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People
Talk About A Fish Tale
1:38AM Brian Moylan | Warning: Jeremy Piven has resumed eating fish. All Broadway shows are doomed.
People
Golly, People Think Sarah Palin’s Overpriced
8:15PM Andrew Belonsky | Some ignorant folk don’t think “public speaker” Sarah Palin deserves her outlandishly steep paycheck. Eddie Furlong’s hitting the coke pipe. And Penelope Cruz enjoys kissing both Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson. It’s your Wednesday morning gossip roundup! More »
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Jeremy Piven Celebrates Victory Over Evil Broadway Producers
6:14AM Brian Moylan | The arbitrator in the case of sushi-loving Jeremy Piven versus the Broadway producers of Speed-the-Plow ruled today that the producers could not prove their breach of contract suit against the star. But they still think they were right. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Ashton Kutcher: Live And Fabulous
7:06AM Richard Lawson | Going to the theatre can often be a culturally enlightening experience. But it does cost a lot of money. So when you do go, you want to make sure it’s something good, right? Like something starring Ashton Kutcher! More »
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Prince Is A Big Fan Of West Side Story
4:10PM the cajun boy | So you heard the Tony Awards took place yesterday, right? Prince did as well! And he watched it too! And he really loved Karen Olivo from West Side Story, so much that he bought 20 tickets to her show so he can watch it all alone! More »
Jeremy Piven Willing to Contract Any Disease That Will Get Him Off Broadway
2:11AM Kyle Buchanan | Hollywood community, Jeremy Piven is very disappointed in you. Why have you refrained from rallying around the actor as he suffers so dearly from mononucleosis… er, we mean “self-inflicted sushi poisoning”? More »
Jeremy Piven’s Kooky, Play-Quitting Excuse Makes an Enemy of David Mamet
2:20AM Kyle Buchanan | If ever David Mamet had justification to launch one of his famous, profanity-studded tirades, the news that Jeremy Piven had abruptly (and weirdly) quit his play Speed-the-Plow would certainly seem to fit the bill. More »
Anonymous Fails To Rain On Katie Holmes’s Broadway Parade
6:50AM Seth | Last night was the first preview of the Katie Holmes-starring revival of All My Sons—a critic-proof production that will be remembered less for bringing new insights to the classic Arthur Miller text than it will be for hosting the most spectacular female celebrity disappearance since the days of Amelia Earhart and Shelley Long. (She’ll first have to figure out a way to sever the 3000-mile-long, indestructible microfiber restraint tethered to her ankle, rigged to reel her in at the press of the button if she so strays so much as 15 feet from her Church-approved, “apartment-Barneys-theater” travel route.) Tom Cruise was largely credited with captaining the deafening standing ovation that met her bows—rich in first-pumps, index-finger #1s, and “It’s all you tonight!” points towards the stage—until one handler had to pull the actor aside to quietly explain that the 78-year-old emphysema-sufferer seated in a wheelchair next to him was physically unable to, quote, “C’mon—get on your feet grandma and show my little lady some love!” From the AP report: More »Why Tom Cruise Is To Blame For Katie Holmes’ Box Office Failure On Broadway
11:05AM Molly Friedman | It didn’t take long for Katie Holmes to prove she cannot compare to Nicole Kidman when it comes to Broadway appeal. Months before she even sets foot on stage, Tom Cruise’s replacement wife is striking out at the box office, managing to sell only $1 million worth of advance tickets to her September theatrical effort in All My Sons. That may sound like a decent take in the world of steadily declining Broadway sales, but it doesn’t even come close to Kidman’s number, which was $4 million. So why the distant gap in interest between seeing Holmes hack through Arthur Miller and Kidman feign sex live? It’s not just a matter of full-frontal cartwheels… More »
Do You Wonder What Jack ‘Sytycd Aus’ Chambers Is Doing Right Now?
11:45AM Clem Bastow | There’s something quite poignant about the sort of last-gasp press tidbits that emerge about reality/talent show winners before their inevitable slide into obscurity; today’s Confidential piece about So You Think You Can Dance Australia winner and Defamer Australia Associate Editor pin-up Jack Chambers is a perfect example of this artform.
What’s be been up to? Dunno! What’s he about to do? Go on a glorified holiday disguised as a prize that will help his career!
While he is committed to performing in the Australian SYTYCD tour until August, Chambers will then head to LA to perform for star American choreographer Mia Michaels before taking a bite out of the Big Apple.
“I’m going to see a Broadway show and then hopefully stay and get a feel for what it’s like,” Chambers told Confidential.
Oh Jack, bless your cotton socks. Do you think he realises how many other starry-eyed hopefuls are outstaying their tourist visas to “get a feel” for the Great White Way?
Jack, if you’re reading Defamer Australia in the Qantas lounge before your flight, hop over the jump; I’ve prepared some educational videos for your benefit. More » 