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Flotsam & Jetsam
Swine Flu Can Stop A Spaceship, But Not Sex And The City
12:31AM Richard Lawson | News from the Sex and the City front, a new Disney comedy sounds annoying (and already done), swine flu does its worst damage yet, and another actor picks up a trident. More »
Jeffrey Katzenberg Explains How MPTF’s Mass Layoffs and Forced Patient Relocations is Great News for Hollywood’s Aged
4:04AM Seth | There is perhaps no sadder Hollywood story to emerge from the recession than the closure of Motion Picture & Television Fund’s long-term care facility and hospital in Woodland Hills. More »
DreamWorks Remembers David Geffen as Loving, Studio-Shopping Father
5:22AM STV | A tender postmortem in today’s New York Times reminds the world yet again that seriously — like, really, this time — David Geffen is leaving DreamWorks. Having shepherded the monolith through the Hollywood establishment from conception to its first marriage (and divorce) before giving the frazzled bride away a second time in an arranged marriage to its dashing Indian suitor, Geffen’s tenure is remembered fondly by his ‘Works co-founders Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Not that they’ll admit to knowing what they’re doing without him. More »
Breaking! Could bite-sized – but volatile – DreamWorks …
7:10AM Defamer Hollywood | Breaking! Could bite-sized – but volatile – DreamWorks Animation head Jeffrey Katzenberg be a secret WGA sympathiser? An operative reports from the Warner Bros. picket line: “Funny story today from the WB Gate 2 strike lines. Jeffery Katzenberg was pulling into the lot in his black Prius right in front of a bunch of us. Someone recognised him right away and in an act of God, he hit the red light. A lot of us starting shouting at him (not hostilely, in good humour) asking for just a leeettle bit of internet money. Trapped at the light, he gave us a few “whaddya gonna do?” shrugs, then right before the light changed we got a thumbs up from him! (at least I thought they were his thumbs) A good omen, right?” While the thumbs-up could be a sign that he’s not totally unnmoved by the WGA members’ plight, we don’t know what business brought him to the WB lot; perhaps he was there to join his fellow moguls in a dark ritual in which the evil cabal sips from chalices brimming with the blood of previously defeated writers that’s been aging in the Warner Bros. water tower since the 1988 strike, renewing their oath to win this latest war at all costs. Under those circumstances, the seemingly friendly gesture could be interpreted as somewhat less encouraging. More »
Lost In Translation
7:20AM Defamer Hollywood | Quick-triggered DreamWorks mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg was reportedly involved in a simple misunderstanding during a recent visit to New York that resulted in a brief dust-up at the Four Seasons; apparently, a bar manager took a mobile-toting Katzenberg’s friendly greeting of,”Who the [bleep] are you? Do you know who I am?” the wrong way, mistaking the common L.A. idiom that translates to a polite, “Excuse me, dear sir, but I am engaged in some pressing business that demands my immediate attention. Please pardon this brief intrusion,” for some sort of hostile expression of Hollywood entitlement. After a clarification, the two men shook hands, and no one was roughly escorted from the premises. [Page Six] More »
Dauman/Katzenberg Feud Over Speilberg Officially Upgraded To Catfight
5:30AM Defamer Hollywood | We know that we already mentioned Var’s item about DreamWorks Animation romantic enforcer Jeffrey Katzenberg’s response to Viacom CEO Phillippe “Just Fucking Try And Give Me The ‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’ Conversation, I Dare You” Dauman’s thoughtless comments that the possible end of Steven Spielberg’s relationship with Paramount would be “immaterial” to his heart’s “bottom line,” but the dramatic headline hanging over the story in today’s print edition has suddenly reframed Katzenberg’s retort. More »
Jeffrey Katzenberg Defends Pal Steven Spielberg Against Viacom CEO’s Thoughtless Words
5:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Deeply hurt by Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman’s efforts to emotionally distance himself from an eventual break-up with an allegedly dissatisfied Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks BFF Jeffrey Katzenberg has publicly come to the defence of the director, advising the mouthy executive to tread lightly when appraising the value of his priceless longtime partner. Reports Var: Jeffrey Katzenberg got his partner Steven Spielberg’s back Wednesday, calling him “nothing short of a national treasure” and chiding Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman for implying otherwise. More »
Strikewatch: The Hidden Victims
5:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Even billionaire moguls like DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg are worried about a possible strike; if the Guilds walk out and Hollywood is crippled by a prolonged work stoppage, he might have to temporarily halt the expensive restoration of the damaged floors in his $US28 million Deer Valley chalet, lest his “mad money” savings account come dangerously close to dipping below ten figures. [Reuters] More »
Temporary Votes Of Confidence
6:15AM Defamer Hollywood | On a conference call about how much richer Shrek the Third is making him, DreamWorks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg passes up a perfectly good opportunity to throw Paramount emperor Brad Grey under the bus: “‘We feel they have done an outstanding job of marketing and distributing our products to date,’ Katzenberg said. ‘We continue to have very, very good relationships over there with all of the management from Brad on down.’” [Variety] More »
