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Inside Alec Baldwin: A ‘Nudist,’ A ‘Homosexual,’ A Rock Music Aficionado, And a Tormented Soul

7:25AM Defamer Hollywood | Though we’ll miss you for the next half-hour, reading the New Yorker’s brand-new, 8,168-word profile of 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin is most certainly the best thing you could do all day. Entitled “Why Me?”, it’s the story of a manic, magnetic actor having a mid-life career resurgence obvious to everyone but Baldwin himself. Though everyone around the actor tries to convinces him that his stint as Jack Donaghy is the role of a lifetime, Baldwin can’t quite settle down and enjoy himself; in fact, he initially wanted to do no more than six episodes of 30 Rock per season. That NBC wanted (and eventually got) him to sign up for more earned this hilarious, My Name is Earl-lacerating monologue from Baldwin: More »

Why Alec Baldwin Dumped CAA: The Dora Connection

2:52AM Defamer Hollywood | Earlier this week, we were shocked–shocked! etc etc–to discover that embattled actor Alec Baldwin had abruptly dismissed his CAA agents, as what any performer needs most during times of personal crisis is a group hug from the only people in Hollywood genuinely concerned about their welfare: the ones earning healthy commissions from them. While the theory that Baldwin might have been locked in a heated battle with his ex-wife for sole custody of the agency certainly made enough sense, today’s Page Six floats a theory that pulls yet another innocent child into the matter: DID Alec Baldwin dump CAA this week because a video posted on FunnyOrDie.com showed Dora the Explorer listening to his infamous phone rant against his daughter, Ireland? The Web site is the creation of Adam McCay [sic], Chris Henchy and fellow CAA client Will Ferrell. More »

Basinger Denies Shouty Ex-Husband’s Leakage Claims

3:47AM Defamer Hollywood | We turn to CNN.com’s cherished Story Highlights box to get us up to speed on exactly where we stand in the public celebrity-parenting clinic currently being offered by Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger: The actress, says her rep, did not release the voicemail (which they’ll also have you know was not sealed under a court order, as previously claimed by Baldwin), a strategic denial that clearly sets up embattled daughter Ireland for the eventual fall. (Under the the duress of cross-examination in their next custody hearing, we expect her to crumble and reveal she chose TMZ for the leaks because she loves looking at video of Scarlett Johansson falling down.) To our knowledge, Baldwin has yet to issue a counter-statement detailing the parental alienation he feels as a result of this latest Basinger volley. BONUS! After the jump, yet another voicemail mash-up, a meme we expect to continue until every last movie and TV clip involving a female and a telephone has been exhausted: More »