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Late Child Star Heather O’Rourke Writes Outraged Memo to God Upon Learning of ‘Poltergeist’ Remake

6:15AM STV | (Defamer today obtained this memo currently making the rounds in Heaven’s Third District, Cloud Unit G — better known as “Sesame Heaven,” or the Late Child Stars Dept. Reliable afterlife sources have confirmed its authenticity; we pass it along to you without further comment.) More »

‘Operation Lowball’ Places Kirk Kerkorian Back at Centre of MGM Sale Rumours

4:30AM STV | If it’s not bombs, bees and/or anthrax threatening to engulf MGM in a dense apocalyptic deathcloud, then there’s always the Specter of Ownership Past to give the denizens of Constellation Drive a good mortal scare. But only if they’re willing to suspend their disbelief long enough to imagine Kirk Kerkorian shuffling back into town on his black steed, blank check in one hand and studio valuation figures in the other, grinning wildly at the prospect of reclaiming the studio a fourth time in as many decades. More »

Tom Cruise’s Career In Flames As ‘Valkyrie’ Melts Down

3:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Yesterday, the troubled Tom Cruise/Nazi vehicle Valkyrie got pushed back — for a second time — from October to February 2009. MGM is painting the film’s new release date as a golden holiday-weekend opportunity for the $90-million-plus historical drama, but it goes without saying this is beyond bullshit; no amount of spin from any of MGM boss Mary Parent’s necktied monkeys can reclaim whatever traction Valkyrie might have had once upon a time. Its Cruise/Bryan Singer pedigree took its first hit when it was pushed back from summer ‘08 to fall (”Better Oscar chances!” we were told as Singer’s reshoots pushed his budget and his star past their respective limits), and it now threatens to overtake Charlton Heston as this week’s highest-profile celebrity casualty. “Valkyrie is dead,” wrote David Poland at The Hot Blog. “There is no such thing as a good movie that gets moved from summer to fall to spring.”