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Flotsam & Jetsam
James Franco Keeps Getting Hit On By New York City
12:30AM Richard Lawson | Lots of casting news, yet again. James Franco keeps rolling along, as does Liam Neeson. Little Bryce Dallas Howard might be teaming up with her papa, while a bunch of grizzled old thespians are teaming up to teach architecture. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
If Only All Hot Tubs Could Be Time Machines
1:57AM Richard Lawson | News from pilot season, from Disney’s secret horrible laboratory, from the mixed-up files of Jim Carrey, from Japan, and from the Hot Tub Time Machine. Yes m’am. More »
Helen Mirren, Nazi Huntress
3:40AM STV | Helen Mirren will trade in her two-piece for a gun in The Debt, a remake of an Israeli hit about a Mossad agent who comes out of retirement to track down a war criminal. [Variety] TNT fell for the old “Buy a Bruckheimer, Get a Wahlberg For Free” trick, not realizing it negotiated for Donnie’s new Boston cop procedural Bunker Hill. Gotta read those contracts, gang. [THR] More »
Exclusive: ‘My Name Is Earl’ Creator Greg Garcia Labels Alec Baldwin An ‘Unlikeable, Psychotic Narcissist’
3:40AM Mark Graham | While we found yesterday’s 8,000 word New Yorker profile of Alec Baldwin to be an engrossing (if entirely too long) read, we were able to find one person who was less than impressed by Baldwin’s long-winded rants about the perils of being impossibly rich and famous: My Name Is Earl creator/executive producer Greg Garcia. In the piece, not only did Baldwin blast the suits who run NBC’s programming and promo departments for “wring(ing) the last drops” out of Thursday night comedy staples like Earl and Scrubs while 30 Rock is treated like a “red-headed stepchild”, he also indirectly criticized the quality of said shows by labelling both as “done” and “cooked.” Naturally, this irked Garcia, who spoke exclusively with Defamer this morning about his thoughts on his show’s performance, 30 Rock’s ratings and, of course, Baldwin himself: More »
