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Watch Larry King Bitch At Bill Maher For Keeping His Studio So Cold
4:30AM Matt Cherette | Since retiring from his CNN show in December, cuddly curmudgeon Larry King has written a book, embarked on a stand-up comedy tour, and even hawked breath mints, so it was no surprise that he found the time to show up on the panel of last night’s Real Time with Bill Maher. And in true old-man style, King had one immediate, pressing question for Maher: Why is your studio so damn cold?! More »
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2:34PM Andrew Belonsky | The world’s absolutely abuzz over news about the Emmy Awards, which are kind of like television’s Oscars and very important. In case you missed them, here are some things you should know about the winners, the losers and the critics. More »
Things The Emmys Taught Us
2:34PM Andrew Belonsky | The world’s absolutely abuzz over news about the Emmy Awards, which are kind of like television’s Oscars and very important. In case you missed them, here are some things you should know about the winners, the losers and the critics. More » 
People
Brad Pitt On Joint Rolling, Gay Marriage And Impolite Nature
5:15AM Foster Kamer | Brad Pitt went on a U.S. talk show last night for one of his most candid interviews yet. Bill Maher grilled him on his weed smokin’ techniques, his PR invincibility, his stances on gay marriage, and life at home. More »
‘Religulous’ Snatches Crown From ‘Expelled’ in Box-Office Holy War
7:00AM STV | The longer-than-anyone-expected-or-even-thought-remotely-possible reign of Ben Stein’s anti-evolution screed Expelled: No Intelligence Required atop the year’s documentary box office is nearing its end, we hear. And naturally, it’s the heathens knocking it down: After outlasting withering reviews and a desperate legal broadside by Yoko Ono, Expelled‘s $US7.6 million gross is expected to succumb this weekend to Bill Maher’s godless hit Religulous — itself a $US7 million earner in two weeks of release. But while Expelled may lose the ticket battle, is it still the winner in the culture war? More »
Chihuahua Attack Snares Michael Cera, Megan Fox and Others in Box-Office Bloodshed
2:25AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your weekly guide to everything new, thrilling and thoroughly unnecessary at the movies. And we’ve got plenty of each to go around today as seven films are opening or expanding on 1,000 or more screens, a pair of Oscar-chasing indies open small and a legion of talking dogs threaten to overtake the box office. You can’t say we didn’t warn you. So read on for our picks, poxes and DVD alternatives for those of you too overwhelmed to face the multiplex. We feel your pain. As always, our opinions are our own, but with unfailing taste and accuracy like this, why argue? More »
Bill Maher Recommends Insane Asylum for Sherri Shepherd on ‘View’ Appearance Gone Awry
5:15AM Kyle Buchanan | After Bill Maher sat down with TV Guide last month to rip into Sherri Shepherd’s religious beliefs, we figured his days of guesting on The View had been put firmly behind him. Imagine our surprise, then, when some crafty producer booked Maher for a slot on today’s View to promote his new (to the world outside Claremont) film, the controversial, religion-debunking Religulous. Would sparks fly? More »
20-Time Loser Bill Maher Learning to Forgive Abusive Interviewer, Emmy Voters
4:25AM STV | Part of getting in shape for our epic Emmy liveblog this Sunday involves gritting it out through even the toughest conditioning regimens. Today is our equivalent of the Alps stage of the Tour De France: Like the shameless cultural terrorist he is, halfwit Gold Derby gadfly Tom O’Neil videotaped his recent ambush of Real Time host Bill Maher, a 20-time Emmy loser who stands to notch No. 21 this weekend when he faces The Daily Show in the Variety category. (O’Neil notes 19 in the video, but Maher added another at last weekend’s Creative Arts ceremony.) Observe after the jump how gracefully Maher handles his inquisitor’s googly-eyed ineptitude before finally indulging a variation on the ageless “Who wants one of those ugly-arse trophies anyway” defence. Clearly he has bigger prizes in mind; we’ll witness history Sunday either way. Join us! [Gold Derby] More »
Bill Maher Accuses Sherri Shepherd Of Beating Her Children With A Stupid Stick
3:50AM Defamer US Edition | While promoting his new documentary Religulous (the hit of Claremont, CA!), the politically incorrect Bill Maher sat down with TV Guide for its upcoming August 25 issue. After discussing the religion-bashing doc, talk turned to The View (because when doesn’t it?), and Maher was asked for his opinion on notorious flat-earther Sherri Shepherd. His response earned him a round of playground high-fives and “oh snaps”: More »