Saturday, November 29, 2008
War is Over (If You Want It)
5:30AM STV | Mario Majorski should have known better than to bring samurai swords to a Celebrity Centre gunfight. One photo tells you everything you need to know to prepare for rockin’, lip-lockin’ time at the Playboy Mansion! Hey, here’s a not-so-tough one: What loudmouth movie critic bashed the “old putz” his son was hired to replace? See? Nicole Kidman is totally, like, not strung out in any way whatsoever! Rahm might be the cute, melodic one in the new boy-pop phenom The Emanuel Brothers, but that doesn’t mean he won’t kick Andy Samberg’s arse for that unaired SNL skit. In case of a late-night Fox emergency, break glass and pull Jack Bauer. SAG-beat brawlers Sharon Waxman and Nikki Finke provided the unlikeliest catfight of the week. The Twilight sequel’s $12 million payday sure will buy Kristen Stewart a lot of Transylvanian Power Skunk. “Tribeca Steamboat Willie DeGeneres-Di Rossi” is only one of the fantastic reader offerings from the Defamer Simpson-Wentz Baby Name Generator. Fire up your Oscars (again) — here come da Milk! Have a great weekend!
Natalie Portman Trumps James Franco In Ivy League / Hollywood Praise-Off
4:45AM STV | What does an Ivy League education get the average young Hollywood star these days? If Variety’s recent collection of peer-on-peer salutations — featuring Natalie Portman and James Franco among many others — is any indication, it pretty much depends on the school. More »
Britney Spears Fan Karl Lagerfeld Stuns Meg Ryan at Awards Show
4:23AM Kyle Buchanan | Here at Defamer HQ, we’d agreed that no recent video packed so many delightful moments into so short a time as Stephen Colbert’s rendition of “Peace, Love, and Understanding (f. Feist, Toby Keith, and a bear),” and then, a challenger emerged! Sure, there was lots of talk this morning about yesterday’s Britney Spears performance at the German ceremony known as the Bambi Awards, but precious little of that discussion centred on Spears accepting her award from eccentric designer Karl Lagerfeld. We’re at a loss to pick our favourite moment: is it Lagerfeld telling Britney, “[You are] coming back not only as a phoenix, but as a bird of paradise”? Is it Britney’s “Y’all, double-u-tee-eff?” reaction? Or is it the random cutaway to a totally confused Meg Ryan? You be the judge — the clip is after the jump: More »
Winona Ryder and the Case of the Suspiciously Missing Bracelet!
3:42AM Kyle Buchanan | Winona Ryder’s “Fishy Situations ‘08 Tour” continues its road trip across Europe, as the actress rebounded from her exciting, hospital-assisted London landing by heading off to Madrid for a Marie Claire event. The magazine lent the purchase-averse Ryder clothes, shoes, and a ring and Bulgari bracelet (pictured) that totalled $US125,000. The next day, Ryder returned everything but the jewellery. A French magazine reported a claim from Ryder (since disavowed) that she had given the items to the front desk after checkout, but the surveillance camera didn’t back the story up. Now, TMZ has a different, equally suspicious account: More »
Gated Community, Nannies’ Shortcuts in Turmoil as A-Listers Go to War
3:19AM STV | To hell with the SAG strike: The real feud set to engulf Hollywood’s acting community is simmering in the tony enclave of Beverly Park. There, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington and Sylvester Stallone are just a few of the heavy-hitters embroiled in what has come to be known simply as GateGate. More »
Rosie O’Donnell And NBC Team Up To Bring You A Holiday Stinker For The Ages
2:41AM Seth | Happy Black Friday, everyone! We trust your yam-holes were well and truly stuffed yesterday, and today you partook of the wonderful sales being offered by retailers across the nation, without trampling any employees to death or causing miscarriages. While we’ve spent the last few days far away from a TV set, we understand NBC’s Thanksgiving eve offering of Rosie Live—wherein Rosie O’Donnell attempted to revive the variety format by inviting some of her closest friends onto a Broadway stage to trade jokes, sing songs, and have a slice of a delicious roasted turkey dressed up in a dowdy pantsuit and wig to look like Barbara Walters—tanked in a major way. THR reports “a mere 5 million viewers tuned in…[matching] ABC’s recently canceled Pushing Daisies as the night’s lowest-rated program on a major broadcast network.” Drudge Report linked that report, thereby summoning a geiser of profane anti-Rosie invective of the “LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER” variety in the comments. Then again, the critics actually paid to sit through it weren’t much kinder, with the LAT wondering “what was she thinking?” and TV Guide calling it “dead on arrival…a ghastly ego trip.” In case you missed it—and you probably did!—we’ve collected some lowlights after the jump, each excruciating in its own, special way. Enjoy! More »
Patrick Swayze Says Goodbye After Cancer Resurgence
2:21AM Kyle Buchanan | Back in March, we learned that Patrick Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told he had mere weeks to live. Since that time, the actor has steadily held on, even shooting the upcoming A&E drama The Beast (set to premiere in January). Sadly, word is now out that Swayze’s cancer has spread to his liver: More »
