Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Miley Cyrus And Underwear-Jockey Boyfriend Crash Stephen Baldwin Book Signing
6:47PM Seth | As we anxiously await lesser Baldwin brother Stephen’s self-imposed exile, the McCain-grieving, born again zealot remains on domestic soil, plugging his latest book—an essential addition to the religio-detective canon called The Death and Life of Gabriel Phillips: A Novel—on the Christian bookstore circuit. And who should pop up at a Tennessee signing table but Disney Channel superstar Miley Cyrus, with Underoos-flaunting man-candy Justin Gaston tucked under her arm. Why? Not even a befuddled flack could say: More »
Broke Weinsteins and Stoner Burnouts Join Forces For 2009 Breakthrough
5:23PM STV | The successful Cheech and Chong reunion tour has found precisely the messiah you’d expect to bring the pot-culture icons to the wider audience that slipped away from them almost 30 years ago: The Weinstein Company. Harvey and Bob today announced they are clearing space on their cluttered basement shelf for The Cheech and Chong Concert Movie, which the brothers acquired for worldwide theatrical, DVD and TV release in 2009. And the really funny thing? This may turn out to be their most profitable release of the year. More »
2:35PM STV | Hollywood PrivacyWatch: 11/8 — Saw TOM HANKS, TOM FORD, RITA WILSON and unidentified older man eating dinner together at Giorgio Baldi. Seemed like an unlikely friendship. TF looked like his airbrushed self, TH was looking slimmer and Rita was looking good as well. [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.au.] More »
Summer Heights High Wins Hearts In The States
1:42PM Jess McGuire | After a sadly unimpressive debut over in Britain where our dentally challenged cousins couldn’t abide by the fact Chris Lilley had cast himself in the best roles Summer Heights High had to offer, it’s wonderful to hear that viewers in the States seem to be a lot more switched on when it comes to the comic delights of the hit ABC series.
The ABC might want to get on the phone to Australian comedian Chris Lilley and sign him up for a new series of Summer Heights High in the wake of rave US reviews.
They’ve enjoyed an Australian television production? Oh, happy day! I am bursting with pride. And just imagine how much better Summer Heights High will be when it is recast with American actors and set in Los Angeles!
Check out the glowing reviews, y’all. More » 
YouTube Clip Of The Day
12:11PM Jess McGuire | After viewing the WORST THING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD (I can’t in good conscience make it a Clip Of The Day, but if you have a stomach of steel – head here) my old housemate John – he of many, many YouTube Clips Of The Day fame – sent me the following clip to comfort me, saying “This may ease the pain. A poor man’s Kate Bush seduced by a disco robot”.
He was right.
Oh, Giorgio Moroder, this has your fingerprints all over it. More » 
The Basics Are Gonna Be Played On Californication!
11:38AM Jess McGuire | Defamer Australia favourites The Basics are about to launch a tour with Japanese rock’n'rollers The Bawdies, and as The Basics are renown for being a phenomenal live act, you’d be stupid in the head to miss them.
Two thirds of the band – you can call them Tim Heath and Kris Schroeder when you scream out their names at gigs – are devastatingly handsome red heads who make the bitches swoon with just a strum of their chosen stringed instruments (gingers are the new black, discuss) and the remaining third is the ever adorable skin-hitting (that means he plays the drums! I don’t mean in the Shoop rap sense!) Wally “Gotye” De Backer, and together they are Captain Planet… Planet Rock.
God. Even I don’t know what I’m saying anymore. Oh yeah! I remember – the dudes just informed their Facebook fans of the following thrilling update.
Exciting news – Sunday night’s episode of Californication will feature The Basics version of the Sonic’s classic ‘Have Love Will Travel’ and will play during a rather prominent scene – you’ll see.
Let me guess… Hank’s sexing something or someone he shouldn’t be?
If you wanna go and catch The Basics and The Bawdies when they hit the road, check after the jump for tour dates. More » 
Jay Leno Masturbates A Rolling Pin To Seduce Martha Stewart
11:29AM Seth | Yes, that’s essentially what happened last night—and if only that were the grossest moment. Enjoy! [Thanks to BestWeekEver.tv for the montage.] Here’s the trailer for Disney’s Race to Witch Mountain starring Dwayne Johnson. For contrast, here’s the original, before Tia and Tony sold their product placement souls with all that Vegas stuff and MacBook levitations. Because it’s just been that kind of day for Jennifer Aniston to get some festering stuff out into the open, she’d also like the world to know that she bears John Mayer no ill-will whatsoever for his rambling breakup monologue outside a NYC gym. Mickey Rourke issued an apology over his comment to a paparazzo, “Tell that faggot who wrote all that shit in the paper I’d like to break his fucking legs.” Said Rourke, “I want to sincerely apologise for the derogatory word I used. It was insensitive and inappropriate of me and I am deeply sorry that I may have offended anyone. What I should have said is, ‘Tell that faggot who wrote all those falsehoods in the paper I’d like to break his misleading legs.’ There. That’s much better.” Lance Bass is having a hard time getting rid of his giant Beverly Hills home, with a gym large enough for a dozen well-muscled circuit studs to really stretch out their quads and gluts. Knock a couple more inches off it, Lance. You’ll unload it eventually. More »Did You Hear About The Time Michael Gudinski Gave Madonna A Controversial Didgeridoo?
10:36AM Jess McGuire | It’s a mistake we’ve all made. You go to greet a foreign guest at the airport and bring with you a didgeridoo as a welcome gift, only to discover later that there are male and female didgeridoos and you’ve given them an instrument of the wrong sex!
HAHAHAHAHA IF I HAD A DOLLAR, ETC!
Michael Gudinski, along with many other rock and roll types, has contributed a chapter to a new book called ROCK READER Underneath The Riffs and in it, he talks about the time he presented Madonna with a didgeridoo which was actually male.
I welcomed Madonna to Australia and told her we were going to make every effort to make the tour a very special one for her. I then got a quick photo – I never miss a photo opportunity – and presented her with the didgeridoo.
Hilarity, as you would expect, ensues.
More » Jemaine Clements Is A Dad!
8:04AM Jess McGuire | Good god. Week Old News Desk TM here with a hot off the presses report – Flight Of The Conchords heartthrob Jemaine Clements and his missus Miranda Manasiadis (remember when they got married in August?) have welcomed their first joint production, a wee baby boy, into the world! In New York! A month ago!
Flight of the Conchords Kiwi comedy star Jemaine Clement and his new wife are celebrating the birth of their first child together.
And you’ll never guess what they named their newborn son… no, really. You won’t.
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