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Study: Television Is Not Even Close To Dead
5:12PM Adrian Chen | There will be a time when everyone gets their entertainment through cortex-implanted microchips. But for now, people are still watching a lot of “traditional” (i.e. not online-delivered) television. According to a Nielsen study, 99 per center of video viewing is via TV. More »
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Melanie Griffith Is Bad And Good At Rehab
8:15PM Andrew Belonsky | Melanie Griffith’s drying out, an Amy Winehouse love letter sparks a lawsuit and Robin Williams may channel Susan Boyle. That — and more — in your Tuesday Gossip Roundup. Delicious! More »
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8:28AM Jess McGuire | I’m not entirely sure if I’ve mentioned it on here (a couple of thousand times) or not, but Law & Order: SVU is one of my favourite television programs in the history of anything. In fact, I am close to placing a fatwa on Channel Ten for deciding to start broadcasting new episodes to Wednesday nights (when I have to host trivia at The Corner Hotel) instead of showing it on Thursday nights (the one evening I happen to have free during the week). More »
Didn’t Something Like This Happen On Law & Order: SVU Recently?
8:28AM Jess McGuire | I’m not entirely sure if I’ve mentioned it on here (a couple of thousand times) or not, but Law & Order: SVU is one of my favourite television programs in the history of anything. In fact, I am close to placing a fatwa on Channel Ten for deciding to start broadcasting new episodes to Wednesday nights (when I have to host trivia at The Corner Hotel) instead of showing it on Thursday nights (the one evening I happen to have free during the week). More » 
Defamer Corners Sundance Sophomore Bobcat Goldthwait
5:36AM STV | His manic persona may have ebbed, and his profile may have lowered since the 1980s. All the better for Bobcat Goldthwait, one of the unlikelier Sundance darlings we’ve run into this year in Park City.
Today In Sundance Hell: ‘Adam’ Sells, ‘Education’ Stalls, Robin Williams’s Best?
4:28AM STV | Wherein your loyal, frostbitten editors survey tomorrow’s movie forecast today: Mostly cloudy, with strong industry winds and a 75 percent chance of cliché storms:
Robin Williams Cracks Sarah Palin Phenomenon in 2 Minutes Flat
6:55AM STV | On a clear day Robin Williams can see forever — or at least to Alaska, from which Sarah Palin’s fiefdom crept souther and souther until going absolutely radioactive this week in St. Paul. Assessing the phenomenon last night on Letterman, Williams alluded to the hard questions in its wake; to wit, how does a mother of five find time to hunt caribou? And what exactly does set a “snow machine” champion like Todd Palin apart from lesser men? It’s one of the comic’s more inspired tangents of late, and one that reminded us how little the issues really matter when we can conceivably have a vice president who can play wineglasses like Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality. This politics thing gets easier for us every day. [CBS] More »
Rob Lowe And His Vicious Laundry List Of False Terribles
10:00AM Mark Graham | If you’re planning on going out and getting bombed tonight, it’s best to do so on a full stomach. Enter Dirt Sandwich, carefully crafted by Defamer’s Top Chef, Molly McAleer. Each week, she grazes through the rich pasture of tabloid television for the juiciest ingredients and then stacks them all together into an easily digestible sammy, one that’s guaranteed to soak up all the booze you’ll be pouring down your gullet this evening. This week’s Dirt Sandwich features Robin Williams’ appearance at Idol Gives Back (not showing any sign of his personal troubles!), the first interview Denise Richards has ever given in her bathroom (an E! News exclusive!), Jamie Lynn Spears’ romantic birthday dinner at a Louisiana Ruby Tuesdays (say what you will, but their Double Chocolate Cake is KILLER) and, of course, Rob Lowe’s allegations that his nanny was set to blackmail him with “a vicious laundry list of false terribles” (which, btw, became word of the week at Defamer HQ). Enjoy, kids … False Terribles! WATCH VIDEO More »
Meet The Woman Robin Williams Is Banging
3:15AM Defamer Hollywood | Sad news, ladies. Even though the ink has yet to dry on the divorce papers his wife filed last week, Robin Williams has already been snatched-up anew. But what woman is man enough to take on the wacky-shirt-wearing, incessantly improvising, disgustingly hairy comedian? Meet Charlotte Filbert, a 27-year-old painter. The Enquirer claims that the two were introduced by Tommy Hilfiger’s daughter, Ally of Rich Girls fame, six months ago. Yes, Robin was still married then, but Charlotte’s no home wrecker. Robin and his wife had apparently been living separate lives for over a year, so that made him fair game … we guess. More »
Look Out Ladies (And Bears), Robin Williams Is Back On The Market
6:48AM Mark Graham | After being subjected to 18 years worth of sweeping up the giant tufts of rogue body hair that accumulated in the shower drain each and every morning, Marsha Garces Williams has filed for divorce from her husband, the terrifyingly hirsute funnyman Robin Williams. Citing irreconcilable differences (the legal statute, not the 1984 Ryan O’Neal / Drew Barrymore vehicle), the (soon to be former) Mrs. Williams is seeking spousal support and custody of the pair’s youngest daughter, Cody. While this is certainly sad news, we did discover one interesting tidbit about the pair in the report filed by ExtraTV.com (Must! Credit!). More »
