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Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 10:30 AM on May 31, 2008
The totally accidental mystery of the angry critic who stormed out of a crowded Cannes screening of Two Lovers rather than "wait an hour for fucking [director] James Gray" was put to rest this afternoon at Entertainment Weekly, where critic Lisa Schwarzbaum copped to the outburst we once guessed came from Manohla Dargis. "And since I'm giving PopWatch readers a spectacular scoop, let me tell you what happened next," Schwarzbaum wrote. "I extricated myself from the angry mob at 9:30 p.m., took myself out to dinner, had a nice bowl of pasta and a glass of wine, and returned an hour later to a crowd, albeit smaller, still waiting for f—-—g James Gray. ... As they say in beer ads, read blog items responsibly!" The catch? Schwarzbaum outed herself on a blog! We're not falling for that one; we'll believe it when it's in the magazine. [EW]
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People Paula
Posted 12:05 PM 31/5/08
James Gray did a Q&A at when I was at USC. In the middle of the questions - in front of a crowded theater - he excused himself to go to the bathroom while we all waited. My friend followed him in there, and of course he was doing coke. Subtle.
People Paula
nick_r
Posted 12:02 PM 31/5/08
Ah, but I bet someone said something scandalous in the EW.com comments thread that you can turn into a headline.
nick_r
hughman
Posted 12:23 PM 31/5/08
mary kay called. they want their saleswoman back.
hughman
gwendemarco
Posted 12:44 PM 31/5/08
Mary Lou Retton called and she'd like everything back.
gwendemarco
Old No.7
Posted 12:42 PM 31/5/08
Kathy Griffin called, as well. She'd like her quirky head tilt back.
Old No.7
el smrtmnky
Posted 12:55 PM 31/5/08
Hey, Jackie! Roseanne called and wants to know if you're gonna stop by for dinner.
el smrtmnky
jackvinyl
Posted 1:28 PM 31/5/08
John Cusack called and he took part in an informative interview!
jackvinyl
nick_r
Posted 1:47 PM 31/5/08
@People Paula: Blame USC's ridiculous no-coke-on-stage policy for that one.
nick_r
raincoaster
Posted 4:37 PM 31/5/08
@People Paula: I interviewed John Lassetter, the Pixar god, and I thought he was the only person who was that amateurish about pulling this. Not that he was doing coke on his 20-minute bathroom break. Goodness me; I'd have no way of knowing that.
Except that when he came back I asked him to spell his wife's name for me and he couldn't do it. His wife's name was "Nancy" it turned out.
raincoaster
Peg Entwistle
Posted 9:51 PM 31/5/08
Kind of calling bullshit on People Paula's story. He was a professor of mine at USC and he was totally nice and helpful (and un-coke-y in every possible way).
Peg Entwistle
SanFranBetsu
Posted 3:12 AM 1/6/08
@Peg Entwistle: Yes, but you never went to the bathroom with him, now did you?
SanFranBetsu
moochia
Posted 3:58 AM 1/6/08
Am I the only one who spied that picture and thought, "What's Alice Ghostly doing on Defamer?"
Yeah, probably.
moochia
regisgoat
Posted 8:30 PM 1/6/08
Coke or no coke, she's right about James Gray.
regisgoat
gwendolyn
Posted 2:19 AM 4/6/08
I didn't know until now that my daughter's seventh grade teacher moonlighted as an EW movie critic.
The things teachers will do to make a decent living...
gwendolyn