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Mike White On Doing ‘The Amazing Race’: ‘I Felt Like Jason Bourne And His Old Gay Dad’
6:20AM Kyle Buchanan | Curious as to how Mike White (the multi-hyphenate behind films like School of Rock and Nacho Libre) ended up a contestant on The Amazing Race? White talked to Defamer about what exactly got him running. More »
Defamer Corners Sundance Sophomore Bobcat Goldthwait
5:36AM STV | His manic persona may have ebbed, and his profile may have lowered since the 1980s. All the better for Bobcat Goldthwait, one of the unlikelier Sundance darlings we’ve run into this year in Park City.
Defamer Talks To The Razzies Founder About The Shocking ‘Spirit’ Snub
5:30AM Kyle Buchanan | How, we wondered yesterday, could the Razzies have overlooked the tailor-made star bomb The Spirit for inclusion on their annual dishonor roll of nominees? We went straight to Razzies founder John Wilson for the scoop. More »
DEFAMER EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Rinna Reveals ‘Joey Fatone And I Have The Best Tits On The Red Carpet!’
3:52AM Seth | Richard Simmons’ scissor sister Lisa Rinna knows you have multiple red carpet options this awards season, but she’s hoping you’ll choose TV Guide Network, where she and bearish boyband survivor Joey Fatone will preside. More »
Surviving ‘Rosie Live’ And Other 2008 Memories: A Kathy Griffin Fireside Chat
2:25AM Kyle Buchanan | Kathy Griffin isn’t just a frequent subject of our fair site—she’s also a Defamer reader. And so, who better for us to interview to help make sense of the crazy Hollywood year that was 2008?
EXCLUSIVE: Former MTV VJ Dave Holmes On The Demise Of ‘TRL’, MTV’s Current Programming Slate
8:00AM Kyle Buchanan | When we heard the news that MTV mainstay TRL was headed for that great cancellation box in the sky, we decided to get some inside scoop from one of the people who knew it best: former MTV VJ Dave Holmes. The music buff first appeared on the channel as the runner-up to Jesse Camp on MTV’s 1998 Wanna Be a VJ contest, but he outlasted the offbeat Camp and hosted multiple shows on MTV, eventually ascending to his own major place in the TRL firmament. So what does Holmes make of the cancellation — and the current state of MTV in general? Lauren Conrad, you’ve been warned:
To Make the ‘Guitar Hero’ Movie, Brett Ratner Needs You To Stop Buying the Game
7:10AM Defamer Hollywood | While conducting interviews at the VMAs yesterday, the nearby booth advertising Rock Band 2 was the cacophonous bane of our existence — though no one was more unhappy to see it than director Brett Ratner. As you may recall, the Defamer-beloved auteur (and big penis enthusiast) aspires to direct a film adaptation based on Rock Band’s rival video game franchise, Guitar Hero. Since the idea continues to boggle our minds, we knew we had to venture a question, even if the resulting Defamer-on-Ratner interaction threatened to spin the world off its axis. Fortunately, the Rush Hour 3 helmer was every bit the gentleman. We blame the heatstroke. [MTV] (Video after the jump) More »
‘Twilight’ Star Robert Pattinson Wonders Why You’re So Afraid of His Chest Hair
4:45AM Defamer Hollywood | It was the Entertainment Weekly cover that forever scarred Livejournal: a vivid tableau of Twilight actors Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, the former barechested enough to expose millions of teenage girls to their first confusing glimpse of chest hair. Though excitement for the cinematic adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire novel had been building to a crescendo, one actor’s decision not to wax could have destroyed everything; fortunately, the audience’s distaste for even more hirsute werewolves kept fans firmly on Pattinson’s side. Still, when we spied the actor on the red carpet for the VMAs yesterday, we knew we had to settle Chesthairgate (part two!) once and for all. Also, two bonus bits: Pattinson’s thoughts on the latest, controversial Twilight installment and messy vampire babies! What more do you need to sink your teeth into? Check out the video after the jump. [MTV] More »
Brooke Hogan on Sarah Palin: ‘Who’s That?’
2:15AM Defamer Hollywood | Though it’s only been a scant ten days since John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate, it’s hard to find anyone on earth immune to the media onslaught that followed. Oh, for the halcyon days of mid-August, when our nation was more consumed with the abdominals of Michael Phelps than the baby-making, celebrity-stifling, Liz Lemon-resembling Palin name! To meet the rare creature who still knows nothing about the controversial candidate would be like staring into the windows of our pre-RNC innocence, and reader, we found such a transcendent experience on the carpet of the VMAs last night: More »
