Saturday, January 24, 2009
Goodbye, Veatrice
10:34AM Seth | Jimmy Kimmel Live! security guard/foul-mouthed cutaway comic relief Veatrice Rice has lost her battle with cancer. They ran this tribute to her last night. R.I.P., Veatrice. [JKL] More »
Verne and The Real Baby
8:49AM Seth | As a companion piece to this morning’s Angela Lansbury Applying Lotion and Talking About Sex While Luxuriating in a Bubble Bath video, we present for you now Verne Troyer’s Forceful Taking of a Naked Doll. More »That’ll Sell Tickets!
8:05AM Seth | Sienna takes Broadway, mistakes theatre souvenir-cart for gifting suite. [Variety] More »
Come To The Extortiony Bahamas
7:53AM Seth | The unfolding John Travolta extortion case looks to have been keeping TMZ busy this week. They initially reported that it involved demands of $US20 million for pictures of a dying Jett, which they later retracted. More »
Meet Sundance’s Swag Ladies!
7:19AM Kyle Buchanan | People come to Sundance to tell their stories, and in that spirit, we eschewed talking to directors and actors (you know, art people) to listen to tales told by Sundance’s swag baronesses. Viva independent film! More »
Are 13 Oscar Nominations Enough To Nudge ‘Button’ Into The Black?
7:03AM Seth | Paramount Emperor Brad Grey is undoubtedly delighted with the 13 Oscar nominations earned by his pet project The Curious Case of Benjamin Button—truly an impressive haul for a movie no one actually liked. More »
Iron Man’s Rap Sheet Of Drunken Break-Ins Confuses Japanese Populace
6:26AM Kyle Buchanan | Before his career resurgence in Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr.’s best-known performances involved Wild Turkey, aluminium foil-wrapped inducements, and the cushy beds of strangers. As the actor recounts, these roles apparently never made it overseas. More »James Earl Jones Would Like Some Closed Captioning
5:59AM Kyle Buchanan | Darth Vader no fan of Paul Giamatti’s whisper-acting. [USA Today] More »
Defamer Corners Sundance Sophomore Bobcat Goldthwait
5:36AM STV | His manic persona may have ebbed, and his profile may have lowered since the 1980s. All the better for Bobcat Goldthwait, one of the unlikelier Sundance darlings we’ve run into this year in Park City.
