Monday, February 28, 2011
People
Was James Franco Stoned When He Hosted The Oscars?
7:36PM Max Read | After James Franco’s squinty, smirky I-can’t-believe-I’m-saying-these-words Oscars hosting stint, you may have some questions. Such as: Was he stoned? And: How stoned was he? Luckily, we have prepared a brief FAQ to help guide you through this confusing moment. More »
Big Screen
5:38PM Jess McGuire | Well done, Natalie Portman! Your deeply moving portrayal of a ballet dancer who must learn to masturbate while thinking about the chick from That 70′s Show in order to pirouette has clearly struck a chord with audiences. Of course, if there were Academy Awards for viral videos, you should’ve won years ago for this magnificent moment… More »
Natalie Portman Has Won The Academy Award For Best Actress!
5:38PM Jess McGuire | Well done, Natalie Portman! Your deeply moving portrayal of a ballet dancer who must learn to masturbate while thinking about the chick from That 70′s Show in order to pirouette has clearly struck a chord with audiences. Of course, if there were Academy Awards for viral videos, you should’ve won years ago for this magnificent moment… More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
The Oscars Are Still Old And Useless
5:09PM a | Well, that’s that! The 2011 Academy Awards have come and gone. Meaning Gawker’s entertainment writers Brian Moylan and Richard Lawson will now tear the miserable thing to shreds. More »
People
John Galliano’s Racist Rant Caught On Camera
4:16PM Racked.com | Click to viewThe UK’s Sun has obtained this video, recorded last week at La Perle, wherein Christian Dior creative director allegedly spewed anti-Semitic remarks at a couple at the adjoining table. The moment was captured by a friend of the couple. In it, Galliano is seen slurring his words, but clearing stating: “I love Hitler” and “People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be f****** gassed.” Last week, Dior suspended Galliano over his arrest at the Paris bar where police reports allege the designer assaulted a couple and made anti-Semitic remarks. More »
Online
That Soldier Wooing You Over Facebook Probably Isn’t Real
3:37PM Max Read | Is a handsome young soldier currently professing his love to you on Facebook? He might be real! But probably, he’s not. Especially if he’s asking you to send him money. The AP reports that the fake-Facebook-soldier (or whatever the snappy conman name is) is “becoming an all-too-common ruse”, in one case costing a victim $US25,000. It is not a particularly sophisticated ruse, however: More »
People
Charlie Sheen Is On A Drug Called ‘Charlie Sheen’
1:34PM Max Read | All poem-fingered F-18 fighter jet Charlie Sheen wants to do is live a quiet life as a television star and porn family patriarch. So why does CBS make it hard for him by stopping production on his show? Sheen will be deploying his ordinance to the ground and making his case (“I may be a dangerous, self-destructive drug addict, but I show up to work!”) on not one, but two different morning shows on Monday: Good Morning America and Today. More »
People
12:23PM Richard Lawson | Oscar Sunday is Hollywood’s most important fashion night, as the movie stars debut looks that will be copied this spring at proms the nation over. Here’s our gallery of highlights from tonight’s showing. More »
The 2011 Academy Awards – Photos From The Red Carpet
12:23PM Richard Lawson | Oscar Sunday is Hollywood’s most important fashion night, as the movie stars debut looks that will be copied this spring at proms the nation over. Here’s our gallery of highlights from tonight’s showing. More » 
Online
I Only Watch The Oscars For The Tweets
10:39AM Adrian Chen | In just a few minutes, the Oscars will begin. Six-to-twelve-hours of pre-show, red carpet show, awards show, post-awards show! I will be watching the whole thing, but only because of Twitter. More »
Small Screen
Defamer Australia Reader Review: ‘Park Street’
9:49AM Jess McGuire | Alas, I am still waiting on a DVD copy of Foxtel’s ratings disappointment ‘Park Street’ so I am unable to personally vouch as to whether it’s as dreadful as the recent article in the Daily Telegraph would suggest, but I’m pleased to say that a Defamer Australia reader did manage to view it, and they’ve helpfully penned an excellent, hilarious review for us. Well, they wrote it as a comment, but it was so thoroughly enjoyable it deserved its own post. More »
Music
9:02AM Jess McGuire | My iPod spent the weekend utterly dominated by an obsessive two song playlist. The first track? Ahem. Yup, I’m still not over Anna Calvi yet. The second tune was an absolutely gorgeous number by an adorable young Norwegian chap who goes by the name Jonas Alaska. I think you’ll really like this! (Disclaimer: if you have a soul). More »
Jonas Alaska – “In The Backseat”
9:02AM Jess McGuire | My iPod spent the weekend utterly dominated by an obsessive two song playlist. The first track? Ahem. Yup, I’m still not over Anna Calvi yet. The second tune was an absolutely gorgeous number by an adorable young Norwegian chap who goes by the name Jonas Alaska. I think you’ll really like this! (Disclaimer: if you have a soul). More »