Saturday, June 13, 2009

People

Milk Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black Caught In Flagrante Delicto

7:03AM Richard Lawson | Yikes. Dustin Lance Black, the dreamy Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk, has just been betrayed by someone he knows… yeah, in that sense. Someone has sold sex pics to a photo agency, and now bad old Perez Hilton has found them. More »
Small Screen

Porn Industry HIV Scare Causes Non-Fun Facts To Come Out

4:25AM Hamilton Nolan | After a female porn actress tested positive for HIV this week, health officials in LA disclosed a bunch of other previously unreported HIV cases in porn, and now people are getting vaguely freaked out. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Porn Mags You Read For The Stories Grow Less Lucrative

3:56AM Hamilton Nolan | In your finally Friday US media column: Haaretz gets poetic, the Boston Globe gets profligate, Tim Russert gets remembered, and the newsy porn magazines get downsized: More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Everyone In Showbiz Needs A New Agent, Except Joy Behar

1:32AM Richard Lawson | It’s kind of a sad news day for some. Mostly for actors who never quite took off the way some had hoped. But it’s also good news for fans of Amy Poehler and Joy Behar. They’re doing just fine. More »
Print

Heidi Gets Permission From Spencer To Show Everyone Her Hills

1:15AM Richard Lawson | Heidi Montag has taken the next necessary step in all great Hollywood success stories. The Hills star will appear nude (but “tasteful”) in the September issue of Playboy. The bearded figure seen lurking in the background will be Spencer. [People] Image via Splash
People

Literary Editor Has A Bone To Pick With The Gyllenhaals

12:59AM Richard Lawson | Canatara Christopher—who runs the small book imprint that published a book of poems by Stephen Gyllenhaal, dad of Jake and Maggie—no longer seems to worship her famous friend. She sent an email around, revealing family secrets. More »
Small Screen

Sarah Palin Calls For Violent Uprising Against David Letterman

12:36AM John Cook | Sarah Palin went on the Today Show this morning to tell everyone to “rise up” against David Letterman, the noted TV rapist and “so-called comedian.” More »
Print

Magazine Covers Now Smarter Than Magazine Ethics

12:14AM Hamilton Nolan | US magazine ad revenues are tanking- much like they are here-, and many magazines are now selling ads on their covers, despite the fact that it’s “not allowed.” Seems like a clear-cut case of economics trumping ethics. But what happens when the cover ads are magic?? More »