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Everyone You Used to Love Comes Back for Pilot Season

3:31AM Defamer Hollywood | It’s that magical time when many actors clamour for parts that will probably never see the light of day. Scott Wolf, Alyssa Milano, that lady from Sabrina the Teenage Witch. But first, movie casting: More »

Paul Giamatti Nails His Most Challenging Role To Date: Himself

5:10AM STV | When it came to casting her feature debut Cold Souls, Paul Giamatti was writer-director Sophie Barthes’ dream come true. Literally. Sort of. More »

Paul Giamatti’s Soul, Chris Rock’s Barber Among Subjects in Sundance ‘09 Spotlight

7:46AM STV | The Sundance Film Festival this morning unveiled the competition lineup for its 2009 incarnation (a/k/a the One You’re Boycotting), and it’s a sharp crop of international cinema that will no doubt be met with accolades and not just a few bounced checks from cash-strapped indie distributors. Follow the jump for our quick, dirty, reductive and completely arbitrary survey of the fest’s hottest titles and trends. More »

Paul Giamatti Jumps On Sexy Vampire Bandwagon With ‘Bubba Ho-Tep’ Sequel

3:23AM STV | Coming off an Emmy win and a succession of dues-paying mainstream offerings, Paul Giamatti has clearly earned enough clout to call his next shot the way he wants it. And while some guys would just just wander off to make the “most awful movie they can find,” Giamatti has his heart set on a surefire American classic: Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of the She Vampires. More »

Emmy Nomination Hell! 10 Plots and Subplots to Watch After Today’s Big Announcements

1:10AM Defamer Hollywood | The world awoke this morning to the chirping of little birds resembling Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris, perched at a podium in the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, announcing nominations for the 60th Emmy Awards. While most rolled over and tried to get back to sleep, we sat bolt upright as usual and sprinted to the window, our furious note-taking chronicling a few snubs, surprises and plenty of the conventional wisdom we’ve come to expect from the annual ritual. More »

LA Wine Fest Is Here: Whatever You Do, Don’t Order The Merlot

7:55AM Defamer Hollywood | Act like a Sideways snob for two days during the Third Annual LA Wine Fest with a smattering of other oenophiles. You can taste over 500 wines during the festival (there’s booze, too, for those of you who don’t know the difference between cabernet or chardonnay). By then end of it, you might be giving speeches about how “wine is alive,” and how you root for pinot because it’s “thin-skinned and temperamental.” Merlot fans can rejoice–the varietal has bounced back after the initial smack-down in the movie where Paul Giamatti’s character whines, “No, if anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am not drinking any fucking Merlot!” More »

When Kenny Met Taarna

11:12AM Seth | Yesterday, we promised you a brainmeltingly awesome new thing, and dare we say, you got it. We only wished the entire episode could have existed inside the cat-pee-induced, hallucinatory world of Heavy South Metal Park [South Park] HuffPo’s Allison Hope Weiner, who’s dutifully provided us with every juicy tidbit to emerge from the Pellicano trial thusfar, may be subpoenaed by the defence. That could transform her into the Hollywood Wiretapping Trial of the Century’s own Judith Miller, Patron Saint of Source Protection. [THR ESQ.] Will Paul Giamatti’s next role as a U.S politician require him to wipe his arse with the historical document John Adams helped create? [Vulture] As Kate Bosworth giggled with Paul Shaffer, UTA wept. [DHD] If you live in the Hills, a blog called The Daily Coyote isn’t something you’d likely need or want. For everyone else: Look! Coyotes! Daily! [The Daily Coyote] More »