suggest the starlet’s soggy transgressions shouldn’t hurt the nice folks who don’t mind a happy-hour nip or eight. Within hours, Lohan’s lawyer was venting to TMZ:
‘The Lovely Bones’ To Stay Buried Until Fall 2009
9:30AM Seth | Yet further ominous news for Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lovely Bones: Yesterday, we reported internet mumblings that production had halted so that the director and his production designer could seal themselves inside a Wingnut Films conference room until one emerged, bruised and bloodied, but wielding the winning illustrations for the film’s version Heaven. More »
Barbara Walters’ Memoir Packed With Tales Of Former ‘Lovahs’, Including ‘The Blackest Man’ She Ever Slept With
9:10AM Molly Friedman | The ladies of The View had a lengthy meta-conversation all about the “very beautiful!” and “sexy!” photos of their own Barbara Walters in this month’s Vanity Fair. And while they do point out the photo spread’s accompanying excerpt from Walters’ new memoir Auditions, and Babs does allude to tales of past “lovahs,” she fails to mention (until Oprah makes her next week) just how tantalising some of those pages are. As today’s preview in the NY Daily News reveals, Walters was involved in a long-term affair with an African-American senator back in the swingin’ 70s. And from the sound of it, the affair was far spicier than all those Adrian Lyne movies about adultery: More »
How to Find God, With Your Guides Ethan and Joel Coen
8:45AM Defamer Hollywood | The closest we ever came to God while watching a Coen brothers film was the time we thanked Him when The Ladykillers was over, but that’s not to say we wouldn’t give a fair shake to Cathleen Falsani’s new book: The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers. Follow the jump for a few key dots Falsani apparently plans to connect — some a little more plausible than others — and then reach into your own filmgoing soul for the ones she sure as Hell better not leave out: More »
Lindsay Lohan May Guest Star On ‘Ugly Betty’ Season Finale, Pending Producers Allow Her To Appear Topless
8:00AM Molly Friedman | We have to give Britney Spears some credit: even after all the gurney rides, mental ward stays and umbrella attacks, she’s still capable of inspiring her fellow Bimbo Summit alumni to follow in her bare footsteps. According to TV Guide, Lindsay Lohan is “in advanced discussions” to become the latest stunt cast victim guest star on the May 22nd finale of ABC’s runaway hit Ugly Betty. And in a nostalgic nod to the good old days when she played an outcast in Mean Girls, she’s reported to play a fast-food worker who Betty befriends. The only bad news? Lohan will be forced to share the guest star spotlight with the all-time queen of anger management-be-damned divadom.
Tom Cruise’s Couch-Jumping Justification: ‘It Was A Moment’
7:40AM Seth | Seeing a plum opening right off the bat, Winfrey notes the two are seated on precisely the kind of cushy, upholstered furniture that launched her interview subject into the Harpo Studios rafters three years ago. She goes on to frankly admit, “I was a little nervous, since you and I haven’t had not sat down for a real conversation since [scare quotes] ‘the sofa’ incident…I was like, ‘Wow’…what was that?” Wow indeed. Cruise goes on to justify the love-powered trampolining as “a moment…I just felt that way.” Like any frightened, woodland critter reared into a corner a mountainside hunting lodge, however, Cruise eventually struck back: “You were egging me on! You were egging me on. You were egging me on! You were egging me on, too,” he repeated, vengefully. [Oprah.com] WATCH VIDEO More »
