Saturday, October 3, 2009
Small Screen
Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself
8:59AM Ryan Tate | It turns out the man accused of trying to extort $US2 million from David Letterman for having “creepy” sex with his own staff knew from creepy. The brawling, hard-drinking 48 Hours producer was reportedly known for his own intra-office liaisons. More »
Small Screen
Fox Rains On The SYTYCD On-Air Vagina Parade
6:34AM Brian Moylan | Looks like Rupert Murdoch isn’t going to have to open up his gargantuan wallet to pay off the FCC because of a So You Think You Can Dance vagina slip. Why? Well, there was no vagina. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Ad Is Just Like, You Know You Want It
5:41AM Hamilton Nolan | You have to kind of respect a TV ad that just acknowledges, “Yea, this whole form of thinly veiled commercialised communication is basically a big fraudulent song-and-dance routine. So? Buy these f–king chips.” [via Adfreak]
Big Screen
Zombies And Rollergirls To Make Moviegoing Fun Again
5:01AM Richard Rushfield | Maybe we used up all our bile last weekend, but no one is more shocked then we are to find ourselves actually looking forward to the movies this weekend. Maybe we’re getting old…It can’t be Hollywood’s getting better, can it? More »
Online
MySpace Is For “Stalking”, Says Owner Of MySpace
3:27AM Ryan Tate | Media mogul and grumpy old man Rupert Murdoch has developed a “personal antipathy to the Internet”, biographer Michael Wolff writes. Murdoch even thinks MySpace, which he himself paid $US580 million for, is kind of a criminal piece of garbage: More »
Print
Standing Up To Steve Jobs
3:19AM Ryan Tate | They apparently imagine themselves as the rebel alliance in Star Wars, and Steve Jobs as Darth Vader, these publishers quoted in Ad Age. And they’re determined to escape the iTunes Store tractor beam, a gorgeous Apple tablet notwithstanding. More »
Small Screen
Who Is David Letterman’s Alleged Extortionist?
2:38AM John Cook | It boggles the mind that the man accused of hatching a bizarre scheme to blackmail David Letterman appears to be an experienced and talented television journalist. Here’s what we know about Joe Halderman. More »
Small Screen
Letterman Paid Assistant’s Law School Bill
12:52AM Richard Rushfield | As revealed last night, Late Night host David Letterman could be an especially good boss to some of his more special assistants. The show’s staff has long buzzed upon the attentions Dave bestows upon his favourites. Some details we’ve learned: More »
Small Screen
12:49AM Brian Moylan | [Taylor Momsen gives the camera a scowl when someone tells her she needs to flip her script on the set of Gossip Girl yesterday. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
“I Know It’s Upside Down”
12:49AM Brian Moylan | [Taylor Momsen gives the camera a scowl when someone tells her she needs to flip her script on the set of Gossip Girl yesterday. Image via Bauer-Griffin] 
