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Flotsam & Jetsam
Wild Things Scares Away Kids But Still Rules The Weekend
3:33AM Richard Rushfield | As the US box office tea leaves are sifted, many in Hollywood are searching for a way to take the glory away from Spike Jonze. But whatever your feelings about the hipster icon, we all bow before an opening weekend victory. More »
Big Screen
Disney Movie Chief Out In Showbiz Shocker
3:15AM Richard Rushfield | In a move, that took all of Hollywood by surprise, Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook announced late yesterday that he was stepping down. More »
Big Screen
As Vivendi Fiddles, Hollywood Awaits Big Shake-Up (Or Shake-Down)
1:03AM Richard Rushfield | Nothing that excites Hollywood more than the thought of a studio changing hands; the implications spilling down over a generation of executives and deals might be completely incomprehensible from this distance, but they are darn exciting. More »
Online
How Much It Pays To Be A ‘Difficult’ Blogger Like Nikki Finke
7:23AM Natasha VC | We finally know how much aspiring Hollywood mogul Jay Penske has agreed to pay industry blogger Nikki Finke: according to the NYT’s David Carr: $US400,000 a year for the next eight years. Pretty good money, but not $US14 million. More »
Online
Who Wants To Work For Nikki Finke?
1:27AM John Cook | Nikke Finke has sold her web site, Deadline Hollywood Daily, to Jay Penske’s Mail.com, and will be hiring a reporter in New York to expand the site’s coverage. So get those résumés ready, kids. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Barbaric Blogger Bloodsport Revealed In Hollywood
7:29PM Ryan Tate | Revolution is inevitably followed by a period of chaos. Maybe that’s why a highbrow New York Observer story about the evolution of Hollywood news media devolved into a glorious, shit-throwing media shitstorm. More »
Nikki Finke v. Sharon Waxman: It’s On!
8:00AM Defamer Hollywood | The more reserved of the two Hollywood watchdogs, Sharon Waxman hit out against her competitor Nikki Finke this week. More »
Nikki Finke vs. Sharon Waxman: The Grudge Match Continues
4:55AM STV | It took a rumoured meeting of superstars like Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep to get us to care again about a potential actors strike, and a hasty bit of rumour-debunking this morning to dash all the intrigue. But after a retraction, a non-retraction, and a few sharp personal jabs between dueling industry journos Nikki Finke and Sharon Waxman, all we know is that this match in their ongoing feud deserves a bit of play-by-play.
‘Spider-Man 4′ Exclusive Accidentally Outs Closet Fangirl Nikki Finke
8:45AM Seth | While regular Nikki Finke readers know she don’t do geek, you’d be forgiven for assuming from today’s column that she occasionally dabbles in dweeb: Watch as she churns a Spidey Wiki’s worth of Peter Parker biographical material cross-referenced with the latest villain indexes into the mother of all Spider-Man 4 exclusives, its vital insider information fed to her in the basement of a Century City parking structure by an anonymous figure known only as Deep Flack. The basics: Spider-Man 4, based on a screenplay by Zodiac writer Jamie Vanderbilt, is a go, with Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire on board. Kirsten Dunst’s character is in the script, but hasn’t yet signed on. The “black costume” won’t return. They may shoot 4 and 5 back-to-back. As for villains, well, we’ll leave you now to Finke’s capable deductive services: More »
