barry sonnenfeld

Painful Admissions: Without Hooker Heels And Make-Up, Gwyneth Paltrow Is Still A Knockout

9:30AM Molly Friedman | We’ve given Gwyneth Paltrow some flack lately for her sudden determination to vamp up her prim and proper image using everything from dominatrix footwear to bizarre backless jumpsuits but, with the need to promote Iron Man no longer an issue, the mother of Hollywood’s most promising cross-dressing duo is back to basics. And as it turns out, all those goopy mascara-drenched lashes and see-through mini-dresses pale in comparison to the makeup-free, covered up version of Gwyneth 1.0. In these photos, taken over the weekend at a party in the Hamptons, see why the Madonna make-out partner should give up the hooker heels for good and stick to (painful as it may be to admit) her lucky genetic makeup-free makeup: More »

Yes, Barry Sonnenfeld, We Admit It: Defamer Hates America

7:00AM Defamer Hollywood | There’s something kind of magical about coming to work every day at Defamer HQ: The migraines; the server issues; the chronic ADD … you get the picture. We’re alerted today, however, to one of the perks we had apparently overlooked while basking in all this bleary-eyed glory. To hear the erstwhile auteur behind Wild Wild West and RV tell it, we and the rest of the Internet are now destroying American democracy! More »

NBC’s Silverman, ABC’s McPherson Fail To Provide Expected Bloodshed At HRTS Panel

6:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Even though yesterday’s Hollywood Radio and TV Society luncheon and panel discussion has to be declared an overall disappointment because NBC perfect storm Ben Silverman and combative ABC president Steve McPherson, appearing together for the first time since McPherson challenged the network rival who took his best buddy’s job to “be a man,” failed to come to the blows the assembled journalists not-so-secretly hoped for, director/producer Barry Sonnenfeld did earn positive notices (“One of the HRTS’ more lively moderators in recent memory!” raves Variety) for his hosting work at the event. THR compiles a greatest hits package of Sonnenfeld’s attempts at comic relief: Sonnenfeld quickly set the tone Tuesday by opening with a story about the size of his penis. More »