elizabeth berkley

Small Screen

The TV Reunion Career Success Index

3:05AM Brian Moylan | There is a simple formula to determine how successful the stars of hit television shows go on to become: how long it takes before the reunion special. Seinfeld held out for 11 years, how long did everyone else last? More »

How the Writer of ‘Showgirls’ and ‘Basic Instinct’ Found God

4:10AM Defamer Hollywood | Now that he’s dallied with Sharon Stone, won multiple Razzies, and given the world the immortal line, “It must be weird not having anybody cum on you,” what’s left for screenwriter Joe Eszterhas? According to the Toledo Blade, the multi-hyphenate has turned to God (and not the sort of “God!” you might moan while having explosive sex with Kyle MacLachlan in a Vegas pool). Having departed Hollywood for the more “wholesome” Cleveland, Eszterhas was taking a walk one day when he became out of breath and had a surprising realization: More »

Bruce Willis Man Enough To Pull Off Lavender

7:20AM Seth | PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so send them in often–the fate of the universe relies upon it! Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put “sighting” or “PrivacyWatch” in the subject line so we don’t lose them) and tell everyone about the time you stumbled upon Ian Ziering getting a pedicure in a Hollywood strip mall. More »

Elizabeth Berkley To Host Bravo’s ‘Project Dance-Off,’ Darlin’

7:10AM Defamer Hollywood | We’ve got a serious case of the rainy-day, writers strike blues when not even Writer Boi’s dope rollback rhymes, the fact that it’s Friday, or the announcement that the Doggie Chow-loving star of Goddess has emerged from retirement to host a reality dance-competition on Bravo seems enough to cheer us up: Elizabeth Berkley has been tapped to host Bravo’s new reality competition series “Step It Up and Dance” (formerly “Step It Up”), sources said. More »