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Palin Wins Battle In Letterman War
6:29AM Pareene | Oh good, the people looking to get David Letterman fired because they don’t like his monologue (admittedly it is usually pretty hacky but that is part of the charm!) just cost him one (1) internet advertiser. More »
Will Hollywood’s Gay Mafia Take Its Prop. 8 Anger Out on Sundance?
7:13AM Kyle Buchanan | After a week of attention-getting protests against Proposition 8, gay activists and allies are ready for their next big target — and some, like blogger John Aravosis, are suggesting a boycott of the Sundance Film Festival. Sure, the Prop, 8-pushing Mormon Church has no direct ties to Sundance, but the Park City fest could be affected by a growing movement to boycott not just Mormon-owned enterprises but the entire, caffeine-fearing state of Utah in general. So, should Robert Redford be shaking in his stylish snow boots? We think not, for these reasons: More »
Sam Newman-gate: Advertiser Boycott Encouraged
9:25AM Clem Bastow | The fallout from Sam Newman’s hilarious mannequin stunt on the Footy Show continues to ripple through the industry, with word that other major advertisers could join ANZ in pulling their funds from the Show’s ad breaks.
Women’s Forum Australia, a national lobby group, is – understandably – pressuring major advertisers to take a stand against the Footy Show’s dark ages sexual politics.
The director of Women’s Forum Australia, Melinda Tankard Reist, said a wider boycott would have broad support.
“This is definitely worth us doing,” she said. “The program has caused a great deal of hurt to a lot of women and if The Footy Show can’t respond in a proper manner, then maybe they will respond when they start losing money.”
The group, led by a Canberra-based board of female academics, doctors and welfare experts, will consider the issue at a board meeting next week. Advertisers or sponsors on the show include Nissan, Mitre 10, Safeway, Mazda, Arnotts, Telstra and Toyota. Current advertisers McDonald’s, Foxtel and adidas ruled out a boycott.
Apparently a show staffer has quit over the kerfuffle as well, though he a) requested anonymity and b) issued a “no comment” as to his exact reasons for leaving the gig.
Basically whatever happens through all this, it would just be nice to have it end with Sam Newman eating shit his words and being made to make a formal apology – on the day The Footy Show is cancelled for being irrelevant and is replaced by Straughnie. More » 
Darth Weinstein Relents, Geeks Stay Hungry as ‘Fanboys’ Saved From Hacky Death
2:53AM Defamer Hollywood | After last weekend’s flash of rebellion threatening to engulf parents’ basements across America with smoldering dork rage, the Weinstein Company announced late Monday that it would in fact release the Star Wars-devotee dramedy Fanboys on DVD in both a cancer-subplot-free edit and the original, disease-of-the-geek version preferred by the angry fans at StopDarthWeinstein.com. But that’s not enough for the fanboy offensive, who lashed out in protest yet again this morning:
