bill gates

Seinfeld and Gates: America’s Richest Comedy Team Unleash New Commercial

6:05AM Defamer Hollywood | It was just last week that Microsoft unveiled their new advertisement featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates hanging out in a shoe store. Shockingly, you rubes failed to comprehend what this had to do with computers and PCs remained firmly on store shelves. Well, perhaps this latest opus will change all that. In today’s installment Bill and Jerry deign to hang out with regular people in the suburbs. It may be a little less weird than their previous outing, but it’s certainly longer–in fact, it’s a whopping four and a half minutes! We’ve excerpted a choice 30-second cut, but you can watch the entire thing here. If this baby doesn’t get you to put down that Mac and climb aboard the Vista train, nothing will. [YouTube] More »

For Just $10 Million, Jerry Seinfeld Gave Microsoft This Shoegazing Stumper

10:00AM Defamer Hollywood | In its bid to top the deceptively simple “I”m a Mac/I’m a PC” ad campaign of its rival, Microsoft went big, hiring auteur Michel Gondry to direct a commercial featuring Jerry Seinfeld alongside Bill Gates (update: we’ve been informed that though Gondry shot at least one commercial for this campaign, this particular ad was crafted by director Bryan Buckley). For his involvement, Seinfeld was handsomely compensated to the tune of $10 million — a big number, but small potatoes compared to the whole ad campaign’s rumoured $300 million budget. For that kind of cash, you might expect the end result to be an orgy of CGI with all participants covered in a thick sheen of liquid gold. However, Microsoft had something considerably quieter and more head-scratching in mind. Take a look at the lackadaisical proceedings and then try to physically restrain yourself from bolting out the door to buy a PC. That is what’s being advertised, isn’t it? [Microsoft] More »

So Sit Back And Really See You Guys, See Ya

12:07PM Defamer Hollywood | Was anyone else watching Vh1 last night from, say, 11pm to 11:06pm? They debuted a bite-sized pop culture rundown (”Best Night Ever”) starring the lovely, talented and wholly underrated Jessica St. Clair. We’ve been repeating her hilariously awkward outgoing sign-off all day. Edward R. Murrow, eat your heart out. Speaking of Best Week Ever, their listmaster supreme (aka Dan Hopper) ran down the Ten Least Sexy Nude Scenes in Movie History. Yes, chubby chasers, Kathy Bates made the list. Rachel Bilson wearing a star-spangled bikini = newsstand gold. Mark your calendars, this will be the first time we’ve bought GQ this millenium. The Soup has a rare, behind-the-scenes look of how Harvey Levin’s pitch meetings at TMZ really go down. Garfield sure had a bad day back on January 26, 1995. Our favorite line in the HD-DVD viral vid that made the rounds today was “BLADES OF GLORY? Are you FUCKING kidding me?” Also, in the context of this video, is Hitler supposed to be Bill Gates? More »