Thursday, October 23, 2008
Two ARIA Awards Related Blind Items!
4:46PM Jess McGuire | BLIND ITEM #1 – Which reality television show judge was spotted before the awards wandering around the Novotel (where the ’slebs wait to be picked up by limo and taken to the red carpet) with huge sunglasses on and looking, according to our spy, “completely off his face already”.
BLIND ITEM #2 – Which children’s entertainer with a history of getting emotional at the ARIA Awards was overheard by one of Defamer Australia’s surprised spies exclaiming “FUCKING C—!” at no one in particular? More » 
Dicko Set To Make An Appearance In The Idyllic Fatty Boombah-Free World Of Ramsay Street
4:29PM Jess McGuire | Australian Idol judge Dicko is going to be making many of his British friends jealous with news he’s making a cameo on Neighbours shortly. His role? A “hard-nosed, tough-talking music executive”. But of course.
“I don’t know why they cast me in that role,” the Australian Idol judge joked. His character is involved with the budding music careers of the roles played by Dean Geyer and Caitlin Stasey.
Good god. Does that mean we can expect more actual singles from the fictional characters appearing in the shops?
Dicko goes on to reveal his secret weapon when it comes to remembering his lines. More » As The Great Meatloaf Once Sang…
3:21PM Jess McGuire | … like a sinner before the gates of heaven, I’ve come crawling on back to yooooooou.
My apologies for the suspicious Australian silence today, beloved readers. I woke up this morning to discover my stomach making an escape attempt from my body, and so I spent more time than I care to recall lying on the bathroom floor crying for my mother today. Whether this is related to my new found love of cooking, I cannot say. What I can say though, without any hyperbole whatsoever, is that I am dying. Please arrange for Dido to sing at my funeral.
I will try and find a few nuggets of gold for you this afternoon, but be gentle with me. If there is a god, I will be back and in typically fine alright form tomorrow morning. More » 
Would You Pay To See ‘17 Again?’
10:52AM Seth | Here’s a fresh and intriguing concept: Matthew Perry falls off a bridge (no wait there’s more) and becomes a teenager again. How will he approach high school? First kisses? Getting his licence? The possibilities are endless! Did you miss Ellen’s comments today about Sarah Palin’s crusade against gay marriage? It moved us to the point of making us want to find a nice lesbian and settling down. Warner Bros. was found not guilty of copyright infringement in a $US40 million lawsuit that claims We Are Marshall ripped off a documentary about the same high school football tragedy. Approached for comment, Marshall star Matthew McConaughey smiled his high-wattage smile and offered reporters a morsel of the most delicious beef they’ve ever tasted. “Alyson Hannigan Is Pregnant!” Sorry, brah. Mr. Phil is getting sued by the memorabilia dealer who just put O.J. away, for editing his interview to make it seem as if the dealer was agreeing with the talk show host’s incriminating questions about the case. We realise this is just a civil suit, but wouldn’t it be nice if one armed hotel ambush put both O.J. and Phil away? More »
Oliver Stone’s Pocket Guide To Penetrating The Mystery That Is Bush
10:24AM STV | Oliver Stone is keeping everyone waiting today at Slate, where he’s set to engage Bob Woodward and a few other reporters over the facts and slip-ups threading his new film W. Things have remained mostly civil so far — no Taser jokes or Christian Bale casting rumours — though a few factual liberties have set off a bit of protest in the ranks. Thankfully, while they wait for Stone, Lionsgate now offers a pleasing historical reference for the rest of us. Behold — W. For Dummies. More »
10:03AM Kyle Buchanan | Look On My Works, Ye Mighty: In a move perhaps intended to quell an imminent fanboy revolution, Zack Snyder & Co. have softened the blow of Watchmen’s supposedly revised ending with a brand-new poster and second trailer. The poster’s great, but we’re a little concerned about Rorshach’s enhanced, Spidey-like jumping powers in the new trailer. Two hours and forty-three minutes of that might go a long way. Click through for a bigger look at the lobby art. [Coming Soon] More »
‘Lost’ ‘09: Everyone Gets a Gun!
9:34AM Kyle Buchanan | Just when we’d managed to shake our uncontrollable addiction to Lostpedia, brand-new footage from the upcoming Season 5 of Lost has hit the internet. What do we learn (after an interminable recap of previous storylines) about the island hijinks we’ll be seeing come January 2009? Sayid gets a gun! Hurley gets a gun! Kate gets a gun! Probably even the baby gets a gun! As is par for the course with Lost, the footage only raises new questions; specifically, where is the return of Michelle Rodriguez? And, perhaps most importantly, is Jack’s missing chest hair still in the clutches of the smoke monster? [The Lost Vault] More »
Roosevelt Hotel Fights Back: ‘Our Pools Are 100% Corpseless’
9:02AM Seth | Our noting of this morning’s Page Six story about a death in the Roosevelt Hotel’s pool and an alleged failure to drain its water—resulting in Lindsay Lohan’s first direct brush with death since the approximately 75,000 others she experienced before entering Cirque Lodge—elicited a response from a concerned hotel spokesflack, who wanted to set the record straight on exactly what transpired. It’s after the jump: More »
Here’s The Story of Warring Battle Axes Florence Henderson & Cloris Leachman
8:45AM Kyle Buchanan | While it wasn’t hard to see some of today’s blowups coming, we were unprepared for the latest feud to hit Hollywood: Brady Bunch materfamilias Florence Henderson versus resurgent Dancing with the Stars hoofer Cloris Leachman! The 82-year-old Leachman has paso dobled her way into America’s hearts over the past few weeks with her patented brand of cussing and cleavage, but to fellow Dancing vet Henderson, that simply isn’t how its done! She spilled on her anti-Cloris crusade to Life & Style: More »
