Saturday, July 19, 2008
There Are Many Comedy Persons, But Only One Comedy Person Of The Year: Judd Apatow
11:00AM Seth | We return you now to the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal—a city reinvigorated by a strengthened Canadian dollar and the recent grand opening of The Celine Dion Jumpsuit and Châpeau Museum. Hours ago, comedy tycoon (we promised we wouldn’t call him a monopolist) Judd Apatow picked up a handsome companion trophy to sit alongside his Flackie and prized collection of custom penis-molds of every actor he’s ever worked with: The prestigious Just For Laughs First Annual Comedy Person of the Year award. More »
The Real Reason Penelope Cruz Can’t Keep A Man: ‘When She Takes Off Her Blouse, It’s The Least Sexual Moment In History’
10:40AM Molly Friedman | In the latest issue of W, cover girl Penelope Cruz assures the reporter that she “never talk[s] about her private life to journalists…NEVER,” Of course, a few grafs above, the pretty little beard-candy spends much of the interview talking, in great detail, about the most private of private issues we didn’t even know we wanted to know! Penelope’s “inner monsters” that have ruined her so-called relationships, why “sweating and bleeding” is her idea of “happiness,” and far more after the jump: More »
Did the ‘Extra’ Jinx Finally Catch Up With Sarah Silverman?
9:50AM Defamer Hollywood | If you haven’t yet done so this summer, there’s no time like the present to pack a few bottles, grab a blanket and head down to park for some fresh air and a picnic. And nothing quite hits the spot like a lovely Dirt Sandwich, bringing you all the cool, replenishing nutrients of the week that was in entertainment news. You could people-watch, we suppose, but face it: The exploits of cursed Sarah Silverman, shirtless Mormon missionaries, “double-dissed” Jon Voight, Miley-courting Coldplay and bad-art magnet Howie Mandel (among other too numerous to mention) just yield too much week—ending deliciousness to pass up. So indulge! Resident culinary genius and Defamer videographer Molly McAleer can always make more! More »
Wanna Become A Member Of Hot Young Hollywood? Take Your Top Off Already!
9:20AM Molly Friedman | So earlier this week we suggested tween queen of homemade kiddie porn Miley Cyrus just may have been inspired by a former teen queen of homemade, visually intoxicated porn. And, sordid as it may be, much of the Hannah Montana star’s fame outside of the flyover states is quite possibly due to all those “scandalous” photos that keep popping up. Which is a good thing in the world of “All press is…”, right? And here to provide some guidance in answering that question are established troublemaker and pot princess Mischa Barton and future troublemaker Hayden Panettiere.
Rock-Bottom Coreys: Five Classic Low Points From the Haim/Feldman Tradition
9:00AM Defamer Hollywood | From full-page “hire-me” ads to shill-tastic film-festival crashing, we’ve recently observed the trajectory of Corey Feldman and Corey Haim’s relationship with us and each other taking an unusual U-shape. The nadir (we think) appears in this sneak-peek of Sunday’s The Two Coreys when, in a testament to love and tone-deafness, Feldman serenaded his wife Susie with a little string-accompanied tune you can hear after the jump. Then join us in comparing and contrasting Feldman’s Otis-Redding-by-way-of-chainsaw delivery with a few of the duo’s other travails captured here diligently in recent months. Where will it end? Or, more to the point: Will it end?
Santa Monica To Paris: ‘Glow’ Will Prove Who the Real City of Light Is
8:00AM Defamer Hollywood | The beach will literally glow this weekend in Santa Monica, as the city launches its first-ever light installation / art festival. While it may be true that they got the idea from the Parisian art festival Nuit Blanche, which goes on all night once a year, this is the first all-night, light-based interactive art fest that’s being held in our country. Dubbed Glow, after the iridescent grunion in the ocean, the fest is an all-night psychedelic light party that starts at 7 p.m. Saturday night and goes till 7 in the morning. Bring your one-hitter for maximum amplification. More »
‘Maxim’ Editors Suddenly Have ‘Crush’ On Sarah Jessica Parker, Their Former Pick For ‘Unsexiest Broad Alive’
7:40AM Molly Friedman | Was Sarah Jessica Parker’s mole removal so effective in the sexiness department that the simple laser treatment managed to majorly tighten the trousers of all those T&A experts at Maxim? As we noted this week, SJP found herself caught up in a mystery-laden MoleGate, in which her immortal beauty mark suddenly disappeared. Some (guilty as charged) played the optimist by suggesting the once-highly noticeable imperfection had simply been disguised by some genius makeup artist — but just one day later, her rep confirmed that the SATC star did go under the laser simply because “she was in the mood.”
Harvey Weinstein Offers Rare, Brief Tour of Where His Movies Go to Die
7:20AM Defamer Hollywood | What will the world do when it no longer has Harvey Weinstein to kick around any longer? This isn’t a rhetorical question, either — at least it doesn’t feel that way after the latest in a growing stack of Weinstein Company pre-mortems hit the trades over the last 24 hours. BusinessWeek was first with a relatively tame primer on TWC’s flagging slate, including Bob Weinstein’s prediction that the $171,000-grossing John C. Reilly comedy The Promotion “may make us a few bucks” when the dust settles on home video. No rush, Bob — Wall Street and your 21-cent Genius Products shares can wait. More »
6:41AM Seth | Harrison Ford better keep one eye over his shoulder if he doesn’t want to see his title of Hollywood’s Most Constipated-Looking Leading Man slip through his fingers. Using a series of stills from Vantage Point, the Not-So-Exciting Life of Brian Palmer blog makes the compelling case that Dennis Quaid is really doing the most exciting work today in the realm of making-number-two-faces. [brianmpalmer.com] More »
