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Big Screen
Who Is More Evil, Charlize Theron Or Julia Roberts?
9:13AM Richard Lawson | This is an important question that Hollywood is scrambling to answer, fairy tale style. Also today: Carrie-Anne Moss moves to the small screen, Torchwood news for you spazzes, and Seth MacFarlane’s movie is assembling its cast. More »
Big Screen
Katherine Heigl Monster Attacks, Devours Beloved Old Actress
5:41AM Richard Lawson | It’s true, and the old biddy didn’t even see it coming. Also today: casting news about some smaller-time actors that is still pretty interesting, the Family Guy guy goes all earnest on us, and some thoughts on David E. Kelley. More »
Small Screen
Seth MacFarlane Makes Fun Of Deaf Actress To Her Face
3:59PM Adrian Chen | That the funniest bit in Family Guy Creator Seth MacFarlane’s live comedy special on Fox was also the most politically incorrect is the least surprising thing ever. Check out this bit with deaf actress Marlee Matlin (West Wing) More »
Doomsday Clock Chimes With Crowning Of Seth MacFarlane As Smartest Man In TV
3:01AM Seth | End of Days Day continues here at Defamer with a proud e-alert belched from the bowels of the Fox network’s Century City headquarters, informing what’s left of the world that cartoon kingpin and deeply closeted spray-on hand-tanner Seth MacFarlane has been named EW‘s Smugest Smartest Person in TV. Fox couldn’t be prouder of the money he makes for them, according to their press release: More »
Discuss: Charlie Sheen Makes $800,000 Per Episode of ‘Two and a Half Men’
8:25AM STV | For vivid proof of the weakening dollar, look no further that the annual salary survey in the forthcoming issue of TV Guide: After two years of slumming alongside the likes of Zach Braff and seeing everyone from William Petersen ($600,000 per episode) to the Simpsons cast (each $400,000 per episode) pass him by, Charlie Sheen has reclaimed his spot at the top of the prime-time cash heap, earning $800,000 per 30-minute episode of Two and a Half Men. Granted, it’s not seven-figure Friends money (which Sheen originally asked for in negotiations back in 2006), but we still think it bears repeating: Charlie Sheen makes $800,000 per episode of Two and a Half Men. Join us in getting our heads around it (and a few other hot-ticket raises) after the jump. More »
Heath Ledger’s Posthumous Oscar Campaign Rolls On
11:00AM Mark Graham | The eldest denizens of the Dark Knight cast, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, made an obligatory promotional stop-off to hobnob with the ladies of The View this morning. And, of course, they used the opportunity to stump for a Heath Ledger Oscar nomination. We’ll weigh in tomorrow morning with our own thoughts, as both Seth and STV saw the movie earlier this eve. [The View] Woody Allen’s longtime producing partner, Charles Joffe, passed away at age 78. [NYT] Continuing the moribund nature of tonight’s edition of Short Ends, we’re sad to report that nearly 150 staffers at the Los Angeles Times, including publisher David Hiller and truth-challenged reporter Chuck Philips, found themselves on the receiving end of a pink slip. [LA Observed] Even though we don’t know a single person who watches CSI, we’re pretty sure that millions of people will be upset to learn that all-around bad-arse William Peterson is leaving the show mid-season. [Michael Ausiello] Your Uncle Grambo’s dreamgirl extraordinaire, Miss Amanda Bynes, is dating … Seth MacFarlane??? NOOOOOO! We are so glad this day is over, we’re not sure we could take anymore bad news. [ONTD] More »
Seth MacFarlane’s Reign Of Offensiveness Now Includes AIDS Jokes About Karl Rove
9:10AM Defamer US Edition | Kudos today to James Hibberd, the Hollywood Reporter TV blogger who is perhaps the only reason we have any clue (or rather, care to have any clue) about the horrors unfolding presently at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. Apparently the Florence Henderson/Ed Asner days are over, with the one-two punch of confirmed buddies Karl Rove and Seth MacFarlane taking over Monday as the off-colour star tandem to beat. More »Seth MacFarlane Takes First Step Towards Alienating His Stoner Frat Boy Audience
6:50AM Defamer US Edition | Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is the highest paid writer/producer in Hollywood and, as of today, he’s also one of the most THC-free. Recently, MacFarlane announced that he will no longer be smoking marijuana because it makes him too paranoid. “One of the last times I was stoned, I was convinced that I would die unless I kept moving my body. So I sat there, baked, waving my arms around like a crazy person,” he explains. More »
Finally, ‘Sea-Monkeys: The Movie’
7:10AM Seth | Baby-faced Freaks and Geeks (and Bones) star John Francis Daley and writing partner Jonathan Goldstein will rewrite Hours of Fun for Disney, a great premise about what happens when all those back-of-the-comic-book novelty items actually live up to their promises. Oh man, Sea-Monkeys: The Movie! We’re so there. [THR] So beyond four more years of Family Guy and its offspring, what else does Seth MacFarlane’s $100 million deal mean for you? How about a Family Guy movie?! Don’t say you came out of this empty handed. [TV Week] Jennifer Love Hewitt’s legendary, spirit-channeling rack will live on the syndicated afterlife, as Sci Fi Channel and WE have jointly acquired rerun rights to the CBS drama. [Variety] Worried that a PG-13 rating will water down Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, the next installment of the cyborg-killing-machine franchise? Says Salvation-producer Victor Kubicek, “The PG-13 has increased in intensity.” [Variety] This is great: An FCC ruling has deemed TMZ and The 700 Club “bona fide newscasts,” making them exempt from political equal-time requirement laws. We guess that makes Harvey Levin the Walter Cronkite of the exposed ladyparts generation? “And that’s the way it’s shaved.” *Long sip from sippy cup.* [Variety] More »