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Scarlett Johansson Turning Into The Kind Of Spoiled, Bratty Daughter Woody Allen Might Regret Marrying

4:40AM Seth | While Indiana Jones and the Can Someone Please Tell Me What the Fuck Just Happened? was the most sought-after ticket at Cannes, it was another prostate-enlarged cinematic icon’s comeback—that of Woody Allen—that would prove the festival’s most triumphant. His new Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which features Javier Bardem ravaging any number of comely lasses and at least one Penelope Cruz-on-Scarlett Johansson kiss, was greeted with a ten-minute standing ovation after its Saturday screening. Director and cast were on hand to soak in the glory—but not Johansson, whom the Daily Mail reports made life a living hell for the put-upon studio workers just trying to get a little Côte d’Azur photo-op action going:

Harrison Ford Pulls An Ed Norton, Demands Rewrites On A Pro-Bono Ad Campaign

7:10AM Molly Friedman | When it comes to celebrity endorsements, Harrison Ford isn’t exactly known for splashing his chiseled face across billboards shilling for shower gels and cell phones (Japanese beer, as you’ll see after the jump, is whole ‘nother story). But according to Mediabistro, Ford recently agreed to partner with powerhouse advertising agency BBDO to develop a series of environmentally angled ads. And, apparently, Ford’s developed a case of the Nortons: “He’s finicky about scripts, mainly because he’s so concerned about his voice and face being attached to the project…He’s apparently so finicky that his demanded changes completely decimated a scheduled shoot in Latin America to get the campaign rolling.” More »

David Caruso: ‘What Should I Do? I Am A Grown Man With Red Hair.’

11:44AM Mark Graham | Exactly one week ago today, we ran a fairly innocuous item about David Caruso’s effusive bullying of a young director on the set of CSI: Sunglasses. Unbeknownst to us at the time we posted it, this item would generate a tremendous amount of feedback from you, the Defamer community. In particular, we received one incredibly detailed recollection of Caruso’s on-set behaviour from a commenter with the nom de plume of OnSetSnitch. While we normally don’t make a practice out of reprinting comments verbatim, this one is so full of Grade-A juice that we felt compelled to share it with a wider audience. With that, please enjoy this unfortunate (yet hilarious) tale of what it’s like to work with the likes of David Caruso on a daily basis: It’s taken me a bit of courage to actually fess up to what I’ve seen on the set of CSI:Miami, but I actually worked there for two years and saw first-hand almost 50 episodes being filmed. Caruso is without a doubt, the most tortured, saddest man-child/ actor I’ve ever seen in over 15 years of movie and tv-making. Everything you have heard is true, but worse.